I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or X-Men: Evolution. I also do not own the story "Mission X" by Kurome Shiretsu.

The purose of this FanFic is to finish the story that started me into writing for . I am honored to be able to complete this abandoned FanFic and hope that this revival of the story will live up to the story which it was based. Thank you for reading and lending me your support!

Terms to note:

Youki = Demon Energy

Reiki = Spirit Energy

Makai = Demon World

Ningenkai = Human/Living World

Reikai = Spiritual World

Reikai Tentei = Spiritual Detectives

Toushin = Demon Lord

Kitsune = Fox of Japanese Folklore

Jaganshi = One who possesses the Jagan Eye

Kurorashi = Demon heading the mutant uprising/means "Black Tempest"

Other notes (since there are three languages here):

"English"

"Thought "

"Makai"

****Chapter 3: Identity Revealed****

Rogue stood up in the seat of Lance's Jeep and poked her head past the roll bars. Wind slapped at her face, turning her brown, shoulder length hair in a swirling maelstrom of brown and white. Her eyes stung as the wind whipped past like cold daggers but Rogue ignored it. All of her attention was focused on her smelling. If it were not for her unnatural smelling abilities gained through contact with Hiei, leading her along the same path that their demon friends had taken earlier in the night, finding the three Reikai Tentei would have been a nearly impossible task.

"Come on, Rogue," Lance yelled up to her as he continued heading northward. "We got to be nearly there by now."

"Just keep yar pants on," Rogue hollered back over the wind. "Ah'll tell yas when we get there."

"Vhat are we zooking vor, Rogue?" Kurt asked rising to stand next to her - his feet using Blob as a standing support - and brushing his blue hair out of his own eyes and wincing as the wind stabbed at him.

"Weh need ta find 'em," Rogue answered. "Just trust meh on this." They skidded around a gentle corner and raced onward when something suddenly changed for Rogue. "Stop the car!"

Lance obeyed immediately, slamming on the breaks and coming to a screeching stop. Rogue jumped out and looked around worriedly and the swore violently. "Hey, come on," Lance hollered, standing up in his seat. "This where we're going? The middle of nowhere?"

"No, you dolt," Rogue growled, turning here head back and forth, sniffing. "I'm loosin' my smellin' abilities."

"Terrific," Lance ground out, dropping back into his seat.

"What a wasted ride," Blob whined. "I didn't even get to finish my cereal."

"So vhat now," Kurt asked at Rogue's side.

"Weh keep headin' north," she decided and hoped back into the Jeep. "Go."

************

"So what now, Detective?" Hiei snarled on just this side of politely. "Kurorashi is gone all because of a pair of idiot children decided to wonder away from their mother and Yusuke's ridiculous feelings." Hiei spat to the side. "Some Toushin you're turning out to be."

Yusuke reached around and grabbed the little Jaganshi by the neck, his demon blood roiling in anger, both at having let the Black Tempest escape and Hiei's words hitting too close to his own thoughts. "Why don't you can that trash compactor of yours while I figure out what to do next, fire midget."

Hiei blinked at Yusuke. "Get your hands off of me, my lord," Hiei said, as calm as the center of a twister is said to be. Reaching with his bandage covered hand and gripping onto Yusuke's.

Kurama stepped closer to Yusuke, silver eyes missing nothing. He could see Hiei's mind working, readying an attack the Yusuke would have no doubt called a "statement punch". "My lord," Yoko said, resting a gentle hand on Yusuke's outstretched arm. "Perhaps it wiser to focus on our immediate problem. Like what our next move shall be."

Yusuke released Hiei, dropping the fire demon to the floor from where Yusuke had lifted him. "Sorry," Yusuke muttered and turned to look back down at the two twins.

"Accepted." Hiei turned to look back at the crowd of demons, slowly becoming restless. "Perhaps and extermination is in order for these low class rodents?"

"Have a ball," Yusuke said, unconcernedly. "Not you, Fox boy," Yusuke said as he saw Yoko look out at the demons in quiet longing. "Your the smart one in the group. What now?"

