Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Healing (My Kitsune p3) ❯ Healing ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Healing chp 4 (Tokyo 11-21-02)

Yusuke put the noodles into the hot bowl of broth, he
mixed it a little with his extra long cooking
chopsticks to separate them then he started throwing
in the other stuff that makes beef ramen. Beef of
course, some mushrooms, spring onions, some-

"Yusuke?"

"Yes mother-in-law?" he asked.

"A friend of yours is here says he wants to talk to
you." she peered behind the curtain at her son-in-law,
who wiped his hands on his apron. She recieved the
bowl of ramen from him.

"Who is it?" he asked

"Some guy, calls himself Koenma." she shook her head
"Kids this days." She didn't notice how Yusuke's eyes
bulged a little as he passed her in a rush to the
counter.

The prince of the Reikai sat on the counter sans
fuukuman dressed in a white sweatshirt and matching
sweatpants, he had on a navy blue sports jacket to
keep warmer and white sweat bands on his wrist and on
his forehead. He chose that outfit solely to cover his
forehead. He also did not bring Botan along since he
needed her in the Reikai to carry out some of the
filing. He can't send Botan out to ask Yusuke to do
something for him, he has to be here to ask himself.
One prince to another.

He didn't have to wait long. The prince of the Makai
came out in a stained white apron, a white kerchief
around his head and his usual jeans and white T-shirt.

"Hey morning Koenma, 'sup?" he asked

"Trouble's up. My dad will be home in 2 days, I
unearthed a Kurama/Hiei otaku club, I have 3 weeks
worth of backlog to clear up, there are 2 class S
demons legally loose in the Ningenkai and a supposed
class A Demon Spirit who wants to kill them and
manages to nearly do it." he puts his head in his
hands. "If it wasn't for the otaku club I would be in
extra deep trouble."

"Run that through me again Koenma, your not making
sense."

"Kurama and Hiei are in trouble there's a spirit
class demon hunter after them and we have reason to
believe this is the same demon hunter who got Kurama
before he escaped to the Ningenkai. They were
injured." He gave Hiei's cancelled death paper to
Yusuke "Hiei almost died."

"What?!" Yusuke scanned the contents of the paper.
"How'd the bastard get close anyway? We are talking
about Hiei here, he's suppose to sense enemies from a
mile away."

"Read on." Koenma waved at Yusuke, "And can I please
have some Mixed ramen? I'm starving."

"Ooooohhhh...." Yusuke grinned from ear to ear "Black
mail material." he snickered, "But seriously Koenma,
this is Hiei and Kurama we're talking about here." he
said as he walked back to the counter and leaned on it
re-reading Hiei's aborted death file.

"We have several theories about that. Yoshira can
disguise her youki well, because she can transfer from
one body to another she can use the human body she
inhabited as a kind of shield against sharp observers.
And it could also be that Hiei and Kurama are
distracted by ....uhm.... it's there."

Yusuke scrathed his head "Yeah that Kurama is very
distracting ne?" he chuckled. "Well they're alive, did
they get the guy?"

"In a way, the victim died, but we believe Yoshira
escaped."

"Are they still in Hong Kong? Do you know where they
are now?"

"No they're in New York, The Plaza hotel to be
precise, that otaku club is keeping a close eye on all
of them."

"Wow... the big apple..." he frowned "Otaku club?"

"Remember the unification tournament? That's when
they officially formed the club but a group of my
Oni's have been fans of those 2 for ages and well,
they have more accurate records." he shrugged. "They
know where they are and they know what happened in
Hong Kong. Thanks to them I can prove to my dad that
Youko Kurama killed that man in self defense."

"Youko Kurama!" Yusuke leaned over the counter "The
Youko himself? How?"

"I don't know how he became Youko but, Hiei was badly
wounded and the Youko killed the man who hurt him.
He," Koenma swallowed "The Youko tore the man's throat
with his teeth and tore him apart with his fingers."
Koenma passed him another paper, the death record of
one Lee Ong Po

Yusuke read the paper "Damn, very thorough... poor
bastard. And that Yoshira thing got away?"

"Yes."

"But what can we do about it, they're in New York and
they didn't even tell Kuwabara that something happened
in Hong Kong, hell they didn't tell him they had gone
to New York..." Yusuke peered into the curtains that
lead into the kitchen and said something softly before
turning back to Koenma.

"No messages since they arrived in Hong Kong?"

