InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain ❯ Chapter 20

Okay, so here's a bunch more, like I said this story is already finished, just really don't have the time to post everything. Drop an email if you want me to just send you the file. La'

 

Kagome, still sitting, looked up at Yusuke when she was sure Yoko was out of hearing range. “Can I borrow five thousand yen.”

Yusuke turned to her. “Like I have more than fifty yen at any given time. What do you need to money for.”

“I wanna buy RU-486, that American pill.”

“Why? Yoko's not mad at you.”

Kagome looked down. “I can't do this to him.”

Yusuke smiled. “I'll see what I can do. Isn't it already too long for that stuff. “

“I don't really know, but if not, there's gotta be- Hey do you have one hundred yen I can borrow?”

Yusuke looked at her. “No, because you'd buy something that would get you sick.” He paused briefly seeing Yoko emerge from a hall way. “Let's get going.”

Yoko spoke now outside of the large house. “Where do you propose on going.”

“I haven't seen Kieko in a long time and Shuichi probably has his scores in and doesn't know how to say it to you without pissing you off right now. So I'm going back for a while. Not like going head first into Mushari city, into a trap will help us. We could all use some time off.”

Yoko nodded. “I see your intelligence has returned once again.” He kissed Kagome on the head. “I suppose, later, then.”

Kagome, Yusuke, and Shuichi sat on a train going back to their area of Japan and supposed Hiei was following them, somewhere. Shuichi went to his mother immediately, and Yusuke stood with Kagome at the train station.

“You're going with me to Kieko's apartment.”

Kagome followed him. “And I'm not intruding.”

“Not if I say so, beside, maybe, uhm, Kieko knows something.”

After a while of walking and roof hoping, they made it to the front of Kieko's place and went inside going upstairs past the restaurant into her apartment. She sat at a desk writing.

“Oi, Kieko! What are you graduated early with Kurama's class why are you doing book work?”

Kieko didn't look up from her paper. “Well Yusuke some of us have started our University course work already. I got accepted into Osaka University, but you wouldn't know because you're out doing kami knows what.”

Yusuke was a bit sad. “At least I remembered to call this time, and found and made time to call. Not like I like being away from you.”

Kieko looked up at him. “Then take me with you.”

Yusuke shook his head. “No. Too dangerous.”

“So why's it okay for you to go out there and risk your life like that but not me?”

Yusuke smiled. “Cause I'm a bit thickheaded but there's no way I would ever put you in harms danger if I can help it, and I can. This is Kagome.”

Kieko smiled. “Ah, Kagome san Yusuke has told me much about you.”

Kagome kept it to herself of how odd their argument/discussion just ended. “Yeah, same here.”

“Can I offer you any tea or water?”

Kagome shook her head, Yusuke spoke. “Is it okay if she stays here? Normally I would have asked Genkai, but…”

Kieko knew how close those two were, even if they never said anything. “Yeah, I understand. Sure you can Kagome. How long are you staying so I can tell my parents that you aren't some random person from the restaurant?”

Yusuke spoke. “Uhm…If nothing big is happening still in Mushari city, until Hagari sends Kurama a text message or something. And yes Kieko I can understand that bastard, shouldn't be killed on sight. But hey, I gotta do something real quick so I'll be outta here for like an hour. Something to do at Grandma's place. Go talk about pregnant women or PMS or some girly shit- “

“-Yusuke-“

“-crap.” Yusuke went out of a window. “Later.”

Kieko turned to Kagome cautious. “Kagome are you, pregnant?”

Kagome sighed. “Yes.”

Kieko could tell she didn't want to talk about it. “Why don't you want to talk about being pregnant? Aren't you happy?”

Kagome growled some. “Not by choice.”

“Oh! Well…Are you going to keep it?”

“No. Do you have any coffee beans or ground coffee in your, restaurant downstairs? I'll need like a cup full of it.” Kagome paused. “Please.”

