Musical Espionage
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters because they belong to Yoshihiro Togashi. Nor do I own the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana being that it's owned by the band Nirvana. The only things I do own in this story are my OCs, Jasmine and Christine.
Chapter 7: Oh Drummer Where Art Thou
The wedding reception finished and everyone went back to their homes or in the bride and groom's case to their honeymoon suit. Koenma walked with Jasmine back to her apartment complex and bid her goodnight. They kissed and once again parted ways and the prince made his way back to Genkai's compound and met up with Jorge, Genkai, and Kurama.
"So, I guess Koashura decided to go back home with Kotennyo."
Kurama and Jorge both nodded and the blue ogre replied, "Yeah, he said he was exhausted and so did Kotennyo."
Koenma then adjusted the collar of his shirt and removed his tie and replied, "So am I; I'm thinking about going to go to bed."
He then noted the blank expression on the fox demon's face and asked him, "Kurama, is there something wrong?"
Kurama sighed and continued to stare off into space and replied, "Just thinking."
Koenma sat down beside him, "About what?"
"Having to go to Demon World; now that I have taken care of the things that I needed to take care of."
The prince just sat there for a minute. He had forgotten that it was Kurama's turn to leave and to Koenma, he felt it was completely unnecessary. He knew Kurama wasn't a danger to the Human World being that he had proved that he can live peacefully among normal human beings. Koenma clenched his fists at the thought. He felt that he possibly couldn't get any angrier with his father. The only ways he had alleviated his anger and stress over it was being around his friends, writing songs, and hanging out with Jasmine.
He and Kurama just sat there in silence for a few minutes until the young god said, "Does your family know you're going away?"
The fox demon shook his head, "No and they never will know."
Koenma raised his eyebrows, "How are you going to pull that off?"
Kurama shifted his attention back to the prince and replied, "Very easy; I'm sending my mother and my step-father on a month long honeymoon, all expenses paid my by me. As for my step-brother, he's going to be staying over at his best friend's house; he said he would feel a whole lot more comfortable there."
"I thought he liked you."
Kurama chuckled, "He does but, he wanted to give me my own personal space throughout the entire month mother and step-father are away."
"That makes perfect sense."
Kurama then checked his watch, "Well, I'd better be off, it's getting late and I promised my step-brother that we'd stay up late and hang out tonight being that we have the house to ourselves."
He then bid Koenma, Jorge and Genkai goodbye and left the compound. As Kurama was leaving the grounds of the compound, Jorge then tapped Koenma's shoulder and said, "Um, Koenma sir."
The prince then shifted his attention back to his ogre servant, "Yes Ogre, what is it?"
Jorge scratched the back of his head and mentioned, "Now, that Kurama is going to be going to Demon World, we're going to have to find a new drummer."
Koenma's eyes widened, he hadn't thought about that, "Oh my god, Ogre, you are right."
Genkai looked over at her longtime friend and asked in concern, "What are you guys going to do?"
The prince put his hand on his forehead, removed the purple headband and grabbed a fistful of his luscious brown hair and replied feeling his anxiety jump through the roof, "I don't know. Oh shit, I don't know."
Jorge checked his watch, "I'd better get back to Spirit World. Sir, I'll probably see you in two or three days when I am able to sneak back here to help you figure out a solution to our drummer problem. Are you going to be okay?" he asked his exiled boss in concern.
Koenma put his hand down and shrugged his broad shoulders, "I don't know, Ogre. I don't know."
Without saying another word, Jorge walked up to Koenma and gave him a big hug and Koenma hugged him back not knowing what else to do. They soon broke off their embrace and Jorge tried to give him a look of comfort and said, "Try not to stress yourself out on this too much. Take care of yourself sir."
Koenma nodded, "I will, Ogre, well, I'll at least try."
Jorge then nodded in reply, put the bandana back over his face, put on his sunglasses and hat and then left Genkai's compound and back to Spirit World. Koenma sighed and began to walk to the guest room and Genkai wanted to say something to her longtime friend but, she felt it was best just to leave him be for right now.
After changing into a pair of dark green and red plaid pajama bottoms, Koenma then laid down on the futon in the guest room. He had trouble falling asleep thinking what was going to happen when Kurama would leave for Demon World. He thought about how it really sucks how their band will lose their awesome drummer and how Kurama would be leaving his family. The prince wanted to call Jasmine to talk to her about this but, looking at the alarm clock sitting on the wooden nightstand, it was already 12AM and he didn't want to disturb hers or Koashura's and Kotennyo's sleep. Koenma then laid in bed trying not to think about this awful predicament, and soon fell asleep trying to think of something positive but, wound up not thinking about anything at all as he closed his eyes.
Two days later, Koenma arrived in Mushiori City looking forward to meeting Jasmine at the hospital during her lunch break. Today was also supposed to be when Jorge was to come visit him but, since it was already one o'clock in the afternoon and the ogre still hadn't showed up. He hadn't seen Jorge since the wedding reception two nights ago and figured the blue ogre was currently being worked over by his dad again. The prince tried not to think about it and then out of the blue, he got this feeling that something was following him.
Koenma stopped in his tracks for a moment and sensing demon energy he then began to sprint towards the hospital. "Oh crap, not again." He thought.
He continued running another couple of blocks until he reached the hospital and ran inside hoping to lose his demonic pursuer. Koenma then pressed the elevator button and stepped inside and pressed the button to the floor Jasmine worked on. A couple of seconds later her arrived on her floor and walked up to the nurse's station and asked the head nurse sitting behind it, "Hi, I was here the other day and I am here to meet Jasmine for lunch."
The head nurse looked up from the paperwork she was working on, "She'll be out here in a minute. She should be finished with bathing a patient in a few minutes. Have a seat."
Koenma sat down on one of the seats in front of the nurse's station. A couple of minutes later Jasmine emerged from one of the linen closets after putting her linen cart away. Her blue scrubs were a bit damp and her brown spiral curls looked a bit frizzed out from the humidity of the shower room.
Even with her disheveled appearance, the prince still thought she was adorable. Koenma walked over to her and gave her a small kiss and Jasmine chuckled, "Sorry for being a bit late, I wound up with one of the more difficult patients."
Seeing the freaked out look on his face she then asked, "Are you okay?"
Koenma shook his head, "No, I…uh…bumped into a bit of trouble on the way over here."
Jasmine felt genuine concern for her new lover and best male friend, "Okay, hold that thought." She then went behind the nurse's station to get her coat and her purse and clocked out on her lunch break.
She and Koenma then left the hospital and then she asked him, "What kind of trouble did you bump into?"
Before Koenma could answer Jasmine's question, they both sensed it and Jasmine withdrew her fans from underneath her scrubs, coated them with her spirit energy and growled, "Come out demon; I'm not in the mood to play any games."
Her wish was granted when it stepped out of the shadows. Jasmine looked around and she and Koenma both thanked their lucky stars that there weren't any innocent civilians around.
The young demon hunter opened up her fans and then asked her demonic opponent, "Why are you here?"
The demon eyed the young woman and replied, "I'm not here for you human woman. It's your boy toy that I'm after."
Koenma raised an eyebrow, "Boy toy?"
"I'm going to ask you once demon, leave us be. Especially Koenma, if you try anything on him, I won't hesitate to kill you."
The prince took a few steps back and whispered to Jasmine, "How did it know it was me? I have my mark covered up and I'm wearing human clothes."
Not taking her eyes off the demon, Jasmine replied, "I don't know but, I have a feeling that it has been following you for a while."
Koenma looked at his girlfriend with wide eyes, "How long?"
The young demon hunter shrugged her shoulders, "I have no idea but, if I were to estimate, maybe since you got off the bus?"
Then without warning, the demon then leapt towards the couple and Jasmine pushed Koenma out of the way. The demon then raised one of its claws and then tried to strike the young demon hunter and she jumped away, dodging its first assault. Jasmine then raised her energy coated fans and ran towards the demon, making slashing movements at it.
The young god just sat on the ground not knowing what to do as he watched his lovely curly haired girlfriend duel with his would be assassin. The demon then dodged Jasmine's attacks and then did a summersault backwards and kicked the young woman knocking her off her feet.
Jasmine landed on the cold asphalt with a thud and the demon rushed over and tried to attack her again and was blasted back from an energy shield. The psychic med student looked up to see Koenma protecting her with his barrier. The prince then looked over his shoulder at her and asked, "Are you okay?"
Jasmine nodded, "Yes, thank you Koenma."
The demon then glared at the both of them and snarled at the prince taunting, "Aw…isn't that sweet? The Spirit World Prince has fallen for a human. Just like Romeo and Juliet and just like them, you both will die."
The demon assassin then leapt towards them and grabbed Koenma by the front of his shirt and raised its free claw and cackled, "I think I'll take you out first your highness, so you won't have the pain of watching what I'm going to do to your woman."
Jasmine got up and her entire body began to glow with her spirit energy and she retorted, "Fat chance moron. You have no idea how many of you creeps I have killed in my lifetime. I have been killing demons since I was five years old."
She once again coated her fans with her energy and said in a dark tone, "Let Koenma go."
The demon shifted his attention to her still holding the young prince in his grasp, "I beg your pardon?"
Before the demon could react, the demon hunting college student had moved so quickly to the point of where his eyes couldn't keep track of her and she landed a hard blow into the demon's stomach with a hard kick. The force of Jasmine's kick was so strong that the demon was forced to let go of Koenma who fell onto the ground on his knees.
