Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Silver ❯ Prolegomenon ( Prologue )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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<p>All of the names that will show up in this story are Japanese. Japanese vowels are always pronounced the same way.

<p>A - AH

<p>I - EE

<p>U - OO

<p>E - EH

<p>O - OH

<p>The combination of vowels is as such:

<p>AI - as in 'I'

<p>EI - as in 'say'

<p>OU - similar to the Japanese 'o,' but it is said slightly longer.

<p>If they are not in one of the three orders above, they sound like they would alone. So, Kurama is pronounced KOO-RAH-MAH, and Koorime is pronounced KOH-OH-REE-MEH.

<p>THERE ARE NO SILENT 'E's AS IN 'TAKE,' 'MADE,' OR 'BAKE' IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE ONLY THINGS SAID SILENTLY ARE SOMETIMES THE CHARACTER 'SU' LIKE THE ONE IN YUUSUKE'S NAME.

<p>See? Yuusuke is pronounced YOOS-KEH.

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<p>Silver

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<p>The Reikai Tantei are involved in a dangerous game of obsession, lust, and murder. Can they capture Senka before she kills again? Very morbid. H/OC

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<p>Prolegomenon

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<p>Kurama sighed happily, "What a beautiful day for traveling. Don't you think so, Hiei?"

<p>Hiei snorted. Ever since Koenma had given them their mission orders, Hiei had become - if it was at all possible - more withdrawn. Yuusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei had all been sent to the Makai to chase down an escaped prisoner. According to Koenma, she had killed over fifty youkai - most of which had been highly influential. He had narrowed down her location to a traveling group of thieves that she had infiltrated; herself and a crew that she was suspected to have rallied together. He requested that they arrest only her and the crew. However, Koenma said that she was an expert in disguise; she would not be easily found, so there was no point in telling her description. Her name was Senka, and Koenma believed that she was preparing to murder Enki.

<p>He wanted them to do the same as she had: infiltrate the band of thieves.

<p>When Yuusuke had complained, and claimed that the good old-fashioned way was better, Koenma told them that she was not much of a warrior. Though she was an S-class - she was an assassin, and was alive only because she ran and hid. If she thought for an instant that she or her mission was in danger, Senka would flee.

<p>Just hours before, the four of them had successfully infiltrated their camp. Kurama had changed into his youko form, and Yuusuke had become his youkai form. Three ningen were usually commented on. They were now a part of the gang, and, in their honor, they were traveling toward a palace to rob it.

<p>Kurama asked after a long length of silence, "Hiei, please, tell me. What is bothering you?"

<p>He gritted his fangs, and glared up at him, beginning to growl, "Leave me alone, kitsune."

<p>Shocked, Kurama took a step back. He hadn't acted this hostile in a year, "I'm just trying to help you." Kurama lowered his voice to a whisper, "Is it about the mission-?"

<p>Hiei sneered, "Don't whisper, kitsune. People might think that we're planning something."

<p>Then he stalked away.

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<p>Makai - Demon World

<p>Youkai - Demon

<p>Youko - Demon Fox

<p>Ningen - Human

<p>Kitsune - Fox

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<p>"Hello?" Someone called softly. When he didn't answer, she opened the flap of the tent, and peered inside, "Hiei-san?"

<p>Hiei sighed, "What do you want?"

<p>"Ah . . . Hiei-san, my name is Beni. I'm the boss's clerk. I'm supposed to keep track of all the things . . . stolen."

<p>Beni was the on the list of the female youkai that Koenma had given to them. Senka was unable to disguise herself as a male youkai, so she had to be one of the four new female youkai in the large group of otherwise male youkai that was suspected to be Senka's crew.

<p>When Hiei growled, she continued quickly, swallowing nothing, "Ah . . . according to my records, you only asked to keep a katana. You can still . . . ah . . . what I mean to say is . . . you can, of course, keep the blade, but Shisei was wondering why you only picked the blade. You only took a small percent of your share of the loot."

<p>He had been sitting and thinking about just that. There was a handsome array of daggers that he found interesting. As he looked up at her, he remembered a lovely stiletto that could be disguised as a hairpiece. Not for him but for the woman standing before him.

<p>Beni had long, pure white hair that hung loosely, and framed her oval, olive face. Tiny silver spectacles rested on her nose, and her light blue eyes widened in shock as Hiei stared at her.

<p>This could be Senka. She was sick enough to hide as a nervous, fluttery, virgin clerk. She had the talent to pull off the act. Of course, she could also be the dangerous thief, Senryoku. She was on the list too. She was always lurking about in the shadows, watching everyone. Senka could have been any of the women in this camp.

<p>Beni was biting her lip nervously, shifting on her feet every second, and looking behind her to the much safer bonfire lighted fifty yards away.

