Florentine and Socrates


Lights aura: Hello everyone! I have returned with a new chappie! Yeah!

Amu: Hozah, the new chappie has come and we'll finally get to meet a couple of the villains!

Lights aura: Sh! Don't give it away.

Amu: (grins sheepishly) Oops, well enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did then I would have a lot more free time on my hands to write.


Tori sighed as she watched Botan and Yukina tuck Sira in bed. It was strange to see her best friend so still. If it weren't for the fact that her chest was moving up and down, she could have been mistaken for as dead. She shivered at the thought.

As soon as she was settled, Sira cracked open her eyes. Looking around at the worried faces, Sira asked. "So, what did I miss?" Her voice had a strange metallic sound to it.

They all traded glances before Botan said, "Sira you have dimension sickness. If we can't find some way to cure you then you will be erased. In other words, you'll…" she trailed off.

Sira glanced down at her sheets. "Oh," She quickly looked back up and forced a grin on her face. "Well then, you better find a cure because if I die then I swear that I will find a way to come back and haunt you for the rest of your lives."

Tori groaned as she playfully nudged her head. "Why am I not surprise that even when you are sick, you're immature."

Sira shrugged. "It's a gift." She began to cough violently. Yukina quickly shooed everyone away saying that Sira needed rest.

Once outside, the somber mood returned. "What are we going to do?" Tori asked softly.

Just then, a child like voice sang from outside, "Deck the halls with sickness and despair. Fa la la la la la la la la. You're friend is dying but I don't care. Fa la la la la la la la la."

They frowned as they raced outside.

"Whatever are you going to do? Fa la la la la la la la la. I'm glad that I'm not you. Fa la la la la la la la la ."

Hovering in the air were two figures. The first looked like a young girl. She had shoulder length green hair and bright emerald color eyes. Butterfly wings sprouted from her back and she wore a hat the resembled a flower. Floating next to her was a man who looked to be in his twenty's. He had short brown hair and hazel eyes. Glasses were perched on his nose as he read the book in his hand. He looked mostly human except for the two small horns on top of his head.

"Hello losers!" The young girl said in a sing songy voice. "You seem a little down. Whatever could be the problem?"

"Who are you?" Yusuke demanded.

The girl frowned. "You need to learn some manners." At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of Yusuke startling him. The girl continued as if nothing had happened. "Well, since you want to know so badly. My name is Florentine. The guy next to me calls himself Socrates. He is named after someone famous, whoever the heck that it is."

"Socrates is a philosopher, you idiot" Socrates murmured, not once taking his eyes of his book.

Florentine clinched her fists and glared at him. "Why are you so mean to me!"

Realizing that he was going to ignore her, she returned her attention to her original victims. "We heard your friend was sick and we brought her a present." She held up a small vial filled with greenish fluid. "This is Makai bat venom. If you were to inject a little bit of this into her, she would survive." She grinned at the anxious looks they gave her.

Kuwabara finally lost his patience. "Well, what are you waiting for?"

"She waiting because there's more to this," Kurama said slowly. "Isn't that right."

Florentine grinned. "Absolutely." Still wearing her grin, she threw the vial as hard as she could.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Yusuke yelled angrily.

"I can't let you have it that easily." Florentine giggled. "The vial is somewhere in the city. I hope you can find it in time." Both Socrates and Florentine vanished.

"Get back here!" Kuwabara yelled angrily as he punched the sky.

"Why that little," Yusuke began.

"Now's not the time," Tori said, a look of determination plastered across her face. "We need to split up and find that vial."

"Tori's right," Koenma said, "Yusuke and Kuwabara will take the south part of the city, Hiei will coam the western part and Kurama will search the northern part."

"I'm coming with you," Tori said as she stood next to Kurama. Neither Koenma nor Kurama objected.

"Botan can you stay with Yukina and look after Sira?" Koenma asked.

Botan nodded. "You can count on me."

Koenma nodded. "Then I'll go back and see what I can pull up on Florentine and Socrates."

Without another word, they all split up.


After an hour of searching, Tori was beginning to lose hope for her friend. So far, no one had found any trace of the vial. She felt like she really was searching for the proverbial needle in the haystack. The only difference was that this needle had a life depending on it. She felt a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"She'll be alright," Kurama said gently.

Tori sighed as she tried to ignore the tears that threatened to form. "You know, Sira's always like that."

Kurama frowned. "Like what?"

"Making major problems look like nothing." Tori smiled slightly. "If she stubs her toe or scrapes her knee, she acts like it is the end of a world but when something really serious happens she just shrugs it off." Tori paused as she glanced at the ground. "Sometimes, I'm envious of her. She can always find a way to joke in a serious or depressing situation." She sighed, "I wish I was like that."

Kurama smiled. "You already are able to do that. You just do that in your own way."

Tori gave a tearful smile. "Thanks."

Kurama shrugged, "No problem." They began to search again. "So," Kurama said, "how long have you two been best friends?"

Tori smirked. "You know how most people are best friends since birth? Sira and I weren't like that. We actually went to the same school since kindergarten but didn't become best friends until high school." Tori laughed slightly, "Actually, we have orchestra to thank for that."

Kurama raised an eyebrow, "You two played instruments?"

"I know, Sira with an instrument is a very scary thought," Tori said, "But yeah, we did. We were both violists and shared a stand. We would end up getting bored and would talk. That's how we bonded, really. When we got a new teacher, I quit and went to ensemble. Sira held on for another year because the new teacher had promised they would perform on a Disney Cruise. Once she realized that it wasn't going to happen, she quit as well and joined ensemble with me. We've been best friends ever since." Tori frowned as she glanced at her surroundings. "Hey, haven't we been this way before?"

Kurama didn't respond.

"Kurama?" Tori asked as she turned around. She froze. She felt as if she was watching a movie in slow motion. Everybody seemed to be moving at a snail's pace including Kurama. "Oh no," Tori said as she reached out and grabbed his shoulders. "Kurama, you've got to snap out of it!" As soon as she touched him, he returned to normal speed. "What…" He trailed off as he noticed that everything had stopped moving.

"This happened to Sira and me at the mall when I was kidnapped," Tori said, "I think Akatsuki called it a time inconsistency."

"How strange," Kurama murmured, "I wonder what's causing them?" A loud rumbling sound came from in front of them. Glancing in that direction, they found themselves staring at the entrance of a maze.

"I don't know what's causing them, but I think we're about to find out," Tori whispered.

Taking a deep breath, they entered the maze.


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Amu: (glares) not funny

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