Musical Espionage

Diclaimer: I do not own YYH or any of its characters being as they are owned by Yoshihiro Togashi nor do I own the song "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. being as it's owned by the band R.E.M. The only things I do own in this story are my OCs, Jasmine and Christine

Chapter 2: The Mysterious Rescuers

Life had been going well since the Dark Tournament ended. Koenma revived Genkai and Yusuke and the rest of the gang couldn't have been more grateful. It was peaceful for a couple of months that is until the whole fiasco with Sensui happened. It was awful. That case had started out alright with Yusuke defeating Doctor and Kuwabara winning his battle against Mitari. But, after the defeat of Amanuma the Gamemaster, things had started to go downhill.

The battle with Sensui was the hardest that Yusuke had faced since the tournament and having Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama trapped inside of Itsuki's ura-toko didn't help his situation at all. Things went from bad to worse when Koenma showed up and tried and failed to use his Mafukan against his ex-spirit detective. Upon realizing his defeat, Koenma fell to his knees, thinking that he should be the one to die to atone for his sins and not Yusuke or anyone else on Team Urameshi for that matter. But instead, Yusuke was the one to fall and it tore Koenma up on the inside. Not only did everyone else on the team blame themselves but, Koenma did too.

Then Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei all chased Sensui into the tunnel to the Demon World after finally gaining a boost in their power. Not long after that, the SDF came and tried to dispose of Yusuke's body after being ordered by King Yama to do so. Koenma then stood up for Yusuke realizing it was his fault for not doing more research into the Urameshi family bloodline. Not long after the SDF's arrival, Yusuke was now revived as a half demon, the mazoku to be exact.

Instead of staying in the cave, Koenma then chose to go with Yusuke to the Demon World to defeat Sensui once and for all and Yusuke defeated the former spirit detective but, not at the result that he had wanted. Before Sensui had died, he explained about his true motives of wanting to open up the tunnel to the Demon World and gave the prince a subtle hint of forgiving him for screwing up his life. Koenma saw that and despite not taking Sensui to the Spirit World and just letting Itsuki take the ex-spirit detective to his pseudo space, Koenma finally felt that it was time to move on from his guilt over ruining Sensui's life.

Upon returning to the Human World, Koenma and the guys were confronted by the SDF outside of the Demon's Door Cave. The captain of the SDF, Captain Ootake spoke angrily with pure disgust for the prince, "Koenma, you know Spirit World won't overlook this treason."

The captain continued his tirade as Koenma and the whole gang turned around and looked him and the entire squad, "You have disobeyed my orders, delivered directly from your father to erase that boy. You let the mazoku emerge, knowing fully well what it could bring. You will take responsibility and come with us."

Koenma then stood there and answered, "Yes, I am no fool, Ootake. I realized what those consequences would be."

Yusuke then glared at them with pure hatred and anger, "You stupid tools."

The rest of the SDF gasped and Ootake mumbled, "Brace yourselves."

Yusuke clenched his fists in anger, "Think you can hide behind your uniforms and push decent people around? Look, I don't start fights with the defenseless but, you're starting to piss me off and that's a whole different thing. And since you're all new here, I'll give you a tip, threatening the guy who helped save us will definitely help piss me off. Koenma did what he could to help and if getting rid of you is what it takes to protect him, I'll kill you all one by one."

At Yusuke's words, the SDF all cowered in fear and still trying to maintain their tough exterior, they then took off for Spirit World. Yusuke then looked at Koenma and asked, "Sorry, was that a bit much?"

Koenma just smiled at the spirit detective, "Not at all, Yusuke, took the words right from my mouth."

As the gang was walking away from the cave, Yusuke couldn't help but notice something was a bit off. The spirit detective noticed that some of the birds in the trees were kind of following them from going from one tree to another as they passed them. He had also noticed everybody else in the group were just too quiet and calm and happy for some weird reason well, except for one. Yusuke looked over at his boss and heard him singing a very soft melody.

The detective had to admit that the prince had a wonderful voice but, something about it seemed off. Yusuke then cleared his throat and decided to say something, "Koenma, hey Koenma. HEY PACIFIER BREATH!"

Koenma then stopped singing and replied sounding very annoyed, "What is it Yusuke?"

Yusuke wanted to say something about Koenma's singing. He really, really wanted to but, looking at his boss and realizing that the prince has a whole lot to deal with right now, the half demon spirit detective decided to not to tease him for a change. But, instead he decided to ask him something else, "So Koenma, uh…are you doing alright?"

Koenma raised his eyebrows at Yusuke, "I'm okay, and why do you ask?"

Yusuke shrugged, "Just asking because of the whole mess with Sensui, that's all."

The prince then narrowed his eyes at the detective. He wasn't buying it. Yusuke's concern didn't seem genuine to him, "Yusuke, I know you were going to ask me something else. Don't cover up what you were going to say to me. If you have something to say about my singing, just go ahead and say it."

Yusuke then knew there was no way in trying to hide it but, he decided to say it in the nicest way possible to not upset Koenma, "Okay, you caught me. I just wanted to say that yeah, you have a nice voice and uh…I just wanted to ask.."

Koenma sighed getting a little impatient with Yusuke, "Yes, I'm waiting."

Yusuke scratched the back of his head and bit his lip and asked, "That song you were singing is that song from the movie "Reality Bites"?"

Koenma shrugged, "I don't know. All I know is that it's called "Stay" by some lady called Lisa Loeb. Is that what you wanted to ask me?"

"Yeah and I have heard it so many times before and because, Keiko really likes it."

Koenma just gave the half demon a small smile and said, "Oh, okay then. I'll just pick up where I left off." Then the prince started singing again and walked up to the front of the group.

Kuwabara who still had a sleeping Hiei draped over his shoulders walked up beside his half demon friend and mentioned, whispering, "Hey Urameshi, I wasn't going to say anything but, have you noticed that there is something weird about Koenma when he sings?"

Yusuke nodded, "Yeah, I did and I have never been around anyone with that kind of ability. It's kind of freaking me out."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. There is something eerie about it. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing." Kuwabara informed his friend.

Overhearing her boyfriend and friend, Keiko decided interject, "I don't know what your guys' problem is. Koenma's voice seems fine to me. It's smooth and beautiful. I have never heard anyone sing like him."

"Keiko, that's because you can't sense things like me and Kuwabara. Let's ask Shizuru. Hey Shizuru!"

Shizuru stopped in her tracks, "What?"

Her brother, Yusuke, and Keiko stopped to talk to her as the rest of the group left the four of them and a sleeping Hiei behind as they continued walking. Then Yusuke asked her, "Shizuru, have you sensed something about Koenma when he sings?"

Shizuru's eyes widened at the half demon's words, "Yeah, I thought I was the only one."

"So sis, do you think there is something eerie about it?" her younger brother asked her curiously.

Shizuru nodded, "Yes but, I don't really think it's a negative thing."

"See, thank you", said Keiko knowing she was right.

"Well, how do you know that? He's attracting all kinds of animals like birds and I think I just saw a squirrel following us." Yusuke observed.

