"What is the quadratic formula?" Mitsu Hara was sitting math class with
her head on her desk; she was drawing in her notebook. Her friend Julia
suddenly nudged her. "Pay attention," Julia whispered. Then the teacher
spoke again, " Miss Hara, what is the quadratic formula?" Mitsu sat up and
replied in a dull voice " I don't know or care" A few minutes later a
certain 8th grader was sitting in the principal's office, listening to
another droning speech: this one about disrespect.
When Mitsu got home she immediately went to her computer. She first went to update her Yu Yu Hakusho fan site. Every day, she added a few more pictures, mainly of Hiei, who was her favorite character on her favorite show. And after being on the Internet for a few hours, she promptly switched on the television at 6:30. Mitsu watched the show for half an hour, and then went back to the computer. At 9:30 her mother came and told her to do her homework. By the time she finished, it was midnight. So Mitsu got in bed and soon after she fell asleep.
In the Reikai
Koenma was sitting at his desk waiting rather impatiently for Yusuke and the others to arrive. Thirty minutes later Yusuke and the gang showed up Botan in the lead. "Koenma sir, I got them here as fast as I could." Koenma nodded his head and launched into an explanation of the next mission. "Ok guys I need you to find a demon sorceress that escaped to the Ningenkai. She stole an artifact from the vault earlier today. Reikai intelligence has informed me that she has fled to the United States of America. It is imperative that you find her soon. The info you need is on this paper." Handing Yusuke the scrap of paper, he shoved the four detectives out the door.
In the Ningenkai
"Remind me why we are in what Yusuke calls an 'airport'?" Hiei was most definitely having doubts about their method of travel to the US. "We are here because we need to get to the United States to catch the sorceress," Kurama replied. Yusuke removed the slip with the information on it from his pocket. For the first time he realized that it was a picture. "Hey guys," Yusuke said to the group, "this time pacifier breath gave us a picture." Yusuke held up the small piece of paper showing it to the other three detectives. "She looks pretty harmless to me" Kuwabara said sounding as stupid as ever. Hiei smirked, "Say that again when she's beating your head into the ground." Kuwabara was not pleased with Hiei's remark. "Can it shorty."
As the group of detectives boarded the plane the flight attendant collected their tickets. Hiei was still rather skeptical about the plane but boarded anyway. When they all found the proper seats they sat down conversing among themselves. During the safety lecture Kurama asked Yusuke a question. "What exactly do we know about this sorceress, I mean it's pretty stupid for Koenma to just give us picture and expect us to find her?" Yusuke shrugged. Hiei was already growing irritated; the baka was just talking and talking and talking. Trying to restrain him self from killing Kuwabara he asked Kurama how long the flight was. The clever redhead replied, "It's about fifteen hours long." Hiei started yelling and banging his head on the back of the seat. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!"
Five hours later
Hiei had resorted to chanting to himself to keep his sanity. "Don't kill him, don't kill him, don't kill him." Kurama and Yusuke were talking to each other about the case that they had just been assigned. "How does the toddler expect us to find this sorceress by her picture," Yusuke complained, "There are millions of people in the US, how does he expect us to find her?" Kurama agreed. There had to be an easier way to find her. Then it came to him. He had heard of people who get paid to locate people, to find missing people and stuff like that. " Yusuke. I think I know of a way we can find her." Kurama then explained the plan to the one detective that wasn't chanting or just being stupid. "That's a brilliant plan," Yusuke exclaimed, "Now we need to tell the other two." Yusuke and Kurama decided that maybe they should tell them at the end of the flight.
Nine hours later
Hiei had continued chanting the whole time. "Don't kill him, don't kill him, don't kill him." Kuwabara had been talking to the old lady next to him about cats. "Yea my cat's favorite food is Meow mix, what about you?" They talked about cats for the entire ride. It was taking every ounce of self-restraint Hiei possessed not to slice Kuwabara in half right that second. Yusuke and Kurama were talking about how they were to find the sorceress. They had the basic plan, but they were now thinking about the specifics. "Yea there are a lot private investigators in New York," Yusuke stated, "It shouldn't be too hard to find one." Kurama nodded. They had a good plan to find this sorceress before she wreaked havoc on the Ningenkai.
