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Post by mugenginga on Sept 2, 2009 14:10:50 GMT -5
Kurama looked around, "We should probably leave," he indicated that a crowd was indeed forming. Well, it wasn't like they were a small bunch. What looked like a male child, a silver fox with nine tails, a woman, a cross between a dinosaur and plant, a fuzzy pointy-eared thing, four male teens (one with a sword)... it looked like some odd convention was taking place, really.
Shuuichi leaned towards Yuusuke, "Do you want to deal with Koenma and the paperwork another incident would cause when you get back?"
The teen had managed to sidestep the questions rather well, although he didn't seem particularly irked by any of them. It was actually a matter of priorities. Move the large group away from the middle of the half burnt down park being the top list.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 2, 2009 14:26:49 GMT -5
Looking around, Tarosuke noticed the crowd himself. "Wow... Didn't realize we were catching so much attention." He thought a moment... "At this point the Fire Department may think I know you guys by now... That won't look too good on the resume."
Yes Tarosuke has a resume since he started working as the police and Fire-Department's secret weapon. Is that so weird? But moving right along...
"Well damn..." He thought some more. "Well, might as well get while the gettin's good, I guess."
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Post by Jilak on Sept 2, 2009 14:34:12 GMT -5
"'get while the gettin's good'? What are you, 90? Oh... right... MOVING RIGHT ALONG." Kuwabara stated, having woken up at an... opportune time.
"You got any place in mind, Kurama?" Yuusuke asked, glancing around. Not that large crowds made him nervous, but...
...he swore, if someone said something about his hair, there WOULD be a murder.
"OH HEY. I KNOW A PLACE WE CAN CRASH." Kuwabara spoke up, foolish smile adorning his face.
"Really? Where?"
"This furniture shop place. The owner's real nice about stuff like that."
Of course, 'real nice', meant 'we might have to beat the crap out of him first'.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 2, 2009 14:44:58 GMT -5
Aby sweatdropped, "You don't mean that one place a few blocks down and around the corner, do you?"
Suzu facepalmed and mentally told himself that the stupid human was not aware of the encounter earlier. Ginger stepped forward, being slow about it as she was still unsure about how Kuwabara was going to react to her, "If you are welcome there, perhaps you can go. But we had a run in there earlier tonight. Almost ended up with more than one of us getting shot."
Kurama raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, "It would seem that would be a bad choice. I just got here myself, however, so perhaps that direction?" He pointed down a quieter looking alley. Of course, in a big city alleys weren't...
Wait? Who is this author kidding? The current group would make most crime bosses piss themselves. Scary looking city alley is probably one of the better choices.
So yeah. Two of the firemen were arguing over who was going to go ask Tarosuke about the situation. Neither of them particularly wanted to deal with the intimidating looking group...
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 2, 2009 14:59:40 GMT -5
Of course, it was doubtful they'd get the chance anyways.
"Well, in that case let's get a move on. We stay here any longer and they may actually call in the heat. I hear this city is LOUSY with ACTUAL Super heroes." If any confused glances were shot his way, he waved them off, "Got to meet a couple of them. Nice guys they were, but ridiculously strong all the same."
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Post by Jilak on Sept 2, 2009 15:12:17 GMT -5
"Right! To the dark scary alley it is, then!" Rax'aar exclaimed jovially, fists high in the air. He was... well, 'power walking', really.
"Pfft. I'm sure I could take 'em."
"Or me!"
"Not you so much, Kuwabara."
"Shaddup, Urameshi."
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 2, 2009 15:12:52 GMT -5
Thing was, most of the group seemed to be waiting for someone else to make a decision. Ginger had made the choice to stay with Yuusuke, Suzu still felt he needed to repay his debt, Kurama was part of Yuusuke's group, and so on and so forth.
Finally Aby threw her hands into the air, "Look, you guys? I don't know who all is the leader here but the obviously aren't doing much in the way of leading. So guess what? I'm going where Chewey Chee indicated. The rest of you can sit here until the Miltank come home for all I care. Ivy, come on!" Aby said as she began storming off.
