Musical Espionage
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters being that they belong to Yoshihiro Togashi. The only things I do own in this story are my OCs Jasmine and Christine.
Chapter 17: More Demons in Valdez
Looking through the driver's side window, Koenma could see the demon gang size up Jasmine, Koashura, Kotennyo and Genkai. Then without warning, they leapt towards the four fighters and began to attack them. Koenma then tore his eyes away from the window and began to look around the inside of the rental jeep to find something he could defend himself with just in case one or more of the demons tried to break in and attack or kidnap him.
Swearing to himself that he wouldn't be taken this time or become a corpse, Koenma then spotted a metal baseball bat sitting on the backseat. He then guessed that Koashura or Kotennyo bought it at the Dimond Center Mall before they left Anchorage several hours ago.
The young prince then crawled over to the backseat and grabbed the baseball bat to so he wouldn't be unarmed if they broke in to kidnap and/or kill him. Outside the rental jeep, Jasmine, Koashura, Kotennyo, and Genkai began to take on the demon gang that clearly outnumbered them.
Jasmine dodged many of the assaults when a few demons tried to slash or scratch at her. She then raised her energy coated fans and decapitated one that got too close to her. Seeing his comrade lose his head, another demon tried to attack her by trying to take her by surprise from behind.
Seeing that, Kotennyo then shouted as she stabbed her current opponent through the heart, "Jasmine look out!"
Hearing her goddess friend's voice, Jasmine turned around and wound up getting a nasty scratch from the demon on the left side of her face. She screamed from the pain and feeling blood running down her pale freckled face, Jasmine then felt her temper rising, "Okay, now I'm pissed!"
The demon cackled seeing its target in pain raised its claws to scratch her again. This time, Jasmine narrowly dodged its assaults by a couple of centimeters and retaliated by coating her fans with her energy again and slicing the demon's hands off. The demon wailed in agony as blood gushed out from the bleeding stumps.
It looked up to see the young demon hunter smirking and began to shake in fear seeing the dark sadistic gleam glinting in her large brown eyes. Jasmine once again raised her fans and quickly beheaded the demon.
Koashura fired two spirit arrows at two demons that charged at him and they both died upon impact. Before he could summon another arrow all the sudden he felt another demon jump onto his back, "Get the fuck off of me!"
The demon just cackled in the redheaded god's pointed ear as it raised its claws to slash open Koashura's neck and suddenly it felt something hard hit it on the head. The demon slumped to the ground and Koashura turned around to see who did that and his red eyes grew wide seeing Koenma standing there holding the metal baseball bat he and Kotennyo bought at the sporting goods store at the Dimond Center Mall.
The prince then raised the baseball bat and before the demon could get up to attack him, Koenma then landed a hard whack on the demon's head. Feeling the hard blow, the demon felt disoriented and Koenma once again hit it with the metal instrument, this time knocking the demon out.
Koashura could only watch in shock as Koenma then once again raised the baseball bat and gave the demon one final whack. The redhead heard the demon's skull make a cracking sound at the impact of the metal bat hitting it, killing it instantly. Koenma must have not heard it and continued to beat the demon's corpse with the metal bat and Koashura then shouted at his friend, "Koenma stop! Stop, it's already dead!"
Hearing his friend's pleas, Koenma then lowered the bat and looked at Koashura, breathing heavily and asked, "Are you okay?"
Koashura nodded, "Yeah, shouldn't you be in the jeep?"
Still gripping the baseball bat, Koenma nodded, "Yeah but, I heard Jasmine screaming in agony and I saw that demon jump on you and I knew I needed to do something."
Seeing a demon sprint over to the prince from behind, Koashura summoned two spirit arrows, raised his bow and aimed. He then said to his childhood friend, "Koenma duck!"
Not questioning him, Koenma did and Koashura shot both arrows at the demon knocking it onto its back. The demon shrieked in agony and Koashura summoned one big arrow and fired it, killing the demon instantly. Koenma got up, turned around and looked back at Koashura, "Thanks."
"No problem."
"Hey guys, I think we have a problem!" Hearing Kotennyo's voice, Koenma, Koashura, Genkai, and Jasmine looked over to the windowless van. More demons hopped out the vehicle. The five friends then backed up against the rental jeep and Jasmine shifted her attention to her lover, "Koenma! What are you doing out here? Get back in the jeep!"
The prince looked over at Jasmine, "No. I'm not going to leave you my queen. I can't, I won't. We are a team."
Gripping her energy coated fans tightly in her hands, she replied, "Koenma I know we are but, right now..."
"I don't care. I'm staying with you. I refuse to abandon you Jasmine. I'm not going to sit on my ass and watch some demon either kill or violate you or both."
Jasmine was speechless at what Koenma said. Right then and there, she felt like she had fallen in love with him all over again. She was so proud of how brave he was being right now. Just then Genkai snapped her out her thoughts, "I don't mean to interrupt your little love fest but, we have bigger fish to fry."
Koenma and Jasmine then shifted their attention to the demon gang that seemed to increase in number. The five friends were clearly outnumbered by this point and as the demons were gearing up to attack them, Koenma then said as he gripped the metal baseball bat, "I love you Jasmine, my queen. If we die here, I just want you to know that you have my heart forever and always."
Jasmine then glowed with her spirit energy and gripped her energy coated fans and replied to her lover, "I love you too Koenma, my prince but, please don't think negative about our situation. We are going to make it out of this alive. When I finish med school and start my medical career, I want to spend and share my life with you. Just think positive, we will get out of this."
The demon gang then began to charge at them and suddenly, an energy coated star-shaped throwing star hit the leader of the gang and exploded upon impact killing the demon instantly. The demons then stopped in their tracks and looking to see who threw that, the demon gang was unpleasantly greeted by three people that Jasmine instantly recognized.
One was a beautiful human woman who's at least in her early 30s who has pale skin with a small bit of freckles on her cheeks, long wavy brown hair with dyed blonde streaks and beautiful sparkling blue eyes who like Jasmine, was short and thin in stature and the other two was a man and a woman who were imp demons currently in their imp forms. Jasmine then gasped, "Aunt Theresa? Mr. and Mrs. Larson?"
Aunt Theresa picked up her throwing star and she and Mr. and Mrs. Larson joined the five friends. The imp demon couple transformed back into their human forms gripping onto their spear like weapons and the older demon hunter shifted her attention to her niece, "Looks like you guys need some help."
Jasmine gave her aunt a smile and nodded. The two demon hunters shifted their attention to the demon gang and Jasmine asked Theresa, "Do you have a plan?"
Aunt Theresa shrugged her small dainty shoulders, "Not really. Since when do our actual plans ever work out?
Jasmine chuckled, "Good point."
Theresa took a deep breath and reached into the pockets of her black hoodie and withdrew a few more star-shaped throwing stars. She glowed with her spirit energy and coated the star blades with her energy said to the two other psychics, three gods, and two imp demons, "Okay, on my count, we take these bastards down. One..."
Jasmine gripped her energy coated fans as Genkai glowed with her spirit energy.
"Two..."
Koenma tightly held onto the metal baseball bat as Kotennyo raised her energy katana into a fighting stance and Koashura summoned two spirit arrows and aimed. Mr. and Mrs. Larson glanced at each other and shifted their attention back to the demon gang ready to strike with their spears.
"Three."
The two demon hunters, three gods and the imp demon couple then charged at the demon gang and the battle quickly started. Aunt Theresa threw three energy coated star blades and made their targets explode upon impact as she kicked one that charged at her with a hard roundhouse kick into the nearest spruce tree.
Kotennyo used her energy katana to slash and stab her opponents as Koashura shot arrow after arrow at the demons that came after him and his lover. Jasmine ran up to a few making slashing movements with her fans and beheaded the first two but, was struggling with the third.
"Goddammit, why the hell do I always have to struggle with the big mean ones?"
The aforementioned large demon continued to try and assault her with his big claws and Jasmine could only just narrowly dodge its attacks. Genkai took down several of her opponents effortlessly by either firing several spirit gun blasts or using powerful kicks combined with her spirit energy.
Like Jasmine, Koenma was struggling as well. After killing at least one demon with smashing in its skull with Koashura's metal baseball bat, several demons seeing the prince kill their comrade, had ganged up on him. The group of demons then cackled as they ganged up on Koenma and the young prince could only tightly grip the metal bat as one said, "Looks like your luck is about to run out."
The demon then raised its claws, "See you in hell your highness!"
Koenma then shut his eyes bracing himself for his impending doom until one by one; each demon fell to the ground dead. Koenma then opened his eyes to see Mr. and Mrs. Larson had switched back to their human forms again and turned around and greeted him. The imp demon woman then asked, "Are you okay Lord Koenma?"
He nodded, "Y...yes. How did you..."
"We'll tell you later after this battle is over." Mr. Larson interjected as a few more demons charged at them.
He then looked over at his wife and said to her gripping his spear, "They just keep on coming, don't they Rei?"
Mrs. Larson nodded, "Sadly yes." She then looked over her shoulder at Koenma, "Your highness, do you think you'll be able to battle again or do you want to find someplace to hide?"
Koenma then shook his head, "No, I'm staying and I'm helping."
The imp demon woman gave him a warm smile, "Okay but, my husband and I have your back if you need us."
Koenma didn't say anything to them but, just gave them a happy grateful smile behind his pacifier and silently nodded. Back with Jasmine, she wound up tripping over a pot hole in the middle of the street and dropped her fans. The large demon that she was still battling with began to cackle seeing its target in such a vulnerable position. It then raised its claws as Jasmine tried to grab her fans and before the demon could inflict a single blow on her, it got hit with Aunt Theresa's star blades and the blade from Kotennyo's energy katana went through its chest.
Kotennyo then yanked out the energy blade from its chest and the demon began to bleed profusely. Aunt Theresa's energy coated throwing stars then caused a couple of explosions on the demon's skin but, sadly it still didn't die. Aunt Theresa and Kotennyo both sighed with exasperation. Both women then shifted their attention to Jasmine and the young goddess then said to her friend, "Jasmine get up. Quick! Cut off its head before it tries to strike again."
Jasmine then chuckled at herself for her moment of weakness and the large demon tried to bring its claws down on her again. Before it could land the blow, Jasmine, now tightly gripping her fans, did a backwards summersault to dodge it. She then stood up and glowed with her spirit energy and coated her weapons with it.
Jasmine then opened up her fans and sprinted to the big injured demon and before it could get the chance to strike her, Jasmine raised her fans and used both of them to decapitate it. The now headless giant fell to the ground dead in a pool of its own blood.
Aunt Theresa and Kotennyo walked over to her and the older demon hunter knelt down and retrieved her star blades. Breathing really hard and finally catching her breath, Jasmine shifted her attention to her best friend and her aunt and said, "Thanks. I really needed that."
Both Theresa and Kotennyo patted her back and Kotennyo replied, "It's no problem. You know I always have your back like how you got mine."
"Aunt Theresa, thank you."
The thirty something year old demon hunter gave her niece a warm smile, "Hey, we're family and as family we always watch out for each other."
Hearing loud grunting sounds from Genkai, Jasmine, Theresa, and Kotennyo looked at each other and Jasmine asked, "So, should we help Genkai?"
Kotennyo nodded, "Yeah."
The three women then joined the small elderly psychic with her battle of a group of demons that ganged up on her. Koashura then fired two final shots killing his final two opponents as the rest of the group did with there's. The group of eight then gathered together.
Kotennyo and Koashura embraced each other and shared a deep and loving kiss and parted seconds later. Koashura put his hand on Kotennyo's cheek, "I'm so glad you're okay."
Kotennyo sweetly smiled, "Duh, I'm also glad you're okay too Koashura. I love you."
"I love you too." They gave each other a quick kiss and parted still hugging each other tightly.
Koenma then sprinted over to Jasmine and nearly knocked her five foot even body over giving her a big bear hug. They both began to giggle like total dorks and Koenma removed his pacifier and gave Jasmine a deep and loving kiss. The young demon hunter responded giving him the same deep love and slipped her tongue into his mouth. They both moaned into the kiss as their tongues caressed each other's and from the closeness they were currently sharing.
The lovers then parted a short minute later and Koenma gently cupped Jasmine face in his hands and gazed into her large brown eyes, "Oh thank god you're okay. But my queen, you're beautiful face, it's bleeding."
Jasmine then began to laugh feeling the stinging from the big scratch on her face, "Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. I'm okay my prince, I'll heal or my aunt or Genkai can help me with that."
Just then out of Koenma's eye, there was one demon left from the demon gang and the prince then shouted at it, "Hey!"
The demon then looked at the group and then sprinted towards the windowless van in fear that it would be slaughtered like its fallen comrades and hopped into the vehicle. It started up the ignition and Koenma let Jasmine's face go, slipped his pacifier back into his mouth and sprinted to the van shouting at it while gripping the metal bat, "Get back here you coward!"
As the demon tried to back up, Koenma had ran up to the van and raised Koashura's metal baseball bat and hit the van's windshield on the driver's side, making one huge crack from the impact of the bat hitting it.
The demon then shrieked in fear and before Koenma could try to bust another window, the demon then smashed the gas pedal causing the tires to squeal and drove off leaving tire marks in its wake. The prince just stood there gripping the metal bat and glared at the windowless van as it drove farther and farther away and mumbled, "I hope something bad happens to you."
The rest of the group then ran up to him and Koashura put his hand on his childhood friend's broad shoulder, "Um Koenma, maybe you should give me the bat."
Koenma looked over his shoulder at him and sighed, "Okay, here take it."
He then turned around and handed Koashura his baseball bat back. The redhead looked at his bat, whistled and said, "Damn, looks like you really gave those bastards quite a beating."
Looking at the metal bat, Kotennyo added, "I'll say. There's blood all over it. Holy shit Koenma."
Deciding to change the subject, Jasmine then walked over towards the rental jeep and seeing what she was doing, the rest of the group followed her. Walking around the vehicle to survey any damage, Jasmine then let out a loud sigh and Koenma asked her, "Jasmine, is there any damage? If there is, how bad is it?"
Walking back around she scratched the back of her head and replied, "Well, the funny thing is, is that, there isn't much but, there is a huge dent on the passenger's side."
Koenma, Koashura, Kotennyo, and Genkai ran over to look at it and Koashura too let out a loud sigh, "Holy shit. Jas, what are you going to do? This is a rental; you can't bring it back to Anchorage like that."
Gripping her fans, Jasmine nodded in agreement, "I know but, I guess the only thing I can do now is call them and explain that I got into a wreck when some jerks tried to run me off the highway. If I'm at least a little honest, I think they'll go easy on me. Koashura, I can't tell them that it was demons that caused it. Hell, they'll think I'm crazy. So I'm
going to stick to my cover story of getting into a wreck by a hit and run that tried to run us off the highway."
Brushing a few strands of his long red locks off of his handsome face, Koashura replied, "Do what you have to do."
"Jasmine, do you want to come inside the house to use our phone?" Mr. Larson interjected.
The young demon hunter nodded at the imp demon man's offer, "Sure, lead the way."
Mrs. Larson slightly chuckled, "Well, we're not going to be too far off." She then gestured to the nice looking log house that the rental jeep was parked in front of.
Jasmine began to laugh at her own mistake looking at the house which had a big "For Sale" sign posted on the front yard. The rest of the group then followed Mr. and Mrs. Larson across the spacious front yard and up the driveway to the front door.
Mr. Larson opened the door and everyone walked inside. Upon following the couple into the living room, Jasmine, Koenma, Koashura, Kotennyo, and Genkai looked around seeing stacks upon stacks of already packed up cardboard boxes and a few that were still open and being prepared to be packed up with the imp demon couple's belongings.
