Ch.4 – Meet the new characters
"Prepared? For what? You can't beat me."
"On the contrary. I may be smaller then you but that doesn't necessarily mean that I can't win."
"Fine! You're on!" Yusuke drops Kurama and starts circling Kagome, trying to scare her.
"Are you actually going to do something other then stare at me like a piece of meat?"
"Don't cry when you get hurt." He makes a slow punch at her. She catches his fist and cuffs him with her other hand.
"Don't worry, I won't."
-That is hot.-
-Youko!-
-What? I'm only stating the obvious. No need to freak out Suichi.-
"You cuffed me." Yusuke looks at her oddly.
"Ya, so? Are you actually going to try to hit me this time or can I go take a nap?"
At this Yusuke charges at her, she swipes his feet out from underneath him and he ends up with a face full of dirt. "What the heck?" He looks confused. "How'd you do that?"
"Maybe if you used a little bit of your demon speed you'd have a chance." She just stands there watching him. "Or maybe Kurama would help you out if you asked him."
"HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M A DEMON!?!" He immediately has her pinned against the tree and looks very unhappy.
"You're getting faster. Good."
"Tell me right now!"
"There's no need to be all jumpy. If I thought that either you or Kurama were a threat you both would've been dead a while ago."
"If you knew this entire time then why didn't you say anything to me earlier?" Kurama calmly asks.
"You weren't a real threat. You had no evil intentions. And I didn't think you would've liked me saying anything during class."
"… No, I would not have appreciated that." He pauses for a moment to think. "Then how come you were helping me with archery?"
"I was being nice. Besides, it's my job."
"You're JOB! What the hell are you talking about!?!" Yusuke shouts.
"I suggest that you put me back on the ground Yusuke Yurameshi. Or I'll purify you and not be held responsible for the damage."
"Not until you tell me who the hell you are!"
"You already know who I am."
"…" Yusuke's face pails. "Oh great…" He gently sets Kagome on her feet and steps back, staring at the ground. "I'm sorry."
Kurama looks at Yusuke in bewilderment. "What's going on? What did you just apologize for Yusuke? You usually don't do that."
"…I was being insubordinate."
"I accept your apology. Now lets go see Koenma." She closes her eyes and says something too quiet for them to hear, even with their demon senses. A portal opens minutes later.
"How –"
"All of your questions will be answered shortly Kurama. Yusuke, you go first in case I fall." Yusuke jumps through the portal. "Ready to see Koenma, Kurama?"
"I'm still a bit confused. But if I'll get some answers then yes." Kagome goes through the portal and Kurama follows, the portal closing behind him.
(Spirit World)
"Yusuke! You're late! Again! You better have a good reason this time!" Koenma yells from his desk.
Kagome falls through the portal. Kuwabara stumbles over to catch her but in a quick blur she is no longer there. "Where'd she –" He spots Kagome sitting in a chair near Koenma's desk, Hiei standing beside her. "You shrimp! I was gonna rescue the damsel in distress!"
"You were too slow baka."
Kurama steps through the portal just in time to see the scene play out. "Koenma, could you tell me what's going on?"
"Of course Kurama. Kagome here, works for me. She helps me with paperwork among other things. Her job right now, is to be your teacher. You will be learning archery, Yusuke to become more disciplined, Hiei to better control his darkness flame and Kuwabara… to be silent and listen more. Konton should be coming to pick up the papers that need to be delivered to Shishio." Someone runs by the door screaming. "Here she comes now." A female, black dragon demon comes in.
"So where's the files that need to be delivered?"
"What the hell was that!?!" Yusuke yells.
"Oh the one that ran past the door screaming? That was just a tortured soul passing through. I wouldn't worry about it, that person is still alive. Now where are those papers?"
"Here Konton." Koenma hands her a folder.
"Great. Later Kagome." She walks out of the room.
"Bye!" Kagome calls after her.
"So that's Konton?" Kurama asks.
"Yes. She delivers papers, files and fetches people. She's the avatar of chaos." Koenma replies.
"…Ok. And who is Shishio?"
"He's a telepath." Kagome answers before Koenma can. "He goes to our college as a student."
"And why would you be sending papers to our school?" Kurama looks at Koenma skeptically.
"Because you're all going on a vacation." He looks at their stunned expressions. A portal opens and a male, dark purple dragon demon steps through. "Right on time."
"Time to leave." He walks over and picks up Kagome. "Wanna here her scream? Get ready Hiei." Hiei immediately dashes through the portal. "Ready… set… midget toss!" He throws her into the portal. Kagome screams as she is thrown into the air and disappears in the portal.
"Why did you do that?" Kurama becomes concerned.
"Don't worry about it. Hiei caught her on the other side. Hey Koenma, did you catch that on tape?"
"Yes I did."
"Great. Could you give it to Konton for me?"