Figuring it was some demon thing Kieko later returned with a cup of coffee beans and watched as Kagome ate them from the cup. “That has to taste awful.”

Kagome spoke in between swallows. “It does.”

“So why are you doing it? Is it a youkai thing?”

Kagome spoke after a pause. “High amounts of compact caffeine like this give ningen miscarriages and I'm hoping it's the same principle for youkai-“

Kieko took the cup away finding almost all of it was already gone. “Kagome san no! You can't do that that's wrong!”

Kagome figured she would feel horribly ill later. “What's wrong is my mate having his mate birth a child that is not his.”

Kieko looked sad. “You don't want to hurt Yoko…Isn't he supportive?”

“Yes, but I don't want him to have to do this.” Kagome felt horrible. “Where's your bathroom…Bathroom.”

“Oh! Down the hall to your left!”

“How long has she been in there.”

“Six hours.” Kieko looked up at the person sitting next to her. “Is she okay? She didn't want any one to go in.”

Yusuke sat next to Kieko in her room door wide open parents cooking dinner else where. “Well by the amount of blood I told you about smelling earlier I'd say she accomplished her task. Baka shouldn't of done it in the first place.” Yusuke sighed. “You women are too complicated.”

Kieko shoved him. “Whatever baka. Come on, dinner's ready and I guess since you got a clue from turning youkai my parents don't hate you any longer.”

Yusuke grinned. “See? Ain't totally stupid any longer.”

Kieko rolled her eyes sighing. “Whatever Uremeshi, go wash your hands.”

Kagome, no longer feeling like hell, took a shower and sat on the roof of the apartment staring at the night sky. After a while she began roof hopping until she stopped at a house with a wonderful garden. Stopping at a ledge she was about to open the window when she saw Shuichi asleep in bed, and his mother leave the room. Looking down she jumped onto the roof and let sleep take her. When morning came she noticed she was inside, in a bed, with arms wrapped around her.

“You already knew I was going to do it regardless of what you did or said. Why you left me with Yusuke and Kieko.”

Yoko kissed along her neck. “Sad truth, but it is very difficult to stop a determined woman Kagome.”

She smiled missing him and turned around looking at him as well. She kissed him.

“When does Shuichi normally wake up when here with his mother and step family?”

Kagome sat in a tree as Shuichi left the room. She finally was no longer flush in the face and wished Yoko could stay longer. Deciding to go back to Kieko's she decided to leave a note in seeing the two not yet awake. There were things she had to do as well.

Hagari was slightly- very disgusted from the amount of time he was told to be around Akuzo. Immediately after leaving Kyoto they returned to Mushari city, where Akuzo told him to sense out Ganban, where they had been ever since. He was in one of the furthest rooms away from everything else in some complex not yet finished that was halted for lack of funding. There were a number of other youkai and physics, some normal ningen as well, that were in the building and he desperately wished for something to do aside from hearing Akuzo randomly appear in his room talking about Ganban and his recovery and anything Ganban related. Even thinking about it made him want to do something sitting in a chair in a room he claimed. He almost smiled when he saw Sensui enter his room.

“Has my entry lifted your spirits Sniper or are you truly bored.”

Hagari quickly changed his façade. “Perhaps.”

“Very well then, Sniper, there is something that has come up that requires your attention… Why aren't you saying anything.”

Hagari still sat in his chair. “If it requires my attention and you are coming to me then either you will tell me or this “something” does not require my attention.”

Sensui nodded. “Akuzo living in the same complex as you has given you much more patience than you have had before. If it makes you feel any better you aren't working with him again that I know of.”

“So you're going to tell me who you're working for, those above you.”

“In time, why do you want to know.”

“Because you don't seem like a person to take orders from someone, at all. So I'd like to know something about this person who can order you around.”

“Once again in time. There is a situation with the next of the four to be released. More energy is needed and we can't find any more physics.”

“It has to be just physic energy then.” Hagari asked.

