Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi does, but I did wish I owned it (sob). If I did Hiei and Kurama should have been together…
9 Months of Maternity
Chapter 13- The Deal for a Deal
Mukuro asked two of her demon messengers to call out for the spirit detective as well as the prince of the spirit world, Koenma. It wasn't enough for herself and Toya to go alone and search for the famous spell caster Itsuki, it is not as if she couldn't compromise on her own but rather the time it was cut short, they needed to find Itsuki before Hiei is on his fourth month.
As quick as half a day, the spirit detective along with his allay Kazuma Kuwabara arrived. Mukuro smirked as she saw an uninvited guest in her kingdom.
"Yo! Mukuro, so why'd you call us here all of a sudden?" Yusuke greeted the cyber demoness.
Mukuro raised one eyebrow 'I didn't invite that baboon here…' she thought looking at the two. "Well you see Yusuke, we need your help." Mukuro explained to the ex-spirit detective.
"Help? Help in what?" Yusuke was puzzled.
"Well, it is best if we wait for Koenma, until then I will explain all the details to you. Shall we?" Mukuro invited the two inside her castle serving them tea while waiting fro the prince of the spirit world.
Moments passed, not very long, Koenma arrived. He was in his teenage form, knowing him he wanted to look cool. He was with Botan, his assistant.
"Its nice to see that you came Koenma, please have a seat." Mukuro said being hospitable to her guests.
"So now that we are all here, tell us why you need our help Mukuro, aren't you one of the three lords of Makai? One of the powerful lords and you need our help…so spill." Yusuke said, being his inpatient self as usual.
Mukuro frowned at Yusuke. "I would have done this job myself, if time isn't at stake. I need you help desperately to find the spell caster Itsuki." Mukuro began.
"Itsuki!" Yusuke yelled.
"Is he not the person we fought with, when Sensui wanted to open up the portal to the demon world and the spirit world?" Kuwabara pondered.
"Yes, I am afraid you are correct Kuwabara, but what do you want with Itsuki, Mukuro?" Koenma asked Mukuro, having eye contact with her.
"Well it's a long story, but you all have to hear it." Mukuro said.
"Go on." Koenma said.
"As you know Hiei and Kurama, are up to a higher level in their relationship, since three years ago. Almost three months ago, Hiei was found to be pregnant, with Kurama's child. The Ice apparitions found out about his pregnancy and were strongly disagreed by it. Toya, the ice master was played puppet by the Koorime elders and was tasked to capture Hiei. And luckily, they were successful, Hiei was under the supervision of the Koorime's he wasn't able to escape, he didn't have the energy to do so. Kurama, on the other hand desperately tried looking for Hiei, he found an obstacle on his way, which was to fight the spell caster Itsuki. Kurama lost in his battle." Mukuro stopped.
Everyone was all surprised with what they heard, silence filled the room. No one said a word.
"The Koorime elders made up an excuse to say that Kurama was dead, Hiei was now placed in a sudden break down, it wasn't good for neither his nor his child. So much anger filled in him that he released his Dragon of the Darkness Wave technique which resulted to the disposal of the Ice apparitions. He was lucky to escape, but the power he used to escape was for the growth of his child. Due to these conditions, the child didn't have spirit energy, it was about to die." Mukuro paused once again, looking at everyone in the table, looking carefully at each one's expression.
"Luck smiled upon Hiei, Eiki, also known as the most powerful demon in the demon plane caught sight of Hiei and brought him here safely. At the moment, Hiei is suffering, physically, mentally, and spiritually. And so is his child. In four days he will be in his forth month and that wouldn't be too good for him and his child, because of the lack of spirit energy. The child needs another source of spirit energy--" Mukuro was cut short when Yusuke interrupted her.
"The kid needs Kurama! Am I not right!" He said.
"Well…uh…yes. Precisely." Mukuro nodded.
"But how can the child have Kurama! He is…de…dead…" Botan whispered as she got the word "dead".
"My dear, that is where you are very wrong, I didn't say Kurama was dead, I said he lost. Kurama's spirit energy is locked within him, he cannot use it but from the inside. Do you remember the fight between Kurama and Gama? Three years ago, when Kurama couldn't use his spirit energy?" Mukuro said.
"Yeah! I remember that I couldn't even fight and help him because of that darn Dr. Ichigaki team.' Kuwabara recalled.
"The point is Itsuki locked Kurama's energy within him, it wouldn't be out unless the spell caster dies. Now, enable for us to save the child of Hiei we need Kurama, but Kurama is no where to be found, and what is worst, his energy ca be only used inside of him." Mukuro said.
"Itsuki used to be one of my spirit detectives in the past, together with Sensui. He was loyal to Sensui, even after his death. As I recall Itsuki began to live in his own virtual dimension with the dead corps of Shinobu Sensui. He would most probably be there." Koenma suggested.
"Hmm…you may be right." Mukuro agreed with the pacified prince.
