Ch 2: Another Reunion
"Wow, it's been really long time since I've been here," Yusuke said, looking around. "Spirit World really hasn't changed much, has it?"
Botan laughed. "Not in the past thousand years, no," she told Yusuke. She, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama had all met up at Yusuke's apartment after he had called them and a portal had appeared that transported them just outside of King Enma's palace. They now walked through a huge room with hundreds of ogres running around yelling what sounded like nonsense to the outsider's ears.
Botan stopped at a huge set of brass double doors and shouted, "Koenma! It's Botan! I've brought them!"
The door slowly opened about two feet. Botan briskly walked in, motioning the other three to follow. As soon as they were inside the high ceilinged office, the dorr slammed shut with a loud bang causing Kuwabara and Yusuke to jump, with a small cry coming from Kuwabara.
A small chuckle sounded from the far left corner of the room, behind the three young men. "Baka ningen," the voice said.
"Hey! Nobody calls me…" Kuwabara started to threaten while whirling around to face whoever had insulted him. He instantly stopped when he saw that the insulter was none other than Hiei, who stepped out of the darkness that was provided by the corner he has stood in.
"It's about time," he said gazing over to the three others. "I was about to send out a search party. Ningen are so slow."
"Why you little shrimp!" Kuwabara spluttered. He was just about to go over there and give Hiei a piece of his mind when Yusuke grabbed his shirt.
"Well, it's so nice to see you too, Hiei," Yusuke said in a sarcastic tone.
Kurama smirked and said, "Same old Hiei. Good to see you haven't changed much over the year you've been working in the Makai."
"Hn. And I see that you too have not changed. You're still hanging around in the Ningenkai," Hiei retorted.
"Now, now boys. Play nice," Botan reprimanded.
Kuwabara finally stopped struggling against Yusuke's impenetrable grasp and gave a sigh. He then perked up and asked Botan, "Hey, why's the shrimp here anyway? It's not like he'd willingly help out on a mission of ours."
"Well the baka's gotten smarter, now hasn't he?" Hiei sneered. Kuwabara once again made towards Hiei and was once again stopped by Yusuke. Hiei ignored him and continued, "Not that it's any of your business, Kuwabaka, but I was sent here by Mukuro. She wanted one of her strongest demons on the border patrol to handle this mission. With Koenma's team; which just happens to be you."
"Why does Koenma have to be involved at all?" Kurama questioned. "If Mukuro is involved then it means that a demon has either come to the Ningenkai or a human has accidentally ended up in the Makai."
"Hn. Normally that would be correct, but in this case a ningen was brought to the Makai," Hiei answered.
"What do you mean brought?" Yusuke asked, picking up on the key word.
"It means that a demon has kidnapped a human and brought said human to the Makai," answered Koenma (in toddler form) who now stood at an opened door across the room. He moved over to his desk and sat down in his large, red chair. He looked over at the four ex-Spirit Detectives and said, "I'm sorry that I cannot be happy to see you right now. What has happened is unfortunate and must be fixed."
The four knew a challenge when they heard one. They hadn't been on a mission in many years but they were ready. They nodded which Koenma took as a go ahead to explain their mission. "Good," he said turning his chair around and pressing a button.
A huge screen came down and Koenma spoke to the four again, "If you will give your attention to the screen, I will begin with your briefing."