Yoko turned back, looking about as sheepish as Yusuke had ever seen Kurama in is full demon form. "I think the best move for us is to return to the Xavier Institute to formulate a strategy to counter Kurorashi's next move in the mutant revolution. That is, after all, our reason for being here."

Yusuke thought back to their encounter with Kurt and Rogue from earlier that day and the implications there. "Damn it," Yusuke swore, but knew the Kitsune was right. "Fine. As soon as our mass murderer is done here, we'll take our asses home. It's not going to be pretty though."

Kurama nodded in agreement over the first sounds of violently dying demons. "Actually, I think that you may be over estimating the chances of our being found out. If Rogue truly has the memories of you and Hiei, she will realize the truth of our cause."

"And if you're wrong?"

"You should know by now, Yusuke. I always have an alternative."

Yusuke eyed him hard but he dropped the gaze as the last of the demons gave one final bellow before being sharply silenced in front of the flower covered entrance as it tried unsuccessfully to escape. Hiei glanced down at the final demon, then turned to the other two. "Shall we get a move on or are we simply going to wait for these demons to decay?"

Yusuke quirked a smile and started to walk toward him. "You always did have a way with words, Hiei."

************

Toad was not the most graceful, mutant or human, nor was he particularly bright. The ropes Lance and Fred had used to tie his arms and legs together were still in place as he finally managed to bunny hop- rather the frog hop- to where the Black Tempest's servant had taken him before. It was the place where everything had become clear, where he had finally understood how important the mutant evolution was. He understood now why Magneto had obsessed with this, and learned that there was another with the same dream.

He banged on the door with his head, causing a slight dizzy spell before the door was opened and a human allowed him entry. "Toad, it's the middle of the night," the man said, not sounding annoyed, but only slightly curious. "What brings you so far to his grace?"

"My cover's been blown," he explained as the man freed his arms and legs.

"You don't say," the man said dryly, coiling the ropes around his arm.

"Yeah. They were going to bring me over to Xavier to find out what's been going on with me."

"What happened with your cover story?" the man questioned. "Kurorashi was under the impression that your story that you had gone on a mission for Magneto would suffice."

"Yeah, well, it didn't," Toad said, glancing around at the bare room. "It's been a long night, yo. Any chance I can crash in this dump?"

The man looked sharply at Toad. "Where is you Zernoginsh? Did you forget to take your dose?"

"Look, those mutants didn't really give me a good chance to grab when I left, alright, yo?" Toad snapped, then caught himself. He looked up at the man in slight alarm.

"I will fetch you another," the man said, with the faintest sigh. "I believe that we still have a few remaining."

************

The Reikai Tentei made it a couple miles south toward home when the smell of confused human/demon scents wafted past Hiei's nose. "Do you smell that, Kurama?" Hiei asked, pausing in his run to take in a longer dose.

Kurama pause as well, looking around. "Yes, I do."

Yusuke, the last to stop, looked back at his two companions as the stood nearly side by side with their noses in the air, sniffing. "There a new fad going on that I don't know about?"

"Why don't you open your eyes, Detective, instead of your mouth. You may actually be able to discover things on your own that way." Hiei sneered even as his Jagan eye slowly opened and he closed his others. Yusuke frowned annoyed for a second but let the comment pass over. Hiei seemed to be concentrating rather hard at the moment. "It is Rogue," the Jaganshi said at last, reversing his eye combination. "She is not far. And not alone"

Kurama narrowed his eyes in concentration, then shifted his cold eyes to Yusuke. "We should meet them," he said. "Are your Youki/Reiki levels returned to normal?" Yusuke nodded, almost forgetting the biggest rush to leave this evening. "Good. Than I suggest we do not enter their sight as we are. I fear the sight of our demon forms may cause more alarm than it is worth at the moment."

"Makes sense," Yusuke admitted. As he had already stated, Kurama was the brains of the team. In a flash of Youki, Yusuke returned to his human body, the tattoos fading away and the long hair vanishing back to his slicked back hair- though lacking quite a bit of the slick part- and his normal brown eyes losing the red tinge.

Kurama pulled one of his famous roses out from under the silver locks of hair and, with a twirl and falling rose peddles, returned to the red haired boy named Suichi.