"Hey wait! If Itsuki lives in another dimension that means, he lives in another world created by himself. How the heck can we go there!" Kuwabara yelled.
No one answered carrot top head, they all had straight faces.
"Ahem, as you know I can cut through dimensions, it wouldn't be much of a problem." Mukuro said.
It made Kuwabara feel left out, he didn't really know who Mukuro was, in fact it was the first time he met Mukuro, and he wasn't able to come to the demon world tournament.
"Yeah, that is one resort of resolving the problem in getting to Itsuki, but what if he didn't agree with us?" Yusuke asked Mukuro.
"Well, that really depends now, it is either we convince him with force or discussion." Mukuro said.
"Well that settles it! Let's go now! Who knows what will happen to Hiei and his kid?" Yusuke wasn't sure if that sounded right. "Wait a sec Mukuro, Hiei can be pregnant!" It was a late reaction from Yusuke.
"Well yes, he is partially an Ice apparition, as you know they can reproduce by themselves. Hiei inherited his internal organs from his mother, which explains it." Mukuro said.
"Woah, never expected that…" Yusuke said dumbfounded.
"Don't judge the book by its cover." Kuwabara said out of the blue.
"Shall we be going then?" Mukuro said.
"YEAH!"
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By a wave of Mukuro's hand she was successful in cutting through a dimension which leads to another world. Botan didn't join in looking for Itsuki and Kurama instead she volunteered to watch over Hiei, making sure nothing bad happens to him while they are gone. It seemed awkward for her to watch Hiei, a thief, merciless, cold hearted person to be in that situation, all because of love. But still, she thought, anyone can change in the name of love. Love in not bad, nor is it jealous, its not luck nor sadness. Love for Hiei made him a better person.
Before they left to their journey, Koenma made an important call to the spirit world. Yusuke was paranoid that they had to wait for him to finish. It delayed them badly.
Mukuro, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Toya and Koenma were inside the dimension. It looked empty, and pitched black. They had no sense of direction as they entered.
"Toya!" Yusuke shouted.
"What is it?" Toya replied.
"I want you to ice the whole place, ice them, as much as you can." Yusuke said.
"Ice them? As if that will help." Kuwabara said.
"How can it--" Toya said as he was interrupted by Yusuke's inpatient ness.
"Just do it!"
Toya gathered up his spirit energy and iced the whole place up. Surprisingly Toya wondered why he was able to ice the whole place, isn't dimensions suppose to be infinite? But in this case it felt like Toya only iced one big room. Everything was all covered in ice now, as Kuwabara stepped backward he felt ice on his back, Yusuke touched the ice on the wall, it was confirmed that the dimension was non other than a room. Camouflaged.
"Great thinking Yusuke!" Koema said to Yusuke.
"Well I only thought of it now, I noticed that when we went through this dimension using the cut of Mukuro, it felt like a hole of your room so I thought maybe this dimension was only a room. I had to test it, so I asked Toya to ice up the whole room. And I was corrected after all." Yusuke laughed.
"Hmm…clever Yusuke, I never thought of that either." Mukuro said.
"No never mind that! Now we have a path were we can follow. Let's look for that darn Itsuki!" Yusuke said being cheerful.
'I can't believe this man, how clever of him to think that this dimension was only a room. He may be a goof, but looks are not what they always seem. So maybe that is why Kurama and Hiei respect this man.' Toya thought.
They journeyed deeper through the dimension, walking rounds and rounds for hours. Yusuke was getting impatient; Mukuro almost lost her temper because of the childish acts of the ex-spirit detective.
"Oh man! Where is that Itsuki!" We have been traveling rounds and rounds, and still we haven't seen him!" The ex-spirit detective whined.
"Shut up Urameshi! You're not the only one paranoid by this!" Kuwabara yelled as he was shaking due to the cold climate inside the dimension.
"Well who asked you carrot top head!"
"What did you just call me!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara began to fight, just as they always did when they were still in junior high.
"Stop it! This is no time to fight boys!" Mukuro reached her boiling point, not only was she pissed that they couldn't find Itsuki, but Kuwabara and Yusuke had to start a fight, in a middle of their search.
As Mukuro shouted, a voice suddenly began to speak. "It is so noble of you to come and visit my humble home. It's been a while since Sensui and I had visitors. But I am sad to say that neither one of you are invited. Not only that, but you also froze my home. Sensui doesn't like a cold climate, so I have to get rid of it once and for all." It stopped.
The voice made Kuwabara and Yusuke stop fighting. "What the heck was that?" Toya said.
Suddenly Itsuki appeared with him resting on his lap was the dead corps of Sensui.
"Itsuki!" Koenma exclaimed.
"So nice to see you Koenma," Itsuke gave them a warm smile of danger.
"Itsuki! Where is Kurama!" Mukuro demanded.
"Kurama, well, I can't tell you that. I am sorry." Itsuki made things harder for them.
