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Author's note: Hey, I'm back once more! Please read and review; I know I know I hate asking but I honestly it motivates me when I know I have someone looking forward to my chapters. And don't be afraid to throw some criticism at me or talk to me about my stories and characters or your stories and characters because when I get into a fic I LOVE talking about the creations of myself and others even if its saying what I need to improve. Also, suggestions for the story are completely welcome y'know like "I think Hiei should do/say this" or "I think they should take the OC here" or whatever! I enjoy hearing what other creative minds think I can't promise I'll work it in but it helps give me ideas.
Also as a side note I'd like to mention that Terryal will be making her official appearance soon so I wanted to warn you guys that she is essentially religious and very much so, this does not depict my feelings or opinions it truly is strictly all her I'm not going to try and preach to you guys its just part of who she is. She was raised in a sheltered society where it was either believe what we do or you don't belong here so that's where a lot of her will come from, I'm just letting you guys know so I won't get a flame or an angry comment when she shows up.
Mission Begin! Search for the Demon Psychic!
The boys had already traveled to and through the portal into the demon world and were heading towards the wreckage of the lost village.
"Woah…looks like they didn't wanna leave any evidence." Yusuke muttered as he gazed around the vast stretch of charred land.
"That goes without saying, but if the demons who took her weren't the ones who started the fire then there's a chance that they weren't as thorough either. If we search around a little away from the village we might be able to find a scent, or some tracks if we're lucky." Kurama pondered gazing at the wreckage before him.
"Hey Botan is this the last place she was known to be? Or is there anywhere else you know of?" Yusuke asked into the communicator compact that the young reaper had given to him so many years before.
He felt a twinge of nostalgia as his eyes gazed intently at her through the screen. The light hearted brown of his eyes had turned dark and serious, seeing the carnage had made his old self jump up out of the dark. He no longer wanted to take the mission just to kill some time. He needed to complete it, to fill that void in his life since he quit and to satisfy his need for justice for a girl he had never met before. Botan's pink eyes met his; she was just as serious as he was. She flipped through the file that was sitting on her bed in the hotel room, safe and far away from the possible dangers the boys might face.
"Yes a few actually. You see she was emitting bursts of energy here and there since she was taken and its provided sort of road map of her travels. However the signals stopped a few hours before we even left for the airport in a city near the Alaric territory so there's no telling where she is now. I figured I'd start you guys at where she left to see if you can find clues." Botan explained.
Yusuke smiled, "Well, whoever this girl is she's smart," he looked over at Kurama, "Whaddya think Kurama. How far can this information take us?"
"Well if I can pick up a scent or if we can find some other defining clue here or at any of those locations then we can question the residence of the last village she was seen near. The more information we have about her captors the better"
"Aren't the demons just some lousy C classes? Toguro was stronger then that and it's been long enough since that fight that I probably could wipe the floor with him if I saw him again. The only information we really need is a location right?" Yusuke said, his impatience was beginning to show.
"That may be true but it would still be wise to proceed with caution," Kurama began, already wondering away from the crumbled remains and into the woods to search for anything that the captors might have left behind, Kuwabara and Hiei followed suit.
"You see my problem with this is that I don't believe anyone would've been able to capture this girl if they were merely a C class demon. They'd need to have something up their sleeves and I don't know about you Yusuke, but walking into a trap doesn't sound like a good idea."
"Kurama's right Yusuke, you need to learn to be more patient. I'm going to send you a map with all the locations where we felt her energy signature you should be able to reach it every time you open the compact. Call me if you have any more problems and please be careful." Botan advised before the screen went black. Yusuke heaved a sigh and returned the compact to his pocket before following the rest of his team.
"Hey guys I think I found somethin!" Kuwabara's raspy voice sounded from somewhere amongst the trees, the other boys found him kneeling in the dirt just a little south of the village. "They're tracks," he said as he fingered the ground.
It was true, the soft upper layer of dirt had molded around what appeared to be a pair of skinny wheels. On the opposite sides of the wheel tracks there were four large paw-like prints; five digits on each hand and five claw prints to go with each finger. Kurama and Hiei both pinched their noses and stepped back as far away from the evidence as they could get and still be within talking earshot, looks of disgust clearly shown upon their faces. Kuwabara's and Yusuke's noses scrunched unpleasantly however Yusuke like the two demons before him couldn't stand comfortably near their discovery and backed up probably only six feet in comparison to his friends' near street length. Kuwabara, being the only human, lacking the same heightened senses that the rest of his partners had he was the only one who was able to stand next to his discovery.
"Hey you guys smell that?" He asked as he pulled his white wife beater up over his nose.
"Do you mean your own foul stench or the ones coming from the footprints? Honestly I'm surprised you noticed either of them." Hiei replied with a smirk
"I'll rearrange your face ya' rotten shrimp!" Kuwabara yelled rounding on the demon his hands held at the ready, Hiei muttered something to the affect of "In your dreams" and Kuwabara charged like a bull only to be stopped when Yusuke grabbed the back of his shirt and shoved him to the ground.
"This is no time to fight stupid! We've got work to do!" He shouted while stomping on Kuwabara to get his point across. "Do either of you guys have any idea what that smell's coming from?" He continued, turning his attention from his now half dead friend to the rest of his party. He slicked back his hair and pinched his nose once more trying to find breathing room around the odor.
"It's a chimera," Hiei replied simply his eyes glaring at the prints. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked confused; Kurama being the knowledgeable person he was broke the confusion.
"A chimera, it's popular as a legendary mythical beast with a lion's body a tail ending with a snake's head and the head of a goat extending from its mid back. However the one talked about in legend in the human world is only vaguely reminiscent of the one that actually exists in the demon world. The chimera that takes residence here is more like a wild animal that roams the Makai rather then an actual demon, however they're about as powerful as a high B or low A class demon, hunting them became sport a few centuries back so coming across one is very rare. They're known for their tough skin, unbelievable brute strength. They also have phenomenal psychic ability, the snake's head tail, which is one of the few similarities this demon has to any chimera imagined by humans, is the key. They, like many other snakes, hypnotize their pray if they're too strong to take head on. That's probably how they were able to capture our target, I'm sure the demons from her village are powerful but we're not sure how powerful, it wouldn't be too illogical for her to fall pray to a chimera especially one of this caliber." Kurama explained.
"Looks like it a big one too," Kuwabara said, sitting up and clutching his stomach as he stared down the path at the numerous destroyed branches and shrubbery. "Looks at least a whole story high"
"Good that means our kidnappers are easy to spot" Yusuke said peering at his communicator again, it bleeped to life, the screen showing a small map of the Makai, their location blinked red while the other spots Botan had noticed flashes of the girl's energy blinked green. "Looks like we're heading towards Alaric," he mumbled with a grin, leading the way to their next destination.