“Yes and no, you're going to go to a place where you can pick up an item that converts youkai energy, youki, to spirit energy. This is what the physics use and will be sufficient for releasing the next of the four.”

Hagari knew he was hiding something. “What does this item look like.”

“The person where you are going will give it to you, but you might be tested so that you are with us.”

“How might I be tested by someone who is with us.” Hagari said.

Sensui slightly smiled. “The person will place something on your body somewhere so that if you are lying to him, you will die. I don't personally know what this deceive looks like, but once you return, you can be introduced to those who are ordering me around.”

Hagari still sat in his chair. “When do I leave.”

“There will be a portal open in a park about twenty minutes from here called Orbit. Even if you have never seen a portal in your life, you'll be able to tell what it is.”

Yusuke spoke yawning. “Toddler what do you want at this damn hour.”

Koenma spoke through the compact to Yusuke angry. “Yusuke, what is it? Do I not have a name to you? Is Koenma sama too difficult for you to say?”

Yusuke sat up from bed. “I can say it, but I'd rather say Toddler, and when I don't feel like saying that Baby always does-“

“-One thousand six hundred thirteen times Yusuke my NAME is KOENMA! Learn it and use it!”

Yusuke gave him an odd look. “Why is it that you keep track of how many times I call you Toddler and pacifier face and stuff? I thought you're supposed to be busy with spirits and your `job' if you ever do any work. Too much free time on your hands?”

Koenma opened his mouth to speak but sighed. “Yusuke it's been one month since I've told you do go back to Mushari city. Why haven't you?”

“You keep calling me and pissing me off with you mere existence on that damn compact toddler and I keep saying until I actually feel like going in there ain't gonna get me killed, I stay here. Besides, you don't want big ole' bad youkai Yusuke cranky on you `cause he doesn't get his way do you?”

“Yusuke what the heck are you going on about? Cranky? Maybe you do need to come up here for some- Something has come up gotta go!”

Yusuke shut the compact flopping back into bed to sleep. “That training pants boy has issue- The fuck!” Yusuke sat up piss picking up the phone. “Whoever the hell this is has four second from my last word before I kill you regardless of who you are to make me feel like you should deserve to live for not letting me sleep.”

“Moshi moshi as well Yusuke.”

Yusuke sighed. “Kurama. The hell you want at…At 4:18 in the morning?”

“Kagome has been gone for around a month and Yoko as well as my self are wondering, if you know where she went.”

Yusuke shook his head. “Yoko wants sex ne? Well she left Kieko a note around a month ago. She left. And Hiei isn't with her because I sensed him around here once and figured he left when he couldn't sense her. I have no idea where she went but if she left Kieko a note she'll be back.”

Shuichi sighed over the phone. “Thank you Yusuke.” `I told you she left.'

`I figured, if she was staying with Kieko, perhaps she would inform some one of her whereabouts. Maybe if you weren't so attached to your mother, she would have stayed the night she came to me on the roof.'

Shuichi hung up his cell phone walking. `Fine. Do you have any idea of where she went then?'

`Try Makai. She wouldn't be safer there, but if she left, she had a reason to. She could have found a quiet place here.'

Hagari had walked from his motorcycle towards what he presumed had to be a portal. He had never seen anything like it in his life. Walking inside he found himself in a room with nothing in it except for a person. No chairs, white walls, no books, nothing. The man spoke.

“You're the one sent by Sensui I presume.”

Hagari spoke. “You're the one I'm supposed to get some energy reconfiguration thing from.”

“Yes. If you want a name, you can call me Bob.”

Hagari wanted to know why everyone involved with this seemingly used Bob for an alias. “Doing this test thing or not so I can leave.”

The man spoke walking towards Hagari. “Very well I am going to place what you see in my hand on your arm. If you lie, you die. Understand?”

Hagari held out his arm. “Fine.” He saw it put on him. “Ask away.”

The man spoke. “What is your name…Not your family name.”

“Hagari.”

“Good. What is the name of the person you believe you are working directly under.”

“Sensui, perhaps.”

