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Summary: When all hell breaks loose and the Tantei can't handle it, they might just have to turn old foes into new allies. But will they be able to give them a second chance? Shonen ai in later chapters: Sensui/Itsuki.

Written: 9-06-04

"A Chance of Oblivion"

Chapter One

By: Kuroi Bara no Twilight

(A.N. Whenever the story is written in First POV it is the same character's POV, I just can't tell you who's it is or it will spoil it for you, not that you can't guess)

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The darkness wraps around me in a warm and protective embrace, I feel safe here. Everywhere, there is warmth and silence; I know that nothing will disturb me. There was a voice in the darkness once, a familiar voice and it comforted me, but that was long ago; I wished for silence and it complied. I have been content to rest within the nothingness I now reside in for quite some time; I don't know how long it has been, it doesn't really matter. The voice is still here, I feel its presense, but it doesn't say anything; it knows I wish for peaceful slumber. I once pondered why I am here, lost in a void of nothing, but I decided that to do so would take away the peace I longed for. I am content, for the time being, to drift back into the abyss.

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The black mist still poured out from within the open gates; nearly all of Reikai was submerged in the almost-palpable mists that blanketed the land. Hundreds of Oni milled throughout the Reikai Palace, each of them was conversing with another about the strange fog, growing both in size and density, outside. Two ferry girls worked their way through the oversized crowd towards the break room chatting quietly. One was rather short and had orange hair, cut just above her ears, and big purple eyes; the other was a bit taller with dark green, shoulder length hair and matching emerald green eyes. Like everyone else in the building they were talking about the strange fog but, being ferry girls, they had a bit more knowledge on the matter than the Oni did.

"Koenma knows exactly what's happening, I'd stake my job on it."

"That's not much reassurance, you don't even like your job."

"That's not the point!!" The orange-haired girl shot a glare at her calm friend, "I just know he's hiding something."

"Koenma's always hiding something, it's probably nothing to worry about."

".............. I suppose........."The taller of the two smiled, it was rare to win a verbal contest with Nobuko, she was very subborn. Still smiling she stopped walking; they had reached the breakroom. Reaching forward she placed her hand on the handle of the screen door that seperated the break room from the hustle and bustle of the main office. Just as her finger tips touched the rough wooden handle a loud siren boomed through the room. Both girls doubled over and shielded their ears from the harrowing noise. The loud voice that followed the siren was all the inhabitants of Reikai needed, to know that whatever was going on was serious.

"Attention all Tokubetsu Boueitai, this is not a drill. You are under orders of instant mobilization. We must ask everyone else to remain calm."

Nobuko shot a glance at her tall friend that without words sung the phrase, 'I told you so.'

".............Urusai." Nobuko just giggled.

...............(Somewhere else in the Palace)...............

"They are mobilizing the Tokubetsu Boueitai? Things must be serious.... Here I was thinking it was just a little bit of fog." George ducked behind the stack of papers he held in his arms as a few members of the Tokubetsu Boueitai ran by....

"Serious indead, if he believes Yusuke can't handle it." The large blue Oni raised an eyebrow at the young investigator floating beside him. "But Yusuke's the Toushin! If he can't handle it, we're all doomed!! Aren't we?"

Sayaka[2] just shook her head, long blue strands of hair floated freey about her little face as she did so, "Koenma's withholding information again. It would seem he's not as ready for the crown as Enma-Sama believes him to be." This earned her another curious stare as the pair continued the trek towards the filing room, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"If he's trying to hide something this big, this probably isn't the way to do it. It would have been much wiser just to let Yusuke have the case to himself, Enma-Sama wouldn't have looked into that........"

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High above the Reikai Palace a slender woman stood on a ledge that overlooked the River Styx watching the chaos that was engulfing the Reikai with pleasure. Below her the mists bellowed around the palace with growing intensity, the youkai that hid themselves with the mist seemed to be growing more hungry by the second. The winds caught at her tattered, long black dress and caused her hair to dance around her slim face. One hand was raised to her chest where a beautiful red pendent swayed with her nonexistent breath. Her hair was royal blue and cut just below her shoulders, silver cat-like eyes took in the scene that was playing out before her with great interest.

"Shineiwa...... I should have guessed as much."

Silver eyes darted towards the sorce of the new voice. Once they had landed upon a short, chubby old woman, with long silvery white hair and dark purple eyes, Shineiwa smiled. "I see you got my message, Akumiko, my old friend."

"Yes, only you would come up with something this....... extraordinary. What's that on your hands?" Akumiko moved closer towards the tall woman and lowered herself onto her knees while closing her eyes. The old woman was clothed in a dark blue kimono with a white top; she appeared to be, as her name suggested, a miko.

Shineiwa lifted her right hand up to eyes level and smiled, "It's nothing." Her hands were covered in deep crimson blood. It was the blood of the guard that had attemped to prevent her escape from the bowls of Hell. Not many people could cross her and walk away alive, he was just one of the unlucky ones.... "So can you do it or not?"

"Don't rush me child, a revival spell is not one to take lightly." Shineiwa just shrugged and, raising her right hand to her lips, cleaned it of bloodstains.

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It was a good thirty mintues before Akumiko announced that she was ready. The smile that had been growing on Shineiwa's slim face, in the half hour of watching paniced Tokubetsu Boueitai leave the castle, doubled in intensity. "Perfect......" she almost purred, "I've waited so long to have living flesh again. I will not make the same mistake a second time; no hot shot Reikai Tantei is going to get the best of me. Nor will I set my sights so low. This time," she smirked, "all fours worlds will quake under my hand."

