Title: The New Girl on the Block

Chapter 1: The Mission of all Missions

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters.

---Koenma's POV---

Where were they?

I sent Botan out over an ago. She should have been back by now with all four of them. I told her we had a very important case on our hands so she had better not be fooling around. Oh kami, I hoped she didn't forget or was sidetracked. Maybe I should have sent someone else.

If she didn't bring those four here, the worlds as we know may cease to exist. Yes, I meant worlds as in the ningenkai, the youkai, and reikai. My informants told me that this youkai crime lord had devised a way to damage our very existence. Life as we know it would never be the same.

Pacing back and forth in my office, I glanced at the clock on the wall every now and then. Curse them and their tardiness. They were going to give me ulcers one of these days. George didn't seem to mind my panicking… I meant pacing and now I can see why. The baka was listening to music on his portable radio.

"This is no time to be listening to music!" I yelled angrily at him. Unfortunately his music was cranked loud enough to drown out my screaming. I jumped up on my desk and yanked off the offending headphones. "We're in the middle of a three world crisis and you have the audacity to listen to music?"

"Sorry sir," George humbly apologized to me. I would have had him kissing my feet if I weren't so racked with worry.

I sighed and took a seat behind my desk. The pacing made me rather dizzy, but don't tell the others. I would never hear the end of it from Yusuke and Kuwabara. This was one wait.

"Should I call Hinegashi, sir?" George inquired as if to make amends for his earlier mistake. Why was he nervous? And why didn't I think of it sooner?

My contact list should be around here for all the active ferry girls. Too bad most of them were either off, on vacation, or working a different section. How did I remember that? That leaves me with no other choice but to send Hinegashi. My fingers made fast work of the phone buttons when look who strolled through my doors.

"You certainly took your sweet time," I accused them. I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at all four of them.

Yusuke appeared to be pissed. "Well excuse me. If a certain someone hadn't insisted on staying until school ended, we would have been here ages ago." He glared at a certain kitsune youkai.

Kurama had this amused smirk on his face. Something told me I didn't want to know what he was thinking.

"This is the utmost important case you will undertake. Kurama, Hiei, I'm counting on you two to keep them in line." Both Yusuke and Kuwabara glared at me, but I ignored them as usual. "It concerns the fate of three worlds so don't screw up."

"As if we'd screw up," Yusuke retorted while crossing his arms over his chest and looking sharply away from me.

"That's right," Kuwabara backed him.

"Oh please," Hiei said with sarcasm. Trust Hiei to be quiet and unnoticed until he had something important to say.

I coughed, catching their attention. "My sources informed me some demon crime lord hired the Toguro brothers to guard a secret weapon. This weapon has the power to destroy all three worlds."

Their reactions varied. Kurama appeared to be calm in control. Who knew what went through that kitsune's mind? I'd rather not know nor did I want to find out. Then there was Hiei. He wasn't in the least bit affected by this. Most likely he was planning a way to destroy the weapon or take it for himself. Kuwabara and Yusuke were extremely furious. They were down right angry. It wasn't hard to know what they were thinking. They have such simple minds.

"I take it you want to leave immediately?" I inquired. Two of them nodded their heads. "For starters, you will have to sneak into his castle, because it's heavily guarded. No, you can't go charging in there since they could easily bring the weapon to another location and then we will have to go through this all over again. Kurama and Hiei already know the layout of the castle as they have been there. Are there any questions?"

"Where are we supposed to go?" Yusuke asked an intelligent question for once.

A rolled up piece of paper sat near the edge of my desk. Once I took off the string binding, I unrolled the map on my desk. It was a large map of the demon world. Where else would a demon crime lord have his lair? It certainly was not going to be the ningenkai or reikai. Let's not even get into the netherworld.

"So you're sending us to the makai?" Kuwabara exclaimed with surprise. He nearly fell over if it weren't for Kurama pushing him back to his feet. Good thing to as Kuwabara would have flattened the kitsune.

