Disclaimer: I own none of the anime mentioned in this fan-fiction. If I did I wouldn't be able to feed them all or keep them supplied in their special shiny hair products. If I owned them I would have killed off a few by now from neglect.
Innocence Awaits Corruption
Chapter 2
A luxurious yellow speed demon roared down the paved street, screeched around the corner, and narrowly avoided crushing a group of teenagers into red, gory, fresh pancakes by mere centimeters. This swift devil of mans creation that has been rampaging the streets for many a year threatening the lives of all who cross its path, calmly pulled to a gentle stop in front of The Blue Thunder Theatres.
The car door slowly opened and out stepped a pair of slender legs that seemed to stretch for miles, attached to an attractive woman with long red hair wearing a black classy suite.
She sauntered gracefully up the steps to the front door were she was immediately surrounded by harried stage crew.
"Miss Scarlet you're late we start in twenty minuets hurry get inside." Said one of the stage crew.
"Watch out Scarlet, Nabiki is steamed that you disappeared." Warned someone from the crowed.
She removed her sunglasses and looked at the crowed with her piercing glacial blue eyes then gave a sexy grin causing many of the males to blush. "Of course she's mad pregnant women tend to have violent mood swings," she said in a chipper voice.
"At least she's in costume," they all muttered in agreement after she waltzed inside.
It took all of 8.4657 seconds for Scarlet's offhand comment to finally process. The group's faces took on varying degrees of horror.
"D D D Diiid shhhee just saaayyy what I think she said" one young man stuttered out in fear.
"Mrs. Tendo is pregnant!" exclaimed another in absolute terror. "Do you realize how much pain we will be in if we even look at her funny. I don't know about you guys but I don't want to die"
One woefully ignorant man from the group said hopefully "well maybe she will be kinder, you know, like feeling motherly or something."
The women of the group just looked at him in disgust.
Feeling cowed the man just muttered "well she could."
As the group pondered the upcoming nine months of excruciating torture they would have to endure, someone from the back of the crowed who had been seriously considering quitting or at least investing in life insurance asked in a small voice. "Hey shouldn't someone have warned Ms. Scarlet that Kuno was here looking for her."
They all looked at each other in horror. "If she spots him were all doomed you realize that don't you."
The group of teenagers that had almost become red gory pancakes stared after the yellow demon as it raced around the corner.
The tall blonde girl and the orange-topped boy yelled explicit words angrily in the direction the car had gone while waving their fists in perfect synchronization. While the smallest of the group waved goodbye and smiled happily and the other two just continued walking towards the theatre.
"Jeeze we almost died back there. That's why I hate women drivers." Said the bad-tempered young man.
The tall blonde standing next to him turned slowly with a cruel gleam in her eye and stared menacingly at him. "You don't like women drivers, well as I see it you don't seem to like women in general do you carrot top?"
"Of course I don't, you girls are all so annoying!" he yelled angrily while leaning in and pointing at her face trying to intimidate her.
She advanced towards him threateningly invading his personal space and than swung her arm out towards his face. He reflexively closed his eyes and started to bring his hands up to block waiting for the impact.
When instead she slung her arm around his neck and pulled him into a chokehold and proceeded to interrogate him while rubbing his orange hair. "You just admitted it. You're playing for the other team. You're a little gay boy." She said with a manic grin.
"I am not you damn Yankee" he protested loudly as his face turned beet red. She just kept smiling and continued her taunts.
While the "Yankee" was teasing the flustered boy the youngest of the group who had been avidly watching the teens interact noticed that they were being left behind by the others and hurried after them leaving the pair behind to continue fighting.
"Botan something absolutely horrible has happened." Said Koenma in distress.
"What is it Sir?"
"Its so horrifying I don't even want to think of the consequences." He groaned out in misery his shoulders slumped. "This could be the end I just know it."
Botan looked at the toddler with concern. What could have possibly happened to cause this kind of reaction in her boss? She tentatively put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him when he started to bang his head on to the table mumbling, "doomed" every time his forehead kissed the hard surface with a loud thunk.
"Sir, what's wrong tell me?" she asked in desperation hoping to forestall any more injury to the toddlers abused forehead.
He mumbled incoherently into the table were his head had come to rest after countless thunks.
"Speak up sir"
"I said Apocalypse has finally come. It's really the end I just know it. The team just isn't strong enough to win not alone."
Botan stared at Koenma in horror. "Sir what are we going to do?"
He stared off into space thoughtfully "Well if it does end I could just read the comics. There are plenty of those around."
"Great idea sir… wait what?" Botan gazed at him in bafflement.
"Yes that's exactly what I will do. Botan will you please go out and buy me some X-Men comics."
"Sir what in the seven Hells' are you talking about. I thought you said the end of the world was near." She exclaimed loudly.
Koenma just looked at Botan condescendingly. "Who said anything about the end of the world. I was talking about my favorite cartoon it might be ending soon. If it does that will be a real tragedy."
"You had me worried over a stupid cartoon!"
