Nori: Woohoo! Chapter four!

Tama: I know, I'm loving this!

Nori: Me too! Just look at all of our adoring fans!

Audience::stares in silence::

Tama: Yea…they don't like us because we make them wait too long for new chapters! Sorry guys!

Audience::mumbles various insults towards the wolf and fox demons::

Nori::grins:: Well, anyways. Kurama, will you do the disclaimer?

Kurama: Certainly. Noriko and Tamarae don't own YYH or any of us, but they do own themselves and their situations. Also, Tama and Nori don't own the Whitest Kids U'Know, or any of their cast members…

Tama: I think that's what makes me stay up crying at night…

Nori: I know…they're so fucking hott!

Hiei and Kurama: …

Nori: Well…ugh…not as hott as you guys of course…

Tama: Eh heh…well anyways…

Nori: Yea…

Tama: Thanks Kurama!! Now, on with the story!

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When Nori woke up in the morning, Tama was already awake, showered and dressed. She was sitting on her bed watching the TV in their room on mute, so as not to wake up her best friend. Tama tried to be considerate like that from time to time. Nori, not so much. It wasn't that she tried to be rude. She just had a tendency to not think before she did things.

"Hey, since when are you up so early?" Nori asked as she rubbed her eyes. The firefox turned to look at her.

"Since I learned that today is our first mission with the guys. Kurama came in and told me about it while you were sleeping," she replied.

"What's it about?" Nori asked. Tama shrugged.

"I guess we have to go find some lab back in Makai and shut it down." They both grinned. They wanted to go back home for awhile. "Since when do you sleep so late?"

Nori looked at the alarm clock. It read 10:30. For Tama, that wouldn't have been late at all. But Nori was almost always up by nine. She shrugged.

"Just tired, I guess," she stated. "Well, I should shower."

Tama nodded. "Yea, Kurama said we are planning on leaving at noon. So you've got time."

"Mk," Nori said and walked into the bathroom. Tama turned the volume back on the TV and she heard the water turn on. She entertained herself with stupid ningen sitcoms for awhile.

Fifteen minutes later, she heard the water turn off, followed by a string of curses. Slowly, the bathroom door opened a crack and the wolf demon poked her head out.

"Uh...Tama...can you get me some clothes?" she muttered. Tama shook her head and got up. She handed her a bright orange tank top and a pair of black capris, plus a bra and underwear. "Heh...thanks..," she smiled sheepishly and went back into the bathroom.

"I'll be outside," Tama called as she left the room.

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About an hour later, the whole gang was waiting on the training grounds for instructions from Koenma. They had been ready for about half an hour, just sitting there, so they all found something to do to pass the time. Yusuke and Kuwabara were bickering, as usual, this time over where babies come from.

"I'm telling you, Urameshi. That's not how babies are made! I saw it on TV! A guy pees in a girl and then a baby grows!"

"Kuwabara, that's complete bull-" Yusuke started but was interrupted.

"Wow! Really!??!" Nori asked, interested. Kuwabara nodded.

"Yupp, and then she pushes it out," he replied. Nori's face scrunched up.

"You mean…she like…poops it out?" Nori asked. He nodded again.

"Yea, I guess." Nori shrugged and nodded, as if accepting that.

"Oh come on, Kuwabara, that's not how it happens," Tama scolded. "Don't confuse her."

Suddenly, Nori got a new thought.

"So…what does it eat?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Boobs," Kuwabara stated simply. Nori's jaw dropped. Looking absolutely horrified, she hugged her chest.

"WHAT!?!?" she yelled. "That's it, I'm never having kids…"

Thankfully, that was the exact moment when the prince of the spirit world decided to grace them with his presence.

"Hello, Spirit Detective team of mine! How's your day been so far?" he asked cheerfully. Yusuke, Tama, Kurama and Hiei just looked at Nori. Koenma looked, as well, as the dark wolf demon stood there pouting and holding her chest, looking at Kuwabara. "You know…I don't think I even want to know…"

"Anyways…" Kurama started, changing the subject. "Where are we headed?"

