"That blabber mouth of yours Jinta is going to result in your death one day." I warned the Mingen who walked around me without a care. Waking up early this morning, I decided to head out to the stadium to watch the next matches, unfortunately Jinta followed.

"Aw, mistress shouldn't say stuff like that." Jinta whined, his little grey lip pouting as he his eyes started to water. Rolling my eyes in annoyance yet slight amusement, I turned my attention to watch the red haired fighter on the Dr. Ichigaki's team decapitate his fighter.

'The minotaur doesn't look happy.' Kuro commented as the gigantic snarling demon stepped onto the stadium ring. His large weight causing cracks to form underneath his feet as he demanded to fight even though his team has already loss.

'He's an egotistical idiot.' I replied, sighing underneath my breath in boredom as I slouched across the railing. Though I felt lazy, my eyes moved quickly as I watched the orange and red haired men cut his limbs off before the one with black hair that was in a plait chop his head off too.

"Mistress? Did you notice the energy of that attack? It was human." Jinta observed, I tilted my head in recognition to his words as I studied the humans on Ichigaki's team.

"Yes, it was." I mumbled, my icy blue eyes narrowing.

'You going to fight tomorrow?' Kuro asked me curiously. 'No, they don't need me too. Not yet anyway.' I replied, sighing out loud as turned to Jinta.

"Jinta, return to the room and quiet down. I would like to be alone for a while." I informed the Mingen, not even waiting to for a reply as I walked into the woods of the island.

Walking calmly, I waited until I was deep in the woods, before stopping. Spreading out my senses, I made sure no one was around before I pulled out the necklace charm from underneath my purple shirt.

Taking a seat on the ground, I rubbed my thumb over the red diamond, the jewel winking at me over the metal plate it sat on. 'I can see you~' Kuro whispered, a small smile tugging at my lips as purple eyes appeared in my vision.

'Kuro? Is it possible… I mean, do you think the clue could be here?' I asked quietly. Violet eyes blinked up at me in confusion before realisation sinked in.

'It's possible. There might be a chance one demon has it. The clue to our past.' Kuro replied, his violet eyes hiding slightly behind skin coloured lids.

"But who?" I whispered out loud, tucking the necklace back underneath my shirt.

'I don't know.'

NEXT DAY

I threw a pebble at Yusuke's head causing a bump to grow at the side of his head, Kuwabara laughing at the teen. "Ow! Where the hell did you get that from?!" Yusuke shouted at me as I entered the main room to where he and Kuwabara sat eating breakfast. The masked fighter stood silently as they looked out the window.

"Outside obviously." I drawled as I took a seat opposite of Kuwabara, a cup of hot chocolate in my hands. "But why did you throw it at me?" He asked, rubbing his head.

"Simple, I was bored." I answered, taking a sip of my drink while I ignored his spluttering. The bell tied in my hair chimed gently, filling the room with its quiet sounds. "That and think of it as payback for the comment. While I may look like a human do not forget that I am demon and don't think you can ever understand our kind fully." I informed him, hiding my sad smile behind my cup as I took another drink. Lucky for me Jinta was asleep and not listening at the moment.

"Yeah, yeah." He said carelessly, waving his hand as he took a drink from his own cup. I looked away from Yusuke and turned to Kuwabara. "Are you going to be alright for this upcoming match or will you fussing about this dream stop you?" I asked the teenager who scowled at me.

"I'll be fine. It just spook me was all." Kuwabara replied, gaining a nod from me.

"Then let's go kick some ass." Yusuke told us, getting a nod from Kuwabara, as the punk stood up.

As we walked through the hallways of the arena to the stone stadium, we were stopped by a teenager. What made my mood sour was when I realised why he looked so familiar. It was junior, Koenma.

"Looks like we have a fan." Yusuke presumed, hands in pockets as he tried to look cool.

"I'd say I'm a little more than that Yusuke." Koenma replied, his pacifier moving as he talked. 'Oh great, toddlers here.' Kuro grumbled, causing me to chuckle underneath my breath.

"Wait a minute. Junior on the forehead and a squeally voice. Your Koenma's older brother!" Yusuke exclaimed, pointing a finger at the boy while taking a step back. 'Lord help us all if that was true.' I thought, shaking my head.

"As far as I'm aware Koenma doesn't have any brothers and I should know, I'm him." Koenma said quickly, annoyance lacing his voice as he looked down at Yusuke due to him being slightly taller. "As a cool teenager!" He finished, his normal toddler voice showing as he grinned widely.

'And to think he was all grown up.' Kuro mocked to which I rolled my eyes.

"Yo, Kuwabara. Thanks for helping out Yusuke all the time, it's nice." Koenma said to Kuwabara, putting on a 'cool guy' act. Kuwabara soaked up the praise while Yusuke gave him a look.

