Warnings: slight KuwabaraxBotan, Shizuru, a perverted foul-mouthed demon, Yomi being Yomi, Kurama's hunter is revealed, and a Hiei and Shuichi moment.
Chapter 4
ELSEWHERE:
Yusuke, Botan, and Kuwabara were walking down the pavement of one of the neighborhoods they were carrying out the mission. It was Kuwabara's senses that had brought them earlier to this peculiar neighborhood to investigate the whereabouts of the four demons. There had not been any luck so far for the search… The two boys halted their steps when they noticed that Botan was being slightly left behind on their trail.
"Yo, Botan! What's up?" Yusuke asked her as he looked over his left shoulder.
Botan had stopped walking just to look at her wristwatch that was on her right wrist. "Oh my, we have been searching four hours non-stop for those demons…" she said rather surprised as she still looked at her wristwatch. That explained why she was feeling tired of walking around.
"It's almost dinner time..." Kuwabara said as he looked up in the sky, which was already darkened. He was also feeling hungry. He looked at Yusuke and Botan: "All right, guys, how about we take a break and have dinner at my house? I don't know about you guys but those demons are not actually going anywhere."
"Um, sure, I'd love to if your family doesn't mind having us for dinner, Kuwabara," Botan said politely as she accepted the dinner invitation.
"Ah, it's no big deal!" Kuwabara grinned because the spiritual young woman that he happened to be interested in accepted his invitation. "It's mostly me and my big sister at the house, so visitors are welcomed." He then turned to Yusuke, "What do you say, Urameshi?"
Yusuke shrugged his shoulder as an initial response. "Sure, why not? Mom's not gonna be home tonight, which having an actual dinner is out of the question."
Then it was settled: the trio was eventually over at Kuwabara's house having a decent meal.
Yusuke and Botan were eating happily on the table while Kuwabara was in deep thought that he was yet to taste his food. It was unusual for him but he couldn't help it when his mind had taken him to that time and space approximately 10 minutes ago…He broke out of his trance he noticed that Yusuke was taking food out from his own plate.
"Hey! Are you stealing my food, Urameshi!?" Kuwabara growled to the point of baring his teeth like sharp fangs.
"I'm so hungry and you are wasting this delicious dinner by brooding your ass off!" Yusuke yelled, making his point very valid.
Kuwabara crossed his arms to his chest in defeat. "Still, it is not fair!" he grumbled, followed by a frown that was set on his lips. He then looked up to see that Botan, who was sitting next to him, was passing him another plate filled with food.
"Here is some more food for you, Kuwabara."
Kuwabara grinned and slightly blushed at the ferry girl's kindness and consideration that she showed exclusively towards him. "Why thank you, Botan!"
"You are welcomed," Botan smiled brightly.
That was when Kuwabara thought that Botan was perfect as his ideal girlfriend and eventually, a sole candidate as his future wife. When he first saw her, he thought that she was cute, beautiful, kind, cheerful, funny, smart, and resourceful. He happened to be much interested in her- and the best part was that she was single, which Yusuke confirmed that information for him. He couldn't wait to ask her out on an official date!
Yusuke growled, almost being forgotten on the table. "Hey, what about me, Botan!? I'm still starving and I'm working hard on these cases!" he complained directly to Botan.
Botan furrowed her eyebrows when she turned to face the ever-ravenous Spirit Detective, "Don't tell me you have the appetite of a demon!? You are leaving everyone here without a chance to eat on this table!" She had the right to speak for herself and Kuwabara since they hadn't been able to eat as much to satisfy their own hunger.
"Cuz I don't remember ever eating this good after I literally came back from the dead!" that reply from Yusuke was more of a straightforward confession.
His words made Botan ponder for a moment. "Hmm…" She took a small notepad and pencil out of nowhere. She wrote rather intently on the notepad.
Yusuke was curious at the ferry girl's current action. "Whatçha writing there?"
When Botan was finished doing her writing, she put the notepad and pencil away. "Oh, nothing! I'll tell you when I'm done with it! For now, it is ultra-mega top secret!" she chirped.
Yusuke didn't buy her explanation as he looked at her suspiciously. He crossed his arms to his chest. "I swear, Botan, you have been doing this before I became a Spirit Detective. It makes me feel like I am some sort of experiment under close observation."
