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Chapter 9:

-(Makai)-

"Osamu!"

"What do you want Ichiro."

"Your time is up! Carry out the plan as promised!"

"As you can see Ichiro, I'm preparing myself now." The lord gestured around him, where various weapons and armor lay about.

He glowered. "Hurry it up! I want to see it done to!"

"Do I have to remind you again Ichiro, but I said do not rush me. I do things my pace, my way. In fact, had you not assaulted me every day about your whim, this would have been carried out a month from today."

"A month!"

"Yes, I learn the weaknesses and strengths of my opponent. I research them and see their backgrounds. I go into a fight knowing who they are and how to destroy them." He turned away. "But now I only know that you hanyou brother is an A class, and has the ability to cancel out and hide energy."

"I have told you enough-"

"No, not nearly." His eyes hardened; a nearby shuriken shattered. Ichiro winced as the shards darted past his face, just missing. "Now, leave me."

The demon left, snarling and growling to himself, cursing his bad partnership.

Osamu smiled. Wearing white pants and an azure sash to secure it, he tied a bandana around his head to keep the lengthy hair in his face. Smirking, he tossed on a t-shirt.

'Ah, the good old days…' He stepped through the portal, but not before grabbing a staff and a pouch of shuriken.

-(Yusuke)-

"Where the hell are they!" Kuwabara looked around, as if expecting them to pop up out of nowhere. "They should have been here!"

Yusuke moped on the bench. "I can't believe Shizuru left us stranded without a ride. D---."

"Yusuke stop whining! You probably missed them when you looked!" Keiko scowled. "Stop being so pessimistic!"

Kurama came jogging up. "I didn't see them anywhere in the mall."

"Where could they be?" Botan asked worriedly. "Do you think some demons took them?"

"Nah, not in the open. Otherwise someone in the crowd would have seen them."

"They're not in the mall. Otherwise we would have seen them. We have to look outside the mall. Try to sense their energy signals," Kurama commanded. They obeyed, walking out into the just as crowded parts of the streets, searching for the two 'missing' friends.

"Hiei!" Kurama reached out, hoping the apparition would perceive him.

"What fox."

"We can't find Shizuru and Yuki!" Kurama felt a ripple in Hiei's ki, but ignored it as the disturbance disappeared.

"Do you want me to look for them."

"Please do so."

"Hn." Kurama could picture Hiei loosening the bandana to reveal his glowing purple Jagan. Several seconds later, he received Hiei's response.

"Kaze Boulevard, heading due east."

"Thank you Hiei." Kurama cut the connection, hailing the others with a wave of his hand, and setting off at a run towards Yuki and Shizuru. Yusuke and Kuwabara ran ahead, leaving the redhead and the pair of girls behind.

BAM

"KAZUMA! YUSUKE!"

"I'm sorry Shizuru! It was Kuwabara's fault!"

"No it wasn't! It was his!"

"I don't care WHOSE fault it is, but both of you are going to your asses kicked unless you apologize to Yuki!"

"We're sorry Yuki," they chorused together.

"ACK! YOU KNOCKED HER OUT! YOU BAKA! AND YOU!" She grabbed her brother by the shirt seeing him trying to sneak away. "Don't even think of it!"

"What happened Shizuru?" Jiro hurried towards them just as Kurama, Botan and Keiko reached the others.

"THESE nimrods crashed into Yuki and knocked her out!"

He sighed. "Kurama…?"

Said kitsune stooped and checked the pulse. "Irregular again." He sighed. "Where should we take her?"

"My shop isn't really… a place fit for a hospital." (AN: I didn't mention it, but it was about as messy as his house was before Yuki cleaned it up…)

"My house is a block or two down," input Yusuke meekly. "We can take her there. We won't bother anyone."

"Sure." Jiro lifted Yuki up. "Lead the way." Shizuru grabbed Kuwabara by the ear and towed him along, despite his protests and screams. The rest of the group turned a deaf ear on them. (Insert screams and whining)

Yusuke unlocked the door, admitting them.

"Yusuke! It's just as messy as ever!"

"Sorry! Not my fault!" Jiro ignored the yelling couple and set her down on the couch. The din of Shizuru's and Keiko's yells, Kuwabara's and Yusuke's loud whines and excuses, and Botan's exclamations of disgust over the mess was overwhelming.

'A wonder Yuki doesn't wake up,' thought Jiro bitterly. (Jiro, Kurama, and Yuki were all silent.)

"Yusuke!"

"Mom!" Yusuke took on an angry expression. "Where were you! You told me that you'd be back my midnight!"

"Sorry Hun, I was out at the bar, and it seems I got a hangover. Came back as soon as I could," Atsuko (Yusuke's mother) said. She smiled. "You brought your friends! Better not be cheating on Keiko Yusuke, she's a good girl-"

"Mom, shut up!" The young spirit detective blushed furiously. "I'm not two-timing her!"

"Yes, yes. Let's see, you brought Keiko, Botan, Shuiichi, Kuwabara, (what, no Hiei?) and… who's this?"

"Yuki. She goes to our school," Yusuke replied glumly.

"Ah." Atsuko blanched. "Jiro?"

