The Three Musketeers of Makai

In the Ningenkai, in the park of a certain neighborhood, Sakyo, the son of the late rich businessman who owned a lot of stocks in the Ningenkai Stock Market, was having a card game with Toguro Ani, a rich merchant from the Reikai who was overprotective of his sister, Botan. "Stop flirting with my sister!" "I do not flirt with your sister! I was just asking her to give me a ride to the Makai!" "No, I know what you were up to!" I was not… Hiei!"

"And why would you want to go to the Makai?" "Because I want to be a Musketeer, just like my father." "Your father was a failure! A disgrace to the Business-minded Musketeers of the Makai!" "And why do you say so?" "The King didn't die! He was supposed to assassinate the King but instead, the King killed him!" "You're not going to stop me from joining the Musketeers of Makai." "And what are you going to do there? Kill the King?" "Well, no. Maybe if I get annoyed with him, I will but right now, no. I need his contacts." Sakyo put down his cards. " I win!"

Just then, Botan came by, riding her oar. "It's time, Sakyo!" Botan shouted. Sakyo jumped on her oar and they sped away. "See! I said you were flirting with Botan and I know you are!" "Shut up, Ani, or I'll fire you from the Toguro Team!"

Sakyo and Botan were on their way to the Makai when Botan's oar stopped. Then, they fell on a desert. "What happened?" "I don't know." Botan said. "Are we far from Makai?" "We're already in Makai. But the headquarters of the Musketeers is still very far away. Don't worry, I'll fix this oar." Botan told Sakyo. "Well, I'll just look around." Sakyo walked around until Botan was out of sight. He saw two ladies pass by. Each of them was riding a motorcycle. One of them had a cover on half of her face and had golden-brown hair. The other one had brown hair. Two men in motorcycles followed the two ladies. Suddenly, Sakyo saw an iguana. In surprise, he jumped and landed on one of the men. The two ladies came back. "What did you just do?" The lady with golden-brown hair asked, angrily. "I… uh… Saved you from these bandits?" The two ladies giggled. "These bandits are the queen's bodyguards." The one with brown hair said. "Y-you're the queen?" "No. She is." The lady with brown hair said, pointing to the other lady.

"Oh! Alright, alright! I saw an iguana and got scared. So I jumped on one of your bodyguards. I'm sorry." "What is your name? Why are you here?" The lady with brown hair asked. "My name is Sakyo. I came here to become one of the king's musketeers. But my friend's oar got broken. She's still fixing it." "Well, we'll be going now. And thanks for the entertainment. Good luck." The two ladies got on their motorcycles. "Hey! You didn't tell me YOUR name!" "Shizuru!" The one with brown hair said. Then, they left. "Ah! Shizuru." Just then, Botan came running to Sakyo. "It's fixed. Let's go." She said. Then, they left.

Sakyo and Botan arrived at their destination. "Thanks, Botan." "No problem." Botan said, cheerfully. Meanwhile, in the training ground of the Musketeers of Makai, which was in front of the king's palace, all the musketeers were assembled. Captain Yusuke appeared in the balcony of the palace. "Musketeers of Makai! From now on, you are officially disbanded. By order of Cardinal Raizen." Captain Yusuke told them. Having no choice, the Musketeers threw their cloak in the flame, which was put up by Cardinal Raizen's guards. Then, Captain Yusuke went inside the castle where Cardinal Raizen was waiting for him. "Nice work, Captain Yusuke. Was everyone there?" Cardinal Raizen asked. "No, sir. The three musketeers, Karasu, Bui and Kurama, were not there." "Deal with them." Cardinal Raizen told Yusuke.

Soon, Sakyo arrived at the Musketeer Headquarter and saw a man wearing a surgical mask there. "Excuse me, is this the Musketeer Headquarters?" "This WAS Musketeer Headquarters." "You mean, it's been moved?" "No. The Musketeers of Makai were disbanded. You may go around for souvenirs, if you wish." "Look. How am I supposed to be a musketeer if it was disbanded?" "I say you've got a big problem." "Besides, I BUY souvenirs. Not pick them up." "Well, these are for free." "I'm not as cheap as you." "Cheap? You call me cheap?! "Maybe." "I challenge you to a duel!" "Alright." "Meet me at the cliff, tomorrow, noon. Be there." "Sure."

