Embodiment
(AN: yay! People actually paid attention to me and voted...on reviews no less.
Not on ...
Yeah, but only one person's technically reviewed there...
Don't you have poles to announce?
Ah, yes! So far, I've got three votes for go on in the same story and one vote for a sequel where Kouri and Shouka become spirit detectives...
If you don't mind, I'd rather stay on Makai...
Not sure of the location but we'll still have a story...
A story about...?
You'll see...
You have that strange look on your face again...
Let's just say this one OC I've been playing around with on rpg's would be perfect.
Oh, brother...
No, he's not your brother...
Just get on with the next chapter...)
Hitsujiko wiped sweat from his brow as he looked around again for anymore crowd members that may have gotten caught up in the two explosions. As far as he could tell, all those chickens at the front row had gotten away...
He sighed and put his pen behind his ear. 'Time to get back to the desk,' he thought as he started to walk off but stopped suddenly when he saw what appeared to be a...hand coming out of the ground...?
The Fight Moderator for Kaze-Yama had a sinking feeling but bent down to see if the unfortunate was alright. He poked the hand with his pen, but his eyes went from curiosity to shock as the hand grabbed the pen and evaporated it completely with energy in the form of black flames.
The hand shook a little bit apparently to get the remaining debris away as Hitsujiko backed up.
His eyes widened in horror as an extremely powerful demon rose from the ashes. On second thought, it didn't even seem like a demon, it felt much to powerful for that...
The being shook a head full of short, spiky black hair and opened solid yellow eyes. He quirked a pierced eye brow at Hitsujiko and looked down at his own form, then back at Hitsujiko. "I'm free," it declared, curling back a pierced lip. "And you'll help me get back at the ones that last summoned me..."
(AN: just if you're wondering, why with the piercings? Well, he has one on his eyebrow, one on his bottom lip, if you haven't noticed and some all down his ears. I was going for gothic punk here, trust me, I haven't even touched on describing his clothes yet...)
A few hours later, in Rekai Koenma as fussing in his overly-large chair. "As soon as Hiei gets here, we can finally get to the point of this meeting..." he practically.
"Why is he always late?!" Botan fussed. "I swear! Every time we need the whole team here he vanishes!!" she ranted, freezing after turning around to face a window. "Ah...who-who...is this...?"
Yusuke turned around to see what Botan was so freaked over. "That's Kouri...what's the problem?" he asked, trying not to laugh.
Kouri nodded her head in acknowledgement as she climbed out of her seal followed by Hiei and Shouka. "Sorry we're late," she said with a slight bow to Botan.
"Finally!" Koenma exclaimed as the seal disappeared.
"Where's the diseased amoeba?" Hiei asked, looking among the ranks.
"Kuwabara's retired apparently," Kurama explained with a nervous smile.
"That doesn't matter!" the small replacement overlord went on. "We have a replacement and a kourime! Right now we have to worry about this!!" he finished, pointing to the screen.
An off-shot of a spiky-haired youkai appeared on the screen. His solid yellow eyes leaned into the screen as his leather-strapped arms went into pockets of black cargo pants.
"Interesting piercing jobs..." Botan said, rubbing her eyebrows, glad she hadn't done that.
"What's with the fish-net shirt?" Yusuke asked in confusion.
"I believe we're missing the point..." Kurama said with a laugh.
"That's not the whole problem either!" Koenma continued, pressing another button showing a small entourage of youkai. Two female two male. "Research shows from the energy radiating from this youkai and his friends that they aren't exactly demons..."
"Explanation?" Yusuke asked.
"Our researchers believe that these aren't demons, but the embodiments of certain attacks," Botan explained.
"Attacks?" Hiei repeated.
"We believe that this group of youkai are, in fact, the embodiments of the Dragon of Darkness Flame, and the smaller youkai are the Fists and Swords of the Darkness and Mortal Flames," Botan finished.
Hiei and Kouri exchanged slight glances.
"I knew you two had something to do with it!" Koenma exploded.
Hiei scoffed. "It's not like a fighter has COMPLETE control over the Dragon..."
"We were only fighting. That's not a crime, is it? This whole thing is just an accident," Kouri added.
"That's one freaky accident..." Shouka said as the screen zoomed in once again on the dragon. This time, though, the youkai was moving and speaking.
"Hello, Rekai," he said with a smirk that extended to his pointed ears. "My name is Kuroryu. But you can just call me Kuro. I'm here to challenge the youkai Hiei Jaganshi to a show-down," he explained smugly.
"That was specific..." Yusuke said sarcastically.
"And to help our friend find me..." Kuroryu continued dragging Hitsujiko by his hair into the screen. "I'll send a guide."
With that, he snapped the Fight Moderator's neck, automatically sending the man's spirit to Koenma's office. "Hello..." the ghost said rather dispiritedly as Kuro's face disappeared from Koenma's screen.
(AN: another chapter, another plot, another season, another semester, another essay to worry about
Oh, shut up, already.
Hey, you're not a first-time freshman in college!
Shut it
Okay.
So, what do you think of Kuro-kun? Cute, huh?
Gotta love the sarcasm
Oh, yes. Say, Hiei, why do you think I think better when I'm sick?
Because you're crazy?
Uh...thanks. Oh, here's some translations you asked for
TRANSLATIONS JAPANESE/ENGLISH
Ningen: human
Youkai: demon
Jagan: uh...Shonen Jump translates it at Hiei's Evil Eye...I'm not sure what it means, it I've always gone with Jagan. Besides, that's most of Hiei's last name, right? Hiei Jaganshi
Reiki: spirit energy
Kisama: as you may have already figured, bastard (although, in this case, it's used as an insult, and then not...look at some of Shakespeare's villains...)
Kanji: Japanese characters based on the pretty, complicated Chinese characters
Makai: literally translated as "Evil World" but it's where the youkai live
Ningenkai: Human World
Rekai: Spirit World
Kitsune: fox demon
Gomen ne: sorry...
Onii-san: brother
Kami-sama...: Oh, gosh...
Baka: idiot, stupid, etc...
Hai: yes, yes ma'am, yes sir (it's just a formal way of saying yes)
Kaze-Yama: Wind Mountain or Mount Wind (kinda like Fuji-Yama)