Botan laughed nervously with cat ears on top of her head and her hands were paws. "Yusuke, I have no idea what you are talking about! You had a long day, and it is making you irrational and cranky! Meow!"
Yusuke was sure that Botan knew something that he didn't know as of yet. In fact, he was certain that Spirit World was hiding many things from him. He could tell from the way they acted silly towards him whenever he made questions regarding that he wasn't the same as before. It all began after he was resurrected from his death from saving a little boy from the inevitable and reckless car accident. He must have a word with Koenma as soon as possible about this matter or his fists would do the talking for him.
Eventually, the trio had finished eating dinner:
"Okay, now that everyone had eaten, we should go out there and continue our search for those demons," Botan announced to Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"I have a feeling that the first three are over the neighborhood in the east from here," Kuwabara said immediately.
"That's where the robberies first started circulating! C'mon now! We got no more time to waste!" Yusuke said with his full and satisfied stomach.
Just then, a woman about 17 years old came into the small dining room with a tray full of desserts in her hands. "Sorry for taking so long, guys! Before any of you leave, here's dessert!" she said, giving in haste individual dessert plates to Kuwabara and his two guests. When she was finished distributing dessert for everyone, she blinked her eyes at the three pairs of eyes had their gaze fixed on her. "What? What's with all the staring?"
"Sis. How long were you listening?" Kuwabara asked what it seemed careful to the older woman.
In the meantime, Yusuke and Botan were trying to hold their breath. This woman had probably overheard them talking about the mission all the way from the kitchen. They were going to provide many explanations, depending on her answer to Kuwabara's question.
"Oh that…Long enough to realize that you three kiddos are involved in some kind of detective and thieves game," she replied coolly. She didn't care to show that she already knew what the trio was really up to from the very beginning.
"It's for a class project!" Botan said quickly in defense. No human other than Yusuke and Kuwabara were allowed to know about these cases, demons, and Spirit World. "I believe is for our midterm grades! And the three of us were assigned as a group!"
"Yeah! Like she said!" Yusuke agreed with the ferry girl, supporting her statements.
The woman put her hands on her hips, trying hard enough to believe the two guests that Kuwabara had brought over for dinner. She gave them an intense and piercing look.
Yusuke and Botan kept trying hard to remain cool under the pressure.
Witnessing that the silence wasn't much in their favor, Kuwabara sighed. It was unfortunate, really. So he had no other choice but to speak the truth. "Forget it, you guys. Shizuru is hard to be fooled once she had caught on," he explained rather sadly.
The woman named Shizuru nodded and had a smug expression on her face momentarily. "That's right. So, care to tell me more about this current mission. It seems more than just a school project," she said in curiosity. "You can rest assured—you guys can tell me anything."
Botan explained the situation as a nonchalant Shizuru gradually became really interested in the case that they were were involved in. Not to mention, Spirit World was also mentioned among the words, which was all right since Shizuru actually had taken every word so well.
"I see…So you three are chasing four demons for Spirit World," Shizuru concluded, having to absorb the newfound information. "Oh I heard about it in the news: a rather small group of thieves are stealing from neighborhoods lately but I could tell right away that they are the demons that you guys are looking for."
Yusuke and Botan had their mouths open in disbelief of what they had heard.
Shizuru wasn't surprised in the least by their reactions. "I guess I should explain myself. The Kuwabara family has a sixth sense called 'Spiritual Awareness' or you can call us 'psychic' for short. It doesn't matter either way."
"Spiritual Awareness?" Yusuke asked in slight confusion, not being certain what Spiritual Awareness was to his own definition.
"Oh, that is awesome!" Botan said because she was very familiar with different types of human psychics. She had learned many theories about humans being born with unique psychic abilities on the Human World during her training as a ferry girl in the spiritual realm. "You can even sense the smallest amount of energy from any species, right?"
Shizuru nodded in reply to the knowledgeable ferry girl's question.
Kuwabara blinked his own eyes. "Eh? No wonder I was able to feel the faint energy of that fire demon earlier." He was in disbelief himself because he had actually used his own psychic abilities (The Tickle) without knowing it.
