Since the barrier was removed and the Swords of Honor agreement established, demons were now allowed passage into the Human World. Among these demons were our favorite team of Jin, Touya, Shishiwakamaru The Beautiful Suzuki, and poor Chu & Rinku who were stuck with four fruits. They all shared a home on master Genkai's massive compound. The compound, as Genkai intended it, was a first stop for demons seeking life in the Living World.

Their abode was located about half a mile from the wall that marked the edge of the compound so they had a decent amount of privacy. Being hero's and personal friends of the former spirit detective had its perks. Usually, after a demon was cleared to enter the Human Realm, they were appointed one of the small dwellings, which had been built in clusters around the vast property, with just as much space as they needed. But the six man team had a two story house with some modern luxuries.

It had six bedrooms and four and a half baths. The bedrooms were all upstairs, as well as four of the bathrooms, three of which, were connected to bedrooms. Also upstairs was hall closet. Downstairs, there was a living room with a couch, chair, television and the like. There was a full kitchen with a connecting dining room a closet and a half bath.

It was a normal spring afternoon for the six demons. In the living room were Touya, Rinku, and Chu. The T.V. was turned to some obnoxiously loud cartoon. Only Rinku was paying attention, Chu was half asleep Touya was curled up in the chair reading a book. Shishiwakamaru was outside training, Suzuki was in the basement which the other occupants insist he use as a lab so they didn't hurt themselves on one of his projects. And Jin was off doing Jin things.

While Touya found his book very interesting, he couldn't read with Rinkus' blaring cartoons. He set his book down and headed to the kitchen. He had a glass of iced tea and a cucumber & marshmallow fluff sandwich. Then, he was bored. He certainly wasn't going back into the living room, especially since Chus' monstrous snoring was added soundtrack, the considered going out to train with Shishiwakamaru, but he was still sore from training every other day this week. He wasn't in the mood to go Jin hunting. It seemed Suzuki was his only option if he wanted the company of anyone intellectually capable of carrying on a decent conversation, so, he headed down to the basement.

It was dimly lit. The shelves that lined the walls were covered in vials, bottles, jars, inventions, and other projects. Suzuki was at a desk in the corner tinkering with something or other.

"Care for some company?" Touya asked from the bottom of the stairs.

"Sure, have a seat." Suzuki replied distantly. He was happy for another presence. Touya plopped down in the wooden chair beside the desk. They discussed literature for a good while. Until Suzuki asked Touya to retrieve something from his room. Touya made his way up the stairs past the living room where the cartoon addict and the sleeping wonder resided, stopping first in the kitchen for a quick glass of water. He headed up the stairs and reached the second door on the left. Suzuki and Shishis' room.

Their queen bed was in the corner by the window covered with a burgundy duvet. At the foot of the bed also facing the window wall was a small desk. On the other side of the bed was a night table and beside that was a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf filled with books, save for the top shelf which held scrolls. It covered the rest of that wall. Across from that wall, there were doors to the closet and the bathroom. Between them, there was a large vanity below a shelf that almost covered the rest of the wall. It was filled with photos, not surprising for the two narcissists. Each of the pictures had one of them in it, by themselves or with others. Touya didn't pay particular attention to them as he passed. One did strike his curiosity.

It was a picture of Suzuki. But there was someone else there, a girl. They were in winter clothes. Suzuki was wearing a white coat over a black shirt, black mittens too. The girl looked like a 13-14 year old human in age, but she couldn't have been human. She had blonde hair as well. He couldn't tell how long it was, it was tied with a ribbon at the base of her neck and then was lost behind her shoulders. She had a hat on, yellow, with orange stripes. It was one of those hats with the puff balls hanging off the side with another orange puff ball on the top. She wore a zipped up black coat, and maroon mittens. Suzuki was standing behind her, much taller than she. He was bent down so his face was by hers, his chin hovering just above his shoulder. He had his arm over her other shoulder. His other hand was resting atop her head. He looked just a bit younger, but only if you were really looking. She had both hands holding the arm that was lovingly draped over her shoulder. They were smiling at the camera madly. Behind them was the landscape of a Makai winter. The off white/grayish snow falling against the red and black sky.

He wondered, for a minute, who this girl was. An ex-girlfriend, almost certainly not. A long forgotten fond relative perhaps? They all had them, but still not very likely. Most likely, it was a fan girl who asked for a picture, he thought he looked good in it so he kept it and framed it. Touya continued across the room and got what he came for. He walked out into the hall where he passed Shishi, who gave him a look that asked 'Why are you in my room?' Touya held the jar, that was half full of some green powder , in response. Shishis' look of curiosity turned to understanding and he continued into his room.

Touya grabbed his book on the way back to the basement. Suzuki took the jar thankfully and mixed it into the concoction he was whipping up. "What is that?" asked Touya pointing to the brew after waving away the smoke that had just poofed out of it.

"Something that's bound to bring in quite a pretty penny." He replied cryptically, happily capping the bottle he just poured the liquid into triumphantly. And when he sent it off to his client in Demon World, it certainly did.

And so things went for the next few weeks. Save for Rinku and Jins' mischief and Shishis' resulting death threats. Touya was sitting on the couch with Jins' arm around him reading a book. Chu and Rinku had been shoo'd to the kitchen where they were now playing checkers. Shishi padded down the stairs to deposit the glass in his hand to the sink just as Suzuki was coming up from the basement wiping the remnants of something black off his hands with a cloth. They paused as they crossed paths and Suzuki gave Shishi a passing kiss on the cheek. They froze when a knock on the door was heard. Touya, who was about to get up anyway, opened it.

What they saw on the other side of the door was unexpected. It was a girl. She looked to be no more than 14 or 15 years old if she was a human, which, they sensed, she was not. Her blonde hair didn't quite go past her ears. She wore clothes that resembled their training garb. Her long sleeved baggy shirt was white, as was the sash that held up her large lavender trousers, that were tighter at the ankles. Her flat shoes were black. She was taller than Touya but shorter than Jin, who was now standing with Touya at the door one arm around his waist. The group didn't have much time to take in her appearance before she charged. Shishi scarcely got out of the way as the girl lunged at Suzuki.

That's the first chapter. Who's the mystery girl? How will Suzuki and the others fare against her? Find out in the next exiting episode of this lame fanfic!