"Thanks for helping him out too Shizuka. It's great to know you did this without asking for anything in return." Koenma said to me, making my eyes look into his.

"Hm, I returned the favour you asked of me. Nothing more." I replied cooly, waving his thanks off. 'Liar~' 'Shut up Kuro.'

"So sucker mouth. What are you doing here?" Yusuke questioned curiously, dragging Koenma's attention back to him.

"Well; one, I'm your spirit detective boss. Two, I am the owner of your team and three, I have a way to help." Koenma explained, his pacifier joggling up and down as he talked. "Yusuke Urameshi, your spirit egg is about to hatch."

"Excuse me?" Yusuke questioned in confusion.

'Why the hell does he have an egg?' Kuro asked in confusion. 'Beats me.' I replied.

"Your golden egg you moron! The egg of the spirit beast I gave you for your life ordeal, remember!" Koenma shouted in frustration.

"I have no clue." Yusuke answered, slamming his fist into his hand as he smiled at the angry teenage spirit god.

"Brief recap. I gave you an egg that would hatch a spirit beast that would probably bite off your head." Koenma explained angrily before calming down. "But wisely you gave away your chance of revival, hatching the beast prematurely, thus saving Keiko from the fire. This sacrifice was the true answer to the ordeal and boom! You're back to life. But the egg stayed with me, so you never actually hatched, only it's spirit energy was unleashed."

"Ever since you became spirit detective the egg, unbeknownst to you, has been feeding on your souls merritt and now, after nearly a year, will hatch." Koenma explained to the confused teen.

"Hey, that's pretty slick. Taking care of my egg like that. You could have scrambled it and I would have never known." Yusuke told Koenma, smiling like a goof as he crossed his arms. "How insightful." Koenma drawled.

'I don't think he realises how important this is.' I thought, Kuro chuckling in my head.

"But it's not hatched yet. You still have to depend on the skills Genkai taught you for now." Koenma informed the teen. "Hopefully, the spirit wave technique will be enough for this fight." Koenma continued, looking at the mask fighter as he said this.

What Yusuke said next however didn't reassure Koenma or me. "Right. Spirit wave. Never actually perfected that one. We were busy." Yusuke said.

My hand connected with my forehead, "Idiot" passing out of my lips as Koenma squeaked in surprise.

"Thanks for the info though. That egg thing sounds pretty cool." Yusuke continued, leading the way as the masked fighter, Kuwabara and I followed.

"You died?" I asked Yusuke curiously, raising an eyebrow at the teen.

Yeah, I pushed the kid out of the way of an oncoming car. Turns out he would have survived either way and that my heroic sacrifice lead to me being a tool for spirit world." Yusuke explained. I nodded my head in acceptance to his answer.

"How did you get involved with spirit world?" Yusuke asked, making me turn my head to look at him.

"Spirit world needed to keep an eye on me so I had to work for them for a few years." I replied.

"F*** this shit"

"Welcome to life detective."

Demons around us shouted in excitement for the six person battle royal. It was the three humans on Doctor Ichigaki's team versus the humans on our team and right now, it doesn't look good for us.

"Stop fooling around and fight you idiots!" I shouted, leaning forward slightly as I watched the fight. 'What the hell is wrong with them? Can't they see the attacks?' I asked mentally, frowning slightly. 'It doesn't help that Yusuke can't access his spirit energy either.'

'I can understand why Kuwabara is reluctant to fight.' Kuro commented resulting in me to pause in my train of thoughts, closing my eyes as I pursed my lips. 'They did this to save their master. A man they saw as their father.'

'It's a weakness.' I spat in return, opening my eyes as I watched the three controlled humans chase after Kuwabara and Yusuke, the orange haired boy sending his golden rings at the group, this being the only attack the two can see, before being followed by the attacks of the other two, these being which only the masked fighter can see. 'They should have let the man pass on peacefully.'

'Shizuka! Just because Master Tadao didn't-' 'Shut up. Don't even go there Kuro.' I hissed, pushing his thoughts away as I payed attention once more to the fight.

"Fight back you idiots! Stop feeling sorry for them! They are the enemy right now!" I shouted, transferring my anger at Kuro to the others.

"Shut the hell up Shizuka!" Yusuke responded, causing me to growl in anger. Yusuke did a handstand to avoid an attack, only leaving him wide open to another grizzly claw. If it wasn't or the masked fighter taking the attack and kicking Yusuke out of the way, the punk boy would be dead most likely.

Moving quickly, I ran over to the masked fighter as Koto moved also to start the countdown for them. "Are you alright?" I asked, giving the fighter room as they peeled them self off the stadium wall. 'She's beautiful.' I thought in awe as the damage from the attack tore the mask they wore, revealing a young woman underneath.

