"Yusuke! Get back here!" A brown-haired girl shouted after the retreating form of Yusuke Urameshi.
"Nyah-Nyah! You can't make me!" a boy turned from running down the street to wave at her. his short black hair and green uniform separated him from a sea of blue. The strongest man that existed, so far, stood in front of Sarasaki(sp?) High School.
"School isn't over yet! And you still haven't gotten the school uniform! It's blue not green." Keiko shouted after him.
"I like being different. School is boring anyway! I'll see you later, Keiko!" with that Yusuke disappeared out the gate.
'Darn it, Keiko can be such a nag!' he thought, turning down an alleyway. 'I've got a meeting with pacifier face-I mean, Koenma, and if I'm late one more time he'll start yelling at me, and I don't want to deal with that right now.' He turned down another, darker, alley and stopped.
"What the hell is that?"
Hiei looked up and shook his head. "A human. Or it used to be. Stabbed in the heart, died on impact."
"What are you doing here, anyway? I thought you didn't care about human life." Yusuke taunted.
"I don't. I felt a demon presence and came to check it out. There was something else...but it faded before I could get to it." Hiei scowled, nothing new.
"What about the demon? Did you kill it?"
"No."
"Why not? That's our job..."
"Your job, spirit detective, not mine. If Kurama wants to help out, then whatever. But don't you include me with the monkey."
"Kuwabara's not a monkey. He's a chimp." Yusuke quipped. They both smiled inwardly, but showed no emotion otherwise.
"Kuwabara's a human just like you, Yusuke, and don't you forget it!" Botan took her oar and slapped him on the head. Ignoring the boy clutching his head, Botan turned to Hiei. "Now, now, what's all the ruckus? I hope you haven't destroyed anything. Spirit World's money stash is going to disappear if this keeps up!"
"Spirit World's money can disappear for all I care, but that's not the problem. He found a dead human. Hiei said there was a demon here and that there was something else, but he never saw it." Yusuke informed the upbeat Grim Reaper.
"That reminds me. I'll have to keep an eye out for Lina Inverse, she should be arriving."
"Do you mean her?" Hiei asked, pointing at the dead person.
"What! Surely not! Lina can't get killed, it would be disastrous." Botan rushed over to the body.
"Whaddaya mean? Me, Kurama, and Hiei can take care of anything you throw at us!" Yusuke boasted.
"Watch yourself detective. Don't include me in anything you do. If I wish to join, I will." Hiei glared at Yusuke.
"Shut up, you two, this is serious. Lina has the power to add great strength to your group. She's not a fist fighter though." Botan looked up, frowning.
"Don't include me, this has nothing to do with me!" Hiei put in quickly.
Botan looked at Hiei. He stood about 4' 8" (is that 4" 8'? or did I have it right?), and wore a long, black coat that covered him from shoulder to toe. It split a little in the middle, and you could see black pants. He wore a white ribbon around his forehead, like Lina, and he had crimson eyes. His black hair was spiky and untamable, but still looked cool. He had a sword hanging from his waist.
"On the contrary, Mr.-I'm-a-demon-and-too-good-for-the-humans! You're a big part of it. Without you they wouldn't have won the Dark Tournament or against the four demon 'gods' you're a vital part of this team, just like Kurama and Yusuke." Too late she realized her mistake, and Hiei pounced on it.
"What about the monkey?" he smirked.
"He's not a monkey, he's Kuwabara! And he's a big part of this team too!" Botan shouted at him, flustered.
"And tell me what match in the Dark Tournament he won without—"
"Annnnnnnnyyyyy-waaaayyy!" Yusuke dragged the word out, stalling for a conversation. "What about this Lina person? If she's dead, how come we haven't seen her? I mean, I am the Spirit Detective. You're the Grim Reaper, and Hiei is a super-strong demon. One of us should have noticed her spirit."
"She is probably back at the River, waiting on me. Let me see where's she's supposed to go." Botan reached into her pink kimono and pulled out a little book, tossing her long, blue hair over her shoulder. "It says she's violent," Yusuke's ears perked up. "She likes to destroy things, and does so often." Hiei looked faintly interested, though he tried to hide it. "What she wants, she gets. Looks like she's not exactly heaven material..." Botan sweat-dropped.
"Let's look at the good things." Yusuke suggested. Botan complied, and then continued.
"Saved the world, once against Shabranigdo, once against Copii-Rezo, once against Pihibrizzo, Once against Dark-Star, Once against Valgaav, Gaav, and many other demons. I guess the good outweighs the bad. It says her greatest fear is her sister and slugs, but other than that, she's not afraid of anything."
Yusuke smiled a bit. Hiei tried to hide his interest, but failed. Miserably. "So are you taking her to Spirit World, or is she staying here?"
"Well, she wasn't meant to die. She had a very long life ahead of her, a couple hundred years left apparently."
"But no human can live that long!" Hiei protested, he frowned again. "That's about how long I'm supposed to live!"
Botan frowned. "This part confused me, but I think it means that she took a god into her body and some of the immortality rubbed off on her."
"In that case, then shouldn't she still be alive?" Yusuke pointed out.
"I don't know. All I know is that it's not her time to die. Ouch," Botan continued, still looking at the little book. "Looks like she had problems blowing up inns, princess's and ships, and—"
"Hn. We go the point." Hiei rolled his eyes.
"In any case, she isn't supposed to be dead. Yusuke, could you take her to your house and take care of her body just in case?"
"I guess so," The detective grumbled. Botan smiled, satisfied, and continued on her way.
"I have to go back to Spirit World and make sure she's not there. I'll talk to you two later!"
Hiei rolled his eyes and ignored Botan, while Yusuke simply rolled his eyes. Hiei turned away and disappeared, going at speeds a normal human couldn't comprehend.
"So you're gonna leave me to take care of the body, huh?" Yusuke growled. Talk about dumb stuff. He picked up the red-haired girl and started towards Keiko's house. The girl was already in the know about demons and stuff, he reasoned, hopefully she'd help him with this girl. He didn't know what to do with her.
I don't own it people, and I'm sorry, but yeah, Lina's dead. ; If you've ever seen YYH you have an idea what might happen. I'll try better on the description ya'll. Hey, I had these chapter's done, but forgot to put them out ; anyway, Hurricane Ivan destroyed the school beside us and we don't go back till they do, so no school for at least a week! Although...a LOT of clean up. ::shudder:: branches, leaves, tree's :'( waaaah! See ya next chapter, people! And I wanted to thank EVERYONE who reviewed! Thanks a lot! Bai bai!