Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara made quick work of the demosn that had stopped them. As soon as they had destroyed the guards, they took off in the direction that Hiei had taken Mitsukai. "I smell blood, lots of it," Kurama said forebodingly as the three boys ran. Yusuke groled rather demonically and started running even faster.
"What the hell happened?" Yusuke yells when the three boys make it to the two small supernatural beings. The bodies of a dozen demons lay surrounding Hiei and Mistukai, Hiei's glinting katana drawn. "Did you kill all of them, Hiei?" Yusuke asks in awe.
"No..." Hiei begins, the small man actually perplexed. "They killed each other."
"What? The bad guys killed themselves?" Yusuke asks. Hiei does not say anything; he simply sends a suspicious glance to the young angel that was now standing next to him.
"We'll invesitage later. Let us go," Kurama says suddenly. Yusuke nods in agreement and Mitsukai is back in Hiei's arms as they head to the portal back to Spirit World. Once they reach the hidden portal, they are transported to Koenma's office where they are greeted by the child rule and childish grim reaper.
Carefully, Mitsukai is set down by Hiei, bare feet touching the cold floor. Mitsukai looks around the room carefully, analyzing the toddler and his assistant. "I see the mission was a success," Koenma states, looking at the silver-haired beauty.
"Hell yeah!" Yusuke exclaims, throwing on his muscled arms over his fragile sister's shoulders. Despite a small wince, the girl smiles up at Yusuke, not alluding to the slight discomfort.
"I would like to know why those demons killed each other," Kurama says inquisitavely. Everyone but Hiei and Mitsukai voice their confused agreement.
"Hn, ask the onna," Hiei states nonchalantly, taking a seat in the windowsill. All eyes turn to the small angel, who blushes at the sudden transference of attention.
"I-I just gave them a little suggestion... nothing special," Mitsukai stutters out, playing with the long sleeves of her white kimono.
"Awesome!" Yusuke praises, make her blush even more.
"Miss Urameshi," Koenma says fromaly, redirecting Mistukai's attention. "I am Koenma, ruler of the Spirit World. It is a pleasure to meet you." Mitsukai nods nervously at the toddler.
"And I'm Botan!" Botan says excitedly. "Have you met everyone already? Well, I'll introduce them all anyways! You obviously know Yusuke, Hiei is the one sitting in the window, Kurama is the red-head, and Kuwabara is the one with orange hair," she explains in all one breath.
"It's a pleasure to meet everyone," Mitsukai smiles, though she glances between Kurama and Kuwabara with a slight furrow in her delicate brow.
"Is something wrong, Miss Mitsukai?" Kurama asks politely.
"Well..." Mitsukai begins, her entire face painted bright red. She fumbles with her words for a few moments.
"She's blind, bakas," Hiei says bluntly. The group gasps at this sudden news.
"H-how did you know, H-hiei?" Mitsukai fumbles out, face thoroughly perplexed.
"Your thoughts, onna." Mitsukai's mouth make the 'oh' form but no sounds comes out for a while.
"You're a telepath?" she asks after a few seconds.
"Yes," he says in her mind.
"Why didn't you say so, Miss Mitsukai?" Kurama asks kindly.
"I was...embarrassed, I suppose," Mitsukai says, looking down and allowing her hair to cover her face.
"Well, there's no reason to be," Kurama smiles, lifting her chin with his index finger. "My name is Kurama." Mitsukai blushes at Kurama's kindness, and Hiei looks almost jealous for a moment. Almost.
"So you're Kuwabara?" she says to Kuwabara, who makes a tone of affirmation. "Well, it really is a pleasure to meet all of my little brother's friends!" she giggles.
Mitsukai's POV
After my little suggestion, the demon guards slaughtered each other. In my rage, I didn't care; I'd feel bad later, certainly, but not now. My brother and his two other companions (the light green aura and the yellow one) came running up after the guards were all dead.
"What the hell happened? my brother yells when he stops dead in his tracks. "Did you kill all of them, Hiei?" He must have noticed Hiei's drawn katana.
"No. They killed each other," Hiei stated monotonously. I could feel the suspicion Hiei felt towards me leak out of him.
"What? The bad guys killed themselves?" my brother questioned.
"We'll investigate later. Let us go," the light green aura said. Without warning, I was suddenly swept back into Hiei's arms and we were yet again running. I watched as the various green plant auras sped past us. I saw a curious pit of white aura, which I could only guess was some kind of Spirit World device, in front of us. I had had a few encounters with Spirit World and every time I was left slightly perturbed. Everything, besides the people, that came from Spirit World was a blinding (no pun intended) white. My thoughts were confirmed when we plunged into the white mass, which I soon realized was a portal.
