Millefiori

Previously

"I just had to fall into a portal that led to the Makai. And whoop-dee-doo, I crash through a prickly pine tree. Boy, this is just my day. Oh yeah, did I mention that I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK."

A crowd of birds flew threw the air, fleeing from the voice of angry crazy girl.

"And my curfew is at seven, so if I get home, Roka is going kill me because I'm his best friend's second cousin or something or other and he's 'supposed to protect me'. Oh, but wait, I also forgot that he'll have to raise me from the dead to kill me because I'll probably be dead in the next few minutes per say because demons want-"

"Human blood?" a calm voice finished off her sentence.

(cricket chirp)

"EYAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Chapter 12

Before she could start running, the person covered her mouth with his hand, grabbing her arm with the other. "Quiet!" Spinning her around, Yumiko could now see that it was Shuiichi. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei stood behind. All three were either grinning or smirking. Yusuke wasn't even trying to keep quiet anymore and started laughing loudly.

"Shut UP Yusuke!" She continued to try and wrench herself from Shuiichi. "And you! Let go of me now!"

"How the hell did you manage to fall into a portal?" Yusuke asked laughing.

"An oni pushed me! It's not my fault!" She proceeded to stomp on Shuiichi's foot, but to no avail.

"You really are unintelligent."

"Shut up! All of you stop- mmmft!" Shuiichi had placed his hand over her mouth again, calmly immobilizing her by taking advantage of her position. One arm wrapped around her, the other wrapped around the bottom half of her face.

"Now, Miss Sato, please restrain yourself. We need to take you back to Ningenkai, where it is safer."

'I'm tempted to bite this hand… but I don't know where in the three worlds it's gone…'

Hiei smirked slightly.

'And you! Stop smirking! It's annoying! Like you read my mind or something! Stupid cocky arrogant pooho!'

"Pooho?"

Her eyes bugged out- Kurama's voice muffled a shriek. "There's something inside my head!"

"Shut up onna."

"It's a parasite! Feeding off my brain!"

"Hn."

"Oh…"

"Are you going to be quiet now Miss Sato?" His arm shifted slightly.

"Safe my ass!" she managed to gasp out around his arm before he covered it again.

"Safer from Rando."

"I'd prefer nice dark gloomy depressing forest! Any day! And you tell him that, bandana-boy!"

"Not possible Miss Sato."

Yumiko twitched. "Tell him to let me go right now."

"Why should I?"

"So I can hit something or someone to vent out my frustration at a certain group of people that Koenma sent."

"Violence is not the way."

"He should NOT be talking!"

"Hn. Stupid onna."

"Jackass!"

He released her mouth. "Please keep quiet Miss Sato."

"Why the hell should I?"

"So you don't attract demons."

"Well I've got two and a wannabe on my case already!"

"Oh, thanks." The raven haired punk cast a dirty look at her.

"And welcome! And what about Kuwabara? He's human too."

"You're female."

"What! So I've got crazy demons who want to screw a female ningen on my tail!"

"I didn't put it that way."

"D--- close!"

"Look." Yusuke tried to step in. "We don't want to hurt you- we just want to prevent you from doing something that you'll regret. Rando is out there, and he's looking for you."

She snorted slightly. "I've dealt with him before."

"But every time someone has shown up to help you."

"Well then, I'll just have to think up something of my own," she snapped back. "Tear, tear."

"Believe it or not Yumiko, you do not have the ability to stop Rando. You are the equivalent of a powerless ningen compared to him."

"Isn't she one already?"

"Shut up," she hissed. "All of you. I don't need to listen to any of you." She slipped out of Shuiichi's arms instantly when the loosened. She started running.

"Where are you going?" Kuwabara asked. "Hey! Come back!"

The four started racing after her.

"Hiei, can you sense her?"

"What do you think fox."

"Catch up to her and stop her!"

"Hn." The blur beside him disappeared. Shuiichi and Yusuke followed as quickly as they could, and Kuwabara trailed behind even further.

'Too fast for me. Especially Hiei. He'll catch up to me any moment now. Just hide I guess. Or miraculously fall into a hole.' Instantly after she said that, a hand grabbed her by the ankles and pulled her down into a spacious place near the roots of a tree.

"Yumiko."

"Rando." She glared ferociously at him. "You really did kill them."

He shrugged casually. "They wouldn't have given their power to me otherwise."

"How many…" Her voice was weak from the prospect of the numbers.

"Several hundred. But I only got a hundred and thirty nine worth learning. Yours will be the last." He grinned.

"You don't even know what my power is, do you?"

"I'm pretty sure." His eyes glinted dangerously. "Why do you think that the Tantai haven't tracked us?"

"…Stupidity?"

Rando smirked. "That too. But I think that we'll go somewhere more… private to continue this lovely conversation." They disappeared in a burst if energy and light, he having teleported both of them away.

"Hey guys, I think I saw something!" Kuwabara, being last, had seen the glow of energy and had gone back. The others joined him, finding the tree where they had been.

"Yumiko was here," said Shuiichi. "And Rando. Not too long ago- their scent is still heavy in the air. He used teleportation."

"Sniff 'em out fox boy." Yusuke grinned.

The redhead frowned. "Let's go back to Reikai. Koenma will open a new portal for us once he locates her."

-(Reikai)-

"Why, WHY COULDN'T YOU FOLLOW HER!" Koenma was practically crying.

"She didn't leave behind any energy signal. Rando is well-trained enough so that his energy cannot be detected easily- even the Jagan has trouble."

"That's strange though." Kuwabara was sitting on the couch, staring absentmindedly. "She isn't trained so that she's able to hide her energy signal… is she? Even I can't do that."

"That's not saying much."

"Shut up Shrimp!"

"What are her powers?" asked Yusuke, ignoring the little brawl in the background, knowing the outcome already.

Koenma sighed. "I don't know yet, but they should be leaking out about now since she hasn't had instruction on how to control them. Did you feel any large outbursts of her energy?"

"No."

"Nope."

"Never."

"Hn." The Prince took that as a no.

"Strange…"

"Do either Jin or Touya have any clue?"

"They still haven't made up- especially Yumiko and Touya."

"I see…"

"Maybe we should call them in… you know, extra backup and stuff like that…?"

"Hn. Only you need backup oaf."

"Hiei, be nice."

"I think that they're training at Genkai's place- hiding out, maybe?"

He nodded in thanks. "I'll have Botan contact them and bring them here through a portal."

"Do you have a location on her position?"

"Just a minute." With several touches of a button, he answered them.

"No. I have Reiki locators in all of the three worlds, all now tuning in looking for her energy signal. Apparently, they can't detect it- to them it feels like hers doesn't exist."

"What!"

"It's true detective." Everyone turned to stare at Hiei.

"What do you mean Hiei?" Koenma asked.

"Hn. When we were chasing her, my Jagan's sense on her signal slipped. It completely disappeared from its 'vision'."

"Her ability." Kurama nodded thoughtfully. "I think I understand it now…"

"Wait a minute, I don't get it. What's going on?"

"Clueless as ever."

"Shut up, short stuff! I bet you don't know either!"

"Hn. How wrong you are."

"Then tell me!"

"An idiot like you couldn't comprehend."

"Bite my ankles!"

"If you both can calm down-"

"Stay out of this Kurama!"

"Whoa, simultaneous…"

: End Chapter

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