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Episode 2: Catch Me If You Can

It was three months after the Dark Tournament, and there was still no sign of Yukina. For once Hiei and Kuwabara truly had something in common, they were both missing Yukina. Hiei hadn't got a good nights rest since he'd lost his sense of her. Thoughts of bad things that could be happening to her haunted his sleep. He searched for her, but it was of no use. He had no specific place to look, no idea where she was going, and the Makai was a big place. She had simply vanished without a trace. The thoughts of what happen to her the last time she'd simply vanished from his sight came to his mind over and over, her capture by Tarukane. He would have no true rest until he knew she was safe.

Kuwabara on the other hand had much more faith in Yukina's ability to take care of herself. True, she wasn't a fighter and she was a gentle creature, but she wasn't stupid. He trusted her to be well, although, in all honesty he did worry a little about her well-being. He had felt his very soul crack in two, leaving a hole the size of the universe inside his heart, when she left. It hurt him even more that she didn't even let him say good-bye. He had thought he'd sensed something between them. He loved her...his Yukina, but then he'd got to thinking, was she ever truly his. He seen the way she had looked at Hiei, and he hated the Shrimp for it, not truly, but he wanted too badly. He knew Hiei wasn't after Yukina. He'd thought that at first, because of the way Hiei was protective of her, but it wasn't that. Guys know when another guys trying to muscle in on there girl, plus his six sense was telling him, he had it all wrong, that there was another reason why Hiei was so protective of her, and he figured she must remind Hiei of someone Hiei once knew. It was something else, but at this point, he didn't even care. She was gone. He would never see her again, and that fact, had put him in a deep depression for the last three months. Why didn't you let me say good-bye?

The whole gang was now standing in Koenma's Office waiting for there next assignment. By the look on Koenma's face, it was something serious. He was in his teen form, sucking on his pacifier anxiously, and his looked said the situation was grave.

"This is going to be a long one, guys. I've set up a cover story for you all so nobody will realize your missing. Sarayashiki Junior High is sending several troubled youths to America as an out reach program for trouble teens. Kurama your school will be sending several of there star students to help in the effort. The whole thing should take a month. That's wear your parents are going to think you are and your leaving today. This mission is going to be a tough one. You're going to be looking for this demon." Koenma explained his voice deadly serious.

He picked up his remote, turned on the T.V., and a picture of a beautiful elfin woman came up. She looked serene, almost like a goddess. She was tall with long auburn hair, so straight it seemed almost unnatural. She wore an earthy brown headband over her hair that slip behind her sleek elfin ears. There were symbols written around it in gold that neither Kurama nor Hiei recognized. The most predominate of which was one forged from a golden metal into a circle that laid low on her forehead. Her eyes were the bright color of honey with a tinge of green around her irises. She had a small nose, petite mouth, and long sleek fingers to go with her tall thin frame. She was wearing a long flowing white dress that gave her an ethereal look.

"All man, Koenma, it's a girl!! I can't fight a girl! It's against my code!!" Kuwabara exclaimed in dismay.

"Shut up fool, she's a demoness, not a girl." Hiei snapped irritated by Kuwabara's foolishness.

"It's the same thing, Shrimp! It's still against my code!" Kuwabara replied equally irritated by Hiei's coarseness.

"When are you ever going to get rid of the idiotic notion that you shouldn't fight someone from the opposite sex? It's clear stupidity, but then..." Hiei started to reply crisply, but was cut off.

"Enough, this is a serious one, guys, so stop your bickering, and listen." Koenma barked angrily, "Her name is Bohdana. Your mission is to capture her and bring her back here. Now weather you have to knock her unconscious to do so is up to you, but she doesn't have a choice in the matter. You all must be very careful with her. She's very intelligent, thinks very quickly on her feet, and can hide well. The hardest part of this mission is going to be catching her. The portal will take you to the last place she was spotted, then you're on your own. Find her, bring her back here, that is all, dismissed."

"Koenma, what are those symbols she's wearing around her head. I've never seen them before, Elves in the Makai are rare, is it some sort of Elfin Magic we should be aware of?" Kurama asked as he casually scrutinized the female's headband.