Falling through the portal was terrifying. All I could see was the white. I squinted my eyes tightly closed and held to Hiei for dear life. We landed in a room and I felt Hiei place me gently on my feet. My bare feet touched the cold tile of the floor and I opened my eyes. Yet again, all I saw was white, with the exception of a female pink aura and a small male golden aura.
"I see the mission was a success," the golden aura said.
"Hell yeah!" my brother screamed enthusiastically, throwing one of his arms over my shoulders. It hurt, a lot, but he was happy; I smiled up at him and buried away the pain.
"I would like to know why those demons killed each other," the light green boy said. I felt myself pale slightly as everyone but Hiei and I agreed. Would they get mad at me for what I had done? Surely they wouldn't, right? I had helped, hadn't I? I just hope Hiei doesn't say anything... I'm almost certain he knows I had something to do with it.
"Hn, ask the onna," Hiei said, directing the attention of all five of the other auras towards me as he moved. I felt my face heat up lightly.
"I-I just gave them a little suggestion... nothing special," I managed to stutter out. I started playing with the ends of my kimono sleeves. I couldn't help but feel like I was being scolded... but I didn't feel any anger radiating from them... But, I was beginning to get extremely uncomfortable in this stark white room. Normally, I was at least able to see some plant life aura... but there was nothing of the sort in Spirit World.
"Awesome!" Yusuke exclaimed, breaking me from my uncomfortable daze.
"Miss Urameshi," the golden aura said, causing me to turn my attention to him. "I am Koenma, ruler of the Spirit World. It is a pleasure to meet you." I nodded nervously to the boy. He was a prince! Why was my brother so casual with him? Were they friends?
"And I'm Botan!" the pink aura shrilled. I felt like my ear drums were going to explode. "Have you met everyone already? Well, I'll introduce them all anyways!" She tried introducing me to the group of four boys. I was already well-informed as to which aura my brother's and Hiei's were, but the light green aura and the yellow were a mystery. According to her, that left the 'red-head Kurama' and 'orange-haired Kuwabara'.
"It's a pleasure to meet everyone," I lied with a smile. I hoped that my confusion was well hidden behind the smile. I didn't want to explain my...condition to them. Unfortunately, the light green boy dashed those hopes immediately.
"Is something wrong, Miss Mitsukai?" he asked. My face heated up considerably; I felt as if it could melt Antarctica... What if my brother was disappointed that his long-lost big sister was...blind...? What if he didn't want a blind older sister?
"She's blind, bakas," Hiei suddenly said, rather insensitively. There it was...that word... Blind... the word itself felt like it was cutting into my soul.. I heard the chorus of gasps from those around me, and surprise waved off of them. Oddly, though, it did not come from the light green boy. It almost felt as if he had already guessed...
"H-how did you know, H-hiei?" I asked, supressing my anger. I wasn't even sure I wanted my little brother and his friends to know something to shameful, let alone from someone other than me!
"Your thoughts, onna." My thoughts? That meant...
"You're a telepath?" I questioned slowly.
"Yes," I heard his voice say in my mind. I could feel my face heat up again... Instantly, I put up my mind defenses. I hadn't had to use them in such a long time. Mari-sama was a telepath, too, but she got violently angry if I had a block up.
"Why didn't you say so, Miss Mitsukai?" the kind, light green boy said.
"I was...embarrassed, I suppose," I said quietly, hiding my face with my long hair.
"Well, there's no reason to be," the light green aura said, lifting my chin with his finger. I blushed, a shock running through my body as I felt the unfamiliar sensation of kind contact. For a moment, I let my defenses down at the suddeness of the shock.
"It feels so...nice..." I thought, allowing my face to darken more. For a moment, an air of jealousy and protectiveness came from Hiei's direction, but it disappeared almost immediately so I dismissed it.
"My name is Kurama." I smiled at him. So if the light green boy was Kurama, then the yellow aura must be Kuwabara!
"So you're Kuwabara," I said pleasantly to him with a smile. He made a grunt of affirmation, I could tell he was slightly uncomfortable around me.
"Yukina...Yukina...just remember your beautiful Yukina..." was the only thought going through his otherwise vacant mind. Through his mind, I could see what this Yukina looked like; minty hair and striking crimson orbs. I wonder what Hiei looked like... Perhaps I could ask my brother to take a mental image of everyone so I knew what they looked like... See, I could see things as they really are through someone's mind's eye. Maybe now that I was free from my previous captors, I could find a doctor that could fix my eyes...
"Well, it really is a pleasure to meet all of my little brother's friends!" I giggled, thinking happily about my new dream to find someone to fix my eyes.