Looking around the spacious house, Jasmine could see the outlines of where their framed photographs used be hanging on the walls, the TV looked like it was being disconnected and the furniture was covered by plastic covers to keep dirt, dust, and grime off of them. Seeing his lover's face, Koenma then asked her, "Jasmine is there something wrong?"
The young psychic shrugged her small dainty shoulders and responded asking Mr. and Mrs. Larson, "So, did you guys finally buy a house in Palmer?"
Mrs. Larson walked in with a cordless phone for her youngest daughter's childhood friend to use, "Yes we did. Did Sandy tell you?"
Shifting her attention to the imp demon woman, she nodded as she was handed the handheld device, "Yeah when she picked us up from the airport yesterday. When are you guys moving?"
Mr. Larson walked into the room sipping on a Pepsi and answered Jasmine's question, "This coming Monday. Theresa said that she'll take care of the house after we leave. She and her human husband Jonathan are going to be here a while anyway while caring for Demetra."
Deciding to hold that thought for now, Jasmine then walked into the kitchen to call the rental car place in Anchorage. Aunt Theresa then looked at Genkai and the three gods and gave them a warm smile, "Sorry, I didn't introduce myself before. You know, because of the fight and all. I'm Theresa Rollins, maiden name McAlpin, Jasmine's aunt and sister to Janine, Demetra, Marcel, Roland III, and Joseph."
Koenma smiled from behind his pacifier and shook hands with the thirty something year old demon hunter, "Nice to meet you Theresa. I'm Koenma Daioh, Jasmine's best male friend and boyfriend." He then let go of her hand and gestured to Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo, "These three people are Koashura and Kotennyo. They're my old childhood friends and Jasmine's college friends and roommates. And last but, not least, this is my good friend for these last fifty or so years, Genkai who's also Jasmine's friend and mentor who's helping her polish up her fighting, pain relief, and healing techniques."
Aunt Theresa shook hands with all three of them, "It's a pleasure to meet you all."
Just then Jasmine walked back into the living room and Koenma asked his lover, "So, how was it? Are you in trouble?"
Jasmine stood on her tip toes, kissed his cheek and replied shaking her head, "Nope. They believed my cover story of getting into a wreck by a hit and run. They also asked if I got their license plate number and I explained that I tried but, they were too fast for me to read it. So, everything is okay and they won't charge me for anything but they did ask if we were okay and I said yes and nobody need medical attention or anything."
Slipping her fans underneath her denim jacket, she changed the subject, "Oh, I just called my grandparents explaining to them where we are and what happened."
Genkai slipped her wrinkled hands into her pockets, "Did you tell them when we will be swinging by?"
Jasmine nodded, "Yeah. Do you guys want to go over there now? Hopefully, we don't bump into trouble on the way over there. I'm not in the mood for another battle. I swear, I will cause the next bastard such excruciating pain if they bother us again."
Koenma, Koashura, and Kotennyo also thought about it for a minute and they all nodded with Koenma adding, "Let's go over there now. I always felt safe being at their house."
Jasmine smiled, "Great." She then shifted her attention to her aunt and the imp demon couple and asked Aunt Theresa, "Are you staying with Grandma and Grandpa too?"
Aunt Theresa smiled and shook her head, "No, Jonathan and I are staying at Demetra's trailer over at the Aleutian Village Trailer Park. Why don't you guys come swing by to say hi to her sometime while you're here? Jasmine, she would like to see you."
The young college bound psychic smiled and nodded, "Sure, why not?"
Glancing at her watch, her large brown eyes widened seeing how late it had gotten, "Wow, you're right Koenma, we should go over now. It's almost ten." She looked up at her aunt and Mr. and Mrs. Larson, "Thanks for helping us out. If it wasn't for your assistance, we would be dead and/or Koenma would have gotten kidnapped again."
Aunt Theresa smiled and put her hand on her niece's bony shoulder, "It was no problem at all. Like I said earlier, we're family and we always have each other's backs."
Mr. and Mrs. Larson nodded with the imp demon woman adding, "You're welcome Jasmine. Come by and see us again before the move. Masuda and I would like it if you can come over here see this place for one last time. You're welcome to bring along your friends and your boyfriend if you would like."
Jasmine smiled, "I would like that. I'll give you guys a call in the morning so we can set something up."
Trying not to get choked up, Mrs. Larson walked over to Jasmine and gave her a hug. Jasmine hugged her right back and hearing the imp demon woman sniffling a little bit, they broke their friendly embrace and the young demon hunter said, "Please don't cry Mrs. Larson."
Wiping a tear off her face with the sleeve of her shirt, she replied, "Sorry about that but, it's been such a long time since the last time we seen you. It's been almost eight years. My god, where has the time gone? Well, you guys better get going. Tell Demetrius and Lydia we said hi."
Jasmine nodded at her words, "We will." When she, Koenma, Koashura, Kotennyo, and Genkai were proceeding to leave the house, Mr. Larson then said to her, "Call us when you get there to let us know that all of you made it safely."
"I will Mr. Larson. See you guys later and thank you again. Bye Aunt Theresa."
"Bye Jasmine. Jonathan and I will be swinging by Mom and Dad's for breakfast in the morning."
Before walking out the door, Jasmine smiled, "Looking forward to it."
The five friends then left the log house bidding Aunt Theresa and Mr. and Mrs. Larson a goodnight and walked out the dented up rental jeep. After piling into the vehicle, they then drove out of the Robe River Subdivision. As Jasmine was driving across the bridge that went over the Robe River, she then mentioned pointing to a road to her left, "Off in that direction is the site of Old Town Valdez."
All of the rental jeep's passengers then eyed her curiously and Koenma then asked her, "Jasmine you have mentioned it to me several times but, what is Old Town Valdez? What's over there?"
Keeping her eye on the road as they drove passed the road that lead to the Aleutian Village and South Central Trailer Parks, she responded, "There really isn't much except for old wood planks of where the docks were and a few remnants of old machinery and a few other things. Old Town Valdez is the site where the town was originally located at before the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, which the town was completely destroyed by that and a huge tsunami. You know, we have a super cool museum here that's chock full of information about it. They're going to be open all summer so, why don't we go check it out while we're here? Are we game for that?"
Koenma nodded, "Yes my queen, that sounds fascinating. I have been itching to know more about Valdez's history. Genkai, Koashura, Kotennyo, does that sound good to you guys?"
Genkai nodded, "Sure that sounds like fun."
Both Koashura and Kotennyo nodded and the redheaded god replied, "Yeah that sounds cool. What about you Kotennyo?"
Kotennyo nodded, "Count me in."
Finally driving out of the thick forest area and into the duck flats, Jasmine smiled still keeping an eye out on the road, "Great. Once we all agree on which day to check out the Old Town Museum, we'll do it. Also, I should mention that we are driving through the duck flats. There isn't just ducks here but, you'll also see doll sheep, bears, moose, Canadian Geese, swans, occasionally wolves, small waterfalls and a stream that salmon spawn down from here as well."
When it was safe to do so, Jasmine pulled over at onto a gravel lot with a small building with a deck area in front of the salmon stream so everyone can get descent pictures of the stream and the duck flats. While she parked the rental van, Koenma disconnected his lover's CD player from the stereo and reached behind him to get her purple flowery backpack.
Genkai shut her book and handed her longtime friend the backpack. Koenma smiled in gratitude, "Thank you Genkai."
He then unzipped it and put Jasmine's walkman CD player, the device to hook it up to the car's stereo, and her book of CDs into it. After zipping it up, he handed it back to Genkai and the small old psychic placed it back onto the seat next to her. All five passengers hopped out of the rental jeep and shut the doors looking around at their surroundings.
The sounds of the running waters of the salmon stream and the waterfalls from the towering peaks of the Chugach Mountains behind them and each passing car on the Richardson Highway filled the air. Koenma walked over to the deck that was right next to the stream and he could see several species of salmon swimming by him. The young prince put his hand in his denim jacket, withdrew his camera, and snapped several pictures hoping to get some of the swimming salmon in a couple of shots.
Seeing that, Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl thinking of how cute she though Koenma was being right now. Finally feeling that he was satisfied, Koenma put his camera down and turned around to see that his lovely human lover was giving him in what he thought, was such a cute smile. Holding his camera, he then asked her, "What?"
Still sweetly smiling, Jasmine stood up on her tip toes and kissed his cheek. She put her hands on his chest gazing into his brown eyes, "I just couldn't help but, think of how cute and adorable you were while you were taking pictures of the salmon stream. Oh Koenma, you are just like Aerial from "The Little Mermaid" with your adorable curiosity."
Wrapping his long arms around her slender waist he replied smiling behind his blue pacifier, "Well my queen, I can't help it while being in this beautiful place. Everything around me just fascinates me."
Still gazing into her lover's eyes, she chuckled, "That's one of the reasons why you're so adorable. So, are you ready to snap pictures of the duck flats?"
Koenma nodded but, something else caught his eye and seeing that, Jasmine asked, "What are you looking at?"
He then pointed at the mountain, "That."
Wondering what he was pointing at, Jasmine turned around and saw a doll sheep (ram) on the big towering mountain behind them. The cute looking animal with the white hair and big horns stood near the waterfall on a rocky ledge and Jasmine couldn't tell if it was eating the mountain's vegetation or drinking from the waterfall. She turned her head and asked her loving boyfriend sweetly, "Do you want to snap a picture that?"
Still looking at the doll sheep on the mountain, Koenma nodded, "Yes." He then brought up his camera and snapped a couple pictures of the animal that still appeared to be either eating or drinking. Putting down his camera he looked out in front of them and saw a big male moose with big antlers walking around in the water near one of the telephone poles just a short distance away from them.
Seeing the look on his face, Jasmine then turned around and looked at the moose too. Still staring at the large animal, she said, "Don't even think about it Koenma. Please don't try to get up close and personal with it like you tried to do last time."
The prince sighed, "I won't but, that other one didn't try to attack me like you said it would."
Shifting her attention back to him, Jasmine put her small dainty hands on her hips and narrowed her large brown eyes as she cocked her head off to the side saying in a demanding voice nearly raising her voice at him, "So what, you're still going to stay right here. How many times do I have to tell you Koenma? The wildlife here may look cute and cuddly but, they're not. They are very dangerous and they don't have any qualms about ripping someone to shreds if they feel they are being threatened. Now, you're going to stay right here to take your picture. The last thing I want is some angry moose to trample you because, you want to feed or pet it."
Koenma sighed again, "Okay, you don't have to nag. Jasmine wasn't going to pet the last one but, it did look hungry and I didn't want it to starve." Seeing the stern look on Jasmine's face grow sterner, he loudly exhaled, "Okay, I promise to use the zoom feature on my camera and stay right here."
Crossing her arms over her chest, she smiled, "Good. I'm glad we are on the same page. I love you Koenma."
"I love you too Jasmine."
As promised, Koenma stayed where he was at and used the zoom feature as he snapped a picture of the moose. The male moose looked up from where it was standing and even though it was a small distance away, it looked at Koenma with some curiosity, sensing the being it was looking at wasn't human. Koenma put his camera down and he stared at the moose who was staring at him.
Seeing that, Jasmine then asked, "Koenma what are you..."
He gently placed a hand on her mouth to keep her quiet and said in a soft voice, "Please be quiet and don't make any sudden movements. The moose is looking directly at us or I think it's looking at me. Just turn around slowly."
Taking his word for it, Jasmine slowly turned around and saw the moose just standing there in its place, staring at them. The young Alaskan demon hunter began to sweat from nervousness, fearing that the large animal would try to charge at them despite it being a safe distance away from them.
The moose just blinked its big black eyes not even seeming to notice the young human woman in front of the god it stared at. After a small moment, the big Alaskan animal determined that Koenma wasn't a threat to it and then turned around and walked away gracefully on its long legs. Jasmine stood there and sighed with relief watching the moose walk away into the thick brush of the forest that the highway went through.
Snapping them out their thoughts about the moose, Kotennyo then remarked, "Hey Jasmine, I don't mean to offend you or anything but, what is that smell?"
She chuckled at her goddess friend's question and responded, "That smell is the combination of the salmon hatchery and the duck flats. I know it stinks but, I don't really seem to mind it in comparison to some of the stenches of Mushiori City that I have smelled for nearly eight years."
Kotennyo shrugged her slender shoulders, "I still think it stinks but, this place is still beautiful."
The other four members of the group chuckled in agreement and they all stopped laughing when Koenma said, "Oh wow ducks and geese. Hey Jasmine is that a Canada Goose?" He asked his lover pointing at a goose with brown and black feathers, a small amount of white feathers, a black beak, and black webbed feet that was currently swimming around in the water of the duck flats with the other geese and ducks.
Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl, "Yes it is Koenma. If you are going to ask me if you can feed them, yes you can. Just give them the fruit and seeds from the trail mix but, don't give them bread. Bread is not good for ducks and geese."
After snapping several pictures of the ducks, Canadian Geese, and the duck flats, Koenma slipped his camera back into his denim jacket and ran over to the car to get some of the trail mix with fruit in it. For the next ten to fifteen minutes, the five friends fed the ducks and geese that were on their side of the highway being that it was too dangerous to try to cross with cars passing them every other minute or so.
When they felt they were satisfied with how much fruit and seeds they gave to the water fowl, Jasmine, Koenma, Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo all piled back into the rental jeep. The remainder of the drive to Jasmine's grandparents' house on Copper Street was peaceful and it finally began to get dark. Genkai and the three gods snapped pictures of the beautiful sunset on the lovely Alaskan landscape.
Twenty minutes later, Jasmine pulled up to a single storied green painted house with a big tall spruce tree and a red wooden picnic table in the front yard. She pulled the rental jeep up the spacious driveway where her grandmother's grey van and a lovely looking blue car that she guessed was bought to replace their totaled red Buick.
Looking at the house in front of them, Koashura asked his college buddy and roommate, "So this is your grandparents' house?"
Parking the jeep, turning off the ignition and slipping out the key, Jasmine nodded, "Yes it is."
All five passengers hopped out of the vehicle and grabbed their suitcases, purses, backpacks and other bags they brought with them. Jasmine locked the jeep and Genkai, Koenma, Kotennyo, and Koashura followed her underneath the carport and up to the wooden porch. Her grandparents' German Sheppard began to bark at them and Kotennyo looked around the corner and shifted her attention to Jasmine, "Hey Jas, your grandma's dog is barking at us."
Jasmine chuckled, "Oh that's Fanny. She's harmless, friendly, and very old. She also likes Koenma. Fanny was all over him during Christmas. It was adorable watching him play with her. It was like old Fanny was a puppy again."
The young psychic then leaned over to one of the shutters to the kitchen window and looked inside the window to see her grandmother, Lydia McAlpin sitting on her wheelchair in the kitchen washing dishes.
Jasmine knocked on the green painted wooden shutter to get her grandmother's attention. Hearing the sound, Lydia looked up to see her college bound granddaughter, Koenma, and what appeared to be a young woman and a young man that she didn't recognize. Sadly she didn't see Genkai because the window was too high up for the small elderly psychic. Lydia smiled and said nearly yelling so Jasmine can hear her, "Okay Jasmine, wait just a minute to let me dry my hands."
She then wheeled her wheelchair over to the counter and dried her hands off with a paper towel and disposed of it into the nearest trash bin. The elderly demon hunter with one leg slipped on her fingerless gloves and wheeled herself out of the kitchen to the house's main hallway and through the narrow laundry room to get to the front door.
Back outside on the front porch with Jasmine, Genkai and three gods, Jasmine smiled at them and said, "You guys are going to love my grandparents. They may have been strict on me growing up but, they are still the coolest and sweetest people you'll ever meet. Koenma remembers, don't you my prince?"
