Yuka The Back-up (Yu Yu Hakusho Fanfic)

Chapter: 7

I gasped as I woke up.

I looked around and Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Botan were here.

"Where am I?" I rubbed my head.

"Yuka! You're up!" Botan said.

"Anyways! Botan! What the hell kind of explanation did you give her. She thinks I'm a freakin' intern in some screwed-up after-school program! For juvenile delinquents!" Yusuke said.

"Well I had to make up something believable to explain your absences without mentioning the supernatural! A basic tenet of Spirit World is that it can't run properly if normal humans have proof of it!" Botan said.

"The both of you shut it!" I said pushing their heads.

"Well, she made me sound lame." Yusuke said.

"Enough already! Can we please just watch the video instead of arguing! You're gonna annoy my sister!" Kuwabara said.

Botan stuck her tongue out at Yusuke. I giggled.

"Besides, Botan's right. Keiko's not supposed to know, so the truth would only get her in trouble. Maybe you should care more about her safety than worrying about some stupid cover story."

"I just love being tag-teamed. You got anything to say Yuka?" Yusuke said.

"Well... I guess not."

"Oh thank you, Kuwabara. You're very wise!" Botan said.

"What can I say, Botan? You and I seem to be a perfect match in every way." Kuwabara said.

Botan laughed sarcastically.

"Now-- One more thing before I press play Urameshi! Whatever kind of mission it is, there's no way I'm getting involved!"

"Okay, okay! Just start the tape!"

Kuwabara pressed play and the tape started. Words appeared, Koenma showed up with a torch then, an ogre snarling in the 'e' in his name.

"They go all out, huh?" Kuwabara said.

"Either he's full of himself or he's really bored." Yusuke said.

"Koenma... Baka..." I said.

"Welcome. How do you like my video? The Great Koenma, ruler of Spirit World, has yet another important case for you." Koenma said.

"This is seriously who you guys get your jobs from? This little bitty toddler!" Kuwabara said.

"I said the same thing when I met him, and Botan hit me in the head!" Yusuke said.

"Perhaps that's why Koenma's doing a video this time. He can't bear these first reactions." Botan said.

"Hey, the first time I met him I was chained up and going to jail so, I didn't really notice..." I said.

"This mission will be another doozy. Hopefully you will survive. By the way, don't worry about people entering the room. This video is specially encrypted, and will appear as annoying fuzz to anyone without heightened Spirit Awareness. Now, your mission is search and rescue, except without the searching. Watch my magic snap." Koenma snapped and the picture changed to a view of a mountain.

"Come on. That's just a cheap camera trick." Yusuke said.

"This looks hard Urameshi!" Kuwabara said.

"Shut up!"

"Spirit World Intelligence reports that the captive is being held in a mountain stronghold, around 200 miles from your city. And not being of driving age yourself, you will have to take the bus. The mountain is base of criminal activity. Normally I don't mind that. But, the humans have made ties with some very nasty demons. The captive's name is Yukina. She's an Ice Apparition. Very rare. Equally rare are the beautiful jewels she can produce, which is why the criminals have captured her. They hope to profit greatly off of Yukina, forcing her to create jewels at an unnatural pace. And by force, I mean torture."