Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Reikai Tantei's Yu Yu Hakusho ❯ The Yomatsu Hara-Sakai, part 2 ( Chapter 3 )

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The Reikai Tantei's Yu Yu Hakusho

Chapter 3 The Yomatsu Hara-Sakai, part 2

It wasn't long before everyone was notified, gathering quickly at Keiko's ramen shop in the restaurant district.

Early morning business was always good, but not too crowded to where you couldn't hold a decent conversation.

Hiei sat hidden in the corner, sneering from being in public... Kuwabara and Yukina were off in their own little world ..

Koenma was looking over last- minute files ...

and Yusuke and Keiko were at each others throats .. again!

"You're not going ... and that's FINAL!" Yusuke sneered up to Keiko. "It's too dangerous! And I know how you get around these Makai demons." He sat back in the booth, closing his eyes and crossing his hands over his chest. "And that's that!"

*BASH!*

All eyes in the restaurant turned to the large booth where Keiko had nabbed a wok and smashed it over her fiancee's head. "What are you trying to say, Yusuke? That I'm too WEAK for the job? S'that it?"

*BASH*

Kuwabara looked up from flirting with Yukina ...

Hiei looked up from glaring at Kuwabara ...

Kurama looked up from staring at Hiei ...

*BASH*

Yusuke leapt to his feet, three separate welts beginning on the top of his head. "WILL YA QUIT IT!!!!"

Koenma reached over and grabbed Yusuke by the shirt, reeling him back down to the table. "You're attracting attention, Urameshi."

"She started it!" he protested, pointing an accusing finger at her.

"OH!" Keiko yelled. "So now we're back in grade school! You gonna go tell your mommy on me? ... and don't point that thing at me!!"

"Why you .... " Yusuke threatened, trying to rise from his feet.

All hands at the table moved to wrestle Yusuke back into his seat.

"Can we get back to the matter at hand?" Koenma asked, trying to keep his cool. Off at another booth, a group of girls giggled quietly ... Koenma threw them a suave smile and they giggled louder.

Kurama sipped his tea casually, glancing around the table. "So, exactly what's the plan here, Yusuke?"

He grasped his aching head, glaring back to the kitchen area, mumbling something under his breath. "Well ... it's obvious that humans can't deal with this ... so it looks like it's our problem now."

Keiko came back out of the kitchen with an armload of food, setting it down before each of them on the table. She threw a cute smile down to Yusuke who only groaned and glared at his food. "So, what's the deal? We all off to America?" she chimed in.

" 'WE?' " Yusuke growled.

Keiko frowned and took up a stray plate, raised the plate to strike ... but stopped short, staring out the window. She stood frozen, plate in hand and raised to pummeling height, staring blankly out the window at the passing cars.

Hiei, practically hidden in the corner of the booth, volleyed glances back and forth between her and the window. "What? I don't see nothin!"

Kurama leaned over him, staring out the window, his green eyes surveying the environment beyond the restaurant.

Through the passing traffic, every once and a while a tall, dark figure would blink through behind a passing bus. It was tall, definitely male, glaring back at the window as the others stared back at him. He stood motionless, only appearing every so often.

Something glinted in the man's hand ... a long, razor-sharp katana, almost reaching down to the sidewalk. It glimmered around between passing vehicles, the man flashing an evil smile at the group.

Something seems so familiar about him, I could swear I've seen him before...Kurama stopped trying to remember when Yusuke quickly stood up from his seat.

Yusuke bounded from the table in a heartbeat and was out the door before anyone could react.

Hiei was next, blinking from view as the group all began to file out of the ramen shop and onto the sidewalk outside.

Across the road as Yusuke expertly hopped cars and dodged motorcycles, Hiei appeared where the man should have been. He turned around in circles, scanning the environment both mentally and physically for any sign of the phantasmal man. But is was like he was never there ... there was only a psychic residue, almost undetectable from the life around him, floating in and out of his perception.

Behind him, Yusuke clambered to the sidewalk in a serenade of car horns and yelling driver, surveying the site as he steadied himself. "Where'd he go?"

Hiei circled again, rubbing the bandanna on his forehead. " Good question."

A glint caught Yusuke's eye from the bushes, immediately retreating into the foliage and out of sight. He crossed behind Hiei through a mob of pedestrians, shoving his way through to the neatly kept, waist-tall hedge. He reached the bush and began sifting through it with his hands, folding back the branches.

"What is it?" Kurama yelled, joining them on the sidewalk and pushing through the pedestrians to Yusuke.

"There's something in these bushes, but it keeps moving. Here, you try." he said, standing back.

