In the Spirit World, Prince Koenma Daioh poured relentlessly over the paperwork on his desk, most specifically giving his attention to a file his leading spy had just given him an hour ago. He was much stumped as to why two more demons found in the Human World had been killed. While there were no traces of their bodies found, it could be assumed that they had been killed. According to his spies stationed in the area where this disturbance had occurred, the two demonic auras just disappeared just after a third demonic aura was sensed with them. Then just as quickly as the two original auras had disappeared, the third one had also escaped his spies' notice without a trace.

Koenma made an exasperated noise with the back of his throat as he remembered the conversation he had shared with his leading spy from that area.

"I am quite sorry, sir," he had said. "The third aura just vanished into thin air."

Koenma slammed his fists angrily on his desk. "Is that all you can say?" he shouted.

The lead spy began to speak more rapidly, seeing his boss' temper rising steadily. "Before the three auras disappeared, my team and I were able to determine that the first two were lower-level demons. The third, however . . ." The spy shook jos head in wonder. "The third aura was from a demon that had the power to match up to an upper A-class demon."

Koenma began to gnaw on his pacifier in aggravation. "How can a demon with that kind of power just escape the notice of a team of my seasoned spies?" he asked himself out loud.

At that moment, Boton came crashing through his office on her flying oar. She swerved dangerously around, upsetting the already chaotic environment of ogres. "Koenma!" the ferry girl greeted her boss happily. "The Spirit Detectives have just arrived from their latest mission, and I have told them to report to your office immediately," she informed the frustrated-looking child.

Koenma nodded his head numbly and waved her off. As soon as Boton flew out of the two golden doors, four boys entered his office. Three of them who towered over the fourth were covered in sticky green slime. Koenma focused his gaze on the three.

"What happened to you?" he asked them curiously.

Yusuke grunted, feeling peeved. "Stupid swamp demons ambushed us when we tried to turn off that stupid monitor you told us to turn off," he said. He gave Koenma a glare. "What the heck do ya want this time, baby-butt?" he demanded. All Yusuke wanted was to go home, take a shower, and then possibly go around town looking for someone's butt to kick.

Koenma also glared but decided to let this one slide. Ever since that day two years ago when he had failed to negotiate a deal to bring back their fifth team mate, Amaya Toshi, most of the boys' respect for him had greatly diminished, if they still even had respect for him at all. The child sighed heavily and picked up the folder his lead spy had given him.

"Two more demons had appeared and then were killed in the Human World," he started as he held out the folder.

Kurama walked forward and took the folder. "Were they found in the same area?" he asked as he started looking through the folder. Kuwabara and Yusuke gathered around him while Hiei remained standing by himself, aloof from everyone in the room.

There wasn't much in it but written accounts from the spies of what they had witnessed. "Three demonic auras were sensed around three fifty-six o' clock, human time," he read out loud. "All three were gathered in the outskirts of Tokyo, near a school called Asahikawa High."

Kuwabara looked up from where he was reading. "I thought you said two demons were in the Human World," he said in confusion.

"No, I said two demons had appeared and were killed in the Human World," Koenma repeated, this time with annoyance. "And so I'm calling on you all to-"

Suddenly, Hiei said out loud, "This is ridiculous." Without another word, he turned around and began to head for the door.

"Hiei, where do you think you're going?" Koenma shouted at the retreating figure above the general noise his ogres were making. His shouts had attracted the other three Spirit Detectives' attentions. "You come back here, or I swear-!" The two great golden doors slammed behind the lone figure. The room was momentarily silent before the ogres continued with their jobs. Koenma heavily sat back on his chair, shaking his head. "Why do I get the feeling that he will be the death of me?" he muttered under his breath. When he looked up at his remaining detectives, he saw that only Kurama remained.

"Where did Yusuke and Kuwabara go?" Koenma demanded. He hadn't even heard them leave.
Kurama looked apologetic. Although he was the only one out of the four who learned to respect Koenma's decision, he still had lost some of his respect for the prince. While the Spirit Detectives had tried to find out what had happened to Amaya, Koenma had not. "They left right after Hiei," Kurama explained.

Koenma rubbed his temples, feeling a headache starting to form. "Well Kurama, as you know, these mysterious demon disappearances have been going on for well over a year," Koenma started.

Kurama nodded. "I also noticed that in the file, the two demons that were killed were low-class, while the third that accompanied them had a power level that far exceeded theirs," he observed.

Koenma intertwined his fingers in front of him on the desk. A disturbed look crossed his face. "Then you should know that it is the third demon that my spies had sensed that concerns me the most."

Kurama nodded seriously. They had come to a silent understanding that this third demon could be what was causing the killings of all those other demons. Why not just assumed that these demons had disappeared instead of being killed off? one might ask. That would be a better way to go about things, but over the past year, traces of some of those demons had actually been found; demon parts. What made this time so different from the others was that a powerful demon had been sensed just before the last two were killed.

"I've recently come up with a plan," Koenma slowly began. "In light of this new demon suddenly appearing, I think this plan just might work."

"And does this plan have anything to do with the high school near to where the demons have been appearing?"

"Actually, the plan has everything to do with Asahikawa High School," Koenma told him. "However, in order for this plan to work, I'll need everyone's full cooperation."

Although Koenma said he needed all four Spirit Detectives, they both knew he especially meant Hiei's cooperation in this.

Kurama looked thoughtful troubled. He knew as well as Koenma that Hiei's loyalty was diminishing each passing day. Both were a little nervous about how long it will take until Hiei believed there was nothing to hold him back from the community service he still owed Koenma. "Well, I'll speak with them right away, Koenma." Kurama turned around and left, leaving the child with an unsettling feeling in his gut.