Chapter 1: Kale, Yusuke, and...Inuyasha?!
Kale Blaze looked at the two-story building in front of him skeptically. It was an old fashioned Japanese home, with the gate open. The screen door leading inside was closed, but Kale could sense someone just inside. And that person inside felt somehow...off.
After another minute of looking at the building, Kale shrugged his shoulders and walked toward the door, his hands in his pockets. As he approached it opened of its own accord, and Kale entered. The door shut behind him, and he got his first look at the person he had sensed from outside, and realized why they were 'off.'
Two cute cat ears were perched on top of the person's head, and their nose was a cat's nose. Kale's attention spread to the person's face, a rather pretty face, framed by chestnut hair. The girl wore a formal kimono, and a pair of sandal's adorned her feet. Kale had the distinct impression that a cat's tail was hidden underneath the kimono.
The cat-girl blushed slightly at Kale's quick inspection, but she continued regardless.
"This way please, Kale."
Kale's eyebrows rose at her knowing his name, but he followed anyway.
The cat-girl led him to a rather large room. Two other people currently occupied it, both sitting at the long table that stretched through the room. They were studying each other until the cat-girl opened the door and led Kale in.
The attention of the two at the table switched to Kale, and he studied them as they studied him.
The young man on the right was dressed in a green uniform of some sort, and he had black hair slicked back by some gel. He looked to be about Kale's age, and Kale again noticed something off about his aura, despite the fact that this young man looked completely human.
The young man on the left was dressed in a red jacket, with a green shirt on underneath. He wore simple blue jeans, which his shirt was tucked into. He had his hair done up in a braid that reached his rear, and his brown eyes studied Kale critically. His aura was off as well.
Hideko and Yusuke studied Kale, noticing the traveled air about him. He still wore his clothes from the bus stop in America, and he had a strong aura, though it was held in, just like theirs. Yusuke had also noticed how everyone was off in aura, as had Hideko, but only Hideko knew what it meant out of the three.
Their mutual studying of each other ended when the cat-girl left the room, to be replaced by a man appearing to be in his late thirties. He had dark brown hair, graying at the temples, and sharp gray eyes. His eyes swept over all three of them when their combined gaze rested on them, and he smiled.
"Please sit Kale. There is no reason to stand, drifter of spirit world."
Both Hideko and Yusuke noticed how Kale immediately stiffened and went alert. His eyes narrowed as he studied the man before them.
"Who are you, and how do you know who I am?"
Yusuke and Hideko were rather surprised by both Kale's and this new stranger's perfect Japanese, but neither showed it.
"Who I am will be explained in time. Who you three are, is, at the moment, much more important."
The man sat in a chair, and after a moment, Kale reluctantly followed suit.
"Now, as I said, who I am will be explained in time. Who you three are, is much more important to this meeting. I hope you will forgive me for giving away a little information about you three."
At this statement, both Hideko and Yusuke stiffened, while Kale remained wary. Instead of speaking, however, the man handed out folders from a briefcase that he had carried in with him.
Yusuke, Hideko, and Kale each took the folder offered them and opened them. Each one's eyes widened once they saw what was in the folder.
"This has everything I've done since I was five!"
Kale nodded at Yusuke's statement as he perused his own folder.
"Same here."
Hideko merely closed his folder and turned an innocently inquiring gaze upon the man.
"We have made files on every single one of you, as detailed as possible."
"Why?"
The man looked at Hideko and after a moment answered his question.
"Because of what you are."
The man pulled out a remote, and pressed two buttons. The wall at the other end of the room split in two, and the wall panels moved to the side, revealing a TV screen. The TV turned on and displayed a picture of Yusuke.
"Urameshi Yusuke. Winner of the Dark Tournament, former detective of the spirit world, and a student of the legendary Genkai."
The screen changed to a picture of Kale.
"Kale Blaze. Mercenary for hire, and drifter of the spirit world. Rather unknown, which is how he wants it to be."
Once again, the screen changed, this time showing a picture of Hideko.
"Miamichi Hideko. A rather successful businessman, and an honor graduate of Harvard."
"Which fails to explain why you requested my presence here."
At this time the cat-girl from before entered the room, carrying a tray laden with tea. Before she could set it on the table, the man continued.