"Frankly, Kurama, I don't know as you've said Elves are rare in the Makai. We have little to nothing on them. Your guess is as good as mine." Koenma replied as he too looked at the photo.

"What's so important about this chick anyway?" Yusuke asked looking at the picture once more.

"I've given you all I got, and said all I can say, this order came from my father, himself, and he gave me the impression that this was very important. Just do your best guys, we're counting on you." Koenma answered sternly.

"Alright, Koenma, don't get you diaper in a twist we're on it." Yusuke retorted as he and the gang walked out on there new mission.

They had been walking around aimlessly for hours, and Yusuke was about ready to kill Koenma. There was no sign of this chick anywhere. Hiei had his ward off and was searching for the demoness, but even with his skills, there was no sign. Then Hiei straighten when he felt a sudden flux in ki.

"This way," Hiei stated as they started into a wood, his Jagan glowing brightly. They walked on for several minutes. There senses on alert to everything around them, and the deeper they moved into the wood the darker it got.

"Stay on your toes, guys. This has trap written all over it." Yusuke whispered to the group.

A laugh like wind chimes ghosted through the wood, then came a voice, clearly female, "And who wouldn't want to trap four handsome boys like you." She giggled serenely, and the boys stiffened, searching the dark trees. Kuwabara's Spirit Sword materialized along with Kurama's Rose Whip, and Yusuke's Spirit Gun as Hiei's sword left its sheath. They could hear the demoness in the trees, she was moving so fast that is seemed as if she was all around them at once. "My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my why so hostel?" Her playful voice called, "Really boys, I don't bite, well, mostly anyway." She giggled with amusement.

"So is this Bohdana or not, can you tell, Hiei?" Yusuke asked as they all kept a close eye on the trees.

"I don't know. I can't tell, Kurama, a little help here." Hiei replied as he struggled to get a lock on her with his Jagan.

"Right," Kurama answered as he focused his ki on the trees. He willed them the grab the person dancing in there limbs, but they defied him.

"Oh, wow, a possessor of Udo ryoku! Just like me, well this is a pleasant surprise! I have not met many in this land, but I'm stronger. The trees will not listen to your call." Her voice was excited as if she just found a long lost gift.

"Kurama, talk to me." Yusuke exclaimed nervously.

"She seems to have a much more powerful control over plants than I do, Yusuke, which means essentially she could turn this whole wood against us, and I could do nothing to stop her." Kurama responded gravely. Hiei and Kuwabara stiffened at the word, a small growl escaping Hiei's lips.

"That sucks!" Kuwabara muttered grimly.

"Aw, why the long faces? You looked like somebody just died. You guys really need to loosen up, so what brings you around here anyway? You guys aren't lost, are you?" She asked with her same playful tone, a slight edge of seriousness to her voice.

"Will you stop playing games and show yourself!" Yusuke shouted in frustration, "We're here on Koenma's orders to find some elf girl name Bohdana!"

"Oh, Bohdana is far from a girl, in fact, she's quite older than you, young man. So what if Bohdana doesn't want to be found, humm?" Her voice asked as she ghosted around the trees above them, never giving away her location.

"Look, are you her or not!" Yusuke yelled sick of this creep's games.

"Temper, temper, Mr. Urameshi that temper of yours, can get you in a lot of trouble, but if you must know, I'm Bohdana! You've found me now go away!" The voice answered seeming to stop directly behind him. Yusuke whirled around but found nothing, the others had turn in that direction as well.

"Look lady, you really don't have a choice! This is an order from Enma! You can come with us now or unconscious, it's your choice!" Yusuke shouted angrily.

"Hummm, in the words of your redheaded friend, I could turn this whole wood against you, at the mere flicker of my will, do you really think you're in the position to be threatening me." Bohdana asked her voice a bit more serious. The boys stiffen readying themselves for an attack.

"Way to go Urameshi," Kuwabara said irritatedly.

"Well you really didn't think she'd just hop out of that tree, and say well if Enma, himself, wants me I'll come right along, did you?" Yusuke replied sarcastically.

"If you to fools are done bickering, she's showing herself." Hiei stated in a clip tone, his aggravation clear as he watch the demoness appear on a tree branch about forty feet away from them.

