Nakoruru: Okay. . .um. . .I'm not posting an author's note or anything, it's just that I've actually ran out of topic subjects right now. So I'm going to let Shiro and Shinya take over things for a bit.

Shiro: Hello everyone. As you can tell, this story is about to take a deeper tone than before. Lots more drama and action is on the way.

Shinya (looking around): I thought that Ryo and Blazer would be around. And where's Rinka? I thought she was helping you with this one, Nakure?

Nakoruru: This is a solo project. My muse decided to ditch me for a few chapters to have some him time, so I'm alone. And who knows where Ryo went. (sighs) Oh well.

Shiro (shrugs): Well, I guess we should hit the reviewers then. And not literally Nakure, you have a habit of that.

Nakoruru (^_^): I said I was sorry about last time.

SL23- Yeah I think many people was like that when they found out about Kage and Kaze's identities. But the next battle will definitely be awesome when comes the time for it to take place.

Kay-san1- I'm glad you like all of my pairings and that you aren't confused anymore. I try to do my best with this stuff. The story only gets better from here on out.

Mary- Hello, welcome to my fic. ^ ^ To answer your question, yes Kage (or rather Shiro) is Hiei and Serena's son. Their youngest child to be exact.

Bunnychu- Actually, the violet eyed figure is a completely new character that I concocted for the purpose of this story. I'm working out all the details. And I'm patiently waiting to find out what happens next in Time Chaos.

Nakoruru: Okay, now let's get on to the story. It's a bit shaky cause I had no clue what to do about this chapter but I tried to work it out as best I can. So hope you all like.

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Serena's eyes fluttered open as she felt herself being put down somewhere. "What?" Serena's eyes opened all the way, at first seeing only fuzzy shapes. When her eyes finally came into focus, she looked up to see Yusuke smiling down at her. "Yu-suke?"

"Hey welcome back to the world of the conscious. How you feeling?" Yusuke asked as he finished sitting her down on her bed and moving back.

Serena slowly set up, moving her hair out of her face as she stared at the male with slick back black hair. Looking around, she noticed that she was back in her palace bedroom. Yusuke must have carried her from the Makai back through the dimensional portal. "Yusuke, where's Hiei!" Serena was about to get up off the bed, when Yusuke motioned for her to stay still. "But Yusuke-"

"Hey, don't worry, he's fine. He's with Rini and Ryo, don't worry," Yusuke said.

"What about Alshra?" Serena said.

"All that was left was dust. That kid really had-"

"It wasn't Kage's attack that did that. The power that Kage gave me. . .it was amazing. I never felt anything like that before. It was like the power of not just me, but. . .I don't know how to describe it, but it was like both mine and his power was flowing through me. It felt so natural," Serena said. "But it too so much out of me."

Yusuke sat in a chair near Serena's bed. "Serena, I don't know if I should tell you this or not. But-"

Serena looked over at Yusuke, seeing the concentrated look he had. Something wasn't right. "Yusuke, what's wrong?"

"Well, Kage isn't alone," Yusuke said. He knows he was supposed to keep Kaze's identity a secret, but he wasn't so sure about it now. There was something about to happen that he felt Serena should know about. "There's another boy from the future with Kage. The other boy's name is Kaze."

"Kaze?" Serena blinked for a moment. "So-what does that have to do with things?"

"Well, for starters, I figured out that Kaze is Lita and Jin's son in the future. If you see him, you'd understand what I'm talking about. But that's not the important thing here. The two are on some sort of mission. I got the feeling that whatever kind of mission they are on, that we are in the middle of it. We're going to see them again sooner or later. I just wanted you to know. Be careful."

"All right."

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Koenma was surprised when three young people walked into his office unannounced. "Who the heck are you?" One of the individuals walked up to Koenma's desk and placed his hands down on the desk and looked down at Koenma with steady eyes.

"Koenma, I have the nerve to-" The male with black hair started before a male with brownish-red hair stopped him.

"Take it easy Shiro. He had nothing to do with this remember. When we get back, fuss with him then," said the dark haired male with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah."

"Excuse me, but who are you and why are you barging into my office like that! I want some answers and quick!" Koenma said.

"By all due respect Koenma sir, you must forgive Shiro's haste temper. I think we should introduce ourselves first. My name is Shinya and, I come from the future. My partner here is Shiro. And the young lady accompanying us is Sana. We came from the future on an important mission to apprehend a very dangerous youkai by the name of Kiro. We have reason to believe he came back during this time and is out to change the future of our worlds," Shinya said.

"You come from the future?" Koenma said.

"That's right," Shiro said. "We need you and Botan's full cooperation for this mission to go successful. Pluto already knows our mission and knows how important to the future it is that we succeed."

