So we are finally getting some headway into the whole General thing today! Woohoo! I was gonna uploaded this yesterday but I had to take care of my little sister for a bit (20 year difference people, amazing huh?) and I know you people are reading this and it would do me a world of beautiful good if you would just hit that little button down below called the 'REVIEW BUTTON!'
I have some ideas about the generals names but they're so bland and overused, i need uniqueness! If someone can give me some ideas to bounce of off I would appreciate them immensely :3
Ok enough rambling onto Chapter 3!
Shuichi lies in his bed, thinking about the new information that Naota gave to him a few nights ago. She let him go a little afterwards and he really was happy to see her but the way they met again wasn't exactly how he wanted it to be. 'Another war and Naota is a part of it. What can I do to make sure she won't hurt herself?' Shuichi thought. 'Not only that Yasu is playing a big part when it comes to Naota, and knowing his old tactics I'm sure that he's not done with her or that part of her that he's trying to resurrect.' Shuichi sighed and got up from his bed. He went out for a walk, hopefully the cold autumn air would clear his head a bit. He stopped by the park he and Naota used to go to when he felt energy behind him.
"Yasu, why are you here?" Shuichi said without looking back.
"Admiring the view of course. You have gotten very handsome Shuichi." Yasu said, leaning against a barren tree. Shuichi looked back with a dark glare and Yasu whistled. "Your gaze hasn't changed; well it has gotten a bit more threatening since your increase in power."
"I do not want to fight you here; you will taint this ground with your filthy blood." Shuichi said and Yasu chuckled.
"Your words bite at my heart so, but I'm not here for mere pleasantries. I am here to offer you a position." Yasu said and Shuichi stared at him quietly. "You of all people want to protect Naota, so why not join us? You joined Yusuke." Yasu stated.
"I cannot for I don't have the time. Unlike some of us, I do have a job I'd like to keep." Shuichi said and Yasu frowned.
"Hah, I liked you better when you were cuter. This job though was given to you by your step-father, surely you can reason with him, I doubt he wouldn't listen to his beloved step-son." Yasu said.
"Why do you want me to join you?" Shuichi asked.
"I need you to protect Naota when I'm not here. Not only that I also need you to train both of us for the upcoming tournament. Not that I could train her myself but you have clearance to places of great energy." Yasu explained.
"You mean Genkai's." Shuichi said and Yasu nodded. "But why would I want to train you also?"
"Strategy of course, you will need all the allies you can get if you are to face an army." Yasu smirked. Shuichi thought about it. 'This will give me the perfect chance to watch over Naota, and it will also give me a chance to make sure Yasu can't do anything to further harm her.'
"I'll give you some time to think about it Shuichi, let me know when you have come to a decision. Oh and before I go there's another mission heading our way, it seems that one of the generals have been located in the demon world. If you or others will want to come, I suggest you ask." Yasu said before walking away. Shuichi looked at his retreating figure, wondering what his last statement meant. He goes over to one of the benches and sits down, looking over the park.
"Hey, surprise to see you here." Shuichi looked over and it was Hikaru. He made room for her and she sat down. They stayed in silence, probably thinking about the same thing.
"You know, my life would have been completely normal if I didn't meet you or Naota. I wouldn't have to wonder if today is gonna be the last day of humanity with all the demons around." Hikaru started.
"I'm sorry." Shuichi said. Hikaru laughed.
"But you know, I loved the way you and Naota have made my life so much more interesting, it just sucks that I can't be of more help. I'm just here waiting for the two of you to come back and then I'd say 'welcome back' but it seems that no matter what I just wish that I could be as strong as both of you." Hikaru said. Both said nothing for a while, the wind picking up a bit.
"I know," Shuichi started, "That if you could, you would do everything you are capable of to help Naota and me." Hikaru smiled softly.
"Its nostalgic being here isn't it?" Hikaru said and Shuichi nodded. She got up from her seat and bid farewell to Shuichi.
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"You sure this is the place Botan?" Naota said, looking at a rough map of where to go next. A girl with blue hair up in a ponytail with pink eyes and pink kimono nodded.