"Huh??" Kuwabara replied dumbly, joined by Yusuke's equally intelligent response of, "Wha??" They all looked up to see the demoness lying comfortably on a tree branch. Her long auburn locks falling over her left shoulder, she was smiling at them in a most playful manner.

"But I won't of course, it's not your fault you got stuck working for Enma...or maybe it is, but still I'm not going to fight you. Let's play a game instead." She exclaimed with a playful wink.

"What kind of game?" Kurama asked eyeing the female critically.

Her smile got even bigger, and a playful glint entered her eyes, "It's called catch me if you can. If you catch me, I'll come along with you nice and quiet, but if you don't well, Enma is just out of luck, now, isn't he?"

"Look lady, we didn't come here to play games!" Yusuke yelled as he aimed his Spirit Gun at her, already glowing with energy, "Spirit Gun!" He shouted as he let lose enough energy to knock her off the branch. The branch exploded in a spray of splinters as his blast hit, but there was no sign of the elf.

"You missed me." Came her voice over his shoulder and Yusuke whirled firing another blast.

She giggled like a schoolgirl highly amused as she danced on the treetops, "You know, Mr. Urameshi that wasn't very nice, but I forgive you. Now catch me if you can." And in a burst of speed that even out did Hiei she was gone. Hiei's Jagan glowed brightly as it tracked her, and his eyes grew a fraction wider.

"She's fast, much faster than me. Come on we have to hurry before I lose her." Hiei exclaimed as he flitted a head of the others.

Koenma Daioh walked slowly to see his father Enma. He was in toddler form, and his small feet made a soft clicking noise on the marble floor as he walked. Something serious was going on, and nobody would tell him what. He was worried about his team. Elves were rare, and usually powerful, more powerful than his team, but his father insisted he send them to retrieve her, telling him that the hard part for them would be to catch her. He had been watching there progress when his father called for him. He was troubled. His father had never been a gentle god, but Koenma loved him. He was his father, and something was wrong, something was bothering him, and when something is bad enough to bother Enma Daioh, you had better be scared. He reached the large double doors to his father's office, and knocked.

"Come," Enma's loud voice, boomed as the door swung open.

Koenma walked in timidly as he said in a quiet voice, "Father, you called for me."

"Yes, come close to me, my son. Sit upon my knee. We must talk." Enma commanded his loud booming voice taking on a gentler quality. Koenma stood his ground momentarily stunned. His father had never spoken to him with such gentleness, had never looked at him with such pride. Koenma was down right afraid now, something was terribly, terribly wrong. Coming back to his senses, he quickly ran to follow his father's command. Enma leaned down and aided him by picking Koenma up with one of his giant hands.

Once Koenma was settled on his father's knee, Enma kept his large hand to his back. Enma sighed, it was a very un-Enma like thing to do, and his son looked to him with worry.

"Change is coming, my son, a change that not even I can stop, and soon you will have to leave me. You will have to leave this world and go to Earth most likely never to return here again." Enma's voice was tired as he spoke sadly.

Koenma looked up to his father with large sad eyes and he exclaimed, "But why Father, have I done something to displease you? Have I failed in some duty I was given? I'll do better. I'll..."

"No!" Enma shouted his voice booming like thunder and Koenma jump slightly in fright. "It was nothing you did. It is better that you go, because surely, if you stay with me you will die. Only death awaits me in my future, and I am greatly please it is not a fate you will share..."

Koenma hopped up at the mention of his father's death, tears in his eyes, and ran up the giants leg to pull on his shirt, "Father, please tell me what's happening?" He hug what part of his father he could as tears flooded down his face, "You're not going to die!! You're Enma Daioh, Lord of Death!!" He tugged on the large god's clothes like a small child having a temper-tantrum, "If you send me away and you die there'll be no one to run things!! You can't die, Father! You can't!!" He buried his face in his Father's shirt, his fit over as he asked in defeat while he still cried, "What's happening? Let me stay with you, and fight by your side, Please, Father..."

Enma used one of his large fingers to rub his tiny child's back and said softly, "Don't cry for me, my child. This is my own fault, I see that now, and I will bare the responsibility for my own actions. The one who set about this change is the same one who gave me this office, The Goddess above us all."