"And for that to happen we were told to tell you all the details that have taken place up until this point. Our time is 17 years from now. Seven years from now, Yusuke will step down from his job as spirit detective for the new generation. Seven individuals make up the next generation of Spirit Detectives, and will be split up into pairs or small groups depending on the requirements of the missions. Six years from that, those seven step down and hand things over to the next generation, which we are a part of," Shinya said.

"You, Koenma sir, pass out the missions to each of us," Sana said in a chipper voice. "And luckily for me, I'm usually paired up with my two favorite individuals." Before Koenma could blink, Sana had clamped herself to Shiro's arm, snuggling it. "I'm always paired with Shinya and my Shi- chan!"

Koenma watched Shiro reach for his sword. "If you don't get off of me you demented mutt! I'm going to slice you into pieces!"

"Now, now, Shiro, we need her," Shinya said with a slight smile. He watched Shiro shake the half-youko girl off his arm with a frown. "As you see, Koenma sir, our little group has its occasional problems, but nothing that can't be solved."

"Um, right," Koenma said. "So you are Spirit Detectives in the future. Interesting. By chance how did you find out about Yusuke?"

"Well, the girl who will take his place as head of the next generation of Spirit Detectives is after all no other than Emi Urameshi, Yusuke's own daughter. Backing her up in that department is Rini Tsukino," Shinya said. "And the third member that leads off in the campaign is Ryo Tsukino." Shinya watched Koenma's mouth fall open at the information that he was receiving. He knew that Emi was growing up to be as powerful as her father, but he didn't realize that she would take up his role when she was old enough. And the idea that Serena's daughter and son were helping made it even more interesting.

"Actually who are the other members that make up the second generation of Spirit Detectives?" Koenma questioned.

"Kazuya Urameshi, Yuhi Mizuno, Mieko Minamino, and Yukito Kuwabara," Shiro stated. "The third generation consists of myself, Shinya, Aya Mizuno, Yukari Kuwabara, Takuya Kino, Hitomi Kuwabara, and Tora Aino."

"Shi-chan! You forgot me!" Sana pouted at him. He gave her a cool look before turning his eyes away from her.

"So." Was all he said to her statement.

"Allow me to properly introduce ourselves," Shinya said before mayhem broke. "My name is Shinya Kino. My partners Sana Minamino, and Shiro Tsukino."

"I think that explains his attitude. He's like his father use to be with Kuwabara," Koenma said. "I would have thought that would carry over rather than shift focus. And to think that Kurama and Hiei got along better than anyone else."

"Well, I think I should finish telling you what happened before there's bloodshed," Shinya laughed. "Well, most was well, except for a few cases in the Makai with things needing to be fixed. A few incidents carried over between our dimensions, but not much. Serena, as you call her, rise to the status of Neo Queen Serenity about eight years from now. There will be a demon, the same one we are pursuing that will try to destroy the peace that we are creating. She defeats him, but 16 years from now; he comes back when she reaches Millennia status."

"Millennia status?" Koenma rose a brow.

"It's the status above her Neo Queen rank. Because of the new crystal that was created during the battle with Hiten, she's able to surpass the status of Neo Queen Serenity and become Millennia Queen Serenity. Creating, with the help of the future King of Crystal Millennia Tokyo, the Millennia Heart Crystal. A crystal that was stolen a year ago by the same youkai we are hunting. If we don't get the crystal back within another year everything will come undone," Sana said sadly.

"Everyone has been fighting extremely hard to fight off the youkai attacks that are starting to spread throughout the world. The crystal was able to create a stable barrier to stave off the attacks of darkness. But the barrier has almost completely diminished," Shiro said bitterly.

"Why hasn't Serena done something to stop this from happening?" Botan said, coming in the room having overheard all of the conversation. "Pardon my intrusion of the matter, but I have to know."

"It's okay Botan, we are going to need your help to finish this mission also. And not just Koenma's," Shinya said. "To your question, Millennia Queen Serenity. . ." Shinya looked over at Shiro to see the male's eyes dark with anger and self loath. "When. . .when the crystal was stole, both she and Hiei were trapped inside crystal and put into a slumber until the crystal can be returned. That crystal is their lifeline of sorts. They created it together so pieces of their souls are locked away in it. If we can't get the crystal back, neither the queen or king shall ever wake up."

"And the only way peace can be assured once again is if Rini finds someone with enough power and unrelenting love for her to help her create another crystal that will support the foundation of both dimensions," Sana replied.

"And since she hasn't found a single person who is compatible with her, we are screwed. So the only hope we have is that we find Kiro and bring the Millennia Heart Crystal back to the future and waking up my parents," Shiro said.