Koenma smiled behind his pacifier and nodded in agreement, "Yes my queen, I do. Lydia and Demetrius are pretty awesome to hang around with just like the rest of your family."
Just then the door opened and Lydia looked up and smiled at her granddaughter, "Hello Jasmine."
"Hi Grandma", she then knelt down and hugged the wheelchair bound old woman. Lydia hugged her back and kissed her on the cheek. They broke their short embrace seconds later. Instantly recognizing Koenma and she greeted him with a smile, "There's my future grandson-in-law."
Koenma chuckled at Lydia's words and walked up the porch steps, set down his suitcase and carryon bag and knelt down to give her a hug replying, "I'm still over seven hundred years your senior Lydia but, thank you for that."
Lydia hugged the prince and gave him a kiss on the cheek too and they both parted and she smiled up at him saying, "Oh come on, I can see it. You and Jasmine are going to get married someday. I see the way you two look at each other. Oh, I hope you don't mind me asking, are you still doing that storing your spirit energy in the pacifier thing?" she asked eyeing his pacifier.
Not really feeling offended by the elderly Alaskan demon hunter's question, Koenma nodded, "Yes I am. Don't you remember how I explained to you guys about the Mafukan over Christmas Break?"
Lydia laughed at her own forgetfulness, "I must have forgotten. My memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Sorry about that."
Koenma gave her a sweet smile, "That's okay." Deciding to change the subject, Jasmine then interjected, as Koenma picked his bags back up, "Grandma, let me introduce you to these three awesome people."
She then gestured over to Koashura and Kotennyo, "These two awesome individuals are Koenma's childhood friends and my college friends and roommates, Koashura and his lovely girlfriend and my best non-human female friend, Kotennyo. And this lovely little lady here is Genkai, my friend and mentor, who with Mom, is helping me polish my fighting, healing, and pain relief techniques."
After shaking hands with all of them, Lydia then backed up her wheelchair and tried to turn around in the narrow laundry room but wound up struggling to do so saying, "It's a pleasure to meet you all. Um...hold on, I'm trying to turn around here so I can let you guys come in. Oh dammit!"
She then groaned in frustration and Koenma offered, "Lydia, do you need any help?"
Still trying to turn the wheelchair around, she nodded, "Yes but, do you think you can get in Koenma?"
The prince thought about it for a moment and debated whether or not to switch to his toddler form and levitate over her and switch back to his tall and handsome adult form but, seeing that there was a small gap between Lydia's wheelchair and the washing machine and not wanting to risk embarrassment, he decided to climb over the washing machine instead. Koenma shifted his attention to the rest of the group and asked, "Could someone grab my bags?"
Koashura silently nodded and Kotennyo asked, "What are you going to do?"
Handing his suitcase to Koashura and his carryon bag to Jasmine, he replied, "Just watch."
Koenma then shifted his attention to Lydia, "Just stay right there." He then slipped to the open gap inside the laundry room that was between the washing machine and Lydia's wheelchair. Jasmine, Kotennyo, Koashura, and Genkai eyed the young prince with interest to see what he was going to do.
Koenma then hoisted his tall body up onto the washing machine and crawled over that to the dryer and hopped off the white appliance onto the old checkered patterned rug on the floor. He walked up behind Lydia and said in a soft and gentle voice to her, "Okay Lydia, I'm not going to turn you around but, I'm going to back you up into the hallway. Are you okay with that?"
She looked up at Koenma and nodded, "Yeah, let's do it."
Koenma grabbed the handles on the back of the old woman's wheelchair and looked behind himself to make sure it was safe enough to do so. Finding that it was, he shifted his attention back to her and began to slowly walk Lydia backwards.
Jasmine was the first to walk in with Koashura, Kotennyo and Genkai behind her. Genkai shut the door behind her and Koenma had finally backed Lydia up into the hallway and asked, "Do you think you could turn around in here?"
Lydia looked up at him and nodded, "Yes, thank you for your help Koenma."
"You're welcome."
She then turned herself around and wheeled her wheelchair into the living room with the five friends walking in behind her. They lugged their luggage in with them and set down their suitcases and other bags in front of the TV and sat down on the grey couch in front of it.
Koenma removed his denim jacket and set it on his lap, "Lydia, I was meaning to ask you during Christmas but, how did you lose your right leg?"
Lydia gave him a small smile and simply replied, "I lost it during a fight with a demon. It was eight years ago when Jasmine was thirteen and a few months before she, Caroline, Niles, my son-in-law and my oldest daughter left for Mushiori City."
Eying this woman with interest, Genkai asked her, "What happened?"
"Well, it happened during this difficult case that me, my husband, my daughters, Theresa and Janine along with Jasmine took on a gang of demons that call themselves the "Columbia Glacier Gang". They live near that glacier and not only are they territorial, they are also mean and love to attack innocent hikers, kayakers, and just locals and tourists that just want to go either take a cruise or kayak to see the glacier."
She then paused her story to reach over to the wooden computer desk and grabbed a bottle of Pepsi, twisted open the cap and took a sip. Lydia then continued, "We got word that some of the hikers and kayakers were being held hostage by the demon gang from our family demon friend Hiroshi when he came back from his fishing trip. He did try to reason with them but, those bastards refused to listen, calling Hiroshi "traitor" or "human sympathizer" and they tried to drown him in the bay for it and thank god he got away and came over here right away to inform us of what was going on."
"Then what happened?" Koashura asked wanting to hear more.
Lydia sipped from her pop bottle again, "The whole family took him seriously and we investigated it before going out there to deal with them. Sadly things didn't end well and the battle was one our most challenging ones we faced. We did save the hikers and kayakers but, it came at a price."
She paused again and sighed looking at the stub where her right leg used to be and took a deep breath before continuing with her story, "Jasmine, Janine and I took on a few really nasty demons and we did kill the majority that tried to kill us or the hikers and kayakers. Things were looking quite successful for a while until a demon that shot venom from its mouth tried to bite Jasmine. I got between them in the nick of time and wound up getting bit instead when I landed a hard and powerful front kick on it."
"I still remember the bite; it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced. Hell, I would much rather go into childbirth for a seventh time than endure that again."
Still intently listening to the elderly Alaskan demon hunter, Genkai then asked her, "Did you guys have to leave the battle?"
Twirling her hair around her finger Kotennyo asked her, "Did all of you wind up leaving some of the gang alive?"
Both Jasmine and Lydia nodded and Lydia said, "Yes, we had to or the venom was going to spread throughout my body. I couldn't stand up on my leg at all and my husband, daughters, and Jasmine realized I needed to go to the hospital before it was too late. When we finally rescued all of hikers and kayakers, we left and I was brought to the hospital. Valdez General couldn't do too much for me so they transferred me to Anchorage. By then, it was too late to save my leg so, it had to be amputated or the venom would eventually spread to my brain and my heart and kill me. Poor Jasmine blamed herself for it saying that it should have been her to get bit but, I had to tell her that it wasn't her fault. If I could save her life all over again, I would. Hell, I'd do it for all of my grandbabies."
Deciding to change subject from their current depressing topic and looking at the tortoise clock hanging on the wall in the kitchen and seeing that it was nearing midnight, Lydia then asked, "Well, enough about that. I really want to talk more but, I bet you guys must be tired from your long drive and the intense battle you all had. Demetrius went to bed early because he was at work at the Alyeska Pipeline Terminal all day. So where do you guys want to sleep? We only have two guest rooms. The first one is just around the corner and the second is at the very end of the hallway in between the first bathroom and mine and my husband's room. Also, one or two of you can sleep out here if you would so desire it."
Koenma then sat there for a minute and asked Jasmine, Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo, "I'm fine with any place. What about you guys?"
Koashura then responded to his childhood friend, "Kotennyo and I get dibs on the guest room around the corner."
The prince then shifted his attention to Genkai and the small old woman responded, "I'll be fine out here on the couch. It's very soft."
Lydia chuckled and interjected, "We have an air mattress that we use on camping trips in the closet. Jasmine can get it for you because she still remembers which one it is."
Jasmine nodded at her grandmother's words, "Yes I do. I'll go get it and set it up for you Genkai." She then stood up and walked over to the closet.
When she came back, Koenma then asked her, "I guess you and I get the guest room at the end of hall?"
Carrying the flattened air mattress along with its pump to the spacious area that connected the living room to the dining room and kitchen, Jasmine replied to her loving boyfriend, "Sounds great. There is a queen sized bed in there that's very comfortable."
Setting down the air mattress and hooking it up to the pump, Jasmine then asked her grandmother, "Grandma, do you and Grandpa still sleep on that waterbed?"
Lydia shook her head, "Nope, we sleep on a pillow top mattress now. We got rid of the waterbed a few months after you guys moved to Mushiori City when we realized how difficult it was for me climbing in and out of bed with just one leg."
Jasmine gave her grandma a sweet smile and knelt beside the uninflated air mattress and turned on the air pump. Five minutes later, Genkai's bed was finally inflated and Jasmine disconnected the pump from it and sealed the valve shut. She gave Genkai a smile, "I hope you're comfortable sleeping on this. I'll go get you a pillow and a blanket."
Genkai nodded, "I will Jasmine. Thank you."
When the young demon hunter walked passed her grandmother to fetch Genkai a pillow and a blanket, Lydia stopped her in her tracks, "Jasmine, come here."
Jasmine turned around and walked back into the living room, "Yes Grandma?"
Lydia then pointed to her granddaughter's scratched up cheek, "I can't believe I didn't notice it before. Jasmine, why didn't you tell me those demons scratched you?"
Feeling the stinging from the cool air on her scratch, Jasmine shrugged her slender shoulders, "Sorry, I didn't think about it. Should I go wake up Grandpa?"
Before Lydia could reply, Koenma then interjected, "Why don't you ask Genkai to heal you?"
Jasmine began to giggle like a schoolgirl and bopped herself on her forehead at her own forgetfulness, why didn't she think of it before, "Wow, I'm so dense lately. I guess that's because I had a lot on my mind."
She then quickly ran down the hallway to her grandparents' linen closet to fetch Genkai a pillow and a blanket to sleep with and ran back into the living room with them less than a minute later. After setting up the elderly psychic's bed, Jasmine then sat down on the couch next to Genkai and Genkai raised her hands to Jasmine's scratch as her wrinkled hands began to glow with her spirit energy.
Jasmine then let out a small gasp as she felt the small burning sensation as her skin began to heal. Five minutes later, the skin on her pale freckled face was restored to its original state. Genkai's hands stopped glowing and the sweet young woman then turned her head to look at her friend and mentor smiling in gratitude, "Thank you Genkai. That was awfully kind of you to do that."
Genkai gave her a small smile and nodded, "You're very welcome Jasmine. If you get injured in battle again, you can come to me if you can't for any reason get any help from your mom or any of your other family members that have the healing technique mastered."
Koenma then yawned and brought his hand up to his mouth, "I think I'm ready to go to bed. What about you my queen?"
Jasmine shifted her attention to her lover and nodded, "Yes my prince, I am too."
They then stood up and stretched their arms up in the air and Koenma knelt down and gave Genkai a hug, "Goodnight Genkai." He then broke their embrace and gave Lydia a hug too, "You have a goodnight too Lydia."
Lydia hugged the prince back and gave him another kiss on the cheek, "Pleasant dreams Koenma. Oh, you're more than welcome to call me "Grandma". Caroline's new husband, Raito and Julia's girlfriend, Katherine does."
She and Koenma then broke their friendly embrace and Koenma then stood back up and scratched the back of his head and began to suck on his pacifier giving her a blank stare. Seeing that, Koashura and Kotennyo started cracking up and Genkai just gave a small chuckle. Jasmine giggled like a schoolgirl and put her small dainty hand on his broad shoulder.
Koenma then turned his head to look at his lover to see her sweet smile showing off her slightly crooked teeth, "It's okay Koenma. It basically symbolizes that you have been welcomed into the family."
The young prince blinked his brown eyes and eyed Jasmine with a confused look, "So that means I'm part of the McAlpin Clan now?"
Jasmine nodded, "Yep. It's the same with Raito, Katherine, my dad, my Uncle Roland's wife, and Aunt Theresa's husband, Jonathan. Hell, even Koashura and Kotennyo have been welcomed into this family even though this is their first time ever meeting my family that lives here."
"Koashura, Kotennyo, is this true?"
They both nodded at their childhood friend's question and Koashura replied, "Hell yeah. It was Janine and William that did."
"Yeah and they didn't have to but, they did. If it wasn't for them taking us in during our time of need, there is no telling where Koashura and I would be. We are forever grateful to them and the rest of the McAlpin Clan who have sent us old clothes that were hand-me-downs until we were able to buy our own, giving us a place to stay, food to eat, warm beds to sleep in, and helping us forge documents that say Koashura and I are twenty something year old humans so we can enroll in MU with Jasmine and get jobs." Kotennyo added.
Koashura nodded in agreement at his girlfriend's words, "They didn't have to help us but, they did because they wanted to, which was purely out of the goodness of their hearts. Seriously Koenma, these people are good people and Kotennyo and I never had much of an opinion on humans before we met them because, like most inhabitants of Spirit World, unless they're you or the grim reaper chicks, Kotennyo and I never had much contact with any."
The red haired god then shifted his attention to Lydia and smiled, "We thank you, your husband, and the rest of the family for helping us, even if it was from a long distance."
Lydia returned the smile, "You're very welcome Koashura and I am so glad to finally meet you and Kotennyo. Jasmine always talks so highly of you guys and her other friend from Japan, Shizuru. I hope to meet her and her little brother someday. They seem like good kids."
Koashura and Kotennyo then stood up from the grey couch too and stretched their arms and legs. They then bid Lydia, Genkai, Jasmine, and Koenma a goodnight being so tired out from the six to seven hour long road trip and the fight that took place out at the Robe River Subdivision. Koashura with Kotennyo behind him lugged their luggage and their other bags the very short distance from the living room to the first guest room and went inside and shut the door behind them.
Jasmine then gave her grandmother a hug, "Goodnight Grandma."
"Goodnight Jasmine. See you in the morning."
They then broke their embrace and she and Koenma picked up their suitcases and their other bags and walked all the way down the hallway to the second guest room. Jasmine then opened the door and leaned over to turn on the light. Koenma followed her inside and Jasmine shut the door behind them.
Looking around the descent sized bedroom, Koenma could see that there was a single queen sized bed against the back wall with a couple of pillows and a homemade quilt on the top, a wooden nightstand right next to the bed with a wooden dresser on the other side of the bed, a small TV set with a Super Nintendo along with several game cartridges sitting a wooden entertainment center up against the opposite side of the room, and a closet next to it.
"Wow, this looks cozy." He commented.
Jasmine sweetly giggled, "This room used to belong to all three of my uncles while the first guest room used to belong to my mom and my two aunts. Grandma and Grandpa sleep in the bedroom next to us. They have for years. Also, there is a TV in all of the bedrooms so, if you don't like what my grandparents are watching in the living room, there's always an available TV to watch what you want."
She then knelt down and opened up her suitcase to find something to sleep in. Five minutes later, the lovers changed into their pajamas and got ready for bed. While lying in bed cuddling, Koenma kissed Jasmine's cheek and asked her, "Are you still awake?"
Jasmine looked up at him and nodded, "Yes. I'm still wound up from the fight we were in."
Still holding her close to his body, Koenma sighed, "I am too. Wow, it was wild. I still can't stop thinking about how things could have turned out worse than they did."
Jasmine sat up, reached over to her lover's handsome face and began to stroke his soft luscious brown hair. She then knelt down and planted a soft kiss on the mark on his forehead, "Me too but, I am thankful for how things turned out." Using her index and middle fingers, Jasmine gently removed Koenma's pacifier.
