Ch 9 P1: Part 2 of Zhulak and the Scimitar of the Undead.

"Botan! It's been two weeks since Zhulak and Yusuke were seen at the football game, are the others here yet! And please, PLEASE tell me that you have located a pattern in the attacks that Zhulak has been executing!"

"No, sir I can't tell you where Zhulak is! The traces are very erratic, I think I'm his target though; he's been lurking around the bodies he kills… I manage to get the souls out but the threat is there. But I have good news; the others are on their way to Tokyo as we speak.

"YES! Finally some good news, well tell them were to meet Chris and Setsuka and then go brief them on the situation, see if they can think any plans up, we need to take down Yusuke and Zhulak now!"

"Yes sir,"

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"I love you so much Chris… I want to spend the rest of my life with you"

"And I, you Florina... kiss me my love, before she gets back."

"CHRIS! HOW COULD YOU! I THOUGHT… I KNEW IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! IF ANYONE NEEDS ME, I'LL BE DYING IN A DITCH SOMEWHERE!" Setsuka bawled out, surprised and pained.

"Setsuka! I can explain!"

"NO! YOU EXPLAIN PERFECTLY BY THE HORRENDOUS SLUT YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARMS RIGHT NOW!" she yelled and stormed through the door sobbing.

"CUT! Who was that Ita?"

"My girlfriend… she forgot I was in the play…" Chris said gloomily

"So… she thought… that I was… cheating… with… you? AHAHAAHA! Sorry Chris but you're not my type at all." Florina said

"Yea, I know… I gotta go before she does something extreme, sorry Mrs. Miller, I gotta go."

"I understand Chris, but you'll be here tomorrow right?" The drama teacher asked

"Sure thing." Chris said

"Great. See you then." She replied

"Great… Setsuka you dunce… you knew I was in the play… damn, I hope you're not too hurt…" Chris thought as he rushed to Setsuka's house. He knocked on the door and Mrs. Mishiyiru let him in "I don't know what's wrong with her, but I'm sure you can calm her down Chris." She said, particularly fond of the boy her daughter had chosen.

"Thanks Mrs. Mishiyiru, it's just a little misunderstanding…" he replied running up the stairs.

"Setsuka? Setsuka I can explain let me in please." He said at the door, he heard her sobbing her eyes out inside."

"N-n-no! Why don't you go with your new g-g-girlfriend! At least it'll be f-f-funny when you get tired of her like with m-me and just cheat with someone else!" she cried out.

"Listen Setsuka… OW!" he yelped as she chucked her IPod at him which hit him square between the eyes. "Ah. Well I can't say I deserved that…"

"YOU DESERVE TO BE BURIED ALIVE!"

"You know I'm claustrophobi… AH!" he yelled again as she chucked her cell at the exact same spot, hitting right on the money.

"Setsuka please, listen to me… no you don't!" he said as he caught another projectile that would have hit the exact same spot squarely.

"Listen, have you forgotten that I'm in the play!"

"N-no…"

"Did you forget that it's a romance?"

"Y-yes…"

"And did you forget that I'm the leading man, and that somewhere in the romance story there's going to have to be a kiss?"

"Y-yes…"

"Do you understand now?"

"Y-yes… I'm so sorry Chris… I saw you kissing that other girl… and I just lost my head…"

"Yea, well if it makes you feel better, when I have to do it, I think of you."

"You do? I'm sorry Chris, I love you…"

"And I, you Setsuka…" he replied, they got closer, closer… their lips were almost touching when…

"SETSIE'S GOT A BOYFRIEND SETSIE'S GOT A BOYFRIEND! HAHAAHAAHAAHAH!"

"dammit Hishiriu! I told you not to come barging in my room like that!"

"HAHAAHAHAHAAH! CHRIS AND SETSIE SITTIN IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-G…" Setsuka's little bro yelled taunting them with his nickname for Setsuka.

"MOM! Can you get Hishiriu out of my room, please!"

"HISHIRIU! LEAVE SETSUKA AND CHRIS ALONE! COME DOWN HERE AND HELP ME DO THE DISHES!"

"AWWW MOOOOOM! DO I GOTTA?"

"YES!"