The demonic assassin was thrown back into several garbage cans and sat up seeing the young human woman slowly walking towards him with a dark, sadistic gleam in her large brown eyes. Koenma didn't know whether to be grateful for her protecting him or to be afraid of her right now. The only person who the young prince ever seen become cold and heartless when it came to hunting demons was Sensui when he was still spirit detective. Koenma really liked Jasmine to the point of where he was now developing genuine romantic feelings for her but; he was frightened by this new side to her. He didn't know how to react or what to do other than just watch.
Jasmine then spoke to the assassin in such a cold and dark manner, "I warned you demon and you didn't listen. It's assholes like you that make it hard for me to live my life as normal as possible." She then licked her small pink lips enjoying the thought of murdering and possibly torturing the demon who tried to kill her and her prince, "Now, that you've disturbed the hornet's nest, the queen is not happy. Oh how I'm going to enjoy this."
The demon began to shake in fear and then began to plead, "H…hey lady, don't do anything stupid. Why don't we just settle this in a civilized manner?"
Jasmine then furrowed her brown eyebrows and pursed her lips and glared at the demon with utter hatred, "You want to settle this in a civilized manner? Oh that's rich. That's really, really rich. You were the one who started this by stalking Lord Koenma and also tried to kill both of us. No, I won't settle this in a civilized manner."
The demon then gave her a homicidal look and retorted in rage, "You bitch!" then it raised one of its claws and tried to slash at the young demon hunter.
Jasmine then dodged out the way but, still wound up getting her face cut. She then gritted her teeth with her blood trailing down her cheek and used one of her energy coated fans to cut off the demon's hand. The assassin shrieked in agony with blood going all over the place from its bleeding stub.
Koenma could only watch in horror and think, "Holy shit!"
The demon then tried to get her with its other claw and Jasmine then sliced that one off too. The demon assassin then fell back onto the cold ground, bleeding heavily and screaming in pain and agony. Jasmine walked slowly towards it with no other emotion then the look of enjoying the demon's pain.
She once again licked her lips, enjoying the thrill of the torture and kill of her target. Jasmine once again coated her fans with her energy, brought them up and uses both of them to decapitate the demon. Blood then coated her face, hospital scrubs, her energy coated fans, and her coat as she just stood there staring at the demon's headless corpse.
Koenma slowly got up and walked over to his love's side. He then approached her and gently put his hand on her shoulder and said in a soft voice, "Jasmine, Jasmine? Jasmine are you in there?"
Jasmine then moved her blood soaked head, looking at him over her shoulder and Koenma then gasped seeing her emotionless face and just took a step back. She then closed her fans that were still dripping with the demon's blood. The prince then decided to say something and found his voice once again and held out his hand to her, "Come on, let me take you back to your apartment so you can clean yourself up before you go back to work."
The young woman stared at the young god's hand for moment and put the fan that she held in her hand and put it into her other one and clasped her hand in her lover's. Before walking back to Jasmine's apartment, Koenma picked up her purse that she dropped during the fight and they silently walked a couple of blocks to her residence.
The prince then buzzed the intercom of the front gate which the super let them in and they got up to the college trio's apartment. Koenma then opened Jasmine's purse and took out the key and unlocked her apartment door. He gently guided her inside and shut and locked the door behind him. Koashura and Kotennyo weren't home being that they were also at their jobs working today.
Koenma let go of her hand and said, "I'll go find you a fresh pair of scrubs and turn on the shower for you and since our lunch wound up getting interrupted thanks to that nasty son of a bitch, how about I fix us some sandwiches. Would you like that?"
Jasmine just silently nodded. Koenma then left her in the living room for a few minutes while he went into her bedroom and fetched her new pair of blue hospital scrubs and soon walked out to get her a towel and walked into the bathroom and started up the hot water for her.
The young prince then walked out into the living room where Jasmine was still standing there holding her blood soaked fans and looking at her, Koenma asked, "Are you okay?" She didn't respond and he then asked, "Do you not want to go back to work?"
Jasmine just nodded. Koenma then gently took her fans out of her hand and put the blood soaked weapons in the kitchen sink and then walked over to the phone and called the hospital, asking to speak to her supervisor. Once getting the head nurse from her floor got on the phone, he then explained to her saying that Jasmine has fallen ill and that she would be unable to come back in and finish her shift and wondered if one of her coworkers could fill in for her. Luckily, there was and the head nurse then wished for Jasmine to feel better and hoped to see her come back in on her next workday. Koenma then thanked the ordinary human on the other line and ended the phone conversation and hung up.
Jasmine then slowly looked over her shoulder and gave the prince a small smile and just said, "Thank you." She then walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
While the young demon hunter was bathing, Koenma then went into her bedroom again to find other clean clothes for her to wear. He took out a white Alaska t-shirt with a picture of a bear on it and a pair of purple pajama bottoms with white flowers on it from her wooden dresser drawers. The young prince then knocked on the bathroom door, "Jasmine, I have brought you other clean clothes to wear. May I come in?"
A couple of moments later she responded, "Yes." Koenma then walked into the bathroom and placed the t-shirt and the pajama bottoms on the sink and picked up the clean scrubs so he can put them away being that she wasn't going to wear them. He then looked at the shower curtain that hid his naked bathing girlfriend from view.
The prince then asked her, "Are you okay?"
"Mm hm." She replied.
Koenma then walked out of the bathroom and put Jasmine's clean hospital scrubs away in her bedroom and made his way to the kitchen. He opened up the refrigerator to find something to make their sandwiches with. The young god then took out a loaf of wheat bread, lettuce, turkey, cheese and some condiments and shut the fridge door.
He then made their sandwiches with the bread, turkey, cheese and put the mayonnaise and mustard on his but, left Jasmine's dry because he remembered that she didn't like that stuff from when she told him on their third date a few days ago. Koenma placed the sandwiches on the plates and put the remainder of the sandwich ingredients away in the fridge and opened up the cupboards to see what else he and Jasmine wanted to eat with them.
The prince then found some double chocolate chip cookies and some potato chips and took them out of the cupboard. He put about four cookies on his plate and two on Jasmine's and a handful of chips on both their plates. After putting these bags that contained the chips and cookies away he made his way to the living room to see that the young curly haired woman had finished with her shower and was fully dressed in her Alaska t-shirt and pajama bottoms, with a band aid on her face, drying her brown curls with her towel. She then sat down on the leather couch and placed her towel beside her.
Jasmine smiled at her prince seeing the two plates of food he was holding. Koenma brightly smiled and said, "I'm glad to see you smile again. I was getting a little worried about your mental and emotional state. The last thing I want is another Sensui."
The young psychic sweetly giggled at her best male friend's and new boyfriend's words, "I'm okay; I have been dealing with that crap my whole life."
Koenma then placed the two plates on the wooden coffee table, "That one there is yours." He said as he pointed at the plate in front of her, "I know how you don't like mayonnaise or mustard so; I didn't put any on yours. Are you thirsty?"
Jasmine nodded, "Yes, I would just like some water. Thank you for doing this for me Koenma."
Koenma then made his way over to the kitchen and came back with glasses of water for the both of them and replied, "You're welcome Jasmine. You have taken such great care of me and I feel I should do the same for you."
She smiled at how loving and compassionate he is and began to eat her turkey sandwich. They sat there eating their lunch for a few minutes until Koenma broke the ice by asking
out of curiosity, "When you said you have been dealing with demons your whole life, do you mean that you have been hunting and killing them for that long?"
Jasmine popped a couple of chips into her mouth and washed them down with her water, "Yeah, I killed my first demon when I was five. I come from a family of demon hunters. It's just my mom's family, not my dad's. When someone in my mother's family turns five years old, their parents or my grandparents takes them out on their first hunt and kill and start their training soon afterwards."
Koenma gulped down some of his water after eating one of his cookies and eyed her curiously, "Are there demons in Alaska?"
The young woman nodded, "Yes, there are. In fact, my hometown of Valdez is the state's major cesspool of them. Before you ask me why not someplace like Anchorage or Juneau, I don't know. For some weird reason, they are attracted to Valdez even though it's small with only about 4,000 residents not counting the tourists that come there every year."
The prince just sat there eating his turkey sandwich, listening to her intently. Jasmine continued, "My mother and my grandparents started my training after I made my first kill. I was trained mainly on the outskirts of town so; none of the ordinary citizens could see or hear what was going on."
"Where did they train you?"
Jasmine gulped down some water, "Mineral Creek, Thompson Pass, Keystone Canyon, and Robe Lake just to name a few. Not only had I had to endure the elements but, I had to deal with it while I had to endure my harsh training."
"How harsh?"
The young psychic just stared at her sandwich for a minute, took a bite, washed it down with her water and replied, "Very, my mother and grandparents were very strict, harsh and unforgiving like my homeland. Even though I have heard that Genkai's training is tough and I am sure it is but, my family's training is brutal."
Afraid to ask but, he wanted to know Koenma then asked her, "What kind of things did your mother and grandparents put you through?"
She held onto her sandwich and looked at him in directly in the eye, "Do you really want to know?"
Koenma nodded, "Yeah."
Jasmine took a deep breath and she decided to tell him one of the training regiments that she endured in the harsh Alaskan wilderness.
*Fourteen Years Prior*
A little six year old girl with pale skin, with freckles that peppered her face, brown curls and large brown eyes hit the hard cold stone ground of Thompson Pass which was several miles outside of her hometown of Valdez, after being blasted with spirit energy. She laid there and began to whimper and the voice of her mother barked, "Get up. Jasmine get up."
Little six year old Jasmine then slowly gets on her hands and knees. Her fans splayed out in front of her. She looked up at her grandparents, Lydia and Demetrius McAlpin for help. "Grandma? Grandpa?"
The elderly couple just stood there looking at her emotionless and not coming to her aide. Janine Black spoke once again, this time raising her voice at her youngest daughter, "Get up! They're not going to help you!"
