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Chapter Two

Eight people sat around a wooden oak table. There were cups of what looked like grape juice and a plate of home-made chocolate chip cookies.

"Koenma sent me to tell you that Faith here will be joining your 'team'. Since Genkai isn't going to be on it anymore, he wanted a fifth person and Faith was the best suited for the job," Botan said explaining why she and the red-head were there.

"Botan - the only way she could have known about you and the spirit world would have been through one of us! And I am sure no one here has seen her before!" Kuwabara told her, though they all failed to see that Faith's hands were clenched around her cup and that she was grinding her teeth together.

"Actually there is one other way....It is the was Yusuke first met me..." Botan replied.

"You mean she died and came back to life?" Keiko asked, though they wer all very much confused about it. Botan nodded her head but said nothing. They all stared at each other, letting what Botan said sink in. If anyone looked at Faith, she glared at them.

"Umm... but if she got a second chance to like, don't you think she would want to live with her friends and family?" Shizuru inquired. Faith had had enough! 'They are talking about me like I'am not even there and they are assuming things that in reality are totally wrong!' she thought to herself. Faith glanced to her right and caught Kurama looking at her and when she looked at him, he quickly turned his attention back to Botan and Shizuru. Faith jupmed up and slammed her cup down onto the table causing all of them to look at her.

"If I wanted to be back where I came from...I would have been there by now!!!" she screamed causing all but Botan, Kurama, and Hiei to frown.

"The thing is...no one gives a darn whether I was alive or dead - Nobody cared!" she added as her hand closed around something hanging from a chain around her neck. She ran to the front door and opened it, and before leaving she turned around and said, "If you need me, I'll be at my apartment, Botan knows where it it!" Then she slammed the door behind her and she was gone. Botan shook her head grimly as they all sat in silence."I should have warned you about that," Botan said after a few moments.

"What happened then? I mean, how did she get back to life if no one there cares for her?" Keiko asked remembering what she had had to do to bring Yusuke back.

"There was one person who loved her. Her brother, he is three years older then she. He really cared for her but two days after she was brought back, he died in a car accident, so she didn't have anyone to turn to or anywhere to go. She was going to kill herself when Koenma ordered her to be part of the 'team'," Botan explained, 'She might tell you more, but give her time, and don't let her know that you know. So are you four ok with her joining?" Botan added.

"Well we haven't seen her fight yet..but she looks like she can throw a few good punches," Yusuke said, the others nodded their heads in agreement.

"That and I also felt her spirit energy increase greatly when she lost her temper just then...with training that spirit energy can be used as a weapon, just like Yusuke and Kuwabara," Kurama added to Yusuke's statement.

"Well I best be off, Koenma wanted me to be back as soon as possible," Botan said and stood up.

"Wait! Botan, we need her address and you also said you were here to explain a few missions - what about them?" Yusuke said when Botan was just about to leave. "Her address in on the napkin on the table, and she will be going to your school also. As for the missions...its not going to happen for another couple months...so you need not know yet," and with that said, Botan sat on her paddle and flew off.

Shizuru picked up the napkin and read her address then passed it around for the others to read. It was only two blocks away from their high school, convinietly located for someone who goes there.

"Hey Kurama, don't you live there?" Hiei asked the red-head. Kurama took the napkin from Hiei and read it. He nodded his head a little in surprise.

"It still would have helped to know what the mission was," Kuwabara complained.

"It isn't like you would be much of a help even if you did know," Hiei retoted, his normal smug attitude was still there."What did you say shrimp?!" Kuwabara said and jumped up on his feet.

"Hn," Hiei remarked with a smirk on his face. Shaking his head, Kurama stood up and turned to face the others.

"We do have school in the morning, so I think I shall head home. If any of us has Faith in any of our classes, we really should make her feel as welcome as possible," Kurama stated. He walked towards the do as the the others stood up nodding their heads; all followed Kurama to the door except Kuwabara and Shizuru.

"So I guess we will see each other tomorrow then," Keiko said.

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Kurama walked down a sidewalk, the wind blowing through his long, firey, red hair. A few people waved to him and gave their regards to his mother as he passed by. He sighed... he hadn't expected this... and there was something about the girl that confused him. 'She seems tough and her spirit energy was very high, but Botan and she never even said how she fights. We don't know if she uses a spirit gun like Yusuke or even a katana like Hiei. And I wonder about her past. I'll ask her later...second floor; she must have rented the empty one bedroom.' he thought to himself. 'It could explain the high energy.' He came to the apartment complex in which he and his mother lived, and walked up the steps into the building. He walked over to the elevator and pressed the 'up' button. After stepping inside, he pressed the button labled '5th' for the 5th floor and thought once again about how Faith's past would help them all understand her position now. The elevator stopped and the doors moved open. Kurama stepped out and walked to the right end hallway door. He unlocked the door and stepped inside.

"Where were you Suuichi?" his mother asked using his human name as she walked into the living room from the kitchen.

"I was over at Kuwabara's with Yusuke, Keiko, and Shizuru," Kurama replied which wasn't truly false.

"Get ready to eat then, and please call me next time, I was worried," his mother said.

"Okay mother. Oh and I need to run out after dinner, it's something for school," Kurama replied. 'Well lets just hope one of us has a few classes with her at school,' he thought and headed towards the kitchen after his mother.

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Faith walked into her apartment building, a frown etched on her face. 'Who are those people to talk about me and what I want without even asking me? They just assumed that I would want to live with family, they just assumed everything!' she thought bitterly. She took the elevator to the 2nd floor and she walked to her apartment. Luckily he brother had left some of his money and possetions to her when he passed away, so she was able to pay the rent. ' But how much longer will it last? I suppose I'll have to get a hob...but if I have to be a spirit detective, I wonder if I will have the time to do both,' she though as she opened her apartment door.

"Stupid Koenma!" she said and slamed her door behind her. She threw her jacket on the floor and stuck the key back in her pocket. Faith walked into the small kitchen and stuck a TV dinner in the microwave. When it finished cooking, she took it out and sat down on the floor, her back resting against the wall. The tray rested on her knees, which were propped up in front of her.

"What I gather so far is that most of them are jerks. That Yusuke just assumes things, but he seems very stronf and from the stories Botan told me when she was lugging me back and forth between the spirit world...he is.

Kuwabara seems like the stupid one. He's like Yusuke, he assumes things...though he will have to be strong and at least a little smarter then he look to have lasted this long.

The girls...Shizuru and Keiko seem a little...snobby...?

Hiei just scowls all the time. He probably hates me already...they all probably do. I should have kept my temper in check back there.

And then there is that red-head Kurama. He didn't talk at all...he just stared. I wonder what he is really like," Faith said trying to put everything together. She decided that she wasn't going to eat anymore and threw the rest in the trash. She walkd into the other room and changed into an over-sized white t-shirt and black baggy pajama pants that had been her brothers. Coming out and sitting on the floor, she opened a book and began to read. She was about to turn the page when she heard a knock on the door. 'Who is the world could this be? I don't know anyone!'

Groaning, she got up and slowly walked to the door. She turned the knowb and opened it; Kurama was standing with his back to the door, his hands in his pocket