Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Question of Intimacy ❯ Chapter 6, Answers? ( Chapter 7 )

"Do you need something for that Auntie? I've already sent Jorge off to make sure to get your medicines." asked the pretty faced young godling. He stood before her in his young adult guise, gazing at her in solicitous concern.

 

"Enma-chan?!" the miko exclaimed in surprise before letting go of Hiei's hand and throwing her arms around Koenma in a bone crushing hug. Backing off, she kissed his cheek and beamed at him for a moment before saying, "You have certainly gotten a lot taller since the last time. You missed the last three dinner parties we have invited you to. If your parents didn't show up and make your excuses for you, I would be insulted. From the sounds of things you are over worked, or are we just that boring?"

 

"Never that Auntie." Koenma smiled merrily at the teasing.

 

"Then I'll have to give your father what for about your work hours." Kagome grinned back at him as she released him from her embrace.

 

"Now that I'd pay good money to see." the young god laughed wickedly in amusement. Behind him the others filed into the room looking at the pair in confusion and surprise.

 

"so is this business or a social call, if it is business it'll have to wait a couple months," Kagome asked still clearly delighted to see the young god.

 

"A bit of both, but more the latter then the former. Three quarters of my Spirit Detective team just stormed my office looking for your file. So, I thought I'd make sure it was really you they had run into and pay you a visit." Koenma answered easily.

 

Said Spirit Detectives had been royally confused for nearly an hour already and they were collectively starting to get pretty annoyed. The godling wasn't telling them what he knew and yet he still made it obvious that he knew plenty. Yuuske was preparing to interrupt when Kurama stepped on his foot to keep him quiet.

 

"So which ones are your Spirit Detectives? I remember your father saying something about them, but I had to retire early that night." Kagome asked oblivious to the byplay between the young men.

 

"The one you are in near constant contact with is Hiei. He is a Jaganshi. I'm not sure what else you would call him other then that considering your distaste for name calling. The short haired brunette is Urameshi Yuuske. He is supposedly the team leader." Yuuske waved at the introduction. "He is Genkai's student." Genkai nodded in confirmation of this. "The shorter redhead is Minamino Shuuichi, also known as Youko Kurama. He is a kitsune avatar." Kurama sighed and nodded as well in acknowledgment. "The taller read head is Kuwabara Kazuma. He actually has the strongest sixths sense of the lot. The ladies aren't really on the team, but they do make good support people for them. You already know Keiko. Yukina is the little youkai that got together with Kuwabara and is standing beside him." Koenma indicated the little teal haired girl who looked even smaller next to the tall human. "Genkai is a modern spiritualist and advises the boys. Lastly, there is Boton. She wasn't working ferry duty the last time you would have seen her." Koenma pointed out the blue haired woman who was standing by the door.Kagome was relieved at not having to resort to yelling "hey, you!" to get their attention. The pain from her old injuries had faded to a dull ache, but was still enough to make her irritable if provoked, still her humor had been brought out at that last comment.

 

"No, I must say, she is far better looking then the last guy." Kagome winked at the death deity. "So why no women on the team?"

 

"It just worked out that way. The boys were very young when they started working for me. I expect there would have been far more problems if we had tried to mix the girls in at that time." Koenma answered easily.

 

"Maybe, maybe not. I was fifteen when I started actually working as a miko in a true mixed pack." Kagome pointed out consideringly. The girls didn't strike her as the sorts of people who would just take things lying down. Even Yukina seemed to have some sort of reserved inner strength to go with her apparent stoicism.

 

"True, but you did say you were far to young when you started that life." Koenma replied seriously. He had considered the boys ages more then once and felt somewhat guilty for taking what last bits of childhood they would have had from them. It was unfortunate, but it had been necessary as they were the best people for the job. His serious expression only lasted a moment before it was replaced with a look of mischieviousness, "Of course, since you are pushing six hundred you aren't too young for anything now are you?" he teased. The jaws of his detectives collectively seemed to drop, right on cue. Oh, he was having fun getting one over on those four for once.

 

"Hush you, I could still turn you over my knee, but then you might enjoy that," Kagome shot back as her eyes twinkled with laughter. The young deity blushed. Yuuske and Kuwabara couldn't help it, they laughed, they laughed so hard their sides hurt. Kurama chuckled along as well and Hiei just smirked. "He was kidding by the way. I'm only just in my twenties."

 

"Depends on how you count the years Auntie!" Koenma poked fun to help get rid of his blush by embarrassing her back. It did help that she was effectively rooted to the spot she was in by his detective so that she couldn't whap him one upside the back of the head like she would have done when he was younger. He decided to change the subject before she could embarrass him any worse by asking about what she thought the detectives could know. "Anyway, how much of the file should I let them into? Their clearances go pretty high, but not that high. Most of it is need to know only."

 

"Just let them read it. Its mostly ancient history anyway. Can I get you to dig up anything and everything that might be relevant to this mess?" she asked accepting the change of topics graciously as she didn't feel like being embarrassed any further either.