Kurama looked up from the book he was reading. He thought he felt a shift in energy. It could easily be one of the other boys training outside but he might as well go check just in case.
He knew that the one day he did not check there would be something wrong.
He silently made his way out of his room and down the long and dark hallway. Somebody really had to install a light in here. If he were not a demon he surely wouldn't be able to see.
Once downstairs Kurama realized what the disturbance was. Boton was looking through their DVD collection. "Hello Boton." Kurama said with a smile. Boton jumped and turned around with a guilty smile on her cheerful face.
"Oh I'm sorry; I didn't think anybody was here. I was just looking through your DVD collection." She had a slight blush on her face and was trying not to look directly at Kurama. Kurama had a reputation for being the nicest out of the group of spirit detectives but his intelligence still seemed to be intimidating to Boton.
"Oh that's okay. You are welcome to borrow a DVD if you would like to." Boton cheered up instantly and turned back around to look at the collection. "Well thank you Kurama! Oh and by the way, Koenma wanted me to tell you to come see him in his office the first chance you get."
Boton picked out a DVD and turned around to show Kurama but he was gone. "That's weird. I didn't even hear him leave." Boton shrugged her shoulders and walked outside with the DVD. She had a feeling Yusuke would be outside training.
Kurama walked into the building that housed the Spirit World government. It was a hassle of ogres fidgeting with papers and telephones. It didn't look organized at all. The first thing you could smell was ink and stale coffee. It was almost a refreshing smell to Kurama. He had made a deal inside this building that allowed him to rebuild his life. One signature and his crimes were erased and he was a spirit detective helping to protect all types of society from evil demons.
Kurama pushed open the door to Koenma's office and faced the toddler. "Boton said you wanted to see me?" Koenma looked up from a large stack of papers. "Yes, I did ask her to bring you here. She didn't come with you?" Koenma sat up in his chair and tried to look around Kurama. "No, she didn't"
"Where did she run off to? Now that the dark tournament is over we have a lot of very urgent matters to look into. We have had a long enough vacation. There is a line for spirits to get taken into the spirit world. Then on top of that….."
Kurama just stood there waiting patiently as the young prince ranted about his work load. "…father will give me spankings! I will see to it that Boton will get spankings as well." Koenma finally finished fuming.
"I apologize that the dark tournament has you behind on your work. What did you call me in here for?" Koenma looked at Kurama almost as though he forgot the redhead was in the room. "I called you here because I found out more information about that matter that you wanted me to look into."
Kurama stared at the toddler in shock. He knew that he had asked Koenma to look into the matter but he never expected him to get results so quickly. Spirit World did not exactly look organized.
Koenma handed Kurama a file folder. Kurama took it anxiously. It was not as thick as Kurama would have hoped it to be. He opened the folder and saw that it contained a picture and a single paper.
So it was a girl then… and her name was Mie Kurama.