There's not a whole lot I can say that the summary doesn't already say, so I'll just cut to the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH, blah blah blah... Anyone who's thick enough to think that I do can think that. Heck, I'd love to own them.

"You mean to tell me that I've missed out on the last few missions?" An angered hiyokai hissed, to a frustrated Spirit Detective. An arguement was starting up once more, and Hiei was truly angry at the Spirit Detective for this one. He had been so conveniently uninformed about the last two missions Koenma had assigned the Urameshi Team, and had thus missed out on a lot of action. To make it worse, he had been convinced by Kurama to 'take it easy' the last week or two.

"Oh, come on! It was for your own good!" Yusuke persisted, sighing. The only reason he hadn't informed Hiei of the missions was because of a wound that the fire demon had aquired on a previous case that had lamed him. The others had secretly agreed to keep Hiei out of the next few missions, until the wound healed. Kurama knew most of all that Hiei would be angry about this, but he only wanted what was best for his little fire demon, so he agreed.

Even now, the fox was watching the arguement with a frown. "Hiei..." There wasn't much to do in this sort of situation; Hiei's anger was tough to deal with, and thus he remained particularly quiet. Keiko and Yukina were in the same position as Kurama, watching with a frown. What was there to do?

Still glaring quiet openly, Hiei finally stomped off without so much as another word. Who did they think they were? He was perfectly capable of handling himself, despite the wound that had healed by now. Did they think he was some sort of weakling? No, he wouldn't stand for that.

Kurama shook his head, watching the other go. For a few moments he debated on following; after all, he might be able to quell the fire demon's temper somewhat. Deciding against this, he sighed once more, before departing from the small group himself. Hiei would need some time alone, as usual. He'd calm down, eventually; that's what Kurama hoped, at least.

Muttering under his breath, Yusuke departed as well. Both of the girls followed suit soon after, thinking along the same lines as Kurama. They'd known Hiei for a while, and after some time to himself, he'd usually blow some steam off. Then the fight would usually be forgotten, and all would be well between them.

Despite the wishes of the fellow members of that little group, things were about to go terribly wrong.

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It was the next night, and Hiei still hadn't shown himself to any of the team; not even Kurama. Most of them were a bit worried, but their worries would have to wait, as Koenma had called apon them for a meeting. As usual, each member of the Urameshi team arrived at the meeting grounds. Except Hiei. The three members participating in the meeting were all tired, seeing as it was almost three in the morning by ningen standards.

Yawning, Yusuke allowed himself to slide into a sitting position, quite irratated about being woken at that time of the morning. Apon taking a head count, however, he gazed quizzically around.

"Something has come up," The Spirit World ruler began, before Yusuke quickly cut in.

"Shouldn't we wait for Hiei?"

"Hiei won't be arriving," Koenma replied, shaking his head. Yusuke blinked, a bit confused by this. Hadn't Hiei been ticked off at him for being left out of the last missions? Then why wasn't he at this one? He nodded, nonetheless.

Kurama was also quite worried about this. He hadn't seen Hiei for a whole day, and when a meeting suddenly came up, he still didn't appear. He kept his worries to himself, though. There was no need to bring up the subject, and then turn it into a conversation. After all, there were 'more important' matters to attend to, as important as Hiei was to Kurama.

"As I was saying," Koenma finally continued, after the interruption was taken care of. He hesitated a moment, before once more continuing. "Another case has come up, as you all may have guessed. There have been a recent chain of deaths occuring in the human world, and-"

"Yeah, yeah," Yusuke once again cut in, rolling his eyes. "I thought we were supposed to deal with demons.. You can't just wake us up at three in the morning to catch a psycho serial killer."

"If you'd let me continue!" Koenma snapped, sending a glare in Yusuke's direction. "As I was saying, before I was once again rudely interrupted. The culprit isn't human."

This only caused the detective to roll his eyes, nodding. Just another case that, with any luck, wouldn't take very long. Botan had previously informed him of the penalty of a demon killing a human: Immediate arrest. "So we go and arrest the guy. Got it."

Koenma was silent for a moment, sighing. His next words shocked everyone, especially a certain fox yokai.

"We have reason to believe that the culprit is none other than Hiei."

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Okay, that's chapter one. I'm trying my best here, and I'd much appreciate it if anyone reviewed. Flames are accepted, because I know I'm not perfect. Anyways, Chapter Two'll be up soon, hopefully!