Koenma stiffen, "You mean, The Keeper of the Gates has turned against us, but why Father? Have we not served Her well?"

"Her wrath is not with you, but me. I did something I should not have, and the time comes soon when I must pay for it. I do not know what fate will be fall you on Earth, but I do know you will be taken care of, and that there you will meet your betrothed Khalidah Rujuta. Your destiny rests with her, you must promise me even after I'm gone that you will marry her as I willed on the day of your birth." Enma replied gently.

Koenma stepped back to look his father in the face, "I promise, Father, I will marry her."

"Now to address the true reason I wished to see you. Step into my hand." Enma instructed as he lowered his hand and opened up his palm. Koenma did as he was told, and Enma continued, "Lay your pacifier in the center of my palm." Again, Koenma scurried to do as he was told, and Enma continued, "Step back," There was a flash of Enma's ki as he accessed the energy within the pacifier. The pacifier disintegrated into green light, floating in a perfect cylindrical pattern over the center of his palm, and he went on, "As you know your pacifier gathers your pure ki energy and can be used as the Evil Sealing Ring. What you do not know is that your pacifier has been draining away your true energy, and storing the power within it as well. Your toddler form is not strong enough to hold all that energy, and would have killed you, if I had not done this, so please don't be upset with me.

On the date of your betrothal, it was thought best to keep you in a child form until you were united with your bride, so that you would remain chased until that moment. It was much to my great surprise and dismay when you discovered your teen form, but as you soon learned when ever you would make any type of sexual advances toward your admirers you reverted quickly back to your toddler form. Soon you will be leaving me, and it is time a remove the seal I put on you in birth, so that you're teen form, will become permanent, and stop draining your energy when you use it. The process will take about thirty days once I restore your true power. It will be painful, but you must not push it away. You must concentrate on pulling it in. Are you ready?" Koenma stiffened his posture and nodded. "Then step into the energy in the center of my palm." Enma commanded, and slowly Koenma did as he was told.

The energy was cool to the touch, and unlike his father said, Koenma didn't feel any pain. As soon as he was completely surrounded by his energy it lifted him, six feet above his father's palm. He opened his mouth to ask his father, what to do next, but instead let lose a blood-curdling scream of agony, as the pain hit him like an eighteen-wheeler truck. He didn't notice the change in the energy's color from green to a yellowish white or feel the flux in his own father's ki as he activated the change; all he knew at that moment was pain. Enma grimaced at his child's scream, and prayed the process of restoring the boy's energy would hurry. He had never caused his child pain in earnest, true, he'd spanked the boy, but never did he raise his hand to Koenma to cause him true pain, and seeing his child like this was almost enough to bring the God of the Dead to tears.

Koenma had resorted to clinching his teeth to bite back the screams, as he forced himself not to push away the pain, but to embrace it fully. Tears were streaming down his face, and he couldn't help, but to scream again. He didn't know how much more of this he could take. Distantly, in the back of his mind, Koenma couldn't help, but to wonder if this is what it was like for Yusuke when he absorbed the Spirit Orb. Then suddenly there was darkness as he slipped away into the black oblivion of unconsciousness. Enma was startled when his son suddenly passed out, but the process was completed and he could sense his son's, now much stronger ki, all Koenma needed was rest.

"You did well my son, you did well." Enma exclaimed as he ran a gentle finger down his small son's back.

It had been three hours, eight direction changes, and five not so random, random attacks from several indiscriminate groups of demons roaming the Makai, since Bohdana dashed away from them with the phrase, "Catch me if you can," on her lips. To say the least the boys weren't happy. They weren't happy at all. When Koenma said that the hardest part of this mission is going to be catching her, it was the biggest understatement of the year. The chick was playing with them and they all knew it. She could hide her ki when she wanted, and the kis of other demons as well, thus them walking into several ambushes by some low class demons that thought they were easy pickings. They could all just hear her gleeful laughter, but as of yet she hadn't tried to kill them. If you didn't count, leading them into several ambushes which they didn't because they knew she could clearly sense there kis, and knew those other demons didn't have a chance. They didn't get her game yet, and the question on all there minds was did this demoness just want to play a real extreme version of hide and seek or what?

If so, ready or not here they come.

End Episode 2

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