12 Hours Prior - Reikai Prison
Flashing lights and blaring sirens filled the halls of the Reikai Prison. Shouts of the oni guards somehow managed to make themselves heard over the noise.
"Jail Break! Prisoner 6783 has escaped!"
"Get moving! We have to find him before he leaves the premises!"
"Where'd he go?"
"Come on! Do you want to tell Lord Koenma he escaped?"
"No sir!"
Amidst all the confusion a shadow deftly slid out of the building, making it's escape unhindered to the Ningenkai.
12 Hours Prior - Koenma's Office
"Koenma, sir! We just received word from the Reikai Prison guards! Prisoner 6783 has escaped!"
"What? Ankouku?"
"Yes, sir! The guard that had arrived to deliver his meals found the cell empty and the spirit bars completely trashed! They then put the prison on lock-down but they couldn't find him!"
"Fools! The confusion of a lock-down is plenty enough cover for Ankouku to escape! What were they thinking?"
Silence.
"Sir, what are we going to do?"
"Find him of course! George, get Boton. I need to speak with her."
"Yes sir!"
Silence.
Sigh.
"Why Ankouku? The blasted demon is near impossible to find once he takes a host; even harder to capture. Let's just hope we catch him before he does."
A pause.
"If not...I pity his host."
Present Time - Koenma's Office
"Boton!"
"Yes Koenma, sir?"
The toddler prince of Reikai glared at the paperwork before him, "Any updates on the escaped demon?"
"No sir."
"WHAT?" Koenma cried jumping up onto his desk, knocking the papers everywhere, "You know how dangerous that demon is! Ankouku doesn't show up on Reikai's scans! It was pure luck we captured him before. We need to find him quickly!"
Boton raised her hands in a warding gesture, "I know that! I set Yuusuke on the case-"
"That's not enough!" Koenma folded his arms behind his back and paced the length of the desk, "You know Yuusuke, he's no good on these types of missions. Sure he has enough power to kill the demon, but finding it is the hard part! Once he enters a host he'll never be found. If only I hadn't sent Kurama and Hiei to America..."
"Shall I recall them?" The Grim Reaper questioned nervously.
"NO!" The toddler exclaimed loudly, "Their mission is delicate work, Boton. If we recall them now the humans will become suspicious; they only just arrived yesterday."
"But Koenma, sir"
Koenma silenced Boton's statement with a glare, "Just go and get some of the others to help Yuusuke. Maybe Touya or Jin would help."
"Y-yes Lord Koenma." The Ferry Girl bowed hastily before scurrying out of the room.
The toddler prince of Reikai flopped unceremoniously back into his comfy chair, "She just doesn't understand the situation..."
"Perhaps I could be of assistance?"
Koenma was startled by the voice, looking around wildly for the source. A figure dressed all in white detached itself from the shadows near the doorway. The child ruler gaped openly, "Sesshoumaru?"
The dog demon merely smirked, "Who else?"
12 Hours Prior - Ningenkai
Minamino Shiori trembled, wrapping her arms around her shaking form, "It's not Suuichi. IT can't be Suuichi. My Suuichi is not a demon. Even if he was, he would have told me. Suuichi trusts me..."
'No he doesn't' Whispers a soft voice, 'How can he? He knew you would react like this. He knew you would throw him out...'
"No! I wouldn't! I couldn't!"
'You just did...'
"That...that...wasn't my son! Some monster possessed him! Forced him! He'd never hide something like this from me..."
'Really? What about all the times he'd leave? All those days he was gone without a word? He could have been out mingling with demons. He could've been hurt. And what did you do? You didn't press the issue when he turned that smile on you. Those soft spoken words that held nothing in them. You did nothing!'
"Liar..."
'It's no wonder Suuichi doesn't trust you. You never cared. Never did anything to keep him safe. You just stood by and watched as he disappeared, never questioning it when he returned. He could have been running off to his death and you'd never have known...'
"I..."
'And when you did find out, what did you do?'
"I..."
'You disowned him!'
"I..."
'He never came back, did he?'
"No..."
'You hurt him. You hurt the son you claimed to love. The hatred of a parent is the worst thing you can give a child. The worst possible thing. You yelled at him, threw him out. If there was any of your Suuichi still within the demon...you killed it! You killed your own son!'
"I...killed..."
'You are a horrible mother.'
"I...am..."
'You don't deserve life.'
"I don't..."
'Not after what you did.'
"Suuichi..."
Present - Ningenkai
Shiori's eyes snapped open but they were no longer the warm brown color of Suuichi's mother. They were a metallic silver. Jaded, uncaring. A slow, twisted smile spread across her face. A voice, not her own, spoke from her lips, "Stupid humans. They are so easy to break."
She rose, walking across the apartment to where a mirror was hung. Those cold eyes stared at the mirror. The smirk widened, "An interesting host I found...Nothing exceptional ability wise, but a perfect way to get what I want."
A chilling laugh echoed through the apartment, a sound so foreign for the usually warm woman, "The Kitsune's power will be mine!"
Unfamiliar silver eyes glinted from Shiori's face, "Oh yes. Youko Kurama, I'm coming for you...We have a score to settle."
A/N: And the plot thickens...I've finally decided to put an actual plot in n.n. It's kind of obvious what is going on though...Sorry it's short, but I'm on vacation and am not allowed on the computer much.
No Kurama or Kagome in this chapter, it is just a look on what was happening back with Koenma. n.n; I just had to throw Sess-sama into the story. Don't worry, he'll have a part in the story n.n. Also, this story is still on hold, I just got some inspiration last night so I had to write this chapter. Thanks to all you who reviewed. I still can't believe there are so many...
Well, don't expect another update anytime soon. Just be glad you got one, I wasn't planning to update this story until I got the idea for theJail Break.I have ideas whirling around in my head for many new stories that are distracting me from everything. Most of them are crossovers too... Bleh...
Oh yes, in response to the many questions...Pairings will be Kurama/Kagome and Hiei/Sango. Though there won't be much emphasis on the pairings. In this story I doubt they'd even realize they like each other before near the end of the story, if even. I just hate the rushed relationships that show up in most stories. I mean, most aren't even realistic! People don't (usually) fall in love(and admit that they did) with another person after such a short time. True relationships(in my opinion) should take time to grow and develop. Sure there can be physical attraction but that shouldn't be all it is based on when someone decides they love another...
Gah! Lookat that...sorry if I bored you all with my ranting...it's just that so many stories now have an emphasis on the physical part of a relationship rather than the emotional aspect...but then again; pay me no mind. I've never actually been in a relationship so I wouldn't know. Maybe thats mainly what it's about in the realworld. -shrugs- I don't know and I'm not in a hurry to find out.