"You know him?" Yusuke and the others wore a puzzled expression. Except Botan…

"Yusuke, shut up!" The blue haired deity glared at the detective as she clamped a hand over his mouth.

"I-I thought you were dead…" she whispered. "B-but you're alive."

"In the flesh." Jiro smiled softly. "Are you alright Atsu-chan?"

She sobbed hysterically, running over to him and pounding him on the chest with her fists over and over again. "How can you say that! After all these years, all you can say is 'are you alright'! I was so worried about you, you baka!"

"Gomen Atsuko." He rubbed her back gently, trying to quiet her. "I didn't want you to get hurt."

"I can take care of myself!" she said. "What did you need to protect me so much from! I'm y-your-"

"Shh, shh." He comforted her. "I'll talk it over with you someplace more… private… later."

"NO! I want to know why you left me! Now!"

"A beautiful reunion between two lovers." Everyone whirled to the window. A large demon sat there with a ferocious grin. He looked humanoid, except he had long white-blue hair that reached past his waist (1). He clutched a walking stick in a powerful fist, and a small bag hung from his sash.

"What are you doing here?" spat out Yusuke, eying him distrustfully, hand up in preposition of his shotgun.

"I've struck a deal with another weaker demon." (He stressed the word weaker with a sneer.) "I'm supposed to kill him-" he pointed at Jiro "-ordered by his brother."

Jiro glared. "What does Ichiro have to do with this?"

"He wants you dead, to put it bluntly. In exchange for my services, he's sponsored my lab experiments."

"Then I would assume you are Lord Osamu, former assassin and father to Yuki."

"Yes." He stepped in fully through the window. "I assume I am."

Jiro grinned. "Was he having a hard time finding a paid killer to do the job recently? They stopped coming a year ago."

"Not many want to take on Aki Jiro, Reikai Karyuudo."

"Wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE!" Yusuke had a confused angry look on his face. "Who the hell are you, and what are you doing here!"

He mock bowed. "Lord Osamu Akio, here on an assassination job to kill Aki Jiro, alias Urameshi Jiro."

"… WHAT! HE'S my dad!" he bellowed. Atsuko glanced away from her son's heated glare.

"Yes."

"When did that happen!"

"Fifteen years ago, since when you were born," Jiro added in curtly. "I was killed and brought back to life by Koenma, and became Reikai Karyuudo, top spy and information supplier for Spirit World. I just didn't want this to happen to my family."

"Quite right."

"So if he's here to kill my dad, why aren't they fighting?"

"Good point." Kuwabara stared at the both of them. "When are they going to start?"

"Oh, usually small talk comes first, until one gets impatient and asks the other to fight head on," Jiro added lightly. "That's just the way it works I guess."

"Right again. But since this young man has requested us to do so, we might as well start."

"Indeed." The others dodged backwards as they started. Jiro had drawn out two wakizashi from what seemed thin air, and Osamu's staff had turned out to be a disguised zatoichi (2).

Quick sword movements Kuwabara and the girls couldn't follow; Yusuke and Kurama could just barely do so. The lamp fell over with a crash, the curtains were slashed, the coffee table upturned, and the TV pushed over.

Yusuke's eyes bugged out. "My TV!"

Botan smacked him. "Yusuke! Stop being so insensitive!"

The sofa was nearly toppled, but Kurama dragged it backwards, remembering Yuki lying there. (AN: Yes, she was asleep the whole time.) They huddled behind it, watching the opponents warily.

The two swordsmen were locked, blade against blades, a test of strength.

"Rin…"

Osamu's strength faltered- Jiro's blades made an X-mark on his right cheek.

"What did you say?" he whispered. Electricity sparked over him- the light bulb exploded and the TV sparked.

"My mother's name was Rin." Yuki was not awake, but she spoke, tiredly leaning against the sofa armrest.

"Y-Yuki…" He was at loss for words. "You-"

"Why did you kill her?" she asked obliviously.

"I…" Electricity traveled throughout the room, sparking and shocking them.

"Overload," she murmured, and collapsed, rolling off the sofa.

"Yuki!" They all rushed to her

"Her pulse is normal," Kurama muttered. "So there isn't a reason why she should be unconscious…"

"Another internal defect?" suggested Jiro.

"Probably. Ask Koenma to set up a portal for us to Reikai," he said to Jiro. He nodded, taking out his necklace.

Yusuke turned and glared at Osamu. "What did you do to her!"

"She was… the medication didn't work…" He stared emotionlessly at her still form.

"I don't know what you did to her, but it sure isn't something healthy!"

"What kind of father are you?" Atsuko stared at the powerful demon.

"I…" He turned and leapt out the window silently, running away to fast for the human eye to see. The others ignored his mysterious disappearance and bustled their friend off for another trip to the Reikai Hospital again.

That is, everyone ignored Osamu's disappearance except a certain fire demon. A third purple eye was open and watching, the owner of the Jagan trailing the lord's footsteps.

:End Chapter

(1) Think Raizen length I guess…

(2) Zatoichi- like a katana, but it is flatter, and doesn't have a hilt (a full-length straight katana, can be disguised as a simple walking stick. This sword has a fully tempered blade, a slim profile.)

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