Koenma pulled a map out from under his robe and handed it to the kitsune.

"We won't be able to send you directly there. We've set up a portal that will take you about a mile from the lab. This map will be able to guide you the rest of the way," he explained. Everyone nodded. Koenma grinned. "Alright then! Off you go! I expect a full report when you return!" And with that, the teen left. The portal appeared before them. Yusuke shrugged and led them through.

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Once in demon world, the gang began their short hike to the lab. The time passed rather quickly, and everyone avoided the subject of the origin of babies. It was hot that day in Makai, maybe 90 degrees or so, and with the added sun, that made talking uncomfortable. They had agreed, however, that they would show no mercy to these scientists if they refused to shut the lab down.

Within fifteen minutes, the gang had reached their destination. The lab was a rather small white building, no bigger than a baseball diamond. It was one-story and white, with only one window. The roof was white as well. It appeared as though there was only one entrance...or exit.

Yusuke approached the front door, stood there for a moment as if contemplating what to do, and then knocked lightly. The rest of the group sweatdropped.

"For god's sake, Urameshi! I thought you said that this was going to be a quick and painful attack for these guys!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "I mean after all they did to-"

"Yes! Uh...let's get on with this, shall we?" Kurama interrupted. Yusuke frowned.

"Jeez...all the shit a guy gets for just trying to be courteous...," he muttered and kicked the door in. Kurama sighed. That was close...

The group followed their leader into a hallway. The hall was long and dimly lit, with only one door at the end. They raced towards it, weapons (for those that use them) in hand.

"ALRIGHT YOU SONS OF BITCHES!" Yusuke yelled in his always overly dramatic heroic tone as he burst through the door. "IT'S TIME TO MEET YOUR and there's no one in here..."

The group looked around the room. It definitely looked like a lab. It was filled with beakers, test tubes, microscopes, glass chambers and operating tables. Just like the hallway, it wasn't lit very well, and there were wires coming out from much of the electronic equipment. A lot of things were tipped over, shattered or just plain destroyed. It looked like a tornado had blown through there. Hell, maybe it had.

"What the hell?" Kuwabara asked. "Where are all the scientist guys?"

"Well, not here, apparently," Kurama replied as he began to walk around.

"Well, where could they have gone?" Tama asked. "Why would they just vacate their lab?"

Kurama shrugged. "I don't know. And who knows how long they've been gone..." The rest also began to walk around, as if searching for clues as to where the targets of their next mission could've gone.

The teens continued to survey their surroundings. Nori looked at Tama, who shrugged. She turned her attention to Hiei, who was standing in front of a lab table, and immediately felt a strange sensation of familiarity.

Hiei leaned up against the lab table, holding a glass beaker in his hand. He held it up to the light, examining the blue liquid inside.

"Hn," he muttered to himself, setting it back down on the table.

Nori continued to look at Hiei, wondering what had just happened. It was like she had recalled a memory, but she never remembered being there before. She glanced back at Tama again, who just gave her a weird look.

She turned to see that Hiei was looking around and had moved a bit, positioned now right in front of the door.

"So, do you wanna get out of here or what?" Hiei asked. He was looking right at her. She felt herself shrug.

"I don't know," she heard. She recognized that voice. …Tama?

"Yea, where would we go from here?"

Again, Nori returned to her normal thoughts.

'Alright, this is just too weird,' she thought to herself. She knew that the voice she had just heard was Tama's. She'd know it anywhere. But that other voice…was it hers? 'It had to be…'

She looked back up at Tama for a third time.

"Ugh!" Tama exclaimed. "Stop looking at me!"

"Ok, ok. Sorry," Nori apologized. She looked back at Hiei and tilted her head to the side in thought. "Hey…Hiei?"

He glared at her, though his glare wasn't threatening. "Hn?"

"Could you…uh…could you…take a step to the left?" He raised his eyebrows, turned his head from side to side, then looked up, as if expecting there to be something ready to fall on him.

"No," he stated simply. She pouted.

