A/N: Chetara is not mine. Ari is all mine.

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"This is absolutely horrible!" Koenma yelled. "This is unheard of! The Reikai vault has been broken into!"

"Excuse me, Lord Koenma?" George, his faithful servant, said meekly. He was a small timid blue creature, of 4'11''. "Haven't Hiei and Kurama done that once before? Before they became reformed?"

"Yes, but we figured it out before they got away. These perps managed to get in there, steal whatever they wanted, and get out without anyone noticing they ever entered." Koenma said, slamming his fist on the table. "This is really bad!"

"What did they steal, sir?" George asked, with a confused look on his face.

"The cloak of darkness, the Book, an amulet of fire, the sword of darkness, whip of fire..." Koenma started, slowly picking up speed.

George gasped loudly. "Sir...!"

"I know, George. We need to figure out who stole those things and have the team get the objects back. Quickly! I'll contact them at once."

"Lord Koenma..." George said, wincing nervously. Crossing Lord Koenma led to painful disciplinary action.

"Yes..." Koenma glanced at him, narrowing his eyes.

"They have the Book...?" George asked, with a wince.

Koenma nodded weakly. "If the team doesn't get those objects back very soon, the worlds could be in very serious danger."

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Meanwhile, in human world...

"Hey. Wake up." Chetara whined at her friend, who was in a dead sleep.

"No. I'm trying to sleep." Ari hissed at her. As a neko, she hated being woken up. The cat in her. In Maikai and Reikai, half animal people were very common. There were nekoes, ookamis, merpeople, kitsunes...just about every animal you could think of.

"Wake. Up. Now." Chetara said, snarling at the the neko.

"No. I'm not scared of you. At all!" Ari said, bravely. Honestly, at times she was terrified of her wolf friend. Her friend was an ookami and vicious when she wanted to be.

"Not even when I'm equipped with the artifacts we stole?"

Ari shot up, wide awake. "Ooh! I haven't seen those things in the light yet. I want to see them. Bring them out."

"No. I don't follow orders. Especially orders from you, princess." Chetara said, rolling her eyes.

"Please bring them out." Ari said, pleading with Chetara.

"Fine." Chetara went and got the artifacts, just to shut her friend up.

"Ooh." Ari said, enthralled by the objects. "Hey, Chetara?"

"Yes?" Chetara asked, looking at the amulet.

"Why did we grab this book thing?" Ari asked, holding it up to the light.

Chetara shrugged. "You grabbed it. Not me."

"Right. I don't remember that. Oh well. The darkness artifacts are mine right?" Ari grinned happily.

"Yes. The fire things are mine." Chetara seperated their stuff.

Ari put the cloak she'd stolen on. Instantly, she felt an enormous surge of power slam her in the stomach.

"Woah!" Ari said, with a wince. "I think my power just doubled."

"Really?" Chetara asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Yes. Wow. This is incredible." Ari said, with a wicked grin.

"Oof." Chetara said as she felt the tremendous surge of power wash over her as she put on the amulet. "That actually hurt."

"It does hurt, at first." Ari said, with a laugh. "Then..."

"Now, it feels good. This huge amount of power." Chetara said, using her energy to ignite her hand.

"Yeah. I want to start reading this book." Ari said, laying it in her lap.

"You can't." Chetara said, wearily, with a sigh. "We have to go, remember?"

"Right. I'm taking the book. And my new sword." Ari hid the sword from people's sight, under her cloak.

"I'm taking my whip." Chetara said, tucking it away.

"This book feels funny. Kind of...cool. Like cold. Yet hot. Warmth is radiating from it. And so's cold. And...feels...dark. Yet, at the same time, there's a feeling of light. Feels earthy, and light as air." Ari frowned, closing her eyes and feeling out the book's energy.

"What are you talking about?" Chetara asked Ari, sounding exasperated. "I touched the book and it didn't feel like that at all. It just felt like a regular book."

Ari shivered. This book felt so weird. "I'm going to wrap it in something. Like cloth." Ari grabbed some cloth and wrapped the book in it.

"Alrighty!" Ari grinned. "Let's go."

"You're acting weirder than usual. Are you feeling alright?"

Ari nodded, with a grin.

--

"Let me get this straight. Some villains or whatever, broke into the vault, and stole a bunch of stuff without being discovered?" Yusuke asked, heavy on the sarcasm.

"Yes, Yusuke." Koenma nodded, with a sigh.

"And you want us to find these people you know absolutely nothing about." Kuwabara repeated.

"Yes." Koenma nodded.

"Hn...That's impossible." Hiei shook his head.

"I believe what Hiei means is, do you know anything about these people? If you don't, then it would be impossible." Kurama said, trying to keep an arguement between Koenma and Hiei from happening.

