Catse: Hiyya everyone! New chappie up! Chappie thirteen! Yays! Well, I finally got to working so as to bring this chapter to you. As you've probably already noticed, I update about every four or five days. I usually take that long because I write a little every afternoon. About the reviews I got back, the ones that wrote what you thought would happen next: one of you got really close. Can't say who though because then it would be ruined! But that one of you that got this correct, you'll know as the story progresses. Anyways, this chappie took me three days working, because everyone wanted to annoy me! Oh well, here you go!

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Disclaimer: See chapter one....

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The group sat in Kenya' s bedroom, talking amongst themselves as their parents held their own little meeting below. This was a startling new revelation, and the group of kids had to figure out what they were going to do about this apparent demonic stalker. As it was, the main subjects Arune was following were Kenya and Tsuki, and Kenya really did not like the fact that Tsuki actually had conversed with the hanyou girl.

He sat quietly at his desk, writing down ideas he could use in luring out the demon as the others talked.

Seika sat on his bed, feeding his new spirit beast dragon creature Niko, grapes from a bowl he pulled out of the fridge.

The little dragon chirped and gobbled the food from Seika's hands, nibbling at the grape with a cute air to him. The girls, Satou and Tsuki, thought it was the greatest thing in the world, and giggled everytime the dragon ate a grape, and then almost hysterically when he burped. Then the dragon would look up and cock his head, bringing more laughter.

Katai sat back in a lounging chair, flipping through a magazine she found on Kenya's bed.

Every so often she would smile or laugh at something in the magazine, bringing Kenya to the realtization of how much Katai really was like her father.

'And she was getting embarassed when her father was reading during the meeting? How does that work?' Kenya thought to himself smiling.

Haku sat at the window seat overlooking the front yard of the room, adjusting his glasses every now and then, completely consumed in his own little world.

He didn't even look up when the girls laughed. Apparently, he was deep in thought. Most likely over this little matter.

"Hey Kenya. What you up to?" Seika asked, standing up. Niko ran up to his shoulder, his tails wrapping around the neck of the young spirit detective to be as it balanced it's position.

"Things we can do to catch Arune."

"Oh. What do you have so far?" Seika leaned over the desk staring at the tablet of ideas.

Katai heard this question and set down her magazine, curious to what Kenya was up to.

Even Haku, supposedly lost in his own world, looked away from the glass at the young fire apparition.

"Well, several come to mind. One fact, is that she has associated with Tsuki, and has been following me and perhaps you all for some time now. My first thought would be to follow Tsuki for a few days and keep an eye out for unusual phenomina. More missing children, breaks in the kekkai barrier, things like that. Secondly, we all would have to keep an eye out for ourselves, see if she may be following us, which means we need to learn her energy signal. Another idea is to keep an eye on the school. Watch the ones that disappear so we might get an idea on the next victim."

"Isn't Tsuki the next victim?" Katai asked, standing up form her chair to step over to Kenya and Seika. She stood clear of Niko, who looked like he wanted to attack her hair in a cat like manner.

"Not necessarily. Twelve children missing in three days means she must not be getting to close. They must be aquaintances of a sort...but nothing any closer than a name and a hello. She checks their titles, finds them, and then kidnaps them."

"But wait...What would a powerful demon on the otherside of the Kekkai barrier want with human children whose parents are important to society." Seika inquired, petting a purring Niko on his shoulder.

"Simple. If he ever manages to break the Kekkai net and get to this side, he'll need a way to destroy the government of the people. Without human government, there isn't a society, and without society, the people run crazy, untamed, looking for a leader. If all of the important rulers are gone, they have no choice but to look onto Lord Rioko for guidance, becoming slaves in desperation." Haku answered, sitting with his back to the glass.

"Exactly." Kenya replied, smiling briefly before turning back to his paper.

"Wait a minute? If this Lord Rioko is as powerful as we think he is, why doesn't he just destroy the entire human population and be done with it. Hell he can bring the demons to this side and rule them." Katai asked curiously, setting her hands on her hips like they had seen her mother do. It was apparent she didn't just get her actions from her father.

"Every man wants to be a ruler. It only depends if they have the guts. If he destroyed the humans and brought demons, he wouldn't have much control of them. Too much space to rule over. He'd need another ruler to take care of demon world while he was here, in the living world. But there's always a chance that that other ruler would converge on him and destroy him, in order to take the complete power for himself. Then there's also the possibility that one or two of the demons will become strong enough to kill him, and ruin his dreams of ruler. Besides, the three rulers of Demon World right now are S classes. They'd never let him take their rule." Kenya replied, patting his temple with the back end of his pen. "Besides. I doubt he's an S-class. Otherwise he wouldn't be messing with our living world right now. He'd be challenging the rulers of Demon World for leadership. Then he'd be trying for living world."