Shizuru sighed along with Keiko getting annoyed the boys' paranoia and pinched the bridge of her nose and replied, "You guys are overreacting. Yes, Koenma does seem to have some weird magical properties to his voice but, it's not causing anyone any harm and I don't think he even realizes it."

Keiko shifted her attention to her friend, "What makes you say that?"

Shizuru reached into her pocket and took out her pack of cigarettes and the lighter that was given to her by Sakyo before he died and she popped one into her mouth, lit it, and took a drag, "I don't know, it's kind of difficult to explain but, when he starts singing, I start to feel peaceful and happy, like as if everything is going to turn out wonderful and nothing bad can happen. And yes, Yusuke, the animals like the birds and the woodland creatures that have been following us too. I guess they can sense that same happiness."

Yusuke scratched the back of his head and looked at his feet for a moment and back up to Shizuru, "What do you mean, he doesn't realize it?"

The human psychic took another drag from her cigarette, "I think he doesn't know what his voice can do. His father probably never even told him. If Koenma isn't careful, he could possibly attract some unwanted attention from it."

Yusuke looked back to the rest of the group who were several paces away and ran back up to them with Kuwabara, Keiko, and Shizuru at his heels. By now, Koenma had stopped singing and the half demon spirit detective caught up to him but stayed a couple of paces away. Yusuke felt genuine concern for his boss and it dawned on him. What did he really know about Koenma? He had never taken the time to get to know him but, instead he always teased him and called him names.

The half demon wanted to tell the prince about his voice's magical properties but, he didn't want to frighten him or there would be a chance that Koenma would never believe him. So, Yusuke decided to keep this between him, Keiko, Shizuru, and Kuwabara. Well, at least until the time was right.

They continued walking for another half hour until they broke off to go their own separate ways leaving Koenma alone by himself until Genkai turned around and came back to accompany her longtime friend. "Are you going to go back to Spirit World?" she asked him.

Koenma shook his head, "No, if I go back, there will be a chance that I might be imprisoned or executed for going against my father."

Genkai nodded with understanding, "Do you need a place to stay?" she offered.

Koenma thought about it for a moment and shook his head up and down, "Yes, I am afraid I have nowhere to go."

Genkai smiled and turned around, "Follow me." She said as she led the way to her compound.

After about an hour and a half, Koenma and Genkai arrived at her compound. The small elderly woman opened up the large double doors at the entrance and they both went inside and shut the doors. Genkai then lit some candles to illuminate the room, "I have an extra room right down the hallway with a futon to sleep on. Follow me."

Koenma then followed Genkai down the hallway to the spare bedroom where she opened the door and turned on the light. It was a small room with one window to the outside that overlooked the vast backyard area that went to the entrance of the dark forest and there was a futon that had a single quilt and a pillow on it, with a wooden nightstand sitting right next it.

Genkai then looked up at the tall prince and asked him, "Do you think you would be comfortable here? It's not much and I know this is something that you're probably not used to."

Koenma just smiled and replied, "I think it's fine, Genkai, thank you." He then sat down on the futon and surprisingly, he found it to be very soft and comfortable.

The elderly psychic smiled at how well her friend was adjusting, "If there is anything you need, anything like another blanket or a pillow or anything else at all, don't be afraid to ask."

Koenma then smiled and nodded at Genkai's hospitality and yawned, feeling so exhausted from not getting any sleep for more than twelve hours. "Thank you for doing this for me, Genkai. I really appreciate it. I don't know what I would have done if it wasn't for you. You're a really good friend."

Genkai nodded and then replied, "You're very welcome, Koenma. Are you going to be okay?" she asked sounding concerned.

The prince then rubbed his eyes, yawning once more and replied, "Yes. Well as okay as I'm going to be."

Still concerned about Koenma but, seeing as how he needed his sleep, Genkai then nodded and turned to leave room saying, "Well, goodnight Koenma."

"Goodnight Genkai." He said as the door shut behind her.

Koenma then slipped off his red cloak, his shoes, undid his sash at his waist, slipped off his blue tunic, and took off his shirt, and climbed into bed. As he snuggled into the quilt, Koenma's mind was racing thinking about all of the events that had happened in the cave especially when he disobeyed his father. There was no doubt now that King Yama was now scouring the three worlds looking for him and what scared him the most is what would happen if his father had found him. Trying to think of something to get his mind off of it, Koenma's thoughts went to wondering about Jorge and if he was doing alright without having him around and then somehow he thought about the young woman he met at the Dark Tournament.

He hadn't seen her in the last couple of months and he wanted to know how things were going with her and what her life has been like since the tournament ended. The prince then closed his tired eyes thinking about the kindhearted and beautiful Jasmine. He fell asleep wondering if he was ever going to see her again.

Koenma woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and ready to start a new day. Seeing a brown squirrel sitting on the edge of the window sill outside, the young god opened up the window. The squirrel didn't run away but just stayed there running along the wooden window sill. "Good morning," he cheerfully said to the squirrel.

It stopped running along the window sill and looked at Koenma with some curiosity, sensing that the being in front of it wasn't human. "Are you hungry, fella?" Koenma asked the squirrel. The squirrel just looked at him and gave a few squeaks.

The prince then got up off the futon and responded, "Don't move, I'll be right back." He then walked out of the spare bedroom to Genkai's kitchen and opened up the pantry and took out a loaf of bread and cut a couple of pieces for himself. He also opened up the fridge and looked around it until he reached the fruit drawer, opened it, and saw some fresh red berries in a plastic Tupperware container and grabbed it before shutting the fruit drawer and the refrigerator.

The young god then returned to the guest room and was happy to see that the squirrel was still sitting there waiting for him. Koenma sat back down on the futon and placed the slices of bread and the Tupperware container full of the red berries on his lap. He then opened up the berry container and took out a couple of red berries and gave them to the squirrel. The squirrel picked up one of the berries and began to munch on it happily as Koenma took a couple of bites from his bread and popped some berries into his mouth. After swallowing his food, the prince gave the squirrel a couple more berries and it happily ate them. Koenma continued to give the squirrel more berries and then he spoke to it, "You're really friendly. Do you come here often?"

The brown squirrel just twittled its nose and moved its chubby cheeks as it ate the red berry it held in its small paws. "I bet you're not hiding from a wrathful father are you? I wonder what it's like to be a squirrel. Going from tree to tree, eating nuts and berries and not having to worry about responsibilities and just running around not giving a care about anything." He gave the squirrel another berry, "I don't know what I am going to do here in the Human World. I have this feeling that things are going to get very complicated."

While Koenma continued to feed the squirrel and talk to it about his situation, Genkai woke up in the other room hearing her friend talking and walked to the guest room. The small old psychic crossed her arms across her chest, chuckling and said to her godly friend, "I see you met Bob."

Koenma turned around and greeted her, "Good morning, Genkai. Bob?"

Genkai nodded, "Yeah, he comes here every morning for breakfast. I once nursed him back to health and he has been coming back every morning since I released him."

Koenma then shifted his attention back to Bob the squirrel, "That's awfully kind of you. Is he your pet of some sort?"