The prince then tried to get up to get it back but, he was forced to lay back down as Jasmine gave him a deep and loving kiss, making him moan as she slipped her tongue into his mouth and gently caressed his with hers. He then kissed her back with the same deep love and brought his strong hands up and began to run his long fingers through his lover's soft brown curls.
Jasmine let out a low and seductive purr as Koenma gently massaged the back of her head as they deepened the kiss. Removing his hand from her scalp, Koenma wrapped his long arms around his lover's slender waist and taking her by surprise, he rolled her onto her back.
Jasmine then broke their passionate lip lock and gazed up into her lover's eyes. She could feel her body heat up and her pussy began to get wet from Koenma's slightly forceful action. They both breathed heavily gazing into each other's brown eyes and Koenma could feel his cock begin to grow hard from seeing the naughty twinkle glinting in Jasmine's eyes.
Giving her a sly smirk, he then asked, "Do you want to make love my queen?"
Jasmine returned the sly smirk and nodded eagerly, "Yes my prince. We haven't in over a week and I really want you to ravish my body with your soft, hot kisses. Oh Koenma, I want you so bad and I have been yearning for your touch."
Koenma then licked his lips and gladly knelt down and deeply kissed the young demon hunter with all the love and passion he can muster. Both lovers deeply moaned into the kiss as Jasmine kissed her prince back with the same deep passion, slipping her tongue into her lover's mouth and caressed his with hers.
Jasmine then brought up her hands and began to run her fingers through Koenma's luscious brown hair. Oh how they missed this. Being in each other's arms and sharing this closeness. They then broke the kiss and Koenma then began to trail soft hot kisses along Jasmine's neck.
The young college psychic then moaned, feeling her lover begin to kiss, nip, and suck on that sensitive spot, "Ahhhh...Koenma."
"Jasmine."
Koenma then trailed kisses onto her collarbone and gently nipped that area before kissing down to her chest and then in between her small perky breasts. He then took one in his hand and kissed the hardening nipple that was hidden beneath her red satin nightdress and did the same with the other.
Koenma then began to softly kiss Jasmine's shoulders as he slipped the spaghetti straps off of them. Oh how she was enjoying this. Jasmine felt like she was on fire with burning need and desire for her inhuman lover as he continued to shower her with his soft kisses slowly slipping her nightdress off her thin human body.
She lifted her butt off the bed to allow Koenma to completely remove the satin garment. Finally slipping her feet out of it, Koenma then threw it off to the side and gazed down at his now naked human lover. The young prince licked his luscious lips at the beautiful sight before him and without warning; he flipped the young demon hunter onto her stomach.
Jasmine could feel her body heat up and her pussy getting wetter by the minute. She wondered what Koenma's next move was but she then got her answer, as her loveable and dorky prince gently moved her long brown curls to the side and softly kissed the back of her neck.
"Mmmmmm...Oh Koenma."
"Oh Jasmine." He responded in a soft voice as he kissed along her back.
When he reached to her lower back that was just above her tailbone region, Koenma stopped kissing Jasmine's soft skin when he noticed something. Why didn't he notice it before? He had seen her naked multiple times since the first time they made love back in December and it was now he was seeing it.
Jasmine then looked over her shoulder at him and seeing his curious expression, she then cutely giggled and asked, "What's wrong Koenma? See something interesting?"
Still staring at the area just above her tailbone region, he nodded, "Yes I do. I'm just wondering why I haven't seen these before."
Jasmine then began to laugh at how cute she thought he was, "Oh Koenma, they're just birthmarks. Every woman in the McAlpin Clan with the exception of the ones who marry into this family, have them. I do, my mom does, my sister does, and so do my female cousins and my aunts. I believe those birthmarks were passed down from my Great-Grandma Meredith. Why, is there something wrong with them?"
Koenma shook his head still staring at the series of pink birthmarks that were clustered like a meteor shower, "No, not at all. I think they're beautiful, in fact, they're quite sexy."
At his compliment, Jasmine burst out laughing. Koenma tore his eyes away from her birthmarks and seeing her pale freckled cheeks turning red, he began to laugh too. After laughing for a minute, he then began to gently ghost the tip of his index finger along one of the pink birthmarks making Jasmine shudder from his gentle touch.
She looked over her shoulder again and the prince looked up at her and seeing the darkly seductive gleam glinting in his brown eyes, it really turned her on. Koenma then stopped touching Jasmine's birthmarks and gently rolled her back onto her back.
They shared another hot and passionate kiss and parted seconds later when Koenma grasped one of Jasmine's breasts and licked her hardening pink nipple swirling his tongue around it. The lovely young woman moaned at the feeling of him gently biting, nipping and sucking on that hardening pink bud while he massaged the other breast with his other hand.
A moment later, Koenma shifted his attention to Jasmine's other breast and repeated the same action. He then moved his hand down the young psychic's moistened crotch. He moved his hand over her mound, through her soft brown hair and parted her pussy lips to touch her inner depths that were growing wetter by the minute from how aroused she is.
Jasmine gasped in pleasure feeling Koenma gently rub her throbbing clit with his index finger, "Koenma!"
After a small moment, he then inserted the same finger into her dripping wet pussy. Jasmine bit her lip to keep her loud and lewd moans from escaping, fearing that she would wake up her grandparents. She bit her lip harder feeling a surge of pleasure from Koenma gently rubbing the tip of his finger against her sweet spot.
Seeing her reactions made his cock harder. Oh how he loved seeing those looks on her face. Koenma then licked his luscious lips and then asked his woman in deep and sultry voice, "My queen, do you want me to eat you out and taste your sweet juices? Do you want me to make you cum hard?"
Still biting her lip as he continued to pump his finger in and out of her and rubbing against her sweet spot, she nodded. Seeing her how flushed her pale, freckled cheeks were getting, Koenma gave her a sly smirk and withdrew his finger from her dripping wet pussy.
Jasmine stopped biting her lip and Koenma then licked his finger clean and commented, "Mmmmmm...you taste so good Jasmine. I want more."
Hearing him say that was such a turn on and she gladly spread her legs for him. She then brought her hand down to her crotch and began to rub her clit, "Please Koenma." She moaned from her pleasure she was giving herself, "Ahh...please."
Koenma seductively smirked as he felt his erection growing harder by the minute. Seeing Jasmine pleasuring herself was really turning him on. He then knelt down and down and said in a husky voice, "As you wish Jasmine, you naughty girl."
Jasmine stopped rubbing herself as her sexy prince began to trail soft kisses up her leg to her inner thigh. The young demon hunter moaned from the pleasure of him kissing, nipping, and sucking on the milky white flesh of that sensitive area.
"Don't tease me. Please Koenma."
He stopped what he was doing and looked up at her slyly smirking, "Please what? You need to specify what you want Jasmine. What do you want?"
"Please Koenma, please eat my pussy."
He happily obliged to his lover's request, spread her pussy lips and gave her wet cunt a lick. Jasmine shut her large brown eyes and moaned at how good the sensation felt. Koenma gave her pussy long slow licks, savoring the taste of her sweet juices.
He loved doing this, he loved making his woman writhe and cry out in pleasure. Koenma wanted to make her scream. He got his wish hearing her gasp when he licked her clit and took it in his mouth and began to gently suck on it.
Jasmine writhed in pleasure as she arched her back and clenched onto the sheets below her. She bit her bottom lip once again to keep more sound from escaping. After a minute or two, Jasmine felt another surge of pleasure as Koenma kept up his steady even pressure on her sensitive clit, "Oh Koenma!"
Her moans went up an octave, when Koenma slipped one of his long fingers inside her sopping wetness and began to gently pump it in and out of her.
"Yes! Like that!"
Hearing her cries, moans, and gasps were like music to his ears and Koenma wanted her to make more. He then slipped a second finger inside her and licked her clit again before sucking on it once more.
Jasmine's breathing grew deeper and labored and she then buried her small dainty hands in her lover's luscious brown hair, bringing him closer to her crotch. Her body shuddered from the pleasure and feeling close to cumming, she began to beg, "Ko...Koenma...p...please."
Hearing her plea, he sped up the action of his fingers slightly; gently rubbing her sweet spot over and over as he gently increased his pressure on her clit. After a few moments, Jasmine was overtaken with overwhelming pleasure as her orgasm washed over her body, releasing her juices on her lover's fingers and mouth with her climax, "KOENMA!"
The young demon hunter stared straight up at the ceiling breathing heavily. She put her hand on her chest and finally getting her breathing and her heart rate under control, she sat up to see Koenma licking her juices off his lips. Seeing her bright satisfied smile, Koenma then began to unbutton his flannel pajama top.
Gazing at his gorgeous body, Jasmine could feel herself getting wet again. She then said in low and seductive voice, "Please make love to me my prince. I want you now."
Koenma threw his pajama top off to the side and gave her a dark smirk; he slipped out his pajama bottoms, freeing his throbbing erection. Now completely naked, he crawled over to her, nuzzled his nose against hers and said as he teased her dripping wet entrance with the tip of his uncut cock, "Yes my queen."
They then shared a deep, loving and passionate kiss as Koenma pushed his rock hard cock inside her. Both lovers moaned into the kiss as Koenma began thrusting his cock in Jasmine's pussy and Jasmine could feel herself getting so turned on tasting herself in the kiss.
The pace Koenma set at was slow, even and pleasurable and the lovers broke the kiss, gazing into each other's brown eyes. Jasmine wrapped her arms around Koenma's neck and her legs around his waist to bring him closer to her. They shared another sweet and loving kiss and parted seconds after.
Looking into each other's eyes again, Jasmine moaned with pleasure, "I love you Koenma."
"Ahhhh...I love you too."
Jasmine then shut her large brown eyes and arched her neck back as Koenma softly kissed her there. He stopped kissing her neck and Jasmine moved her head back to face him. She opened her eyes and they pressed their foreheads against each other's.
Breathing deeply, Koenma then asked his human lover, "Does this feel good?"
Taking in a deep breath, Jasmine nodded and responded breathlessly, "Yes."
Slightly picking up the pace of his thrusts, both lovers deeply moaned from the pleasure and shared another kiss. They were enjoying this. Enjoying how this lovemaking session they were sharing was slow, loving, and intimate. Their kiss parted again and Jasmine groaned, "Faster, harder."
"As you wish."
Koenma then granted Jasmine's request and thrusted his cock harder and a little bit faster. The young psychic's moans grew a bit louder, "Oh yes!"
Feeling her dig her long fingernails into his bare back, Koenma hissed and groaned from the pleasure of the pain of her scratching his back brought him. They deeply kissed again and moaned as their tongues caressed each other's.
A moment later they broke the kiss and gazing into each other's eyes again, Koenma then asked Jasmine, "Please get on top my queen. Ride me."
She moaned with pleasure again and gave him a darkly seductive smile and replied, "Yes my prince."
At her words, he withdrew his cock from her pussy and laid down on the bed while Jasmine sat up. The young demon hunter climbed onto her lover and straddled him. Slyly smirking, Jasmine began to tease him by moving her wet pussy along his rock hard cock. Oh god, it was such torture when she teased him like this but, it was such a turn on.
Jasmine so unbelievably sexy, he really wanted her now. Koenma then began to beg, practically whining, "Jasmine please. Please stop teasing me."
She then giggled like a schoolgirl and said in a sultry voice, "What do you want? Come on Koenma, you need to specify what you want. What do you want?"
Getting more and more aroused by the minute, he replied, "Please Jasmine, make love to me. Ride my cock. Please."
Jasmine brightly smiled flashing her slightly crooked teeth, "Yes my prince."
She then positioned herself and slipped her lover's cock into her dripping wet pussy and moaning at the pleasure it brought her. She then began her slow and steady pace. Both lovers moaned from the pleasurable sensation and Koenma gripped her small hips to keep her steady.
Jasmine placed her hands on Koenma's bare toned chest as she kept up her pace on his cock and ground against him. Darkly smirking again, she then used her long fingernails to give his chest a hard scratch, drawing a little bit of blood.
Koenma then gasped from the pleasure and making Jasmine seductively giggle, "Do you like that? Feels good?"
"Y...yes."
"Hehe...good."
She then ground her pelvic region against him and they both moaned from the pleasure. Jasmine arched back as Koenma sat up and wrapped his long arms around her slender waist. He then kissed her neck again and Jasmine cried out, "Oh Koenma!"
"Jasmine."
She then brought her head back to face him again and placed her hands on her lover's broad shoulders as she slightly sped up her pace on her prince's cock. Koenma began to thrust his penis up into her, meeting Jasmine's new pace.
They held each other close as they kissed deeply once more. They moaned into the kiss and parted seconds later and gazing into each other's eyes, both lovers said to each other at the same time, "I love you."
Soon their breathing grew deeper and labored, their bodies getting sweaty and pressing her forehead against Koenma's, Jasmine then asked breathing deeply, "Are you close?"
Feeling close to his climax, Koenma nodded, "Y...yes."
They then sped up their pace and shared another hot and passionate kiss. After a moment or two with Jasmine riding her lover's cock some more and few more thrusts from Koenma, they both climaxed and moaned loudly into their kiss. Their lips parted and both lovers collapsed onto the bed with Jasmine laying her head down on Koenma's chest and the prince holding her close to his warm body.
They laid there for a minute breathing heavily from the intense orgasm they shared. Koenma then looked down at Jasmine and the young college student looked up at him with her brown eyes sparkling, "Wow Jasmine, that was amazing."
Jasmine brightly smiled and replied, "So were you Koenma."
They softly kissed each other's lips and parted seconds later. Jasmine then climbed off of Koenma, withdrawing his cock from her pussy and laid down next to him. She pulled the covers back on them both, covering up their naked bodies.
As they snuggled up together, both lovers yawned feeling exhausted from the road trip, the fight that took place out at the Robe River Subdivision, and the passionate lovemaking session they both shared. Koenma kissed the top of Jasmine's head and said as he began to shut his eyes, "I'm so glad you're safe. I just hope we don't bump into more trouble while we're still here."
Jasmine too began to shut her eyes, "I hope not either. If we bump into that masked bastard, I'll kill him."
Koenma softly chuckled, "I won't stop you. I'll let you do whatever you want to him. After all, it was his fault that your old childhood friend died."
"Very true, let's just hope we don't so we can have a fun and relaxing vacation for once." She yawned again and said, "I love you Koenma."
"I love you too Jasmine."
Feeling too tired to continue their pillow talk conversation, Koenma and Jasmine both fell asleep in each other's arms. Later that night on the Glenn Highway, just along the Matanuska River, several cars swerved out of the way while honking their horns as an RV just wheeled itself out onto the highway from an open gateway from the Spirit World.
The gateway then sealed shut and the small RV then began to drive down the paved road. The only two passengers aboard were two ogres who just happened to be Jorge Saotome and his green ogre lady friend, Christine Kino. Christine sat behind the wheel of the driver's seat while Jorge sat in the passenger's.
"Chrissy do you think we'll get there before they do?"
Keeping her blue eyes on the road, she nodded, "Yes Jorge, I think we will. Where are we at on the map?"
Jorge opened up the glove compartment and withdrew a folded up road map and opened it. Looking at their location, he smiled, "We're going right way. Just ahead of us are a glacier and some lakes."
Christine brightly smiled, "Great. Jorge, I know we are trying to get to Valdez as quickly as possible before that demon gang does but, do you think we can stop to take a look at that glacier and those lakes? I haven't seen a glacier that wasn't in a book or a photograph before. Could we?"
Jorge folded the map back up and placed it on his lap that was covered by his brown trench coat. He looked over at Christine and took her green hand and softly kissed it, "Sure, why not?"