Sakyo was walking on top of a roof when he saw Toguro Ani. "Sakyo! You're gonna pay for what you did!" "You followed me all the way here? Just because your sister gave me a ride?" Sakyo ran. Then, he reached a dead end. He saw that below him, there was a tent. "Ah! I'll just jump on the roof of that tent, then I'll bounce to the ground. That'll get me away from Toguro Ani." He jumped on the tent but instead of bouncing, the tent got ripped and Sakyo fell on a table. Some people were playing cards and drinking beer. A man wearing a heavy armor looked at him and showed him a scarf, which was wet with beer. "This scarf was a gift to me by the queen of Reikai." The man and his companions laughed. "There is no queen of Reikai." "There is, unless proven, otherwise." "I've been to Reikai. And I've only seen Enma Daioh. Now, will you excuse me." "Hold it! Are you saying that I'm wrong? I challenge you to a duel." "Sure" "Meet me at the cliff, tomorrow, one o'clock and bring a long wooden box." "I'll be there. But don't expect the wooden box." Sakyo got up and left.

On top of a building a man with red hair was being chased by a group of girls. The man jumped off the building and landed on Sakyo's back. "Oh! Thanks for breaking my fall. I'm very sorry for falling on you." "That's alright." Sakyo said, sadly. "You look depressed. What's wrong?" "I wanted to be one of the Musketeers of Makai. But it was disbanded." "I see. Wait, I know! Why don't I challenge you to a duel? So that you would, at least, feel like a Musketeer. Is that alright?" "I guess so." "Alright, meet me at the cliff, tomorrow, two o'clock." "I'll be there. And thanks."

The next morning, at a beerhouse in Makai, two of the Three Musketeers, Karasu and Kurama were drinking. Suddenly, Captain Yusuke appeared with some of Cardinal Raizen's guards. "We're having a private party to celebrate the disband of the musketeers. Go away." Karasu told Captain Yusuke. "Karasu, we shouldn't treat our guests that way. Oi! Yusuke! Come join us." "Cardinal Raizen wants you to give up your life as a Musketeer." "But, who's gonna protect the king?" "The Cardinal's guards, of course. Now, give me your cloaks." "Cloaks?" "You know, the blue thing that you musketeers wear which has a cross in the middle." "Oh, that one! No." "And why not?" "Because it looks good on me. And I wanna protect the king." "Oh, yeah? We'll see about that." Captain Yusuke and his men drew out their swords. But before they could attack the two musketeers, the chandelier fell on them with Bui on top. "Am I late?" "No, you're just in time." "Oh! Look! It's almost noon. I still have a duel on the cliff." "Well, Karasu, I'll just go with you. I have a duel on the cliff at one o'clock." "I have a duel at two o'clock." "Well, let's go." The three musketeers of Makai took their motorcycles and left. "Hey! We're not finished, yet! Come back!"

At the cliff, the three musketeers of Makai were waiting for Sakyo. Then, a motorcycle came. "Am I late?" "Nope! You're just in time." Karasu said as he drew out his sword. "Hey! You can't fight that man, Karasu." "Why not?" "I have a duel with him." "Not until one o'clock." "I have a duel with him, too." "Not until two o'clock." "Very well, let's start." Before the two could start fighting, Captain Yusuke arrived. "You know very well that fighting is not allowed here unless it was approved by the Cardinal or the king." "So?" "You are under arrest for the crime of making a fight without the approval of the king or the Cardinal." The three musketeers gathered in a circle. Sakyo joined them. "What are you doing here?" "I was the reason why this fight was made." "Very well. I'm Bui." "I'm Kurama." "I'm Karasu." "I'm Sakyo." "Get ready to fight." The four of them got their swords and started fighting with the Cardinal's guards. Soon, all of the Cardinal's guards were dead. Captain Yusuke was nowhere to be found. "Well, I guess we'd better go." "Guess the duel will have to wait." "Well, I got to fight, anyway." "Bye." As soon as the three musketeers left, Captain Yusuke came out of the bushes. Sakyo got on his motorcycle but it won't start.

"What a great time to run out of gas." Sakyo complained. Unknown to him, Captain Yusuke was already behind him. Captain Yusuke hit him hard and knocked him unconscious. When Sakyo woke up, he found himself in a dark dungeon. "Hey! What am I doing here? Don't you have a hotel or something? This place is too dark!" Captain Yusuke arrived at Sakyo's cell with Cardinal Raizen. "Where are the three musketeers of Makai?" "I'm not telling." "What if I give you a luxurious room. Complete with Air-conditioner, twin bed and silk sheets." Cardinal Raizen told Sakyo. "That would be great!" "Tell me where the three musketeers are." Cardinal Raizen said. "But I don't know where they are." "And if you did?" "I won't tell you." "Is that so? Captain Yusuke, I want this man BEHEADED." Cardinal Raizen told Captain Yususke.