Genkai walked up to her friend and stood beside him and looked at Bob, "No, not really. He's more like a little friend that comes here to show his gratitude for when I took care of him."

Koenma then gave the squirrel two more berries and looked over to Genkai, "How did he get injured?"

The elderly woman shrugged her small shoulders, "I don't know. I went outside to pick some more fresh red berries," she gestured to the container full of berries sitting on Koenma's lap, "and I found him in a clearing in the forest with a broken leg and I took care of Bob until I felt he was fit to be released back out into the wild and I am still surprised that he still comes back. He's a funny little squirrel."

Just then, Bob the squirrel finished his last red berry, gave Koenma and Genkai a couple of chirps and squeaks and scurried away, whipping his bushy tail behind him.

Genkai smiled at the bushy tailed rodent and said, "See ya tomorrow, Bob." She shifted her attention back to her royal friend, "Hungry for a real breakfast?"

Koenma looked at the red berries in his lap and back at Genkai, "Sure, if you include these delicious berries."

Genkai chuckled and smiled, "Okay. While I'm preparing the meal, why don't you go take a shower and put on some different clothes? You cannot go wandering the Human World wearing your royal robes and the mark on your forehead exposed. It'll make you a walking target for any assassin to find you."

The prince shut the Tupperware container, handed it to Genkai, and finished his bread slices, and then replied, "I don't have any human clothes."

Genkai nodded, "I have an outfit you can wear. I'll bring it to you while you're in the shower."

Koenma and Genkai then left the spare bedroom. The elderly psychic led Koenma to the bathroom and handed him a towel and a washcloth and instructed him on how to operate her shower. She then left him to his own devices while she searched the closet for something that her longtime friend could wear until she found an outfit that she was sure that he would like and could fit his body.

Genkai arrived back at her bathroom and before she could knock on the door, she heard Koenma singing along to the song, "Glycerine" by Bush playing on the radio that she kept in there. The tiny old woman knocked on the door and said, "Koenma, I have your clothes, is it alight if I can come in?"

Koenma then stopped singing and replied to her, "Yes, come in."

Genkai then opened the door, walked in and set the clean set of clothing on the sink and she turned toward the shower curtain that hid the naked bathing god from view and asked him, "Having fun?"

Koenma then peeked his head around the shower curtain with his brown hair sticking up from the shampoo that was currently on his head and smiled, "Yes, I am. I sing in the shower all the time. It's fun."

Genkai chuckled at Koenma's spiky hair and at what he just said, "Okay but, whatever you do, do not dance because you could slip on a bar of soap."

The prince just laughed, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid" then he went behind the shower curtain and began to sing along to the new song which was "Found Out About You" by the Gin Blossoms playing the radio. Koenma's enchanting voice rang out all over the bathroom which made Genkai smile at how happy it made her feel and she then left the room saying to him, "Well don't have too much fun. I'll have our breakfast ready in thirty minutes."

Koenma continued to sing along to the song in the shower until it ended and he began to make up his own lyrics to the melody to the next song playing on the radio. He then held up his fist to his mouth, pretending that he had a microphone in his hand and then sang out:

You're a liar

You're a creep

I wish I wasn't your son

Cause, you're the biggest backstabber I know

Oh how I can't stand you

The young god washed the shampoo out of his hair and bellowed out:

You will no longer have control over me

I am tired of being your pasty and your pawn

You never loved me

So, don't try to say you do

You claim that you're for the greater good

But, we all know that's just full of shit

After going on throughout the duration of the song, Koenma stopped singing about how much he is so pissed off and disgusted with his father. He then turned off the faucet and climbed out of the bathtub, dries himself off, got dressed and then left to go to the kitchen to meet Genkai for breakfast.

The smell of pancakes filled the air along with eggs, toast, and ham. It made the young god very hungry despite eating bread and berries earlier this morning when he fed and talked to Bob the squirrel. Koenma then sat down at the small table in the center of the medium sized kitchen and says, "Smells really good, Genkai."

Genkai then set down the pancakes, eggs, ham, toast, and the red berries Koenma loved so very much on the center of the wooden table and replies to her friend, "I hope you're hungry because, I made a lot for the both of us."

The prince nodded, "Yes, very." Genkai then began to serve him pancakes and asked him, "How many do you want?"

"Hmmm…four please", Koenma responded and the old woman gladly placed four pancakes on Koenma's plate and asked, "Eggs?"

"Please and thank you. May I have some ham and berries too?" Genkai smiled and nodded, "Of course." She then gladly scooped some eggs and berries and placed a piece of ham on a second plate for him and walked over to her pantry and took out two bottles of syrup.

"Homestyle or maple flavor?" Genkai asked Koenma. The god pointed to the maple syrup, "I would love maple please."

The elderly psychic sat down across from Koenma and passed him the maple syrup after putting the homestyle syrup away in her pantry. They ate their breakfast in silence for about fifteen minutes until Genkai spoke, "So, what you have planned since you're not slaving over paperwork in Spirit World?"

The young god looked up after eating his eggs and berries and took a sip of apple juice, "I plan on going to the city, just to go have a look around."

Genkai took a bite from her pancakes and gulped down some milk and responded, "Before you do, we have to cover up the mark on your forehead."

Koenma finished his meal and drank the last of his apple juice and asked her, "What do you have in mind?"

Genkai finished her breakfast and emptied her milk cup and dabbed her mouth with her napkin and said, "I have something but, it may clash with that grey suit."

After clearing the table, Koenma and Genkai went to go find the thing that the old woman had that would cover up the mark on his forehead. Genkai opened up her closet and she dug around in one of her boxes and found a purple headband and handed it the young prince, "Here, it's not much but, it'll help."

Koenma then slid it on over his forehead and it completely covered up the "Jr" mark. He then looked at his elderly friend and asked her, "How do I look?"

Genkai gave him a thumbs up, "Looking good, handsome."

Koenma laughed at Genkai's comment and jokingly said, "You old flirt."

"Proud of it", she chuckled joking back and then dove back into the box that she took the headband out of. Koenma then decided to ask her, "What you are doing?"

Looking through the box, Genkai responded, "I'm looking for an old wallet you can use. You're going to need some money for when you going into the city. Ah, here it is."

The old psychic stood up with a black leather wallet in her small wrinkly hand and gave it to Koenma, "I have some extra money you can use." She then took a jar out of her closet and opened it and gave Koenma a big wad of cash and he widened his brown eyes, "Wow Genkai, you really saved up a lot?"

She nodded, "Yes, I have a whole lot of money saved for mainly emergencies such as this one."

Koenma was speechless and grateful that Genkai was helping him in this difficult time he was going through. He nodded and said, "Thank you, Genkai. You're a good friend and I don't know what I could have done without you."

The prince got on his knees and hugged his elderly friend and stood up and left the compound and walked down the staircase. He walked for about an hour and a half until he got to a bus stop and only waited about five minutes until the bus arrived and opened its doors. Koenma stepped on and given that it was his first time ever being on a bus, he looked at the bus driver with kind of a confused look on his face. The bus driver then said to him in an impatient voice, "Hey young man, you need to hurry up and pay and sit down."