She tore her eyes away from the road for a minute and smiled, "Thank you. I love you Jorge."
"I love you too Chrissy."
They let go of each other's hands and Christine shifted her attention back to the road. Jorge looked over his shoulder and watching the Alaskan landscape they were driving through, he sighed and thought to himself in his head, "Please be okay Koenma sir. If they did find you, I just hope Jasmine, Koashura, Kotennyo, and Genkai were able to ward them off."
That morning, Jasmine woke up in the second guest room of her grandparents' house. Lying on her stomach, she looked over her shoulder to the nightstand beside the bed and could see that it was 8:30AM. She yawned feeling refreshed from getting a goodnight's sleep and the passionate lovemaking session she and Koenma shared the previous night.
Speaking of Koenma, Jasmine turned on her side and expecting to see him still sleeping next to her, she was greeted by a pleasant surprise. He wasn't there. The young demon hunter sat up with the blanket covering her naked body and she looked around the room to see that the pajamas they had discarded on the floor were also missing.
Jasmine chuckled to herself and shook her head, "Wow, I'm usually up before he is. I wonder where you went off to Koenma."
Slipping out of the bed, Jasmine walked over to her suitcase and opened it to find her red satin nightdress neatly folded for her and smiled to herself picking it up. As she slipped it over her naked body, she giggled thinking how adorable and sweet her royal lover was for actually doing that for her. She rummaged through her suitcase until she withdrew her black silky robe and slipped it over her body so she was dressed appropriately so she can go search the house for Koenma.
The young psychic opened the bedroom door, walked down the hallway and arrived in the living room to see Koashura, Kotennyo, and her grandfather, Demetrius McAlpin sitting on the couch watching TV. Seeing her human friend out of the corner of her eye, Kotennyo looked over at her and smiled holding her bowl of Apple Jacks, "Good morning Jasmine."
"Good morning Kotennyo. Have you guys seen Koenma?"
Washing his strawberry poptart down with his chocolate milk, Koashura replied not taking his eyes away from the TV, "He went to the grocery store with Genkai and Lydia."
Feeling her stomach rumble, Jasmine walked into the kitchen and grabbed a packet of strawberry poptarts and opened up the fridge, "Did they say when they'll be back?"
Demetrius sipped from his coffee mug and replied to his granddaughter, "They should be back within an hour. Your grandma needed to pick up some groceries and Koenma and Madam Genkai volunteered to go with her. I was surprised that his royal highness woke up earlier than you did."
Scanning the shelves of the refrigerator and finding the chocolate milk gallon, Jasmine asked, "What time did he wake up?"
Finishing off his coffee, Demetrius got up from his place on the couch and walked into the kitchen, "Well, your grandma and me woke up around seven and so did Genkai. We had a friendly chat for about a half an hour and in walked your boyfriend with just wearing flannel pajama bottoms with his pacifier in his mouth and his hair sticking up everywhere. I kind of expected him to sleep in from the eventful day and night he had."
At her grandfather's words, Jasmine nearly spilled the chocolate milk on the kitchen counter as she tried to pour herself a glass. She was speechless for a minute and beginning to feel awkward, she asked, "D...did w...we wake you and grandma up? If we did, we're so sorry."
Demetrius smiled under his thick graying mustache, "Yes you guys did."
"Please tell me you didn't get mad at Koenma. We really tried to keep it down but, he's a very passionate lover."
From the living room, Koashura and Kotennyo started snickering and Jasmine poked her head from around the corner and barked at them, "Not a word from you two."
Koashura tried to stifle his giggles but wound up having chocolate milk come out of his nose. Kotennyo then patted his back when he started coughing and laughing, "Are you okay?"
The redhead god nodded and replied, "Y...yeah."
Demetrius placed his empty coffee mug in the sink and rinsed it out, "No Jasmine, I didn't get mad at him."
Putting the chocolate milk gallon back into the fridge and shutting the door, Jasmine then exhaled and said, "Please don't tell me you embarrassed him." She turned around and hearing her grandpa make a snorting sound of trying not to laugh, Jasmine put her hands on her small hips, "Grandpa!"
The elderly demon hunter and Koashura and Kotennyo then burst out laughing. Meanwhile at the Eagle Quality Center Grocery Store, Koenma walked down the cereal aisle holding a shopping basket with Genkai who also had one and Lydia who just sat in her wheelchair holding a piece of paper with a list of food and other items they needed to get were written on it.
Taking her blue eyes away from her grocery list, Lydia looked up at Koenma and asked him, "Could you get me a box of Corn Flakes since you can reach them? They're on the top shelf."
The prince formed a kind smile on his handsome face, "Sure thing." He shifted his attention to the top shelf and grabbed the big box of Corn Flakes and placed them in his shopping basket.
After grabbing two more boxes of cereal, Koenma and the two elderly women left the cereal aisle and were now walking down the dairy section in the direction towards the small video store that is located inside the grocery store. The sounds from the store's overhead began to play Mariah Carey's "Emotions".
The lyrics and music of the song filled the air and Koenma looked down at Lydia who held her grocery list underneath her armpit as she wheeled herself with her wheelchair. She looked up at him and seeing the look on his face, she chuckled, "Koenma, I'm just fine. You're doing great with reaching for things that Genkai and I can't and plus, look at that basket you're holding. You're a very big help."
Koenma cutely scratched the back of his head, "I know but, you're welcome to ask Genkai or myself to push you if you feel your hands are getting tired."
"I'm okay. You don't really understand a thing about wheelchairs do you? Do you guys have them in Spirit World?"
He shook his head, "No, not really. If someone loses a limb there, they get something to replace it."
They stopped in front of one of the refrigerators and Lydia looked at her list again, "Genkai could you grab the 2% milk and that one that's the soy milk? Demetrius likes to put that in his coffee."
Genkai nodded and opened up the fridge to grab those items and continuing her conversation with the man she considers her future grandson-in-law, she added, "Sounds like you guys have prosthetics there. Do you?"
Opening up one of the refrigerators and taking out a couple of juices, Koenma just stood there holding his orange juice and the apple juice for Jasmine and replied, "Kind of. Well, mainly demons, some ogres, and lower gods and goddesses are the ones who lose limbs because, they tend to work or live dangerous lifestyles and the "prosthetics" they mainly use are usually made of enchanted wood or they are made from some materials that come from the Demon World."
Placing the juices in his grocery basket, Koenma then eyed Lydia curiously, "You have a prosthetic leg?"
The elderly disabled demon hunter nodded, "Yes I do. I don't have it with me right now. Would you like to see it when we get back to the house?"
Koenma smiled and he nodded in pure interest, "Yeah. I have been curious about human prosthetic body parts well, since Jasmine had told me stories about caring for people at the Mushiori Hospital with them."
"Wonderful. I knew there was something I liked about you."
Genkai chuckled at the scene before her and they walked a couple of paces down to the small video store. Walking up to the video shelves, Lydia then said, "Go ahead and pick out as many movies you would like to watch. If you don't find anything we can swing by the big video store that's located next to the pet store. A friend of the family's runs it and they have a huge selection."
Smiling at how generous Lydia was, Koenma then began to scan the shelves for a movie he would like to watch. Going through the fantasy fiction section, suddenly, something caught the corner of his eye. Wanting to know what it was, Koenma then turned his head and just a few paces away he could see a woman who was dressed in a white kimono was standing front of the horror section looking at the video tapes on display.
She wasn't holding or even touching them to get a good look at them, she just stared at them. Holding a copy of "The Return of Jedi", Koenma couldn't help but eye this woman curiously. Something about her felt familiar but, he didn't understand where from.
The mysterious woman in the white kimono turned her head to the side and her beautiful face was covered by some sort of a veil that hung down from her headdress that sat on the top of her head. Koenma just froze feeling an icy cold chill running down his spine as the unknown woman just stared at him not saying or doing anything.
The prince began to breathe heavily debating whether or not he should be afraid of her. He then decided to speak to her hoping she would reply to him, "Hello?"
The woman in white didn't respond but, turned around and walked silently down the row of video tapes. As she continued walking away from him, Koenma could see that she wasn't really walking at all but, she simply glided or levitated. The color that was in the young prince's face had soon drained seeing the woman simply vanish when she reached the small video store entrance.
Then a voice spoke from behind him, "Hey Koenma."
He jumped at the sound dropping the "Star Wars" sequel which landed on the floor with a loud clank. Koenma turned around to see his longtime friend Genkai standing behind him looking empty handed and knelt down to pick up the video he dropped, "Genkai you scared me."
Seeing his reaction and the look on his face, she began to feel concerned, "Sorry about that. Are you okay?"
He stood back up holding "The Return of the Jedi" again and nodded, "Yeah, I think so." Deciding to change the subject, he asked the small psychic, "Did you find anything?"
Genkai shook her head, "Nope. I just told Lydia and she promised we can swing by the big one on the way back to the house. Find anything good?"
Looking at the "Star Wars" tape, Koenma eagerly nodded, "Yep, I found this but this is the only "Star Wars" tape they had. I kind of hoped they had the whole trilogy but, nope. I guess I'll find "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back" at the big video store. Ready to find Lydia?"
Before Genkai could respond, Lydia then spoke, "I'm right here. So Koenma did you find anything you wanted to watch?"
The prince nodded, "Yes, just this "Star Wars" tape. This is the only one they had."
Lydia chuckled, "Typical. This place never really keeps their stuff on the shelves for very long."
Koenma and Genkai blinked and Genkai asked, "Why is that?"
"That is because, besides the video store next to the pet store, this is one of the most popular places in town to rent movies, despite their selection being smaller. I didn't find anything I wanted to rent either. So, do you want to go ahead and pay for the rental or do you want to wait until we get to the big video store?"
At Lydia's question, Koenma then looked down at the tape in his hands and shifted his attention back to the elderly demon hunter, "You know what, I think I'll wait." He then placed "The Return of the Jedi" back in its place on the display.
Leaving the small video store, Koenma debated whether or not to say anything to Genkai and Lydia about the mysterious woman in white. Walking down the dairy section again, this time in the direction towards the deli, ice cream shop, and the doughnut shop, he decided not to ruin their nice time and decided to keep it to himself for right now.
A little over an hour later, Koenma, Genkai, and Lydia arrived back at the McAlpin Residence and upon hearing a knocking on the door, Demetrius answered. He helped his wife inside with Koenma and Genkai walking in behind them carrying the groceries and the movies they rented at the video store that's located right next to the pet store.
Jasmine got up from her place on the couch and approached her lover who sat the bags full of groceries and the movies he, Genkai and Lydia rented on the counter, "How was it?"
Koenma place his hands on the kitchen counter and sighed looking out the window and responded, "It was good but..."
Eyeing him curiously and wanting to know what was wrong, Jasmine asked him, "But what? Koenma is there something wrong?"
The prince shifted his attention to her and slipped his hands into the pockets of his denim jacket and spoke in a quiet voice that only he and Jasmine could hear, "Yeah but, can we not talk about it out here? I don't want to ruin everyone's nice time."
Jasmine stood there dumbstruck for a minute and beginning to grow even more concerned for him, she nodded, "Yeah. Let's go talk in the guest room we're sleeping in."
She then peered her head around the corner and said to her two friends and roommates who were currently watching "Baywatch", "Koashura, Kotennyo, can you guys help Genkai and my grandparents put away the groceries? Koenma and I need to talk in private."
Kotennyo tore her eyes away from the TV, "Sure. What do you guys need to talk about?"
Jasmine looked over at Koenma who gave the look of "please don't tell her" and shifted her attention back to her best friend, "Kotennyo, I promised him that I would keep it a secret. When Koenma is ready to tell you guys, he will, so please don't pressure him."
Koashura turned off the TV, "I already seen this one, man, it seems like humans sure do love airing reruns during the summer. I thought they only did that in Japan. I guess they do it here in the U.S. too."
At Jasmine words, he got up and added, "Sure Jas. Koenma when you're ready to tell us, you know Kotennyo and I will listen."
Koenma nodded, "Thanks for understanding Koashura."
He and Jasmine then quickly walked to the second guest room and shut the door behind them. He and Jasmine sat down on the floor in front of the bed and the young demon
hunter then asked her best male friend and lover, "What is going on? Koenma did something happen at Eagle?"
Staring at his hands that were placed on his lap, he nodded, "Yeah. While Genkai, Lydia, and I were looking for a movie in the small video store, I saw something weird."
Staring at him blankly, blinking her large brown eyes, Jasmine asked curiously, "How weird?"
Beginning to pick at his fingernails, Koenma continued with his story, "It was really weird. I saw a woman who was dressed in a white kimono wearing a headdress that I have seen some goddesses in Spirit World wear on her head and I couldn't see her face because she was wearing a veil over it."
"Was she someone you know?"
"I don't know but, I felt like I knew her from somewhere and I didn't know whether I should be afraid or not. She did look at me but, she didn't say or do anything to me but, just stared."
"Then what happened?"
Koenma dropped his hands and looked at Jasmine, "She turned around and walked or more like glided or levitated away from me. When she reached the video store entrance, she simply vanished."
Jasmine then felt an icy cold chill go down her spine beginning to get a little creeped out herself, "So you don't know who she is?"
The prince shook his head, "No. I wish I did but, it was the strangest thing I have come across here."
Before they could continue their conversation, Genkai's voice could be heard shouting, "Koenma! Jasmine! Come out here please!"
The lovers then got up from their sitting position and Koenma then wanted to make sure that he had his loving girlfriend's full discretion, "Jasmine could you keep this between us? Please? I don't want to tell Genkai, Koashura, Kotennyo, or even your family yet. Please?"
Jasmine gave him a sweet smile and stood on her tip toes and softly kissed his soft lips and part seconds later gazing into his brown eyes, "Yes my prince. I promise. When you are ready to tell them, you will. I won't pressure you."
Taking her small dainty hands in his own, he smiled and kissed them in gratitude, "Thank you Jasmine. I love you."
"I love you too."
They parted and walked out of the guest room and down the hallway wanting to know why Genkai was shouting for them. Both lovers' questions were answered when they entered the living room to see Koenma's ogre servant and friend, Jorge Saotome and his ogre lady friend Christine Kino sitting on the grey couch wearing brown trench coats with their hats placed on their laps.
Koenma eyed both ogres curiously and asked, "Ogre, Christine, what are you two doing here? I thought you guys said you weren't going to arrive until Monday morning?"
Jorge got up from his spot on the couch and taking his young boss by surprise, he gave him a hug almost crying, "Oh Koenma sir, thank god you're okay."
Koenma sighed and responded, "Ogre, I'm fine. Did you and Christine hear something?"
Jorge broke his embrace and before he could say anything, Christine interjected, "Yeah but, this time it wasn't at the Fallen Angel. In fact, we heard it from the big Spirit World Rumor Mill this time."
All of the room occupants stared at them and Jasmine asked, "What rumor?"
Jorge gripped his brown hat, "Lately, everyone has been talking about how someone is not only plotting to harm you sir, but Jasmine too."
Hearing that Lydia and Demetrius felt like they were going to be sick and Demetrius looked like he was going to have a heart attack and said nearly raising his voice, "What?! Over my dead body! Who the hell is doing this?"
Lydia grabbed her husband's hand to try to comfort him even though she was getting angry herself, "Calm down dear. We'll figure this out."
Before Jorge and Christine could say anything else, Jasmine then interjected, "I bet it's that masked bastard who's responsible and I would be surprised if he was the cause of the gang of demons who ambushed us at Ten Mile and fought us at the Robe River Subdivision."
Hearing that Jorge stared at them with wide eyes, "What?! But...but...sir, you guys were attacked?"
Deciding to be honest with him, Koenma nodded, "Yes Ogre we were."