Sakyo was transferred to a luxurious room. Complete with Air-conditioner, twin bed and silk sheets. "You'd better enjoy your life while you still have it. Soon, it'll belong to the son of the king of Reikai, Koenma. Hahaha!" Then, Captain Yusuke left. Sakyo went to the door to try to open it and he found out that Captain Yusuke forgot to lock it. Sakyo wandered around the hallway. Soon, he reached a room where he saw someone go in. He put his ear on the door so that he could hear what was going on inside the room. "Ah! My lady Yukina. You look so beautiful." Sakyo heard Cardinal Raizen say. "Here. Tomorrow, I want you to take this to Meikai. Give it to King Yakumo. Go to the Makai Bujuutsukai at eight o'clock. From there, someone will escort you Meikai." Cardinal Raizen instructed. Suddenly Sakyo felt someone hit him and he dozed off. When he woke up, he was already tied up and was being dragged to the Town Square to be beheaded. Some men dragged him to the platform where the executioner was waiting.

Sakyo saw Toguro Ani there. "Hey, Sakyo! Don't lose your head! Hahahaha!" "Don't worry. We will always be together. All for one, and one for all." A priest who was wearing a hat told him. Then, he realized that it was Kurama. "This Tomahawk was a gift to me by Yoshihiro Togashi." The executioner said. "Bui?" Bui, disguised as the executioner, smiled. With his tomahawk, Bui cut the ropes, which was used to tie Sakyo up. Kurama opened the book he was holding and took out a rose. "Rose Whip!" The rose became a whip and Kurama fought with the Cardinal's guards. A Limousine came and the door opened. Karasu was driving it. "Get in. Quick!" Sakyo, Bui and Kurama went in. "The Cardinal's car?" "Yup!" "Hey, look! Wine!" Bui said, holding two bottles of wine. "That's great! Give me a bottle." Bui handed Karasu a bottle of wine. "You got any Brandy or Champagne there?" "There's brandy." Bui gave Sakyo a bottle of brandy.

"Look! There are some money here." Kurama said, handing Karasu a tray, which was full of coins. "Hey, Sakyo! Would you please deliver these coins to the people." Karasu gave the tray of coins to Sakyo. "Just throw it out!" "Come on, Sakyo. The people are hungry." Sakyo opened the window of the Limousine and threw the coins out. The people ran to the road and picked the coins up, which caused the road to be blocked and the Cardinal's guards could not pass. But soon, the guards caught up with them. "The Cardinal's guards are still hot on our trail." "What was my line again? Oh! I forgot! The Cardinal! We have to hurry." "Why? You got a date with him?" "He sent a spy to give something to a guy called… uh… Yakumo." "Yakumo? What does the Cardinal want with Yakumo?" "I don't know. But I'm sure it's something against the King." "Who's Yakumo?" "He rules Meikai the way the Cardinal rules Makai." "Anyway, the spy will go to the Makai Bujuutsukai at eight o'clock, tomorrow. And from there, someone will escort the spy to Meikai." "We have to hurry." "We have to make sure that the spy stays here in Makai."

In the Palace, Queen Mukuro was taking a bath and relaxing in her bathtub, and at the same time, she was also talking to her lady-in-waiting, Shizuru. "He's cute, isn't he?" "Sakyo?" Queen Mukuro asked. "Yes! He's handsome and entertaining." Shizuru giggled. "You like him, don't you? Well, I think you two look good together." Queen Mukuro said. "I'll go get your robe." Shizuru said and left. After a while, Queen Mukuro stood up. A pair of hands from behind her handed her robe and helped her wear it. Queen Mukuro noticed that it was a guy's hand. "Yomi, honey, is that you? What on earth did you do to your nails?" She asked. "You're wrong my Queen." A voice said. Queen Mukuro turned around and saw Cardinal Raizen. "Aaaaaaa!" Queen Mukuro screamed. "What are you doing here?!" Queen Mukuro asked, angrily. She punched Cardinal Raizen's face. Cardinal Raizen flew but he manged to land on his feet.

"I came here to ask you to tell the king that he has to go to his birthday celebration. After all, he IS the king. And he deserves to have a memorable birthday." Cardinal Raizen said. "Don't ask me to do any favors for you! I definitely don't care if that six-eared… husband of mine has a memorable birthday or not." Queen Mukuro yelled. Then, she left. "Shizuru, please prepare a pair of pants for me. I don't want a gown." Queen Mukuro shouted as she disappeared.