Kurama casually shoved his hands in his pockets and concentrated, watching as the bush writhed before them. It shifted and shuttered, occasionally reveling a glint of metal, but it was soon somehow lost back into the greenery.

Kurama concentrated a bit harder... Through the foliage, a small, six-pronged shuriken, a ninja throwing star, glimmered into view before scurrying off to hide back in the living bush.

"That was odd," Yusuke said as Kurama reached into the bush. "Was it just me, or did that thing move on its own?"

Kurama bent down into the bush, grasping around for a few moments as the others all joined them, gently pulling on something. It seemed to be putting up quite a fight, as Kurama was jerked in and out of the bush, everyone watching on in anticipation.

Finally, Kurama's arm burst out of the bush, flinging him backwards into Yusuke, his hand tightly clasped around the fist-sized shuriken. It writhed and wriggled in his grip, desperately fighting to free itself from Kurama's grip.

"It's alive!" Keiko exclaimed from behind them, pushing forward to lean over Yusuke's shoulder.

"Can you feel that?" Yusuke asked, reaching out to touch the wriggling star. "It's a weird sort of energy ... not youkai ... not kiryoku ... "

Kurama suddenly flinched, releasing the shuriken with a yell. The small, metal star clambered to the ground and rolled quickly off into the bush, disappearing almost instantly.

Kurama held his hand tightly, a large gash running down the length of his palm. "Damn it!" he cursed as blood ran off his hand. He closed it tightly.

Hiei thrust his bandanna at Kurama, pulling locks of his spiky hair down to cover his forehead.

The two eyed each other for a moment before Keiko reached in and took the bandanna, preceding to wrap Kurama's hand.

"Great, now we're dealing with ninja's!" Kuwabara cursed.

"Not just any ninja ... there's a strong aura of power that came from that star. And it wasn't you- ki."

"This case is getting weirder by the minute," Koenma said silently.

*****

It was night in New York City, and the entire city population was uptight and panicked over the mutilated corpse of Jason Murry that had been found in a back alley that day. The police were on special alert, out patrolling the streets regularly.

From a down town dojo, two young girls stepped out of the front door, calling their good-byes to their master.

"You girls be careful tonight!" he called in a thick Japanese accent. "Stick to the streets!"

"We will, Tanaka-sensei," they called back, hopping out into the steady flow of late night pedestrians.

All along the sidewalks, newsstands had displayed articles about the supposed 'gang mutilation' ... every television in the Sony Store window was tuned to the news where they were headlining the story just about every five minutes.

"Why does this city always glorify disgusting crap like this?" Karyn Miller asked, pointing past her best friend to the television screens.

"Who knows. If you ask me, half the news people around here are sick and perverted! They make a big deal about the TWA crash ... they go on for days about the subway bombings ... they bore ya with the hostage situation at the World Trade Towers ... but when something important comes along, it's two words, and 'boom-boom, bye-bye'. Sicko's if ya ask me!"

The two continued on, following their masters instructions and sticking to the streets. Their normal trek home usually involved making their ways through the labyrinth of back alleys.

They passed an alley they would normally turn down and stopped. Something caught both their eyes, just visible beyond the smoky blackness ... A dim, red glow throbbed under some cardboard boxes about halfway into the alley.

"What's that?" Karyn asked, tugging on her friends hand.

"Let's go find out." The two agreed silently, checking their position on the sidewalk and slipped deftly into the alley, keeping close eyes out for alley-thugs as they reached the cardboard.

The pulsating glow was coming from a large gem ... almost like a ruby, buried under wet cardboard and newspaper.

Karyn sifted quickly through the mess and held it up in the dim light from the streets. "Wow. Pretty neat, huh?"

"I bet some gang leader or jewelry thief hid it back here."

"Then let's not stick around to find out!"

The two ran out of the alley and continued on down the sidewalks, hurriedly, gawking over the glowing gem. Karyn thrust it into her shirt pocket, watching as the pocket glowed red from inside.

"How are we gonna sneak that by your mom?" her friend asked, poking at the glowing pocket.

Karyn stopped suddenly.

"What?"

"Ever feel like you're being followed?" Karyn and her friend looked behind them ... but the sidewalk was bare. Occasionally, a stray bar-hag would stumble out on a man's arms, and they would disappear into the night, but other than that, they were completely alone.

"Just the wind?" her friend suggested.

Karyn nodded. "Let's get home. This is givin' me the creeps."

On they walked, glancing about them as they turned down a long row of apartment buildings.

They were being shadowed ... Karyn noticed this when they turned. She reached over and nudged her friend, paling as she gestured to the other side of the street.

Across the street, keeping pace with them was a tall man, dressed all in black, carrying a long, slender glinting object. The two picked up their pace, watching as the man picked up his pace too.