"What happened?"
Koenma bit his lip and then continued, "Well, the battle out there was really tough because Jasmine, Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo were outnumbered. They asked me to stay inside the rental jeep and I did for a little bit but, I came out because I felt I needed to do something to help them. And then..." He then went on to tell Jorge and Christine about what happened during the battle especially when Jasmine's Aunt Theresa and Mr. and Mrs. Larson showed up to help them and when one demon got away from them.
After Koenma finished off his story, Jorge stood there speechless for a minute not knowing how to respond to this. Breaking the silence, Kotennyo then decided to put in her two cents, "Who wants to bet that old fat bastard is probably in on this?"
At the mention of his father, Koenma sat down on the couch, let out a loud groan and a sigh, putting his head in his hands. Even though he had just recently found out about how much of a scumbag his dad is, he didn't want to believe that he had sent the mysterious masked man and gang of demon assassins after Jasmine and himself. Yet, another part of him began to think that Kotennyo may be right, it was indeed possible. Jasmine and Jorge sat down beside him and they both tried their best to comfort him as Jorge and Christine began to explain about what was to take place within the next couple of weeks.
Throughout the rest of the week, Koenma, Jasmine, Genkai, and the rest of the group kept a close eye out for anything suspicious but, luckily, they hadn't encountered anything yet. Still remaining vigilant of the situation, the five friends, Jorge, and Christine still tried to enjoy their vacation.
Sunday rolled around and they decided to split off for a couple of hours after having lunch at the Alaskan Halibut House and the three groups agreed to meet up with each other at the Old Town Museum aka the Valdez Museum. Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo wanted to go have some fun at the local teen center/rec hall to play some games while Jorge wanted to take Christine out kayaking around the bay. As for Koenma and Jasmine, they hopped into the rental jeep and drove over to visit with Jasmine's Aunts Demetra and Theresa at the Aleutian Village Trailer Park. Jasmine wanted to know how Aunt Demetra was doing and if she would be able to fight again, thou she doubted it.
Reading the directions to her aunt's trailer, Jasmine handing the piece of paper to Koenma, who also read it. As they entered the trailer park, Jasmine asked her loving boyfriend keeping her eye on the road, "Are you keeping an eye out for lot #27?"
Looking out the window and reading the signs of each lot, Koenma responded, "Yeah."
The rental jeep continued to creep along the dirt road and they passed Sandy's unoccupied trailer. They crept around the trailer court for another five minutes until Koenma spotted a white trailer with a brown metal roof, a brown door, and green trimmings with two cars parked in the driveway, "Right over there Jasmine."
She looked over her shoulder at him, smiled and shifted her attention back to the dirt road, "Once again Koenma, you have a good eye. I don't know what I'd do without you."
The prince cutely chuckled, "I don't know either. I guess you and I would be lost without each other."
Jasmine laughed in agreement, "You know Koenma, I cannot agree with you more."
As they pulled up to the dirt driveway, Koenma decided to ask his loving girlfriend something that had been wracking his brain since they dropped Genkai, Koashura, and Kotennyo off at the teen/rec center, "Jasmine can I ask you something?"
Parking the jeep while she turned off the ignition and slipped out the key, she looked over at him giving him a sweet smile, "Sure what about?"
"Since we dropped off Koashura, Genkai, and Kotennyo, I was wondering why you needed to ask your grandparents for directions to your Aunt Demetra's place. Haven't you been to her house before when you were still living here?"
At her boyfriend's curiosity, Jasmine began to giggle like a schoolgirl and responded, "I would but, she moved out of her old apartment a couple of years after me and my family moved. She has been living in this trailer since because it has more room than her apartment did. Even though that place was small, I miss it. It was a nice little apartment. In fact, it was a lot nicer than the one I am living in."
Less than a minute later, Koenma and Jasmine climbed out of the rental van and Jasmine locked the vehicle behind them. They walked up the porch steps and Jasmine knocked on the front door. The sounds of footsteps could be heard inside and Jasmine's cousin Wendy Sweeting answered the door.
"Hey Jasmine and...oh...Koenma right?"
The prince nodded, "Yes."
The young demon hunter in her mid twenties let her cousin and Koenma into the trailer. When Wendy shut the door, Jasmine then asked, "How's Aunt Demetra?"
Cousin Wendy adjusted her glasses, "Mama's doing okay but, she's still in a lot of pain."
Gesturing for them to follow her, Koenma and Jasmine did just that and entered the living room where the middle aged demon hunter, Jasmine's aunt, Demetra Sweeting was sitting on a grey recliner watching TV. Seeing her youngest daughter, her niece, and Koenma from the corner of her eye, she turned off her medium sized TV set and shifted her attention to Wendy, Jasmine, and Koenma.
Demetra smiled in greeting, "Hello Jasmine, Koenma it's a pleasure to see you again."
Koenma politely smiled and gave her a curt nod, "It's a pleasure to see you as well."
Jasmine and Koenma sat down on the couch while Wendy took a seat on the second recliner. Removing his denim jacket and placing it on his lap, Koenma then asked Aunt Demetra in genuine concern, "How are you?"
Feeling her back ache, Demetra smiled in appreciation for the young prince's concern, "I'm okay despite hurting all the damn time. I manage."
Hearing the tone of her aunt's voice and the way she phrased her sentence, Jasmine knew damn well that her aunt whom had helped taken care of her when she was young, was suffering greatly from the severity of her injuries. The young psychic sighed and hearing that, Koenma took her hand in his own to comfort her.
Jasmine bit her lip and then spoke, "Aunt Demetra, you don't seem fine. I have taken care of many patients at the Mushiori Hospital that had chronic pain so I can see how miserable you are."
Aunt Demetra sighed. She knew that Jasmine genuinely felt awful for her but, she hated it when people pitied her like this and since that battle in March, everyone, including her three children did and it was beginning to annoy her. "Jasmine, I'm okay honest. Yeah, I am hurting all the time and I have to go to Anchorage a lot for my doctor's appointments but, I'm going to be okay."
Wanting to know more about the said battle, Koenma then broke the silence despite it still being awkward, "Demetra why did the masked man do what he did to you?"
Sipping from her soda bottle, Aunt Demetra took a deep breath and looked at the bottle's label, "Well Koenma..." She trailed off still remembering that day and not knowing if she should talk about it.
Jasmine let go of Koenma's hand, leaned over and put her small dainty hand on her aunt's in comfort, "Demetra, I know what you went through was traumatic but, Koenma and I really want to know. Please. I haven't seen you like this since you left Uncle Darrel. Demetra, you are one of the toughest women I know and I know that it helps when you talk things out. Since you, Julia, and Wendy spoke about the abuse Uncle Darrel put you guys under, all three of you have made amazing progress and moved on from it. If you can move on from being an abuse victim, you'll move on from this despite your injuries."
Aunt Demetra let out a long sigh and tightly held onto her soda bottle. She looked back up at Jasmine and Koenma and both lovers could see the fear in her lovely blue eyes that were hidden beneath her glasses, "Okay, I'm going to warn you guys that this story is very intense."
Wendy got up from the chair she was sitting on and approached her mother and placed her hands on her meaty shoulders, "Mama, you don't have to. You need to rest and relax. Damn, if Julia didn't go out on a date with Katherine today, me, her and Demetri would tell them instead."
Aunt Demetra looked up at her youngest daughter, "Wendy, I'm fine. Jasmine is right, just like how I had to talk about what a scumbag your father is so we can finally heal and move on from it, I should with this."
Cousin Wendy sighed and not wanting to argue with her loving mother, she silently nodded. Aunt Demetra shifted her attention back to Koenma and Jasmine, took a deep breath, loudly exhaled and began to tell her story, "I know you guys have already heard about how we have been doing our best to protect the town's demon citizens but, I have to tell you guys that it's become increasingly difficult. At the end of February, Mom, Dad, Roland, Theresa, and I were visited by this guy that we all sensed wasn't human at all. In fact, we all could sense that he wasn't a demon either."
Koenma and Jasmine sat there listening intently and the young prince asked, "Who was it?"
Aunt Demetra shrugged her shoulders, "We don't know. That guy wore a hood and a bandana over his face and he used some sort of a voice changer to distort his voice. He showed up at Mom's and Dad's place and said that he had some useful information about the demon disappearances, kidnappings, and brainwashings for us. When we asked who he was, he said that he had to keep his identity a secret or if he was found out, he would be killed as a result."
Koenma and Jasmine just sat there speechless. They didn't know what to make of this development but, Jasmine found her voice and asked her aunt, "What kind of information did he relay to you guys?"
Aunt Demetra looked down at her hands for a minute and back up at Jasmine before replying, "He gave us information of which demons were the next intended targets and that Spirit World is directly responsible for it. Also, he gave us the location of when and where the kidnappers and their leader were going to strike. Mom and Dad thanked him for it and well the guy opened up a gateway to the Spirit World right in the middle of the street and went in. We never found out who he was but, if we ever do, we just want to repay him as a thank you for his help."
Cousin Wendy handed her mother her pop bottle and Demetra opened it and took a sip and continued with her story, "We trained and kept a close eye on the demon targets for a couple of weeks until the day of the incident. The location was at the beach that's next to the boat harbor and me, Dad, Roland, Theresa, Demetri, Julia, and Wendy went out there and waited for those bastards to show up. Long story short, they showed up and tried to take Hiroshi and the rest and the battle quickly ensued. All of the demons except for Hiroshi were killed when they tried to protect us from those Spirit World bastards."
"Yeah, if I didn't know better, I'd say they were also targeting us." Cousin Wendy added.
Aunt Demetra took another sip from her pop bottle, "I wound up taking on that masked son of a bitch because, he tried to attack all three of my kids, who all tried to take him on at once." She paused and sighed, continuing on with her story, "I didn't realize how powerful he was. By the time I could gauge his power level, he fired a blast of his spirit energy at Julia and when I jumped in front of her to protect her, the energy blast blew out my knee. Man, that was one of the most painful things I had dealt with since I was still being beaten by Darrel but, that was nowhere near as bad as when his next energy blast wrecked my back and my neck."
Seeing how uncomfortable she was getting, Cousin Wendy began to gently massage her shoulders to comfort her. Jasmine could see a tear well up in her aunt's eye and Koenma began to feel sick to his stomach listening to this. Aunt Demetra looked down at the pop bottle she firmly grasped in her hands, "I thought I was going to die. If I did, then my kids would be without their mother. Yeah, they'd have Mom and Dad and Julia and Wendy are already adults and in college and all but, Demetri is still in high school. Before I went down, I tried to swing one of my nun-chucks at him and I knocked his mask off his face."
Koenma's ears perked up at the middle aged demon hunter's words, "You have seen his face? What does he look like? What does his real voice sound like?"
"You know Koenma, I don't know. I don't really remember. In fact, I didn't get good glimpse of his face at all. But, I do know what his voice sounds like."
"Aunt Demetra, can you describe it?"
She nodded at Jasmine's question, "Yes. He kind of had a gentle yet stern voice that kind of gave me the creeps. Very calm yet, deadly sounding and I could tell that he is a very sick and twisted man. His voice was neither high pitched nor deep sounding but, just right in the middle. I'm so sorry that I wasn't of any more help because, I blacked out soon after and woke up in the hospital in Anchorage a week later."
Koenma and Jasmine took each other's hands both beginning to feel anxious and Jasmine decided to ask, "Did Grandpa and Theresa try to heal you at all?"
Aunt Demetra took another sip from her pop and nodded, "Yeah they did but, for some reason, they couldn't restore my body to the way it was. I think that masked bastard did something to me. I don't know what he did. Now all because of him, I haven't been able to get out there and protect Valdez like I was doing. Before that battle, Dad and Theresa and even Janine when she was still here, were able to fix me up."
Jasmine bit her lip trying to keep herself from crying and seeing that, Koenma gently squeezed her hand and brought it up to his lips and kissed it hoping to comfort her. Aunt Demetra smiled at her niece's sympathy, "Jasmine please don't cry. I'm going to be okay, honest. Yeah, that whole thing depresses me but, I will get over it."
Jasmine really wanted to say something and break down and cry from what Aunt Demetra told her but, she had to remind herself to stay strong in this situation. She looked over her shoulder at Koenma, whom also looked like he was going to have another emotional breakdown. Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling out, Jasmine decided that she had to be the strong one in this. If she and her royal lover were to both lose it, it would make things worse. She leaned over and kissed his cheek, let go of his hand to put her thin arm around his broad shoulders. Koenma then rested his head on his loving girlfriend's small shoulder as Jasmine tried to comfort him by rubbing his shoulder. After all, he was still reeling from finding out how truly horrible and despicable his father is.
Over an hour later, Genkai, Koashura, Kotennyo, Christine and Jorge (who wore trench coats, hats and sunglasses with bandanas on their faces) stood in front of the entrance to the Valdez Museum waiting for Koenma and Jasmine to show up from finishing their visit with Jasmine's Aunt Demetra.
Glancing at her watch, Genkai could see that they were at least ten minutes late, "Where the hell are they? They said they'd meet us here but, they are running late."
Jorge let out loud sigh, "I really hope they're not fooling around. Good god Koenma sir, I know you love Jasmine and all but..."
His sentence was cut short when Koashura spotted the dented up rental jeep just turned the corner a block away and began to head towards the direction towards the museum, "Hey guys, there they are."
Less than a minute later, the rental jeep pulled up to the parking lot and Jasmine parked the vehicle. After turning off the engine and slipping out the key, she and Koenma climbed out of it and shut the doors behind them.
Getting up from her sitting position, Genkai then asked the lovers as they approached the rest of the group, "You're late. What kept you guys?"
"Koenma sir, you and Jasmine weren't fooling around..."
"Shut up Ogre and no we weren't. We just swung by the flower shop."
Koashura, Kotennyo, Genkai, and Christine eyed him curiously and the young goddess raised an eyebrow, "What the hell did you guys need to get at the flower shop?"
Jasmine gripped onto her black purse straps and replied, "Tomorrow after we have lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Larson before they depart for Palmer, Koenma and I thought that we could swing by the cemetery that's just across the highway and lay down some flowers on my old childhood friend, Kalem's grave. Are you guys okay with that? Hell, before we left Anchorage, I promised Sandy that I would."
The memory of the battle on Christmas came flooding back to Jorge and he silently nodded as did the rest of the group. Not wanting to talk about that depressing subject, they walked into the museum and Jasmine paid the fee for everyone to get in.
Minutes later, while looking at one of the Old Town Valdez exhibits, Genkai, Jorge, and Koashura couldn't help but notice that Koenma and Jasmine were a little unusually quiet. Finally deciding to speak up, Jorge then asked his young boss, "Sir, are you and Jasmine okay?"
Slipping his hands into the pockets of his denim jacket, Koenma let out a loud exhale, "Why do you ask Ogre?"
Staring at Koenma, he responded, "You and Jasmine are just a little too quiet that's all."
Koashura decided to interject, "Yeah, usually you and her would be getting excited and talking about all this stuff in here. What happened at her aunt's place?"
Both lovers tore their brown eyes away from the exhibit and looked at the rest of the group who all had concerned looks on their faces. Koenma withdrew one his hands from inside his pocket and he and Jasmine tightly held onto each other's hands.
Looking around, Jasmine then responded, "Why don't we talk in the jeep or in Jorge's RV after we're done? I just want to make sure that nobody hears about what I'm going to tell you guys. We don't know if there is a spy or someone following us so, it's better safe than sorry."
Tightly gripping her purse straps with her free hand, she added with a weak smile, "Now, let's take our minds off of this for right now and have some fun looking at the exhibits here."
