Grr! I own nothing and don't worry, all the other characters will play a part in this fic. As I said before, It will be very long! It is just the way I write! We are still on the first day and night, after all...

Sylvannastar

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Questions....and Answers?

She still felt like a bug on a pin. It was very uncomfortable. Suddenly, Kagome felt very tired. She tucked her legs to the side and leaned back into the softness of the chair. The evening light caused the sad shadows in her eyes to deepen.

"I'll answer your questions if you answer mine." she offered tiredly.

"Agreed!" Koenma said hurriedly.

"But you said-"

"Shut up, Kuwabara." Hiei snarled.

Her resulting smile was magnetic. Koenma found himself smiling back. He liked this girl.

"Shall I start?" Yusuke asked wryly.

No one bothered to answer him.

"What do you know about spirit world?"

"Absolutely Nothing!" she answered cheerfully. Kurama dropped the phone with a clatter. "What can you tell me about spirit world?" she countered.

Yusuke's face turned red. "Why you-If your gonna lie-"

"She's not lying." Hiei looked confused.

Yusuke turned several shades paler but seemed stumped.

"I can answer that." Koenma said. "Spirit world is....well, the compliment to this world. There is the ningenkia, or human world. There is the Reikai, or spirit realm, and the Makai, or demon world. The Neatherworld is opposite the Demon world and is like the Reikai.

The Spirit world and Demon world are linked as well. "

"Who are you exactly?"

"I am Koenma, heir to the Spirit World. My father is the King and it is my duty to deal with the issues that arrive between worlds. Like demon breakouts, unknown energies, threats to the welfare of the people of the different worlds...and deciding what souls are sent off to receive what punishments and which are reborn. It's a tough job..."

She seemed fascinated and impressed. Demons and Humans have separate worlds now? Why is it not like that in the past?

"Now I have a question. How do you know about youkai if you know nothing about the spirit realm?

"I live at a shrine!" she laughed. "A five hundred year old shrine." She supplied. "And she said growing more serious, "when I turned fifteen, I was attacked by a centipede demon."

"A centipede?" Yusuke hooted, sure she was joking. He looked at Hiei, perched at the window. The little fire demon shrugged, indicating that she was still telling the truth.

She was looking away, as if remembering the event. Her hand lifted to gently touch the star shaped scar at her hip. It was where the Shikon no Tama had been ripped from her on her fifteenth birthday.

"A centipede?" Yusuke asked again, more serious.

She rolled her eyes at him. "Is he always so distrusting?" she asked Shuuichi, who remained beside her chair.

He looked at Yusuke with a small, secret smile played about his lips. Yusuke glared at him.

"I've never heard of such a demon." Hiei cut in.

"I've heard of them," Koenma nodded. "But there haven't been any seen around since my father was young. They where about the size of a train when full grown." Yusuke paled. Suddenly a the idea of a bug demon didn't seem so funny.

Kagome tilted her head to the side and rested her cheak against the winged arm of the chair. She was so tired. Did it really matter if they believed her? It would not change her mission even if they did. She bit her lower lip regretfully.

"So," Boton began, "Did you defeat the centipede the same way you beat the Shadow Youkai, today?"

"No. I took off one of it's arms and wounded it a bit. But I couldn't destroy it. I was just learning that youkai were real when it came after me again."

Kagome stopped for a moment. "I can tell you two," she pointed to Koenma and Hiei, "are demons...sort of." She gave koenma a searching glance. "And that Kuwabara is human, but what of you others? You feel different. Are you a Hanyou, Shuuichi-san?" She watched him curiously.

"It's a long story, but yes, in some fashion I am a hanyou." Kurama said.

"There is always a long story." Kagome sighed.

"Well, I'm more of a spirit then a demon..." Boton explained herself.

Kagome just nodded her acceptance of this answer but didn't press for more information.

"How can you tell?" Kuwabara asked suddenly.

"I've been around enough demons now to tell the difference between a human and a youkai."

"So you've seen more demons then the centepede?" Koenma sounded worried. Just how much am I gonna have to cover up?

"Oh yes! Mobs of them, actually." She shivered. "Let me try to explain a bit more about that first demon. You see, it wasn't from here." She began.

"So it is from spirit world." Hiei stated.

"No," She paused. "Lets try it this way. It is from here," she said pointing down. "But not from now."

"Huh?" Yusuke said.

"It came out from a seven hundred year old, sacred dry well located at my families shrine."

They looked at her waiting for her to continue. "And it didn't come out so much as pull me in. I was pulled back into the Warring States Era. The well is a time portal."

"And this Inuyasha character is from the past then?" Kurama clarified. "That is the world you meant him to go back to..."

"Yes! He is actually the one who saved me from the centipede demon." She frowned again. "Of course, then he turned right around and tried to kill me himself."

"Inuyasha is a demon?"

"Half demon..."

Silence

"It is very complicated. I didn't realize how much till now, as I am trying to explain it. I have never had to tell the story before." she said. "It only gets worse...give me some time to gather my thoughts together. How about you guys? How did such a strange group of people come to be friends?"

"We're not strange." Kuwabara said. The others looked at him as if he were stupid. "Well, I'm not." He received the same look.

"We are a spirit detective team." Yusuke answered. Then he began his story. "Three years ago, I was killed in an accident..."

Kagome listened to the story up to the point the dark tournament ended. After that, Yusuke stopped speaking a language that Kagome could understand. He blurred and a loud buzzing grew in her ears. She felt strong arms lift her up but she was too weak to do more than grasp the person's arm. She was asleep before she reached the end of the hall.