"Heh…heh…. Umm… so… how did you manage to hit me almost 3 times in the exact same place?" Chris asked trying to make conversation

"I dunno… it just kinda happened… I was so angry that I just… threw it… and, it hit its mark…"

"Do you think you could do it again?" Chris asked

"Maybe… lemme try, one sec gotta get my racket" she said, fishing out a racket from her closet, they both walked outside and went to the brick side of her house.

"Ok let's see…" she said and started hitting the tennis ball against the wall, amazingly she hit it, even though she was 10 feet away from the wall, in the same spot. She ran around for about 5 minutes, and hit it, when she was done, there was but one small circle of dust from the ground.

"Wow, Setsuka that's amazing!" he said

"Yea… I guess you're right…" she replied, amazed at what she had done.

"Chris! Setsuka! I need you two to go to the middle of your school's football field." Said the hand mirror that Botan had given to Setsuka to communicate

"Botan! Hi, ok, we'll be right there." Setsuka said.

"What do you think she wants? Do you think it has anything to do with that Zhulak character?"

"Probably... I mean, it would make sense that Botan would call a conference for something so important. But why in the middle of the football field?"

"I dunno, I guess we'll find out soon enough." Chris replied, they walked back to school. Walked to behind the school and went and sat in the bleachers in front of the football field, which looked the same as usual.

"Ah, Chris, Setsuka, I knew you two would be the first ones here, well just wait a while, the others will be along shortly." Botan said from behind them, making them jump

"Ya know you could give us a warning before you do that." Chris said

"Sorry, well like I said the others will be here shortly, oh I think our first guests are here now." She said pointing to the middle of the field where they saw a strange hole open, and it grew and grew until it was the size of a typical human being, then two people stepped out of it… one of them was short and stubby, a little fat but had a strong look to him, the other was a girl, tall, thin, and blonde.

"Ah Johnny, Lisa, I'm glad you were able to come, here, meet the two detectives I told you about, they stood up against Yusuke and lived. Well… kind of…" Botan said

"Hello, my name's Johnny, Johnny McLaughlin, and this is my fiancé Lisa."

"Pleased to meet you both, my name's Chris and this is my girlfriend Setsuka."

"Hello,"

"Well I can tell you're good, and your feelings are very strong… yes Chris, I am from America."

"Wha? How did you know I was thinking that! Are you?"

"Yes, I have telekinetic powers, they're quite useful actually, I can read minds, move objects, create holes in time and space, stuff like that. Actually made me quite smart…" Johnny explained.

"What about you Lisa? What can you do?" Setsuka asked

"Well, here… let me demonstrate, it's kind of hard to explain, Chris you can shoot energy projectiles correct?"

"Well, yea… but… what do you want me to do? Shoot you? Wouldn't that hurt you?"

"No, just do it, I'll show you what I mean"

"Ok, what element do you want me to throw at you?"

"Any, surprise me"

"Ok, I'm gunna try something I haven't done yet…" Chris said and created a ball of matter, its color fluctuated until it turned pure black, like someone cut a piece of a black hole out and gave it to Chris. "There we go, it took a little more energy but I think I created darkness…"

"ok, now throw it at me, I'm ready for it." Lisa said, she looked as she was bracing herself but other than that Chris could see no change… wait… no… there was a change… she had a faint, but visible aura emanating from her. "ok here goes" Chris said and threw the ball of darkness at her, it hit her and engulfed her for a second or two, but then… she absorbed it… it engulfed her then it wavered and dissipated into her hands. She looked a bit fatigued but satisfied

"See, I absorb energy blasts, so I can redirect them… like this!" she said, shooting the blast back out of her palms in a beam up into the sky, "woah! That's amazing! So wait… did you amplify that or did you just redirect it?" Setsuka asked

"Both! I absorbed it, added a bit of my spirit energy and then redirected it."

"Chris! That was amazing!" Said a voice from the trees near the field.

"Meaghan? What are you doing here?" Chris asked

"We were walking by and… we kinda saw your display and thought that it was more spirit detective stuff…"

"We? Who's we?" Setsuka asked

"That would be Meaghan, Sam, Danny, and Me." said another voice.

"Hi Michelle."

"What! I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERENT SUPPOSED TO INTRUDE ON THIS, GUYS! This is dangerous stuff! Leave now while you can!" Botan yelled angry and upset.

"Sorry we couldn't resist" Sam said in what sounded like a mock apologetic voice.