"But why would he come to this time? Why not the time before Serena and Hiei met or an earlier time?" Botan questioned. "It doesn't make sense."

"It does. The power of the crystal allows it. Amy calculated that the crystal allows limited time travel. Since the crystal won't allow such a long period of time, she estimated 20 years of travel was possible. We think he traveled back in time and woke Alshra from some sort of slumber that she was put under by Mukuro. He was going to use her to destroy the queen so she would not reach her proper ranking," Shinya remarked. "We had to come back immediately in order to stop that from happening."

"We're not sure if he knows that we followed him back in time, but I'm sure that it won't be long before he figures it out. Kiro is a very powerful youkai, especially now that he has the crystal," Shiro said. Botan and Koenma noticed that the young man's eyes remained dark as he spoke, as if he was wholly responsible for the events that have taken place in his time. "That's why we need both of your help."

"What can we do?" Koenma wondered.

"Well, for starters, you have to keep a close eye on my mother and father. But you can not allow them to know what we have told you. Nor can you tell Yusuke and the others. We don't want them to know the future before it happens. Only Pluto should see things and know that. Besides you of course." Shiro folded his arms over his chest, staring down at Koenma.

"But it doesn't make sense to tell us," Koenma stated.

"Pluto told us to tell you. She said that once we go into the past, to confront you about the subject and get your help to conceal your identities for the time being. Kurama is a danger to our mission if he discovers our true scents. So we need you to mask it as much as you can," Shinya replied. "Yusuke has already discovered my identity, so-"

"You let him know who you are?!?" exclaimed Shiro. "You baka wind youkai! You're an impossible showoff, I shouldn't be surprised." With a sigh, Shiro ran a hand through his dark hair. "Well, I should have seen that coming. We're just going to have to stay clear of them a lot more than I had hoped to do."

"If you realized, I think my appearance gave me away. Maybe if my ears didn't shoot out like they did, I wouldn't have been so noticeable, eh?" Shinya voiced.

"I think I can do something about that," Koenma commented.

"Thank you Koenma sir," Shiro said, turning towards the door.

"Where are you going now?" Botan questioned.

"We have to report in to Pluto also at the Gates of Time. We told her that once we met with you, we would come back so she can give us some orders about how we'll go about this," Shiro stated. "Shinya, Sana, we're leaving." Shiro was about to leave when he remembered something. "Oh, and Koenma."

"Yes?"

"If by chance we do come face to face with the others before things are cleared up and we apprehend Kiro, we are going to need you to use our code names. Everyone that plans on coming from the future to an earlier time has one. My code name is Kage, Shinya's Kaze, and Sana's Tsuta."

"And how did you come up with these?" Koenma rose a brow.

"From each one of our attributes or characteristics," was all Shiro said before he practically disappeared into thin air.

"Shiro certainly has a way with exits. Come on Sana, let's follow our fearless leader," chuckled Shinya. The two walked out of Koenma's office after the young man. "See you later Koenma." And with that, the two left also. Once they were gone, Koenma turned to Botan with a concentrated look.

"I want you to keep watch over Serena and the others. Don't let Yusuke know what you're doing, I don't want to alarm him just yet."

"Yes sir, I'm on it right away." Botan left the office also while Koenma sat in his chair sucking on his pacifier. He wanted to find as much information about this Kiro person in case he needed to dispatch Yusuke to this case.

"Ogre! Get in here! I want you to find out everything you can on a youkai by the name of Kiro immediately!" Koenma yelled into his intercom. "And don't spare on the details, I want to know everything about him."

"Yes, Koenma sir," Ogre said from the other in of the intercom. With that done, Koenma went back to his other paperwork. Hopefully things would turn out for the best and the future world would be back in balance.

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Nakoruru: Okay, there you go. Another wonderful chapter brought to you by me! So you learn about Shiro, Sana, and Shinya! Yeah! No action, but it was great insight, right?

Shiro: Except you put me in another partnership with that bi-

Nakoruru (covering his mouth): Shiro! ^ ^;; Let's keep that sort of language off our tongues. We need to keep things clean. Okay everyone, it's time to R & R. The next chapter will be out Thursday!

Shinya: The next chapter will contain romance, drama, some action, and comedy, so be there to see more Shiro and Sana's love interaction!

Shiro (trying to get at Shinya): You damn sick wind youkai! When I get my hands on you, I'm going to show you interaction!

Nakoruru (restraining him): Um. . .we have to go now! ^ ^;; See everyone Thursday! At least I hope Shiro doesn't kill Shinya before then. Bye!