Ride Like the Wind
Chapter 6

"You're coming with us?" Shuichi asked Yusuke, coking his head to the side a bit.

"Sure. Don't go to school and I have nothing really to do. 'Sides, I have some other stuff to do..." Yusuke replied with his trademark confident smile.

"Oh, yeah? Like what?"

"It's a secret. I was told not to tell anyone. You'll find out what it is later..."

"Oy! Minamino! You forgot your stupid hat!" Hiei growled in Spanish as he threw the hat in the air. "Aw, crap. Threw it too high."

Shuichi shrugged and jumped. He caught it and landed on his feet like it was nothing.

"God damn Shuichi!" Yusuke gasped. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you were part rabbit or something. How'd you do it?"

"...Springs in my feet. That's all," the red head answered simply.

Hiei cocked an eyebrow. Springs in his feet? There's no way in hell that could happen! In fact, there's no way in hell a human can jump that high. Could he be a demon or am I just thinking too much...?

Then Hiei remembered what Koenma said. "Look. I've gotta tell you something about that kid. He's got a large amount of energy. It's not Spirit Energy. It's demon energy. I think so at least. Keep an eye on him. It says a lot to me if exorcists track a kid down this much..."

Could he...? Hiei shook the thought off.

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A week passed and the three made it halfway to Ramirez.

"We finally hit something!" Yusuke cheered as he held up a clutched fist, hitting a random by-stander in the process.

"I'll say," Hiei added, raising an eyebrow.

Shuichi read the sign out loud, "Welcome to Gatos Feos!" A cat hissed at him.

"That was... Weird..." Yusuke blinked twice. He turned back to Hiei, "Hey, now... Holy crap! What the hell!" He pointed at the fat cat that was standing on him and digging its claws into his back.

"Don't... Say... Anything... Just... Get this damn thing off me," Hiei growled.

"O... Okay. Don't move..." Yusuke pointed his index finger. "SPIRIT GUN!" He fired a shiny white ball of Spirit Energy, but the cat jumped out of the way, hissing.

Shuichi pulled out a red rose. "Stubborn thing..."

"...I didn't know you were like that, kid!" Hiei said.

He stared at the smaller man for a moment then shook his head. "Whatever... Rose Whip!" The cat was sliced in half by a green whip with thorns.

"Whoa. There's another thing I wish I could do... Do all Californians do that? 'Cause I'll go with you to learn..." Yusuke responded naively. "Wait... Are you a plant tamer? ...If that made any sense at all?"

"Doesn't matter right now. I'll tell you later..."

"Hey. I just remembered... We're the only people here bold enough to take on a demon," Hiei eyed a person running to them, a smile on his face. "If I'm right, that's the mayor coming to get us to kill demons for him."

"Hi, there! I'm Mayor Suzuka Gomez!" He held out a hand. Suzuka was slightly pale skinny man of thirty-six.. He had hair like golden wheat that stuck up in the air. He looked like he was confident and nervous at the same time. "Uh... Well, you look like a tough group of boys..."

"I'm twenty-five. I would hardly count as a boy," Hiei said sarcastically. "Whatever it is. We're not interested. You should have someone to do the job..."

"Ignore him. Anyway, we have a yearly problem in this here town. I was wondering if you could help us out..."

"Oh yeah. I know what you're talking about," Yusuke said and he turned to Shuichi. "See, these guys got it kinda lucky here. There's a demon that comes here once a year to go eat humans and stuff."

"Yeah. He's right!' Suzuka nodded. "So will you...?"

"Hey!" a boy ran to the four. He was about fourteen with orange hair that stuck out in the front. His narrow eyes were a plain black. His bony face looked like he was thinking but also blank at the same time. He was pale and muscular. He also spoke with a Texas accent. "I thought I was supposed to kill the demon!"

"Oh, great... Kuwabara, yeah you are, but if you did what you're supposed to do, then I wouldn't have ask these boys for help, would I?"

"Hey, I'm Kazuma Kuwabara and I have a sword!"

"Is that supposed to impair my judgement?"

"Is what's going on supposed to impair our judgement?" Hiei asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, listen to the little man!" Kuwabara replied.

"Little...! You...!"

"We can slay the demon together. There. Now everyone's happy, right?" Shuichi broke in.

Kuwabara eyed him. "I'm not sure... I dunno if you're clean..." That aura. It's demonic... Is he possessed or is he a demon, too?

"Do we look dirty to you?" Yusuke asked.

Kuwabara held up a bucket he had been holding for a while now. "I was gonna use this to clean myself but... Here." He threw the liquid inside (most likely to be holy water) one the three. HIei fell over and twitched like he was having a seizure. Shuichi simply rubbed his eyes, which were gold for a moment.

"Whew! That has a real kick to it!" Shuichi smiled. "I wanna know what you put in there to make it like that!"

Kuwabara stared at him. He... He's kinda scary... Am I sure I wanna slay demons with him? No! I'm being stupid! It was just my imagination! "Ya'll need to have a clear mind and a clean body to slay demons right."

"I... I see. So you're an exorcist?"

"Yeah. Better to start now..."

"...So you know how to help Hiei?"

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And the night came by fast and warm. The three talked just before they went to bed...

"Hey... You guys know that that demon might be trouble for you?" Hiei asked, more of a statement.

"You say it like he won't be trouble for you. We can handle it. Just one of us taking him alone is hard. But all of us together can take him without no problems, right Shuichi?" Yusuke turned to the red head and smiled.

Shuichi nodded in agreement. "See? What'd I tell you Hiei? Everyone needs someone!"

"Whatever!" Hiei frowned at the two teens. "I'm telling you that they don't call that bastard El Diablo for no reason. Don't get cocky."

"Ruin our fun, why don'cha?" Yusuke whined.

Hiei sighed, irritated. "Buenos noches."

End chapter 6

Notes:
1. Welcome to Gatos Feos!- What does Gatos Feos mean? It means ugly cat. Simple.
2. Buenos noches.- For those who don't know, it means "Good evening" or "Good night". Nya!

Short chapter. If you have no time to read the next chapter please review.