Lone Wolf: Five reviews. Good enough considering this is Touya x Yukina.
Hiei: Oh, just start already.
Chapter 5: Ice Master
A pair of pale ears perked up. Two cerulean blue orbs opened from their slumber and blinked.
A scream.
Touya sniffed the air, his blue and green hair blowing in the light breeze.
Demon blood.
He walked to the mouth of the small cave, leaving the few belongings that he had on him behind, and took off in the direction of the scent of blood.
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"Damn Koenma," Yusuke grumbled, "I resigned from Spirit Detective three years ago. What does he do? He leaves me alone for a while and then gives me another case. And didn't his dad disown him? What the hell is he still doing, working with them?" "Shut up detective. You think I'm enjoying this? I was free to stay here in Makai; I regret returning to Human World now," Hiei said annoyed. "So why did you go back if you detest humans that much? Or do you?" Kurama chuckled as he received one of Hiei's infamous death glares.
"So all we gotta do is overthrow the new ruler or get him to change his ways?" Kuwabara asked, half-changing the subject. "I really don't get why Mukuro and Yomi and everyone else can't do that themselves," Yusuke yelled at no one in particular.
"Human world is not safe with him in charge of Demon World. I've heard that he travels between groups, not even trying to rule, letting the demons go wild. He makes alliances with the youkai and occasionally raids Ningenkai. He's supposedly as ruthless as Sensui, stronger than both Mukuro and Yomi combined, as cunning as my other self, with awareness levels that surpass," Kurama was cut off. "And you're sure these aren't rumors?" Hiei said, preventing Kurama from mentioning the baka's name. "Yes. If we don't manage to overthrow him, they'll be shutting the gateway between the worlds, which was kept open during Enki's rule, completely. Enma-daiou has already closed it, but depending on the situation will open it. If it's shut completely, we won't be able to return here, until perhaps, he is replaced. You wouldn't like that now, would you, Hiei? Did I mention that in this situation, use of Kuwabara's dimensional sword will be forbidden?"
"Oh, and Yusuke? Enma-daiou took Koenma back in recently," Kurama said, leaving out the part about the prince of Reikai's punishment, "And gave him the responsibility of finding a new detective, which he has yet to do." "You talk way too much Kurama."
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Yukina tried to escape from the greedy youkai's grip, but to no avail.
If only she could reach her katana...
Touya looked at the bloody mess. There were unattached limbs everywhere. The pure white snow and ice he had come to known so well was a bright crimson shade of red. In the center of all this was one demon, holding a very familiar figure.
Isn't that...Hiei's sister?
Without giving the identity of the ice maiden another thought, Touya ran toward the demon while forming his ice sword, and stabbed Yukina's captor in the back. It killed him instantly.
Yukina fell to the ground. She looked up.
Touya had extended his hand and was waiting for her to take it. She took it with her right hand after picking up her sword with her left. "Arigatou gozaimasu," she said to him, gratefully. "You're Yukina, aren't you?" he responded. She nodded. "And you," she looked down at the now disappearing sword of ice, "Must be Touya-san." His usually expressionless face showed hints of a smile as he too, nodded.
A few moments of silence passed by. Yukina looked down again, this time at her own sword. She noticed a few bloodstains on it and quickly wiped the blade on the snow. Touya watched with amusement in his eyes.
But she must've been very good to be able to fight off all of these demons. She's a lot like her brother and yet so different.
Yukina stood up again, a faint blush on her usually white cheeks. There was never any bloodshed when she practiced with Hiei. For a moment she had been unsure of what to do. She returned the sword to its sheath.
"So, what brings you back to Makai? I thought you were..." Something caught Touya's eye.
Him.
He ran toward a purple-haired demon, determined to kill the said youkai. Manako vanished right before Touya reached the new ruler. He cursed silently to himself, then proceeded to walking back to Yukina.
"I thought you were at Genkai's temple," he tried to continue the conversation he had just started seconds ago. Yukina uncharacteristically ignored his statement, "Who was that?"
Shimatta.
"Touya-san? Who was that?" Yukina asked again, "Touya-san?" "He was just another demon that was part of the group that attacked you," the ice master finally answered. Yukina looked at him questioningly, but said nothing.
Why did it take him so long to answer if that was all?
Yukina dismissed the thought for the time being as she followed Touya to the cave that held his belongings. They walked in silence.
He decided to start some conversation and lighten the mood even though he was not the talkative type. "Why are you in Makai?" he asked once again. "I came to visit my mother's grave and to find my brother," she answered. Touya looked up at the sky, "It's not safe to be wandering around now. The three years of peace, Enki's rule, is now over. Were you not informed of this by Hiei and the others?" He purposely mentioned Hiei's name.
Yukina shook her head no. "We'll never be able to live in peace with the humans, will we?" she said sadly to herself. "Wakaranai," Touya answered, unsure of what else to say. There was silence once more.
They were nearing the cave. "Anou...Touya-san...could you...help me find my brother?" Yukina asked. However, as soon as she let the last word out, she remembered Hiei's words to her.
If you want something done, do it yourself.
Yet here she was, asking for help once again.
"Oh! Anou...but you don't have to help of course," the ice maiden added. "I...want to help, but I don't know if I can," came the reply. The thought of running around on a wild-goose chase knowingly, did not appeal to Touya much. He turned to face her and her crimson orbs watched him sadly. "I'll help you as much as I can, probably more after these times have passed. You could call me a temporary spirit detective. Jin, Chu, Rinku, Shishi, Suzuka. All of us are temporary detectives," Touya told her. "It...has to do with that youkai from before, doesn't it?" she asked. He nodded, amazed at how quickly she caught on.
They reached the cave. "I'll explain the rest after we eat a little. You must be tired from fighting all of those demons and then walking all the way here."
Yukina removed her knapsack from under her cloak. She took out a few fruits that she had bought in Ningenkai. Touya immediately told her to put them away and offered her what he had. Despite her protests, she ended up eating the food the ice master had kindly provided.
Lone Wolf: There, done! Heh, this was the chapter I was looking forward to since the start of this story and now it's finally done. I wanted it to be a bit longer but I ran out of ideas. Besides, I doubt you'd want to be bored with pointless things. Yes, Manako's the new ruler.
Hiei: In case it wasn't obvious enough, she started writing this story before she even finished / started watching season four. Now she's finished and is desperately trying to fix the story so that it makes sense, with all that happened in the final season and such.
Lone Wolf: Shhh! You weren't supposed to tell them that! (Sweatdrops) Well, anyways, here's an itsy-bitsy teaser for the next chapter:
"It's all my fault. If Jin, Chu, Shishi, Rinku, Suzuka and I had taken care of him outside the arena when we had the chance, this never would have happened. We would be living in peace right now, not in this chaos. I could be helping you find your brother, and actually helping, not just saying I'll try to help, because right now, I don't think there's any way that I can. There's too much going on in this world. You should go back to Genkai while you still have the chance."
Lone Wolf: Just a quote from Touya that'll be in the next chapter. Nothing much. Heh, not normal for our favorite ice master to talk so much, is it?
Hiei: Review or flame. She doesn't care. Status in her profile.