Jasmine looked at her mother and tried her best to summon the best fake tears to gain some sympathy. Janine just gave her a cold stare, "That's not going to work Jasmine. Do you think that when you're going to be out there trying to keep the town of Valdez safe that the demons are going to take any sympathy on you? No, they're not! Now get up and try again!"
Jasmine then picked up her fans and stood up and her short little legs began to wobble. She could feel the cold air from Worthington Glacier blow over her small six year old body. Wanting to knock her mother into the nearest snowy mountain, the little girl then began to glow with her spirit energy and coated her fans with them. She then let out a small little yell and sprinted towards Janine.
Demetrius then sighed at his granddaughter's hotheadedness and he and his wife, Lydia watched the scene in front of them. Janine shook her head and dodged every one of her daughter's assaults and brought out her spear like weapon and blocked Jasmine's fans.
"No fair! Dammit mom, let me hit you for once!" the little girl spat and her grandmother could be heard, "Watch your tongue, young lady! You mind your mother; she knows what's best!"
Janine chuckled, "You never learn do you?" She then landed a hard punch on her daughter, knocking the little six year old down.
Jasmine once again hit the cold stone ground with a thud. She heaved from the pain of her mother's blow and glared at her, "You're not being fair. You always hit me but, I can never hit you. Stop being mean mom!"
Janine just gave her daughter a cold stare and replied, "No, I'm not being mean. Jasmine this is part of your training. You're going to face worse obstacles than what you're doing right now! Do you think that a demon or possibly two are going to take it easy on you? No! Of course not! Your stubbornness and hot head could possibly get you killed and this is the only way you're going to learn."
Little six year old Jasmine began to pout, "I hate you mom. I hate you!"
Janine rolled her eyes knowing that Jasmine didn't mean what she said. She heard it before from her other two children Caroline and Niles and from Jasmine multiple times before this. She knew that one day Jasmine will eventually learn from her lessons like her two siblings did and that was one of the things that put her at ease as a mother.
*End Flashback*
They both finished off their lunch and Koenma then took a sip of water, "Wow, sounds intense."
Jasmine gave a small laugh, "It was but, they meant well. If it wasn't for my mother's and my grandparents' harsh lessons, I would not have survived as many battles as I did and I am grateful for it. Their training helped me improve on the areas I needed improvement on and even though I am a lot stronger I was back then, I still have room for more improvement. One of our family mantras is "You can always get stronger, no matter how powerful you are.""
The prince smiled, "That is a good saying to live by. I wish Yusuke and Hiei were here to hear you say that."
Wanting to change the subject, the young demon hunter asked, "So, when's your friend Kurama going to Demon World?"
Koenma finished off his water, "In two and a half weeks. It really sucks and, it's just not fair. Everyone knows that Kurama has proved that he can live among normal humans but, my dad is sending him there anyway. Another horrible thing about this is that I, Jorge, and Koashura are going to lose him as a drummer. Jorge already knows but, I still need to tell Koashura."
Jasmine just held onto her water cup, "I'm so sorry Koenma." She then finished the last couple of gulps of water and a brilliant idea came to mind.
The curly haired psychic put her water glass down on her coffee table and shifted her attention to her boyfriend and replied, "Why don't you guys give him a proper send off?"
The young god then raised his eyebrows at her, "Come again?"
Jasmine smiled brighter, "Why don't you throw a going away party for him?"
Koenma just absolutely loved the idea and he replied with enthusiasm, "You're absolutely right. Why didn't I think of that with Yusuke and Hiei? Well, just Yusuke, Hiei wouldn't have given a damn but, yes, we should. We should hold it over at Genkai's; she wouldn't mind and we can invite Kuwabara, of course, Yukina, Shizuru, Keiko, if she's feels up to it, you, Kotennyo, Koashura, Jorge, and maybe a few more."
He and Jasmine began to plan Kurama's going away party and they talked about it for the rest of the afternoon. Looking at the cat clock hanging on the wall, it was getting late and Koenma decided to stay the night with Jasmine and let Genkai know that he was doing so she wouldn't fear that something happened to him. Koashura and Kotennyo still haven't come home yet but, they did call to let their human friend know that they will be out late seeing a movie and getting some dinner. After getting off the phone with her friends, Jasmine and Koenma then made some dinner, pasta with homemade bread sticks, watched a movie on TV, "The Terminator" and went to bed.
Koenma had taken off his shoes, his jacket, shirt, socks, belt, and purple headband so he could be more comfortable. Jasmine just removed her pajama bottoms so she could only sleep in her Alaska t-shirt and a pair of red lace panties. The young human psychic lay in bed with her royal lover snuggling into his bare toned chest. Koenma wrapped his arm around her slender body and Jasmine asked him, "Since you already know what my last name is, what is yours?"
She and him gazed into each other's brown eyes and the prince responded, "It's Daioh."
Jasmine cutely giggled, "Sounds like royalty to me."
Koenma laughed, "Well that's my family name and my bloodline. I don't really know much about my mother's. My father doesn't like to talk about her."
Not wanting to keep talking about his dead mother or his asshole of a father, Koenma then tilted Jasmine's face up to his and gave her a gentle and loving kiss. She responded by getting up on her knees and cupping her hands onto both sides of the prince's face and deepened the kiss. Jasmine then slipped her tongue into his mouth and Koenma then did the same caressing her tongue with his, causing his woman to give a small moan.
While kissing each other with such deep wanting passion, Jasmine then moved her hands away from Koenma's face and put her hands on his broad shoulders and the young god then gently held her body to his. He then sat up and Jasmine got up onto his lap, pressing her slender body against his bare chest. The prince then could feel her nipples getting erect through the fabric of her t-shirt. They then broke the kiss and Koenma then began to trail hot kisses onto the demon hunter's neck as he gently laid her down on the bed and was soon on top of her.
He then kissed, nipped, and sucked on that sensitive spot again and Jasmine then gasped, "Oh Koenma…Ahhh!"
Suddenly, one of his hands gently reached over to massage one of her small perky breasts and Jasmine arched her back at the feeling of the fabric of her t-shirt rubbing against her nipple and let out a low moan, "Mmmmm…ohhhhh…yeahhh…ahhh"
Hearing make those sounds, Koenma could feel his cock getting hard instantly. Her moans were like music to his ears and he wanted to hear her make more. He quit sucking on the sensitive area on her neck and Jasmine looked up at him with pure lust in her large brown eyes. Seeing the bulge in his pants, she reached over and gently started rubbing her small dainty hand on it causing her prince to groan, "Ohhhhhh."
She licked her lips seductively and then gave him a gentle squeeze and Koenma gasped in pleasure. Jasmine really wanted him, oh god, does she ever. Thinking about unzipping his pants to free his painful erection and him putting it inside her, made her pussy wet and her clit throb as her body began to heat up. She was so hot and bothered from the thought and with the strength that seemed to come out of nowhere, she sat up and pushed her lover down on the bed and got on top of him.
Jasmine began to roughly kiss Koenma's lips. The prince kissed her with the same aggressiveness and they both hungrily groaned like two animals in heat. The young human woman then began to grind her wet pussy against Koenma's concealed rock hard cock.
They then broke the kiss as Jasmine continued to dry hump her lover and she threw her head back at the feeling of how good the lacey fabric of her panties felt rubbing up against her clit as she cried out in ecstasy, "Ahhhhh…shit! Oh Koenma!"
He stared at her with wide eyes, he wanted to grind up against her so bad, he wanted to make her cum but, he also wanted their actual first time to be special. So, maintaining his self control the best he could possibly muster, Koenma then sat up despite how aroused he is and took her by surprise by lying her back down on the bed.
He took a deep breath and looked into Jasmine's brown eyes that were full of hazy lust and said to her, "Jasmine?"
Breathing very shallowly and speaking in such a lusty voice, she then asked, "Yes, my prince?"
Koenma took another deep breath and replied honestly with a hint of sorrow in his voice, "I…I don't think I'm ready yet."
She looked up at him feeling guilty, "Koenma, I'm so sorry. I'm really, really sorry. I didn't mean to take advantage of you. Goddammit, I'm so impatient."
The prince chuckled, "Don't be silly, you didn't take advantage of me, you just haven't been with a man in so long and I don't blame you for wanting that intimacy. Just because we are holding off on making love, it doesn't mean we can't do other things."
Jasmine felt touched by the prince's compassion and understanding and she then knew what he was thinking but, she decided to ask him, just to be sure, "What kind of things are you talking about?"
Koenma then blushed and sheepishly looked down, "I um…well…" he then began to cutely scratch the back of his head and took a deep breath and looked back up at Jasmine then replied, "I…well, know that intercourse isn't the only thing people can do to pleasure each other and I…" he blushed even redder before he could come out and say it.
The young demon hunter chuckled knowing what he was going to say, "So, you want to know how to pleasure a woman and how I can pleasure you without having sex?"
The prince just silently nodded still red in the face, "Y…yeah. I…I read about it but, I have always wanted to um…"
Jasmine sat up and smiled, "You wanted to know how and experience it for yourself, correct?"
He just silently nodded. Jasmine gave him a warm smile she got up out of bed and locked her bedroom door and walked over to her boom box and put on some music. She then got back into bed with him and asked, "Would you like to try it?"
With his cheeks still pink, Koenma then nodded. She smiled at his approval and then slowly removed her t-shirt. Jasmine seductively licked her pink lips at him and Koenma stared at her topless body as his brown eyes got wide and his cheeks turned red again.
He then found his voice, "You're beautiful."
Jasmine giggled at her lover seeing him staring at her naked breasts. "Koenma,"she said getting his attention and then gestured for him to come on over to her. Koenma crawled on his hands and knees to her and now they were inches apart from each other.