"Nope, nada. Kuwabara has Kurama's number, and he
forwarded me a message from when they reached Hong
Kong. I'll call Kuwabara and ask him to warn them,"
Yusuke frowned "But it dosen't make sense..."

"I know, that's why I need you to ask around in the
Makai. You said your going there anyway right?"

"Yeah I have to know about this plan Kurama told me
about, yes, I'll do some investigating, do you have
any leads on that guy anyway?"

"Yes, he's been hired by Yomi, as one of his
lieutenants. We also have reason to believe that
Yoshira was actually an... estranged lover of
Kurama's. He's out for revenge." Koenma shrugged. He
told him about the West board Oni's report. "He's
serious, and spirit demons are notoriously hard to
track and hard to kill. Only me and my dad have the
power to get rid of their kind easy and generally we
don't tolerate their prescence because of their
destructive natures.

"See the only reason a soul would stay on the living
plane is if they have unfinished business, we call
those ghosts. Now if that soul is full of hate and
denies his rest for a chance at revenge, he attracks
other like spirits to itself and the greatest hater of
them all grows stronger. He consumes weaker spirits,
to add to his strength until he has the ability to
change bodies, and fulfill the hate motivation that
keeps him going.

"Only way Kurama can stop him is if he dies cause
then the spirit has lost it's motivation to go on." He
raised his hands against Yusuke's outburst "I know, I
know, that's unacceptable, I'm just outlining the
nature of this kind of demon. You see, some of them do
make it beyond that point where they loose their
motivation and generally they are powerful enough to
incarnate bodies of their own. Those are very powerful
because they can disperse their bodies to avoid
attacks and regather them to retaliate. Those that do
reach that stage have taken the first steps into
godhood. Thankfully we've only got rid of 11 of those
during the pass eon, it's hard work.

"This demon has passed the vengeful ghost phase and
the poltergeist phase. It's powerful enough to push
out humans and demons from their bodies but not
powerful enough to take on Hiei or Kurama himself.
Yusuke, I hate trying to see the big picture with only
bits and pieces. I need to know if Yoshira is the only
threat to them or if there's more because Kurama will
not run if it's just that." Koenma ended his lengthy
speech with a deep sigh.

"Hmmm, Kurama shows up tense and extra cautious, Hiei
shows up with news of a probable take over, massive
earthquake in Yomi's territory with no official word
from the goat himself, Kurama's sudden urge to travel
the world, Hiei's sudden need to follow him, a Demon
spirit hunter, who nearly killed them, an otaku club
composed of Onis, New York... yeah something is
missing Koenma."

"So will you Yusuke? Please? Ask around in the Makai
about these things?" Koenma said hands clasped
together batting his eyelashes.

"Of course I will, and don't look at me like that
your creeping me out. Sheesh." He poured Koenma some
tea "I'm leaving next week, I don't think I'll miss a
lot in 5 days that should be long enough."

"Next week?" Koenma placed his chin on his hands "I
suppose..."

"Are they in real danger?" Yusuke leaned over to
Koenma.

"No, not really, now that they know Yoshira is after
them I'm sure they'll be aware of it's prescence.
Especially Hiei. But I can't help it!! I have to
worry!" he cried out in frustration. "And dad will be
here in 2 days, I'm so dead..." he whined as he put
his head on the counter.

"Me too Koenma, I worry too. They're like family."

"Yusuke?" a voice from behind the curtain said
softly.

Yusuke turned and a bowl of steaming ramen with an
assortment of garnishes was pushed pass the curtain.
"Thanks mother-in-law." He served the noodles to the
teenage looking demi-god.

"Wow! Megabowl!" The said god snapped his chopsticks
apart began rubbing them together to get rid of the
splinters and holding one in each hand said in what
was almost a war cry "Itadakimasu!"

Yusuke chuckled "Tell me if you need something for it
kay? Now I have to see to the other customers."

"Hmmlmphhpph!" He responded mouthful of noodles
getting in the way. Yusuke got a glass of water and
placed it in front of Koenma.

"Slow down it's not going to run away." He left the
hungry Koenma to negotiate the good for 3 bowl of
ramen. He's legendary for his appetite and Yusuke was
glad he ordered the mega bowl for him.

Hiei could eat as much too. Though where he puts it
in that tiny frame of his is everybody's guess.

Hiei almost died. Kurama was hurt...

"Dammit, nobody touches my friends and gets away with
it. That creep will pay. When I'm through with him
he's gonna wish he stayed dead."



V.

mens sana en corpore mortua