Shizuru looked at Kuwabara, and she rather became impressed like a mother to a child that did right. She patted his hair with one hand as a sign of affection. "Hmm… Good work, Kazuma. That means you are actually putting to use your own abilities for once. I told you that you must keep using it and you'll get the hang of Spiritual Awareness eventually."
Kuwabara was dead silent because he didn't know whether to feel proud and embarrassed or to become rightfully terrified. His older sister wasn't this affectionate towards him. She was rather tough and scary on a regular daily basis, and perhaps physically stronger than him since she was more than capable of beating him to a pulp.
"Great! Kuwabara is actually a psychic! So that means that we won't need much of that technology to look for Hiei and the other three demons!" Botan cheered... However, her positive attitude was brief when she looked at Yusuke. "But it wouldn't hurt to have the technology with us tomorrow, right Yusuke?"
Yusuke shrugged his shoulders as a first response. "I suppose so, in case Kuwabara turns out defective on us and we have to demand a full refund."
Upon hearing this, Kuwabara growled as he stood from his seat and approached Yusuke, ready to pick up a fight with him. "Who are you calling defective, Urameshi!?" he yelled being angry.
"Well, we may never know how you can actually put to use your doormat abilities! And the technology from Spirit World is our trusted second opinion!"
Kuwabara raised a fist and flew it right to Yusuke's face. "Why you-!"
"That's enough you two!"
Before Yusuke could easily dodge the flying fist that was meant for him, he was surprised. Shizuru had stopped her younger brother's fist from reaching in an inch the pending target with her yelling.
"Listen to me, you two…Kazuma can provide the needed help for the search. He just needs more practice on using his Spiritual Awareness, and being out there is just what he needs. So you have my permission to have him join you on any future missions involving danger and demons. Just don't bring him back here badly wounded so I don't have to provide too much explanation to mom and dad, okay?"
"Yes ma'ám!" Yusuke said in response after listening to Shizuru's words.
"So, why don't you join us on our mission? Your Spiritual Awareness seems far more developed and it can help us out tonight to get the job done quickly," Botan said to Shizuru: the more people that can contribute to finishing the mission tonight, it was the merrier.
Shizuru shook her head sideways. "I'll pass. Somebody gotta clean up the dishes and my favorite show is gonna start in five minutes on television. So, you can count on Kazuma for that role," she declined. Last year, Shizuru assisted a certain Spiritual Detective, who only worked for a length of relatively short term. Shizuru didn't want to help anymore Spirit World after she learned the truth of what happened to that detective in his last mission…Since then, she decided to fish school to carry on a normal life as a hairstylist working in a beauty salon. She changed the subject when she remembered something very important. "There is one more thing I would like to tell you. Recently I have been sensing another fifth energy around the city. It is the far most dangerous one I've ever sensed, and it is hard to tell so far whether it's good or bad. And the one carrying the energy is good so far at concealing it. I suggest being on your guard at all times."
"Oh, I think I know what you are talking about, sis. Earlier, I saw a spiritual guy around his twenty-something looking right at us. That mass-energy belonged to him, and I couldn't tell what his intentions were. Then he was gone by the second," Kuwabara spoke what he had on his mind earlier.
…That 'spiritual guy' clicked on Botan's mind…
"Maybe it is…However; the one I was talking about with the mass-energy is a mere human."
Yusuke and Botan now heavily considered the words of the Kuwabara siblings. So they had to deal with those two as well as Hiei and the three demon thieves…It could be dangerous for them at this point considering that it was possibly five against three. However, they made quite the team. Yusuke had his Spirit Gun in his arsenal, and he was a capable fighter. Kuwabara was also a capable fighter, next to Yusuke, that relied on brute strength and he was also psychic. Botan, well…Her bat could be useful this time around to knock their enemies into next week.
"Well, you guys better get going! Remember to bring Kazu back home before his curfew!" Shizuru said so that the trio could be on their way back to the search.
MEANWHILE:
Shuichi was back in his neighborhood where he resided. He had been endlessly walking since early evening trying to search for three possible robbers. He was sure that those three were trying to steal at his next-door neighbor. Eventually, he had spotted their movements in the backyard on the garden as his house was the next target on their stealing. That was when he went after them and- He face-palmed himself. That was just when he remembered that he had told Hiei to wait for him in his room. 'Darn. I forgot all about my guest. I hope he is still waiting in my room…or not,' he sighed as he thought that he owed Hiei a grand apology for his prolonged tardiness… He felt very foolish.