He looked down still blushing. Oh how he wanted to touch her breasts. The milky white skin with their pink tips pointing right at him and Jasmine giggled at his reaction and gently tilted his face up to hers to look directly into his eyes. The prince began to breathe very shallow and whispered in a breathless voice, "Teach me."
Jasmine sweetly smiled, "Okay, step one: kiss me" Koenma then gently brought their lips together and kissed her with every ounce of passion he had. Jasmine then let out a seductive purr and broke the kiss saying breathlessly, "Play with my breasts."
He did as what she said and then took one into his hand and began to lick the hard pink nipple. Koenma then gently nipped it and began to suck and move his tongue around the stiff peak causing the young human woman to moan.
Buzzzzz…Buzzzzz
Suddenly, Jasmine woke up to the sound of her apartment's intercom buzzing. She looked over at her alarm clock on her nightstand and saw it was 9AM. The young woman looked over to see that her prince was still asleep with a book open on his bare chest and Jasmine could see that the title on the cover that read "Alaska: The Last Frontier".
She looked down at herself to see that she was still wearing her Alaska t-shirt and her red lace panties and Koenma still had his pants on. The young human woman then remembered that her lover told her his last name and that they kissed and since she was too tired to kiss and hold her prince more, they stopped and she fell asleep shortly after. She then figured out that the intense make session they had along with the start of the sex lesson was a dream that her subconscious gave her and shook her head to banish it from her mind.
Jasmine then stared at her Alaska book and guessed that Koenma had trouble falling asleep and walked into her living room and came back in there and started reading it until he drifted off into his own slumber. The apartment's intercom buzzed again and the young psychic jumped out of bed and slipped her pajama bottoms back on and opened her unlocked bedroom door and made her way over to her apartment door.
Koashura stepped out of his bedroom yawning, "Who's there?" he said in a groggy voice.
Hearing the voice of her god friend, she replied, "Good morning Koashura. I don't know; I'm going to check. So, how was yours and Kotennyo's date night?"
The redhead yawned and stretched his long arms, "Great; fun as always. You hungry?"
Jasmine nodded, "Sure, I'm in the mood for waffles and eggs," the buzzer buzzed again and Jasmine pressed the button and asked, "Yes, who is this and how can I help you?"
"Jasmine, it's your mother; are you going to let me in?"
Hearing her mother's familiar voice, she pressed the button and replied, "Yeah, just hold on a minute." She then pressed the button to let her mom in and Janine came up moments later and Jasmine unlocked the door to let her in.
The young woman then gave her mother a hug, "Good morning mom; where's dad?"
Jasmine then broke her embrace and shut the apartment door and Janine replied, "He's at work."
Janine took off her coat and sat down the leather couch and her daughter sat down right next to her, "I'm just about to have some breakfast, would you like some?"
The middle aged psychic shook her head, "No thank you; your father made me a big breakfast earlier." She then shifted her attention to Koashura who was currently cooking in the kitchen, "Good morning Koashura. How is Kotennyo doing?"
"Good morning Janine, Kotennyo is doing great. How's William?"
"He's doing well and busy with work as usual."
Meanwhile back in Jasmine's bedroom, Koenma woke up hearing talking and smelling the wonderful smell of bacon and eggs wafting in the air. He sat up taking the opened book off his chest and rubbed his eyes. Seeing that Jasmine wasn't there, he rightfully assumed that she was in the living room, hearing her voice and the voice of an unfamiliar woman who was speaking with her.
Koenma then hopped out of bed and walked out of Jasmine's bedroom carrying the open Alaska book in his hands. Upon entering the living room, he could see that Jasmine was sitting on the couch conversing with a short heavy set middle aged woman with pale skin, curly brown hair and large brown eyes that were hidden beneath her glasses.
The young college aged psychic looked up and smiled, greeting her royal lover, "Good morning my prince, sleep well?"
Koenma smiled and nodded in return, "Yes my queen." He then sniffed the air and asked, "What's for breakfast?"
"Waffles, eggs, and bacon." Koahsura responded walking out of the kitchen holding his plateful of food.
Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl at her pet name, "Oh Koenma, this is my mom, Janine. Mom, this is my new boyfriend who is also my best friend, Koenma Daioh."
Koenma then walked over to the couch and held out his hand to Jasmine's mother, "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you Janine."
Janine shook the prince's hand and sensing his aura, she knew right away what kind of being he really is, "It's nice to meet you too Koenma."
She let go of his hand and Koenma then sat next to Jasmine on the couch and the young woman broke the silence, "Koenma, my mom and I were discussing about our family trip for this coming Christmas."
The young god set the open Alaska book on his lap and asked, "Oh, where are you guys going?"
Jasmine got up and served herself some breakfast and walked back into the living room, "We are currently planning on going to my hometown of Valdez to visit my grandparents. I still haven't decided if I wanted to go or not."
Janine chuckled at her daughter's words, "You really should. You have some much vacation time from your job that you haven't used and it's about time you do so. Your grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins really want to see you."
The young demon hunter took a bite from her waffles and washed it down with some apple juice, "Mom, I'll think about it but, I have other things to focus on right now."
The middle aged demon hunter blankly stared at her daughter for a moment and then replied, "Like what?"
Jasmine sighed, "Well, finishing my preparations for med school in the fall, getting started on my training session with Koenma's friend, Genkai, help planning a going away party for his other friend Kurama, and of course my job."
While Jasmine and her mother continued to talk about Jasmine's schedule and upcoming plans, Koenma placed the Alaska book down on the coffee table and walked into the kitchen to get his breakfast. About five minutes later he walked back into the living room with a plateful of food and a glass of orange juice and sat next to Jasmine and Janine said, "Now about that going away party, once you iron out the details for that, how about I make some brownies or cookies for the guests. Or better yet, a cake?"
Koenma's ears perked up when heard Janine list all of different types of sweets. He sipped from his orange juice, "You would really do that for us?"
Janine shifted her attention to Koenma and nodded, "Of course, I've been baking baked goods for all of my kids' parties since they were really little. Now, I need to know how many guests you're going to be inviting."
The young prince finished off his breakfast and washed it down with the rest of his orange juice, "Well, we're just planning on having a small get together at my friend's compound so, there will be me, Jasmine of course, Koashura, Kotennyo, Kurama, Jorge, Genkai, Kuwabara, Yukina and a few others."
The middle aged psychic then glanced at the cat clock on the wall and replied, "Well, I'd better be off; I have some errands to run." She then slipped on her coat and she took out a paper pad and a pen and wrote something down on it, tore the piece of paper off and handed it to Koenma, "Here, give me and my husband a call to let us know of your party plans so, we can get started on whatever dessert or any other food you would like us to prepare for you. My husband is an excellent cook and he would be more than happy to prepare whatever meal you and your friends want."
The prince gave Janine a smile, "Thank you, that's really kind of you guys. I'll give you a call and let you know."
Janine then walked over to the front door slinging her purse over her meaty shoulder, opened it up and turned around saying to her daughter, "Oh and Jasmine, when you made your decision, call me."
Jasmine nodded, "Will do mom. I love you."
Her mother also replied with an "I love you" bidding her daughter goodbye and left the apartment. After stuffing some bacon and eggs into his mouth and washing it down with his apple juice Koashura asked both of his friends, "So, what's this I hear about a going away party for Kurama? Is he going somewhere?"
Koenma chuckled at his redheaded friend's forgetfulness, "Remember when I told you that he's being forced to go to Demon World?"
"Yeah."
The prince then took a deep breath and replied, "Well, he's going to be leaving in two and a half weeks from now."
Koashura's eyes widened, "What that soon; but what about his family and the band? He can't just abandon everything like that!"
Jasmine sighed, "From what I heard, King Yama's an asshole that doesn't care whose life he ruins."
Koenma then stared at his empty plate, "I know, Koashura, I know. Kurama said that he already taken care of his family problem but, I spoke with Jorge about our drummer situation and he and I are still trying to find a solution to fix it."
Koashura then got up from his spot on the couch and picked up all of the dirty dishes saying, "Fuck! That's such crap!"
Later that day, Koenma left the college trio's apartment after taking a shower and returned to Genkai's compound to change into some clean clothing and gave Kurama a call to meet him at the local café later on in the afternoon.
The prince sat at a table by the window and the door opened and in walked Kurama. The fox demon had a very somber look on his handsome face and spotting Koenma, he made his way over to the table and sat down.
"You wanted to see me Koenma? What did you need to discuss?"
Koenma sipped from his coffee and replied, "Since you're going to Demon World in two and a half weeks, how do you feel about a going away party? It was Jasmine's idea when I was talking to her about your predicament."
Kurama raised an eyebrow. He had never met or even spoken to Jasmine even though being in the same room with her a few times and he was just so amazed that she came up with it. The fox demon was speechless for a minute and then he found his voice, "I think it's a great idea. So, where is it going to be held at and when is it?"
The prince sipped some more of his coffee, "At Genkai's, I have already informed her about it and she was all for it and me, her, and Jasmine all decided to throw the party the night before the day you leave and we'll be inviting our friends well, except for Hiei and Yusuke being that they're already gone."
They continued to discuss the plans for Kurama's going away party until Kurama had to go back home to his family for dinner. Over the next two and a half weeks, the party plans all went without a hitch. The morning of the day of the party, Genkai sat meditating in the front room temple of her compound. She then heard a knocking on the front double doors. The elderly psychic opened her eyes and stood up and then walked over to them and opened them up to find a middle aged couple standing at the entrance holding several dishes of food covered by either tin foil or saran wrap.
The short heavyset woman with the glasses spoke, "Hi, you must be Genkai."
Genkai nodded, "Yes, that'll be me, you must be Janine Black and I assume that man is your husband, William?"