"Oh sorry, this is my first time ever being on a bus." Koenma then paid the bus fare and sat down hearing the bus driver say, "Damn rich boy."

Koenma sat down on the last available seat of the crowded bus. The driver drove down his route for about fifteen minutes until it stopped again to let some people off and just one new passenger on. Seeing who the new passenger was, Koenma gasped. It was her; it was the lovely curly haired young woman he met at the Dark Tournament, Jasmine. She looked very beautiful to him wearing a watermelon colored coat with her black and white hand bag slung over her slender shoulder. Jasmine looked around for a place to sit until Koenma decided to speak up, "There is an empty seat over here", and he pointed to the now unoccupied one right next to him.

Jasmine sweetly smiled at the prince, "Thank you so much" she then sat next to him and then looked at him for a minute and asked him sensing his aura, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

Koenma giggled like a complete dork like he did at the Dark Tournament, "Um, yes." He then lifted his purple headband to give her a small glimpse of the "Jr" mark on his forehead. Jasmine gave him a bright smile, "Koenma? Oh my god, what are you doing here? I thought you went back to Spirit World."

Koenma covered his forehead back up, "Well, it's a long story." Jasmine put her purse on her lap, opened it up and applied some chap-stick on her pink lips and replied, "I have some time to listen. Go ahead."

Koenma took a deep breath and then explained to her about the Sensui case, disobeying his father to protect Yusuke and about all the mistakes he made in the past which caused those chain of events to happen. About five minutes later Koenma and Jasmine both got off at the same stop and Jasmine broke the silence between them, "Don't beat yourself up over something that was beyond your control. You did your best to make up for those screw ups. You made some mistakes, who hasn't? Hell, even I made some pretty stupid choices in the past. Nobody's perfect."

Koenma felt touched by this woman's compassion and understanding which left him speechless. Jasmine then thought of a good way to cheer the young god up, "Why don't we go get a coffee at the local café and talk?"

Koenma smiled, "I would love that" He then followed the curly haired psychic to the local café and they both entered and sat down on a soft couch that was in front of the coffee counter. Jasmine sat her purse next to her and removed her coat to reveal a cute blue crushed velvet dress. A waitress came up to the duo and asked them, "What will the two of you like to drink?"

Jasmine shifted her attention to the waitress and said, "I would like a latte. What about you Koenma?"

"I would like some hot chocolate with some whipped cream please."

The waitress wrote their order down and left. Koenma decided to break the ice this time, "Jasmine, I don't know much about you other than you being friends with my old childhood girlfriend. Can you tell me about yourself?"

Jasmine smiled and said, "Well, where do I start? Well, I am originally from Alaska and my family and I moved here to Japan when I was 13. I just finished up high school about three years ago and I am a pre-med student currently taking the last of my prerequisites to get into the University's medical program."

"Do you want to become a doctor?"

Jasmine nodded, "Yes, I love helping and taking care of people. It's my passion and I also feel it's my calling."

The waitress returned with Koenma's hot chocolate and Jasmine's latte and set them down on the wooden coffee table that was in front of the couch they were sitting on and left.

Jasmine picked up her latte and blew on it a little bit and took a small sip and Koenma asked her very curiously, "How did you get the feeling you knew me from somewhere?"

The young woman held her large coffee cup in her hands and said, "I was born with a high spiritual awareness. It runs in my mother's family. I have it, my mom has it, my sister has it and so does my brother. My dad on the other hand, he's one hundred percent normal." Koenma blew on his hot chocolate and took a small sip of the hot liquid as he continued to listen to Jasmine talk, "On the bus, I sensed something was special about your aura but, I wasn't too sure at first but, when you showed me your mark on your forehead, my suspicions were confirmed."

The college bound psychic took another sip of her latte, "What about you? Tell me about yourself, Koenma."

The prince sipped from his hot chocolate again, "Well, um…uh, well. I was born and raised in Spirit World. My father is King Yama but, I never even knew my mother."

Jasmine put her latte on the wooden coffee table and asked, "How come?"

Koenma sighed and stared at his hot chocolate filled coffee cup, "She died. She died giving birth to me." Jasmine then gave the prince a look of sympathy and patted his hand, "I'm so sorry." She then tried to change the subject by asking him, "What about siblings? Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Koenma shook his head, "No, I'm an only child. What's it like having them?" He asked her. He always wanted to know what it would be like to have to have a brother or a sister to help keep him company (well, other than Jorge).

Jasmine picked up her coffee cup and sipped on some more of her latte, "Well, it was great but, a lot of the time we drove each other crazy. My sister, Caroline and I are much closer in age than me and my brother Niles. So, she and I got along better. Niles is the oldest, he lives in Kyoto and works as an electronics salesmen and Caroline is currently in graduate school working on her Master's in Elementary Education. She wants to become a kindergarten teacher."

"Do you two go to the same University?" the god asked her and Jasmine shook her head, "No that's mainly because, her University didn't have what I was looking for academic wise."

The curly haired psychic sipped on her latte again, "I still talk to them and my parents on the phone every now and then, just to update them on what's been going on with me…."

Koenma continued to listen to Jasmine talk about her family and her childhood until something caught the corner of his eye. He looked over at the window and saw someone in a trench coat with sunglasses and blue hair standing outside the café. The prince recognized the individual as Botan. Feeling guilty about what he was going to do next, he interrupted Jasmine's story about going skiing with her sister, "Jasmine, hold that thought. I need to go take care of something really quick."

Koenma set his hot chocolate down on the wooden coffee table and walked out of the café and walked up to Botan. He was so happy to see his grim reaper friend but, she didn't look so happy to see him but, she still gave him a half smile and said, "Sorry, am I a interrupting a date?"

Koenma blushed, "No, you're not and it's not a date. It's just two people who just happen to become friends just having a nice conversation getting to know each other with hot chocolate and coffee."

Botan looked through the window and looked over her sunglasses and said, "Mmmhmmm…looks like a date to me. She's very pretty, Koenma." She shifted her attention back to her boss, "Is she the girl from the Dark Tournament that you kept talking about?"

Koenma's cheeks turned bright red at what the grim reaper just asked, "Yes. What are you doing here, Botan?"

Botan stopped picking on the prince and said, "Oh right" she then reached into her coat pocket and withdrew a manila envelope and felt completely awful for what she was about to say, "I hate to do this but Koenma, you and Yusuke have just been served."

Botan handed him the envelope and Koenma had a confused expression on his face, "What? What do you mean Yusuke and I have just been served?"

Botan sighed, "All I can say is that it is not good, Lord Koenma. Also, you will not believe this but, your father has just separated all of the people who work for you and sent them out of the castle in different directions. I don't know why he is doing that but, I have a really bad feeling about it."

The young god felt like vomiting. He put his hand on his face and took a deep breath and dropped his hand at his side. Botan spoke again, "I almost forgot to mention, Jorge is coming here soon. He really wants to talk to you. Ayame too, she's going to come by with another secret message soon so, be prepared."