“Good. Are you completely committed to this side and its cause.”

`Not like I even truly know what is going on since they are all lying to me on some level.'” Yes.”

“Good. Do you have alliances to those who are against this effort?”

“No.”

“Are you allied with such groups that are trying to stop this effort such as the Spirit Detectives.”

“Not any longer.”

The man took the object off of Hagari. “Good. Here it is.”

Hagari held onto some type of chained object that wasn't quite visible. “This is all, then I'm leaving.”

Exiting the portal and driving back to the apartment complex he saw Sensui waiting for him at the entrance. “I see you have it then.”

Hagari stayed on the motorcycle. “All yours. Am I supposed to be somewhere now.”

Sensui walked up to Hagari taking the chained object from him. “You've proved yourself to everyone just now. You're free until you're called for. I'd suggest not leaving the city though. Next time you are summoned for you will most likely meet one of those who are able to boss me around as you say.”

Yoko made his way towards a clearing to find an odd looking house, elegant in its own way, in mist of a forest. He wondered why Kagome would be in a place where he was positive another youkai, male, lived. He entered without knocking or giving warning to see-

“-You're the clown.”

He shook his head standing. “You barge into my home and call me a clown?”

“Fine. Takenzo.”

“Call me that if you will. By your smell I'm presuming you are here for your mate.” Takenzo walked towards a picture of something. “Wine?”

“Where is my mate at?”

“Most likely out finding food. I'm surprised though you let your mate away from you even for this. Unless,” Takenzo looked up at Yoko. “you didn't know she was pregnant when she left.”

Yoko suppressed a growl. “I know my mate is pregnant I only asked where she was.”

Takenzo drank from a cup. “Well she is here for you, meaning she has to come back.”

“How long until it's finished.”

“I couldn't really say. The potion I made for your ningen honestly was an experiment I heard would work. A special liquid made with the heart of a phoenix. First of all phoenix are extremely rare and I haven't been able to find one since. Besides, the same potion wouldn't separate the two of you, so I'm doing more- Kagome.”

Yoko growled at Kagome as she entered who immediately went whined, or at least her version of it. “Leave…I am speaking to you.”

Takenzo gave Yoko a look as he walked out. “You really are one arrogant kitsune to kick me out of my own home.”

Kagome looked down. “Not like I knew when I left. And I figured Shuichi would be busy with his mother and being a nerd so I didn't want to impo-“

Yoko picked Kagome up swiftly kissing her. “-you, my dear Kagome, need to learn that you will always be first, and apparently you being here is putting the first steps into separating the two of us. All I want to know,” Yoko kissed her again. “-why did you really stay away, for nearly two months.”

Kagome smiled a little in feeling Yoko nibbling on her neck. “Kieko's place was too…Cute with her and Yusuke, and you weren't there…But maybe I just missed you.”

Yoko kissed her taking off her pants. “What I was waiting for-“

“-Yoko we're in-“

“-Takenzo will not be returning for some time, so, relax.”

A few hours later Takenzo walked into his home and sighed. “Did you at least change the sheets from this smell filling the area?”

Yoko spoke leaning on Kagome. “There wasn't a need for a bed.”

Takenzo sighed. “Did you at least clean up then?”

“I wouldn't dream of leaving something so valuable laying around Takenzo. Your dwelling is clean. Perhaps you want to leave again for a few hours longer.”

“No thanks. I'm just surprised that she can stay that calm face with me hearing how loud you were Kagome from even where I was- I didn't know you had a cell phone.”

Yoko growled at the loud sound quickly turning it off. “It's my ningen's and apparently of some importance. We will be leaving. I presume you are able to get to Ningenkai on your own when this is finished if you do not see myself before hand.”

Takenzo nodded. “Yeah. I have my ways.”

Yoko left with Kagome through a portal when she spoke. “Who called.”