"Great observations," Hiei stated with dry sarcasm. He then started to scan the paper before pointing to the exact location. How he knew that I would never know.

Kurama walked around the others and came to my side. He placed a finger at a few places around the castle while making a few comments. "If they haven't made any changes in my absence, then this will be the best area to enter." He pointed to the east side of the castle. "There should be a small opening. I doubt anyone other than Hiei can enter, but we don't have much of a choice. They won't be expecting anyone to use it and I doubt they even know if its existence."

"That works for me," Yusuke said, agreeing with the kitsune's plan.

The small youkai just huffed but went along with it. I doubted he even had a plan, though I would never say it out loud. On second thought, I better stop thinking about it, because Hiei was giving me a very cold glare. I hoped he didn't hear me think that out loud.

"What are we waiting for an invitation?" Kuwabara asked with the eagerness of a puppy. "I want to return for my date with Yukina-chan and I don't want to keep my ice princess waiting."

I could have sworn Hiei's eye twitched and his hand grabbed the hilt of his katana. I believed he would kill the tallest spirit detective if it weren't for Kurama and Yusuke. They both had a hand on each of his shoulder, preventing him from killing the ningen. It was going to be a disaster if Hiei killed the ningen as it was against the law.

"Where is the point of entry?" Kurama inquired, diverting the explosive youkai's attention away from Kuwabara. "And where will be landing?"

"I'm glad you asked that," I replied with a smile and reached into my desk for an item. "We had this in storage but had no clue what it did until just now. Don't ask how we discovered it, but this device allows us to create dimensional gates between the ningenkai and the makai. I have used this only once and I will try to get you close to the castle as possible. You may have to stay there overnight, but don't worry. I'll have Botan deliver your overnight equipment."

"Is that all?" Yusuke inquired with sarcasm. "Can we go now?"

"Sure," I said, fiddling with the knobs, buttons, and whatever this contraption had. Hey, I only used it once and that was to figure out what its purpose was. Don't blame me if I accidentally sent them to this cute universe that made me want to be dead than living there.

Upon thinking that, Hiei turned and appeared like he was on the verge of strangling me when the gate appeared behind my spirit detectives. Kurama went first, since he had knowledge of the area. Also, he was better at sneaking around and planning a strategy. Kuwabara was to go next, except he reluctantly went into the gate. Yusuke followed Kuwabara with Hiei bringing up the rear. Like I said, don't ask.

---Kurama's POV---

Once I entered the gate, I scouted the area only to find we were practically in the backyard or front yard of the castle. There were so many guards, lugging their large weapons around. I thought they would be hitting each other since there were so many and large ones too.

Well, the others were taking their time. Finally, Kuwabara came through the gate, followed quickly by Yusuke and Hiei. Now I knew what took them too long. Not that it mattered. We landed on the grounds of the youkai crime lord on the first try.

How convenient.

Yet something told me there was something wrong with this situation. I was about to tell them my strategy when Kuwabara came charging at the minions declaring his love for Yukina and how he was going to defeat them for her.

By now Hiei was fuming and exacting his revenge. Well, he didn't kill Kuwabara, but he took down a few of those minions before they knew what hit them. Yusuke shrugged at me and then charged into battle. I sighed at my team mates and then followed their lead.

Soon we were surrounded by the army of mindless minions when a few of them recognized us. They dropped their weapons and fled. Once again, how very convenient for us. Of course, Yusuke and Kuwabara all took it in stride. They soon were heading into the castle via the open gate. I wondered who in their mind would leave the front door to their home opened and unlocked. Kuwabara even knew to lock his doors.

A few minutes later, we happened to chance upon a locked door. It was more than convenient. My instincts told me this was the room, but the sign above it was a really big hint. Who in their right mind would have a sign that pointed to their secret weapon?

Naturally, Yusuke tried to open it and when it didn't open, he shot the door knob, causing the door to swing open. The door swung open wide to reveal a maiden.

---Kuwabara's POV---

I can't wait to return to my Yukina-chan. I wished Yusuke would hurry up and…..

