I know everyone's gunna hate me about what I did with Kurama, you'll know what I'm talking about when they say it, but I asked my friend what she wanted in my story, and she told me that she wanted this. So… have fun, and don't flame me ok?
Ch 6: Case the second, Argindras the Annihilator shut up, I know it's stupid, but it's all I got!
Spirit world: "Botan! Look at these reports! Doesn't it seem strange that the spirit energy is spiking in this way in certain areas of Osaka?" Koenma called from behind the familiar stack of paperwork on his desk
"Yes, it does sir, but who could be doing it?" she replied looking at the report
"Well depending on the area of spikes and the manner in which they do spike, I would have to say it's… very, very bad, Botan, do you remember the Osaka murders of 2045?" he said looking grim at her.
"Yes, the humans never solved them, 98 murders, no connection except that the victims were all tortured, and had tormented looks in their eyes."
"Do you know who actually caused it?"
"Yes, it was… Argindras… but… no, we… executed him didn't we?" she said quietly back to him
"Yes, but he always had a little quirk to revive himself from the smallest atom if he had the chance, we thought we had completely eradicated his existence, but apparently we didn't. So, I think its time you call in the detectives."
"What? But, sir! It would be a suicide mission!"
"I know that Botan! That's why I want you to call in Kurama and his partner…"
"Chris! Chriiiis! Come on! You've been sleeping since 8 last night! Its noon now! Wake up would you!" Setsuka yelled from outside his house
"Setsuka, please, I need my sleep!" he said blearily to her
"Chris! It's been a month since our fight with Anini and you promised to take me to the maaall!" she nagged at him
"Ugh fine, ill be right down" he mumbled to her, and then proceeded to get dressed. When they met at the front door he bid his mother goodbye and walked with her down to the mall. They shopped for about an hour, where Setsuka bought a new set of earrings and (much to Setsuka's dismay) Chris paid for lunch. They were walking around shortly after when they spotted Botan speaking with two other people, one with red hair, jeans, and a pink shirt, And the other a girl with black hair, a tank top, and jeans.
"Hey Botan! Who're your friends?" Chris yelled over to her,
"Oh Chris! I'm glad you're here I need to talk to you and Setsuka, these are Kurama and Patricia, they're spirit detectives also, they're much higher in rank than you, they take the class A and class S missions. Don't worry about meeting now; you can do that on the train."
"Wha? The train? Slow down would you? What train?" Setsuka said to them
"No time to explain, the train leaves in an hour and I need all four of you on it, basically I need you to work together on a case. There is this demon, Argindras, he was supposed to have been executed 15 years ago but he revived, so I need you four to hunt him down and catch or kill him, either way, he CANNOT! Get away; he is far too dangerous a villain to be running around on the loose. Here are your tickets, lets go." Botan said very quickly, it was apparent that she was in a rush.
"Umm, Botan? Why in such a rush, and where are we going?"
"Osaka, your going to Osaka to hunt Argindras down, last time he was loose he killed 98 people, so be careful. Who knows what he's planning now. So get going would you?" she said hurrying them out of the mall,
"But Botan, we need clothes, we need to tell our parents that we're going, and we need a hotel if we're going all the way to Osaka!"
"On the train, already told them, and your accommodations have been taken care of. So get going,"
"Chris? Am I the only one kind of wierded out about this? She knew we were going to be at the mall, she already told our parents we were going to go to Osaka, and she already packed our things…" Setsuka asked
"Yea, it is strange but she's kind of strange herself…" he replied. They got to the train station with a half-hour left over, so they went through security and got on the train.
"Wow, first class, I wouldn't have thought Botan would scrape this up for us," Patricia commented when they were in their compartment.
"Yes, she must think that giving us first class and a good hotel would be considered a bonus for such a difficult case" Kurama replied
"Awww, honey I don't think it'll be that hard, especially not for you." Patricia said kissing Kurama gently on the cheek.