“Hagari sent a text message seemingly of importance. He wrote briefly: problem with one to be realsed. Transferred object from odd man to Sensui to take energy from youkai make ningen. Meet uppers later. Very large structure. Call at 01 00 if needed.”

Kagome nodded. “That's in a few hours. You're going to Yusuke then.”

“As much as he want to kill Hagari he knows somewhere that she died to solve this situation.” Yoko looked down at her. “Hiei will most likely be there as well as to not be left in the dark.”

“Okay.”

“You should tell me what happened between you two.”

Kagome looked down. “It's nothing. Let's just go.”

Yoko picked up Kagome surprising her some and soon was at Kieko's place. Kieko was a bit shocked at first then smiled.

“Hello Yoko, Kagome. My parents are out, please, make yourselves at home.”

Kagome smiled a bit at Kieko then made it go away. “Hey Kieko.”

Kieko smiled. “Hi- Kagome!” She gave a look to Yoko and began pushing him out into a hall. “You need to learn some control mister! Give her a break!”

Kieko closed the door behind her as she left and Yoko stood a bit shocked.

“Guessing Kieko noticed Kagome was pregnant then.”

Yoko spoke to Yusuke. “Why would she have a problem with such a thing?”

Yusuke sighed on her bed. “PMS, hell if I know. What's up Yoko. And why's Hiei lurking around the roof.”

Hiei jumped inside of the window. “Because I know that if the fox has reason to be out amongst ningen then there is something that he has to say.”

Yusuke spoke turning towards Yoko. “So then wha-“ He paused in seeing Kieko shoved through the door by Kagome who shut the door behind her. “O-kay. Soooooo…”

Keiko opened the door and was quickly pushed back in with a shut door in her face with one word from Kagome. “No.”

Yoko spoke explaining the text message. “…Then he said to call him at 01 00 if there was something we wanted to say. And by his explanation missing much information, I suppose that will be the best course of action.”

Yusuke nodded. “Yeah. Why would they need youkai energy unless the physics they used to unseal these super youkai or whatever kills the physic.”

Kieko spoke. “Well, it's almost time. Call him. And put him on speaker phone so you don't have to repeat yourself.”

“Yeah.”

Yusuke, who had dialed in the first place, spoke holding the phone. “Hagari explain, now, detail, everything involving what you delivered. And I can hear your mumbles.”

“Fine. After I left Kyoto I went back to Mushari City and waited around up until two days ago doing nothing. Sensui came to me and told me to go pick up an object that he had never seen before that was supposed to convert youki to rekai to open the next of the four. I asked him who he was taking orders from by the way he spoke and he said that after I retrieved the thing I'd be introduced and informed. Powerful enough youkai are needed because he said there weren't any more physics and even though his voice gave nothing away I'd suspect the physic energy they used killed the ningen or did something to them.

So I go into a portal into a room with white walls and nothing else in it except for a male. He asked me a bunch of questions- That had no relevance, and then he told me that he was going to place something on my arm so that he would know if I were lying, and he assured me I would die from it if I were lying.”

Yusuke spoke. “Was the device on your arm a black band maybe four centimeters wide with a large crystal on it?”

Hagari paused from his response. “Yeah. How'd you know.”

Yusuke was worried and furious all at once. “Was the person the size of a toddler, looked like a toddler with a big ass hat on his head and a pacifier in his mouth? Short brown hair and if he opened his eyes they would be brown too? Bluish purple clothes.”

“No he looked to be early twenties, no hat, did have short brown hair and did wear some type of purple blue robes, brown eyes, no pacifier-“

“-if, if you had a picture emailed to you through your phone would you be able to tell if it was the person Yusuke is questioning you of?”

Yusuke gave a look to Kieko who returned the look with one of her own as Hagari responded. “Fine.”

Kieko took her cell phone out of her pocket and sent a picture she took at the dark tournament to Shuichi's cell phone. Yusuke sent it to Hagari.

“You get it?”

“Uploading. Anything else while the wait.”

Hiei spoke. “What the hell is with Akuzo.”