"The reason you are here, Hideko, is because Miamichi Hideko is an utter lie, a cover name you created to hide your true name: Inuyasha."
Inuyasha was out of his seat, and across the room in an instant, pulling a katana from his side where none was previously. The cat-girl screamed and dropped the tea tray, and was suddenly against the wall. The man, on the other hand, didn't even flinch as he stared Inuyasha in the eyes, despite the fact that Inuyasha's katana was resting against his neck.
"You have five seconds to tell me how you know who I am before you become a head shorter."
Kurama stood in Koenma's office with a rather annoyed air about him. He had had several late nights exterminating minor level demons in the human world, and was not at all happy on being disturbed from catching up on the sleep he had missed.
Hiei stood leaning against the wall, just as annoyed as Kurama, and taking no pains to hide it. Kuwabara sat on the ground, and glared murder at Hiei, only to have the diminutive demon ignore him. This only irked Kuwabara more, which caused even more glaring.
Koenma was sweating slightly at the atmosphere of his office, but he couldn't start the briefing yet. Botan needed to return from the living world first.
Things escalated a bit when Kuwabara finally figured out that glaring wasn't doing anything. However, instead of finding some other way to provoke Hiei, he opted to simply sit in silence. Until flames erupted right underneath him, lighting his pants on fire. Kuwabara leapt up and spent several minutes running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Finally he figured out to swat at the flames till they went out, and then glared at Hiei, who had the slightest signs of a smirk on his face.
"What the hell was that for shrimp?!"
Hiei immediately fired a comment back, which caused Kuwabara to respond with his own comment. The verbal argument kept going, gathering steam, until it nearly came it blows. Just before Kuwabara threw a punch, a light on Koenma's desk blinked, signaling that Botan had returned.
"That's enough you two. I can now begin the briefing."
Kurama felt some amusement at the relief in Koenma's voice.
"I summoned you here to meet the new spirit detective, and give you your first mission with her and her companions."
"Hmph. I don't see why you didn't just keep Yusuke as a spirit detective. He would've done a lot better than this new guy."
"I already explained why Yusuke is no longer a spirit detective Kuwabara. We can't have demons for our detectives; they have to be completely human. And this new detective is a girl, and has already handled many situations. She should fill Yusuke's shoes quite nicely."
Since the Dark Tournament, Kurama and Hiei had been given the option of choosing which missions they were to go on. On this ground, Kurama protested.
"Meeting this new detective could've waited till Hiei and myself were recovered, Koenma. And you have given us no reason to accompany her on this next mission."
At this moment, the doors to Koenma's office opened and a small group entered, led by Botan. Since Kurama's back was to the door, and Hiei was focused on Koenma, neither gave any attention to the new arrivals.
When Hiei nodded agreement to Kurama's statement, Koenma continued with a note of desperation in his voice.
"Hiei, Yukina will be going! She will need you too guard her!"
Hiei fixed Koenma with a glare that made the god shiver, but nodded.
"And Kurama, your mission will take you to the School Of Spirit! The place reputed to be the greatest institute of learning on either side of the barrier!"
Kurama hesitated a moment, then nodded his ascent.
"Very well. I will go."
Koenma let out a relieved breath, then saw the group that had entered.
"Ah. Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara, may I introduce you to the new spirit detective, and the other new members of your team."
All three turned to look at the new arrivals for the first time. Two young woman, and one young man, as well as a demon cat with two tails looked back at them. Hiei and Kuwabara studied each in turn, taking in the great amount of spirit energy of the girl with the long black hair, while noticing the high physical level of the other girl, who was carrying a giant boomerang, and the boy, who had a monk's staff in hand.
Kurama's eyes, however, were focused on the girl with the enormous spirit energy, one so familiar to him that he should've picked it up at least a mile away. It was nearly a full minute before he got over his shock, and uttered a single word before sinking to the ground, his knees to weak to support him any more.
"Kagome?!"
:Author's Notes:
Mwahahahahaha. Cliffhanger. I actually was going to continue this chapter, but decided that was a good ending point. The next chapter will be up in a day or two though, so you wont have long to wait. However, I'll pose a question or two that should keep you interested:
1) What's happened to Inuyasha? Why is he human, why isn't he with Kagome, and where did he pull that Katana?
2) How does Kurama know Kagome? What are Miroku and Sango doing in this day and age?
