Chapter Six
Revelations
Blue eyes met green. Something pressed against her neck and she blacked out.
" Let's take her to Koenma." Kurama said after he removed his whip around her and carried her.
" I didn't know you can make a whip without thorns." Yusuke said. " I can control if I want it to have thorns or not." Kurama said. Yusuke carried Kuwabara behind his back and his other hand was rubbing his face. He can feel it swell. " That chick can punch." Kurama just smiled.
They went in the portal and landed in Koenma's office.
They went inside with Nicole and Kuwabara still unconscious. Kurama lay Nicole on the couch while Yusuke put Kuwabara in a corner. Five minutes passed until they heard a groan. They looked to see Kuwabara moving.
" Man, my head hurts." He said. He used the wall as a support as he stood up.
" Is that her? What happened?" Kuwabara asked when she saw Nicole lying on the couch.
" Your ass got beat by a girl." Yusuke said laughing.
" Haha. Very funny Yusuke."
They heard another groan.
" Shh. She is waking up." Kurama said.
Nicole opened her eyes and saw that she was in an unfamiliar room. She sat up and looked at her surroundings. That was when she finally noticed 5 pairs of eyes looking at her.
" I see your finally awake, Angel, or should I say Nicole." Koenma said, in his teen form. He held his pacifier in his hands so as not to scare her on why a grown man would have a pacifier.
" Who are you? How do you know? What hap-…" All the events that happened struck her like lightning.
" Oh my gawd! You!" She said, pointing at Kurama. " You! What are you?! Who the hell are all of you?!"
She slowly took steps back looking around her for an immediate escape. The only door there was Koenma's big doors.
' It's risky, but I have to try.' She thought.
When she was about to make a run for it, an arm appeared in front of her. She looked up and saw that it was Kurama's arm.
" Oh no you don't" He said.
" The hell!" She shouted. She took his arm, kicked him in the stomach and was about to kick his face when his hand grabbed her foot.
" Just calm down." He said. She tried to wiggle her foot out but his grip was tight. She lost her balance and was about to fall flat on her butt when Kurama caught her.
" Let go of me!" She said, wiggling out of Kurama's arms.
" No until you calm down."
" Why should I follow you?"
" Maybe because your life is in our hands." He said. She closed her eyes and gave a frustrated sigh. He stood her up and let go of her.
" What do you want from me?" She immediately asked.
" Why do you kill?" Yusuke asked.
" I asked first." Nicole said.
" What we want are answers. And you will give them truthfully and honestly." Koenma said.
" What if I don't?"
" We will turn you in to the police." Koenma said.
" You can't do that. Besides, you don't have any evidence that I am killing people and that I even exist." She said as-a-matter-of-fact.
" See, that is where you're wrong. I video taped everything that happened earlier."
" Really?" She asked, as if challenging him.
" Want to see?" Koenma said, with the same tone as her.
" Sure, I have all day." She said with a smirk.
Koenma pushed a green button and the screen behind him showed all the events that took place. After that, he turnes off the screen.
Nicole spoke.
" Okay, I will make a proposition. I will answer all your questions but after that you will release me, give me that tape and forget everything that has happened. And you will never hear from me again."
" Sounds good to me." Koenma said. He put the tape above his table.
" Well then, I guess that's settled.But…" She said.
" But what?"
" You all forgot plan B." She pushed a button on her watch then smoke appeared at the heel of her right shoe. Their eyes widened but immediately closed it because of the stinging that the smoke caused. When the smoke finally cleared, they saw that Nicole was gone and also the tape. The saw the door was open.
" Ogre!" A blue ogre came in.
" Yes Prince Koenma." The ogre said.
" Did you see a girl just pass?" He asked the ogre.
" Yes, sir. She was surprised at first when she saw us but she immediately ran. We followed her but she knocked already three of us unconcious. We followed her until she turned a corner and then she was gone." The ogre explained.
" Continue looking for her. You four," He addressed the Spirit Detectives, " look for her, too."
When they left, Koenma buried his hands in his hands.
" Why me?"
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" Okay, we split. Yusuke, Kuwabara, look for her in rooms. Hiei you look for her in the rekai prison even though I doubt she will be able to pass there but you'll never know and I will look for her in the gardens. Okay?" Kurama said.
They all nodded.
With Yusuke and Kuwabara…
" If I was a girl, where would I go?" Kuwabara asked himself.
Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other and…
" The Bathroom!"
With Hiei…
Hiei was walking down the rekai prison. He could hear the agony and moans of the prisoners. He was walking in silence when he heard a woman scream.
With Yusuke and Kuwabara…
" AAAHHH!!!" A girl screamed.
Yusuke and Kuwabara immediately went out of the bathroom, saying sorry over and over again.
" Perverts!" A girl in a kimono, much like Botan's except it was red, shouted at them and closed the bathroom door.
" Well, now we know she is not there." Yusuke said. Kuwabara just shrugged.
" Oh it was just you two idiots. I thought someone else was screaming." Hiei suddenly appeared behind them.
The three still searched the rooms until Kuwabara saw something on the floor.
" Hey Urameshi, look at this." He picked up the thing on the floor and examined it.
" It's the tape. It has been destroyed." Yusuke said.
" She must be near here. Let us still search around."
With Koenma…
" Sir Koenma, these are the files that you told me to look for." The ogre handed Koenma some papers.
" Thank you, you may leave now."
Koenma scanned the papers he was holding.
" Okay, Mica Wilson, hmm… oh no!"
With Kurama…
Kurama entered the garden. There were different kinds of plants and flowers that you will not normally see. They come in different colors and sizes. He decided to blend in in case she was just there watching him.