Koenma shook his head. "Nothing. We do have one person who claims to have seen the perps escaping but..."

"Let me guess. He met his untimely end a little early right?" Yusuke said, arrogantly.

"Actually, no. He is still alive. But he refuses to tell us anything." Koenma said, his mouth drawing a tight line.

"We can handle that." Yusuke said, crossing his arms. "One thing, though. If he seen the guys breaking out, why didn't they kill him? Maybe these guys aren't as bad as you think."

"I don't know, Yusuke! If I knew the answers to your questions, would I be here asking you to find them?" Koenma shouted, with fire and grit. "No, I wouldn't. Now, get up here now! Portal's behind your house. NOW MOVE!"

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"Ugh. Chetara, why are we doing this?" Ari whined pathetically.

"Would you rather starve?" Chetara asked. She stared at Ari, and raised her eyebrows.

"Hm. Always a possibility." Ari said, thoughtfully.

"Shut up. Now, come on. We have to go buy groceries." Chetara said, glaring at Ari.

Ari whined, pathetically...again. The neko in her made her lazy. Meanwhile, Chetara, being a wolf, wanted to go running and wanted to get out and do something.

"I hate having to associate with Ningens." Ari whined. She bent over to where her hands were almost touching the ground, looking like the picture of defeat.

"I do too. Now, get over it." Chetara said, starting to ignore her.

Ari sighed. Standing up, she asked, "Can I get some catnip, then?"

"NO! Do you remember what happened last time you had catnip?" Chetara snapped to attention.

"Um...no?" Ari asked, weakly.

"Let me refresh your memory, then. You destroyed an entire apartment complex, all but killed 12 dogs, and brutally injured that impressive tom you were dating." Chetara glared at Ari.

"It's not my fault. Really! I accidentally had too much. That apartment complex wasn't completely destroyed. They managed to repair it. Those dogs walked away without too many injuries, and that tom...well, I didn't like him in the first place." Ari said, making a face.

"What was his name again?" Chetara asked, a little too innocently.

"Joey." Ari said, immeadiately.

"Right. Joey." Chetara snickered. "It's been so long I'd forgotten his name. It's surprising you remembered. You couldn't even remember what happened last time you had catnip, but you remember the name of the last tom that tried to date you?"

Ari immeadiately caught her drift and chased her all the way to the supermarket.

"You're... lucky... I'm... out... of... breath... Che... tara." Ari panted, with a growl.

Chetara ignored her. "We're here."

"I'll wait by the door, and try to read this book." Ari said, sitting on a bench.

"Fine." Chetara said, going off to get groceries.

Ari picked up the book. It still felt funny. Warmth, and cold were radiating from it. Also, light and dark. The book felt earthy and light as air. It even smelled like earth. She got ready to open it. Suddenly, someone came in, freaking Ari out. Ari jumped and ran after Chetara. The book was freaking her out and causing her to be scared of Ningens.

--

"Ok. Now, go in there and get that information. NOW." Koenma said.

"Fine, fine. Keep your diapers on." Yusuke said. He, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei entered.

"Hey there, old man." Yusuke greeted him. The witness was in fact an old man. (This guy looks too old to even see...) Yusuke snickered.

Yusuke walked up to him and held out his hand. The next thing he knew the old man had him on the floor.

"Don't mess with me." The old man warned.

"Great. Should've brought Genkai along, too. You and the old hag would get along great." Yusuke said, with great scorn.

"Ha! Yusuke's getting schooled by an old man." Kuwabara laughed, punching his fist in the air.

"Tell us, old man! What did the guys breaking out of the Ryrenea vault look like? And why didn't they kill you?" Yusuke demanded. The old man chuckled. "What are you laughing at?" Yusuke bellowed.

"Yusuke. He won't tell you anything with you screaming at him." Hiei said, closing his eyes and shaking his head. "Let Kurama try."

"Sir. Please. We need to know what the demons who broke into the Reikai Vault looked like." Kurama pleaded. "The worlds are in danger."

The man chuckled again. "I can tell you one thing. Your friend's wrong."

"Pardon me, sir?" Kurama asked, politely.

"Your rude friend is wrong. There were no guys." The old man grinned.

"Look here, old man! There were people who broke into the Reikai Vault and we need to know...!"

"Yusuke? I don't think that's what he means." Kurama spoke up.

"What?" Yusuke stopped.

"What do you mean, Kurama?" Kuwabara asked, confused.

"I think I get it, Kurama." Hiei said, with a nod.

"There were no guys." Kurama said, with a shrug.

"But there were! There were...!" Yusuke carried his arguement.

"You idiot! He didn't say there was no one! He said there were no guys. That means..." Hiei exploded.

"The perps were girls." Yusuke finished.

The old man laughed. "So you figured it out. Brilliant."