"Well I see you stumbled upon the enchanting powers of darkness…" said a voice from behind the bleachers

"Aha, Hiei I see you're finally here," said another voice that seemed to come from the air itself

"Hello Kurama, I haven't seen you in ages." Hiei said, walking out of the shadows

"You too Hiei, how are you?" Kurama said, appearing from the leaves carried on a gust of wind, Patricia on his arm.

"OMYGOSH! Setsuka! How are you?"

"PATTY! I'm good! How are you?"

"Well yesterday…."

"Oh no… she's starting the hair salon story again…" Kurama said looking at the two girls. "Just like twelve year olds I swear…"

"Hey Chris, you mind introducing us?" Meaghan asked

"Yea, one sec… Setsuka! You wanna help me introduce these guys?"

"Sure, ok. Everyone! We're going to have to work together I think, so we're going to have to know each other, some of us know each other, some of us don't, so lets all introduce ourselves." She yelled in a commanding tone of voice.

"Ok I'll go first, my name is Kurama, and I'm a spirit fox,"

"My name is Patricia, Call me Patty or I'll kill you, I'm Kurama's wife and I'm half spirit fox!"

"Call me Hiei,"

"Name's Chris, I control the elements."

"Setsuka's the name! Chris's girlfriend and I play tennis.

"Johnny McLaughlin, I'm telekinetic."

"Lisa, fiancée of Johnny, I'm mainly defensive."

"Everyone knows me! I'm Botan! I'm the Grim Reaper!"

"My name's Michelle, umm…. I like to dance."

"I'm Sam, I love dragons."

"I'm Meaghan, I love Cats (the musical)

"Umm... I'm… I'm Danny… I'm… Meaghan's…. boyfriend…"

"What's wrong Danny?"

"It's just… I… Meaghan… I really like you… I really do, but… I can't take this… this isn't going to work out." Danny said

"wh…what? Are… are you breaking up with… me?" Meaghan asked, she sounded as if her heart had just been torn apart

"I'm sorry; if you are going to keep hanging out with… these… these…. FREAKS! THERE I SAID IT!" he yelled

"What! They are my friends!"

"Meaghan… That boy… HE JUST SHOT A BOLT OF DARKNESS OUT OF HIS HANDS! I'm sorry Meaghan but they're freaks."

"Danny! They're my friends and that should be enough for you!"

"No, no, I can't… we can still go out if you forsake those…"

"DON'T SAY IT! JUST… JUST GET AWAY FROM ME!" she yelled running into the woods, sobbing.

"How dare you hurt that poor girl… I should burn you alive right now…" Chris said shaking…

"Get away from me!" Danny yelled scared running away from the group.

"What a horrible little boy… I hate people like that… hating us just because we're different… hey Hiei where are you going?" patty asked

"I'm going to find the girl… her name is Meaghan correct?" he asked emotionlessly

"Yea… good luck." Sam said trailing off.

"Ok, so should we wait for him to get back or should we just discuss what we're here to discuss…?" Michelle asked

"You, are going to sit over there and listen, we are going to figure out a way to kill Zhulak and Yusuke." Botan replied smartly.

"Aww… your no fun ya know?" Michelle said downhearted.

"Ok so does anyone have a plan?"

"I think so… lets see… first we…"

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"Why would he do this? He was so nice… he was perfect… I don't believe him… I'm so confused! What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to think…? I… just don't know anymore…" Meaghan thought while sobbing on a stump in a hollow in the woods.

"Excuse me…"

"W…w… who's there…? Oh… its you… you're Hiei right?"

"Yes… I… I'm sorry for… what he did to you…"

"I…it's not your fault…" "He looks so… handsome in the moonlight… but… he's a demon! I'm just a human… why would he like me? I'm just… a girl…" she thought

"But still, what he said was because of us… if we were not there, you would still be together" "what is this odd feeling… why do I insist on consoling her…?"

"I…I'm actually kind of happy we broke up now… if this had happened when we were closer… I would have been crushed… now I'm only sad that he insulted my friends…"

"I'm still sorry for you Meaghan… may I call you that?"

"Yes… Meagan's… okay…" she said sadly… he walked over to the stump and sat down next to her. They sat in silence until Meaghan burst out crying.