Suddenly, Shuichi halted his step because three taller men stood in his way. He stood still, hoping that they would let him go through. However, they began to walk around him before he could make his move. He kept his body still as his eyes followed each of the three men's movements. Two of the three men were dressed in baggy clothing that consisted of a shirt, pants, sneakers, a jacket, shady black sunglasses, and a baseball cap. The third one was also wearing baggy clothing except he wasn't wearing a hat and his sunglasses were of a smaller frame. He also had a short brown messy hair. If Shuichi wasn't mistaken, then he could safely assume that the third guy was the leader from the way he was inspecting him. The other two guys remained ever quiet and motionless unless the order was given.
"Well, well…look at what we got ourselves here, boys: a fragile yet beautiful teen," the leader of the group commented as he observed the redhead from head to toe and from his toes to his head all over. "And he smells so nice too!" he added in delight with a smirk on his face.
The other two lackeys stepped in closer to examine closer the redhead teen with their eyes, which they liked what they were looking for.
Shuichi remained calm despite the unnerving looks and the approximate of the other three bodies close to his own body. "Gentlemen, please. I greatly suggest letting me be on my way and none of you will get harmed."
The leader laughed along with their lackeys. "Oh, how cute. So pretty boy thinks he's tougher than us?" he snapped his fingers when his amusement ceased.
The other two lackeys proceeded to grab each of Shuichi's arms with their own arms.
Shuichi struggled hard within the hold that he almost slipped but the lackeys got their hold stronger on him. They forced Shuichi to the ground so that he was practically on his knees. Shuichi looked up to see the leader, standing before him.
The leader had this perverted look on his face that he began to caress one Shuichi's cheek with a hand and then his hair.
Shuichi was rather disgusted with the action that he growled.
"Oh, how I like them feisty…" the leader breathed in fascination and he licked his lips at the fantasy that he was developing for the attractive redhead that stood forcibly on his knees before him. "I don't usually swing this way. But for you, I'm willing to make an exception with your pretty hair, your pretty eyes, your pretty face, and your fine girly looking tight ass!"
Upon hearing that, Shuichi slightly blushed and he moved his head to the side. "Please, keep your comments to yourself."
"So you are a virgin?" the thief leader grinned upon seeing the blush reddening on Shuichi's face. "This is gold." He suddenly delivered a kick to Shuichi's stomach.
Shuichi could withstand that kick before it left him breathless. However, he got kicked in the same area several times until he started to cough up some blood. His head lowered and his eyes went to the ground: his will to struggle on his hold had lowered.
"Sorry, sweetheart. That'll tranquilize ya for a bit…." The leader said showing no remorse for his actions. Suddenly, the trio looked up to see a flash of red and blue on the road coming towards them. "Shit! It's the cops! Let's make a run for it, boys!" the leader said before knocking Shuichi unconscious by punching him hard on the head.
One of the lackeys took the unconscious Shuichi on his arms to carry him. The trio ran together all the way to their hideout…When they made it to an alleyway, they stopped abruptly. A shadow was standing before them.
"Huh!? The hell!? You are Hiei!" The leader exclaimed when the fire demon revealed his identity by walking out of the shadows.
Hiei glared at the leader. "And you are dead. Leave before I make you, you slimy low-class filth. I knew you were lurking around somewhere in this town because of your wretched energy."
"Can't do," the leader pointed a thumb to the still unconscious Shuichi that one of the lackeys still carried in his arms. "That human pretty boy got something very appealing that I can't just simply ignore and leave without trying. It makes me want to mark him and have it my way with him: dirty and roughly. Oh and take with me what the boys stole from the human houses too!"
Hiei scowled in disgust upon hearing the plan so far. "That human is none of your concern!" he said in disapproval with venom in his voice.
"Oh?" the leader raised an eyebrow because he couldn't help but notice a detail. "Why are you acting so protective of him? Has the Great Hiei, by any chance, fallen so damn low on caring for a fragile human? You are gonna be the laughing stock of all Demon World, buddy!"
