A/N: Something I thought of for a laugh a few years ago.\
"Come on, Kuwabara! The girl's getting away!"
"Can it, Urameshi! I'm not fast like you!"
"Well obviously, fool, or you wouldn't have to worry about keeping
up." Hiei stated, easily flitting beside Kurama on the tree branches.
"What was that shrimp?"
"So now you're deaf on top of being stupid? That's pretty bad,
Kuwabara."
"You three, if you stall any longer, she truly will get away." Kurama
sighed. They had been given another catch-and-return mission,
something they had been getting a lot of lately. The entire team was
growing tired and frustrated. On top of that, this particular case was
difficult. The girl was taunting them, keeping just in sight and just
out of reach. In all truth, even Hiei and Kurama were feeling strained.
"Come on guys," A teasingly sweet voice called back. Their target was
speaking to them. "If you don't at least present a challenge, I will
simply disappear on you." As if to prove her point, she completely
shielded her aura and popped out of sight. In the instant she had
gone, the team felt a flare of panic. The fact that they were unable
to complete such a simple mission would have Koenma laughing at them
and holding it over their heads for some time to come.
"Ugh! That's it! Hiei, use that speed of yours to catch her!"
"Tell me her name, detective."
"Name? What the hell for?"
"Her name, detective, not a question."
"Her name is Ne." Kurama supplied.
"Hn." With that, Hiei also seemed to disappear from existence.
"What the hell does Hiei need her name for?" Yusuke inquired.
"To create a specialized leash that will attach to her energy
signature."
At that instant, they heard a brief shriek that sounded like Ne.
"Right on time."
Hiei was dragging the girl back by a black energy rope.
"Open a portal." He gruffly stated.
In the spirit realm, the five stood before Koenma, who stared for a
minute before bursting out in laughter.
"Ok toddler, spill it! The hell's got you impersonating a hyena?" At
this point, Yusuke was getting fed up with all the insanity the day
had entailed.
"Sorry, I just didn't think you could actually catch her!"
"Hn. You should know better than to doubt my Jagan."
Clearing his throat, as though that could gain him any dignity, Koenma
turned a serious face and slightly mirthful eyes to the girl. "You
know the drill. Become a spirit detective or emprisonment. You can't
escape this time around, either."
It was Ne's turn to laugh. The SD's looked at her, then each other.
The girl was obviously insane.
Koenma simply pinched the bridge of his nose. He had a feeling that
whatever she chose, there would somehow be a lot of paperwork
involved. And he was never wrong when it came to paperwork.
Ne's laughter finally died down to a giggle here or there. "Sorry, I
wouldn't work with these fools unless they were the last living things
on earth. 'Course, they'd die first. No, diaper-face, I think I'll
chance prison."
"Very well. Godspeed." To the confusion, horror and amusement of the
SD's, Ne willingly followed an ogre to her cage.
Naturally, Kurama was the first to voice their question. "Koenma, do
you personally know her?"
Koenma paled considerably. "In truth, we've caught her numerous times,
but she always escapes in some way. She's like oil; we can't keep
ahold of her."
Kurama nodded in appreciation. Without warning, alarms flashed. The
ogre who had led Ne away appeared through the doorway he'd left through.
"Sir, the prisoner, Ne has escaped!"
"What? How?" Koenma's ominous feeling (headache) was returning, and
it wanted revenge.
"I was closing her door, but as I was almost out of her cell, I heard
a sound. I looked back, and she was gone!" Fearing his boss' wrath, he
promptly disappeared. Koenma simply sighed in exasperation. He looked
at his team, who in turn, started dreading what was to come.
"It seems... that she has managed to escape once again. I have no
choice but to-"
All of the SD's immediately shook their heads and started towards the
door.
"Sorry, toddler, you're on your own." They were gone.
Koenma blinked once, twice, thrice and tugged at his almost
nonexistent hair.
"Urgh!"
Somewhere far away, a girl yelled, "And the infamous Ne escapes again!"