Koenma just silently nodded. Botan checked her watch and said, "I gotta get back to Spirit World before anyone notices that I have been gone for too long." She summoned her oar and she looked over at her friend, "Are you going be okay?"

Koenma shook his head and gave her a short reply, "I don't know."

Botan then hopped on her oar and looked back at her boss and friend feeling genuine concern for him and flew off back to Spirit World. Koenma walked back into the café just staring blankly at the envelope feeling afraid for what kind of content it contained. Jasmine finished her latte and she looked over at her newest godly friend and asked him seeing the look on his face, "What happened?"

Koenma sat down on the couch and bit his lip, not wanting to open up the manila envelope, "One my friends who also work for me just secretly came to give me a warning about everything that's currently happening in Spirit World and she gave this to me."

Jasmine looked at the manila envelope, "What's in it?"

"I don't know, I haven't read it yet."

"Just open it up and find out."

Koenma took a deep breath and opened it up and took out a since piece of paper that was written in what he recognized to be his father's handwriting. The prince scanned the letter and began to feel sick to his stomach and began to hyperventilate and only one word that came out of his mouth, "No, no, no, no, no…"

Jasmine felt concerned about the prince and asked him, "Well, what is it?" Koenma felt like he couldn't breathe and began to sweat, feeling like he was going to faint. "Koenma, are you okay?" the psychic college girl asked him.

Koenma shook his no and put his head in his hands. He felt awful. He felt like it was all because of him that he and Yusuke were now in this mess. If he had done more research, then his father wouldn't have just sent this horrible message. The prince took a deep breath and finally spilled his guts, "My father has just fired Yusuke and I have been exiled for disobeying him."

"Oh no, Koenma, I'm so sorry."

"Not only that, but he also wants Yusuke dead because, he thinks that he is a viable threat. I can't believe this. I just…I just…"

Seeing Koenma looking like he was going to have a breakdown and probably pass out, Jasmine turned around and asked one of the waitresses, "Can you get us some water and a paper bag?" The waitress nodded, "Right away, ma'am." Jasmine responded, "Thank you."

She then scooted closer to her new friend and put her hand on his shoulder and tried to say in a soothing voice, "Koenma, Koenma, look at me, look at me. Just breathe, relax" she then looked around, "Can someone hurry up with the water and the paper bag?"

The waitress returned, "Sorry about that, here you are ma'am. Is your boyfriend going to be okay? Should I call an ambulance?" Jasmine shook her head, "No thanks, I have everything under control."

The waitress nodded and walked away leaving Jasmine to care for Koenma. Jasmine handed Koenma the paper bag and the god began to breathe into it. The young psychic began to say in a soothing voice, "Just breathe. Everything is going to be okay. Breathe in, breath out…" she instructed him to do for a couple of minutes.

Koenma breathed in the paper bag for a couple more minutes until he put it down and Jasmine handed him the glass of water, "Feeling better?" She asked him.

The prince nodded, "Yes, very much." He took a few sips of water, "Thank you." Jasmine smiled, "No problem. Hey, why don't we go for walk to take your mind off of it?"

Koenma smiled brightly at his new friend's request, "I would like that very much." He then took out his wallet and tried to pay for their hot drinks but, Jasmine beat him to it. Koenma cutely scratched the back of his head, "Um, thank you, Jasmine. I was going to get that."

The young woman just giggled, "It was no problem at all. You're going through a really hard time so; just let this be on me." She put on her coat and said, "Shall we go?" Koenma smiled and nodded, "Yeah." They then proceeded to leave the café until Koenma stopped her in her tracks and said, "Jasmine, you almost forgot your purse."

Jasmine started to laugh at her forgetfulness, "Oh dear, not again. Thank you Koenma." The prince handed her the purse that she almost lost once again. Jasmine slung it over her slender shoulder and she and Koenma went for a small walk around the park.

They went for that walk and talked some more for about two hours until Jasmine checked her watch, "Yikes, I did not know that it was getting late. I have to pick up Kotennyo from her art class in twenty minutes and I promised her that she and I were going to have a girls' night out. Koenma, thank you for the wonderful day, I had a great time getting to know you."

Koenma smiled and replied, "As did I, and I have to thank you for helping me relax. I probably would have passed out from the terrible news my father sent me."

The curly haired woman gave him a warm smile showing her slightly crooked teeth and nodded, "You're very welcome, Koenma. I still had a great time. I really like hanging out with you."

The young god gave a slight nod, "Me too. Um Jasmine, um…uh…do you want to hang out again some time?"

Jasmine's face lit up, "Yes, I would love to. Oh, here" she then opened up her purse and took out a pen and a small paper pad and she wrote down something on it and tore the piece of paper off the pad, folded it up and gave it to Koenma.

"Here's my phone number, give me a call and we can hang out, go see a movie, get something to eat, or just to talk."

"May I see your pen and paper?" Jasmine gave it to the prince and he wrote down Genkai's number and gave her the piece of paper (and her paper pad and pen back) that it was on, "Here's the number of where I'm staying at. Give me a call if you want to…um hang out."

Jasmine chuckled cutely and stood on her tip toes and kissed Koenma's cheek and said, "Bye, thank you for today. You take care. I hope things get better for you and Yusuke." She then walked away waving to Koenma, who also waved back to her until she was too far away to see.

Later that week, Koenma once again went into the city and walked into the same café that he had gotten to know Jasmine at. Disappointed that she wasn't there but, then he remembered that she told him about how she's in college and he just figured that she's either attending class or possibly studying. Seeing that the couch in front of the coffee counter was currently occupied by a large group of people, the young god got a seat by himself next to a window.

"Hello sir, can I get you anything?"

Koenma shifted his attention to the waitress and replied, "Yes, do you any ice cream sundaes by any chance?"

"Yes sir, we do."

"Then I'll have that. Thank you."

The waitress took his order and left. As soon as the waitress left, Koenma saw Yusuke at the entrance to the café and wondered to himself, "Shouldn't he be in school?"

The now ex-spirit detective looked around and saw Koenma and the prince groaned thought to himself, "Oh shit, here we go." He did not want to deal with Yusuke's stupid crap today.

Yusuke walked over to Koenma's table and asked him, "Can I join you pacifier breathe?" Koenma rolled his eyes and said very annoyed with the half demon, "Yeah sure, whatever." He then saw the looks on some of the café's patrons' faces when Yusuke called him "pacifier breathe" sighed and barked at them, "What are you looking at?"

The café patrons turned around and went back to mind their own business. Yusuke sat down and the two of them began to talk about why Koenma couldn't get back to Spirit World, Yusuke's defeat of Sensui and the former spirit detective's empty feelings about it. Koenma then asked him, "Do you regret it Yusuke?"

Yusuke looked at his hands and mumbled, "Regret what?"

"Leaving Demon World to come back home?"

Before Yusuke could respond, some of the café patrons were looking at them again and Koenma was so fed up and annoyed with them at this point, "Yusuke, let's finish this conversation somewhere else."

"Why?" Yusuke asked

"Because, some people cannot mind their own business and I am not sure if anyone of them are a spy or an assassin sent by my father or not. They're making me feel a bit uncomfortable." Koenma then took out his wallet and paid for his ice cream and Yusuke's coffee he ordered during their conversation and they both left the café.