The trio laughed at Hiei's face like they were bullies… However, this wasn't affecting Hiei because he could care less about what those three low-level demons thought about him. They were going to die in his hands tonight if they didn't hand over Shuichi to him. As much as he hated to admit it, he owed his life to the annoying but smart and talented human. "Yan, this is your final warning," he warned as he took a fighting stance before the leader of the pathetic thieves.
"I want a piece of your precious human, Hiei! He's mine! All mine for me to enjoy! Fuck that prick, old goat's orders for all I care!" Yan declared openly before launching himself to attack Hiei.
Hiei was on a fighting stance as Yan launched himself to attack. He and Yan exchanged punches and kicks as they moved in random directions on the ground. They went at it until Hiei managed to block and grab with one hand a punch from Yan that was directed to his face. "Tell me, you low life. How did you get here to the Human World?" Hiei asked to the other demon.
Yan growled as he tried to punch Hiei with the other hand but it was blocked as well. He was frustrated because he was starting to have a hard time keeping up with the fire demon's lightning-fast pace. He wasn't able to hurt him as of yet. "For your information, shorty: I was brought here by the old goat's order. It was by that other arrogant prick that made it possible—something about working in the Spirit World a long time ago."
Hiei raised an eyebrow at the newfound information. "Who is that?" he asked with interest. He could probably find that spiritual being that Yan was incoherently talking about after this pointless fight.
"No way in hell I'm telling you anything! Unless…we come to a mutual arrangement ourselves," Yan said with a smirk.
Hiei glared at Yan first as he lowered his guard and took a few steps back… He then looked over where the still unconscious Shuichi was placed not too long ago by lying on the wall in a sitting position…Hiei had to make up his mind quickly. Take this chance to go back to the demon realm tonight or rescue Shuichi from Yan and the 'old goat'…? He measured the pros and cons heavily in his mind.
"Well? What it's going to be your decision, Hiei?" Yan asked with his hands inside his pockets. He pressured Hiei for a decision because he didn't like to wait on anything.
What seemed like an eternity, Hiei looked at Yan, "Hn. You shall die now," his answer was as cold as an entire shape of an iceberg.
"Is that your final answer?" Yan asked carefully to make sure that he had heard right.
"Don't make me repeat myself," Hiei said firmly.
Yan frowned and he imitated the sound of a buzzer, "Wrong answer, asshole! Ain't nobody got time for that!" He was furious at the fact that Hiei wasn't going to let him near the human and his death was uncalled for. "Get ready, boys! We are gonna kick his ass for good!"
Yan proceeded to concentrate on his own energy as his lackeys got ready. He fused with them to turn into his true form of a taller and stronger dog-beast like demon. His shirt and jacket got ripped apart because of his large and growing muscles, his claws in his hands got larger and sharper as his teeth.
Hiei had to take off his white bandana from his forehead to use his Jagan eye. He used the eye to search for weakness within the beast demon…The fake evil eye pointed to the head as the only weak point.
Yan ran to launch himself at Hiei with his sharp razor claws. Hiei dodged him, again and again with his lightning speed. Yan was having once more a hard time trying to keep with the Jaganshi's superior speed. He was getting somewhat exhausted. He might have gotten stronger physically but his speed had decreased to an extent making rather slow than before.
'Still the same buffoon... I will win this in a matter of 15 seconds,' Hiei thought as he planned for his next move. He had teleported on the top of the other demon's head.
Yan wasn't sure why Hiei would be standing on top of his head…He didn't want to think about it or rationalize as he tried to reach the fire demon with his bare claws. Hiei disappeared and reappeared on the left shoulder. Yan reached Hiei with a claw only to stab himself at the side of his neck. Hiei reappeared on the other shoulder and Yan once again stabbed himself on the other side of the neck when Hiei had disappeared on time. Blood was gushing from the side of his neck. Hiei moved to the back of Yan. Being desperate from experiencing blood loss, Yan removed the two claws to reach for Hiei this time but instead, he ended up also stabbing the back of his neck. Hiei appeared in mid-air in a matter of seconds before his face to deliver a hard kick under the chin, causing the neck to break in a bone-cracking sound. Yan howled of the pain for a short period of time until he gave his last breath…The heavy body fell to the ground as it dissolved and separated into three headless and bloody corpses. The blood from each individual body spilled slowly all over the ground.
