Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Two Nightmares ❯ the first clue ( Chapter 4 )

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~Chapter 4~

Ajo watched the scene in front of him with interest. "So that's the detectives famous Sprit Gun." He thought. He looked at the Pearl carefully. "What else can you do?" He asked it. (A/N: No, he's not crazy; I think we can all safely say that we have all yelled at our computers before.) Ajo disappeared as quickly has he had appeared. Kuwabara looked up into the tree Ajo had just been sitting in. He watched the branches sway in the wind. He could have sworn that he had just seen something, or someone.

Raye waited patiently at a small creek in the Makai where a tree know as the Tree of the Past Life. It was called that because it was one of the few trees that bared the Fruit of the Past Life. It was also Ajo and her unofficial meeting place. She was sitting in the tree carefully cutting the fruit away from the branches. Carefully because one wrong move could give her broken or decapitated limbs from the razor sharp leaves. She knew how to make the drink that would allow her to turn back into Iumae for an unlimited amount of time. It just took a long time to prepare, and she was going to need this form if the rumors about the detectives were true. She made her self comfortable and started to toss one of the fruits up and down out of boredom. She had collected enough to fruit a some time ago, but continued to gather them because you never know when something could go wrong. She revised the ingredients in her head again. She and Yoko Kurama had worked on the drink together. The two often worked together making

Hiei found the person who he first heard the rumor from. A sword maker he often went to get his katana sharpened.

"Benti." Hiei said as he walked into the store. The lizard demon turned around. He was tall for a lizard demon. His red snake eyes looked at Hiei.

"Hellllo Hiiieeii. Whyyy have yoouu returned sooo recentlyyy?" Benti being a lizard demon tended to hiss when he talked.

"I heard you saw an A-class human come here."

"Ahhhh, Yesss. Shheee cammee tooo gett herr katanaas sharpened." This got Hiei attention.

"Katanas?"

"Shhee useed twoo katanas."

"What did her katanas look like?" He was hoping it wasn't the Soul Blade he had heard so much about.

"Theeyy looked norrmmmalll. Exxxceppt one had an Alumae designed on the hilt, the otherrrr haddd a blaaack annnnd gggooold hillttlt"

"Alumae?"

"Some kind of flower. Its said to grow where blood is shed, but that's all I know about it."

Question to ask the kitsune. Hiei thought. "Hn. So She hadn't been here recently?"

"No."

"Do you remember what she looked like?"

"Black haiir with gold highlightssss. Browniish redd eyes. Darrk skiiinn, pretty forrr a human."

"Thanks Benti." Hiei walking out when Benti asked one final question."Whyy sooo curious?"

Hiei paused at the door. "Business." With that the soft sound of a bell was heard as the door swung open.

"Well did you see anything?" Raye asked as she picked leaves and sticks out of her hair.

"Yeah, the detectives Sprit Gun." Raye looked at her friend curiously.

"Tell me about it."

"Its exactly how it's been described, a blue ball of energy out of his index finger. Shot it out of anger, full power too." Ajo looked indifferent, which is how he usually looked. He tended to hide his emotions. "I've seen stronger attacks Raye, no need to worry." He added noticing concern in her eyes.

"Have you beaten stronger attacks is my main question."

"Yeah."

"Ok then no worries." Raye said with a smile. "Beside if I die again I can always track you down and make your life a living hell."

"Hardy feakin' har." Ajo said sarcastically. "That is if you can find me again."

"I can track you any day, any time, any place."

"Not if I trick your mind into not seeing me." He said with a smirk. Raye just looked at him like he was a nut case. "I found out the Pearl can be used to trick peoples minds into seeing the dream or nightmare and that alone. Basically I can have people react to things around then to what they see which isn't real." Raye just stared.

"Ok, you have officially and completely lost me."

"Lets try again. I can use the Pearl to make Nightmares so really people believe that the dream is real and react to it the way they would if it were real."

"When did you find out? I don't remember hearing it in any of the stories I heard about these items."

"Neither have I. Actually, I just tried it and it worked."

"You GUESSED it would work?!!!?" Raye looked like she was close to screaming at her partner."

"Yup."

"And you wonder why I enjoy working with you….." Raye said smiling and shaking her head. "This blade taught me a few new tricks too, care to try one?" She said as she fell into her fighting stance.

"Bring it on." Ajo also fell into his fighting stance and with that a friendly spar began.

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