<p>Hiei smirked, and watched with an amused glint in his eyes as she muffled a squeak, "Well then, I'll just have to fix that. Beni, was it?" She nodded quickly. "Beni-chan, would you like to come with me to pick out my share?"

<p>She began to shake her head, "Sorry, Hiei-san, I have . . . to . . ." She trailed off as Hiei swept by, and grabbed her arm, pulling her with him. "I think that my rounds can wait," she said, breathlessly.

<p>He scanned the loot on the wagons around him, and then spotted the stiletto in a silver vase with tiny emerald stones etched into the rim. The stiletto blade was silver with gold inlaid onto it in the shape of leaves, the part of the disguise that made it look like a hairpiece was gold, and shaped into foliage. He picked it up, and moved on, looking for the daggers.

<p>Beni stared at the stiletto curiously, but made marks on her notebook. Hiei picked out the set of plain, sturdy daggers that he had seen before, and Beni jotted down some more on her notebook. Hiei narrowed his eyes slightly at the figure that snorted disdainfully at them.

<p>Senryoku had the most beautiful eyes that he had ever seen, solid black except for the milky white that served as her pupil. She had dark brown, coffee skin; smooth and unblemished except for the rope-burn scar on her neck. Someone had obviously attempted to hang her, and failed. He wondered absently if she had killed them. Her black hair was pulled into a high ponytail. Her right hand was missing, and in its place was a dagger.

<p>She smirked at him, and then said to Beni, "Beni-chan, I thought that you're supposed to be doing your rounds now."

<p>Beni blushed, and began to stutter out, "Ah . . . Senryoku-san, Hiei-san . . . he invited me to - to help . . . pick out his . . . to help pick out his share."

<p>The other woman chuckled, "Sure, Beni-chan, I believe you." She glared at Hiei, "If you so much as touch one hair on her head . . ." she left it unsaid because, honestly, she didn't need to say anymore. Senryoku left them, chuckling.

<p>Hiei snorted, and turned to Beni, whom said nervously, "She's right, Hiei-san. I should go back to my rounds."

<p><i>Not before I leave my mark,</i> he thought to himself. He put his hand on her shoulder to stop her from walking away, "Wait, I want to give you something."

<p>She blinked at him curiously, and winced as he brushed the stiletto through her hair, carefully - so as not to pull her hair - wrapping her hair in it in a complex bun. He settled the stiletto on the side of her head, disguised perfectly as the hairpiece that it was supposed to be disguised as.

<p>She stuttered before walking away almost at the point of running, "Thank you."

<p>He walked away, and tried to think of what kind of mark to give to Senryoku.

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<p>Beni - BEH-NEE

<p>Senryoku - SEN-RYOH-KOO

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<p>Yuusuke laughed as Shisei ended her joke. She said with a chuckle, "If you thought that one was funny . . .

<p>"Twin brothers were named Joe and John. Joe was the owner of an old, rundown boat. It just happened that John's wife died the same day that Joe's boat sank. A few days later, an old lady met Joe on the street, mistaking him for John. She said to him, 'I'm sorry for your loss, you must feel terrible.'

<p>"Joe said, 'Oh, hell no. Fact is, I'm sort of glad to be rid of her. She was a rotten old thing from the beginning. Her bottom was all shriveled up, and she smelled like dead fish. She was always losing her water. She had a bad crack in the back, and a pretty big hole in front. The hole got bigger every time I used her. She leaked like crazy, and it got hard to keep her upright. But what really finished her off was these four guys who rented her for a good time. I warned them that she wasn't any good, but they wanted to have a go with her anyway. The damned fools all tried to get on her at the same time, and it was just too much for the old girl. While they were trying to get into position, she split right up the middle!'"

<p>Yuusuke's laughter got louder. He wiped away the tears forming in his eyes, and thought about how lucky he was that he was in his youkai form. Shisei would have never talked to him if he was a ningen, that he was sure of.

<p>Shisei was the thieves' boss, and was one of the strangest people that he had ever met. He knew that Chuu and Jin would like her. Her black hair was up in a mohawk, and her eyes were a burnished gold. The tail of a silver dragon tattoo wrapped around her mohawk. The rest of the dragon tattoo went down the left side of her face, and disappeared under her shirt. He was fairly certain that the head of the dragon was on her stomach, but Yuusuke wasn't sure.

<p>He asked through gasps, "Where does that tattoo end?" She chuckled again, and lowered the collar of her shirt to show that the head of the dragon was resting on her left breast. Yuusuke stammered, "Whoa . . . Chuu and Jin would <i>really</i> like you!"

<p>She laughed, and covered herself, waving at the other youkai that were laughing raucously. Shisei asked, "Are they cute?"