He kept walking until he reached a particular tree. It was the oldest tree in that garden and not to mention the largest tree there. Surprisingly, that tree can be found in ningenkai, a cherry blossom tree.(A/N: Is it what that tree is called? Anyway, we don't have that kind of tree in our country. So go along with it.)
He reached the tree and climbed onto one of the branches quietly. He sat there, looking around the garden when he heard a sob. Then he heard a voice speak.
" Dad, mom, why did you leave me? I would never be in this strange place if you did not leave me."
Kurama got to another branch and finally saw what he was looking for: Nicole. He saw that she was crying. Tears were silently falling. She was the one talking and it looks like she was holding a locket.
He did not want to disturb her but he needed to do his job. He then jumped on to the branch she was sitting on.
" Hey." He said.
" sob What do you want? You couldn't possibly make my life more miserable." She told him with an angry tone, putting the locket back to its place.
" Come on. Let us go back there and everything will be fine." Kurama said.
" How would you know that? You just say that because you are with them." She said.
He remained silent.
" How would everything just be fine and dandy when I saw a place and people which I know only existed in fantasies, huh?" She asked, turning to face him. He was not looking at her.
"You know what Shuichi? I don't know you anymore. You are not the same kid I used to know." She said.
" I am still Shuichi. It's just that there are some things that have happened then that I could not tell you. Believe me I wanted to tell you then but I was afraid of how you would react."
" Phft. That's a load of bull." She said to him.
" No it's not. Tell me, how would you react if you were told that one of your friends is a demon?" Kurama asked softly.
" I'll send him straight to loonyville." She said.
" See, that is what I mean." He said with a small smile.
" Okay. So, you are a demon?" Nicole asked.
" Yes." Kurama answered.
" But how? Are those friends of yours demons too?"
" Yes, except for Kuwabara. He is a human but have spiritual powers. And as for me, I have a very long story." Kurama answered.
" You should start now."
" Okay."
Kurama then proceeded to tell her everything, and when I say everything, I mean everything.
" So, you are a spirit deective now. That is so cool! So you have those super powers and stuff, right?" She asked.
" Well, yes." Kurama said.
Silence.
"You know, I never really saw what you wanted me to show that day." She said.
" When was that?" He asked.
" You know, when your mom and my mom arranged a "play date" and you told me you were going to show me something? I never saw that." She said, looking at him.
" Well, you suddenly disappeared." He said, now looking at her.
" That was… That was the day my parents were killed." She said and looked away, tears forming in her eyes.
" Do you want to talk about it?" He inquired.
She shook her head. " No." it came out as a whisper.
" Okay then. Do want to see what I wanted to show you?" He asked.
She smiled at him. " Sure."
He move closer to her. He pulled a seed out of his pocket and held it infront of her.
" I wanted to show you magic." He whispered. The seed slowly became a rose. He handed the rose to her.
" That is beautiful. How did you do it?" She asked, taking the rose from his hand.
" Like I told you, magic."
She laughed lightly, punching him lightly. With that simple gesture, an electric shock of recognition shot through his body.
" Mica…" It came out as a soft whisper.
" What did you just call me?" Fear and worry were shown in her eyes.
" I said.." he started, suddenly, his compact rang.
Yusuke's face showed up at the screen.
" Hey, we can't find her and Koenma said to go back cause it was urgent. Something that concerns what you asked him last time and Nicole."
" Don't worry I have her. We'll be there." Kurama closed his compact and turned to Nicole.
He grabbed her right hand gently.
" Come on, let's go back." He said.
" No. He will send me to prison." She said, pulling her hand back.
" He will not, I promise you that. Now lets go."
" Okay, pinky swear." She held out her pinky.
Kurama laughed.
" What?" She asked innocently.
" You know, you were always different from the other kids." Kurama said.
She pouted. " I'll take that as a compliment."
" Now, pinky swear. Like we used to." She said.
" Okay, like we used to." Kurama said, and did the pinky swear.
He smiled.
She smiled.
And they walked back to Koenma's office together, hand-in-hand.
In Koenma's office…
" What's taking them so long?" Yusuke asked.
Then, the doors opened. Their eyes widened at the sight.
Nicole and Kurama were both laughing. They didn't seem to notice the stares they were getting.
Koenma cleared his throat.
" Ehem!"
That was when they noticed that they were in the room already.
" What took you so long?" Yusuke asked. His eyes suddenly trailed to their holding hands.They both followed his gaze and saw that they were still holding hands. Nicole pulled back her hand immedaitely, like it was burned. Kurama frowned at Yusuke a little.
Yusuke gave an apologetic look, Nicole did not notice the exchange between the two.
" Okay, back to business. Obviously, you already ruined the tape. We have no evidence against you." Koenma said.
" So, am I released now?" Nicole asked hopefully.
" Not yet." Nicole frowned at this. Unfortunatley for you, we found another thing that we can use against you." Koenma said. He was holding a beige folder.
" And what is that?"
" This…" Koenma lifted the folder. " …contains information about a certain Mica Wilson. I'm sure you know her. You know her very well." Koenma said.
Nicole looked away.
" You found information about her?" Kurama asked.
" Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. When you called last time to see if I could do a background check on her, this is what we have found." Koenma handed hin the folder.
Kurama opened it and read the contents. He was shocked to say the least.
" Is this true Nicole? Or should I say Mica?"
End Chapter
GASP Nicole is Mica and Mica is Nicole!!! How did that happen?? Well, if you review, you'll find out in the next chapter of Close To You.
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