Deciding not to argue with her and Koenma, the rest of the group silently nodded and proceeded to follow Jasmine and Koenma to the next exhibit. Over an hour later, the three gods, two ogres, and two psychics finished looking around the museum and decided to talk in Jorge's and Christine's small RV.
They all sat inside gathered around, seated at the dinner table. Jorge took his hat off his hat, removed his bandana and sunglasses and set them down on the table before opening up a blue drink cooler and taking out drinks for everyone. He sat down next to Christine and across from Koenma and Jasmine. Taking a sip from his soda, Jorge then decided to break the ice, "Are you guys ready to talk now?"
Both lovers nodded and Jasmine was the first to speak, "Well Jorge, everyone, Koenma and I did have a good visit with my Aunt Demetra...sort of."
Gulping down some of her Coke, Kotennyo asked, "What do you mean sort of?"
Staring at her water bottle, she responded, "She talked about what happened to her back in March."
Setting his orange soda bottle down on the table, Koenma then interjected, "Demetra also explained that beforehand, she and the family were visited by a mysterious benefactor."
The other RV occupants just sat there giving the lovers blank stares and Christine asked, "Who was it?"
Jasmine shrugged her small shoulders, "We don't know. My aunt said that guy was wearing a disguise and used a voice changer to distort his voice and wished to remain anonymous stating that he would be killed if he was found out."
Finishing off his orange soda, Koenma then continued, "Somehow that guy found out about which demons were the next intended targets and when and where it was going to happen and felt he should pass the information on to the McAlpin Clan. Whoever that guy is, I am beginning to get a hunch on who it might be."
Finishing off his Coke and setting the empty bottle down on the table, Koashura sat there and began to wonder too, "You know Koenma, so am I. Do you think that individual may have a connection to King Yama and/or the SDF?"
At his childhood friend's question, the prince shrugged his broad shoulders, "I don't know."
Deciding to change the subject, Jasmine set her purse on the table, "Tomorrow when we have the goodbye lunch with Larsons, my family is going to be there so we can discuss on the upcoming battle Jorge told us about earlier this week."
"Does that mean we are all going to be involved in this?" Genkai asked.
Jasmine nodded, "Yeah we are." She shifted her attention to the ogre couple who sat directly across from her and Koenma, "Have you guys figured out what you're going to do?"
Both Jorge and Christine nodded. Their conversation lasted for another twenty minutes until they decided to go back to the McAlpin Residence for the rest of the day. The next day at the Larson House, the current McAlpin family members who were living in Valdez with Jasmine, Genkai, Koenma, Koashura, Kotennyo, Jorge, and Christine were enjoying their lunch and/or helping Mr. and Mrs. Larson load up the rest of their belongings into their U-Haul truck for their 5-6 hour long trip to Palmer.
Looking around the now empty house, Jasmine sighed and Koenma and Jorge approached her. The young demon hunter jumped feeling someone touch her small dainty shoulder and turned around and looked up at Koenma giving him a weak smile.
Seeing her sad expression, Koenma felt his heart break, "My queen what's wrong?"
Jasmine sighed once again, "I'm going to miss this place. I have so many good memories of the sleepovers I had here or just hanging out here with Sandy and Kalem. It now feels like my childhood is truly coming to an end. Now everything is a distant memory."
Koenma kissed his depressed girlfriend's cheek and Jasmine continued as she pointed at the big window they were standing in front of, "Koenma, Jorge, see that old tree house out there?"
The prince and his ogre servant looked out the window and also gazing at the old, wooden tree house, they both nodded with Jorge saying, "Yeah?"
Jasmine sighed again, "That was our little clubhouse for years. We played such imaginative games up there like when we pretended that I was the princess of the forest and Sandy and Kalem were my bodyguards and royal subjects."
Koenma and Jorge stared at her for a minute. The young psychic shut her large brown eyes for a minute and opened them back up, "It's such a shame that nobody has bought this house yet."
Jorge nodded in agreement, "Yeah, this is a beautiful place. If I was a human with lots of money, you would definitely bet, I would buy it."
Gripping onto her purse straps and taking one last look of the inside of the house, Jasmine shifted her attention back to Koenma and Jorge, "It was nice reminiscing but, let's go join everyone outside for the barbecue."
The three remaining house occupants let the empty building and joined the rest of the group for lunch. The Larson's goodbye lunch lasted for about two hours until all of the food and drinks were consumed and how it was now time for Mr. and Mrs. Larson to head to Palmer.
All of the members of the McAlpin Family and the rest of the party guests all wished them to have a safe trip. Jasmine was the last one and she and Mrs. Larson embraced each other trying not to cry.
"I'm going to miss it here. You know Jasmine, you were always a daughter to me."
A single tear slid down her pale freckled cheek, "I always thought of you as a second mom Mrs. Larson. You guys please be careful."
The imp demon woman and the young demon hunter broke their embrace and Mr. Larson responded, "We will. You needn't worry about us. Rei and I can handle ourselves well. Once we get passed Worthington Glacier, we'll be in the clear."
Jasmine and Mrs. Larson hugged each other again and parted seconds later. Mrs. Larson put her hand on the sweet young woman's cheek, "You take care of yourself and tell your mother, father, and siblings we said hi. It was wonderful to see you again Jasmine."
She then looked over at Koenma and smiled at him, "It was a pleasure to meet you your highness. You take care of Jasmine and if I hear that you have broken her heart in any way, my husband and I will come after you."
The prince chuckled, "Not to worry, I would never dream of hurting Jasmine at all. She's too precious and special to me. It was nice meeting you and your husband as well."
Mrs. Larson took her hand off Jasmine's face. The imp demon couple climbed into the big U-Haul truck and they waved goodbye to all of the party guests as Mr. Larson started up the truck. The decently sized group of party guests continued to wave to them as the U-Haul truck pulled out of the dirt driveway and into the Robe River Subdivision's narrow streets and drove into the direction towards the Richardson Highway.
Once the U-Haul merged into the highway and drove in the direction away from Valdez, Jasmine turned around to glance at the Larson's former house for one last time. The fun memories of her childhood that was spent in that log house began flash through her mind. After staring at the house for another minute or two, Koenma then asked her, "Ready to head to the cemetery?"
Still staring at the house she nodded, "Yeah." She then tore her eyes away from the house and said to it, "Goodbye house. It was fun while it lasted. Thank you for a good childhood."
Jasmine turned around and now facing her lover, Koenma held his hand out to her and she gladly took it and they walked across the narrow road to the dented up rental jeep where Genkai, Koashura, Kotennyo, Jorge, and Christine were waiting for them. They piled into the vehicle and began to head in the direction to the cemetery minutes later.
Five minutes later, the rental jeep pulled into the small cemetery and Jasmine drove down the narrow road a little bit until she parked the jeep. Turning off the ignition and slipping out the key, she then asked the other vehicle occupants, "Could someone hand me the flowers?"
Kotennyo turned her head and picked up the mixed flower bouquet that was sitting beside her and passed them to Genkai, who then passed them to Jorge and the ogre passed them to his boss. Koenma handed his lover the bouquet, "Here you go my sweet Jasmine."
She leaned over and kissed his cheek, "Thank you Koenma."
The seven passengers climbed out of the dented rental jeep and Jasmine removed the plastic wrapping from around the flowers and handed everyone two to three flowers each. Holding a daisy and a couple of pink carnations, Kotennyo then asked her human friend, "Where is this Kalem guy resting?"
"I'm glad you asked that Kotennyo. Follow me and Koenma. We haven't been back here since Kalem's funeral but, we remember where it is because it's just near that spruce tree over there." Jasmine replied pointing to a small yet pretty looking spruce tree.
Genkai and the rest of the group followed Koenma and Jasmine to a pretty looking grey headstone that had balloons, stuffed animals, and flowers around it with a photograph of the deceased demon man in his human form that made him greatly resemble an Alaskan native, carvings of doves and angels and a name carved inside a heart that read:
Kalem Chavez
Born: April 15th, 1974
Died: December 25th, 1994
Beloved Son, Husband, Father, and Friend
May his soul be free and finally be at peace.
Jasmine knelt down and spoke to the grave of her deceased childhood friend, "Hey Kalem. It's Jasmine. Sorry, I haven't been around much. You know since I live in Mushiori City and been busy with work and school and all."
She set down two pink carnations and a white one in front of the headstone, "I hope your wife Cheryl and your baby son Michael are doing okay. They miss you. Yeah, I haven't seen them since the funeral but, I know they do. Hell, Sandy does, everyone we went to school with, Hiroshi, and me too. I miss you Kalem. I really wish those Spirit World bastards didn't kidnap and brainwash you to do things you didn't want to do."
Koenma too knelt down and laid his flowers down in front of the grave to pay his respects as well, "Hi Kalem. It's Prince Koenma. I just want to you to know that I have forgiven you for the incident that took place on Christmas. You didn't know what the hell you were doing and if anyone is responsible for it, it's that masked bastard and my father believe it or not. If Dad judged your soul and sent you someplace horrible, I'm really sorry. I just hope I did without knowing I did and sent you someplace good. From what Jasmine told me about you, you were a good guy and deserved to have a good afterlife. Hell, everyone regardless if they are human, demon, or whatever does. Well, if they were good in their lives before death anyway."
Hearing what her lover said, Jasmine reached over and took his hand and brought it up to her small pink lips and kissed it, "Thank you my prince. That was beautiful. Do you really forgive him?"
Koenma shifted his attention to her and nodded saying truthfully, "Yes I do. Like I said, my attempted assassination on Christmas wasn't his fault. And if anyone says so otherwise, they will have to have to answer to me."
Jasmine sweetly smiled and leaned over and kissed his cheek which made Koenma blush pink. She looked at Kalem's headstone again, "Kalem, I brought some people here that are good friends of mine. They are here to pay their respects to you. It's a damn shame they didn't get to meet you before the kidnapping, brainwashing and your death. I know they would have liked you."
She and Koenma then got up from the kneeling position they were in and moved out of the way for Genkai, Jorge, Christine, Koashura, and Kotennyo to lay down their flowers. After Koenma brushed the dirt off his pants, he suddenly felt a strange yet familiar presence around him.
Seeing the look on her lover's face, Jasmine began to feel concern for him, "What is it?"
Suddenly, she felt it too. Koenma and Jasmine both looked around so they can find the source. They didn't have to search for very long when they spotted it or more like her. It was the same ghostly figure that Koenma came across at the small video store inside the Eagle Quality Center Grocery Store nearly a week before.
Looking at the mysterious veiled woman in white just several paces away from them, Jasmine felt an eerie chill go down her spine. She didn't know who the hell she was and didn't know whether or not she should be afraid of her. The woman in white turned her head and looked at the lovers and they just stood there paralyzed in fear and curiosity.
Not taking her eyes off the unknown woman, Jasmine then whispered, "Is that her?"
Koenma nodded, "Yeah." He then decided to try to speak to her again, "Hey! Who are you? What do you want?"
The veiled woman in white didn't respond at all she just turned around and slowly glided away from them before simply vanishing. The lovers just stood there breathing heavily and were brought back to reality hearing Kotennyo's voice, "Hey guys."
Both Koenma and Jasmine jumped and turned around. Kotennyo gave them a curious look, "Who were you talking to?"
Not wanting to freak everyone out, they decided to keep it to themselves for right now and Koenma replied, "Nobody. Jasmine and I thought we saw something and it was just a bear."
Clearing buying their cover story, Kotennyo blinked her pretty brown eyes, "Oh, did you get any pictures? What kind of bear was it?"
Gripping onto her purse straps and deciding to play along with her lover, Jasmine said, "It was a black bear but, we didn't get any pictures because we scared it by accident."
Adjusting the straps of her lime green handbag, Kotennyo sighed with disappointment, "Bummer. If you guys see another one, please don't scare it away."
Jasmine and Koenma began to laugh and prince responded, "Okay Kotennyo."
Before walking back to the dented up rental jeep, Jasmine turned around and took another look at Kalem's headstone saying, "Bye Kalem. Talk to you later."
She turned back around and followed the rest of the group back to the rental jeep. The next couple of days seemed to go by slowly. Everyone including Jorge and Christine decided to hang out at the McAlpin house planning on what actions they were going to take for the upcoming battle that they had learned from the two ogres that it was to take place during the town of Valdez's Annual Gold Rush Days Parade.
Koenma, Jasmine, and everyone else were getting so damn sick of this. They just wanted to have a nice time in Valdez without someone trying to ruin it for once. The day of the Gold Rush Days Parade had approached and it was agreed that Jasmine, Kotennyo, Genkai, Aunt Theresa, and Cousin Julia were to dress up as can-can girls so they can blend in with their surroundings.
Jorge and Christine agreed to go with Demetrius, Lydia, and cousins Demetri and Wendy to scour the town and keep in contact with everyone using walkie talkies to inform them if they were to come across anything suspicious. As for Koenma and Koashura, they also decided to wear costumes to blend in with their surroundings with Koashura dressed up as prospector and Koenma wearing and old gentleman outfit made him look like he came out of the 1880's and his pacifier was tucked away in his pocket and his mark covered up by makeup.
The parade had soon gotten started and the two young gods walked down Egan Street remaining vigilant of their surroundings. Catching a glimpse of a couple of the floats, Koashura then asked, "Sense anything?"
Looking behind them Koenma responded, "Nope. Let's just keep walking."
The childhood friends continued walking until they bumped into two women who were dressed as can-can girls and Koenma began to apologize, "Sorry about that."
The woman he knocked down got up and he pleasantly surprised that it was Jasmine. The young demon hunter giggled like a schoolgirl, "That's alright Koenma." Looking at her lover, she felt he literally took her breath away.
Looking at her, Koenma felt the same way, "Jasmine you look so beautiful in that."
She giggled again, "You look quite handsome yourself my prince." She then stood on her tip toes and deeply kissed his soft lips. The lovers moaned into the kiss and the second woman who turned out to be Genkai shook her head and said, "Get a room."
Koenma and Jasmine parted and the prince chuckled at his longtime friend, "We will later."
Shifting her attention back to her loving boyfriend, Jasmine placed her hands on his chest and gazed into his brown eyes and said in a low and seductive voice, "Could you wear this getup to bed tonight? Seeing you dressed up like an English gentleman is very sexy."
Koenma darkly smiled at his lover's suggestion, "Anything for you my queen. Could you wear your beautiful can-can dress tonight?"
Pushing her small perky breasts that are confined in her bodice against his chest and still gazing into his eyes, she returned the dark smile, "Of course."
Koashura cleared his throat, "Hey guys we have more important shit to worry about right now. After this battle is over with, then you guys can fuck each other like crazy. Until then, cool your hormones."
Jasmine lowered herself back down on her heals and she and Koenma parted, "Sorry Koashura."
Deciding to change the subject, Koashura looked around, "Where's Kotennyo?"
Adjusting her headpiece and her long black gloves, Genkai replied, "She went with Julia and Theresa so we can cover more ground."
Taking Jasmine's hand in his own Koenma looked around to see someone riding a horse and another float pass them by, "Genkai, Jasmine, you don't mind if you could stay with Koashura and I? You know, just as extra protection."
The two psychics nodded and Jasmine kissed her lover's hand, "Sure."
Carefully wading through the crowd, they began to walk down the street to continue their search. Meanwhile at the Robe River Subdivision, several dark figures approached the Larson House. The sounds of shattering glass filled the air and several demons along with the unknown masked man and other individuals that only emitted spirit energy entered the empty house.
After looking around for what seemed like ten minutes, a couple of demons met up with their leader and one of them said, "The house is empty. There is no trace of them at all."
The mysterious masked man then spoke in his altered voice, "They are a lot smarter than we gave them credit for. They are of no consequence to us now."
The other members of the gang met up in the empty living room and another demon spoke, "What now?"