Carmel brown eyes looked up at me, pink locks bouncing as they nodded. Without saying anything the masked fighter leapt back into the fight, Koto stopping her countdown as she ran back to the arena.

Suddenly, one of Doctor Ichigaki's demon henchmen, a lizard of some sort, fell from the sky, skidding of the arena stage and almost crashing into Koto. 'Time to move.' I thought, leaping over to stand next to Boton as something large crashed where I just stood a moment ago.

"Hey guys! You're late." Yusuke commented, the two demons starring apathetically at the rest of us, standing tall on the robot that crashed on the stadium's inner wall.

"It seems like the other members of the Urameshi team have arrived also. Hiei, Kurama, can you tell us where you've been?" Koto asked curiously, her tail twitching as she did.

"Sorry, a thirty foot killing machine wanted a word with us." Hiei said, red eyes burning slightly in anger.

"M5 told us other three are still alive. The verucchi on the human fighters backs are the source of Doctor Ichigaki's mind control." Kurama continued, anger leaking through his voice as he spoke, evergreen flashing in response to the emotion as he bowed his head. "And in their present state it would be fatal to remove them. The three are completely innocent. They didn't know the implant would control them, they were told it was blood research." The redhead continued as the three humans stood up off the ground.

'They still need to be stopped however.' I thought, though Kuwabara still stayed strong in his faith that they needed to save the three fighters.

"And that's not the extent of it I'm afraid." Kurama said, snapping me from my thoughts. "It seems the doctor caused their masters illness in the first place."

I fumed in silent anger, my hands bunching into fists as Doctor Ichigaki's laugh echoed through the stadium. This… This disregard for life. The evil bastard only joined this tournament to gain Yusuke's body.

"You, my little puppet, is all that I need. Once I have control of you, I will be able to destroy everyone who stood against me. Nothing will stop me."

'He's just like him. He's just like Tadao.' I thought, bowing my head as I opened my eyes. I stayed still, watching as Yusuke tried to attack the doctor, only for them to be hit back into the team. Hiei and Kurama tried to run into the ring but were stopped by Koto who told them they could not enter the ring.

I moved quietly as everyone was distracted by the fight, Kuwabara standing still as he accepted the attacks sent at him by the three controlled humans. Kuwabara was knocked out of the ring due to a three-on-one attack, the masked fighter and Boton going to check up on him.

I paused on my movements as I saw the fighters crying, tears of blood dripping down their faces. "Kill us." They pleaded, wanting to stop fighting but not able. This riled Yusuke up, his spirit energy soaring high as he attacked the three. He was doing much easier than before, it seems that he was able to see the attacks now.

Moving once more, I now stood behind Ichigaki as had turned away to do some calculations on his device.

"52.725%!" He exclaimed in surprise, not noticing that I was standing there.

"You shouldn't be trusting calculations to see if the fight is in your favor Ichigaki." I said quietly as Kurama and Hiei stood behind me. Ichigaki turned his head slowly to face us, his already grey skin paling at the glare I sent his way.

"While power is always important in a fight. A person's heart is always what contributes in the end. This is something your control can not " I informed the doctor, causing a growl to escape past his lips.

"Buzz off!" Ichigaki ordered though I stayed still. "I must have pressed a wrong number or something. Come on you lab rats! Kill him!" The doctor shouted, the three controlled humans listening to his commands.

Yusuke went to shoot his spirit gun but was forced to stop as the masked fighter ran back onto the field, her mask wrapped back around her face as she stopped Yusuke's attack. 'She's planning something.' I thought, crossing my arms as Kurama and Hiei returned back to Kuwabara and Boton while I just moved away from the doctor.

Performing a hand sign, the masked fighter started to chant something under breath, resulting in a massive tornado made from spirit energy to form. Ichigaki shouted at his team to attack, his team forming their attacks as they went to attack the masked fighter.

Releasing the tornado, the masked fighter formed a blue dome to spread out from where she now crouched, the attack stopping the three controlled humans and forcing Yusuke to back away.

'So much energy.' I thought, watching as the verucchi exploded from each of the fighters back after the masked woman stabbed each one in the heart. The fighters spirit energy disappeared as they fell to the ground, the dome no longer holding them up.

Koto began her count down, nothing stopping her as she announced our team the winners.

"Strike." I murmured, watching the mutated doctor fly through the air and into the stadium. Turning, I watched sadly as I saw the three students cried as they reunited with their master.

'Is that what it's like?' I asked quietly, my right hand holding my left arm's elbow tightly. 'Guess we may never know.' Kuro mumbled, his voice entering my mind once more.

'It seems so Kuro.' I responded, my eyes watching as the four left the arena to head home. 'But then if we did, I guess we wouldn't have ever met these foolish idiots.' I continued, watching my own injured team mates.

My….

Friends.