3) And last but not least, what exactly is the School Of Spirit?
Kale Blaze looked at the two-story building in front of him skeptically. It was an old fashioned Japanese home, with the gate open. The screen door leading inside was closed, but Kale could sense someone just inside. And that person inside felt somehow...off.
After another minute of looking at the building, Kale shrugged his shoulders and walked toward the door, his hands in his pockets. As he approached it opened of its own accord, and Kale entered. The door shut behind him, and he got his first look at the person he had sensed from outside, and realized why they were 'off.'
Two cute cat ears were perched on top of the person's head, and their nose was a cat's nose. Kale's attention spread to the person's face, a rather pretty face, framed by chestnut hair. The girl wore a formal kimono, and a pair of sandal's adorned her feet. Kale had the distinct impression that a cat's tail was hidden underneath the kimono.
The cat-girl blushed slightly at Kale's quick inspection, but she continued regardless.
"This way please, Kale."
Kale's eyebrows rose at her knowing his name, but he followed anyway.
The cat-girl led him to a rather large room. Two other people currently occupied it, both sitting at the long table that stretched through the room. They were studying each other until the cat-girl opened the door and led Kale in.
The attention of the two at the table switched to Kale, and he studied them as they studied him.
The young man on the right was dressed in a green uniform of some sort, and he had black hair slicked back by some gel. He looked to be about Kale's age, and Kale again noticed something off about his aura, despite the fact that this young man looked completely human.
The young man on the left was dressed in a red jacket, with a green shirt on underneath. He wore simple blue jeans, which his shirt was tucked into. He had his hair done up in a braid that reached his rear, and his brown eyes studied Kale critically. His aura was off as well.
Hideko and Yusuke studied Kale, noticing the traveled air about him. He still wore his clothes from the bus stop in America, and he had a strong aura, though it was held in, just like theirs. Yusuke had also noticed how everyone was off in aura, as had Hideko, but only Hideko knew what it meant out of the three.
Their mutual studying of each other ended when the cat-girl left the room, to be replaced by a man appearing to be in his late thirties. He had dark brown hair, graying at the temples, and sharp gray eyes. His eyes swept over all three of them when their combined gaze rested on them, and he smiled.
"Please sit Kale. There is no reason to stand, drifter of spirit world."
Both Hideko and Yusuke noticed how Kale immediately stiffened and went alert. His eyes narrowed as he studied the man before them.
"Who are you, and how do you know who I am?"
Yusuke and Hideko were rather surprised by both Kale's and this new stranger's perfect Japanese, but neither showed it.
"Who I am will be explained in time. Who you three are, is, at the moment, much more important."
The man sat in a chair, and after a moment, Kale reluctantly followed suit.
"Now, as I said, who I am will be explained in time. Who you three are, is much more important to this meeting. I hope you will forgive me for giving away a little information about you three."
At this statement, both Hideko and Yusuke stiffened, while Kale remained wary. Instead of speaking, however, the man handed out folders from a briefcase that he had carried in with him.
Yusuke, Hideko, and Kale each took the folder offered them and opened them. Each one's eyes widened once they saw what was in the folder.
"This has everything I've done since I was five!"
Kale nodded at Yusuke's statement as he perused his own folder.
"Same here."
Hideko merely closed his folder and turned an innocently inquiring gaze upon the man.
"We have made files on every single one of you, as detailed as possible."
"Why?"
The man looked at Hideko and after a moment answered his question.
"Because of what you are."
The man pulled out a remote, and pressed two buttons. The wall at the other end of the room split in two, and the wall panels moved to the side, revealing a TV screen. The TV turned on and displayed a picture of Yusuke.
"Urameshi Yusuke. Winner of the Dark Tournament, former detective of the spirit world, and a student of the legendary Genkai."
The screen changed to a picture of Kale.
"Kale Blaze. Mercenary for hire, and drifter of the spirit world. Rather unknown, which is how he wants it to be."
Once again, the screen changed, this time showing a picture of Hideko.
"Miamichi Hideko. A rather successful businessman, and an honor graduate of Harvard."
"Which fails to explain why you requested my presence here."
At this time the cat-girl from before entered the room, carrying a tray laden with tea. Before she could set it on the table, the man continued.
"The reason you are here, Hideko, is because Miamichi Hideko is an utter lie, a cover name you created to hide your true name: Inuyasha."
