Chapter Thirty

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Akina's POV

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Akina's POV

We walk through hallways that seem decorated with strange gargoyles covered in cobwebs. Suddenly a loud ring echoes through the hallway, making Kuwabara freeze in fear for a moment before jumping to the side and releasing a small yelp. I look over to him and Yusuke, allowing me to see him pull out a small device with a calm look. "What is that thing? Is it safe?" Kuwabara asks him. "It's just the communication mirror that I got from Botan." Goro looks over my shoulder to it and says, "Looks more like those mirrors that Human women use to look at themselves when painting their faces." Yusuke opens the communication mirror, allowing us to see the smiling bubble gum haired girl giving us a peace smile as she speaks, "Hello, Yusuke. It's Botan in the Living World, do you copy?" Yusuke greets back, "Yeah, I-" However, he was interrupted by Kuwabara, who grabs Yusuke's head and pushes it away from the mirror that he tries to pull closer to himself with a wide smile on his face as he speaks to Botan, "Hey, what's up Botan? This is the brave Kuwabara reporting at your service. I'm taking very good care of Urameshi." Goro looks over to me with a confused look and was about to say something, but I just shake my head at him and whisper, "Don't bother." I can see Botan's face wear a forced smile alongside a sweat drop as she says, "I can see that. I've got things under control here as well. More or less. The makai insects only like to nest in depressed people, that narrows down my search a bit. I also found another spy for the Saint Beasts, I just can't figure out how they're getting past the barriers."

 I notice something moving behind her. "See, I think they're Demons from outside the city who borders along the wall." I then say, "Behind you." And like that Botan hits the Demon with her bat without even looking at it. "Don't worry, those guys are easy." Botan reassures us before tilting her head to the side. as she then whines, "The real challenge is finding the makai insects. I've only caught fifteen of those bugs, and I've been searching for nearly an entire day!" And this sadly made Kuwabara say, "Don't worry baby-" But thankfully Yusuke was able to fight him again and regain his communicator and starts his own complain, "Fifteen! That's not much help!" I watch as the Demon she hit slowly get up and release small groans of pain whilst Botan speaks to Yusuke, "Yusuke, fighting people controlled by the insects takes time." She hits the Demon again and glares at it. "Quit your complaining and get that whistle." This makes Yusuke give up arguing about Botan's actions and instead he says, "Okay, I'm trying. But this castle is kind of rough."Botan replies, "Well of course it is. No one survived before." 

The connection cuts and I look over to Goro and say, "Can we agree that he forms stranger friendships than I do?" Goro nods. Yusuke then looks over to us and asks, "You two are just friends?" We nod whilst giving him a look that says "Isn't it obvious?" Yusuke sighs and says, "Thank God." This makes me miss the relief look on Kurama's face as I say, "Don't think that you have a right to input on who I have romantic relations with, especially as I never say anything about how much of a wuss you are in not confessing to Keiko and actually treat her right." This makes Yusuke snap, "Shut up!"

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