"Yep, this is only a rough draft from our surveillance team but this should be the right place. You will be landing here where there is a grove of trees, if you continue north you will eventually find a large clearing and a castle will open up, we have reason to believe that this is the Tacticians place of operations, if we can sneak in here and maybe get some information we would have some slight upper hand instead of being left in the dark most of the time." Naota nodded as Botan explained.
"When do you want us to get moving?" Naota asked.
"In a week's time, the Tactician would be leaving his fortress and you'll only be dealing with small timers, nothing you can't handle." Botan said reassuringly.
"Alright, I'll relay the info to Yasu so we can set up a plan, thanks Botan. How's the scroll? Have you managed to unseal it yet?" Naota asked. Botan sighed dejectedly.
"No we haven't even manage the first set of seals, whoever sealed this did not want this to be read. I have a feeling we might have gotten the real scroll of the location, if it was a fake it wouldn't be so hard to crack." Botan said.
"Well at least we found one fortress so far, that's one thing we have against them." Naota said.
"Time for me to go then, remember, one week from now I'll come get you and lead you to the doorway into the demon world, be ready." Botan said as she hopped on her oar and flew out the window. Naota waved her good bye and went out. Night came and the negotiator was on top of one of the buildings near Naota's apartment. He looked down until he heard footsteps behind him.
"What is your answer?" He asked without looking back.
"I will help you. I will act as the spirit detective's faithful partner but when you ask I will betray her in ways you can't imagine." The negotiator nodded.
"The Tactician has something planned for her, he leaked out his fortress on purpose to try to bring the demon fox over to our side but we need leverage. Kidnap his close friend and we'll use her in order to try to lead him into our ranks." The negotiator said and Yasu nodded, walking away.
Yasu comes in front of a plain house and looks into the windows. He found one that was unlocked and let himself in. He looks through the rooms and found the master bedroom, there were some boxes left unpacked and he entered the room silently. He saw Hikaru sleeping next to a man whom he assumed was her fiancée. He made sure that both stayed asleep with his hypnosis and took her out of her bed.
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Naota was sleeping peacefully when she heard someone banging on the door. She woke up immediately and put on her pants. She quickly looked through the peeking glass on the door and recognized Hikaru's fiancée. She opened the door, he looked ragged, his curly hair going all over the place, his eyes with bag under his eyes, he hasn't shaved for a few days either.
"Is, is Hikaru here by any chance?" He said with panic laced in his voice.
"No, I haven't seen her at all in like a week." Naota said and he formed tears in his eyes and slumped to the ground and started to sob. Naota tensed up and didn't know what to do.
"She's been missing for almost 5 days! I can't find her anywhere! She's not with her parents, not her friends, she hasn't been to work, no one has seen or heard from her. I thought since you were her friend that recently came back she would be with you, but now…what should I do she's not anywhere!" He continued to sob lightly. Naota became worried at the turn of events. She knelt down and put her hands on his shoulders, he looked at her, his face covered in tears and snot.
"Don't worry, I'll look for her too, right now try to stay home, she might come back ok?" Naota said reassuringly. He nodded half heartedly and walked away from her apartment. She closed the door and her brow furrowed in worry.
"Who was that?" A voiced said in her apartment.
"Hikaru's fiancée asking if we had seen-" Naota started but noticed she didn't even recognize the voice. She looked up and saw someone on top of the table, crouching, his sleeves hit the floor. She stared at him dumbfounded, 'How did even get in here!'
"Detective, I have a proposition for you. If you do not go to the fortress with Kurama, Kuwabara and Yusuke then I have no choice to execute your friend. If you want to try to save her life then come in 2 days time, if not, you already know the consequences." He said and quietly disappeared through an open window. She slumped to the floor, her back on the door.
'They took her.'
Shuichi was reading a book when he heard a knock at his door. He looked toward the time and it was 7 in the morning on his day off, not many people would see him at this time. He reached for the door and was surprised to see a panting Naota at his door. Her hair was still messy, her clothes had wrinkles on them and she didn't even wear a sweater in this cold weather.
"Shuichi, they took her! They, took her…" Naota said, putting her hands on her knees, her gasps of breath looking like white fog.
"Naota calm down, what are you talking about?" Shuichi asked.