Inuyasha was out of his seat, and across the room in an instant, pulling a katana from his side where none was previously. The cat-girl screamed and dropped the tea tray, and was suddenly against the wall. The man, on the other hand, didn't even flinch as he stared Inuyasha in the eyes, despite the fact that Inuyasha's katana was resting against his neck.
"You have five seconds to tell me how you know who I am before you become a head shorter."
Kurama stood in Koenma's office with a rather annoyed air about him. He had had several late nights exterminating minor level demons in the human world, and was not at all happy on being disturbed from catching up on the sleep he had missed.
Hiei stood leaning against the wall, just as annoyed as Kurama, and taking no pains to hide it. Kuwabara sat on the ground, and glared murder at Hiei, only to have the diminutive demon ignore him. This only irked Kuwabara more, which caused even more glaring.
Koenma was sweating slightly at the atmosphere of his office, but he couldn't start the briefing yet. Botan needed to return from the living world first.
Things escalated a bit when Kuwabara finally figured out that glaring wasn't doing anything. However, instead of finding some other way to provoke Hiei, he opted to simply sit in silence. Until flames erupted right underneath him, lighting his pants on fire. Kuwabara leapt up and spent several minutes running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Finally he figured out to swat at the flames till they went out, and then glared at Hiei, who had the slightest signs of a smirk on his face.
"What the hell was that for shrimp?!"
Hiei immediately fired a comment back, which caused Kuwabara to respond with his own comment. The verbal argument kept going, gathering steam, until it nearly came it blows. Just before Kuwabara threw a punch, a light on Koenma's desk blinked, signaling that Botan had returned.
"That's enough you two. I can now begin the briefing."
Kurama felt some amusement at the relief in Koenma's voice.
"I summoned you here to meet the new spirit detective, and give you your first mission with her and her companions."
"Hmph. I don't see why you didn't just keep Yusuke as a spirit detective. He would've done a lot better than this new guy."
"I already explained why Yusuke is no longer a spirit detective Kuwabara. We can't have demons for our detectives; they have to be completely human. And this new detective is a girl, and has already handled many situations. She should fill Yusuke's shoes quite nicely."
Since the Dark Tournament, Kurama and Hiei had been given the option of choosing which missions they were to go on. On this ground, Kurama protested.
"Meeting this new detective could've waited till Hiei and myself were recovered, Koenma. And you have given us no reason to accompany her on this next mission."
At this moment, the doors to Koenma's office opened and a small group entered, led by Botan. Since Kurama's back was to the door, and Hiei was focused on Koenma, neither gave any attention to the new arrivals.
When Hiei nodded agreement to Kurama's statement, Koenma continued with a note of desperation in his voice.
"Hiei, Yukina will be going! She will need you too guard her!"
Hiei fixed Koenma with a glare that made the god shiver, but nodded.
"And Kurama, your mission will take you to the School Of Spirit! The place reputed to be the greatest institute of learning on either side of the barrier!"
Kurama hesitated a moment, then nodded his ascent.
"Very well. I will go."
Koenma let out a relieved breath, then saw the group that had entered.
"Ah. Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara, may I introduce you to the new spirit detective, and the other new members of your team."
All three turned to look at the new arrivals for the first time. Two young woman, and one young man, as well as a demon cat with two tails looked back at them. Hiei and Kuwabara studied each in turn, taking in the great amount of spirit energy of the girl with the long black hair, while noticing the high physical level of the other girl, who was carrying a giant boomerang, and the boy, who had a monk's staff in hand.
Kurama's eyes, however, were focused on the girl with the enormous spirit energy, one so familiar to him that he should've picked it up at least a mile away. It was nearly a full minute before he got over his shock, and uttered a single word before sinking to the ground, his knees to weak to support him any more.
"Kagome?!"
:Author's Notes:
Mwahahahahaha. Cliffhanger. I actually was going to continue this chapter, but decided that was a good ending point. The next chapter will be up in a day or two though, so you wont have long to wait. However, I'll pose a question or two that should keep you interested:
1) What's happened to Inuyasha? Why is he human, why isn't he with Kagome, and where did he pull that Katana?
2) How does Kurama know Kagome? What are Miroku and Sango doing in this day and age?
3) And last but not least, what exactly is the School Of Spirit?