There she was, the most beautiful girl alive. She had flowing blue hair that went down to her waist. They appeared to be silky. Her ivory skin held no flaws. I wanted to hold her and make her mine. Her eyes were a sparkling amethyst, and I felt myself drowning in them. They expressed great sorrow, but why? She wore a simple kimono with pink and red sakura blossoms. Around her waist, she wore a soft pink sash.

I, Kuwabara Kazuma, will find out why and make it better. "So what are you doing here?"

She turned around and a tear slipped down her cheek. It instantly turned to a tear gem before hitting the floor. If I learned one thing by being around Yukina, it was that koorime naturally produced tear gems.

Her melodious voice floated through the room. "They threatened to kill my mother if I didn't cooperate and I can't lose her even if she is drunk. She's the only family I have. I don't know if my father is alive or dead."

Now that made me mad. How dare they use her mother against her!

---Hiei's POV---

Hn, the baka began to ramble about how he was going to make them pay. Wasn't he going on and on about my sister a few minutes ago? I smacked him on his head, bringing him back to his senses. I must make a note of that.

"What was that for shrimp?"

"That was for being a baka," I spoke harshly while glaring at him.

"Now, now, there's no need to fight," she said with a small smile on her face. She placed her hand on my shoulder. I should smack her hand off, but for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to harming her. Why? I don't know why the hell I was acting this way.

When she removed her hand, I felt disappointed. What the hell? Why would I feel disappointed? I should be happy or cut her hand for even daring to touch me.

"Pardon my interruption, but would you kindly tell us where the secret weapon of mass destruction is located so we can be on our way?" Kurama asked with that eerie smile on his face. Did he get cramps by smiling that often?

She raised her dainty hand to her face. "I don't know. All I remembered was the Toguro brothers and Karasu kidnapping me. They shoved me into this room. I don't remember much, but I heard them talking to their boss. It was something about accomplishing the mission."

"Wasn't Kurasu dead?" Yusuke asked the rest of us. Kurama, Kuwabara, and I nodded our heads in response while the girl looked very confused. Apparently she hadn't seen the dark tournament.

"My name is Yuki Okami Tenshi Ohimesama, but you can call me Kitty," the girl said with a smile. She then collected her tear gems and stood up from her seat. Raising her hand to the wall, she fired a powerful blast, causing a huge hole to form.

Why didn't she do that in the first place? "Why didn't you do that before?" Yusuke questioned her again.

"They threatened to kill my mother, but now you're here, I know she won't be in any danger," Kitty replied with a smile. Her silver eyes beamed with joy. What the hell? Weren't they violet a few minutes ago? Whatever.

Kitty's eyes narrowed. "We have to go now. The Toguro brothers are on their way."

"What? I can't sense them." Kuwabara stated while looking confused. He glanced in every direction, making him a bit off balanced for a few seconds.

Now this was becoming suspicious. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I will. There was no way I would allow my sister to come near her until I was certain Yukina was safe. Then Kuwabara gasped and started speaking.

"She's right. They're coming from that direction." He pointed to where she was pointing not too long ago.

"Let's go before they catch us," Yusuke said as the younger Toguro brother came charging into the room.

Kitty or Yuki side stepped him and with one punch, she knocked him out cold. Our jaws literally hit the floor in shock. She had that much power hidden in that frail looking body. Or were our eyes deceiving us?

"I don't think he will be giving us any problems," Kitty said while daintily stepping on him and then over him. "Shall we take our leave?"

The others nodded dumbly in response. Aw crap, I was doing the same thing too. In less than a few minutes, we more than conveniently met up with Botan, who then helped us back to Koenma's office. He certainly was glad we had accomplished our mission but was baffled as to why we brought back a girl.

During our explanation, she kept glancing at me every so often. What? Hadn't she seen men with my height? If she made any more short jokes, I swore her head won't be attached to her body for long. Then she gave me one of her smiles, making me melt into a puddle.

What the hell again? Since when do I do mushy?

---To be Continued---