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"Oh ho! I would like to point out that that was not me."
"For once, I gotta hand it to ya shorty."
"Hn. Like I said, enough time has been wasted."
"Then let's go."
The team was of. Twice Yusuke tried to start a conversation, but he was silenced both times with looks from either Kurama or Hiei. With a demon this powerful the element of surprise was their best bet. When they were about two hundred yards from the glade Kurama stopped them.
"This is where we part ways. Kuwabara, head straight to where you feel his energy. Do not make any noise, because if Shintaro hears you he may just blast you before you even get there. Alright, Hiei head to the left, and Yusuke and I will go to the right. We'll split up on the way and I'll get behind him. I'll signal you when it's time to attack."
"What's the signal?"
"Oh, you'll know. It is imperative that you stay as silent as possible. Kuwabara we'll be behind you all the way, but try to lull him into a false sense of security. If he starts beating you up too badly we'll step in, but remember, we are waiting for the opportune moment."
"Yeah, okay."
"Let's go."
The team separated.
Ten Minutes Later
"Hey ugly, I hear that you think you're the big demon on the streets."
Shintaro looked up. "Really? Because last time I checked I was the demon, you were the pathetic human, and you were the ugly one."
Indeed he was telling the truth, for Shintaro was quite the looker. He was sleek and tall, Brown boots came up until just below his knee. Where the boots stopped, light yellow leggings began. Behind him was a long tan tail that was twitching like a cat's. His tunic was a paler yellow than his leggings. It was embroidered with gold thread in the shape of, what else, a mongoose. His face was handsome, if only a little pointed. He had dark blue eyes and dark brown hair that reached a little below his shoulders. Two small tan, rounded ears poked through his hair. He lifted up a hand and Kuwabara saw that his fingernails were more like small black claws.
Kuwabara looked his opponent up and down. 'Yeah, maybe this guy is tougher than he looks. His energy is crazy high.'
"I'd like to see you land a punch on me pretty boy!" Kuwabara seemed to have hit a nerve. Shintaro looked up, his eyes blazing.
"Nobody calls me that. Especially not big ugly, cantankerous humans." Shintaro had had enough. He charged.
Kurama started. 'Now!' He cupped his hands and blew into them, hooting like an owl.
"Guess that must be the signal." Yusuke shifted slightly so that he could see the back of the mongoose. He concentrated his energy on his right index finger, and it began to get warm. When he had collected enough energy, he aimed and fired at Shintaro's back.
Shntaro was just about to let Kuwabara have it when he felt a large amout of energy coming straight at him. He instinctively side-stepped and the rei blast headed straight at Kuwabara. The orange-haired teen yelped and scrambled out of the way. The ball of energy hit a nearby tree, destroying it and three others. Yusuke stepped out into the clearing.
"Oh ho! Trying to sneak up on me eh? Well you'll have to wake up much earlier to trick this demon!"
A blur came up behind him, hitting the mongoose in the back of the head with the hilt of his sword.
"Really?"
Shintaro was furious. "All of you are as good as dead."
A familiar whip snaked out from the trees behind Shintaro. It wrapped around his abdomen and shredded his tunic.
"It would not appear that way." Shintaro looked around. He was surrounded, and a shadow of panic was evident in his navy eyes.
"Wondrous, four against one, excellent odds." The same black blur appeared again behind the demon, this time with its sword drawn. Unluckily for Hiei Shintaro was prepared.
Using speed that he had not shown the tantei before, the hunted demon snatched Hiei out of the air and chucked him at Yusuke. With no time to react both of them went tumbling with a considerable amount of speed. Unable to untangle themselves they hit a tree with quite a lot of force. Both Hiei and Yusuke were dazed and incapacitated for the time being.
Turning back to the fight, Shintaro grinned. "Anyone else wanna have a go?"
Kurama answered without words. Lashing out with his rose whip, he aimed for Shintaro's head.
Four inches from his face the demon caught the whip in his hand without flinching. Sharply jerking the whip, Shintaro flung the redhead into the other detectives.
Seeing that he was the only one left Kuwabara decided to charge the enemy while he still had his back turned.
But sadly, Shintaro was, once again, two steps ahead of the spirit detectives.