"Please?" she asked with puppy dog eyes. He hned and complied, stepping in front of the buildings only window.

"Wolf, I told you before. The only way we're gonna get out of here is if you-" Hiei stopped midsentence. He looked to the right, then to the left, as if making sure no one could hear him. The room was filled with scientists, but they were so into their work, they paid no attention to the demons by the window. Hiei tilted his head to the side. "Are you even listening to me?"

"What? Oh, sorry. I kinda spaced out there for a minute..." she felt herself say. Hiei rolled his eyes, smirking a bit. He began to pace back and forth a bit.

"I said, that there's only one way we can get away from here for good. And that's to-" he was cut short as he tripped over his own two feet and fell flat on his face.

Nori burst out laughing, and Hiei growled under his breath as he stood and regained his composure. That was the first and only time in his life he ever tripped...

"OK! WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!" Nori burst out. "WHAT THE HELL!?!? Ok, I know for a fact now. I've totally been here before."

"What are you talking about, Nori?" Tama asked, skeptically. The others all turned to look at the exasperated wolf.

"Ok, whenever I look at Hiei, I see things," she said. Tama and Hiei raised each raised an eyebrow. Nori sighed. "No, not like that. I mean, I see him in this place. And I hear myself talking to him. And Tama, you were there, too. We were talking about leaving here, but I'm not sure what that meant..."

Yusuke and Kurama looked at each other, wide-eyed. How did she remember?

"Well, I don't know what you think you say, Noriko, but I think it would be best if we got back to Ningenkai and informed Koenma about what we found here," Kurama said quickly. Yusuke nodded.

"Yea, let's go guys," he agreed. He grabbed Kuwabara by the arm and began to drag him out of the building. Hiei hurriedly followed, Kurama right on his heels.

Nori looked back over at Tama.

"But Tama, I swear. I know what I saw. How could I remember something that never happened?" Nori whined to her best friend. Tama just sighed.

"Come on, Nori. Let's go," she whispered. Nori let her head drop, but she followed her out of the lab.

By the time they caught up to the others, Yusuke already had his communicator out, and Koenma had appeared on the screen.

"Empty, you say?" he asked, surprised. "Well, that's a bit puzzling. They must've moved..."

"Yea, ya think?" Yusuke replied sarcastically. "What do we do now?" Koenma sighed.

"Well, I suppose you should head back to the Human world. I'll inform you as soon as I get any more information," he replied, then the screen went black. A portal appeared in front of them.

"You heard the man. Back to Genkai's, it is," Yusuke said and quickly slipped through the portal.

"Hiei and I have some business to attend to back in Reikai. We'll meet you there," Kurama stated. He grabbed Hiei by his cloak and began to drag him off in the other direction, towards another portal that appeared a few meters away.

"HEY! LET GO OF ME, FOX!" Hiei tried to protest and get away, but the kitsune's grip was strong, and Hiei couldn't break free. He allowed himself to be dragged through the portal, and it closed behind them.

"Well, ladies, I guess it's just you and me! Shall we-" Kuwabara was cut off as Tama quickly jumped through to Ningenkai, avoiding the orange-haired human at all costs. "Aw come on..." Kuwabara complained as he followed.

Nori took one last look back at the lab.

"I'm not crazy," she said outloud, to no one in particular. 'I know what I saw...'

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Tama: OMG! YOU ALL MUST HATE ME SO MUCH RIGHT NOW! I MADE YOU WAIT SO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG! I'M SO SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!

Nori: Yea, how long did this take you?

Tama: ...three months...

Nori: And how long did we tell people they wouldn't have to wait?

Tama: ...three months...

Nori: And how many people really wanted to read this?

Tama: ...not a lot...

Nori: Right. But for the select few amazing people who actually did read this, we both apologize for Tama's horrible writer's block.

Tama: Yea! Don't worry tho, guys. You won't have to wait too long for the next one. Cuz Nori's writing the next chapter!

Nori: Yea...finally...

Tama: Anyways, read and review please!

Nori: No flames!