"I'll do that Ronin."
"Awesome. Thanks." He looks at the other 3 in the room. "Alright kids, boot camp begins in the morning. Either you come now and wake up later or come tomorrow and get up earlier. It's your choice."
"I ain't goin' ta boot camp!" Kuwabara objects.
"I guess you don't want to see Yukina…" Ronin muses.
"Yukina! I'm coming my love!" Kuwabara throws himself through the portal.
"Hey Yusuke, I'll tell you where Keiko is."
"Keiko! Where is she!? She left and didn't tell me where she was going! Tell me right now!"
"I'll only tell you that classified information if you come stand near the portal." Yusuke does this. "She's with Boton." He shoves Yusuke through the portal. "So how about you Kurama?"
"I'll join you guys in the morning." He turns to leave.
"That's too bad. I guess I'll have to hold onto this a little bit longer…" He pulls out a small gold-colored medallion on a chain and swings it back and forth in front of Kurama tauntingly.
-Shiny…-
-Oh no… Youko!-
-Shiny!-
-Youko get a grip!-
-It's shiny!-
-Will you cut that out!-
-Must… have… shiny.-
-Youko!-
Ronin watches patiently as Kurama's eye color keeps alternating between green and gold as Youko fights for control. "… Well it's no use holding onto this. I'll just have to get rid of it…" He tosses it into the swirling colors of the portal.
"No! My shiny!" Youko takes over and switches to his demon form. "I wanted that!" He goes after it.
"I'll have Konton bring over Kagome's adopted kit. She has no more errands to run after that, she has the afternoon off." Koenma states.
"I will look forward to seeing her this afternoon then." He bows and walks through the portal, it closes behind him.
(Back in the human world)
( The middle school)
"Hi! You must be the new kid!" A boy who appears to be hyper runs over.
"Yeah… I'm Shippo."
"Hi Shippo! My name is Juritsu!" The kid smiles.
"Hi Juritsu." Shippo smiles back.
"Wanna go play outside during free time after lunch?!"
"Sure!"
"Class please take your seats." The teacher walks in and the class begins.
( Genki's)
10 minutes after Youko got hold of the medallion he found that he was unable to change back to Kurama. "What the hell!?"
"Having difficulty shifting?" Ronin walks over.
"What the hell did you do!?!"
"You know… you should really pay more attention to the objects you go after before you chase after them."
"Tell me what you did right now." Youko growls.
"Just a simple spell, my girlfriend taught it to me. You'll be stuck as yourself until you leave."
"Undo your spell right now."
"No. It will last till you leave." He leaves.
"Damn." He's silent for a few minutes. "Think this is funny Hiei?"
"Hn." Hiei jumps down from a nearby tree. "Took you long enough."
"Where's Kagome?" Youko asks innocently.
"Somewhere that you're not going."
"A little defensive are we Hiei?"
"Hn."
"So where's her room located?"
"Stay away from her fox."
"So how much do you like her Hiei?" The fire demon just walks away. "Oh come on!" Youko calls after him. "Don't be such a fun sucker!" He starts checking the windows on the 2nd floor.
(That afternoon.)
( The middle school)
"Class dismissed." The teacher ends class and all of the students run outside to get to the buses.
"Aren't you going home on the bus?" Juritsu asks.
"My Momma is supposed to be coming to get me."
"What me to wait with you?"
"You're not gonna take the bus?"
"My brother can come pick me up." After 15 minutes of sitting on the school steps a car pulls up to the curb and a girl in blue jeans, back t-shirt and leather jacket gets out and walks over to them. "Hi Konton!" Juritsu waves frantically.
"… Hi Juritsu. This is Shippo correct?"
"Why are you looking for me?" Shippo asks.
"I'm here to pick you up."
"Where's my Momma?"
"She's at Genki's. If you want to see her you have to come with me. Don't worry, I'm a friend of Kagome's."
"Can I come too!?! Please!" Juritsu jumps around her. Please please please!?!"
"… Fine. I guess we'll have to go get Shishio then too."
"Yay!"
"This was definitely not on my list of things to do today… oh well." She sighs. "Get in."
(A few hours later)
( Genki's)
Konton, Shishio, Juritsu and Shippo arrive at the training grounds. "Hey Konton" Ronin greets them.
"Hey Ronin." Konton hugs him.
"I'm gonna go wipe out Yusuke and Kuwabara on video games. Juritsu, why don't you and Shippo go play or something." Shishio walks off.
"I know!" Juritsu is once again smiling and quite hyper. He reaches over and pokes Shippo in the arm. "Tag you're it!!!" He runs off. "You can't catch me ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
"Just wait till I catch you!" Shippo chases after him.
(Kagome's room)
Kagome hears something land outside her window. She carefully gets off her bed and walks over to the window, holding onto the wall. "Whose there?"