"Uh… should we leave?" Setsuka asked and pointed to the door
"No, no we won't take it any farther than that," Patricia said
"Umm, ok, well what are you? Boyfriend and girlfriend? As partners? Isn't that kind of… against regulations or something?" Chris asked
"No, no we're married." Kurama said
"Awww. When did you get married?" Setsuka asked
"A year ago in two months, right honey?" Patricia asked Kurama who nodded while smiling. "Yes, and it's been wonderful, but it's quite a long story, we so long ago, however I had no idea that he was a demon until I was 12" Patricia said
"A, a demon! You don't look like a demon," Chris said startled
"Yes, I don't look it because I'm part human too, you see, I had a human body for quite a while now, I had one 50 years ago, and knew your predecessor quite well actually, but it aged and died so I, a spirit fox had to find a different human body, so I infiltrated an embryo before a soul had been created, and my mother had given birth and, here I am, but I'll let Patricia tell you the story of how we met" Kurama said with a smile
"Yes, it all started 9 years ago, when I was ten. It was a cold winter in Osaka, where I grew up. I was playing out in the snow with my friends when I came across a fox kit in the woods, he was badly injured and bleeding, so I brought him into my house and nurtured him back to health, over time, needless to say I became attached to him, I named him Yoko and kept him as a pet, but he was so much more than a pet, he was a friend. Whenever I was sad or angry I told Yoko what was wrong and he would listen attentively and do a little trick to cheer me up, he was the best friend I could ask for, I loved him dearly, when one night these bad men came and attacked us, they were yelling at me about looking for a Kurama. I of course had no idea that Yoko was actually Kurama transformed back then, so I told them I had no idea who this person was, they didn't listen and tried to kill me, but a handsome man with white hair came and saved me, he killed the bad men, who I later discovered to be demons in disguise. I was bleeding horribly and if it didn't stop, I would have died, but the man cut open his arm and gave me some of his blood. He waited until I was better and then left, but before he left he gave me a rose, a white rose. I didn't know who this man was but I promised to tell him how I really felt about him, and thank him for saving me."
"Little did I know, that he was a demon, and the blood that he had transfused into me, was demon blood, so now I was part demon, I began seeing people with horns everywhere, and peoples auras became visible, and in time, I could grasp the rose he gave me, and extend it into a whip. So one day when I was 12 I was walking outside when I saw a man with a demonic aura walking around in the woods. I thought it was Kurama, and ran after him, but I soon discovered that it wasn't Kurama, but a dangerous killer, I found this out and he tried to kill me, I warded him away with my rose, but he overcame me, he had me huddled in a corner, about to die, when somehow I unleashed a single arrow, an arrow composed of spirit energy, chakra, and demon energy, all fused together to form a radiant arrow. This arrow was so strong that it killed the formidable demon in one blow. Botan saw me stumbling out of the forest and caught up to me, she told me I was a good candidate to become a spirit detective so I had no choice but to accept. I went out solo on a few missions before I came across Kurama when I was 14, he saved me twice actually, once when I was a child and the second time on that very case, I couldn't beat this demon, when Kurama came out of nowhere and distracted him, giving me the chance to hit him with my arrow. He then asked Botan if we could be partners, she agreed, and we teamed up, but until I saw him transform, I had no idea that he was the one who saved me, after that, I just fell in love with him. And I didn't know it but he fell for me too. We beat many cases together, growing closer and closer until, last year, he popped the question, I of course said yes and here we are, happily married." She concluded with a smile and a slight blush.
"Awww, that's so sweet!" Setsuka said on the verge of tears "A happy ever after story! True love does happen!"
"Yes well, don't get all teary please, it embarrasses me," Kurama said
"And I'm sure that you will find true love too, Setsuka" Patricia said with a grin, eyes darting to Chris.