"Hey X-Men is not stupid! It happens to be a great show, with good storyline, it's a classic." He said defensively.
He hurried on trying to mollify Botan when her face turned red and her eyes vicious. "Don't worry about the comics you can pick them up on the way when you go to tell Yuusuke and the others of their new mission."
"So there really is a new mission sir?"
"Yeah some minor demons somehow got through the barrier. They shouldn't pose too much of a threat. They aren't really bright." He said with disinterest while admiring a small figurine of a busty brunette dressed in green and yellow. "Besides, there actions are all emotionally based. As long as they don't possess any humans with clout they shouldn't cause too much trouble. You will need Hiei though because these little guys are hard to track."
"Alright sir I will inform them right away" as Botan was about to leave Koenma called after her.
"Don't forget the comics!"
She stopped and looked at him with dangerous cold eyes. Koenma gulped nervously, a shiver ran down his spine. She stared at him in silence with those unblinking, frigid eyes. The silence seemed to stretch on into eternity until finally he broke.
"Uh never mind I will get them myself later" he said anxiously.
"All right sir" she said with a cheerful smile. She then said her farewells and disappeared.
A man in uniform angrily slammed his hands down onto the table and started shouting at the bandanna wearing man sitting in front of him. His face was ruddy from his exertions and spittle was flying from his mouth with every shout. Every wet discharge that flew towards the man sitting in front of him was serenely dodged before it could hit its intended target.
"All right punk, tell us how you got here. What's your real name? Who sent you?
"I already told you my name is Ryoga Hibiki. I was on my way to Tokyo to attend a play. No one sent me anywhere. I don't work for anyone but myself"
"Do you really expect us to believe that you just stumbled onto an armored submarine in the middle of the ocean on your way to the theatre? Which I might add you said is located in Tokyo. That's just bullshit were hundreds of miles away from Tokyo. There is no possible way we are going to believe that fairy tale. So you had better start telling us the truth!"
Ryoga stared at the man starting to feel slightly frustrated. Alls he wanted to do was get to the play on time he had even left a two weeks early to give himself time to find the place. But as luck would have it he got lost while looking for Tokyo. It would have been easier to locate but all the people he asked directions from spoke Russian. He had thought he was finally going the right way only to find himself on a submarine full of what appeared to be trigger-happy government officials.
As the man was about to continue harassing Ryoga the door opened and in stepped the young Captain Tesstarosa. The man hurriedly saluted then left when she pointedly indicated the door.
"So are you ready to confess Mr. Hibiki"
"Miss as I already told him I didn't mean to come onto your ship…I just get lost very easily."
She looked at the frustrated man in front of her with interest. "So you have a problem with directions."
His face flushed and he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I've spent my whole life getting lost. It seems to be genetic."
Tessa outwardly appeared calm while on the inside she was doing a happy little dance. "Well Mr. Hibiki whether your story is true or not is beside the point, you are here now and you have broken countless laws and privacy codes. Also you have caused severe damage to certain areas of the ship. So to make up for your transgressions and the wanton destruction you have committed while onboard I want you to do a little job for me."
"Well uh I would but umm I …"
The captain clasped her hands together looking at him with giant sparkling eyes and pleaded. "You're the only one I can ask for help. This is a special mission and only you can do it. Please take the job Ryoga."
Ryoga always having a soft spot for females couldn't resist her supplication. So with some hesitation he accepted her assignment.
"Great! Now this is your target and here are your instructions." She handed him a vanilla folder marked confidential in bold red letters. "We will be nearing Japan soon, so we will drop you off and you can start right away."
Hiei glared at the pack of crimson haired fools before him. To his disgust Scarlet wasn't among them. He had been combing the city for the brat for hours now and had found a surprisingly large amount of red heads but not the right one. He had encountered this group of weirdo's by accident. Hiei had come searching for Kurama to procure his aid. Only to find the fox surrounded by these brainless idiots trying to enlist him into their cult. Much to Hiei's amusement and Kurama's displeasure.
As greatly as he would normally loved to stay and watch the fox try and squirm his way out this predicament he needed to locate and collect his target in the next ten minutes or face Nabiki's wrath. Or even worse not get to collect on the payment for this venture.
Therefore Hiei only stayed long enough to great Kurama with his customary "Hnn" and scoff a bit over the red heads discomfort before he was off again, gleefully ignoring his friend's pleas for help.
Kurama looked longingly in the direction Hiei had gone as the crimson haired nuisances swarmed around him. They all babbled at him incoherently and stuffed promotional flyers into his arms. As, he was starting to feel claustrophobic he searched desperately for a way to escape the confining mob of hair fanatics.
Just as he was about to use his rose whip on the unsuspecting humans surrounding him, he heard a deep voice call out over the crowed.
"Unhand the beauteous maiden you foul creatures of Hades. I will not let treacherous deviants like yourselves harm a single lock of her cherry mane."
Note: If you haven't guessed yet, this fan-fiction contains the anime's Air Master, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Panic, Gravitation, Ranma 1/2, and Yu Yu Hakusho.