Janine nodded, "Yes, we are and we are here to deliver the food and desserts for the party tonight."
Genkai stepped aside, "Come right on in."
Janine and William walked into the compound and the balding ordinary human man looked around, adjusting his round spectacles and complimented, "You have a nice place here."
"Thank you. Right this way; I'll show you guys where to put the food."
The couple followed Genkai to her kitchen and the small old woman opened up her fridge and Janine and William placed the refrigerated food inside it after putting the cake and brownies and other foods on the round wooden breakfast table. After shutting the refrigerator, Janine then shifted attention to Genkai and broke the ice asking her, "I heard you're going to be training my daughter for an entire month before she starts medical school."
Genkai nodded in conformation, "Yes, she told me she really needs some help perfecting her healing abilities and also polishing up on her fighting style. Jasmine and her college friends demonstrated their skills for me to get an idea on what they needed to improve on and I think she and they can greatly benefit from my training. She also told me how you and your parents trained her from her childhood up until she went off to college."
Janine scratched the back of her head, "Yes we did well, my parents assisted until we left Valdez seven years ago and I trained her and her siblings alone when we moved to Mushiori City. I had to quit when each one of them graduated from high school and moved out to live their own lives. My older daughter Caroline has decided to retire until she's finished with grad school and marries her fiancé, my son Niles still hunts demons while he's juggling that with his job as a salesmen and Jasmine on the other hand is semiretired."
"Why is that?"
The middle aged psychic sighed, "She claims she can't juggle her life as a demon hunter with her normal one but, I think that's just untrue. She has been killing demons off and on especially since she started going out with her newest boyfriend."
Genkai chuckled, "I can't blame her. Koenma has been attracting all kinds of unwanted attention lately. Someone keeps sending demon assassins after him and so far, we haven't figured out who it was."
Janine then felt some sympathy for the prince, "That poor, poor man; that's just terrible. I'm glad my daughter has such a good heart to take care of someone like him. Jasmine has always been that way since she was a little girl. Always taking pity on and befriending those in need whether they're humans, gods, and even demons believe it or not."
William put his hand on his wife's shoulder, "That's one of the reasons why we are so proud of her."
Deciding to change the subject, the middle aged demon hunter then asked Genkai, "Would you like some assistance with my daughter?"
Genkai thought about for a moment and shrugged her small shoulders, "Sure why not? Is there something about Jasmine I should know about?"
Janine slightly nodded, "Yes, in the sense that she can be very highly critical about herself and that she can be very stubborn. Jasmine has gotten better over the years but, she is still quite the perfectionist. If she feels that something is not quite to her standards, she has a tendency to take to it to the extreme."
The elderly psychic chuckled, "I have dealt with worse so, she'll be no problem."
William then checked his watch and feeling bad for interrupting his wife and Genkai he interjected, "I apologize for the interruption but, dear, we have to get going if we are going to meet Niles for lunch on time."
Janine giggled at her forgetfulness, "Oh yes, of course. Just a second."
She then took out her paper pad and pen and wrote down her phone number and tore off the piece of paper and gave to Genkai, "Here give me a call when Jasmine decides start her training."
The small old woman nodded, "I'll do that and thank you both for the food and baked goods for Kurama's party."
The middle aged couple smiled and William replied, "It was no problem at all."
They then bid Genkai goodbye and left the compound. That evening Kurama's going away party was now in full swing. Among the party guests in attendance were Kuwabara, Koashura, Kotennyo, Jorge, Koenma, Jasmine, Shizuru, Genkai, Yukina of course, Kurama, and Botan. Unfortunately Keiko couldn't make it because, she went on vacation with her parents but, she did send Kurama her best wishes.
All of the food and drinks were set up on several tables and loud music played in the background. There were also games, mainly video games which Kuwabara was showing Yukina how to play them and the young ice demon seemed to be having a great time learning. Many of the guests were mingling and eating the food that Jasmine's parents prepared and brought over.
After eating a few pieces of cake, Koenma then approached Jasmine who was currently engaged in a conversation with Shizuru and tapped his curly haired lover on the shoulder, "Excuse me my queen, may I have this dance?"
Shizuru raised her eyebrows at him and Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl, "Yes you may my prince."
As Koenma and Jasmine were dancing, Botan came to Shizuru's side eating a piece of cake, "Mmmm…this cake is really good." She then saw her exiled boss dancing with his human lover, "Aren't they cute together or what?"
Shizuru put her hand in her pocket and took out Sakyo's lighter and her pack of cigarettes, "Yeah, they are and they are a whole lot cuter now that they are going out."
Botan looked over at her human friend and asked her out of curiosity, "Do you know her?"
Shizuru nodded, "Yes, I do; we work out at the same gym and also take the same dance aerobics class along with her goddess friend Kotennyo. Jasmine is a really nice and cool girl. Would like you like to meet her?"
The blue haired grim reaper smiled, "Oh of course. I am always up for making new friends. It's such a shame that Keiko couldn't make it tonight and same for Yusuke and Hiei. I really do miss them even though Hiei and Yusuke could be a pain every now and then. I wish they and Kurama didn't have to go Demon World."
The human psychic nodded in agreement, "Yeah it really sucks. No offense to Koenma but, his dad seems like such an asshole."
Botan sighed, she didn't like the king very much either and it was very rare for her to speak ill of anyone unless she were trying to knock some sense into them. But, in King Yama's case she was willing to make an exception, "You have no idea. I don't know how someone like Koenma can have such a horrible man for a father. I'm telling you, Shizuru; ever since Koenma refused to return home and being exiled, King Yama has been making everyone's lives miserable."
A couple of minutes later, Koenma's and Jasmine's dance ended and as they made their way to the refreshment table, the lovers were stopped in their tracks by Botan. Koenma smiled in greeting to his friend, "Hello Botan, I'm glad you could make it."
The grim reaper smiled in return, "Me too, Jorge and me almost didn't get out of Spirit World in time."
The prince eyed her curiously, "How come?"
Botan sighed, "Your dad has increased security lately especially for those of that have worked for you. I'm telling you, Koenma sir, things have been getting worse and quite frankly, I don't know much me, Jorge, or even Ayame can take."
Koenma just stood there and couldn't believe his ears, wanting to keep his anxiety in check despite beginning to feel anxious again, the young prince decided to change the subject, "Oh Botan, this is my girlfriend and best friend Jasmine, Jasmine this is my friend Botan."
Jasmine held out her hand to the grim reaper and shook hands with her, "Nice to meet you Botan."
Botan gave the young psychic a warm and welcoming smile, "It's nice to meet you too Jasmine. I heard nothing but, awesome things about you."
Jasmine smiled, "Really? It was Koenma wasn't it?"
Botan nodded, "Yeah, when he got back from the Dark Tournament, he wouldn't stop talking about you."
Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl and Koenma sighed and said, "I'm so sorry for cutting our conversation short but, I need to go talk to Jorge."
Jasmine gave her lover a nod, "I understand Koenma, and I'll be just fine talking to Botan here. She's seems really nice."
Koenma gave Jasmine a quick kiss and left her and Botan to continue their conversation. The young prince then picked up some Jell-O tequila shots and downed at least four of them before taking a fifth one and a bottle of beer off the table and walked outside of the compound.
He sat down on the steps and downed the fifth tequila Jell-O shot and started sipping on his beer. Jorge then also walked outside of the compound sipping on a beer and seeing his exiled boss sitting on the steps, the blue ogre then sat beside him.
They both took a swig from their beers until Jorge broke the ice, "Great party huh?"
Koenma let out a small burp, hiccupped and replied, "Yeah," the prince took another swig of his beer.
Jorge took another sip, "Are you okay sir?"
Koenma just sat there for a minute feeling the effects of his beer and the tequila shots beginning to take an effect on him and he shrugged his broad shoulders, "Yeah…no. Oh fuck, Ogre?"
Jorge sipped from his beer again, "Yeah?"
The young prince chugged a little more of his and replied, "I fucking hate him."
"Who Koenma sir?"
Koenma took a deep breath, "My fucking asshole father. Good fucking god, I can't stand him. Why doesn't he just stop? I'm tired of his shit. I'm so sick of his games."
The now drunk prince then chugged the rest of his beer, "My dad is such an ass and why didn't I see it before? Am I that fucking stupid?!"
He then stood up and threw his beer bottle which fell to the ground and then shattered. Seeing his boss's long legs begin to wobble, Jorge stood up and tried to help him, "No Koenma sir, you're not stupid. You just refused to believe that your father is a horrible, horrible man because, he's your dad and you love him."
"You know what Ogre?"
"What?"
Leaning on his servant he then said in a slurred voice, "You have been more of a dad to me than Dad has. My father doesn't even love me." The prince then bowed his head and started to cry, "My old man pushes me around and I never do or say anything about it!"
Jorge didn't know how to react to this. During all of the years that he had worked for and taken care of Koenma, he had never seen him like this. The only thing the blue ogre could do was try to help his boss inside. The young prince then continued his rant, "It's just not fair, it's just not. Kotennyo is right, he does control every aspect of my life and I am sick of it. Oh god Ogre, I'm pathetic. I'm so fucking weak! Why does Jasmine even want to go out with me? What does she see in me? Does she love me? Probably not. You know Ogre; I'm going to die alone. My father doesn't love me, all of my friends probably don't, Jasmine is probably going to break up with me when she finds out how much of a wuss I am, maybe you don't love me but, that's okay because I'm a loser hell spawn that should have never been born. All I do is ruin people's lives like Sensui and Yusuke and all because of my stupid negligence; he's now in the Demon World. If I would have done more research then this bullshit would never be happening."
