A Controlled Experiment:  The Spirit Detective Co. in a Magical Environment

A Study By Dr./Pr. Alesca Munroe Lupin, Pr. Kage Munroe, and Dependable Others

The scientists performing this experiment are not held accountable for any damage sustained to the test subjects prior, during, and following the study and meant absolutely no harm to any of the afore-mentioned test subjects.  This is the first experiment of its kind, and the repetition of this study on other individuals is dependent on the results received.

            In this experiment, my colleagues and I studied the behavior of certain individuals, some with unusual powers and the one other with no powers to speak of (except that of keeping the group leader under control).  We sent them to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the duration of one five-month period, to discover if this sudden change in environment and lifestyle has any effects whatsoever on their mental stability, not assuming, of course, that they were mentally stable to begin with.  My colleagues and I kept a day-by-day log of the test subjects' behavior, adding in recorded conversations (using as special non-electronic device similar to a tape recorder) and diary/journal entries of the test subjects.  Naturally, we do not own the test subjects, as it is both unethical and generally looked down upon by other scientists.

Day 1

            The test subjects arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this morning.  Descriptions of the test subjects as they were prior to the beginning of the experiment are as follows:

Yusuke Urameshi:  Goes by Yusuke.  Spirit Detective of Earth, also known to his group as Ningenkai.  He is their unofficial leader.  Hot-tempered and a regular delinquent.  A general disregard for rules and no respect for elders, including teachers, peers and his mother.  Uses techniques known as the Spirit Gun and Spirit Wave.  Rumored to be only half human, the other half being demon.  Girlfriend Keiko Ukimura(see below) is also a part of this study, as is his best friend Kazuma Kuwabara (see below).

Kazuma Kuwabara:  Goes by Kuwabara, best friend and former rival of Yusuke Urameshi (see above).  Is also a delinquent, and often gets into fights on which he is generally on the losing end.  One of the only two humans in the experiment.  Uses a techinique known as the Spirit Sword.  Thinks he is all that.  Has a big mouth and seemingly no regular thought pattern

Kurama:  his human name is Shuichi Minamino, demon name is Youko Kurama.  A fox demon, he escaped to Ningenkai when on the brink of death.  Former thief, now model student, he is a valuable member of their team.  Assumed by many at first glance to be a female.  Holds great power over plants and carries lethal plant seeds in his hair.

Hiei:  a fire demon with a third eye implanted in his forehead called a Jagan.  The Jagan can be used to control the weak minded.  Bad tempered, he harbors ill feelings towards Kuwabara (see above), especially concerning his sister, who is not part of this experiment.  Wields a sword, and a technique known as the Black Dragon in English.  He is a very dangerous criminal and special care should be taken in dealing with him.  Incredibly short for one reputed to be centuries old, and has the look of one younger than middle school age.

Keiko Ukimura:  Honor student.  No apparent powers except being able to force her boyfriend, Yusuke Urameshi (see above) to do what she wants him to do.  Loud and whiny, she gets jealous very easily.

Botan: The legendary Grim Reaper, preferring to call herself a ferry girl for the dead.  A chipper and bubbly entity, she rides a big rice paddle around in midair.  Little is known about her past.

Jin:  a cheerful Irish wind demon.  Has a horn and fangs.  Is not really a part of the Spirit Detectives, but is friends with Yusuke Urameshi (see above) and Touya, a former teammate (see below).  His accent makes communication a constant problem for some of the other test subjects.

Touya:  an ice demon.  Honorable, and seemingly with a cold personality until you get to know him, as told to us by his friend and former teammate Jin (see above).  Doesn't talk much, and his honor is what we believe drives him to revenge over injustices to his friends (sounds like Wufei).

            As it is evening, they will go to the castle, eat and rest.  Tomorrow the testing will begin, but a little observation tonight won't hurt.  We, the scientists will be disguised as ordinary students or teachers.  We believe this will be a most enlightening experience.

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Okay, how's that for the first chapter? A little boring, I'll admit, but the humor will be worked in.  Just wait until I steal Hiei's diary!  Ooh, this'll be a grand adventure, that it will.

Hiei: And in case you morons did not read the second paragraph to the very end, she does not own Yu Yu Hakusho.  Alesca, if you steal my diary I swear I'll- "

Yusuke: Oh, so you're admitting it?  Kurama, help me find it.

Kurama: Sorry, Yusuke.  I need to speak with Professor Lupin.

Kuwabara:  Which one? The guy or the girl?

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