"Come one, come all!" People flocked to the small roped off area filled with small circus tents. Some to see the Bearded Lady, some to see the Pregnant Man,
but all to see the Silver Angel. Word had traveled quickly that the Mashinmaru FreakShow had an angel in their possession, and were charging a modest fee of $20 to see
the acclaimed angel. The Mashinmaru Show had been traveling all across Japan with their 'freaks' for many years, having purchased the angel five years ago. Thanks to
the small beauty, they had made thousands of dollars.
One group, a boy in a green uniform and his three friends, were there for an entirely different reason. "You're sure she's here?" the boy, fourteen year-old
Yusuke Urameshi, asks his red-headed demon companion, Kurama.
"That's what Genkai and Koenma said," he confirms. Yusuke nods and the group walks seriously past the front table and into the roped off area with paying. The
lady working the front runs off quickly to get the guards after the group passes. They walk towards a white tent in the center of all of the others. Placed outside the
tent is a sign advertising the attraction within. 'Silver Angel' was written on it in black letters, and underneath the lettering was a picture of a smiling, silver-
haired girl with two pure white angel wings sprouting out of her back.
Walking into the large tent, the first thing the group notices is the girl from the picture sitting with her back facing them on a wooden stool, combing
carefully through her long silver hair with her fingers. Before they can do anything else, five demons in human guises surround them, attracting the girl's attention.
She turns quickly and watches, with wide eyes, as the bloodthirsty demons coil their muscles to attack the four boys standing in the center of them. Before they have a
chance to pounce, however, a wide grin suddenly breaks out on each of the demons faces. They happily skip out of the tent, the thought of killing far from their minds.
Yusuke and his friends look with confoundment after the skipping demons who had just seconds before been ready to kill them. They are broken from their reverie
when they hear a quiet sigh come for behind them. "Are you alright?" a sweet voice asks, causing the group to turn and face its owner, the pale silvery girl dressed in
a simple white kimono.
"We're fine, no need to worry, Miss Mitsukai," Kurama says politely, smiling at the worried girl.
"I've very glad," the girl sighs in relief. "How do you know my name?" she asks after a moment of thought.
"Well.." Yusuke begins, but he is cut off by the girl's joyful squeal.
"Yusuke!" Mitsukai squeals, a large smile lighting her face, as she recognizes her little brother.
"You remember me?" Yusuke asks, surprised that his sister who had been missing for eleven years actually recognized him.
"Of course! How could anyone forget their little brother?" she replies, her large smile never waning.
"Save your reunion for later, detective. The guards are coming back," the imiko, Hiei, says in a demanding voice. Yusuke nods to the black-haired demon, and
then nods at Kurama, who makes quick work of the locks on Mitsukai's cage.
"Where are we going?" Mitsukai asks, puzzled, as Kurama helps her down out of the cage gently.
"Home," he replies, sending his sister a grin that she is unable to see. "Hiei, carry her." Hiei sends Yusuke a glare at the demand. "You're faster than the
rest of us," Yusuke reasons with the short demon. "Get her to safety, please," he pleads seriously.
"Hn, fine." Mitsukai squeaks as she is suddenly swept into the imiko's arms. Hiei takes off quickly, leaving the three others behind to fight a save of demon
guards. Hiei is forced to stop after a short while, however, as he is surrounded by a second wave of demons, all radiating bloodlust. He sets Mitsukai down gently and
prepares himself to defend the detective's sister. "Stay behind me, onna," he demands, but Mitsukai does not listen.
Mitsukai's POV
Today was just like every other day at the Mashinmaru FreakShow. I had been awoken by Maru-sama so that Mari-sama could bathe me, as I wasn't allowed to leave
my little room of black bars. After being cleaned by Mari-sama, I began entertaining large masses of people. Maru-sama and Mari-sama, the owners of Mashinmaru, told me
that I was supposed to use my power to make the guests happy. I happily obliged. After all, Maru-sama and Mari-sama had saved me from those people at the research
facility. The doctors had stolen me from my mother and young brother. Maru-sama had tried contacting my mother when he rescued me, but he said that she had no
recollection of ever having a daughter.
Most days, the only guests I got were 'normal', that is, they all had the same auras, a light gray that nearly looked white. About half way through my day,
during my break, I was disrupted from my thoughts as I felt a wave of bloodlust come from behind me. I turned and saw five blood red auras surrounding four distinct
auras; a light blue, a light green, a yellow, and a beautiful combination of icy blue and flame red. Before anything disastrous can happen, I play with the blood
auras' desire to kill, changing it instead to a euphoric desire to skip and pick daisies.
After the five blood red auras skipped out of the room, I sighed in relief. "Are you alright?" I asked looking out of my black bars.
"We're fine, no need to worry, Miss Mitsukai," the boy with the light green aura replied kindly.
"I'm very glad," I sighed happily. I stopped to think for a moment, "how did you know my name?" That was odd, I would remember meeting this boy. I always
remembered.
"Well..." I heard the light blue boy say, waves of nervousness rolling off of him. I felt as though I had seen that aura before. It reminded me of...
"Yusuke!" I squealed delightfully. This was my little brother! The aura was much stronger than it had once been, but the light blue aura definitely belonged
to my little brother.
"You remember me?" he asked, surprise evident in his voice and in the emotions rolling off of him.
"Of course! How could anyone forget their little brother?" I ask sincerely, retaining the large smile that had taken over my face.
"Save your reunion for later, detective. The guards are coming back," the boy with the beautiful aura said. I could feel in his emotions that he was jealous of
Yusuke. For what reason, I did not know. He had an extremely strong block in his mind preventing me from prying. In fact, it was difficult to even get to his emotions,
as they were very well hidden as well. But no emotion could be completely hidden, not from me.
Yusuke's emotions flared, a feeling of panic, as, a moment later, the light green aura fiddled with the black mass that I had found to be a lock. Soon enough,
I heard the clink as the black lock fell to the ground. The light green boy held a hand out to me and helped me down out of the cage. "Where are we going?" I asked
puzzled. Maru-sama would be very angry if I left, but I did not care. My little brother was here!
"Home," my brother said, happiness rolling off of him. "Hiei, carry her," my brother demanded. I assumed that Hiei was the one with the beautiful blue-red
aura, as a huge spike of rage came from him at the demand. "You're faster than the rest of us," my brother reasoned with the angry boy. "Get her to safety, please."
Desperation rolled off of my brother in tsunami-sized waves, and I felt Hiei calm down.
"Hn, fine." Suddenly, I'm in Hiei's arms and we're running at inhuman speeds, my brother left far behind us. Almost as suddenly, Hiei is forced to stop as we
are surrounded by a dozen bloodthirsty blood auras. Hiei sets me carefully down, my bare feet feeling the dirt beneath, and pushes me behind him. "Stay behind me,
onna." I could feel his worry for my safety as he drew his katana to defend us. I felt myself getting extremely angry. My brother was probably fighting for his life
behind us and these stupid, bloodthirsty bastards were the cause. They were endangering my precious little brother and his friends. I would not stand for it, not when
I had just gotten him back.
I would probably feel bad for it when I calmed down, but, for right now, I did not. I pushed my rage onto the demons, giving them a little suggestion that
their bloodthirsty nature could not refuse.