Still listening to his drunken boss babble on and on, Jorge helped Koenma back into the compound and spotting Jasmine in the crowd talking to Kurama, Botan, and Genkai, the ogre then hobbled over while still assisting his super drunk and weeping boss.
Jasmine smiled and gave Genkai a hug, "I am looking forward to it. I can't wait start my training the day after Kurama leaves." She then shifted her attention to Kurama, "I hope you are enjoying your party."
The fox demon smiled, "I am and thank you for arranging it, which was just awfully kind of you by the way."
The young psychic smiled, "It wasn't a problem at all. It's a damn shame that Hiei and Yusuke and didn't get one and I felt it was only right to give you a proper send off and to alleviate Koenma's pain from it. Seeing you guys being forced out of the Human World have been really tearing him up inside."
Overhearing their conversation, Jorge interjected, "I'll say; we have a bit of a problem here."
Hearing the ogre's voice, Jasmine, Genkai, Kurama, and Botan turned around shifting their attention to him. Jasmine and Botan both gasped at the sight in front of them. Jasmine then asked, "Oh my god, what the hell happened to Koenma?"
Jorge still helping a drunken Koenma replied, "He's drunk, very, very drunk. Which doesn't make any sense to me because; he only had just one beer."
Koenma then started laughing like a hyena, "Oh Ogre, are you really that dense? I didn't just have a beer, oh no, I also had some of your awesome Saotome family tequila Jell-O shots. About five I think…I don't know, somewhere around there…hahahaha…and I feel great. I don't feel a fucking thing! Hahahahahahaha!"
Botan sighed and shook her head, "Dammit Jorge, what were you thinking?"
"Hey, didn't give him the Jell-O shots, so don't blame me Botan."
Genkai let out a loud sigh annoyed with the ogre and grim reaper, "Okay, someone needs to help him to the guest room so he can sleep it off."
Koenma looked at Kurama and said slurring his words, "I'm so sorry Kurama for ruining your party. Well, looks like I did ruin something after all. I don't know why you guys put up with me."
Jasmine then walked over to Koenma and Jorge and offered, "Here, let us get you to bed. Come on Koenma, you can just sleep it off and you'll feel so much better."
The prince then shifted his attention to his human lover and said; "You know Jasmine, I…I…" he then passed out in Jorge's arms and slumped down to the floor.
The next morning, Koenma woke up in the guest room with one hell of a hangover. His head hurt and he felt like he needed to puke. The young god then crawled over to the window, opened it up and stuck his head out and began to throw up.
"Hey good morning, sleepy head."
The prince then sat up wiping his mouth on the sleeve of his shirt and turned around to see Jasmine and Genkai standing in the doorway. He groaned from the pain of his headache, "Good morning, what the hell happened? How did I get here?"
The two psychics walked in and Genkai replied, "You were so drunk off your ass and you wound up passing out and me, Jorge, Kurama, Jasmine, and Botan carried you in here last night."
"Oh dammit, is Kurama mad?"
Jasmine shook head, "No, he was more concerned than anything. In fact, everyone was."
Koenma stared at his girlfriend with a look of surprise, "Really everyone?"
The young woman nodded, "Yep, hell everyone at the party spent the night wanting make sure that you're okay. Are you? Are you going to be okay for Kurama's departure tonight?"
The prince just sat there for a minute and silently nodded and then he felt like he need to vomit again and Jasmine and Genkai rushed over. The elderly psychic then gave him a bucket and Koenma vomited into it and Jasmine rubbed his back in comfort. Later on that evening, Koenma felt well and his hangover had pretty much subsided and now everyone who had attended Kurama's going away party from the previous night along with three SDF soldiers who were opening the gateway were all gathered in Genkai's backyard.
Kurama then bid everyone goodbye with Botan crying and everyone else saying their goodbyes to him. He and Koenma gave each other a curt nod like he and Yusuke did when he left and the fox demon stepped into the gateway and it sealed off behind him. Koenma sighed feeling depressed once more but he felt someone touch his hand and he looked over to see Jasmine give him a comforting smile and she clasped her small dainty hand with his.
Over the next few days, Koenma, Jorge and now Koashura were having trouble deciding what to do about their drummer situation. The two gods and one ogre sat in Genkai's kitchen just thinking and not saying anything to each other. All three of them heard some groaning screams hearing Jasmine say, "God fucking dammit! I'm never going to get this right!"
Jorge then asked his boss, "So how's Jasmine doing with her training?"
Koenma took a sip from his glass of water and replied, "She's been getting frustrated with it for the last day and a half. She is working with both her mom and Genkai on perfecting her healing ability and just been getting agitated more and more. She's already got into a shouting match with both Genkai and her mom when they told her that she's putting too much pressure on herself."
Koashura chuckled, "Jasmine is a perfectionist. You should have seen her with her schoolwork or when she got a score on that she didn't want on a test." He sighed shaking his head, "Hell, one time she actually threw one of her text books across the room and it hit me in the head by accident."
Jorge started cracking up laughing, "Sounds like a lot like Koenma when he gets pissed."
Koenma glared at his ogre servant, "You want to run that by me again, Ogre?"
Wanting to change the subject, Koashura then came up with a brilliant idea, "Do you guys want to go get something to eat and discuss our drummer dilemma? Jasmine, Genkai, and Janine really need their space."
Both Koenma and Jorge smiled and the young prince nodded, "Yeah, is there some place you guys had in mind?"
Koashura shrugged his shoulders, "How does pizza sound?"
"Sounds good," Koenma replied and as he, Jorge, and the redhead left Genkai's compound he asked him, "Koashura, what is it with you and pizza?"
Koashura again shrugged his shoulders, "It's my favorite Human World food. I'm telling you, pizza is da bomb."
Back inside the compound, Jasmine was continuously getting more and more frustrated with every passing minute. This was now her fiftieth attempt at trying to practice her healing technique on her mother's cat. She wasn't getting mad at her mother or Genkai, oh no, she was getting rather agitated with herself. Feeling a bit weak from using so much of her energy, she continued to try. Seeing her daughter's hands begin to shake, Janine then decided intervene, "Jasmine, Jasmine, Jasmine stop! Take a break, you're overdoing it again!"
The young demon hunter shifted her attention back to her mother and narrowed her large brown eyes at her, "No, I have to get this right. This is going to be it. I can feel it."
Genkai who was watching the whole thing was about getting fed up with Jasmine's stubbornness. Janine did warn her but, she didn't expect the young woman to be this headstrong. Jasmine was so headstrong in fact, that it kind of reminded her of Yusuke. Seeing the exhaustion wash over Jasmine's young body, Genkai too then decided to step in not only as her teacher but, as a friend, "Jasmine stop. Listen to your mother. You're too tired, take a rest."
Jasmine then snapped her attention to Genkai and barked, "No! I'm not stopping until Snowball is healed. Stay out of my way old lady! I have to get this right!"
Having enough, Genkai then forcefully grabbed both of Jasmine's hands and snapped, "Enough! Go take a rest. If you don't then you'll kill yourself. Yes, I know you're dating a god who can bring back the dead but, as of right now, he doesn't have enough energy to revive you. If you keel over dead, it will bring so much pain and stress to the people who love and care about you, especially Koenma. Do you want that to happen? Go rest for the rest of the evening and we'll pick it up tomorrow!"
Realizing that both her mother and Genkai weren't going to let up, Jasmine nodded knowing that she didn't have a choice. The elderly psychic then let go of her hands and Jasmine looked at her mom and asked, "What about Snowball?"
Janine then gently scooped up her injured white cat with the broken leg and replied, "She'll be fine. Go cuddle your boyfriend and we'll see you in the morning."
Jasmine gave her mother and Genkai a silent nod and left the room. As Janine put Snowball back into her kitty carrier, the small old psychic then asked her, "I wasn't too rough on her was I?"
Janine smiled and shook her head, "No, I was way worse on her when she was little." The middle aged woman then shut the cat carrier and continued, "Even though Jasmine can be very stubborn, she is always willing to work hard to achieve her goals that's one of the qualities that has helped her survive many battles."
The two older psychics continued to talk and Genkai asked Janine "Was there ever a time where she took on more than she can chew when hunting demons?"
Janine nodded, "Yes, in fact there was a time. It was back before we left Valdez. She and her grandfather, my father, Demetrius took on a hoard of demons that were suspected of kidnapping many of the local sailors and fishermen. Jasmine as about eight years old and starting the third grade…" she trailed off as she told the story.
*Twelve Years Prior*
It was a cold and rainy day. Not at all unusual weather for the small town of Valdez, Alaska but, something was off. In fact this small town what was usually swarming with demons, had such an eerie chill to it; so eerie in fact that their local defenders had been investigating it for months. Only two of them were out, a spiritually aware elderly man with graying black hair, large brown eyes which were beneath his glasses, and a thick mustache was out training his young eight year old granddaughter who was still too young go out on these missions alone. The little girl with brown curls held her fans in both of her hands while her grandfather had his cane ready in case they were ambushed.
The two of them and their entire family were investigating the disappearances of some of the local Coast Guard sailors and a few fishermen and now they were currently in the abandoned warehouse lair, which was located just down the road from the local salmon hatchery; of the demons who were the cause of it. Demetrius McAlpin signaled for his granddaughter, little eight year old Jasmine Black to stay quiet. Jasmine nodded even though she wanted to ask him more questions.
As they approached the area of where the sailors and fishermen were being held prisoner in a large rusty iron cage, Demetrius stopped Jasmine by holding her small shoulder in a vice grip, "No, not yet."
Feeling a bit uncomfortable from her grandfather's grip on her shoulder, little Jasmine looked up at him, "Why not grandpa? There aren't any around; let's help them now."
Still holding onto Jasmine's shoulder he replied, "Be patient and look over there."