Hagari spoke. “He needs help- I don't know. He likes Ganban and talks about it all of the damn time.”

Yusuke spoke. “Do you know anything about any locations we need to know of.”

“Everything gets packed up and moved ever so often. I don't even know where they are at now, on leave until contacted by Se- That's him, the man with the jet pack on.”

It was very quiet in Kieko's room. Yusuke later spoke.

“Are you absolutely positive about this.”

“Yes, except there wasn't a pacifier, and I couldn't see his forehead to see the K or not, but that was him. Does everyone else except for me know who this person is.”

“Hn. It's Koenma, the ruler or Rekai.”

“Isn't he your boss.”

Yusuke spoke. “Would explain why he has been acting more like damn bastard brat more than normal, he's been drying to deceive us for the longest and why he keeps trying to get us back to Mushari city. Trying to kill us off and make it look like a job.”

Hagari spoke. “If there's nothing else I'm hanging up.”

Yusuke tossed the phone on the bed and held his head elbows resting on his knees. “What the hell…”

Kieko spoke. “That means you guys can quit doing this if Koenma's gone bad, right?”

Yoko spoke. “Hardly.”

Hiei spoke. “If we stop he'll either impose more punishment on us because he is still ruler of Rekai, or he will find a way to kill us believing we know what he is really doing.”

Kieko looked down. “So you guys have to keep going on this case…”

Yoko spoke. “And if this did not continue and these people kill every ningen and youkai not wanted in their world would that comfort you Kieko?”

Yusuke spoke. “Yoko.”

Yoko spoke. “Simply stated, I meant no offence towards you Kieko.”

Kieko sheepishly smiled. “That's okay, but I think I'll leave you three alone and go find Kagome before she disappears again.”

Hiei spoke. “She's still here.”

Kieko walked out of the room to see Kagome leaning out of a window. She walked up next to her leaning out as well.

“You really do like stars don't you.”

Kagome spoke leaning on the window sill making sure her belly was not pushed against anything. “Shippo used to love looking at the stars, and together we used to point out constellations and just gaze up above.”

Kieko looked up as well. “Who's Shippo?”

“Was.”

Kieko looked at Kagome briefly. “Sorry I, I didn't know.”

Kagome continued to look up at the stars. “It's fine. When are you and Yusuke getting married.”

Keiko's face flushed. “Uhm…We're just, uhm…”

“I'll give you a year at the most-“

“-that soon? Are you crazy Kagome?”

“No, but giving you a year is a stretch…Not for me to tell you.”

“It has to do with Yusuke being youkai, right?”

“Yeah. You two will do just fine.”

Kieko spoke. “Do you know how many babies you are going to have?”

“Two.”

“How long do you have left?”

“Two months or so.”

“And you're going out with them to fight and solve this Koenma iss- Uhm.”

“I heard.”

Kieko spoke after a moment of silence. “Can I ask you a question Kagome? About Shippo?”

Kagome spoke knowing Kieko was now looking at her. “Go ahead.”

“Was Shippo, your child?”

Kagome's eyes had a far away look to them. “He was my son.”

Kieko continued. “And since you're demon, was he hanyou or full youkai? I herd of what went on some in the feudal era, did you raise him there? While you were thinking you were ningen?”

“He was raised in the feudal era. And his father was from the feudal era. When he was around five, his father was killed. So he stayed with me until…He…”

Kieko saw Kagome close her eyes. “Are you okay Kagome?”

“I'm fine.” Kagome opened her eyes. “He had the brightest green eyes in the world and was always active, getting into trouble, but not too much. Everyone liked him even when he was annoying. And even for his short height I think he could have jumped higher than any youkai out there four times his size.”

“Do you still wish he was alive?”

Kagome walked off speaking. “If Shippo were alive I would not be here now and I wouldn't even know I was youkai.”

Kieko tried going after Kagome to apologize but meet up with Yoko as she went down the hall. “Oh. Yoko do you know which way Kagome went?”