Hiei didn't bother to look back at the dead bodies. Instead, he approached the still unconscious Shuichi. He grabbed Shuichi's lithe body with his hands to carry him in his arms. Hiei looked at the human's unconscious expression and a slight frown formed on his lips. "You really are annoying, you know…" he said slightly annoyed before the both of them disappeared into thin air.
LATER:
Shuichi regained his consciousness... He opened his eyes to find himself lying on what appears to be a rooftop. He recognized this rooftop as his house. He moved his head to the side to find Hiei, who was sitting next to him as he was on guard mode.
Shuichi tried to get up so he could be able to sit properly. He was hurt from being repeatedly kicked in the stomach and then followed by a heavy punch in the head. Before he could ask what had happened, Hiei was the first to do so.
"I had to come after you because that thief and his two idiots were not human at all. They are low-class demons from the Demon World—the worst of their kind."
Shuichi blinked his eyes, trying to absorb the newfound information. "Well come to think of it, I've seemed demons on fictional movies," he said truthfully.
Hiei looked in disgust of how ignorant Shuichi was. "You humans and your wild imagination; it makes me so sick to my stomach."
"You seem to know much about demons, my friend. Care to enlighten me?" Shuichi inquired intelligently.
"I'm a demon myself but I happen to be stronger than those weaklings because I personally took care of them while you were out of commission."
Shuichi's eyes went wide—the three thieves were dead by the hands of Hiei. So that what had happened…He changed then subject that he lowered his eyes in shame. "I'm sorry that I took so long to come back but those demons seemed suspicious from my window. I believe they were targeting my house…so I followed after them."
"…Hn. Just don't be reckless like you did today."
Shuichi somehow felt relieved because Hiei had indirectly accepted his apology. He got closer to Hiei by scooting to his side some more. "You must be hungry. I can make it up to you with dinner tonight," he smiled warmly at Hiei. "What do you say?"
Hiei stared at Shuichi as if he was insane. "Why? I didn't do anything," he said because having Shuichi heal his wounds was one thing but having dinner together with was a bit too much.
Shuichi rested his hand gently on top of Hiei's own hand. "I just don't want to leave you, as my guest, unattended while you are under my care," he said. There was once again the shine in his emerald eyes…He leaned over his body close to the fire demon. He wrapped his arms around the other's torso.
"Hey, now! I am a fire demon! And you are a crazy human! I can burn you in this instant if you don't release me!"
Shuichi chuckled at Hiei's priceless reaction. "I don't care what you do to me. You are different from every demon- you saved my life. Thank you," he whispered as he rested his chin on Hiei's shoulder. He hugged Hiei tightly and closed his eyes as he was enjoying the hug. Hiei's body felt warm, and Shuichi liked that sensation of warmness.
This human was getting too attached to him—he might be needy as well. Hiei must find a way to get back to Demon World since he had recovered his health. He had also recovered some of his sealed energy after he had fought Yan and his group. The more important question here was: why he was letting Shuichi touch him? "Will you let go of me already? You are taking this way out of proportion," Hiei complained as if he was being eternally tortured in the affectionate hug.
Shuichi responded by breaking the hug and contemplated on his next move as if he was possessed by a demon…He raised his right hand to caress Hiei's right cheek and he licked lips as he stared at Hiei's lips. "I still have to compensate you for your actions. I can do the same for you, you know…" he said almost seductive.
Hiei was in silent shock yet he didn't do anything this time as Shuichi leaned into his face, their lips touching by mere inches…
"Shuichi! Are you out there?"
Shuichi broke his trance when he heard the very familiar voice that came from inside the house. He stood on his feet and he saw that the lights inside his house were on. "That's my mother. It looks like she just arrived from work," he said. He looked to see Hiei standing up on his feet, ready to leave. "Wait…before you leave, can you tell me your name?"
The fire demon stopped his tracks. It wouldn't hurt to give out his name to the human, right? Then again, he wasn't going to see him again once he had found his way back to the demon realm. "It's Hiei," he answered simply.
"Well, I'm Shuichi. It was nice meeting you. Come back anytime you like, Hiei. I'll treat your wounds for no charge."