Kurama sweatdropped. He'd heard some pretty bad mispronunciations from Westerners before... but... ouch. That had stung a little. He looked at Yuusuke, seemingly waiting for his response. Suzu actually found that interesting but was keeping it to himself. Why would any yokai of his power level consider that human above him? Something to do with a human mother, Yuusuke had said? Suzu didn't pretend to understand... but at least he had the good sense not to say anything about it.
Ivy glanced at the group for a moment before ambling after her trainer. She turned her head, "Rah-boy, you wanna come with me or stay with firebug and demon fox of fire and grass there?"
Kurama twitched over that, but let it rest. She didn't mean it as an insult, that much was clear. But he did turn to Ginger. Fire...?
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 7, 2009 20:02:47 GMT -5
Tarosuke was quick to follow after them, not about to stick around to see everyones oppinion on his patronizing with the enemy...
What one would've thought as sad however was the fact that if he HAD stayed he wouldn't have been persecuted; in fact, just getting rid of the vandals in question would've been good enough for the fire fighters...
Ain't it funny how life works like that?
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Post by Jilak on Sept 7, 2009 20:59:25 GMT -5
"Right then. Tally ho?" Rax'aar decided it would be more wise to follow Aby than to to stay in front of creepy hotel of creepiness. He wasn't in the mood for another impromptu Scooby Doo parody. He didn't think his heart could take it if a voice had suddenly called out 'creeeeeeper, creeeeeeper'.
"How is Koenma handling the extra paperwork, anyway?" Yuusuke asked Kurama, chuckling. From the looks of it, there wouldn't be any... drastic repercussions from mocking the lord of all existence. Well, his son, at least.
...then again. That quickly following flash of lightning did force Kuwabara to nearly leap out of skin. Almost literally, in fact.
"If you get us killed Urameshi, I'll kill you!" The boy exclaimed, bewilderment scrawled across his expression.
"Oooh, if the dark scary alley doesn't kill us, maybe the metaphorical lightning will! What fun!" Rax'aar jovially exclaimed.
...worst part being that he was actually, y'know, serious.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 7, 2009 21:35:59 GMT -5
Kurama glanced back at Kurabara at his characteristicly Kuwabara threat. He looked up at the sky as it flashed, completely unpeterbed, before he answered Yuusuke, "He's complaining worse than usual. When he called the emergency meeting, it was all Hiei could do to not blow his top over Koenma's stalling over the important news with his rant about the paperwork. From what Botan says, he barely has enough room to move around his office," Kurama paused, "Genkai wasn't there. I think she's more concerned than she's letting on."
Suzu was a few feet behind Kurama, walking beside Ginger. He looked fairly calm, but he was seething and trying not to show it around Kurama. He was well aware the kitsune could wipe the floor with him if he wanted and it was an extremely irritating thought. Especially with how smug Kurama was about it.
Ginger had fallen back to walk with Tarosuke, seemingly interested in the short yokai, "Would you mind telling me your story? I have no problem communicating mine. I think Giratina-sama would approve," she spoke. It was actually the first time she had mentioned "Giratina-sama", something Yuusuke may have picked up on.
Aby fell backwards a bit to walk at Yuusuke's other side, "You compared me to him? Gee, thanks for the insult. I'm nowhere near that jumpy and could probably kick his ass."
Oh yeah, Aby had just insulted Kurabara in one of the most blatently possible ways. And if she wasn't clear, she pointed to the teen as she spoke.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 8, 2009 10:46:21 GMT -5
Tarosuke barely looked up to Ginger before he kept on walking. "Why would you want to know it? My story isn't really all that important." Shrugging, he continued on, before he noticed Ginger's confused look. "Look... I've had this job for a long while now." He raised his Rei-Gun finger for emphasis, not flashing any energy. "Never asked for it, Buddha just gave it to me; saying I was a chosen one or something like that."
Shaking his head he continued. "I'm kinda like hired muscle. Whenever Yokai get it in their head that their better then everything else and want to cause trouble, I'm the guy they call."
Possibly, this would catch the spirit detective's attention, sounding quite odd...
