LOVE DEFIES ALL ODDS
By Seiyo
Chapter
3
“It’s
a long time since I’ve been here,” Yusuke mumbled while looking around at
the details of the Reikai palace.
“Yes,
and I swear it didn’t look like this before,” Kuwabara agreed with him.
“Hn,”
Hiei merely stood there thinking of how stupid his two companions looked like.
“I
brought you all here so you could learn more of your new mission and not for you
to look around,” Koenma, seemingly annoyed, told them, ”Now can we please go
back to our real business?”
“You
guys,” Kurama called to the two, “We better talk about this new mission.”
“This
new mission I’m talking about is a very serious one. Our enemy hasn’t done
much damage yet, but I’m sure that something big is about to come. She—“
“SHE?!”
Yusuke interjected.
“Yes,
your enemy is a woman named Akuma,” Koenma willingly explained and at the same
time, showed them a clip of a blonde woman, clad in velvet robes.
“I
get the feeling that we’re coming to the era where women are calling the
shots,” Kurama uttered.
“Uh…I’m
sure that won’t have to happen,” Yusuke spoke up.
Koenma
cleared his throat, “Enough talk. As I was saying, Akuma has already started
gathering allies from Makai and in no time, she would be able to start with
whatever plans she has for us.”
“So
what does this Akuma really want? I mean, what could be her purpose?” Kurama
questioned.
“There
is a big possibility that her reason for attack is caused by a certain person or
event in her past. You see, she has been locked up for five thousand years
now.”
“Whew, that’s a long time,” Yusuke mumbled.
“Right.
She was locked up by Queen Suisho. According to our records, she had been the
Queen’s right hand and was a very loyal subject. In fact, she had been very
efficient during her service. Apparently, she had a hidden agenda for serving
the queen. When she thought she had gotten the queen’s full trust, that was
when she striked. She had recruited a number of troops to attack. Akuma is not a
really a skilled fighter but carries a great power that she can skillfully
manipulate. Fortunately, Queen Suisho didn’t really trust her that much and
was able to hold Akuma back. She locked Akuma in a sphere which works with the
aid of a process which works much like your modern cryogenics, then sent it
someplace.”
“Cryo-what??!!”
Kuwabara shouted.
“You mean she froze Akuma?” Yusuke asked, “Why not just kill her?” Hiei, on the corner finally spoke up.
Koenma
shrugged, “Queen Suisho is not just your conventional queen. There are some
things about her that you wouldn’t expect.”
“How
in the world was she able to get out?” Kuwabara asked in puzzlement.
“He
must know how powerful the Queen was and he just sided with her because he knew
what might happen to him if he goes against her,” Kurama looked up, “Tell us
more about Queen Suisho,” Kurama requested.
“If
you’d ask me, she sounds like Botan,” Kuwabara commented.
“Yeah,
she even resembles her up to some extent,” Yusuke added.
“How
did she lock up Akuma?” Kurama, ignoring the comments, asked.
“That’s
what we are trying to find out. These files are old and some have already been
worn out over the years, but they say that she had kept something in her
possession. Hopefully, we’d be able to restore most of these documents and
find out more about her,” Koenma studied the documents then looked up, “By
the way, where’s Botan?”
Yusuke
shrugged and looked at Kuwabara
“Don’t
look at me. Ask Kurama. “ Kuwabara then pointed at Kurama’s direction.
“I
have no idea.”
Hiei
turned towards them. “She slipped off while we were walking.”