Looking over to the location of where Demetrius was pointing, Jasmine could see that there was one ugly looking demon standing guard. She sighed and said, "Let's kill it and then we can set the sailors and fishermen free. If we don't it now, the demons will eat them."
The old man sighed, "Not yet Jasmine, we need to devise a plan first. Do you remember that from your lesson the other day? We can't just jump in there right away."
Still looking at the ordinary humans being kept prisoner behind their iron bars, little Jasmine glared at the demon jailer and without thinking about what she was going to do next, she wiggled out of her grandfather's grasp. She glowed with her spirit energy and sprinted towards the iron cage with Demetrius screaming at her, "Jasmine no!"
Hearing the shouting of the old man, the demon jailer then saw a little human girl glowing with spirit energy running towards him opening her fans and coating them with her energy. The demon was ready to defend itself by raising its claws and cackling at the
small girl, "It's one of you guys again…hahaha…a little child like you cannot expect to take on a beast like myself."
Jasmine then began to make slashing movements at the demon and it kept jumping back avoiding her assaults just laughing at her. Demetrius was about to go out there and help his hot headed granddaughter until three demons came out recognizing him. One of the demons then leapt towards him and the elderly demon hunter jumped back dodging his opponent and he glowed with his spirit energy and coated his cane with it.
As the demon jailer kept laughing and jumping back it didn't realize the small child it mocked had gotten closer to it and it suddenly felt the girl cut its cheek. "You little brat!"
It began to attack little Jasmine with its claws and the little girl just narrowly dodged it by a few centimeters. She then leapt up into the air and before the demon could know what was happening, the small girl used one of her fans to decapitate it. The now headless demon jailer dropped to the ground dead in pool of its own blood.
After killing the three demons by bludgeoning them to death with his energy coated cane, Demetrius rushed over to the area with the iron cage full of sailors and fishermen it see his young granddaughter covered in the demon's blood. She looked up at him expecting to be praised for her kill but instead he narrowed his eyes at her, "Jasmine I'm not happy. You deliberately disobeyed me and we were almost slaughtered thanks to your hot headedness and disobedience. Your mother will not be pleased when I tell her about this."
The little girl looked down at her small feet and said feeling remorse for her mistake and began to cry knowing that she was going to be punished when she got home, "I'm sorry grandpa but, I just wanted to help the sailors and the fishermen."
Demetrius sighed and then picked up the keys that the dead demon had dropped and walked over to the iron cage, unlocked it and opened it up for the ordinary human prisoners to escape. One by one each sailor or fishermen ran out and thanked the old man and his granddaughter for rescuing them.
As the two demon hunters were leaving the abandoned warehouse, a large group of angry and hungry demons stepped out of the shadows and cornered the two psychics. One of the demons who appeared to be their leader then angrily glared at the two of them, "You disgusting humans with powers just released our dinner and you both will now pay."
Both Jasmine and Demetrius stood in a fighting stance glowing with their spirit energy and coated their weapons with it. The elderly demon hunter then mumbled to his granddaughter, "On my count; one, two, three."
They both then leapt towards the demon gang as Jasmine made slashing motions with her fans and Demetrius killed several with hitting them on their heads with his cane, crushing their skulls. Jasmine had managed to kill at least two demons by decapitating them but, the third one she faced was really giving her a hard time. It was by far the biggest and meanest one in the entire group. The little eight year old demon hunter tried to dodge all of its assaults on her but, she didn't move out of the way on time and as a result, it gave her a really nasty scratch across her small chest. Jasmine wailed and screamed in pain as blood gushed from her wound and she fell backward dropping her fans landing on her butt.
After taking down all of his opponents with his cane, Demetrius ran over to his injured granddaughter's side, "Jasmine!"
The little girl picked up her fans wanting to kill the bastard who hurt her but, upon trying to stand, her small legs began to wobble and the old man tried to get her sit back down. The large demon then came and tried to bring its claws down on the two of them but, Demetrius brought up his cane and erected an energy shield to protect himself and Jasmine.
The demon was blasted back and then got back up to try to slaughter his two targets but, the old man was too quick for him as he once again glowed with his spirit energy and coated his cane with it. He brought it up and hit the demon on the side of its skull. The large demon fell to the ground dizzy from the blow to its head and before it could get up and try to attack again, Demetrius gave it one final whack crushing every bone in its skull and the demon fell to the ground dead.
He then lowered his cane and quit glowing with his energy and rushed back over to his granddaughter. Demetrius knelt by her side and removed his green and purple windbreaker and draped it around Jasmine's small body. She looked up at him with tears forming in the corners of her big brown eyes being in pain, "G...grandpa, am I going to die?"
Demetrius gave her a warm and comforting smile, "No, of course not. Let's take you to your mother so she can heal you." He then gently scooped her up in his arms and began to carry her out of the warehouse.
"Grandpa?"
"Yes Jasmine?"
The little girl let out a small sigh and said, "I'm sorry for disobeying you. I promise I won't do it again."
Seeing that his little eight year old granddaughter had learned from her mistake even if it was through the hard way, he smiled at her, "Apology accepted but, your mother is still going to find out."
Jasmine sighed with disappointment but, she would much rather be spanked, sent to her room without TV or dessert, or had a toy taken away from her due her bad behavior than be killed and eaten by a demon. To her, facing her mother's punishments was better than that.
*End Flashback*
"What happened after that?" Genkai asked Janine.
The middle aged psychic walked with the small old woman to her kitchen and replied, "He brought Jasmine home and I healed her injury. She didn't need to go the hospital due to my father applying pressure to it to keep her from losing too much blood. When he told me about the entire mission and about Jasmine's misbehavior, long story short, she got spanked, sent to her room without dessert and TV for the rest of the evening and she wasn't allowed to go spend the night at her best friend's house that weekend."
Genkai then served her some tea as they sat down at the wooden breakfast table, "That's a very good way for her to finally get the message."
The two older psychics continued on their conversation about raising children until Koenma came back alone after Jorge went back to Spirit World and Koashura went home to his apartment because, he promised Kotennyo that they would stay up late to watch "Batman" together. They both promised the prince that they would be back tomorrow.
Genkai then greeted her longtime friend, "Welcome back; did you guys figure out a solution to your drummer problem?"
Koenma then poured himself some tea, "Yes we did; I'll tell you about it tomorrow Genkai, I'm thinking of turning in early tonight."
The small old woman nodded with understanding, "Okay, see you in the morning. Goodnight Koenma."
The prince gave his elderly friend a warm smile, "Goodnight Genkai and you too Janine."
Janine smiled and nodded to the man that could possibly become her future son-in-law and replied, "You too Koenma; pleasant dreams."
Koenma gave her a smile and finished off his tea and made his way over to Genkai's closet to find something to sleep in. After changing into a pair of blue and black flannel pajama bottoms he walked into the guest room to see that Jasmine was sitting on the futon wearing a pink spaghetti strapped nightdress reading a book.
"Hello my queen how was your training?" he asked her flashing a sexy smile.
Jasmine put her book down and gave him a flirty one in response, "Another let down unfortunately."
Koenma then sat down beside her and put his arm around her, "You'll get it; just have some patience. Things like that don't come over night, it takes practice."
The young woman scrunched her brown eyebrows and narrowed her large brown eyes at him, "I know. You sound like my mother when you say that."
He then softly kissed her forehead, "Sorry but, I'm just being supportive and trying to stay positive about it. I know what would cheer you up."
Jasmine then gave him a small smile, "Would that be my prince?"
Koenma then tilted her face up to his and gave her a deep and passionate kiss. Jasmine then responded with the same deep passion. They then broke the kiss and deciding to change the subject she then asked her lover, "So, did you guys find a solution to the drummer problem?"
Koenma nodded, "We did and all three of us decided to audition some people to see if they would be a good fit for the band. Koashura said that he knows some guys from college that can do it and Jorge said that he would bring some of his ogre coworkers to for it too. I don't know how it's going to work out."
"Why?"
The prince shrugged his broad shoulders and replied, "I'm just nervous that we won't find a drummer as good as Kurama."
Seeing his nervousness over his dilemma, Jasmine wanted to say something to cheer him up and a brilliant idea came to mind. She didn't know how he would react to it but, she was willing to give it a shot.
The young psychic took a deep breath and then said, "Koenma, I want to ask you something."
Koenma then looked at her for a moment and then responded, "Okay, what did you need to ask me?"
Jasmine then gave him a sweet smile and asked him, "How would you like to go to Alaska with me and my family this Christmas?"
He sat there speechless for a minute and found his voice, "So, you made up your mind about going?"
She nodded, "Yes I did and I really would like you to go with me. After all, you seem really fascinated by it and you are still reading that book," she then gestured to the Alaska book sitting on the wooden nightstand that she let him borrow, "If you want to, would you?"
Koenma then stared at her for a moment and then smiled thinking about the excitement of going to a land that he had never been to before and replied with enthusiasm, "Yeah, I would love to go. I have never been to Alaska before and I have also been meaning to go visit but, I have always been too busy or my father made me not go at the last minute. Yes, definitely yes!"
Jasmine smiled and she gave him a big hug and deeply kissed him. After breaking the kiss she then happily said, "Great, I'll tell my mom tomorrow. Oh, I can't wait for you to see Valdez. You're going to love it."
They then lay down on the bed and Jasmine snuggled up to Koenma's bare toned chest and the prince put his arm around her and nuzzled his face on the top of her head and they both yawned and soon fell asleep in each other's arms.