Hiei looked on at all of this with a distinctly sour taste in his mouth. All these transformations, true forms of themselves as they may be, where an utter inconvenience. Why hide your true self from anyone, human or otherwise?

The Reikai Tentei headed out, Kurama- Suichi- in the lead, and found Rogue, Kurt, Lance and a very overweight man standing in the middle of nowhere. "Hey there, guys," Yusuke said jovially as if finding each other at a beach. "What a place to meet, huh? What are you guys doing way out here?"

Rogue immediately turned and walked straight over to Yusuke, ignoring the reactions of her three other followers. "Y'all got lots of explainin' to do," Rogue said, boldly invading Yusuke's personal bubble. Considering the last time Yusuke and Rogue had been this close together, no one could blame Yusuke for hastily backing away.

"Hey, come on," Yusuke said, trying to sound innocent. "What are you talking about?"

"What Ah'm talkin' about is you three fakes, that's what." Rogue tapped the side of her head. "Ah've got you're memories in mah head. For example, why does the name demons come ta mind when Ah think of those two," she indicated Suichi and Hiei, "and the name Mazoku when Ah look at you? And why do Ah see Suichi with fox ears, a tail, and long silver hair?"

Yusuke looked over at Kurama. "But, Rogue, Suichi has red hair-"

"There is no use in continuing this charade, Detective," Hiei snorted. "She obviously knows enough about us to hold up her claim."

Kurama nodded and stepped forward. "Our apologies for the deception," Kurama said, "but it was necessary. If you search Yusuke's borrowed memories, you will discover the reason for our being here."

"Wait a second," Lance broke in, sounding incredulous. "You guys are demons? Isn't that kind of important information?!"

Hiei glanced coolly over at the mutant. "In certain situations, sometimes the less you know is safer for your health. This is obviously one of those times."

"Vou guys really are demons," Kurt almost whispered. "I mean, veal ones."

Kurama ignored his useful input and kept his attention focused on Rogue. From what Charles Xavier had said in regards to Rogue's powers, she seemed to take random thoughts, bits and pieces of memory, rather than the whole package. He was rolling the dice at the moment, hoping she would have some memory of his mission or possibly even of Koenma.

No dice. "Ah don't see anything," Rogue said, her glare returning and slowly removing one glove. "How bout we take another look see?"

"That would not be wise," Kurama said catching hold of Rogue's arm as she raised it to Yusuke. "Yusuke is a rather unique case. He is only part demon. For him, he has a balance of Youki and Reiki that must be delicately balance."

Rogue looked up at Kurama, her anger and suspicion fading slightly into confusion. "Youki and Reiki?"

Kurama nodded. "Demon energy and Spirit energy. Your powers drained his Spirit energy last time, his human side. That is what lead to some of his more...aggressive....sides this evening and our need to escape the Xavier grounds for him to recover." Kurama sent only the slightest half glance over to Yusuke, a warning to not blow this half truth. "However, I suggest another alternative." This time, Kurama sent Yusuke a more suggestive look, to which Yusuke nodded.

"HEY, TODDLER BITCH!" Yusuke hollered at the top of his lungs. Kurama covered his eyes with one hand. This was most definitely not what he had in mind. Something much more subtle such as his initial note to meet at Genkai's would have sufficed. But what's done is done.

All around the group, the air and surroundings took on a grayish hugh as the tiny ruler of the Reikai froze time and space in order to make his appearance before his Reikai Tentei. "How many times must I scold you to show me a little respect? I am you boss to heavens sake and the ruler of all of Spirit world!" Koenma said from behind the team. Yusuke turned to see the tiny toddler looking Koenma floating in the air, obvious frustration and anger written across his baby looking features despite the somewhat comical pacifier clenched tightly between his teeth.

"Sorry, Koenma, just wanted to make sure I got your attention," Yusuke grinned, then motion back toward the mutants. "I just need you to explain to these guys who we are and why we're here-" he turned to glance back at Rogue, expecting a great reaction. The four mutants stood as frozen in time as the air and grass, not aware of anything going on around them right now. "Damn it, Koenma!"

