Many of the houses in the human world are warm to their inhabitants. Others are loners, of which keep their dust and rust to themselves. But there is yet another category of homes, to which no one is welcome inside. Their memories are deep, intriguing to the mind. The long, winding corridors push you further in, but then lead to nowhere. Stairs, one day there are twelve, the next, thirty-seven. And even when you think you've figured out all the mysteries of that house, new ones, more complex, show themselves. Only to watch your puzzled and frightened faces try to solve them…………
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Kurama sat in his desk chair, leaning back on two of its legs, deep in thought, or rather boredom. Today was a Sunday, usually a pleasant and colorful day, but today it was dark and gloomy. He could only help to think that this might mean something to him, a sign of evil to come. Just then he heard the familiar sound of this doorbell ring, once, then twice in a row. Arising from his seat he hurried towards the front door and answered it, only to see the face of Yusuke on the other side. Kurama always thought that Yusuke was a little on the wild side, but yet he still held a certain point of respect for him, in a way.
" Why hello Yusuke, come on in out of the rain." he welcomed. Yusuke obeyed, stepping through the doorway soaked to the bone from the rain outside. Smiling gratefully to Kurama, he sat down on one of the couches nearby.
"Kurama, " he started, " Koenma sent me to tell you that we have a new mission. He didn't say what exactly, but he said to come and bring you to his office for the details." The fox couldn't help but smile and agree, since when did he not? Reaching over and grabbing his jacket, the two of them left off for the god-ling's office, excited to find out about the new case.
Kurama had recently been thinking about the team, mostly about the members. There was Yusuke, powerful, yes, but still lacking strategy often, and not caring as much as he should about their cases. Then there was Kuwabara. He too was a strong ally, strong pride, but yet never had a plan either. And last, there was himself. He was basically the brain of the bunch. Always thinking their way out from a sticky situation. Maybe they needed another member besides the three of them, someone in between the three personalities. (a/n: they don't know Hiei yet.)
Kurama and Yusuke finally reached Koenma's office and entered through the large wooden doors. The god-ling was seated on top of his desk discussing something with their third member, not noticing the entrance.
"Hey there toddler! We're all here!" Yusuke announced, catching a glance from Koenma.
"Glad to see you Kurama!" Kuwabara shouted. Kurama just nodded in response and turned back to Koenma, asking him about the mission.
" Well you three," he started, " this mission is a little different than the usual catching a demon that's running about the streets. This particular case involves a creature, I don't know of what kind, that has been living inside a mansion in the human world. Most of the humans who have entered the building have vanished and never returned. The few ones who do exit are traumatized from what they witnessed. Your job is to find this creature and bring him over to Spirit World, specifically to me, alive."
All of the listeners were thinking over what they had just heard until Kuwabara decided to speak up.
"So, when do we leave for this spooked up house?"
"Well, you will be leaving tomorrow, it's not far from where you live, just in the next town so you should be able to take the bus there in the morning at eight o'clock sharp." Koenma replied strictly. With a quick agreement and farewell wave, the three set off, back to their homes in wait for the next morning, both afraid and excited for the new mission's start.
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the next morning…
Yusuke awoke the next morning, laying on his side on the bed. Slowly, he looked at the red numbers of his clock and realized that it was 7:27am. He sat up in bed and got changed into his yellow t-shirt and blue pants that he had worn during the Dark Tournament. Rushing down to the kitchen he zapped a pop-tart in the microwave and was off towards the bus stop that he was to meet the other two at. Checking his watch he saw it was 7:54am, and ran to meet the others just in time.
"Hey Urameshi, what took you so long?" Kuwabara asked lightly, waving at his arrival. Just as he said those words, the bus arrived, opening its doors to them, as they boarded. They all took a seat near the middle of the bus, and rode in silence and thought. After about two hours of stopping and driving, the bus driver finally called their stop, and they got off. They were about a block from their true destination and set off quickly to it. It took around fifteen minutes to arrive at the mansion and when they did, they were in awe of its sheer size. Built with beautiful red brick, the house stood tall among many buildings. It seemed to fit a queen with all of the well carved details that surrounded the windows doors and tower that stood proudly above it. Slowly, the trio stepped further towards the mansion, taking in every sight, from the fountain that stood in the middle of the front, plants overgrown everywhere, to the dusty looking windows along its walls. They soon found themselves opening the front door, and walking into the front entrance. The hall was held up by four thick poles, behind them were the stairs that lead to the higher levels. On either side was a doorway leading to a room.
" It feels, freezing." Kuwabara noted to the others.
" We are not welcome here…" Kurama stated, gazing up the stairway, to the mysteries above them that were waiting.
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m-d: Man! I think that was a fairly good chapter.
Hiei: to you it was.
m-d: that's what I just said!-.-' PLEASE review! I need to know either to continue or not!