"The revolutioinaries took Hikaru! She's been missing for five days and earlier someone entered my house and told me if you, Yusuke, and Kuwabara don't come with me on my next mission they'll kill her!" She said, panicking. He lead her inside, not wanting anyone to hear her. She shivered slightly from the panic and not from the cold. Shuichi led her to the couch and she sat down, her hands white from being clenched. He sat next to her, silent and going over the turn of events in his head.
"Your mission, when does it start?" Shuichi asked, going into his position of thinking.
"In two days." Naota said.
"We will need to join you, but this could also be a trap, whether or not they have Hikaru in their possession." Shuichi said.
"Her fiancée came even earlier today, he told me no one has seen or heard from her, she hasn't gone to work either for about 5 days." Naota said. Shuichi frowned. 'The possibility that they could have captured her is high, but we do not know for sure.' He looked to Naota and she glared at the floor, her fists still clenched. He put his hand on hers and she flinched from the sudden touch. She looked at him and his face was serious.
"Let's get Kuwabara and Yusuke."
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Yusuke and Kuwabara were sitting on the couch of Shuichi's apartment staring at the begging Naota, her head on the floor. Shuichi leaned against the wall, his face not showing any delight in any of this.
"I know you're retired Yusuke and I heard that you want to focus on your studies Kuwabara and both of you don't even know me that well but please I'm begging you, please help me! Hikaru is my good friend, if they have her I can't let her die!" Naota said, pleading. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other for a second before saying anything.
"Come one Urameshi be a man!" Kuwabara stated.
"Alright, alright, we'll help you." Yusuke said. Naota looked up.
"You will?" Naota asked.
"Yes we'll help you." Yusuke said before being glomped by Naota.
"Oh thank you thank you so, so much! I'll never forget this, I owe you one big time!" Naota said. Yusuke made her get off.
"Yea, yea get off me." Yusuke said before Naota flinged herself at Kuwabara before getting to business.
"Botan told me that in this fortress the Tactician will leave, intel tells us that valuable information could be inside but with Hikaru being kidnapped Shuichi said it's probably a trap and that the Tactician will probably still be in there. We have to be extremely cautious while going there." Naota said, sitting on the floor talking to Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"So how are we getting there?" Yusuke asked.
"Botan will open a portal for me in an abandoned warehouse leading to the location, there we will drop into a forest just outside the fortress. She'll be coming to pick me up in 2 days time. " Naota explained.
"Other than that we have no more information. This almost like the lesson at Genkai, only this time if we fail someone will perish." Shuichi said. "We must be on our absolute guard, we will meet at Naota's apartment in 2 days time. Yusuke and Kuwabara be ready."
Deep in the Demon World~
Hikaru hangs from the ceiling over a rapid gush of water, three ropes attached to her container. She had her hands and feet tied. Her surroundings looked like an old stone prison with mold and small vines crawling up the walls. It was humid and wet. She was currently asleep while a person stared at her from below.
"You have done a good work Yasu, now we have leverage. My plan will be pitch perfect by the time they are here." He wore Chinese robes and hat, it was a light beige and peach color. His raven dark hair went past his back and his eyes closed shut. He waved a fan made of feathers and looked behind him with closed eyes, a playful smile on his lips. Yasu looked back at him with a frown.
"Are you sure this will work?" Yasu asked.
"It will work, you shouldn't worry about it. The new detective will die and then we will have in our possession the great fox demon Kurama, the holder of the new Sacred energy Yusuke Urameshi and our holder of Spirit Energy Kuwabara, it's fool proof. Nothing can ruin this plan." He boasted twirling around for added effect.
"Then why make a game out of it?" Yasu asked, looking disgusted.
"Because they need hope, humans must hope, if they don't humanity wouldn't be here in the first place." The tactician replied. He walked back towards Yasu. "Keep an eye on her and don't let her wake up, I shall start preparing." The tactician said. Yasu looked towards Hikaru before going back. Hikaru opened her eyes, her mouth gagged with a cloth.
'Hurry.'
What is the Tactician planning for Naota and the rest of the Group? Has Yasu really betrayed them entirely? Is someone gonna die and i'm not telling you? Find all this and more in the next excited chapter of Someone I can Love!
(bytheway has anyone noticed my chapters being longer?)