One hour later
As the gang filed off the plane the flight attendant waved them off. Hiei was much saner now that he was off the plane. He no longer had to sit next to Kuwabara. Kuwabara was sad that he had to say goodbye to the nice old lady. He really enjoyed talking to her. Hiei smirked at the baka's sorrow. "Hn. Baka already misses the old lady. Did you look up to her superior fighting ability?" Kuwabara was furious. "Shut up, half-pint, she liked cats." Yusuke groaned. He really wanted to tell them of the ingenious plan that Kurama had thought up. "Ok guys Kurama thought up a great idea to find the sorceress." Yusuke went on to explicate the plan of getting a private investigator. At the end of the explanation, Kuwabara inquired, "Where are we going to get a private. uh. whatchamacallit?" Hiei grinned, "Investigator, baka, investigator. But I see how a word with more than five letters could confuse you. Please Yusuke, tell us where we are to find a private investigator?" Yusuke shrugged. Then a tall man with a suit on walked up beside them as they collected their luggage and said, "I couldn't help but overhear that you need a private investigator? I happen to know a very good one. Here's his card." He walked off after handing a business card to Kurama. He read the card aloud "George Nelson, Private Investigator. 1355 Fifth Avenue 3rd floor apartment C11. 555-8907." " It's worth a shot," Yusuke added.
The gang was soon looking through the airport for a map of the area. Hiei had mentioned that they hadn't the slightest idea where Fifth Avenue was. Before long they were at some kind of gift shop. Kurama purchased a map of New York City. "Look Fifth Avenue is right here," said Kurama pointing to the street on the map. "Let's get a taxi," suggested Kuwabara. They all agreed and went outside to get a cab. "TAXI!" Yusuke yelled as he held his hand in the air. Not long after, the four detectives were crammed in the back of a filthy New York cab. "1355 Fifth Avenue please," Yusuke said, getting into the cab. "Is it necessary that I sit next to the baka?" Hiei was not pleased with the seating. "Too late to switch now," Yusuke replied, shutting the door. Hiei groaned and inched away from Kuwabara as much as possible.
When Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara arrived outside a shoddy apartment building, they paid the taxi driver and walked to the door. As soon as Kurama confirmed that they had indeed reached the correct address, Yusuke pushed open the door and. it fell off its hinges. Once the door was moved, they proceeded up three flights of stairs. After a long walk and much complaining from Kuwabara, which was followed by much criticism from Hiei, they reached apartment C11. Yusuke lightly knocked on the door. No response. So he knocked a little louder. Still no response. Finally, Hiei got tired of waiting and kicked the door down. The group walked in the office, finding that the walls were painted a hideous shade of yellow. They also noticed a desk in the center of the room. There was a swivel chair, and seated in it was the man that handed Kurama the business card. Behind him on the windowsill was a fluffy white cat. "I see you decided to come after all," stated the investigator as the cat leapt from its perch onto his lap purring contentedly when he stroked it. "CAT!" yelled Kuwabara when he noticed the fluffy feline. He immediately went to pet it. When he did, it jumped from George's lap and began to claw at his face. Kurama and Yusuke burst out laughing and Hiei said, "How do you expect to beat this sorceress if you get attacked by a cat?" Kuwabara finally managed to get the crazy cat off his face and yelled to Hiei, "Can it, shorty!" "Yeah, we need you to find this girl for us," said Yusuke while trying to keep a straight face, handing the picture to George Nelson. "Never done anything like this before, but I'll give it a shot," replied George putting his feet atop the desk. "Come back at noon tomorrow." With that final note, the Reikai Tantei walked out of his office and closed the door behind them.