"Itsuki! We need Kurama! We need him to save Hiei for crying out loud!" Yusuke shouted at Itsuki.
"Ah, so Hiei escaped the Ice apparition clan? I feel grateful for him." Itsuki was being carefree with the things he is saying.
"Itsuki, this is serious, bring out Kurama, and take the darn curse out of him, I am begging you." Mukuro begged on her knees.
"Mukuro…" Koenma looked down on Mukuro.
"Itsuki! Tell us where Kurama is!" Kuwabara yelled.
"Hmm…since you begged me Mukuro, one of the most powerful former leaders of Makai, I think I can make an exception." Itsuki played.
"Tell us!" Yusuke yelled.
"See this?" Itsuki brought out a jar; it had a mysterious light shinning from the inside. "This is the spirit energy of Kurama, after it was locked in him I figured why not I'll take it out of him. In a drop he is doom to be powerless for the rest of his life. So I figured, I'll exchange this for the soul of Shinobu Sensui." Itsuki proposed.
"No." Yusuke and Kuwabara's jaw dropped.
"The choice is yours Koenma, you are the prince of the spirit world after all, and you are the one who decides which souls go to the heavens or eternal darkness…" Itsuki said.
"Koenma…" Mukuro looked at Koenma, thinking over it. If Shinobu Sensui was brought to life again, who knows what he'll do, he carries a very large amount of spirit energy as of an S Class demon.
"So what do you say oh mighty Koenma?" Itsuki said.
Koenma kept in silence; he gripped tighter on his hands. "No." He said silently.
"What! But Koenma!" Yusuke argued.
"Hn, Koenma you think you're all so powerful and mighty but you can't even give in to the demands to save your friends, how pathetic." Itsuki said.
"Let me finish," Koenma continued "I said no, I can't bring Sensui back to life. But there is another resort."
"Another way!" Kuwabara and Yusuke both stunned.
"As you see, it has been three years since the death of Sensui. And as you see even if I bring him back to life he won't have a body to come back to. Look at the dead corps of Sensui, its rotten, wasted, and trashed. It is not suitable for a human being to come back to. But there is another way, I can reincarnate Shinobu Sensui's body, though it will take tie for him to look exactly the same as you want him to be, but it would be a better resort." The Pacified prince said.
"Hn. And how can I be sure about this?" Itsuki said.
"I've already managed that; a newly born boy will be on its way down here. It is Sensui, his incarnated form. Itsuki, like you I planned ahead of time, knowing that you want desperately to bring back the life of your loved one, I decided why don't you be a father to him instead? Itsuki, I want you to bring him up in the principals the old Sensui believed in before he turned his back on us. I know you didn't like the decision of Sensui but you were a disciple to him so you followed him. So please Itsuki, I am intrusting Sensui to you…again." Koenma smiled.
Itsuki was just stunned by what he heard, and he gave all of them a smile. "Here, Urameshi, you deserve it." Itsuki tossed the jar where in the spirit energy of Kurama was in. "Kurama's body is in the human world. Try checking his mother's home, maybe she can help."
As Yusuke got the bottle, it occurred that three of the special agents of the spirit world arrived through another dimension.
"Great timing you guys." Koenma affirmed them.
"Lord Koenma, you do know how risky this was to incarnate the soul of Sensui. Your father wouldn't be pleased." The first agent said.
"Leave it to me, as long as you followed my instructions you are safe." Koenma said.
"Whatever you say." Said the second one.
"So where is he?" Koenma asked.
"Over here." Said the third agent.
Koenma got the infant from the arms of his agents, and looked at him very carefully. It looked like none other than a harmless little child, Koenma smiled upon the infant. "I hope you live by justice as you always did, Sensui." Koenma then handed over the infant to Itsuki.
Itsuki gazed upon the baby, feeling happy and content. He embraced him tight. "At last, my dear Sensui." Itsuki shed tears on his face.
"Thank you Koenma, you don't know how much this means to me." Itsuki said.
"A Deal for a deal right?" Koenma smiled.
"Yes."
After a while they all said their good-byes, everyone won in this battle, its all because of quick thinking. Everyone gets their price, and walks happily away from the game. Now all they needed to do was get the body fo Kurama back before time runs out. Only three days left for the child of Hiei to be saved.
Now they were of to Ningenkai, or the human world, in search of Kurama's human form Shuichi Minamino.
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BDT: Hello to all you my readers, I am really sorry that I only got the chance to update my story only now, well its hectic these passed few weeks. Really really busy, I try to find time in writing here but I've go no time, not even reading fics. I am really sorry. But hey what the heck I am done with this and its not short, well I didn't intend to do that but it so happened it did. So how is it? Tell what you think, please give me your reviews people, can you check on my grammar too? Please? Tell me if I improved even at the least in my span of time that I wasn't able to write, thanks anyway. Sayonara!