"I…I…I'm s…sorry I… just… l…loved him… so much…"

"Is that what this feeling is? Is it love? Well even if it is… I doubt she would love me back… she seems so sad after that boy broke up with her…"

"I… want to help more Meaghan… but… I can't think of anything to say that would help you"

"T…t…thank….s" she said, breaking up again, she broke out sobbing and grasped Hiei, hugging him around the waist and crying into his chest. Hiei didn't know what to do so he just silently hugged her rubbing her back.

"I…I…I'm…s…sorry...H...Hiei…I…don't…mean…t…to…be…s…s…so forward…"

"It's ok Meaghan… let it all out… the best way to get rid of your sadness is to just let it out." He said trying to console her. He looked into her deep tear-ridden green eyes; she looked into his piercing red ones…

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"Ok so we have a plan, now all we need is Hiei, and we can work it out. First of all, Patty, you will use your cloaking abilities to disguise you as an undead zombie and infiltrate Zhulak's lair and try to find the scimitar and steal it and take down the forcefield that Zhulak is sure to have around his inner sanctum, or at least try taking out a few zombies if you can." Botan started,

"No problem, thieving is second nature to me"

"Ok, good, now while she is doing that, Kurama will transform into Yoko-Kurama and storm in, maybe the ruckus will make it easier for Patty to infiltrate the lair."

"A suicide mission eh? Just the way I like it."

"Ok, so while Patty and Kurama are at work with their army, Johnny I want you to teleport all the rest of us into Zhulak's inner sanctum when Patty disarms the field, can you handle teleporting six people?"

"never tried it but I'm sure it wont be a problem."

"good, now, when we're in Zhulak's sanctum it starts to get tricky, he no doubt has Yusuke as his guard, so we're going to have to take down him first before we tackle Zhulak… anyone have any ideas how to kill Yusuke?"

"Well… why not storm him all at once?" Sam said

"Not a bad idea, but YOU TWO NEED TO STAY OUT OF THIS!" Botan yelled

"Well he's a zombie right? So zombies are vulnerable to fire right? That's always what I learned… fire or explosions… neither of which we have in great surplus…" Patty said,

"I can conjure fire… but only enough for a small blast… I could never engulf him in flames… not yet…" Chris said.

"Let's not forget, that Hiei has the Dragon of the Darkness Flame." Kurama said

"Yea… but that's not true fire…"

"Well, fire… that's a good strategy, wait I've got it! Lisa, you amplify blasts right? So Chris will intentionally throw fire blasts at you, you take them amplify them and shoot them at Yusuke!" Setsuka said thrilled by her brilliance.

"Nice idea Setsuka! Can you handle that Lisa?"

"Yea, easy."

"Good, ok so we have a plan, anyone got some dynamite on them?" Botan asked

"No…"

"Nope"

"Not on me"

"I have a grenade!"

"Really?"

"Yea but its been drilled"

"… THEN WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT?"

"Ok it looks like we're up a river without some dynamite…" Botan said

"What did we miss?" came a voice from the woods

"Ah Hiei you're back, did you find Meaghan?" Kurama asked

"Yes," he said simply as he walked into the field with Meaghan on his arm still tearing a little.

"I…I'm sorry guys… for what Danny said…" Meaghan said, sniffingj.

"It's ok Meaghan, I actually feel sorrier for you… he was your boyfriend and he left you because of us… I'm sorry…" Chris said

"It's okay… he… just… was a little overwhelmed…" Meaghan said

"Are you going to try to get him back Meaghan?" Setsuka asked

"No… I don't think we're right for each other…" Meaghan replied

"So what are you going to do?" Sam asked

"I'll find someone…" she said slyly.

"Ok... well now that you're here Hiei, we can start on our mission, we'll fill you in on the way Hiei. Sam, Michelle, and Meaghan… STAY HERE! We're going into the spirit world… its very dangerous and since you cannot defend yourselves we would have to… which is not good. Johnny we're ready, come on, let's get to Zhulak's domain." Botan said

"Right." Johnny said and quickly created a large portal "ok let's go, everyone through except you three," he said quickly knowing what they were thinking.

"aww!" they moaned together. They watched everyone walk through the portal, and then it started to waiver. "Do you think we should?" Michelle asked

"No, but we're going to anyway aren't we?" Sam said

"Yup. Looks like it." Meaghan finished and they jumped through the portal which swiftly closed up behind them.

END OF PART ONE! It's a really long chapter so I'm going to have it in parts, enjoy R&R plz!