<p>Yuusuke really liked her. Too bad she was one of the new female youkai. That was the only reason that he was talking to her. How she had gotten to become the boss of the thieves in this short of time had been a mystery to Yuusuke, but upon learning of the death of the last boss it wasn't a mystery any longer.

<p>Yuusuke really liked her. Too bad that she was one of those suspected to be Senka.

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<p>Shisei - SHEE-SEI

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<p>"Oh! I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!" She looked up into his eyes, and did a double-take, "Oh my! I didn't know that it was you, Kurama-san!"

<p>Kurama chuckled, and his smile became wider when the other kitsune giggled.

<p>Her colors were plain. Red locks similar to his hair as a ningen, and big brown eyes. Murasaki was the fourth suspected of being Senka. Murasaki was a unique part of the band of thieves. She was the bait.

<p>If there were elaborate jobs to do, sometimes they would send her ahead to deal with those that they were robbing. According to his sources, she was very good at what she did. Those that they tried to rob usually ended up buying things for the voluptuous female youko, and thus she usually ended up with more than the others. Yet, she deserved it. She didn't do much when they just ransacked the place, so this is what she did to make up for lost money.

<p>"I'm so very sorry, Kurama-san . . . I've been sort of clumsy lately."

<p>He chuckled, "Clumsy? You? Never, my dear." Kurama took her hand, and kissed her palm, "You are the epitome of poise, Murasaki-chan."

<p>"You are too much of a gentleman, Kurama-san."

<p>A snort drew her attention from the silver-haired youko, "Stop it before you start eating each others' faces. I already got back from a vulgar display from your friend, Kurama-san."

<p>Senryoku sneered up at him, and Kurama sighed, "Oh no, what is Yuusuke doing?"

<p>She snorted again, "Yuusuke?" Senryoku spat at the ground, "Hiei is more like it."

<p>He frowned, "Hiei? He didn't rip someone's throat out did he? I wouldn't think that something of that caliber would bother you, Senryoku-kun."

<p>Murasaki widened her eyes some more, "Oh my, could Hiei-san really do that?"

<p>"That would have been much more appreciated actually," Senryoku said, glaring back in the direction that she came. "He was being sappy over Beni-chan."

<p>"Beni-chan?" Murasaki giggled. "She'll have her hands full, won't she, Senryoku-chan? A youkai like that . . ." She trailed off, and looked up at Kurama, idly stroking his arm.

<p>Senryoku rolled her eyes, "I'm going to look for Shirogane."

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<p>Murasaki - MOO-RAH-SAH-KEE

<p>Shirogane - SHEE-ROH-GAH-NEH

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<p>Kuwabara grumbled under his breath as Hiei walked in. The shrimp had been giving off the feeling of a hunted rabbit ever since they had recieved the mission. Something was seriously wrong with the little youkai, and Kuwabara couldn't figure out what.

<p>Their first robbery had been done with for an hour, but the sorting of the loot was far from finished. Kuwabara had spent the last hour sorting it all with other thieves, and he was already tired. So, the moment their breaktime came he headed straight to the cook's tent to get some grub. He was slightly more hungry than he was tired.

<p>The reason that only Hiei, Kuwabara, Shirogane, and Yuusatsu were in this cook tent was because the other youkai wanted to give Shirogane some privacy. However, Kuwabara could feel from Shirogane that she wanted companionship more than privacy. She was pretty good at hiding her emotions though. Her grief must have been truly great if she let her want for companionship slip out that much.

<p>Apparently, her mate's throat had been slit. He was found behind a wagon, bled to death with a ward around him so that no one could smell or hear anything. Kurama suspected that it was because he must have found something out about Senka, so he was gotten rid of.

<p>Kuwabara frowned. The first and second victim from Senka's escape that they knew of. Shirogane's mate, and Shirogane herself. She was surely suffering as much as her mate must have been suffering when his throat had been cut.

<p>Shirogane smiled at Hiei, and silently offered him a bowl of soup. He stared at the bowl in her hand for a moment, and she said, "It's miso soup."

<p>His lips upturned into a smirk, "My favorite."

<p>"Really?" Her smile became wider, "Well, you won't find miso soup better than mine in all of the Makai. Eat up!"

<p>He took it, and sat across the table from Kuwabara who was just finishing his naruto and miso soup. It was actually a pretty average miso soup, but Kuwabara suspected that it really was the best that the Makai had to offer. Kuwabara made a mental note to always go to this tent to eat. The naruto that went with it was pretty good too after all, and he had always like naruto.

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<p>Yuusatsu - YOO-SAH-TSOO

<p>Miso - It's a broth soup.

<p>Naruto - No, it's not that ninja-in-training from Shounen Jump. Naruto is actually a steamed fish-paste cake which is used to decorate soup.

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