A few minutes later, the prince and the half demon reached a playground where they sat swinging on the swings. Well, Koenma did anyway, Yusuke just stood on the second one and they talked some more about Yusuke's unhappiness and how he would miss his mom, Keiko, and Kuwabara if he went back to Demon World. Koenma then decided to speak up and say, "Yusuke, you have deep issues even I can't resolve. What about an old hermit who has her whole life about these things?"

"Who, you mean Grandma?"

"Yeah"

"You know what she's going to say to me?"

Koenma then decided to change the subject or at least get Yusuke to focus on something else, "Are you hungry?" Yusuke looked over to his former boss, "Why?"

Koenma shrugged, "You want to go grab a bite to eat? I'm buying."

The half demon looked at the young god for a minute and said, "Okay, you better."

Koenma and Yusuke both walked down the street to a local diner and sat down. They both looked at their menus and Koenma tried to think about what to say to the depressed demon sitting across from him until he heard the bell at the diner entrance ring when the door opened and in walked Jasmine and her friend who was also Koenma's ex, Kotennyo. The prince looked over at the two girls who walked in and Yusuke seeing this decided to ask, "So, which one is the girl from the Dark Tournament that you have a crush on?"

Koenma ducked behind his menu when Yusuke said that, gritted his teeth and mumbled, "Dammit Yusuke, keep it down. She'll hear you." Yusuke chuckled, "So, which one is she?"

Koenma still hiding behind his menu, said almost whispering,"The beautiful one with the big brown eyes and the luscious curls." The half demon looked over to the table across the diner where Kotennyo and Jasmine were sitting engaged in a conversation amongst themselves.

Yusuke looked back over to Koenma and forced him to put his menu down and gave him a bit of a twisted smile and said, "Aw…now I see why you got the hots for her. She's quite the looker." The half demon then got a brilliant idea in his head, "Why don't we go join them? Hell, you already know that curly haired chick."

"Yusuke, I know the other girl too."

The former spirit detective gave his ex boss a surprised look, "Whoa, from where?"

Koenma sighed, "She was my first girlfriend from a long time ago. Five hundred years to be exact. It was just puppy love that didn't really last long. Besides, she broke up with me because; she had feelings for someone else. I guess you can say the break up was kind of mutual."

"Why?"

"I realized I didn't have any true feelings for her either. Don't get me wrong, I loved Kotennyo but, I didn't feel any romantic love for her. Then again, I was young and I was still trying to figure out what those feelings meant."

Yusuke got up and laughed a bit and Koenma followed him over to the girls' table. Yusuke walked up to them and said, "Hey girls, do you mind if my friend and I join you?" Kotennyo and Jasmine looked at the ex spirit detective with blank expressions and Kotennyo finally said something, "Only if Koenma does. No offense Urameshi but, you're kind of creepy and plus, I already have a boyfriend."

Yusuke just blinked with confusion and asked the young goddess, "How did…"

"From watching your matches at the Dark Tournament, way to go at defeating Toguro by the way, that was really awesome", Kotennyo praised.

Jasmine laughed at her friend's words and looked up at Koenma, "Hey there. How are you Koenma?" She then slid over to let Koenma sit next to her and Yusuke sat next to Kotennyo, which was to the goddess's displeasure.

"I'm okay, I guess. What about you? How's school going for you?" Koenma asked her with interest.

Jasmine sipped on her ice water, "Pretty good. I kicked some major ass with my last chemistry test and I built molecular Lewis structures in chem. lab today. It was fun."

Yusuke couldn't help but think at how nerdy this woman was. The half demon didn't know much about chemistry but, then again he didn't stay much enough in school to find out. Koenma didn't seem to think this Jasmine girl was a nerd at all. He seemed utterly fascinated by the subject of "Lewis Structures". "So, what are Lewis Structures?" he asked her being genuinely interested.

Jasmine smiled, "Well, Lewis Structures are basically the structures of molecules and polyatomic ions that give basic information in two dimensional representations that could be used to predict the three dimensional shapes of molecules and polyatomic ions."

She then began to tell Koenma about the "NASU" method in finding the molecular structures of different molecules such as the amount of electrons in an atom that were needed, ones that were available, the ones being shared (determines the amount of bonds needed to connect one atom to another), and the ones that were unused (determines the number of lone pairs needed).

Kotennyo took a bite from her ham sandwich and washed it down with her soda, "This is why I am in art. That sort of thing always confuses me. I don't know how you can handle it."

Yusuke shook his head and began to eat his burger listening to Jasmine continue to talk to Koenma about her nerdy chemistry topic. The half demon didn't understand how Koenma can be so interested in something that he considered to be so boring. Seeing the nerdy psychic getting his former boss to do a "NASU" problem that was about a molecule of water on a napkin; Yusuke facepalmed, especially when it was clearly obvious to him that not only Koenma liked her but, she liked him right back. The former spirit detective then thought to himself, "Good god they're such nerds. They're perfect for each other."

Kotennyo then tried changed the subject, "Koenma, I am not surprised that you didn't actually fight during the tournament, wise decision on deciding to bet with that Sakyo guy instead."

Koenma rolled his eyes, "I had to do what I had to do. I know I'm not much of a fighter, Kotennyo. I don't need you remind me. Oh, and didn't you fail science back in Spirit World Kindergarten?"

Kotennyo then blushed with embarrassment and said, "Touché, Koenma touché."

Getting bored with the science talk, Yusuke interjected, "Koenma, you did try to use the spirit energy stored in your pacifier against Sensui in the cave and it was awesome" the half demon defended Koenma.

Kotennyo and Jasmine's eyes widened and Jasmine asked, "Really? So, is that why you don't have it anymore?"

Koenma nodded, "Yeah, Sensui destroyed it with his sacred energy."

Kotennyo gave her ex a small smile, "It's about damn time. You were too old for that damn thing anyway. So, you really fought someone with that kind of energy and survived?"

Koenma nodded, "Yeah, kind of."

The young goddess gave him a thumbs up, "That's freakin' awesome."

"Yes definitely, too bad we weren't there to witness it." Jasmine said in agreement.

"Yeah, it was awesome. The entire battle was awesome well, until…" Yusuke then explained to the girls about Sensui's defeat and how it left him feeling empty.

Yusuke's story went on for about over an hour and the girls gave him their full attention being in awe of it and soon, Koenma and Yusuke felt it was getting late and bid Jasmine and Kotennyo a good night. The young prince paid for all four meals like he had promised Yusuke earlier, even though the girls said that they would pay for their own meals, but Koenma insisted. The two boys left the diner and made their way to Genkai's compound.

Yusuke then went to talk to Genkai about his predicament while Koenma decided to go to bed being that he was exhausted. The prince fell straight to sleep and not even Yusuke and Genkai's conversation woke him up.