Out in the hallway the gang was already having disputes about what to do for the rest of the day. "Let's get something to eat," Kuwabara insisted. Yusuke on the other hand wanted to get a hotel because it was already getting late. "They have food at the hotel, Kuwabara," confirmed Kurama. "Hold up, do we even know where a hotel is?" Yusuke asked. Kurama reminded him they had the map. After a lot of Kuwabara insulting and angry replies they arrived at Downtown Holiday Inn. The group went inside and went to the counter to get a couple of rooms. While they were Hiei noticed a sign on the wall saying that no pets are allowed, Hiei smirked. "Look at that sign," Hiei said while pointing to the notice on the wall, "I guess Kuwabara can't come after all." I took a moment for Kuwabara to realize that he had been insulted, but then he smiled. "Looks like you can't come either shorty" Kuwabara retorted pointing to a sign that said no one under the age of three was allowed. "Hn"
When Mitsu got home she immediately went to her computer. She first went to update her Yu Yu Hakusho fan site. Every day, she added a few more pictures, mainly of Hiei, who was her favorite character on her favorite show. And after being on the Internet for a few hours, she promptly switched on the television at 6:30. Mitsu watched the show for half an hour, and then went back to the computer. At 9:30 her mother came and told her to do her homework. By the time she finished, it was midnight. So Mitsu got in bed and soon after she fell asleep.
In the Reikai
Koenma was sitting at his desk waiting rather impatiently for Yusuke and the others to arrive. Thirty minutes later Yusuke and the gang showed up Botan in the lead. "Koenma sir, I got them here as fast as I could." Koenma nodded his head and launched into an explanation of the next mission. "Ok guys I need you to find a demon sorceress that escaped to the Ningenkai. She stole an artifact from the vault earlier today. Reikai intelligence has informed me that she has fled to the United States of America. It is imperative that you find her soon. The info you need is on this paper." Handing Yusuke the scrap of paper, he shoved the four detectives out the door.
In the Ningenkai
"Remind me why we are in what Yusuke calls an 'airport'?" Hiei was most definitely having doubts about their method of travel to the US. "We are here because we need to get to the United States to catch the sorceress," Kurama replied. Yusuke removed the slip with the information on it from his pocket. For the first time he realized that it was a picture. "Hey guys," Yusuke said to the group, "this time pacifier breath gave us a picture." Yusuke held up the small piece of paper showing it to the other three detectives. "She looks pretty harmless to me" Kuwabara said sounding as stupid as ever. Hiei smirked, "Say that again when she's beating your head into the ground." Kuwabara was not pleased with Hiei's remark. "Can it shorty."
As the group of detectives boarded the plane the flight attendant collected their tickets. Hiei was still rather skeptical about the plane but boarded anyway. When they all found the proper seats they sat down conversing among themselves. During the safety lecture Kurama asked Yusuke a question. "What exactly do we know about this sorceress, I mean it's pretty stupid for Koenma to just give us picture and expect us to find her?" Yusuke shrugged. Hiei was already growing irritated; the baka was just talking and talking and talking. Trying to restrain him self from killing Kuwabara he asked Kurama how long the flight was. The clever redhead replied, "It's about fifteen hours long." Hiei started yelling and banging his head on the back of the seat. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!"
Five hours later
Hiei had resorted to chanting to himself to keep his sanity. "Don't kill him, don't kill him, don't kill him." Kurama and Yusuke were talking to each other about the case that they had just been assigned. "How does the toddler expect us to find this sorceress by her picture," Yusuke complained, "There are millions of people in the US, how does he expect us to find her?" Kurama agreed. There had to be an easier way to find her. Then it came to him. He had heard of people who get paid to locate people, to find missing people and stuff like that. " Yusuke. I think I know of a way we can find her." Kurama then explained the plan to the one detective that wasn't chanting or just being stupid. "That's a brilliant plan," Yusuke exclaimed, "Now we need to tell the other two." Yusuke and Kurama decided that maybe they should tell them at the end of the flight.
Nine hours later
Hiei had continued chanting the whole time. "Don't kill him, don't kill him, don't kill him." Kuwabara had been talking to the old lady next to him about cats. "Yea my cat's favorite food is Meow mix, what about you?" They talked about cats for the entire ride. It was taking every ounce of self-restraint Hiei possessed not to slice Kuwabara in half right that second. Yusuke and Kurama were talking about how they were to find the sorceress. They had the basic plan, but they were now thinking about the specifics. "Yea there are a lot private investigators in New York," Yusuke stated, "It shouldn't be too hard to find one." Kurama nodded. They had a good plan to find this sorceress before she wreaked havoc on the Ningenkai.