"Oh God ... what if that's that mutilator guy?" the friend whispered.

Karyn reached down to a passing trash pile, retrieving a length of pipe. "Then we'll just have to take him out ourselves"

"Yeah!"

Karyn jerked to a halt, turning with the lead pipe to the figure across the street. "What the hell are you following us for?!!" she yelled loudly.

The figure stopped and turned toward her ... and in an instant he was to the other side of the street, glaring down on her.

"The gem ... give it to me, wench!"

The two girls screamed and stumbled back. "Shit, he can move!" the friend yelled.

The man reached a long arm out to his side, clutching a long katana. "You have my gem. GIVE IT TO ME!!"

Down the sidewalk a ways, a flash of light brought a lumbering shadow into sight.

"The jewel!" it bellowed, running forward toward the three. "My lovely! Give it to me, thief!"

A horrid looking thing brandishing a reaping scythe blinked in and out of the musty street light, heading straight for them.

"RUN KARYN!!!"

The girls burst off across the street, screaming at the tops of their lungs.

*****

An old man settled calmly down in a battered sofa and flipped on the television.

"In updating the Manhattan Mutilation story .. "

*click*

"In other news, there still have been no leads as to the mutilated body of ..."

*click*

"and the boy's parent's ... "

*click*

*click*

*click*

The old man huffed and turned the TV off. "Damn city."

Just then, a blood curtailing scream burst through the open windows, startling the old man up out of the chair.

"What in bloody blazes ... " he staggered for the phone and dialed

9-1-1, watching the two girls race down the sidewalk past his apartment window.

*****

Hiei stepped through the portal first and onto the dark streets of New York City, wrinkling his nose at the musty smell that wafted from the rained streets.

Behind him, everyone started stepping out carefully, surveying the streets before them. They were on a residential, inner-city street, lined on both sides with apartment buildings, lit only by the occasional dim street lamp.

"I guess this isn't the ritzy part of town," Yusuke sneered, shoving his hands in his pocket. "But, I guess things could be worse."

From down the long street-way, a blood-curdling scream bounced off the buildings up to them, running their veins' cold. Through the dim lights, two girls ran quickly, tailed by a lumbering figure brandishing what looked like a sawed-off reaping scythe.

"You were saying?" Hiei growled, dissipating into the air.

"We can't out-run him, Karyn!"

"My house is just a little farther down ... "

The man in black suddenly appeared before them, warping into existence, raising the long katana over his head. He eyed Karyn's glowing pocket ...

The two girls turned on their heels only to see the lumbering goblin galloping up the street ...

....the man in black swung the long katana and they braced themselves...

*CLANG!!*

The sound of metal against metal echoed throughout the street in an eerie, reverberating whine. Karyn opened a cautious eye to find a short boy before her, his spiky hair almost reaching up to her chin. He expertly held his own katana before him, having successfully blocked the attack.

"REI-KEN!!" came a bellowing cry from beyond the two in black. A flash of yellow light burst into view, heading strait towards them, swinging oddly through the air.

"Modorimasite," the child with the spiky, black hair growled, pushing back the attack.

Karyn and her friend turned, only to find the goblin in mid swing. "AAHHHH!!!" they screamed, ducking the swing and stumbling out into the street

The yellow, lightning-like light whipped before them, wielded by a tall, goofy looking man with red hair. He yelled something to the goblin in a language the two girls didn't understand, and preceded to land well-aimed blows.

*****

Kurama slid to a halt as Yusuke and Koenma pushed past.

"Keep the girls back there!" Yusuke yelled, beginning to gather his power.

Keiko and Yukina ran up next, each being caught on the shoulders by Kurama. "Stay back. This isn't something either of you can handle."

"Why don't you let me be the judge of that, Kurama!"Keiko said firmly.

"I'm telling you ... stay here!" and he ran off to the battle as Koenma came to join him.

******

Karyn and her friend ducked out of the battle, barely missing the whirling blades. The five new people were involved heavily in the battle now, ganging up two and three at a time against their attackers ... and not having much luck.

The little boy with the spiky black hair moved like the wind, almost invisibly, but the tall man in black blocked every strike and then some.

"This is nuts!" Karyn yelled to her friend. "Let's get outta here. Ya with me?" Without another word, the two took to their feet.

"OI!! Tomemasu!!" One of them yelled. "Koenma-san! Shoujo!"

"Keep running!" Karyn yelled.

*******

Kurama noticed the two girls get up and run as he dodged a scythe attack. "HEY!! Stop!!" he yelled, but they continued running. He leapt back from the battle. "Koenma! The young girls!"

