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That's kinda awesome for this story seeing as how short it was. But I'm gonna make a new chapter today which is going to be much longer. I've got an hour or so to write and not just twenty minutes. Do Read, and review and Enjoy.

Chapter two: Dealing with death

The trip from central Tokyo to Higarashi temple was less than an hour. As the detectives neared the base of the temple, Yusuke let his mind wander over a few questions that had been bothering him. The kids didn't even spare time to make a video for him this time. It was just a simple note that was delivered by Botan. And even then, the blue haired fairy had to return back to the spirit realm as quickly as possible. Apparently there was something going wrong in the other worlds.

And now it was going to leak into the human world. So that explains why they were on the mission. Yet there was still something left unanswered. For instance, why hadn't the brat at least sent a picture with him and why didn't anyone know of the name of this demon? Was this the only temple spotted by these attacks? Was it the first? What was so special about this area, about this temple? This case lacked so much vital information that it was going to be hard enough to solve.

"Urameshi! What so quiet?" Kuwabara asked with a bright smile. Slapping his ex-rival on the back, the thug grinned.

"He's thinking, something you ought to try sometime." Hiei snorted, continuing up the stairs that seemed to go on forever.

"HEY! I think. How else do you explain how I can manage to be the only human here and still keep up with you all?" Kuwabara commented. Even as he said it aloud, it sounded even more believable, thus making him grin more.

As Kuwabara went on about how smart he thought he was, Kurama looked over at his teammate for a moment before slowing his pace to Yusuke's. "Penny for your thoughts."

"I'll give them to you free. Why don't we have as much information as usual? I mean the brat is normally vague, but never so much as to just drop a note and say 'sickem' or something like that. I mean how the hell are we supposed to find this guy."

"I suppose that is a valid point. But perhaps he just wants us to do the best we can for now." Kurama replied lamely, yet somehow seemed just wise enough to make Yusuke indifferent to the whole idea again. "Besides, he could have just asked you to go fight Togoro again."

"Like hell…" Yusuke mumbled as he made his way up the never ending stair case.

Once the four-some reached the top of the stair case, they stared in open awe of the scene before them. A young man, no older than 11 was pouring steaming water into a pool of blood. The young man himself was covered in a god amount of blood. Once the water hit the ground, steam aroused from the area. The young man dropped to his knees and began to scrub the blood up with a brush which was in his hand after he placed the bucket on the ground.

Yusuke looked from the young man to the surroundings of the temple. On the far right, there was a tree. Apparently it was sacred because of the holy rope around its perimeter. The white blossoms of the tree were splatter with blood. And even the grass below the tree had spots of red dotting it. Yusuke glanced over at the kid. "Hey, how long have you been cleaning?"

The young man looked up to find them four of them looking at him curiously. He sighed. Standing up, he adjusted his jeans and walked over to the four of them. Bowing respectfully, he presented them with a tired smile. "I'm sorry but Higarashi temple is now closed. Please pray else where."

"That's not what I asked you, kid." Yusuke replied. Leaning forward, he tipped his head and smiled at the kid. "How long you been cleaning up?"

"I'm sorry, Sir, but that is none of your business. The temple is closed. Please leave the area.-"

"Perhaps we started off on the wrong foot." Kurama interjected. "We are here to help you. We have been sent to find the demon that killed your family members. I am Shuichi Minemoto. These are my comrades." He held his hand out towards Yusuke. "That is Yusuke Urameshi." He then moved towards Hiei. "Hiei." Lastly, he pointed towards Kuwabara. "And Kazuma Kuwabara."

"And I am Sota Higarashi. It is a pleasure to meet you all. But I am still in mourning. So if you would just leave the premises."

The kid was persistent, but so was Kurama. Giving the child one of his brighter smiles, he shook his head, making his red locks sway from side to side. "I'm afraid we can not do that. We have a few questions. And perhaps we can help you clean this up."

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"Kagome, are you sure that you're alright?" Sango asked as she sat down beside her friend. Of course Kagome wasn't alright. In fact, the teenager had been acting rather conservative since she returned from her own time. She never answered anything directly. And she was being hard not only on Inuyasha, but Shippo and Kirara was well.

Recently when Kagome was acting as a priestess for a diminishing village, she made sure to be relentless on the demon that was plaguing the humans. If Sango didn't know any better, she would say that Kagome was become to hate demons. But Sango did know better. Kagome treated everything- whether human or demon- equally. And Kagome could never truly hate demons because she was in love with Inuyasha. But there was obviously something wrong that involved demons.

"I'm fine Sango. Just a bit tired, is all." She replied with a wave of her hand. Displaying his tired smile, Kagome turned towards the city that was less than four miles away. She could have made it there, but Sango and Miroku had become very worried about her, so she decided to take a break. Truth be told, she was tired. For the past week, she had been doing nothing but worry about Sota's safety. And even if she tired to go to sleep, she would have dreams about her parent's death.

She needed to go back home. She had to help Sota. She had to bury her parents. And perhaps she should just stay in her time. And that was another thing that was bothering her. What as she to do with her life now?

"Sango… I need to go home for a bit."

"We figured you did." The demon slayer commented. "So Inuyasha is ready to take you back to your time when ever you want to go."

Kagome smiled at her friend. It was nice to know that they could read her so well. Now all she needed was her mother to tell her adventures to. Her brother to annoy her and ask her a billion questions. And a Grandfather to tell her stories of legends and give her oddities. Kagome's shoulder's sagged. She wouldn't be able to last too much longer without being able to grieve. Perhaps her and Sota could do it together.

"Inuyasha, can you take me home?"