"Yusuke, I cannot be seen by normal people," Koenma said. "Just imagine if I were to appear before every human that had doubts or did not believe in higher powers, I wouldn't have anytime for my paper work." Koenma sucked meditatively on his pacifier for a moment before continuing. "Besides, If I where to handle all of your problems for you, I wouldn't need a Spirit Detective now would I?"

"Perhaps, Koenma, you might offer an alternative to our situation, now that you are here?" Kurama asked, stepping close to Yusuke and shooting him an amused glance.

"What did I just say?" Koenma yelled. "Can't anyone ever pay me any attention?"

"Yeah, well, we'll work on that," Yusuke said off handedly. "Meanwhile, can you lend us a hand or not, pacifier breath?"

Steam could almost be seen wafting from Koenma at yet another Yusuke insult but let it pass. "Well, the situation has gotten more intricate in last few hours, what with Kurorashi discovering your involvement. Perhaps a new edge will kick you back on top of this mission, since you managed to somehow screw this up."

"Hey," Yusuke said angrily. "I didn't screw anything up, squirt. He just knew, ok?"

"Sure, Yusuke. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Now, for that edge," Koenma said, satisfied at making Yusuke nearly as angry and Yusuke had made him. "Got it. Here you are, Yusuke. Maybe this is exactly what you need for your current predicament as well. Later gator." With a snap of his fingers, the tiny ruler was gone and color returned to the world.

"'ey toddler bitch?" Rogue asked, shocked.

"Uh," Yusuke said. "Yeah. My boss is a little shy. He wasn't wearing his meeting robe."

"Toddler," Lance re-emphasized, leaning back on his Jeep.

"And how vid you flicker and vurn avound so vast?" Kurt questioned.

"Koenma has an annoying habit of being less than careful at times," Hiei spoke. "As the ruler of Spirit world, he has the ability to freeze time for short periods when he needs to make an appearance in the Ningenkai." He paused at the expressions passing through the mutants. "Human world," he clarified with a sigh.

Rogue looked a bit over loaded. "Ok," she said, shaking her head to try and clear it.

There was a sudden popping sound that made them all jump. Yusuke lifted his hand and pointed it like a gun a the new arrival, nearly ramming into Rogue in the process. "Hello everybody!" came a cheery voice that Yusuke recognized all too well.

"Hey, Boton."

The sprightly blue haired woman sat side saddle on an are wearing a pink kimono and a pleasant smile that seemed permanently present. "Why, hello Yusuke'" Boton said, floating over to him. "You look well."

"Yeah, fantastic," Yusuke said. "So I guess the tool Koenma said he was going to send was you?"

"That's right," Boton said with a smile. "Ready for whatever service you require... Hey, I'm not a tool!" she said as Yusuke started snickering.

"Hey, where's that spy glass thing? I bet it would come in real handy right now." Yusuke snorted again in laughter.

"Yusuke," Boton said sternly. "What would Keiko say if she heard such a thing?"

Yusuke stopped laughing rather abruptly. "Anyway," Yusuke said, turning back to his stunned audience. "Boton, these are the mutants. Rogue, Kurt, Lance, and..." he pause expectantly at the large mutant in the back of the group.

"Blob," Lance filled in.

"Blob," Yusuke repeated.

"Oh my," Boton said as she took him in.

"Yeah, just don't touch Rogue unless you're looking for a vacation from pacifier mouth and into an infirmary," Yusuke warned.

"No, thank you," Boton said.

"Great. Mutants, meet the Grim Reaper."

There was another set of shocked silences. "Well, formerly anyway," Boton said, smiling all around. "I had promoted to assistant of the Spirit Detective of Earth. That's Yusuke," she said, than gave Yusuke a dirty look, "For now, anyway." Yusuke turned his head away.

"I think it would be wise if we leave the remaining questions to be answered in the security of the Institute," Kurama suggested.

Yusuke nodded. "Hey, Lance, how many does that Jeep hold?"

To be continued...

Another exciting chapter down! Looks like there is a lot more to this mystery than a simple mutant rebellion.

Once again, I really appreciate the support for the story so far! Thank you all