Upon hearing the redhead human speak, Hiei was gone out of sight in a flash. He hoped to never return to this household ever again.
GANDARA CITY, DEMON WORLD:
Yomi was walking down the large hallway of his castle after having a meeting with his council. He sensed somebody further ahead and he could tell that he was waiting for him. He approached the tall, athletic, and well-muscled figure that had his arms crossed to his chest and was leaning against the wall.
"Kamui, I hadn't expected to see you so soon," Yomi said to the quiet man that looked like he had the appearance of a human in his early or mid-twenties.
Shunyin Kamui has long dark blue hair tied in a high ponytail and bangs on his forehead. He had dark sharp eyes and he had a 20/20 vision of a sharpshooter. He had sharp features that he could be sometimes mistaken for a youko for his cunning personality. He was wearing a tank top with a black sleeveless vest; he wore camouflage pants and he wore black combat boots. He also wore a dog name tag on his neck, a goggle between his hair and his forehead and he wore black gloveless gloves on each of his hands. "Yan and his two lackeys had been eliminated by the Jaganshi in the Human World, which they have failed their mission to bring the hostage. Then, the hostage has been taken away by the Jaganshi himself," he informed of the events that he had observed in a distance the human realm like a soldier to his commanding officer.
"Well, that's unfortunate but good to hear. That Yan got what he deserved for failing his primary purpose," Yomi said in approval to the fate of the thief, who turned out to be a "loose cannon". That Yan wanted to touch Shuichi with his filthy hands and get away with it without having a sample of Yomi's power. That human was supposed to remain pure, unharmed, and untouched as he had specified it in the first place.
"Now I wonder… if that redhead was able to defend himself perfectly against those three, why did he choose not to fight and take the beating from Yan like a coward?" Shunyin asked in curiosity.
Yomi sighed before answering the good question. "That's Shuichi Minamino for you. He chose to be a pacifist, which he rather reason with his enemies than fighting them."
Shunyin raised a fine eyebrow… "Not so cold-hearted, huh? The Human World and his mother must have warmed him up. He seems like a complete wuss to me now…He is no fun like he used to be. I must have shot him really bad to cause him such brain damage," his last statement was rather sarcastic.
Yomi didn't say anything. He could have killed with his own hands this arrogant Demon Hunter, who happened to be an ex-member elite of the Spirit World's Special Defense Force if he wanted to. He was the one responsible for mortally wounding his old partner in crime 15 years ago…However, if it wasn't for the said Demon Hunter, Yomi wouldn't have found out solid information about Youko Kurama's current life and whereabouts. Not to mention, he was quick and useful on carrying out any given task and followed every instruction with precision. For those two reasons alone, Yomi would let him live a little while longer until Kurama is brought to him.
"Is there anything else I can do for you, your highness?" Shunyin asked rather discourteous, snapping Yomi out of his trance of thoughts on purpose. "I have much better things to do than to see you staring off space and thinking quietly of who knows about."
Shunyin was too impolite whenever he wanted to be. However, Yomi wasn't bothered by it since he had learned to become tolerant over the decades. "That will be all for today. The Spirit Detective will take care of the three bodies once he had found them. You are dismissed until further notice, Kamui," that was the nature of his order.
A/N: The following information is for your clarification needs:
Youko Kurama and Shuichi are different beings with different personalities, which it explains why Shuichi is perhaps out of character by acting weak. We will see why he is the way he is! As for the way he acts towards Hiei, well there is no excuse to justify that! Hahaha
Shunyin Kamui is an original character inspired by Shun-jun, a member of the Spirit World's Special Defense Force. You know, that Hunter who shot down— end of spoiler.
Anyway, I decided to spice things by making the Hunter into another evil individual that sided with Yomi after being exiled from Spirit World. His favorite hobby, which is hunting down demons on the Demon World, got way out of hand after shooting Youko Kurama down. His arrogance skyrocketed as his thirst for killing more demons. Koenma, after informing this matter to his father about this, he decided that it was best to release the member of the SDF from his duties.
On the next chapter, Hiei faces off this time against Yusuke and Kuwabara. Will he get finally captured? Find out sometime next week or if boredom will make it upload faster!