After all, it DID sound similar to their own job.
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Post by Jilak on Sept 9, 2009 0:59:23 GMT -5
"Hey, wait a minute. You didn't ask me for MY origin. What, is mine not IMPORTANT enough to-" Yuusuke, however, was left dumbfounded, mid-rage, as Tarosuke explained his job. That was... eerily familiar, actually.
"What are you, me from some kinda mirror universe?" He growled, visibly fuming.
This would have been a good point for Kuwabara to say something along the lines of 'well, it's an improvement', but no. He was currently busy being shocked. His face was blank for a moment, before a metaphorical cloud appeared above his head. It was then that his expression turned... darker. Oddly more... angry.
"Oh yeah? Why don't you prove it?" Kuwa finally asked, oddly calm. He popped the joints that were his knuckles for emphasis.
Oh yeah. Kuwabara had totally just called Aby out. Well, vice versa, but still.
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Post by mugenginga on Sept 9, 2009 1:13:20 GMT -5
"My story takes a little longer to tell, I'm afraid. If you are interested I would be glad to tell you, however," Ginger paused and looked at Yuusuke, "Humans being chosen is nothing out of the ordinary in my world. Yokai, on the other hand..."
Kurama stepped back towards the side. He had seen enough of Kuwabara that he would have been surprised had the teen not reacted this way towards Aby's comments. He doubted Aby would turn down the fight. Ivy seemed aware of how Aby was going to respond as well, using one of her vines to gesture to the side of the wide alleyway. Suzu looked rather interested in the turn of events and found a crate to sit on to watch the fight he knew was coming. Aby stepped forward, a kind of dark grin on her face. Yuusuke and Kuwabara would know the expression. It was the type they were both known to get when they were about to enter a fight they "knew" they could win.
"I was hoping you'd ask," she cracked her own knuckles, making just as much if not more noise than Kuwabara, "Don't think I'll lose just cause I'm smaller than you."
She walked until only a foot or so seperated her and Kuwabara. She was not making a case for being in her mid-twenties right now. She took an aggressive stance, "Let's go."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Sept 9, 2009 9:15:11 GMT -5
The small Yokai merely shrugged at Yuusuke, ignoring the tude he was copping like a bad joke. "Hey don't look at me. I've been at this job for well over 200 years. It's almost the only thing I know."
At Aby and Kuwabara's possible fight, he grinned a little. "Hey! A fight!" He jumped on top of a crate, jumping up and down. "Go on! Someone kick someone else's bu-"
And that's when he finally took the time to see Aby.
Since this author had forgotten to take advantage of the situation regarding Aby's state of dress, it has been with great displeasure, that he FINALLY writes it now. Tarosuke's jaw had dropped when he saw just WHAT Aby was wearing...
Until a perverted smile crossed his face, and he looked like he started to drool. "Oh man..!! I've heard that this place offers all kinds of sights to see, but I never thought I'd see sights THIS enjoyable... Heheheheheh..!"
[... ... ... YES. I know Tarosuke's in for it now, but I figured his sometimes perverted nature should kick in somewhere. (Grins and laughs evilly.) And who better then on our own resident tomboy?]
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Post by Jilak on Sept 9, 2009 9:51:37 GMT -5
"Right, well. If anyone needs me I'll be pondering how much would a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood." At this point, it would appear that Rax'aar was either vying for 'most random statements' or the author was running out of relevant things for him to say and didn't intend to just leave him silent.
Cough.
"Heh. Ladies first." Kuwabara responded, getting into his usual 'I look like an idiot but could still kick yo ass, foo' stance.
And then Tarosuke spoke up. The author feels the need to stress the fact that Kuwabara had been hit in the face many, many times. It's a wonder the boy could still do basic mathematics. So it's completely understandable that he was still taking up the assumption that Aby was a male in drag, right?
...then again, an alien from a different galaxy had figured it out in point five seconds. Not one of Kuwabara's better moments.
"Part of me wants to cheer for Kuwabara..." Yuusuke began, expression blank.
"...but I realize it'd be funny as hell for him to lose."
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