Second Generation Spirit Detective

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Chapter 5:

The young Spirit Detective team made their way down 4th Avenue. They were going to find Kyoko's grandmother. Ryo silently recalled their conversation back in the apartment about ten minutes earlier.

"Let's go see Grams, maybe she can help us," Kyoko suggested. The others were a bit skeptical. There was a long silence.

"But what if she's drunk?" Ai asked finally in exasperation, voicing the opinion all the others had. Kyoko had just shrugged.

"I guess that's just a chance we'll have to take. Besides, we have to tell her at least, I mean, her son and daughter-in-law have just been kidnapped, don't you think she ought to at least know?" At that point the others decided it was best to agree. A, Kyoko's so stubborn she'll drag them there whether they like the idea or not. B, they might as well trust Kyoko, she was one of their best friends. C, what other choice did they have?

So now they were walking down an empty street in the dead of night, trying to find a woman who was probably up to her ears in alcohol right now. Ryo shook her head and laughed a little. Behind her Ai and Yo were redoing their earlier gamble by betting on whether or not Atsuko was drunk.

Finally they arrived at her apartment building. They climbed stairs until they reached her floor. Panting, they opened the door and clamored out into the hallway. Beside them they heard the small ding! of an elevator and Ai and Yo walked over to stand beside them.

"Hi, guys, why're you outta breath?" Yo asked surveying his friends. Kyoko, Kitako, and Ryo looked at him and growled.

"You took the elevator? You lazy bum!" Kitako snapped.

"Heh, heh, heh, oops?" Yo laughed weakly as the girls advanced on him. "Ouch! Ai, help me!" Ai shook her head and watched Kitako beat up her brother. "Hey!" Yo said to his sister after Kitako finally rejoined Kyoko. "How come I got beat up when you took the elevator too?"

"Tough luck, little bro," she said smiling.

"Two minutes! I'm your little brother by two minutes!"

"Grams!" Kyoko yelled, hammering on the door of Atsuko's apartment. "GRAMS!" When Atsuko didn't answer Kyoko turned the knob and found the door unlocked. She led the way inside and sighed when she saw Atsuko sitting on her couch drinking something from a bottle. Her eyes were crossed and she was red in the face. She saw Kyoko and stood up.

"Hello, Kyoko, what brings you up here down yonder?" she asked, swaying dangerously. Kyoko rushed over to support her. She felt all the I-told-you- so glares she was getting from her friends behind her. She put Atsuko gently on the couch and turned around. She shrugged apologetically and motioned for them to gather around Atsuko. They followed her lead and sat down at her feet.

"Well, Grams, actually, we kind of came here because we thought you might be able to help us," she said sadly. Atsuko nodded, apparently not noticing Kyoko's tone.

"And help I will! What am I helping with?"

"Our parents, Koenma, Botan, Shizuru, they all got kid, well, parent- knapped," Ai explained. Atsuko nodded again.

"Right, right, too true."

"We have to save them!" Ryo shouted. "Please, can't you do anything to help us? To help them? To help Yusuke and Keiko and- and my dad?" The last sentence faded into a whisper. Ryo's eyes were shining with tears.

"Oh, yeah!" Atsuko cried jumping to her feet. She fell back down again. "Botan told me to give this to you if you needed help!" She reached into a paper bag and pulled out a bottle of sake. She handed it to Ryo.

"Take a swig, it'll make you feel better!" she said cheerily. Ryo looked dully at the alcohol.

"How is this supposed to help?" she asked angrily.

"It's not, but this is!" Atsuko pulled out a ball with an eye on it. Ai took it.

"Let's poke it!" Yo suggested. Ai, Kyoko, Kitako, and Ryo crowded around Atsuko as she poked it hard.

"Ow!" it yelled. It floated in the air for a minute and the dropped back into Ai's hand. She poked it again. "OW!" It floated into the air. She poked it again. "OWWW! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP POKING ME IN THE EYE!"

"Hey!" Ai said with a look of dawning comprehension. "That sounds like Dad!"

"Yeah! It does!" Yo agreed excitedly. He poked it.

"GAHHHH!"

Everyone giggled.

"It even looks like his Jagan!" Ai pointed out. The others nodded.

"So all we have to do is follow the ball when we poke it! It'll lead us right to them!" Kyoko exclaimed happily. "We'll find your dad, Ryo, don't worry." She turned to Atsuko and gave her a hug. "Thank you so much Grams! Well, we gotta go!"

"Ya'll come back now, y'hear?"

With a newfound hope the five friends followed the levitating eye out of the building and back down onto the street.

"YEOW! QUIT POKING MY JAGAN!"

Well, what did you think? Sorry I haven't updated for a few days, it was storming. Please REVIEW!