"Anyway, on to the case, first when we get to Osaka, we'll check into our hotel, it's a five star hotel so be on your best behavior." Patricia said in a mock lecture voice. "we only get one room but it's a penthouse so we get 2 bedrooms Kurama and I will get one room and I'll leave it to you who gets the other. Its about… 5:00 right now so we'll just hang around the hotel for a while; we'll go to bed by 9:00. We'll need all the rest we can get for tomorrow, I know you probably stay up much later at home but for the case your going to go to bed early!" she quickly added at their outraged expressions.
"Ok, other than the stern agenda, anything else we should know?" Chris asked
"Well other than common sense that you shouldn't tell anyone why you're here, nope, and you'll find that we are fun too, I mean, we're only 4 years older than you, well I am at least, Kurama's beat all of us by what is it honey? 350? Yes three-hundred fifty years." Patricia said "Oh and call me Patty would you? Patricia sounds like an old person name, thanks" she said as they nodded.
"Setsuka, you can have the other room I'll sleep on the couch," Chris said
"No, you have the other room," she replied.
"Setsuka,"
"Chris,"
"Setsuka! I want you to be comfortable, you take the room, and the couch will be fine! It's a good hotel so I'm sure it's a pull-out"
"Chris! That is exactly why I want you to have the room! The pull out couch is probably very comfortable, but you need the bedroom more,"
"Why! I'm fine!"
"No! You need to rest still; you said you're still recovering from the fight!"
"No I didn't! It was laziness! That's the only reason I slept in that late today!"
"Do you think we should intervene?" patty asked Kurama
"Nah, let them resolve, they obviously care very much about each other, they'll dispute it long enough until one tires" he replied obviously taking entertainment from this.
"Chris! I let you pay for whenever we go out, I let you protect me when I was being attacked in the ally, and I let you take most of the blows in the fight with Anini! I am not letting you sleep on the sofa!" Setsuka continued
"Do you know why I did that? Did you ever think of that!" Chris said without thinking
"Yes… I did think of that…." She replied quietly. They looked away and continued to blush
"Ok well then I'll take the room." Setsuka said still quiet
"Hmm, now that was enlightening!" Patty said awakening them to hers and Kurama's presence
"ALL PASSENGERS, OSAKA STATION IS COMING INTO VIEW, GET ALL OF YOUR BAGGAGE AND BE READY TO DEPART" the intercom blared,
"Oh we're almost there; we had better grab our things and get ready." Kurama commented. They arrived at the station and boarded the bus that was heading into the city. They got to the hotel and checked in, and then they went to their room, the master bedroom was very big and had a connected bath, and a king sized bed. The secondary bedroom was still big and the bed was a queen. The kitchen was fairly large and had a fridge stuffed to the brim with complimentary wines, soda, and snacks, the living room had a nice overstuffed pull-out couch, and a large widescreen TV. They explored the hotel together, found a spa, which patty squealed to find, a huge Olympic sized indoor pool, and game room, which Chris stayed in for a good 30 minutes. After they explored they went back to their room. They hung out in the room, talking and swapping stories, Patty and Kurama telling Chris and Setsuka about their previous fights. They watched a few TV shows, until it was 8:45 when they reluctantly went to bed; Patty and Kurama went into their room, taking Setsuka to hers they bed Chris goodnight, and went into their rooms. Kurama and Patty closed the door behind them,
"What do you think Patty? You've been right about these things before, I know that they like each other, but do you think its true love?" Kurama asked peeking out at Chris who was staring at Setsuka's door.
"Hmm, I would say so; they feel very deeply for each other that's for sure. But, I wonder if their bond would stay strong if it were tested, I think we should talk with them, I know its not our business but I'm curious, I've never seen a bond this strong, especially when the two are so young." She replied.
END OF CHAPTER 6! (I know there was no action whatsoever in this chapter, but I had to introduce Patty and how she and Kurama met, next chapter, get ready for the entire fight scene, and then! You will see what happened to make the story come in like it did…)
