Kurama had fallen asleep at his desk, when he awoke he realized he had barely started his essay that was due. "you look terrible" Hiei remarked. Kurama had dark circles under his eyes, his hair was a mess , and he looked half asleep., "Hiei!" he exclaimed a bit startled. Hiei usually left early in the morning before Kurama awoke, he only stayed if it was raining still. Kurama rubbed his eyes while making his way to the bathroom. His mind drifted to Cheza as he began to brush his teeth.
"Why do you keep thinking about that baka ningen!" Hiei asked now standing in the bathroom doorway.
Kurama remained silent, he knew Hiei had been probing his mind. Over and over in his mind he replayed the scene of Cheza and Kuronue kissing. It gave him a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Shuichi! Your going to be late for school!" Kurama turned to face his door just as his mother opened it up. He glanced towards the window to see Hiei dissapear in a black blur,
"Shuichi! Are you feeling alright! Are you sick! you look sick!" she asked while running over to see if he had a fever. "mother Im fine, please don't worry about me". Shiori gave him a worried look.
"mother,I have to get dressed for school or I'll be late" Kurama reminded while giving his mother a reassuring smile. Shiori nodded while hesitantly walking out the door.
Kurama hurried to school, he was already 15 minutes late. "Kurama!" he slowed his pace and looked around spotting Cheza. She had woken up pretty early and couldn't go back to sleep, so she decided to take Alice for a walk. The two met each other half way, "hey!" Cheza exclaimed. Kurama smiled, " good morning". "Off to school? You know youre like 15 minutes late right…No worries though, a couple of guys from your school walked by and I heard them say school was cancelled" Kurama felt a sudden rush of relief, he was dreading showing up late without even completing his essay. "So…umm…I noticed you were acting kinda strange around me yesterday…is something wrong?" Cheza noticed Kurama stiffen a bit, "no..not at all…" he quickly replied. Cheza began to fidget as an uncomfortable silence filled the air.
The silence abruptly ended as a high pitched beep emitted from Kurama's pocket. Cheza watched as he fumbled around in his pocket,soon after he pulled out a compact mirror ...she remembered Yusuke had pulled one out before and an angry toddlers face had appeared.
"Kurama I need you in my office ASAP! Wait for Boton to show up, she will open up a portal for you" Before Kurama could reply the screen went black. Not even a minute later Boton appeard, "Hello Cheza! Nice to see you again!" she exclaimed in her cheery voice. Cheza smiled, "nice to see you again too". "Woof woof woof!" Alice wagged her tail excitedly while approaching the bubbly grim reaper. "aww nice to see you again too!" she said while petting Alice's head. "what is this about?" Kurama asked. "err..I'm not sure..I was just ordered to open a portal for you…Lord Koenma wanted me to get you too Cheza" Cheza blinked, "me?..why?"
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Cheza found herself standing next to Kurama in front of a large pair of wooded doors laced with gold. Alice had jumped into the portal too,she was now standing next to Cheza. Kurama pushed the doors open to see Koenma sitting at his desk as usual. "Ahh that was fast" Koenma exclaimed. Cheza looked at him confused, he was no toddler…he looked just like the child she had seen on Yusukes communicator thingy..only he was much older..in his teens.
" Hello Cheza, Im sure you have heard of me..I am Koenma ruler of spirit world". "I thought..you were a baby?" "I'm not a baby! Who told you that! Yusuke!"
Cheza shook her head, "no…I just remember seeing you on Yusuke's communicator thingy..and you were..a baby..im confused.."
"Koenma is able to change from toddler to teenage form" Kurama informed.
"that is correct! Now…the reason I brought you two here..OGRE!" A blue ogre ran over with a manila folder in its hand, "here you are Lord Koenma sir!" Koenma opened the folder turning it towards Cheza and Kurama. Cheza looked to see a picture of a demon with slicked back black hair(like Yusukes) ,his eyes were a pale yellow, and he had fox ears atop his head. The name "Jiro Tanaka" was written next to the photo.
"He has been plotting an attack on human world for quite some time, I have reason to believe he plans to strike tonight..now..the reason I brought you here…" Koenma opened up a drawer in his desk, pulling out what looked like a flyer of some sort. "Jiro is throwing a party tonight..he has requested that any demon who comes bring their human slaves. Cheza didn't like where this was going. " I have a demon working undercover..he has informed me Jiro plans to sacrifice all the slaves to bring back an ancient demon..even stronger than an S class..it is in a class of its own, he plans to release this demonb into human world… I will need you two to go undercover and stop this from happening" Kurama exchanged glances with Cheza, "Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuronue will be there as well. Oh, and Cheza you will need to wear traditional slave clothing". Koenma opened his drawer once more pulling out a skimpy outfit that would barely cover up anything. "What! Im not wearing that!" Cheza protested.