One hour later
As the gang filed off the plane the flight attendant waved them off. Hiei was much saner now that he was off the plane. He no longer had to sit next to Kuwabara. Kuwabara was sad that he had to say goodbye to the nice old lady. He really enjoyed talking to her. Hiei smirked at the baka's sorrow. "Hn. Baka already misses the old lady. Did you look up to her superior fighting ability?" Kuwabara was furious. "Shut up, half-pint, she liked cats." Yusuke groaned. He really wanted to tell them of the ingenious plan that Kurama had thought up. "Ok guys Kurama thought up a great idea to find the sorceress." Yusuke went on to explicate the plan of getting a private investigator. At the end of the explanation, Kuwabara inquired, "Where are we going to get a private. uh. whatchamacallit?" Hiei grinned, "Investigator, baka, investigator. But I see how a word with more than five letters could confuse you. Please Yusuke, tell us where we are to find a private investigator?" Yusuke shrugged. Then a tall man with a suit on walked up beside them as they collected their luggage and said, "I couldn't help but overhear that you need a private investigator? I happen to know a very good one. Here's his card." He walked off after handing a business card to Kurama. He read the card aloud "George Nelson, Private Investigator. 1355 Fifth Avenue 3rd floor apartment C11. 555-8907." " It's worth a shot," Yusuke added.
The gang was soon looking through the airport for a map of the area. Hiei had mentioned that they hadn't the slightest idea where Fifth Avenue was. Before long they were at some kind of gift shop. Kurama purchased a map of New York City. "Look Fifth Avenue is right here," said Kurama pointing to the street on the map. "Let's get a taxi," suggested Kuwabara. They all agreed and went outside to get a cab. "TAXI!" Yusuke yelled as he held his hand in the air. Not long after, the four detectives were crammed in the back of a filthy New York cab. "1355 Fifth Avenue please," Yusuke said, getting into the cab. "Is it necessary that I sit next to the baka?" Hiei was not pleased with the seating. "Too late to switch now," Yusuke replied, shutting the door. Hiei groaned and inched away from Kuwabara as much as possible.
When Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara arrived outside a shoddy apartment building, they paid the taxi driver and walked to the door. As soon as Kurama confirmed that they had indeed reached the correct address, Yusuke pushed open the door and. it fell off its hinges. Once the door was moved, they proceeded up three flights of stairs. After a long walk and much complaining from Kuwabara, which was followed by much criticism from Hiei, they reached apartment C11. Yusuke lightly knocked on the door. No response. So he knocked a little louder. Still no response. Finally, Hiei got tired of waiting and kicked the door down. The group walked in the office, finding that the walls were painted a hideous shade of yellow. They also noticed a desk in the center of the room. There was a swivel chair, and seated in it was the man that handed Kurama the business card. Behind him on the windowsill was a fluffy white cat. "I see you decided to come after all," stated the investigator as the cat leapt from its perch onto his lap purring contentedly when he stroked it. "CAT!" yelled Kuwabara when he noticed the fluffy feline. He immediately went to pet it. When he did, it jumped from George's lap and began to claw at his face. Kurama and Yusuke burst out laughing and Hiei said, "How do you expect to beat this sorceress if you get attacked by a cat?" Kuwabara finally managed to get the crazy cat off his face and yelled to Hiei, "Can it, shorty!" "Yeah, we need you to find this girl for us," said Yusuke while trying to keep a straight face, handing the picture to George Nelson. "Never done anything like this before, but I'll give it a shot," replied George putting his feet atop the desk. "Come back at noon tomorrow." With that final note, the Reikai Tantei walked out of his office and closed the door behind them.
Out in the hallway the gang was already having disputes about what to do for the rest of the day. "Let's get something to eat," Kuwabara insisted. Yusuke on the other hand wanted to get a hotel because it was already getting late. "They have food at the hotel, Kuwabara," confirmed Kurama. "Hold up, do we even know where a hotel is?" Yusuke asked. Kurama reminded him they had the map. After a lot of Kuwabara insulting and angry replies they arrived at Downtown Holiday Inn. The group went inside and went to the counter to get a couple of rooms. While they were Hiei noticed a sign on the wall saying that no pets are allowed, Hiei smirked. "Look at that sign," Hiei said while pointing to the notice on the wall, "I guess Kuwabara can't come after all." I took a moment for Kuwabara to realize that he had been insulted, but then he smiled. "Looks like you can't come either shorty" Kuwabara retorted pointing to a sign that said no one under the age of three was allowed. "Hn"