Okay! Time for chapter 2! Yay! What will happen in this chapter?
I'm not telling. Well, I kinda have too, since I'm writing it. Haha. Baka me.
Enjoy! (Somewhat long.)
The forest Shiku had described gave off eerie vibes. There were many signs woven in and out of the trees saying beware of the dogs. We knew though, that someone had set up their house in the depths of the forest and had hired low-class demons to keep intruders away. But the thing that didn't seem right was that the smell of demons didn't come out anywhere. The smell of blood did, but nothing else.
As we neared the clearing, Shiku hid her Spirit Energy, but I did not.
When the clearing finally appeared, we stepped out from the barrier of the trees and found ourselves in a pool of dried demon blood, and the corpses rotting away already, though they had died a few minutes before.
"Someone got here before us," Shiku commented.
"But who?" I asked.
Silhouettes of people formed now at the door leading into the mansion. They approached us, not taking any notice to our presence, and they were laughing. The one in the way back carried the head of what seemed to be a human, the leader of this mansion and the masters of the dead low-class demons. The one at the front though, deemed suspicious and evil.
I collected some of my Spirit Energy in front of me and formed a small sword.
The group of people, eight, stopped all their actions when they reached us. Not inspecting anything further, I pointed the tip of my Spirit Sword at the person in the front, most likely the group's leader.
"Who are you people? Explain all of this?" I demanded.
The leader put a hand up, and I tightened the grip on my sword, but he only lowered the white hood and revealed his face. He had spiky green hair and golden eyes, and too add on, he was really tall and wore a white cloack, like the other seven, and everything underneath was either red or black. "The question in, who are you and what are you doing here?" he asked.
I lowered my Spirit Sword, and grinned. "You haven't changed one bit from the time you disappeared," I said. "From what I've been told."
He smirked back at me.
"Ikuro!" Shiku yelled suddenly. "Where have you been the past six years?"
This, the leader of this group wearing white cloaks, was Shiku's long lost twin. Ikuro.
"As you can see, I've been forming my own group... of "Spirit Detectives." Unlike Koenma's, we are much faster and quicker at getting to the scene and cleaning up the mess," he replied.
Something felt wrong. This was Shiku's brother, but his views on Spirit World had changed from what I've been told they were. He had loved Spirit World and had wanted to work there when he grew older. But now...
"Spirit World is quite useless. Koenma, after all, has not even noticed where I have been and what I was doing. He hasn't even noticed the people with extreme Spirit Energy disappearing," he went on.
"What are you trying to say?" I asked, conjuring up my Spirit Sword again.
"I won't tell the likes of you. But I'll send a message to Koenma and King Enma through you. I'm going to kill their number one spy and the number one thief," he said.
He focused his green Spirit Energy on the tips of his fingers, forming claws. The people behind him, teenagers, each got in a different stances, all unknown to me. Shiku hadn't noticed anything. Her mind has on Ikuro and what he had just said.
"What... What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Shiku!" I yelled.
Too late. Ikuro had stabbed her with his claws through the chest. She coughed up blood and her eyes grew wide before glazing over. She knew now, but could do nothing about it. Her role was over as she fell to the ground.
Angry, I shot out my Spirit Energy with my free hand at the eight of them, in a similar way as Yusuke's Spirit Gun, only these fired from my palm, and they were smaller, powerful, and they had no limit.
Each of their Spirit Energy gathered in front of them and fused together. They struck out their palms and the Spirit Energy exploded. My shots dissenigrated in seconds and soon, it was raining Spirit Energy.
I cut loose all the chains I had on my Spirit Energy to release everything. It too, exploded, and it fought off the rain. While my Energy did that, I opened a portal under Shiku's body to get her to safety. Then, before the portal vanished, I threw the four pendants I had finished, each with a note attached to their string. The portal engulfed them and disappeared.
-Spirit World-
Koenma stared at his screen, watching the storming Spirit Energies. Botan stood by his side, struck dumb by the sight.
