Chapter 4.

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"Ogre." Yelled Koenma, "do your job! Don't just sit there." He said. And a knock came at the door. "Who is it?"

"It's me Koenma sir." Said Botan.

"Oh, come in, come in. Did you find them?" He asked

"Yes, Koenma sir." She answered. "I found Cindy and Maryann, as you asked of me. We had a little trouble."

"I know I was watching the whole thing. Bring them in."

Botan and the others sat in Koenma's office and waited for an explanation. Cindy and Maryann were not sure how to handle whatever was coming next.

Koenma started off with turning off the lights and walking over to his huge screen, where he would watch the worlds. "Now what I am about to show you might be strange at first but you must believe it is true." He said, "Cindy or Hoshiko as you were known, this is your life before you entered the human world."

" Hn. What are you saying? Was this Ningen girl once was a demon of some sort?" Hiei interrupted.

"Exactly." Koenma continued.

"Oh, I see what this is.heh heh. It's a dream. Okay I can wake up now." Cindy said. "She stood up from her sitting position.

"No, here watch this." Koenma said, and the monitor behind him started to play.

- Cindy was looking at a little girl with gold and silver hair and,. "Watch out Hoshiko! Came a voice. The little demon girl tripped on a log and began to cry. "Hoshiko, I told you to be careful." Her mother said-

"Mother." Kurama heard Cindy whisper her at the memory of her demon mother. .

--The movie switched to the next scene. Hoshiko was a little older and running in a field of flowers, roses. That was probably why Cindy loved them so much. But this scene was clouded by soft smog that grew darker. Hoshiko was running for her life. Her mother had grabbed her and ran frantically to escape the fire. When they reached a clearing Hoshiko's mother pulled out a blue vile. "Now sweetie I want you to drink this." Hoshiko's mother started to cry and pulled of a necklace with a star charm on it. --

Cindy reached up to feel the same charm on a necklace. And started to cry. She did not remember any of this and yet she still felt sad.

--"I will send you to the Ningen world where you will be safe from him." She could not say the name of the fire bringer. The vile Hoshiko's mother had given her had made Hoshiko's demon form vanish. She looked more like a human with dark brown hair. --
--The scene changed once more and then Hoshiko was put into a basket and left on a door step.--

"That's my house." The door opened and there was a new mom and a new life. "My mom." Cindy started to cry. "No!" This is not true. I have always been a human. I'm not a demon." Cindy was speaking out of fear.

"I'm afraid that it is true." Koenma said. "You are Hoshiko and you must help us save the three worlds." He paused and looked at Maryann, "you and your sister, Machiko, that is."

"Sister? But I did not see her in the basket." Cindy said

"She is one hundred years older than you, and at the time of the fire she was somewhere else. When she found out what happen to you she to drank the vile and appeared as a Nine year old in the human world. By the time she found you she too had forgotten who she was." Koenma said, "now you both have the power to help us and if we can just get you to remember your powers and true potential,"

"Whoa! Wait one moment." Cindy said. "If she is one hundred then how old am I?" Cindy asked

"You are only three hundred and five years old." Koenma said "Now you two need to go through training tomorrow at dawn." He continued. "Botan show them to the guest rooms while I advise my best detectives on the mission at hand." He said

It was going to be a long night of no sleep and tears. Cindy and her "sister" did not know how to react to finding out that they really were Demons.

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Maryann was a little flustered at what she heard from Koenma. Why didn't Koenma reveal his Mission to Cindy and her? It obviously involved them and their long forgotten powers. And what became of her beloved Toshiro? The one person she loved and cared for more than her "sister". Maryann had always sensed closeness to Cindy. Though not knowing what it was and then in the blink of an eye it was exposed to her that she and Cindy were sisters.
Maryann hoped that in the fight that very night that Toshiro was not killed. He was only possessed, that would have to be it, and he would never attack Cindy or her like that. Never. Maryann tried to think of nights before, of happy times, and soon was fast asleep.

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Cindy was having a harder time falling asleep. How could she? She always felt as if she did not belong among the humans. But she would only throw the thought away when she realized that there were no other worlds, and that she was only being crazy. Cindy turned of the light in her room and opened the balcony window to let the moon in. Cindy always felt good when the moon was on her. She bathed in its beauty. Cindy walked out onto the balcony and looked out at the Spirit world. She began to cry once more, but this time it was okay. She was alone, as always. She began to fidget with her charm when she heard a knock at the door.

"Who's there?" She asked and when no answer came she slowly walked to the door to open it.

I hope this is a good story.. wait since when do I care. if you like you like if you don't you don't. (I really hope you do) oh well. (

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