The three musketeers of Makai and Sakyo started traveling to the Makai Bujuutsukai. Before they reached their destination, it grew dark. They stayed at a hotel for the night. In the morning, they rented some motorcycles and started traveling again. "I think we will be able to reach the Makai Bujuutsukai at nightfall." On the way, some of the Cardinal's guards attacked them. "Sakyo, I think you should go ahead. If you fight with us, we might not make it on time." "But, I can't do that!" "Go now! Or else, I'll blow you up!" Karasu said, forming a bomb in his hand. "Alright, alright." Sakyo said goodbye to the three musketeers and started traveling alone. He was almost at the Makai Bujuutsukai when he dozed off. When Sakyo woke up, he found himself on a bed. "W-where am I?" "You're in my hotel room." A voice said. Sakyo looked around and saw a pretty girl. "Hi, I'm Yukina." She said. "Yukina? You're that spy!"

"So, you know. Guards! Get him!" Yukina said. The guards captured Sakyo. They went to the Makai Bujuutsukai. They were about to kill Sakyo when the three musketeers appeared and fought the guards. Yukina was about to run away when Kurama stopped her. "Stop or I'll cut your head off." He took a rose from behind his hair. "Be kind." Yukina said. She noticed that Kurama doesn't want to hurt her. She turned around to escape but Karasu blocked her. "I will not be so kind." The three musketeers and Sakyo took Yukina to jail. The next day, Kurama visited Yukina. "What did the Cardinal ask you to take to Meikai?" Yukina didn't answer. Kurama noticed that Yukina's necklace was glowing. "Alright. That's what you want. You don't want to get out of here. Tomorrow, you will be beheaded."

The next day, Kurama, Karasu, Bui and Sakyo accompanied Yukina to the mountains, where she was going to be executed. When they reached the top of the mountain, the executioner took his axe and… (Chop!) "Yukina-chaaaan!"

On the king's birthday, the three musketeers, Karasu, Bui and Kurama, and Sakyo were disguised as ordinary people. None of the cardinal's guards noticed them. "Sakyo, look around for anything suspicious." "Alright." The celebration was about to start. The birthday cake was already put on the balcony. The grounds were already full of people. Meanwhile, in the castle, King Yomi was at the hallway, getting ready. Then, Queen Mukuro came in. "You look BEAUTIFUL in that gown, dear." King Yomi said. Queen Mukuro didn't answer. "Is something wrong? You're supposed to be yelling at me, now. I just said you were beautiful." King Yomi told his wife. Queen Mukuro still didn't answer. Just then, Cardinal Raizen came in. "Your highness, it's time to go." Cardinal Raizen told King Yomi. King Yomi and Queen Mukuro were on their way to the balcony. The Queen caught sight of Cardinal Raizen with an evil smile.

"The Cardinal is evil." Queen Mukuro told King Yomi. "Well, so am I. And so are you." King Yomi said. "No! I meant he has plans to kill you or something." The queen said. The trumpets sounded as the King and Queen arrived at the balcony. The people cheered loudly as they saw King Yomi. "Oh, how sweet. A birthday cake. And there are candles, too. And look, it's blue. Aren't you a little too old for this, dear?" Queen Mukuro asked King Yomi. Sakyo saw that there was a man on the roof and was aiming a gun at the King. "Look! That man wants to kill the king." Sakyo told the three musketeers. "I'll take care of that." Karasu formed a bomb in his hand and threw it to the man. The explosion was not big but the man got scared and missed the King. Instead, he hit the wall beside the king.

The guards led the King and Queen inside the castle. The people ran away. Only the three musketeers and Sakyo were on the castle grounds. Captain Yusuke and his guards surrounded the three musketeers and Sakyo. "Hahahaha! There's only four of you and a lot of us." Then, most of the town-people came. All of them took their disguises off. "Y-you're all musketeers?" Captain Yusuke drew out his sword. "Get them!!" The cardinal's guards drew out their swords and prepared to fight. "Save the King!!" The three musketeers and Sakyo ran to the palace. Captain Yusuke and some of the cardinal's guards followed them.