"How are you planning to do this, now? I thought you were stripped of your power when you were thrown through the gates." The younger demon frowned and delicately stroked the red pendant at her bosom, "I still have one power, they did not realize I had it so it was not taken from me. But, since I don't have the abilities I had before, I'll just have to...... earn...... some....... new powers." A deep rumble begun from within her chest and, as Akumiko started to chant in an empty voice that sounded almost like singing, Shineiwa's sinister laughter rang throughout the mist.

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Spirits of the lost

Those left along the way

Spirits of the damned

Forgotten, judgement day

Return to flesh

Listen to the light

Regain your life

Come from out the night

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A strange voice rang through her ears as Hinageshi fought the wind. Tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; high winds and waves of every kind would soon pillage the earth if the Gates of Hell were not closed. The winds were already stirring up, but normal humans didn't notice them as being out of the ordinary, not yet anyway. Unconsciously, a shiver ran down her spine; she just had to find one of the Tantei soon. There was no telling what would happen if she didn't.

On her second trip over the Tokyo[3] park the young ferry girl spotted a bobbing head of long blue hair walking down one of the paths. Since Hinageshi was the one on the oar it was easy to catch up with Botan, and scare the poor girl half to death by dropping out of the sky and landing on her.

"H-Hinageshi? Don't do that!! You know today is my day off, I don't feel like having a heartattack today."

"Gomen Nasai Botan-Dono." Botan smiled as she climbed to her feet then helped pull up the younger ferry girl. "Oh, it's alright dear. Is something wrong?"

"H-Hai!! You have to help me find Yusuke-San, please. I'll explain on the way, but it's very important." Botan barely had time to look confused before she was being pulled towards the edge of the park.

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What is that voice, it is not the same voice as before. The first voice was safe and it let me have my peace; but this one....... this one is calling out to me, it wishes to steal my happiness. My darkness is dissolving, it is becoming brighter. I don't like this light; it is pulling me out of the embrace of darkness. My void is filling with light now and that voice is ringing loudly in my ears. For the first time in years I can see my hands before me, I know I've seen them before, but I don't remember. The light wraps around me, pulling me out of the darkness. It burns my skin, I can feel pain again; I know I've felt pain before but I don't remember it. The voice is growing louder, it threatens to consume me in its depth. I can feel the light erasing all of the darkness around me, 'No, come back.' Then, as suddenly as it started, everything stopped.

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Slowly, twin azure eyes opened to stare out into darkness. At first everything was a blur, all he remembered was the darkness that had embraced him for four years. This felt similar to him, laying in the comforting embrace of the night. Then he remembered the light that had seemed to blind him and burn his skin and he tensed up. After focusing more clearly he noticed that he could see shapes in the darkness, which was not as much black as it was dark blue; he felt he could not possibly be in the same place as before. But his body argued with his mind, it might not lack light like the void had, but the conforting presence was still there.

The voice was still ringing in his ears but his mind was becoming less..... fuzzy; he was regaining the memories he had lost during his time in the abyss. The moments before his death were playing out before his eyes; he was laying in a forest, staring up at faces that seemed so very familiar, though he couldn't place them. After trying in vain to recognize the faces, he reaized it was giving him a headache and stopped.

The shapes were becoming more defined now and the darkness was waning. He was surrounded by old buildings, or pieces of them anyway, that were floating on.... nothingness. Raising one black eyebrow at the sight before him, he shifted and tryed to sit up and get a better view; but something was holding him in place. He looked down and noticed what looked like arms wrapped around his chest; at least that explained why he still felt like he was being hugged, he was.

He jumped out of the hold the arms had on him so quick one might think he was on fire, and spun around to face what at first glance he thought was a sleeping girl with long blueish-green hair.[4] He instantly reconized the 'girl' as one of the people in his final memory. A light scar crossed 'her' right eye and ran down, what he now noticed as being, his chest. The green haired male shifted, the weight that had rested on his chest now gone, opened his eyes and gasped. "S-Shinobu...."

Blue eyes snapped shut as everything he had forgotten came rushing back at him. The wave of memories seemed even more agonizing than the strange voice had been and soon the darkness of sleep was claiming the ex-Reikai Tantei, Sensui Shinobu.

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More Important notes:

1) Urusai = Shut Up

Tokubetsu Boueitai = In the dubbed this is the 'S.D.F.'

Gomen Nasai = I'm so sorry(At least the way I'm using it)

-Dono = I can't find my dictonary so I can't tell you exactly, but Kenshin always called Kaoru-Dono so I'm guessing it's something like 'Miss.'

Hai = Yes

2) I'm basing this more on the anime than I am the manga (kinda rare for me ain't it??) meaning Sayaka was the investigator sent to see how Yusuke was coming on his egg.

3) I'm not sure what city Yu Yu Hakusho takes place in, if you know please tell me but for now I'm using Tokyo.

4) Itsuki-fans: Don't flame me about calling Itsuki a girl, he's my favorite character too.

5) I know that Kuwabara severly injured Itsuki while they were escaping Ura Otoko, but for my purposes I'm going to say that he used his Youki to heal himself. I mean you never know, the rest of the Yaminata's powers were never revealed.

6) I'm going back to writing off of the top of my head... for now at least. I have a rough outline of the first few chapters but I plan to tweak it some and I have to finish it.... for now you'll just have to bear with me.

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