"There's been another change of plans. Get me the Spirit Detectives, Botan, and quickly," Koenma ordered. "Send a Healing Agent to save Shiku and bring me the items Sana threw into the portal."
Botan nodded and ran off to do her assignments.
-Human World-
Hiei looked at his cards. Yusuke yawned, then sneezed. Kuwabara shifted in his seat back and forth. Kurama examined a new plant seed he had found.
Hiei glaned at the clock. Yusuke closed his eyes for a minute. Kuwabara stared at his cards. Kurama played with the box of cards on the table.
At once, they all jumped to their feet and said, "Something's wrong-"
"Koenma has called for everyone. We've got a huge problem!" Botan said, rushing in through the opened window on her stix.
-Spirit World-
Hiei eyed the china cases on the walls. Yusuke looked at the floor. Kuwabara twiddled his thumbs. Kurama looked at the orges and people.
"Don't they look in a rush?" he asked.
"They're always in a rush," Yusuke replied. "They should really demand for a raise."
They turned a corner and saw four people dressed in white pick up a body and lay it down gently on a stretcher. As the stretcher passed their paths, they had a hard time recognizing who it was because of the horrible wound. But finally:
"Shiku!" they yelled.
Everyone now ran to Koenma's office, wanting answers. As usual, they found Koenma staring at the giant screen behind his desk.
"Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei," he said. "I've made some changes..."
"Why is Shiku in that condition?" Kurama asked harshly.
Koenma paused the screen and turned his chair around to face them. He was in his teenager form. A picture of a demon popped up on the smaller screen on his desk. Koenma pointed to it and said, "Ikuro, Shiku's brother."
Koenma, who had recorded the audio of our conversation and the following talks, now played it for the detectives, leaving out the visuals. What he said did not really matter, it sounded like a normal demon who wanted revenge for Spirit World being useless, happens all the time. But this demon also said he would get rid of everything, starting off with the Spirit Detectives. Not too new either, but...
"This demon, Ikuro, is quite capable of doing such things. Since he ran away after his family's death, he has blamed everything on us. He gathered up seven of the children I kept tabs on, since they had the potential of being powerful and more Spirit Detectives in the future. But he has told them that Spirit World is much too slow at everything, and that is why people are dying around them, and they do not know why. They have joined up with Ikuro, awakened their power, and follow him to the death, or until everything is gone," Koenma said. "He is not someone to lightly look at and underestimate. Shiku... is what could happen to anyone, and worse."
A silent moment came after he ended his speech, at which Botan came in, holding the necklaces I had thrown through the portal.
Koenma barely glanced at them, but said, "I was hoping Sana and Shiku could handle it alone. Turns out it did not work out according to plan. So-" Koenma got cut off by Yusuke.
"Does this mean that Sana is back on our team?" he asked.
"No. She is still on this mission, and it is not over yet. It has only begun. But, you four, as Team Urameshi and the Spirit Detectives, you will start working on this job as well. I will assign a new leader, on top of Yusuke, for the time being," Koenma said. "And your new leader wanted me to give these to you."
Each of the boys received their own necklace from the pile. Along with that, they each had their own note, which was more or less instructions on how to use the pendant.
Yusuke's and Kuwabara's notes: Think of the destination in you head and wave your hand in a circle. A portal should open up leading to the destination you thought of. Good luck and see you soon.
Kurama's note: Bet you know how it works already. Surprise me and learn how to open them without having to do all that waving. Later.
Hiei's note: Telepathic freak. If you lose this pendant, you won't get your crystal back. Don't die!
Hiei smirked, but did not say anything as the other three stood up, somewhat shocked.
"You just said-" Kuwabara started.
"That Sana wasn't back on our team!" Yusuke finished.
Koenma looked at them, "I did. And its true. Your new leader for this mission, is the Guardian of Spirit World. Not a team member."
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Phew, that was long no? Sorry for the length, but I had to get all of that in this chapter.
All of this stuff I think, needed to be included for the plot-kicker-into-action-thingy.
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, but Sana and Shiku are my characters, thanks.