About a week later, Koenma felt that things couldn't get any worse but, how wrong he was. First Ayame came to give Koenma a message about how his father planned on getting rid of Yusuke and to his surprise Hiei and Kurama too. She informed him that they will be extradited to Demon World with the king claiming that all three demons where dangerous but, Koenma knew that reasoning were just full of shit. The prince has now begun to suspect that there may be something more to this but; he just couldn't put his finger on it. The dark haired grim reaper only gave him the basics of what she heard around the office and apologized for not giving too much detail but, Koenma assured her it was alright. Like Botan, Ayame showed her concern to her currently exiled boss and left back to Spirit World after Koenma thanked her for informing him with what she knew and swore to her that he was alright.

A few days later, Yusuke left for Demon World to finally meet his ancestor, Raizen, one of the three kings of Demon World. After hanging out with his former spirit detective for a few times since that day at the café, playground, and the diner, Koenma had gotten to know Yusuke better and vise versa. They still weren't exactly close friends but, they have gained a mutual respect for each other. Before Yusuke leapt into the portal that was opened up by three SDF members, he and Koenma gave each other a curt nod as their way of saying "See you later."

Yusuke left and the portal was soon closed off. Koenma sighed and put his hands in his pockets and turned around to walk back into Genkai's compound. That was until he was stopped in his tracks by the new captain of the SDF, Shunjun, who took over after Ootake resigned.

The prince then looked at the spiritual military leader and asked, "Do you need something?"

Shunjun, feeling guilty for going along with King Yama's plan replied, "Can we talk?"

Koenma crossed his arms over his chest and huffed, "Sure, what do you have to say to me?"

Shunjun looked around and answered, "I don't want to talk out here. I am afraid someone might hear me say something I shouldn't."

Koenma sighed, "Okay, come inside the compound. I know a private place."

The blue haired SDF soldier followed Koenma inside Genkai's compound and followed him into the kitchen where the prince shut and locked the door. He and Shunjun sat down at the small wooden breakfast table and said, "Okay Shunjun, spill, what's going on?"

Shunjun sighed and looked at his hands and back up at Koenma, "Look, I didn't want to go along with this. Even though I do think Urameshi is a dangerous demon, I didn't think it was right that your father went along with this. He's never been known to make deals with the Demon World before."

Koenma gave Shunjun a look of surprise, "Wow, I always thought all of you guys were loyal to my father. What kind of deal did he make with the three kings?"

The blue haired soldier lowered his voice and gestured to Koenma to come closer to him so he can hear him and proceeded to tell the young prince about how his father received individual requests from each of the three kings and agreeing to have Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama extradited to the Demon World in more detail than Ayame had explained to him earlier in the week and Koenma couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Suddenly there was a knock on the kitchen door and Genkai could be heard on the other side, "Hey! Why can't get into my kitchen? Who's in there?"

Koenma got up and unlocked the door, opened it, and began to apologize to the elderly psychic, "Sorry Genkai, I uh…" he then looked back at Shunjun who was giving Koenma a "please don't tell her what we are talking about" look.

Genkai looked in and saw Shunjun and asked, "Am I interrupting a private conversation?"

The young god shifted his attention back to Genkai, "Um, yeah. We were um…"

"We were just discussing about girls."

Koenma bit his lip at what Shunjun just said and replied to his friend, "Yeah, we were having a private conversation about girls. I was just telling Shunjun about a girl that I like."

Genkai gave her long-time friend a weird look noting his awkwardness and said, "Okay, sorry to barge in on your locker room conversation." She then left mumbling, "Weirdos."

Shunjun got up from the table, "I better leave before the rest of the defense force begins to suspect something. Please don't tell anyone what I know. Do I have your discretion, Koenma?"

Koenma nodded, "Yeah, I won't say a word."

The blue haired soldier soon left the compound leaving Koenma feeling stressed about hearing the kind sneaky activities that his father had been partaking in. The prince wondered what other underground stuff that his dad was involved with and right now, Koenma was afraid to know.

He left Genkai's property and took the bus to the city to relax; ignoring the comments and stares he was getting for wearing his royal robes and having his mark on his forehead exposed. Koenma walked the streets trying to find some place that was still open until he walked up to a sign in the front of a local dive bar that stated that they were having karaoke that night.

The god smiled and figured that he could sing his troubles away and walked into the bar. He looked around and all the bar's patrons just stared at him and heard a couple of mumbles saying how weird he was. Koenma rolled his eyes and walked up to the bartender that was behind the counter.

The bartender eyed the prince and asked him, "Nice costume, what theatre production did you come from?"

Koenma sighed at the bartender's words and ignored his comment, "I understand you guys have karaoke tonight and I am interested in performing."

The bartender poured some beer from a tap and handed it to one the patrons sitting at the counter and replied, "Okay, go pick a song and wait for the current guy to get done."

Koenma thanked the bartender and walked up to the edge of the stage and flipped through the song book until he found a song that he liked and waited for the current guy on stage to finish, who was singing "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" from the Crash Test Dummies very poorly.

Koenma tried to keep himself from laughing and wished that he still had his pacifier to bite down on. The bar patron finished his performance and Koenma walked on stage, set up his sheet music, took the microphone from its stand, and tried to introduce himself but thought of a fake name that he can use, "Hello, my name is…Korrie Loveless and I will be singing "Losing My Religion" by the band, R.E.M."

The backing track began to play and Koenma's beautifully enchanting voice rang out all around the bar:

Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh, no, I've said too much
I set it up

The patrons around the bar all began to bob their heads feeling content, happy, calm, and just all around cheerful as they listened.

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh, no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough

The door to the bar opened and in walked someone wearing a trench coat with a hat on his head that did very little to hide his blue face. Koenma recognized the individual as Jorge and broke into the next part of the chorus:

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

The bar crowd began to cheer Koenma on and a couple of women could be heard saying, "He has such a beautiful voice." "Yeah, and he's hot too."

Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool (fool)
Oh, no, I've saidtoo much
I set it up

Jorge got a seat in the back and tapped his foot along to the beat of the backing track and Koenma's singing.

Consider this
Consider this the hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much

Koenma lightly tapped his hand to the beat of the song on his leg as he sang the next chorus:

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

The instrumental interlude played as Koenma took a deep breath and when the interlude ended he bellowed out the song's bridge:

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh, no I've said too much
I haven't said enough

Jorge smiled enjoying his currently exiled boss's performance. He was just so happy and proud to see Koenma sing onstage by himself with such confidence.

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

The bar crowd took out their lighters and began to slowly wave them in the air as Koenma finished the last part of the final chorus:

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why, try
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream, dream

The final instrumental part of the song finished and Jorge got up and applauded with the rest of the bar crowd following suit with whistles and cheers. Koenma bowed and thanked them for being a great audience, grabbed his sheet music, and gave the microphone to the next guy, put the sheet music away and got off stage.

The young prince met his ogre servant at the entrance of the bar. Jorge gave Koenma a big hug being so happy to see him. Koenma just stood there not knowing how to react until Jorge let him go. They both left the bar and Koenma asked the ogre, "What you doing here?"

Jorge, feeling very emotional tried to hold his tears at bay then took a deep breath and said, "Koenma sir, I missed you. It's too damn quiet around the palace without you."