Koenma slid to a halt, watching the two girls rush by him. He turned quickly to chase after them. "This isn't what I came along for!" he groaned to himself.

*******

Hiei stepped back, breathing heavily as he glared down the man before him. "Who the hell are you anyway?" he growled, grasping the hilt of his sword. He could of sworn he had faced this sword style before, he just couldn't remember where. Hiei shrugged it off and focused on the fight again. This wasn't a time to let his thoughts wander.

The man only smiled as a slight breeze struck up. It ruffled the hair concentrated around Hiei's forehead and reveled slight glimpses of a purple object .. Hiei's jagan .. his third eye.

The man grinned. "Youkai? In the Ningenkai? You are looking for more trouble than you're worth, little one."

"Watch who you're calling 'little'!!"

"And such a temper!" He laughed slightly, lowering his katana. "I admire your swordsmanship, little youkai. Perhaps you can help me."

"I'll help you alright ... to a hole in the head!" he raised his blade to strike.

Behind them, the battle with the tengu took a sudden turn as Kuwabara landed a blow, completely severing one of the razor-clawed arms. Quickly it reeled back, disappearing into a brilliant vortex of light, leaving behind a trail of oozing, purple gook.

All attention turned to the tall man.

He stood confidently in place, one hand in the pocket of his pants, the other gently gripping the hilt of the long katana.

"You're outnumbered," Yusuke said boldly

"Perhaps." The man sheathed the katana. "Mark my words, I WILL be back." and he vanished in a puff of wind.

*****

Get your hands offa me, pervert!!" Karyn yelled, kicking and screaming. She furiously tried her martial arts techniques, but the man's grip was like stone. She clawed and bit at the hands, trying to get away.

"ITTAI!!!" the man screamed, releasing his grip. Karyn crashed to the pavement, turning on her back to stare up at the man, holding and cradling his hand. He cursed and wiped a hand across his forehead, chewing intently on what looked like a pacifier in his mouth.

Karyn stared strangely up at the man as he began to shake the life back into his hand. "K'so!" he cursed, waving around his bitten hand and muttering to himself.

Behind him, the others ran up quickly, joining the dancing man, beginning a conversation in some oriental language. Karyn fingered the gem in her pocket as she got to her feet, keeping a close eye on the group.

A woman with flowing red hair and green eyes stepped forward, bowing. "Hajimemashite," she smiled. "Watashi no Kurama desu. Dozo yoroshiku."

"Yeah, hadji-whatever to you too," she said backing up, keeping close eyes on the group of strange visitors.

A man with slick, black hair elbowed the dancing man, conversing quickly. The dancing man lowered his hands and closed his eyes, softly chanting to himself.

Karyn felt her ears pop, and suddenly a string of familiar words began to come to her ears.

" ... and I told him I could do it on my own .. and the idiot insisted that I let him fix it," a woman was saying, walking up to the group with a younger, blue-haired girl. "Needless to say ... " she eyed one of the men " ... he totally destroyed it!"

"HEY!!"

Karyn backed up a few paces. "This is just too gonzo for me! I'm outta here!" and she turned to run ... only to come face to face with the short boy, a third, purple eye glaring her down.

"AHH!!" she screamed, reeling back. "Just who the hell are all of you!"

Kuwabara stepped forward, dissipating the spirit sword. "I'm Kuwabara. .." and a volley of introductions followed.

"Weird names," she said. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going home."

"Hold it right there," Yusuke said. "Exactly what were those two after you and your friend for?" He pointed down to her glowing pocket. "Couldn't have anything to do with that thing in your pocket, would it?"

Karyn shot a hand to the pocket. "Why would they want this?" she said, pulling the jewel from the folds of her shirt.

The group's eyes widened.

"It's that power again!" Yusuke awed, reaching a hand over the gem. "The same power that came of that shuriken back in Tsukiji."

Kurama rubbed his hand. "You're right." The woman turned to Hiei. "Can you and Kuwabara find that opening to Makai?"

"It's not Makai," came his reply, quickly. Hiei's expression turned to one Kurama had never seen before. He tried desperately to read the face ... analyzing the features as Hiei's brow twitched every so often.

"Not Makai? Then where did that tengu come from?" Yusuke broke the silence.

To be Continued...

Translations:

youkai- demon from the Makai

youki- spirit, aura

kiryoku- type of youki, found in demons from the Netherworld

-sensei- teacher

rei-ken- spirit sword

Modorimasite- Get away

Tomemasu- Stop

Shoujo- Young girls

Ningenkai- human world

tengu- type of youkai

ittai- that hurts

K'so- shit

Hajimemashite- It's nice to meet you

Watashi no Kurama desu. Dozo yoroshiku.- My name is Kurama. I mean you no harm.

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