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Chapter 10: A New Villian

"Yusuke!" Keiko scolded. He had overslept and missed first period. And unfortunetly for him, Keiko found out. "It was only math." he said with a yawn. She sighed and walked away in defeat. Yusuke looked around the hallway. He spotted Kuwabara slowly walking into their history classroom. "How much trouble did you get into?" he asked when him and his friend sat down. "None. My parents were at a party. They didn't get home until an hour after I did." Kuwabara slumped in the chair,too tired to sit up.

'No use talking to him. He's wiped out.' The door closed and the teacher started writing on the blackboard. Over the chattering of the students, he didn't hear the door open then close. Kurenai quickly crept to her desk next to Kuwabara. "Nice going." Yusuke complimented her on sneaking in late. His mouth hung open a bit when she turned her head to look at him. Running from the corner of her eye halfway across her cheek was a fresh cut. It looked deep enough to leave a serious scar if she were human.

"What happened?" Kurenai shook her head so black locks would cover the wound. "I was tired and tripped last night going up the stairs to my apartment. It's nothing." she said. Yusuke wasn't convinced. He watched while she pulled out a textbook from the bag on the floor. Her sleeves moved up as she searched for a pen revealing bandages. "What kind of fall creates injuries that need this much treatment?" He grabbed her arm and she flinched. "Ugh, I fell into a mirror. A few cuts is nothing." She pulled away from him.

The spirit detective glared at her. "You're lieing. Kurenai, what are you trying to hide?" She glared back at him. Yusuke then saw clearly what he had before. Pain was evident in those black eyes. 'Pain?' "I'm not hiding anything. It's none of..." The komori flinched again and stared of into space. "Kurenai? Rei? You okay?"

A voice started speaking in her head. "Getting a good education?" "What do you want?" she said telepathically to the one invading her mind. "You, of course. But since you won't come peacefully, I'll have to play dirty." "What do you mean?" "You're about to find out." Kurenai felt someone lightly shaking her shoulder. "Ms.Nokimura?" The teacher tried to get her attention. "Yes?" "Something has happened." Her face told him she was confussed. "Your guardian, Sanzo Kishiro, is in the hospital."

Everyone in the room stared at her. 'No. Rumaru,' Kurenai ran out of the room and out of the school. She became tempted to fly to the hospital, but resisted the urge. People on the streets stared at her while she bolted through the crowds. The double doors of the medical center flew open. The komori breaked in front of the counter. A nurse jumped when the girl stopped. "Sanzo Kishiro, what room is he in?"


"Mr.Tanaka, what happened?" Yusuke asked. The teacher still had pity in his voice. "Mr.Kishiro was attacked outside of his home. When help arrived, his attacker was gone. The police were going to take Kurenai to the hospital, but..." he trailed off. Kuwabara was awake since Mr.Tanaka came over. He glanced at the clock at the front of the room. "Urameshi, there's only an hour left of school." The teacher resumed his lesson. "We're going to talk to Kurenai after this." The spirit detective turned back around in his seat. 'This is going to be a long hour.'

The time finally passed by. The bell rang through the school's hallways. "Come on. Pick up the pace!" Yusuke yelled back to Kuwabara. "Shut up!" They reached the hospital and went inside. It didn't take long to find the bat demon. She was sitting in a chair in the waiting room, staring at the floor. The two boys sat next to her on either side. "How is he?" asked Yusuke sympathetically. No response. "Kurenai," She looked at him with anger and hurt evident on her face. "He's in surgery." Both guys said no more about it.

It felt like an eternity of waiting. Finally, Sanzo's doctor came into the waiting room. The three of them stood. "How is he?" Kurenai's voice was a little shaken. "Sanzo is out of surgery. He's stable, but we won't know if it did anything until he wakes up." The doctor sounded doubtful which scared her. "When will that be?" she urged him to tell her. "There's no way to tell. However, I am warning you now that Sanzo is in critical condition. His injuries are severe and he's lost a lot of blood." Kurenai felt her legs about to give way. "You can see him in recovery." She nodded and walked away. Kuwabara started to follow, but Yusuke stopped him. "She needs to be alone with him for a while."

The boy complied and sat back down. Yusuke went to the front desk. "Excuse me." The woman looked up from her work. "Yes?" "Is there a phone I could use?" She placed a beige colored phone on the counter in front of him. "Here you go." she said before going back to the forms. He picked it up and dialed the number. It rang a couple of times before someone answered. "Hello?" "Hello, Mrs.Minamino. This is Yusuke. Is Ku-Shuichi home?"


"Shinya!" The guy walked into a dim room. "Yes?" Shinya asked from the doorway. There was a dark haired man in a red cape sitting at a long dining table. "Where is she?" "She is at the hospital along with that spirit detective brat." The man took a sip of his wine. "Excellent." he chuckled. "Rumaru, what if she refuses to join us?" Shinya questioned.

There was a moment of silence. Rumaru stood up from his seat. "The girl will join us or the rest of her friends will die. I swore from the day Kuronue killed my son that I would get my revenge. When he himself died, I had to find some other means of vengeance. Killing his lover wasn't enough. However, that bitch saved her daughter even in death. So now that I am finally in the human world, I can make Kuronue's own child dishonor him by joining me."


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