“Give her time. You can go see her when we leave.”

Keiko gave him a confused look. “So then you really are leaving her here?”

Yoko growled at her, but not loud enough for her or Yusuke to hear it. “I am not leaving my mate but keeping her safest here.” He walked into the room. “I will return before she births.”

Kagome laid on the floor of the room she was given temporarily given and looked up. “When are you leaving.”

Yoko sat next to her. “Momentarily. You were thinking so much about it you didn't even know I was there.”

“I don't hide it from you, or anyone, it's just…I don't talk about it and I don't even know why I let Kieko continue on with it.”

“I know.” Yoko leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. “I'll be back.”

Kagome looked at him. “You really aren't going to say anything of it are you?”

Yoko smirked. “Why should I pressure you with that when I can pressure you in other, more pleasurable ways?”

Kagome shook her head on the ground. “Bye.”

Kieko blinked outside in the hall. “Oh, hey Shuichi.”

Shuichi smiled pleasantly. “Kieko. I guess we are leaving then. Please call if something comes up that you feel we should know of, I'm sure Yusuke would like that.”

“Yeah, sure thing. Not like I can go…Be safe then.” Kieko waved to Yusuke who smirked at her. “Do I want to know why you're smirking?”

“Because I just took the new makeup thing you just bou-“

“-Uremeshi!-“

“-Bye Kieko!”

Hagari flipped a coin waiting outside of the same gave when he first met Itsuki. He leaned against the cave wall as the sun began to rise and never thought to question why youkai or whoever the hell he was “working for” always wanted odd meeting times. It had been a while after he had contacted Shuichi about Koenma apparently, and he wondered if he was actually going to be meeting the top people or just sent somewhere again. After a few more minutes passed he noticed three figures emerging from the forest. Two he recognized from previous encounters, but the other-

“-You're the man who gave me the converter. You're in charge?”

He nodded walking past Hagari into the cave. “Along the lines of that. I'm making the head decisions and taking decisive action, but there are others who are along the same lines of, where I am at.”

Itsuki spoke. “He doesn't have much time to come down here often, but the matter at hand needs his personal attention.”

Chenja spoke. “Nor is it wise for you to be down here, regardless of the situation at hand.”

Hagari knew to be quiet as he followed the two youkai and the ruler of spirit world further into the cave, so he let him speak. “True. I probably shouldn't be here, but if not I, who else can take care of this?”

Chenja spoke slightly adjatated. “You don't even know if you will be able to do it, you're not him. You're him.”

The rekai ruler smiled turning around briefly not stopping. “I know. Why it's fun at times. But, who else Chenja do you think would be able to do this?”

Chenja spoke. “An infused ningen perhaps.”

“Why I brought Hagari along isn't it? Or is it Sniper? I forget things at times you know.”

Hagari spoke. “You never cared about some of the things you remembered in the first place.”

The rekai ruler shrugged still walking. “True enough. Good insight. By the way, you're not supped up yet, just a ningen with more ordinary abilities. I don't like using `physic' because to me it denotes having abilities along the lines of a physic, and I don't think you nor the majority of ningenkai knows what that truly means.”

Hagari saw the inner cave entrance. “Don't care either way.”

“By the way you can call me Bob.” He paused for a while inside of the inner cave looking ahead. He later turned back to Hagari. “You have a world of patience don't you? At least three Bob's in your life still alive ne? Upset?”

“Not going to gain anything from arguing a point so why bother.”

Itsuki spoke. “He's been pent up with Akuzo ranting about Ganban for far too long for any person.”

Bob snickered some. “That can do it to ya then. I can't see it.”

Chenja was upset now. “I told you that not even you would be able to. You should leave now and you know why.”

“Yeah yeah, some one could sense me.” Bob looked ahead at the underground stream. “I know it isn't a light matter, but time is running out. Have you tested it out on a D class youkai yet?”

Itsuki spoke. “Yes, and the spirit energy once converted was only have of his original youki. Meaning medium A class or up would be needed to unseal.”