The masked man then replied, "We are here for only one thing. Now we go after our true targets."
Back in town, Genkai's walkie talkie buzzed. The small old woman pressed the button, "Yes?"
The voice of Jorge was heard on the other line, "We have found some suspicious activity at the high school and we are now in Lydia's van following it."
"Roger that Blue."
Just then the voice of Kotennyo was heard from her end, "We have found some here at Cottonwood and we are following it too."
"Roger."
Genkai hung up and put her walkie talkie away and Koenma began to feel his anxiety shoot up. He bit his lip and looked around Egan Street some more. Jasmine sighed, "We have walked up and down this street like ten times and we still..."
Her sentence was cut short when she sensed it. There was a demon or possibly two or maybe more in the crowd somewhere. Koashura looked around and interjected, "Be careful what you wish for Jas, it could bite you in the ass."
"I know Koashura, you don't have to be a nag."
Genkai rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Now is not the time to fight." Just then she spotted it, a group of demons in the parking lot just a few paces away from them were currently chatting with each other.
Then they spotted Koenma, Jasmine, Genkai, and Koashura and took off running in the direction towards the post office. Withdrawing her fans that were underneath her can-can dress, Jasmine sighed as she and the other three began running in hot pursuit after them, "Here we go. I believe they are the jerks we are looking for."
Koashura brought up his hands and summoned his energy bow and arrow, "Seems that way doesn't it?"
Genkai grabbed her walkie talkie off her belt and pressed the page button, "We too have spotted some suspicious activity on Egan Street and they are heading in the direction towards the post office. We're going after them."
Kotennyo and Jorge responded on their ends, "Roger."
Genkai turned her walkie talkie off and put it back on her belt and shouted as they continued to run across the post office parking lot chasing after the demons, "Koenma you go find somewhere to hide."
The prince was about to argue but, deciding it was not worth it he sighed, "Where?"
Before Genkai could respond, Jasmine then came up with an idea, "Tell you what, how about I go with you? I know a good place."
They stopped running when they reached an area less than a block away in the parking lot of the Prospector Outfitters store. They now stood face to face with the gang of demons and without warning, one of them attacked and Koenma, Jasmine, Genkai and Koashura jumped out of the way.
Breathing heavily, Koenma asked, "Where?"
Jasmine put both of her fans in one hand and with her free hand she grabbed Koenma's and gently tugged, "Just follow me. Come on!"
The prince nodded and turned his head to see Koashura and Genkai stand in a fighting stance gearing up to take on the gang of demons, "What about you guys?"
Aiming one of his energy arrows, Koashura glanced at him over his shoulder, "We'll be fine. Just go."
Both Koenma and Jasmine nodded and then ran down the opposite direction hand in hand. While they were running, Koenma wondered where Jasmine was taking him. They ran for another fifteen minutes until they reached an area with thick brush. The lovers stopped to catch their breath and the prince asked, "Where are you taking me?"
Finally able to speak again, Jasmine responded to his question, "I'm taking you to the Civic Center. They have rooms for us to hide in. I really hope they don't find us there but, I don't sense anyone following us at all."
She tugged on his hand again and they started running down the street. Two minutes later, they reached the end and rounded the corner. Koenma and Jasmine turned onto another street that is a steep hill and quickly ran up it until they reached the top where there was a brown colored building with a sign that had black lettering posted over the entrance that read:
Valdez Convention and Civic Center
Koenma and Jasmine quickly ran through the open doors and entered the building. They stopped running to catch their breath again. A minute or two later, they began to walk the empty hallways still holding hands.
Koenma looked around and complimented seeing movie posters and flyers posted on the walls, "Wow, is this place like a movie theatre of some sort?"
Jasmine smiled at how cute she thought his curiosity was, "Yeah, kind of. It's not like most movie theatres because, they don't show movies here every day like the ones in Anchorage do. This place also hosts festivals, holiday bazaars, conventions, and many other stuff."
She then began to lead him down a dark and narrow hallway that lead to a big auditorium area that was used as the movie theatre and continued, "I remember coming here a lot when I was a kid. Whenever they could afford it and when there was a good film being shown here, my parents would take all of us kids to see a movie and we'd share a big popcorn together."
Following her closely, Koenma looked at her and blinked his eyes and asked her, "When is the next movie going to be shown?"
"I saw on one of the posters that there is going to be one tomorrow. Would you like to make a date night out of it? We can bring Koashura and Kotennyo with us and make it a double date. What do you say?"
Koenma smiled adoring that idea, "I would love to."
Suddenly an altered voice spoke behind them, "You might as well cancel those plans."
Koenma and Jasmine stopped in their tracks to turn around to find the mysterious masked man with a group of demons with him just a several paces behind them. Jasmine let out a loud sigh, "Oh shit!"
Koenma groaned, "How the hell did they find us?"
"I don't know, just run!"
Tugging his hand again, Jasmine began to run down the dark hallway dragging Koenma behind her. The masked man and the group of demons chased after them. After running for what seemed like five minutes, Jasmine and Koenma reached two double doors and the young demon hunter pushed one of the doors open and she and Koenma ran into the dark room.
Jasmine let go of her loving boyfriend's hand and locked the two double doors hoping to keep their pursuers out. They stood there breathing heavily and Jasmine gestured for Koenma to follow her again and he did just that walking in the direction towards the stage.
Now gripping her fans, one in each hand firmly, she and Koenma walked up to the wooden stage area and walked behind the curtain. The prince looked at her, "Do you think we lost them?"
Jasmine shrugged her small bare shoulders, "I don't know but, I hope we did."
Their hopes were soon shattered when the stage lights flipped on and illuminated the empty auditorium. Koenma and Jasmine felt a feeling of dread sensing demon and spirit energy around them and the stage's curtain then began to rise. They turned their attention to the front of the stage to see the mysterious masked man standing front of them.
Jasmine then stood in front of Koenma and then warned, "Leave us please and no harm will come to you. If you take a step towards us, I will kill you."
The masked man began to laugh coldly and then spoke in his altered voice, "Foolish human woman, you don't stand a chance against me. Give up now and make this easier on yourself."
Still standing in front of her prince, she tightly gripped her fans and began to glow with her spirit energy, "What do you want from us?"
"We want you to cease to exist." The gang of demons then climbed up to the stage and stood beside the unknown man that both Koenma and Jasmine could sense wasn't human nor demon at all.
The young psychic then gritted her teeth, "Koenma, hide...now."
The prince shook his head, "No, I won't leave you."
"Koenma..."
Her sentence was cut short when the group of demons leapt towards her and Jasmine narrowly dodged their attacks. Koenma too jumped out of the way when a couple of demons tried to attack him as well. Jasmine coated her fans with her spirit energy and opened them.
She began to make slashing movements at her opponents and wound up beheading several demons in the process. Koenma ran backstage looking for something to defend himself with while he was trying to run from two demons who were trying to kill him. He then slipped into a dark area and the two demons looked around for him.
Koenma then masked his energy and looked around and found what appeared to be a heavy metal instrument and picked it up. The two demons continued to search for their target. Then taking one by surprise, Koenma raised the metal instrument and hit it on the side of its head.
The demon fell to the floor and Koenma raised the metal instrument again and before the demon knew what was going on, the prince killed it instantly by crushing its skull. The other demon seeing its fallen comrade laying on the wooden floor dead, it looked up at Koenma with pure rage, anger and hatred, "You pacifier sucking son of a bitch. You and your human whore are dead."
The angry demon then leapt at him and tried to use his claws to rip his target apart. Koenma narrowly dodged its attacks and ran as fast as his long legs could carry him. Back with Jasmine, she beheaded three more demons and then shifted her attention to the mysterious masked man. The young demon hunter glared at him with extreme hatred and anger and sprinted towards him making slashing movements with her energy coated fans, "This is for my Aunt Demetra. See you in Hell asshole!"
The masked man began to laugh at her as he dodged her assaults, "You are so damn weak compared to me. Your disgusting aunt deserved what she got. It's such a damn shame I didn't get to finish her off but, soon you and your family will suffer a horrible fate. They shouldn't have kept meddling in things that they shouldn't meddle in. Someday, they will pay dearly for it."
"Over my dead body!"
"That can be arranged human tramp!"
He then raised one of his hands and fired a blast of spirit energy at her. Jasmine tried to dodge it but, sadly she wasn't fast enough and it hit her chest knocking her to the ground. Jasmine hit the wooden stage floor with a loud thud and her fans fell to the floor making a loud clacking sound.
Now laying on her stomach, Jasmine breathed heavily trying get her bearings and the masked man the approached her, knelt down and grabbed her by her neck. As she was being raised into the air, Jasmine then made a loud gasping sound as she tried to breathe.
From beyond the eyeholes of his mask, Jasmine could see a pair of cold, dark and emotionless black eyes. Staring into them, Jasmine felt as if they were seeing into her soul and she brought up her gloved hands to his hand that was around her neck and began to struggle to break free from the unknown man's grasp and she kicked her legs as she was raised off the ground.
The sadistic bastard then spoke again, "So lovely, so beautiful. Humans are such fragile creatures. I could break you so easily but, you are so much fun to play with. I won't kill you just yet. With what I'm going to do to you, you will be praying for death."
He then let of her neck and Jasmine fell to the floor and landed on her stomach coughing and gasping for air. She opened her large brown eyes and tried to reach for her fans but the masked man knelt down and forced her on her back.
Jasmine tried to push him and kick him off of her but he put his hands over her breasts that were confined by her corset and gave her a nasty shock with his spirit energy. The young demon hunter began to shriek in pure agony feeling the horrible shock coursing through her body.
It was the worse pain that Jasmine had ever felt and she continued to scream as the shocks continued. Hearing his lover's agonizing screams, Koenma stopped running. The demon that was pursuing him had him cornered. As the young demon hunter's screams and cries grew louder, the only thing going through the prince's head was, "I need to save Jasmine. I can't let that bastard kill her. I have to save her, I have to save her. I don't care what happens to me, Jasmine must be safe. It's all because of me she's being tortured. It's all because of me."
The demon then began to cackle as it raised its claws at its vulnerable target and brought them down hoping to finish the young prince off. But, when the demon did, it was deflected and blasted back from an energy shield.
The demonic assassin landed on the wooden floor and then looked up to see Koenma glowing with his own energy and glaring at the demon. The demon began to shake in fear and tried to creep backwards away from Koenma who just glared at his would be assassin with pure anger and rage with just seeing red.
When the demon was now cornered with nowhere to run off to and hide, Koenma raised one of his hands and his spirit energy began radiate off his tall body and the demon began to shriek in agony as it felt Koenma's spirit energy burn its body. It didn't take long for the low level demon to begin to dissolve like food being digested in hydrochloric acid.
The demon's screams were drowned out by Jasmine's and soon, it died being completely disintegrated by Koenma's corrosive spirit energy. Jasmine's screams had soon stopped and Koenma, still glowing with his energy then walked onstage to see her laying there still alive breathing deep and shallow.
He slowly walked towards her and the young psychic looked up at him and said in a weak voice, "Ko...Koenma..."
The prince didn't say anything and the masked man then began to laugh, "Hello your highness. Here to save your woman? Isn't that romantic? Think you can take me on by yourself? Ain't that a riot? You're still trying to recover for wasting the Mafukan on your former spirit detective. So, that makes you beyond useless."
Koenma glared at him but didn't say anything to him. Jasmine then turned her head looking at her lover still hurting from feeling the burning sensation in her chest from the torturous shocks she just endured, she then tried to speak to him, "Ko...Koenma, please...don't..."
Before the masked man could know what was going to happen next, Koenma then formed a ball of spirit energy in his hand and then tossed it at him. The unknown sadist was hit in the chest with energy ball and was thrown into the side of the stage's wall which forced the curtains to close.
Koenma then looked down at Jasmine once more before he stopped glowing with spirit energy, shut his eyes and then collapsed onto the stage floor. With what little strength she had, Jasmine then grabbed her fans and slowly crawled the small distance between her and Koenma.
She then rested her head on his chest listening to his heart beat and then she heard the sounds of snapping wood. Jasmine glanced up at the stage's ceiling to see that the top rafters were beginning to fall. She guessed it was from the hard impact of the masked man being blasted into the wall with Koenma's spirit energy.
The young demon hunter snuggled up close to her unconscious lover and shut her large brown eyes bracing herself for their impending doom. The stage's top rafters then began to fall and suddenly, Jasmine felt a familiar presence and began to wonder why none of the wooden or metal beams piled on her and Koenma.
She opened her eyes to see that she and her royal lover were being protected with an energy barrier. Jasmine wondered who it was and her question was answered seeing that it was the mysterious veiled woman in white. She took a deep breath and asked, "Who...who are you?"
The ghostly woman didn't respond at all and continued to deflect the falling wood and metal that tried to crash down upon them. Feeling completely exhausted, Jasmine began to blink her brown eyes and seconds later, she blacked out.
Two days later, Jasmine awoke in Valdez General Hospital and heard the friendly and familiar voice of Kotennyo speak to her, "Hey, it's about damn time you woke up."
Jasmine looked at her goddess friend, "Where's Koenma?"
Her question was soon answered when her room door opened and in walked Jorge, Koashura, Genkai, and Koenma who held a large bouquet of roses and a big teddy bear. Seeing that his friend and lover is now awake, Koenma sighed with relief and approached her bed.
Without saying another word, the prince then knelt down, set the roses and the teddy bear down on the bed and deeply kissed Jasmine with all of the love and passion he can muster. Jasmine kissed him back with the same deep love and passion and the kiss parted after a minute with Koenma gently cupping the lovely young woman's face in his hands.
He kissed her forehead and gazed into her brown eyes, "Thank god you're okay. Oh Jasmine, I was so worried about you."
Before Jasmine could respond, Genkai then interjected, "We told you she's fine Koenma. The doctor said that she only needed some rest besides, me, her grandfather, and her aunt used our healing abilities on the burn on her chest so, she's okay."
Koenma let go of her face and kissed her forehead again and Kotennyo then chimed in adding her two cents, "It's a good thing she's not permanently scared from it. Jasmine you got really lucky that we don't share the same scar."
Looking at the other room occupants, Jasmine then asked, "How the hell did I get here? Where is the masked man? Where are the rest of the demons?"
Koashura pulled up a chair to Jasmine's bedside and sat down, "We took care of most of the demons but, some got away and as for that masked son of a bitch, he was nowhere to be found."
"How did I get here?"
Jorge scratched the back of his head and put his hand down, "You and Koenma were found just outside the local Civic Center building by a couple of locals who called the human police and your family was contacted."
Genkai sat down on the foot of the bed, "After me, Demetrius and your aunt Theresa healed you; we brought you here to recover from your injuries and same for Koenma. He was only out for one day and was quickly released afterwards."
Not wanting to freak everyone out with how the ghostly unknown veiled woman had protected them, she looked over at Koenma and deciding to change the subject, she asked, "What did you bring for me my prince?"
Koenma formed a sweet smile, "I bought you these red roses at the flower shop and bought this big teddy bear for you because, I thought you'd like it."
He handed her the roses and the giant stuffed bear and Jasmine smiled, "I do, thank you Koenma. I love you."
"I love you too Jasmine."
They shared another sweet kiss and parted a minute later so they can talk some more with each other and their friends who were currently visiting. The next day, Jasmine was released from the hospital and after scouring the whole town of Valdez with her family, Kotennyo, Koashura, Genkai, Jorge, Koenma, and Christine, they found that the sadistic masked man, had once again skipped town. They began to wonder about his true identity but, after so many guesses, they decided to drop the subject for right now and decided to enjoy the rest of this summer trip trying not to let the setbacks they faced ruin it.