Catching Kuwabara's punch, he twisted the young human's arm behind his back. He then pulled out a dagger that was concealed in his boot and put it to Kuwabara's throat.
By this time Hiei, Yusuke, and Kurama had recovered and were standing, weapons raised.
"None of you move or the human gets it."
"Lemme go and fight me like a man you overgrown muskrat!" Kuwabara was outraged at the fact that he was now leverage against his friends. He was squirming in Shintaro's vice-like grip, trying to free himself but failing miserably.
The mongoose only tightened his grip and growled, "Stop wriggling and maybe I'll let you live, but keep moving and I'll strangle you."
Kuwabara stopped struggling and fell limp in the demons arms.
"You, shorty, sheathe that sword and get rid of it."
Hiei didn't move.
"Maybe you didn't hear me. Put down your weapon or your friend dies." To emphasize his point, Shintaro drew a small line of blood from Kuwabara's neck.
Hiei hesitated for a moment, but, finding no other way around it, sheathed his sword.
"Good, now toss it to the side."
Against his better judgment the fire apparition cast his weapon to his left, it landed twenty yards away.
"Now redhead, turn that nasty whip of yours back in to a flower." Shintaro was obviously loving his new control over the tantei.
Kurama, whose mind was racing furiously, could not come up with any other solution. He retracted his whip back into its original form.
"Now, destroy it."
Still unable to do anything else but obey the murderer who had a death-grip on his friend, the fox relented. He dropped the rose and crushed it under his foot.
"Is this really the infamous Rekai Tantei that I've heard so much about? The team that defeated the Toguro brother? It's kind of disappointing really." Shintaro sneered at the team.
Fox, have any bright ideas?
Just one, but don't pay attention to me, just get Kuwabara so we can fight him.
Hn.
All of a sudden Kurama started to convulse. His body twitched furiously. He gave out a yell as if in pain, but it was choked of a moment later. Then the kitsune started to wheeze. First it only sounded like he had done too much running, but soon it got worse. He struggled for breath that wouldn't come. He fell to his knees, breathing raggedly.
The fox's sudden seizure had the attention of almost everyone in the clearing.
"What did you do to him you bastard?" Yusuke could only watch as one of his closest friends appeared to be dying. He was torn. He didn't know what to do, which friend to save. He reasoned that he probably couldn't help Kurama even if he did get over to him, so he stood his ground.
"Nothing, but isn't it fun to watch? I wonder how long he'll last."
"Longer than you!" Hiei appeared on Shintaro's shoulder. He wrenched the dagger away out of his hand, causing the iron-grip that was held on Kuwabara to slacken. The orange-haired boy seized his chance and freed himself. Once he hit the ground he scrambled away from the two demons. Hiei jumped down from the mongoose and appeared next to Kurama's, who had stopped the act, side.
"Whoa, what's going on! Kurama weren't you just dying?"
Yusuke wasn't the only one that was confused, Kuwabara and Shintaro were looking lost too.
Kurama smiled. "It's called a diversion, the oldest trick in the book."
Shintaro was outraged. 'He had been defeated by a mere diversion! He would show them!' The mongoose stretched out his hands and earth began to collect in his outstretched palms.
"I don't believe we discussed this, but I am a master at controlling earth." The two balls of dirt that he was holding sharpened into twin scythes. "Prepare for your destruction fools!"
"Well we've got a few tricks of out own. Dragon of the Darkness Flame!" Hiei summoned his dragon with one hand.
"Rei Gun!" Yusuke and Hiei inadvertently let their deadly attacks loose at precisely the same moment. They merged, crackling with energy that was powerful enough to defeat even the mighty King Enma. The combined force rocketed directly at Shintaro. The mongoose did not have time to move and took at direct hit from the devastating attack. After the smoke cleared the team could still see him standing. He turned to face the detectives but never made it. He crumbled into dust.
"All right! We got him!"
"You fool, do normal demons turn into dirt when they are defeated?"
"Hiei is right. I fear what this might mean. Shintaro was a master at controlling earth remember?"
"Very clever." The real Shintaro walked out into the clearing. "It's called 'Earth Clone Technique'. Now I have the advantage."
