"If only I were not stuck in this body, I would have killed you centuries ago, Koenma," scowling, you turn to snatch the pendant from his hand. With an observant eye, you try to memorize the angles and curves of the necklace. It appeared to be made from some sort of cream colored stone. From one's perspective, they might have thought that it was made from ivory. But you knew better than that. There was no way that he would have given you something of pure idiocy. So what on this earth could it possibly be?"
"I know what your thinking Oreo, but as you might be able to guess, this is not an ordinary piece of jewelry."
"Hn, no shit." Your body was now lying across the four postered, childlike bed that if you were to take a look at it, you might feel like you were in a castle as a princess. "So, if your not going to tell me why you gave me this thing, I would prefer that you leave before you seal your fate with me."
"Your not making this easy on me. I know for a fact that you are not happy about this mission, but like I said before, you are the only one capable of doing this. If you truly wish for this world to end, then so be it. It will be on your concious, not mine."
"Fine, I'll do it," closing your eyes, your mind wanders to the world generated by your subconscious. "So, are you going to tell me or not?"
Oh yes! This necklace was created from moonstone and a certain type of conch shell that is only found in the forbidden land will provide you with helpful clues and answers to the riddles that you must seek to fufill this mission. But there is also one more perk to having this jewel, Oriole. It will temporarily give you the ability to generate an older form, which I am sure that you will enjoy."
"Did you just say that I will be able to have a normal body and not be stuck within this one for a while?!" Your eyes jolted open as you heard those fateful words. Sure it was temporarily, but just for a moment, it would be worth it. "If so, then I have no more questions. I will take this mission with no more questions added."
He simply shook his head at you and left, making it appear as if he had never been in the room. It was true by what you had told him about completing this mission. If there was any way for you to appear as a normal girl, then you would take up the opportunity with out a second glance. But for him it seemed that this was not the biggest worry. He knew of the consequences that you would have to face at the very end of this mission and it was something that the three fates had already put into play. No god was capable of stopping it, not even the girl herself.
It was honestly sad how she could not remember her own past or how she winded in this world. After several millenia, she still wandered this earth for reasons unknown. Not even King Enma himself knew why this girl was here. She was older than him by a good amount, yet she only appeared to be a child because of her curse.
The next day had begun as the sun shown through the silky white curtains. Oriole was still asleep underneath the pale pink comforter that was spread across her wildly positioned body. Instead of a normal person's sleep, she lay sideways across the entire bed. After the talk from last night everything seemed to go hazy. Her mind raced whilst her forehead held a heat of it's own. As she sat up and the light shined on her pure skin, it made it seem as pale as snow; she was sick and there was no doubt about it.
Today it seemed that her mother had to begin work quite early, thus making her get up on her own and ready herself for school. But actually becoming sick was something that neither Oriole nor her mother would have ever thought to happen. But this was not going to stop her from trying out the new effect of this item. No, she was going to figure it out and try to live in this body for a while. What a perfectly great day this turned out to be.
As she was contemplating what to do with her day: stay in bed or go explore the city in a new form; her thoughts were interupted by the ringing of a phone.
"Hello, who's this?" Her voice sounded a bit raspy as she spoke, making her sound a few years older than she really was.
"Oriole, is that you?"
Instantly she knew who it was. Why couldn't he just leave her alone for the rest of the week.
"Hi, Shu-chan." In the best gentle voice that she could possibly have, she continued. "It's kinda early to call you know."
You could hear a slight chuckle erupt from the other end of the phone as he heard your voice. "Yes, that is quite observant of you. Your mother asked me to call you so that you might wake up and go to school. She also made it clear that if you do not make it there at exactly 8:00am, I was to come hunt you down and bring you there myself."
'Oh how nice, she decided to take the initiative of hiring a body guard to follow me around. Why can't my life ever be simple? If it were possible to end my life right now, I would do it in a heartbeat.'
"Oh . . . . . . okay . . . . . . But you'll be wasting your time Shu-chan."
"And why is that?"
"I'm not feeling good. And not lying this time, either." You sounded very pathetic on the phone as you spoke, but not on purpose.
"Well, either way I will be arriving at your house in ten minutes to see if your telling me the truth, just as you spoke of."
You didn't even give him a chance to finish speaking before you decided to hang up on him. Either way, he was bound to show up during some duration of time. Hopefully Koenma was watching and did not plan on having anymore surprise visits.
Sadly enough, you were stuck in bed until the arrival of the 'fox'. I didn't take that long before he arrived and since he was given a key to your home, there was no need of getting out of bed.
With a slight knock at the door, you heard his voice on the other side. "Are you in there Ori?"
'Sadly I am'. "Yeah."
The door silently and slowly crept open as a figure in a deep marron colored school uniform gracefully came in smiling. It was then that you noticed a familar blue haired women at the door by his side.
"This is Botan in case you are wondering Oriole. She is here with me to help me . . . . .find Yusuke and make sure that he arrives at school, just like I would have done with you." Smiling down at your small form, he raised his arm and began to touch your forehead. "So, lets see if your answer was actually the truth." Before you had a second to stop him, his hand was already on your forehead noting the temperature that was felt.
"Told you so. So now, will you leave and go to school?"
"Actually, I do not find it suitable for you to stay here by yourself. So I will notify the school of my absence today." Sitting down at the foot of the bed, he began to tuck you in. "And do not try and leave fore I will find and make sure that you stay."
Botan just stood there in the mist of everything, knowing very well of the reasons for you absences. After all, she was a spirit guide of the Spirit World. You undoubtedly found yourself pouting in order to receive help from her to get rid of him.
"I'd be more than happy to look after her while you go find Yusuke and then go to school, Shuichi! After all, I don't think that you'd want to miss any more days. Don't you have a biology test today?" Botan quickly retorted in order to make him leave. You knew that there had to be a reason for her overly odd attitude even though she was naturally in a bubbly mood.
"But-"
"Come on, I'm not going anywhere since she's here. And I think that I'll be in good hands. So how about it?" You knew that he couldn't resist, so while talking you gave him your signature puppy dog frown.
"Alright, but if I find out that your missing, I will be very upset with you and that might not be the best thing to happen."
"Okay, okay. I'm not going anywhere, so go already."
After glancing back and forth between the two of you, he made his way out of your door and down the steps to the exit. It did not take long before you noticed his figure gradually growing smaller from the window. He was gone, so now it was time to get down to business.
"So Botan, what does the Prince of Spirit World ask of me now. . . . . . ."