Summary –

When Koenma sends The Urameshi Team on a new mission, a puzzle-infested-danger-around-every-corner-cross-country-style race, they are split up and paired with four new demons, and travel the world to prevent a possible world ending catastrophe… or so they think.

Disclaimer – I do not own YuYu Hakusho

Chapter One – Four become Eight

It was a normal routine day. Team Urameshi was gathered in Koenma's office, waiting to hear what their next mission would be only today they had been waiting a long time. Waiting for Koenma to stop wringing his hands in worry and mumbling incoherently to himself.

"Ok, binki breath, goin'a tell us why we're hear or not?" Yusuke asked in his normal irritated tone.

"Hmm," was Koenma's answer. He looked a little less worried, as if he was debating a heavy decision.

"Well?" Kuwabara asked

Koenma hmm'd again.

"KOENMA!" Yusuke yelled.

"All right, Yusuke," the toddler snapped back, "This is your next mission." Koenma turned to his big screen that now showed the mug shots of four teenage demons. Two were flipping off the camera, and all looking like they were having great fun.

The picture on the top left of the screen was one of a girl, both hands up flipping off the camera, glaring at the person behind the camera with fiery green eyes, and lengths of black hair pinned up with five sticks behind her head. The second picture was of a boy who looked older, also flipping off the camera, with brilliant blue eyes and shoulder length black hair, spiked in the back. The third was another boy, the oldest of the four, and a great smile across his face, framed in blonde choppy hair. The last was of a girl a finger up her nose, she had the perfect look of surprise and sheer stupidity as if the cameraman had walked in on her picking it. Her hair, chopped short in the front and long in the back, was dark brown with white blonde highlights, and had the same blue eyes as the boy in the second picture.

Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed at the sight of the four, Kurama even let out a slight snicker, but Hiei kept his never failing scowl.

"Who are they suppose to be exactly?" Yusuke asked calming down.

"Your new team mates," Koenma growled. Koenma pointed at the first girl and said, "Their names are Cyan Sokol, Falk Ware, Bras Ferro, and Eris Ware. You will be entering a race with them."

"What sort of race is it?" Kurama asked.

"It's a cross country sort of race. You will most likely be starting in Tokyo, and probably end up in a completely different country. It challenges more than a demons brute strength, also his problem solving and survival skills. You'll be solving riddles and following the clues to twelve destinations," he said and continued explaining the race, "The race offers a very powerful sword that can create portals between the demon and human world as the reward. I want to prevent some over enthusiastic, human-hating demon from winning the race and having that vantage to the human world," Koenma said and still held his air of worry, now sound as if he was hiding something. Kurama and Hiei seemed to be the only ones to pick-up on Koenma's apparent lie.

"Why do we need them then? We can all survive fine with just the four of us," Yusuke asked.

"Yeah," Kuwabara said stupidly, "and we have Kurama for the smart stuff."

"You will be splitting up to form two teams of four with them. Yusuke and Kuwabara will be with Bras and Falk, while Hiei and Kurama will pair up with Eris and Cyan," Koenma finished and got what he had been dreading. Kuwabara and Yusuke started shouting indecencies and incoherent arguments why they didn't need to be split up. Hiei looked venomous, he was teamed with both girls and one knowingly took a picture with her finger up her nose.

"ENOUGH!" Koenma shouted after the shouting went on for a few minutes a mere talking didn't stop them.

"Why are we being split up?" Yusuke demanded.

"Why do we need them?" Kuwabara whined.

"Why am I pared up with that girl with her finger half way up her nostril?" Hiei seethed.

"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" Koenma roared as best as his squeaky voice would allow, "Now, I have sent Botan to tell them what I have just told you and then bring them hear and they should-"

The door opened and cut off Koenma as he spoke and the four teens whose pictures were still on the large screen came filing in. They all wore long, black coats, and each had a sword hilt protruding from their backsides. The girl Hiei had fatefully been pair up with looked at her picture on the screen and smiled widely.

"I forgot that's how I took that picture," Eris said, beaming with pride at it.

"Good, now that everybody is here, we have about five minutes before we get the first clue," Koenma said checking the time.

Koenma's time telling abilities were off, because right then the screen flickered on and a blank blue screen replaced the four pictures. Some banging could be heard around in the background.

"Wait, is it on?" a voice said from some where behind the camera, "It is? Shit!"

"What a dumb ass," came from one of the two girls of the new group, but Hiei couldn't tell which. There was something strange about these new demons, something different in their auras.

A demon popped in front of the camera wearing a mask and a plain white shirt. It said "Greetings racers, and welcome to my first Great Race," there was some whispering heard in the background again and the demon said, "What do you mean I can't call it the Great Race? Copy right infringement? What should I call it then?"

"Just read the damn card!" a woman's voice shouted.

"Fine, fine. This race is not for the weak of heart or simple minded. You will be tested in both strength and intelligence, and a great reward awaits those who can conquer the path first. The first clue is located at a place, well I haven't thought of a good riddle for this one but you can find your next clue at the corner of Saks Fifth Avenue." The screen went blank and Koenma shut it off.

"That was just point less," Cyan said, The three around her snickered as if the whole time they had been holding back.

"Ok, where is Saks and Fifth Avenue?" Kuwabara asked.

"I don't know," Kurama said, looking his puzzled look when something puzzled him, "I can't say I know those streets around Tokyo."
"You're kidding right?" Eris asked amazed.

"Not really," Kurama said.

"Yeah I don't know those streets either," Yusuke said just as confused.

"Saks Fifth Avenue not Saks and Fifth. It's a store, and the most famous location for it is in New York, not Tokyo," Cyan said as if it might just be a reminder. The four boys looked just as confused, and Cyan and Eris rolled their eyes.

"So we're going to New York then?" Kuwabara asked.

"YES! We are so going to kick you two's asses in this," Eris shouted, throwing an arm around Cyan's neck and smiling widely at her brother and Bras.

So this is my first fanfict and the first time I've really put anything I've written online so I'm hoping somebody liked it. Please review and tell me what you think.

Scriven