Outside the palace, the Musketeers of Makai were fighting the cardinal's guards. Captain Yusuke was fighting with Sakyo. "Give up! You'll never win against me!" "Wanna bet?" "Why not?" "How much?" "How 'bout a bag of gold coins?" "Not bad." Sakyo said as he hit Captain Yusuke with his sword. "I win. That'll be a bag of gold, please." Sakyo took the bag of gold coins that was tied to Yusuke's belt. "Thank you, very much. You've been a good sport." "Hey, Sakyo! Go after the Cardinal! He's got the king and queen!" Karasu shouted. "Where'd he go?" "Don't ask me!" Sakyo ran in the palace. He saw Kurama following some of the Cardinal's guards. Then, one of the guards shot Kurama. Kurama fell to the ground. Sakyo and Bui ran to Kurama. "You better go and save the king and queen. I'll take care of Kurama." "Sure!" Sakyo said as he followed some of the guards to the underground lake.

Karasu ran to Kurama's side. "Is he…" Bui shook his head. "No! It can't be. You're the only one with such beautiful hair!" "Karasu started crying. "Oh, shut up! I meant No, he isn't dead." "Is that so?" Just then, Kurama woke up. "Let me guess. A medallion saved you, huh?" "Uh, nice try, but no. A seed did." "Oh." "We better go. I think Sakyo needs help."

Sakyo ran 'till he reached the underground lake but Cardinal Raizen was already on a boat with King Yomi and Queen Mukuro. "Hey! Come back here!" "Hahahaha! It's too late! The treaty of the Makai and Meikai should be signed by Yakumo just about now." Cardinal Raizen said to Sakyo. "That would quite difficult considering that the treaty never left Makai." Suddenly, Karasu, Kurama and Bui arrived. Kurama took a seed from his hair and threw it in the water. The seed formed into a very big leaf. "I think that'll be enough to take you to Cardinal Raizen's boat." Sakyo got on the leaf and sailed toward the Cardinal's boat. A shark suddenly sprang from the water and ate Sakyo and his boat up. "Sakyo!" "Oh no!" Kurama and Bui said in shock. "Unlucky guy." Karasu said casually. "Is that all you could do? You're weak! Ha ha ha ha!" Raizen said.

The leaf suddenly pierced through the floor or the boat and up came Sakyo. He knocked Cardinal Raizen's guards off the boat. He was about to hit Cardinal Raizen when Queen Mukuro stopped him. "Don't hurt him! I've waited a long time to do this." Queen Mukuro said as she tried to punch Cardinal Raizen off the boat. Unfortunately, she missed and hit Yomi instead. Yomi fell off the boat. "Oh! I'm sorry, darling." Mukuro said as she tried to pull Yomi into the boat. "Poor baby, you're soaking wet." Mukuro said. She saw a piece of cloth beside her. She pulled it and wrapped it around Yomi. What she didn't know was that Raizen was stepping on the cloth. When Mukuro pulled it, Raizen slipped and fell into the water. "That was great, honey." King Yomi told his wife. "Thanks, dear." Mukuro said. "I really don't want to do this but, it's the script." Mukuro said. Yomi and Mukuro started to move closer to each other until… smack! And while they were doing that, Raizen was running away from the sharks of the water in the background.

After a few days, Sakyo and all the Musketeers were gathered in the palace. "Sakyo, I'd like to thank you for saving my life. Is there anything I could give you to repay what you did to me?" King Yomi asked. "Well, I think that Sakyo's desire is to become one of your Musketeers, your highness." "That can be fixed." King Yomi said. King Yomi asked Sakyo to approach him. Then, King Yomi gave Sakyo a Musketeer's cloak. "Surely there is something else that you desire." King Yomi told Sakyo. "Well, there is something." Sakyo walked toward Shizuru. "I'd like the hand of your lady-in-waiting, Shizuru." Sakyo told Queen Mukuro.

"Well, you could have Shizuru IF you could pass the test I'll give you. You have to kidnap Shizuru, tonight, in my bedroom. I'll be the one to guard her. If you could get her out of my room without dying, you can have her." Mukuro told Sakyo. Sakyo and the Three Muskrteers of Makai looked at each other. "No problem."

"Bye, Mukuro!" "Bye, Yomi!" "Bye, Raizen! Thanks for coming." "Hahahahaha! That was great! Hey, Boss, you did good!" "Really?" "Of course, you did! You were the best!" "Everyone else was great too!" "How'd I do?" "I think you're cool. You too, Kurama." "Uh huh!" "Thanks, you two!" "Hey! Why'd Hiei have to be the director?" "Whose idea was it to make Hiei the director?" "Who else?" "Hey, Marie! Ria! Why Hiei?" "Hey! Hiei didn't have a part." "Yeah! There are no characters suitable for him. He's better off shouting CUT and ACTION. Right?" "Oh, Shut up!"

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