Koenma gave his friend and servant a smile, chuckled and said, "I missed you too, Ogre. How did you know I was in that bar?"

Jorge wiped away the tears that were welling up in the corners of his eyes and replied, "I saw you walk in from down the street when I got here and I walked in and saw you on stage all by yourself and I can't tell you how proud I am of you for overcoming your stage fright, sir."

Koenma gave the ogre a bright smile, "Thank you but, Ogre, you should have been up there accompanying me playing the bass or guitar or, hell, even your cello. The act felt incomplete without you."

Unable to keep his emotions in check, Jorge started to cry and gave Koenma another hug and Koenma just hugged him back not knowing what else to do. The prince then decided to change the subject and quit hugging Jorge and asked him again, "What are you doing here, Ogre?"

Jorge looked around and replied, "Why don't we go somewhere where someone can't overhear us. I have this sneaking suspicion that we may be being watched."

Koenma looked around too, "You know what, Jorge I think you may be right. Follow me."

About fifteen minutes later, the prince and his ogre servant stood on top of a roof of an abandoned building and then Jorge finally told Koenma what he had came to the Human World to say, "The latest hush word at the office says that the Special Defense Force let Yusuke go and not only that they actually opened the gateway to Demon World for him that can't be true, can it Sir?"

"They're doing much more than that."

"No."

Koenma got up from his kneeling position and turned around, "The SDF are going to escort Hiei and Kurama to the other side too."

Jorge then too stood up and asked his boss, "Really?"

"It's my father's way of responding to requests from Demon World.", the prince replied.

Jorge then got this confused look on his face, "What kind of requests do you mean, Sir?"

"He received messages from the three kings of Demon World all on the same day, each seeking an extradition. Raizen wanted Yusuke, Yomi wanted Kurama, and Mukuro wanted Hiei. Individually they made these requests and individually offered my father the same proposal. They each suggested that it would be safer for Human World to have these powerful and potentially "dangerous" demons quarantined forever in Demon World and my father agreed to that. The "mighty" King of the Spirit World bended to their whims and made a pact with the three Lords of Demon World. You can't ever tell anyone about this, Ogre. Do you understand?" Koenma said in a shaky voice.

Jorge then walked up beside his boss, "But Sir, I am sure that "great" King Yama must have had a much better reason to agree to such a thing."

The prince sighed at the ogre's words, "I can only hope so."

He then took his hand out of his pocket and held his pocket watch, opened it up and said, "It's getting late and I better get back to Genkai's."

Jorge still having the feeling that they are being watched, put his hand on Koenma's shoulder, "Let me escort you. I still have that feeling. I think someone may be stalking us."

Koenma looked over to his friend and servant, "I'll be fine. Ogre, I think you're being paranoid. Whoever it was that was following us at the bar, probably already left us."

"What makes you so sure of that?"

"I can't sense any aura at all. So more than likely, we ditched him." Koenma assured the ogre. "Besides, you can't go wandering the Human World; you'll bring more unwanted attention to us. I'll be fine, Ogre, don't worry. You need to get back to Spirit World before anyone notices you're gone."

Still paranoid and worried about his boss, Jorge silently nodded and gave Koenma a big hug and not being able to hold back his tears anymore, the big blue ogre started to cry and Koenma hugged him right back.

Sniffling Jorge quit hugging the prince and put his hands on Koenma's shoulders and said, "You know Koenma sir, I have always wanted a little brother and I always felt you filled that void for me."

Koenma just shook his head and gave Jorge a small smile, "But you have your sisters, Angie, Lucy, and Tina. At least you have siblings."

He sighed and proceeds to leave the abandoned building's roof and said to Jorge, "Bye Jorge, and see you later" the young god turned around and said, "Oh, tell Carlotta I said hi."

Jorge smiled at Koenma and nodded, "I'll tell mother that. Take care of yourself, Sir. If something ever happened to you, I don't know how I would take it."

Koenma gave Jorge a small smile bidding the ogre goodbye and turned around and left the abandoned building's rooftop. As the young prince began to walk down the street to the bus stop, he heard some rumbling overhead and looked up saw that it was going to start raining. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw two dark figures following him. Sensing their demon energy, Koenma then started to run as fast as his long legs could carry him with the two demons following him in hot pursuit.

The rain of the thunderstorm began to pour, soaking the young god from head to toe as he continued running trying to lose the two demons on his heels. Trying to find a shortcut, Koenma ran into an alleyway hoping to lose his pursuers but, with no such luck.

Suddenly, the prince felt something cut into his stomach and he double over screaming in pain. Looking around to use something to defend himself with, Koenma picked up a piece of broken metal off the ground. The two demons that were pursuing him, caught up to him and laughed seeing their target in such a vulnerable position.

"Well, don't think you can escape us this time. Your spirit detective and your ogre buddy aren't here to save you."

Not wanting to get killed by his would be assassins, Koenma, despite bleeding badly from his stomach, raised the large piece of metal and hit one of the demons in the head with it, knocking him down and ran pressing his free hand to his bleeding abdomen.

The two demons proceeded to chase him and eventually cornered him. Koenma then collapsed from the pain of his wound and both demons slowly walked up to him, stalking their prey, "There's no use in running. Surrender and we swear we will be quick but, we cannot guarantee that it will be painless."

Lightning flashed and thunder began to roll as one of the demons pinned Koenma to the ground and raised one of its claws and said cackling, "The royal songbird of Spirit World will sing no more."

Koenma then struggled to break free from his attacker who was going to rip out his vocal cords. As the demon brought his claws down to rip open Koenma's throat, an arrow made of spirit energy came and pierced the demon assassin's back. The demon got off of Koenma and reeled back screaming, "Who did that!?"

Before the demon can see who it was, two hooded and masked female silhouettes showed up, one had a katana formed from her spirit energy and the other held two fans, one in each hand that glowed with her spirit energy. The taller one with the spirit katana stabbed the demon in the gut and the other with the fans sliced its head off with her weapons that were coated in her energy.

The other demon, seeing his comrade being decapitated by the shorter masked woman, leapt over to Koenma to finish his dead partner's job and a hooded and masked male silhouette holding a bow and arrow made of spirit energy shouted at the assassin, "Hey asshole!"

The demon assassin turned around and the hooded archer shot three arrows into the demon's chest. The demon fell backward and the two hooded females came over. The taller woman asked her shorter friend, "Want to do the honors?"

The shorter hooded masked woman replied, "Gladly" and she then once again coated her fans with her spirit energy and decapitated the demon.

Koenma laid on the ground slipping in and out of consciousness as the three hooded and masked figures put away their spiritual weapons and gathered around the prince. The shorter masked woman knelt by his side and said in a soothing voice, "You're going to be okay. Just stay with me."

She then put her hands over his wound and began to use her spirit energy to cauterize the prince's bleeding wound. "Stay with me. You're going be okay."

Koenma felt a fluttering sensation in his chest hearing the shorter woman's voice and then began to shut his eyes and heard the voice of the masked man, "We need to get him out this rain. Let's bring him back to the apartment."

"His voice, that guy, no it couldn't be", Koenma thought to himself and then his world went completely black.