~~~~~~~~that evening~~~~~~~
"Were almost at Jiro's castle" Kurama informed. "I believe it would be wise to get into character now". Cheza crossed her arms, "I don't want to wear that stupid outfit!". A white fog began to engulf Kurama, Cheza knew he was changing into his demon form. Yoko soon emerged with a smirk on his face, "Hello kitten..if you want I can help you take your clothes off". Cheza's face turned red, "Shut up!"
"Kitten you have to wear the outfit or you'll stick out like a sore thumb"
"fine..but you better not comment on it!". She decided to change behind a large tree, since it would block the foxes view.
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She felt really uncomfortable in the outfit..she was almost naked! She sighed leaning against the tree, she didn't want Kurama to see her in this..she didn't want anyone to see her!"
Hesitantly she appeared from behind the tree, Yoko had the biggest grin ever on his face. "You better not say anything or else!" Cheza exclaimed. In an instant Yoko was behind her, "or else what?" he whispered in her ear. She felt his hand traveling down her body, she slapped it away. "Don't be getting any ideas now!"
"HEY KURAMA!" The two turned to see Yusuke, Kuronue and Hiei off in the distance.
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You should wear that more often!"Yusuke exclaimed. Kuronue glared at him. Cheza noticed Yusuke had a collar around his neck along with a leash?, "umm…whats with the collar?" For the first time ever, Cheza saw Hiei grin ear to ear..it was kinda creepy.. "I'm...Hiei's slave.." Yusuke said while making air quotes. Hiei yanked on the leash, "come on baka ningen! Get moving!". "Shutup Hiei! I don't have to listen to you!" Yusuke retorted. Yoko began to laugh, "This'll be quite entertaining!".
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Cheza looked around staying close to Yoko. Demons were all around her, shouting, drinking, and such. She had noticed Jiru relaxing in a hot tub with a couple of demon girls all over him awhile ago. "Hey! No humans are allowed in the party! They are to come with me!" said a creepy looking lizard demon. Hiei and Yoko exchanged glances briefly before pushing Yusuke and Cheza forward. Yoko had whispered "don't worry kitten" in her ear before he handed her over to the creepy reptile. Kuronue had tried to stop Yoko, but Yoko had shoved him back.
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Cheza held onto Yusuke's arm as they were escorted inside Jiru's castle. Eventually the lizard demon stopped in front of a large cell filled with hundred of other humans. "GET IN!" the demon ordered while shoving Cheza forward into the cell. Yusuke was a bit surprised to see the lizard demon was the only guard around, "so tell me, whats it like to be Jiru's bitch?"Yusuke asked. The lizard demon's eyes narrowed, "what was that?". "I said whats it like to take orders all day and have no mind of your own?"
"why you.." The demon lunged at Yusuke, but he dodged with ease. "SPIRTGUN!" As soon as Yusuke's attack made contact the demon disintegrated, "there should be a secret passage that leads out of here" Yusuke stated while looking over at Cheza. "I..umm..was that part of the plan?" she asked. Yusuke shrugged, " who cares! We gotta get these people out of here!"
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Yoko, Hiei, and Kuronue had simultaneously looked in the direction of the castle sensing Yusukes spirit gun go off. Jiru had apparently sensed it too, for he looked in the same direction. "Kuronue…follow my lead!" Kuronue nodded at Yoko. Jiru had gotten out of the hot tub and was now walking towards the castle. "Jiru!" he turned to see Yoko and Kuronue, Hiei was up in a tree nearby ready to back up the two if needed. "well well…I finally meet the legendary Yoko Kurama…and his partner in crime Kuronue…I heard you had both perished".
"You heard wrong" Yoko replied.
"so tell me..are you trying to bide time for your little human friends?" Kuronue's eyes widened a bit, Yoko showed no emotion whatsoever. "Follow me" Jiru replied walking towards the castle with his hands in his pockets.
/\/\/\/\inside castle/\/\/\/\
"I think 2..excuse me 3 on 1 is fair" Jiru said staring towards the window. Hiei appeared, jumping gracefully down next to Yoko and Kuronue. "Are you ready?" Jiru calmly asked while making a ball of spirit energy in his hand. Hiei unsheathed his sword, Kuronue and Yoko got in fighting stances.
~~~~~~~~~meanwhile~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yusuke and Cheza were leading around 200 human slaves through secrete underground tunnels, surprisingly no one had tried to stop them yet..but that would quickly change. Cheza came to a halt, "Yusuke…do you feel that!" Yusuke stopped, as well as everyone else. " we must get out of here or we'll all be devoured!"an old man exclaimed. He was not dressed in slave clothing, but Cheza remembered seeing him in the cell. "what?" Cheza asked. "Jiru…he has a large pet serpent…it uses these tunnels to get around…" The old man informed. "Why the hell didn't you tell me that before!" Yusuke yelled. "Well..I thought you could just kill it... like you did that lizard demon". Everyone went dead silent, all that could be heard was water dripping to the ground from a leaky pipe, it was forming a large puddle right in front of Cheza's foot. She stared into the puddle and instantly froze…the serpent was right behind her!