Bob smiled turning back around. “And we all know where to find some youkai of that level don't we? Guess that means I have to get back to work. Which would be the easiest as of now? Obviously not the Toushin, the kitsune won't come out and we can't rip him out, at least not any longer. Leaving the forbidden male as the best option.” Bob began walking out of the cave. “Fill him in on what needs to be known. I'm out of here.”

Hagari spoke seeing Chenja leave as well with `Bob'. “So what am I being prepped for? Supper physic?”

Itsuki spoke summoning his tamed monster that he controls. “You'll learn better in here-“

Hagari began stepping away. “-what the-“

Itsuki smiled. His `pet' had swallowed Hagari. Things were going as planned.

Yusuke growled to himself. “it's been two fuckin' weeks and we still can't find a damn thing around this place. We've checked all of these shitty leads and even been to that place Koenma told us to go to a while back and still nothing but two weak ass physics! What the fu-“

Hiei spoke cutting Yusuke off. “-Shut up. Your bickering will not get us anywhere.”

Shuichi spoke looking around outside of a park. “Nor will waiting here. I'm not picking up on anything near by anyways.”

Yusuke got up following Shuichi. “Whatever. Not like this damn city can be anymore annoying. Give me your phone so I can call Kieko.”

Shuichi gave his cell phone over to Yusuke as they walked long used to his demanding attitude. “Very well then Yusuke. Perhaps you will have better chances finding what we are looking for then.”

Yusuke growled. “Lucky shi- Kieko hey.”

“You were about to curse weren't you.”

Yusuke laughed. “What makes you think that Kieko? Haven't I learned now with common sense not to do such things any longer? True I slip a few times, but it's a stark improvement. Far advances in a short time, especially in seeing as how you have known me all of our lives ne?”

Kieko hesitated over the phone. “I, guess so.”

Yusuke smiled, she bought it as always. “Good. How's the restaurant going with your parents still out and you and your uncle's doing most of the stuff?”

“Actually better than when my Dad was ever here! We got the best idea for advertisement outside of the normal newspaper add, and customers have doubled! If it keeps up by the end of the quarter then uncle and I want to propose to Dad to get an extension on the restaurant!”

Yusuke smiled walking around a toddler in a park. “That's great Kieko. Where'd you get the idea from?”

“Kagome! I had no idea she knew this type of stuff! Especially when you said she never had time to go to school when she thought she was ningen.”

“She's got knowledge that we don't even know about. What's the girl up to anyways? She ever get mood swings?”

“Not at all. She just cleans the rooms and the upstairs apartment everyday like an old routine. Even when my parents were here she still did it even when they told her not to. Not sure why…”

Yusuke spoke. “She wants to keep her stay since she can't go downstairs and help, so she has to do something since she was told to stay.”

“Oh, well she doesn't have to. Do you think if Yoko told her to stop she would?”

Shuichi spoke knowing Kieko knew they all could hear her. “Not at all. He won't, besides he's sleeping now.”

Kieko sighed. “Allight. Well I can't talk forever Uremeshi, some of us have to study.”

Yusuke smirked. “I study…And I can almost feel you blushing through the phone-“ Yusuke laughed to himself tossing the phone back to Shuichi. “I miss her. Why don't we-“ Yusuke growled flipping out his compact. “Damnit toddler you always pick the best times to call don't you-“

“-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR TIMES YUSUKE I AM KOENMA NOT TODDLER!!!”

“So toddler what do you want?”

Koenma sighed. “There's been word that that big fire that the police and authorities had looked at two days ago, wasn't caused by a ningen. I want for you to check it out, and see if it has to do with the physic activity, since you are in Mushari city. If you have any questions, contact Botan.”

Yusuke closed the compact tossing it in his back pocket. “So that's about ten city blocks away. Walking right into a trap then ne?”

Shuichi looked up to see Hiei jumping ahead already from a roof top. “A trap indeed. Let's get going.”