Over the next couple of weeks, Koenma, Koashura, and Jorge began to audition guys to find their new drummer and so far, no such luck. They went through all of the guys Koashura brought over from the university. They were either terrible or they started hitting on Jasmine and/or Yukina and Koenma had to kick them out of the compound as a result. One guy was being such an ass to the point of where Koenma wanted to beat him up and Jorge and Koashura had stop him from doing it and the blue ogre had kicked the guy out.
After all the humans were gone, Koashura began to apologize to his royal friend, "Dude, I'm so sorry. I didn't think those guys would be that bad or obnoxious."
Koenma just sat their rubbing his temples being that he had such a terrible migraine and replied to the redheaded god, "Don't worry about it. Okay Ogre, bring in the other ogres."
Jorge gave his boss a reassuring nod hoping that they will find their new drummer among them and left for Spirit World. About twenty minutes later, he arrives with a gaggle of about twenty ogres. They went through at least fifteen of them. Some were terrible, others were okay but, at least they didn't make any misogynistic comments about Jasmine or Yukina and the young prince was at least grateful for that.
The next ogre who auditioned was the green ogre bartender from Spirit World's local dive bar "The Fallen Angel". Hector sat down on the stool and picked up the wooden drumsticks and started doing a terrible drumbeat to Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box". Koenma then put his head down on his lap as his migraine got worse and Koashura tried to comfort him, "Hey man, it's going be okay. Do you want Jorge to ask him to stop?"
The prince silently nodded. Seeing this Jorge shifted his attention to his green friend and said, "That's enough Hector, sorry."
Hector stopped playing and he shifted his attention to the blue ogre and two gods and seeing Koenma suffering from his ailment then asked sympathetically, "Is Lord Koenma going to be okay?"
Jorge nodded, "Yeah, he's just got a migraine and we just went through tons of guys including a bunch of pigheaded humans. I'm sorry that I have to say this to you Hector but, I'm afraid you wouldn't be a good match for us. Again, I'm sorry."
Hector just smiled and shrugged his green shoulders and replied, "That's okay Jorge; I was just doing this for fun anyway. Hell, I got a bar to run. Thanks for letting me at least try."
Jorge gave him a warm understanding smile, "You're welcome Hector. Thanks for coming in."
Hector got up and before he left the compound to go back to Spirit World he then asked Jorge, "See you at the bar?"
The blue ogre smiled, "Yeah, see you then."
After Hector the bartender left, they auditioned the last four ogres who were just as terrible and Koenma then started to whine, "This is hopeless, we're never going to find our drummer. I guess the only thing we can do now is wait for Kurama to come back from Demon World."
Koashura sighed, "Who knows when that will happen and that could be a long time."
Jorge nodded in agreement, "Yeah Koenma sir, it looks like Kurama won't be back for a long time and what's to say that he'll still want to play with us. He has other obligations."
Koenma glared at his blue servant and the redhead and snapped, "Do you guys want me to hurt both of you?"
Just then, Jasmine walked in with a blue haired individual with big hooped earrings on both of his ears wearing a striped shirt, blue jeans, and a long black trench coat and sunglasses. The young human psychic then cleared her throat, "Hey guys, this gentleman here just showed up and he wanted to know if the drummer auditions were still going on."
The two gods and one ogre shifted their attention to the two of them and recognizing who the individual was, Koashura was the one to speak up, "Hell yeah we are."
Koenma too recognized him and sighed, "This is not going to end well." He then just stared at the individual blankly and asked, "So Shunjun, why are you here? Shouldn't you be back in Spirit World?"
Shunjun took off his sunglasses and approached the drum set and replied, "I heard from your blue ogre buddy that you guys have started a band and that you guys are looking for a drummer."
The prince still stared blankly at him, "Yeah we are. So?"
"So, I was hoping to tryout."
Koenma sighed and rolled his brown eyes and replied, "Okay, let's see if you got it."
Shunjun then took off his long black coat and sat down on the drum set's stool and picked up the wooden drumsticks and Koenma asked him, "Which song's drumbeat are you going to play for us?"
The blue haired SDF soldier gave him a smile and replied, ""Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana."
Koenma gave him a wicked smile hoping the new captain of SDF was going to blow this and tried to maintain his self control to keep himself from laughing at the thought. He then responded almost snickering, "Show us."
Seeing her lover's behavior, Jasmine sat down beside him and narrowed her large brown eyes at him, "Don't be a jerk, he just want to show you what he can do."
Koenma then whispered to her, "He's part of the Spirit World Special Defense Force and I am worried that he's going to rat us out to my father being that the vast majority of them are loyal to him."
Jasmine sighed getting annoyed by her boyfriend's and best male friend's paranoia, "Just give him a chance, he may surprise you."
The prince sighed, maybe Jasmine might be right about this and he shifted his attention to Shunjun and said, "Okay Shunjun, begin."
Shunjun then began to his "Smells Like Teen Spirit" drumbeat. Koenma, Koashura, and Jorge couldn't believe their ears. Shunjun was actually pretty damn good. Koashura and Jorge both began to bob their heads to it. Koenma tapped his hand on his leg but he was still worried about whether or not Shunjun would go back to Spirit World and blab to everyone about this.
The blue haired SDF soldier finished off his drumbeat and Jasmine, Jorge, Koashura, and Koenma gave him a round of applause. The redhead then said, "That kicked some ass!"
Jorge then chimed in, "Yeah, I have to say that you are the best one we had today."
They and Jasmine all looked at Koenma waiting for his response. Realizing that his blue ogre servant and his red haired childhood friend were right the prince sighed and admitting, "Yeah Shunjun, you were the best we had today." He then formed another wicked smile, "But, let's see how are with the rest of us."
He then signaled Jorge and Koashura to get out their bass and guitar. The ogre and the redheaded god did just that and hooked them up their amps and Shunjun asked them, "So, what song do you guys want to play?"
Koenma picked up the microphone and turned it on, "The same one you just did."
The blue haired soldier nodded, "I can deal with that."
The prince then signaled Koashura to start his guitar riff. The redhead then strummed it and Shunjun started the drumbeat and Jorge followed suit with his bass. They played the instrumental riff until Koenma started his vocal part with his lovely enchanting voice projecting around Genkai's compound:
Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over-bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word
Jasmine just sat there and bobbed her head to the music once again feeling mesmerized by her lover's voice.
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello
Janine and Genkai walked back in and just watched the scene front of them bobbing their heads to the music as Koenma broke into the first chorus:
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey, yay
Koenma took off his grey suit jacket and threw it off to the side and sang out the next verse:
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
Yukina walked in and sat down beside Jasmine enjoying the pleasant sound of Koenma's voice and the band's instrumental riff:
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello
Koenma removed the purple headband from his forehead and also threw it to the side and began to jump and dance around really getting into the song as he bellowed out the next chorus:
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey, yay
The young prince then quit singing as Koashura, Jorge, and Shunjun went into the next part of the instrumental riff as he continued to dance around just being the silly dork he is. After they finished off the riff of that part of the song, Koenma then quit dancing and sang the next verse and his enchanting voice once again filled the compound:
And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it's hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
The four women who were watching began to clap their hands to the beat.
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
Hello, hello, hello
Koenma started dancing around again just having fun with the little mini performance he was giving and bellowed out the last chorus:
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial, a denial
A denial
Genkai, Yukina, Jasmine, and Janine gave the four of them a round of applause and the four men, well, one ogre, two gods, and the SDF soldier all bowed. Jasmine ran to Koenma and gave him a deep and passionate kiss and then smiled praising her lover and the rest of the band, "That was great you guys. Koenma, I think you should keep this guy as your drummer. He seems like the best fit for the band."
It dawned on him that the curly haired psychic was right and he gestured to Koashura and Jorge and all three huddled around and began to discuss it with Koenma starting first, "So, what do you guys think?"
Jorge was the first to say something, "I think we found our drummer sir. He is by far the best one we have seen yet."
Koashura nodded in agreement, "Oh definitely and Koenma, I don't think he'll say anything to your dad about this."
The prince looked at his red haired friend curiously, "What makes you say that?"
"Because, he helped me and Kotennyo escape from Spirit World. If it wasn't for him then she and I would be dead right now."
Koenma couldn't believe what Koashura told him and he and his two friends then separated and walked over to Shunjun and said, "You're in. You're in the band."
Before Shunjun could say anything to thank him, Koenma continued, "Now, we need to come up with a stage name for you."
Shunjun eyed the prince curiously and asked, "Why do I need a stage name?"
Koashura decided to interject, "Because, we don't want anyone to our actual identities. Koenma has been writing all kinds of songs about love, romance, and about how pissed off he is about his dad."
Shunjun then understood, "Ah gotcha. Before I do come up with a name for myself, what's the name of the band if you don't mind me asking?"
"Exit Strategy." Koenma replied.
"Well, while you guys are deciding that, I better get back to training. Koenma, I'll see you in a few hours."
The prince smiled at his human lover, "Okay, don't push yourself too hard my queen."
He then took her hand and kissed it which made Jasmine giggle like a schoolgirl and Koenma let go of her hand as she, Genkai, Janine, and Yukina walked out of the compound to the backyard.
As they began to discuss what alias Shunjun should take the blue haired SDF captain then said to Koenma, "Koenma, I know you must be worried that I might rat you out to your dad but, I'm not gonna."
Koenma was shocked at what he just heard, in fact he was speechless. Shunjun then continued, "I know you must think that I am loyal to that old bastard but, I'm not. I only just do what he orders me to do and then that's that."
He then proceeded to share some of the atrocities that he had witnessed King Yama partake in and how he helped Koashura and Kotennyo escape from Spirit World and how he felt awful about the phony charges that were brought against them. As Koenma listened to Shunjun, he began to finally figure out how much a monster his father is and he decided if he were to ever go back home, he would do more research into it. But, as of right now, he began to get some new ideas for some songs.
