Two days pass before letters arrive for both Ani and Yoko. Both demons look at the envelopes warily wondering why they were both receiving something and open it. Ani reads his and his golden-eyes widen to the size of saucers. "Oh no," he murmurs, "I should have known…dammit!"
"What is it?" Oto asks.
"You remember one of our first clients, the one who will never admit to paying us for killing a demon?" Ani returns his own question.
"Yes, I remember that."
"The young child I spared grew up. He's after revenge."
"You're kidding!"
"I wish I was. Gods, I am going to kill that idiot! He should have known better than to just order those demons dead knowing that there was a child involved!"
"You knew him?" Yoko asks.
"Yes, we were paid to assassinate his parents," Ani answers.
"Oh, well so did I. He had a rather large crush on me and when I fell in love with Kuronue well…I guess he didn't take that too well."
"Obviously," Kuwabara say, "Is he a Kitsune?"
"Yes, yes he is," Yoko responds before turning towards Ani and asking, "Who had you assassinate his parents?"
Ani looks away for a moment before responding. "Koenma," he says softly. Those in the room stare at him stunned.
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After two days of forcing his spirit energy to stay at low levels, Bui feels like he's being shredded. He has never had to control it to the extent of keeping other people safe…that's why he always wore his armor. 'I guess I can be thankful in that when this is all over with I probably won't need my armor,' he thinks. He knows that the alternative is to kill Hiei and Genkai, which he adamantly refuses to do. He lets out another soft cry of pain as it becomes too hard to hold it in. "Focus, Bui, I know it hurts," Genkai says. She has become quite concerned watching the demon struggle so hard to keep from hurting them.
"Having fun?" the fox-demon sneers upon entering the cell. Bui doesn't respond.
"Why don't you ward him?" Genkai asks.
"Because I am enjoying watching him suffer. He dared to actually injure me during our fight," he answers.
"I can't help getting defensive when you're attacking people I care about," the axe-wielder grits out.
"Well, that was your mistake," the demon retorts snidely.
"Go…to…hell," he spits out viciously. That earns him a stinging slap to his face a momentary lapse in controlling his powers. He manages to snap his energy back mere inches from Genkai and Hiei and he lets out a sharp cry at the backlash that he receives for that move.
"You really should watch your tongue," Hiei comments. Bui doesn't say anything as he refocuses all his attention on his aura. He doesn't see the point in getting mad at anyone. 'I need to stay in check or I am liable to get everyone killed!' he thinks.