Author: Yay a new story!

Hilu: You have too many out you should probably concentrate on the ones you started or you will never finish any of them.

Author: Hilu! How could you suggest such a thing! Of course I will finish all of them!

Hilu: She totally missed the point.

Author: Well enjoy!

"Hiei's telepathy"

"Other telepathic conversation"

Youko's thoughts

"Kurama's thoughts"

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Chapter 1

"Stop the rogue bat demon, at any cost," Koenma had said.

At any cost… will I be able to kill a bat demon? Will I be able to fight a bat demon without thinking about Kuronue? Finally I saw the hand waving around in front of my face and I turned my attention to the three men standing beside me.

"Sorry Yusuke, I guess I got lost in my thoughts. You were saying?" I asked politely.

"I said we are close. Kurama are you sure you can do this? I mean we can handle a rogue bat demon, you don't really have to be here," Yusuke said.

"I appreciate your concern, Yusuke, but I can't let my past get in the way of my job and my future now can I?" I asked rhetorically.

"If you can't handle it say so Fox, you will be more use to us later alive not dead because you got lost in your past."

I quickly reassured Hiei that I was ok and we walked into the park where the demon had caused all the problems. We hadn't been walking long at all before I could smell him. That scent was so familiar. I couldn't quite place it though. Then I saw him.

"Kuronue?" I asked quietly.

He turned around I was more convinced than ever it was Kuronue. He even smelled like Kuronue. But it couldn't be Kuronue. I shook my head to clear it.

"How do you know my brother's name?" a feminine voice asked.

I looked up quickly and realized the bat demon I had thought was Kuronue was in fact not. It was his sister. That's when I noticed the difference. Though she was dressed like Kuronue and she did indeed smell like him. It was different, and she had a jagan. How she had obtained it I don't know. I do know that it must have been after Kuronue died, because he had never mentioned it to me.

"I said how do you know my brother's name?"

"I worked with him, he was my partner, before he- he died," I responded mentally.

"You are a human and are way too young to have been even born when my brother died. Now stop lying human. How do you know my brother's name?"

"Kurein, I am Youko Kurama."

"How… is that even… no it's not possible. How do you know me and my brother!"

There was only one way to prove to her I was not lying. I had finally mastered the change from my demon form to my human form although not even my team knew that. But I closed my eyes and focused my power. I could feel the changes taking place. I knew what was happening, and it wasn't what one would call pleasant.

---------Youko's POV---------

But when I opened golden eyes to look at her I could see that she believed now.

"How is that possible? Youko died. I know he did because I had been keeping track of him… you. You were the only thing I could even come close to calling family, so I kept my ears open for even a whisper of your name, and then I heard it. You were killed. In Makai, years ago," she whispered.

"Yes, seventeen years ago, the age of my human counterpart. Forgive him for not introducing himself. You see you look remarkably like your brother and all of my memories have been shared with him. His name is Minamino Shuichi. And these are the rest of the Reikai Tantei," I said coolly.

"YOUKO! We have a job to do," Yusuke said.

I turned around smirking. I knew she was not the rogue. That was not possible and if he would send his search out just a little he would find that the true rogue was in fact on his way to us as we spoke.

"Do not worry Yusuke I have not forgotten the mission. Perhaps Kurein can show us her abilities by destroying the rogue," I suggested turning my smirk onto Kurein.

She straightened her shoulders and glared at me. I could tell she was angry, but that just made it more fun to tease her. It had been years since I had seen her, and she looks more like Kuronue than I had remembered.

"I will deal with your rogue if you will delay it long enough for me to change. I don't usually dress like my brother, but I was going for stealth, now I need the ability to move since I will be fighting one of my own," she smirked and ran into the bushes.

"Youko have you become an idiot?" Yusuke asked.

"No, Yusuke I have not. She will be back," I said smirking.

Sure enough even before the demon had gotten to us she was back. And she was most defiantly a female. I stood back slightly to get a better view of her from behind.

"Youko, stop that! She is our… your partner's sister!"

All the better. I know her, and her family, and I know they would not mind in the slightest.

"Youko, don't even think about it!"

Shush Shuichi, I do not need you lecturing me.

"Then stop looking at her- her-"

Ass?

"Youko, you did that on purpose, now stop it before someone notices. Like Kurein."

Then shush and I will have a moment to watch her fight.

I was pleased when Shuichi finally stopped talking and I could concentrate. She was swinging that scythe just like Kuronue used to do to try to intimidate me. It wasn't working on me it never had, but it was scaring Yusuke, Kuwabara, and the rogue. Hiei just looked bored. Then she attacked. The rogue was dead within moments. She really was good. She would have to back to Reikai with us now. I chuckled to myself now Koenma would have her join the team, which is exactly what I had planned when I told her to fight the rogue. I knew that if I said it the way I did it would sound like I was challenging whether or not she would be able to, and being proud like her brother I knew she would not let a challenge like that one go. And once she was a member of the Tantei she would be back under my wing to protect again. Protect, just like I had promised my friend many years before.

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