"What's to say he hasn't already?" Seika inquired, sitting back on the bed with another loud purr from Niko.

He patted the dragonish creature, before returning his attention to Kenya.

"He hasn't." Katai answered instead.

"How do you know?"

"Because dad's one of the three rulers."

"WHAT!? Your dad's a—Your dad's a—"

Katai nodded. "Yep. He's a demon alright. Or a hanyou considering he has a human body with demon blood. Any other way, he's the ruler."

"How'd he get there?"

"Long story." Kenya acknowledged, drawing on the corner of his paper. "There's such a thing as the Atavism of the Mozaku. In a rare genetic event, the genes of an ancestor, in this case demon, can be sent through the family line for about forty some generations, until it reaches a descendant strong enough to awaken the power. Thus the Atavism of the Mozaku. Yusuke happened to be that rare happening, taking after his great-great-great-great Grandfather, Raizen, who died about a good, what...sixteen some years ago."

"How'd he live that long?"

"He's a pure blooded S-class demon. You tell me." Kenya replied, dryly, returning back to his paper.

"By the way. I wanted to ask." Katai began sitting back down again in her original seat. "What happened with your sister Kenya? Why was Yoru trying to kill you guys?"

They were silent for a moment.

The fury was easily seen on Seika's face, as he remembered his encounter with the disgusting elder sister of Kenya.

Finally, Kenya sighed and answered.

"She was just home in one of her moods. And when insulted she usually looses herself, which happens most of the time if you know what I mean."

"Why is she so crazy though? I on..." Katai continued, curiously scratching her temple.

"I believe, if I am correct Kenya, that your great uncle was also insane. So wouldn't there be that similar gene somewhere in the family?" Haku inquired, crossing his arms delicately.

The group fell silent, all eyes on Kenya.

"You guys know of that demon Shadow our father's fought about eighteen years ago right?"

Everyone nodded except for Seika. "Who's Shadow?"

"Sorry Seika. Shadow was a demon a long time ago that tried to destroy the Kekkai barrier, attempting to come to the human world. I guess he just despised humans or something. He kidnapped my mother and held her hostage, and my father had to defeat him and get her to the dying barrier in order to save the world. Demon's unleashed on the living world would have killed both races, human and demon. He's my mother's uncle, which is where I got my ¼ cat demon blood."

"You're a fourth cat demon eh? Cool. So that's where you get your agility?" Seika answered, his legs up in an Indian style.

"No. Actually I get it from my father. He's the one with the great agility and everything. One of the fastest youkai around." Kenya answered, leaning back in the chair.

"Cool. So you all have the same traits of your parents, but then, why aren't you and Satou half-past crazy just like Yoru?" Seika returned.

"The gene's small and hard to pass down through generations. Considering mom is a hanyou and her uncle was the crazy one, she only had a tiny gene amount of him in her. Then we were born and we only have a fourth of it. It just so happens that Yoru's had that rare gene as her main. You don't know how many Psychiatrists she had to go to in the past, but we finally gave up on it when it wasn't working. Now we just deal with her any way we can."

"I'm surprised your father hasn't killed her off yet. I mean he is a demon." Katai acknowledged, sitting back comfortably.

"My father has his own code of loyalty. To kill one of his children goes against it."

The room went quiet again, and next, it was Haku's turn to stand up and begin talking.

"So Kenya. What plan have we got to use? We need to come out with something we can work with for the next few days until children go missing again."

"Whoa, Haku. Are you alright?" Katai questioned, feeling his forehead for a fever. "Are you actually suggesting working with us?"

"Considering I can't work with the original spirit detectives, and there's no way of getting out of this one, then I have no real choice if I want any involvement in the capture of this demon. Kenya, what can we do?"

"Well, I have an idea, but I need you all to tell me what you think."


Hiei sighed deeply as Kurama went over ideas they could use in capturing the demon lord Rioko.

So far, they only knew the bare little. He had a few holes in the Kekkai barrier in which he was bringing children in, but they were still thoroughly confused on how he was getting the children across with out anyone noticing.

How were the chilren getting around? Or did this Arune have the capability to open up portals like He, Botan, and Koenma did?

It was all confusing.

He also remembered what had happened when they went to fight with the demon lord himself.

They had managed to sneak throught he Kekkai with help from Botan, but once there, they found another barrier in their path. One that he had never encountered before in his life. Even Kurama was befuddled.

The barrier would not let them in, and no matter how much Kurama prodded at it, he could not find a hole in it.

It was proven that it had taken years to assemble a barrier like that, but well worth it if it was so finely crafted as to prevent any holes or openings from showing.

But then, how were the children getting in? Did lord Rioko open up a small section to let them in, or was the barrier designed to let them in alone. There was only one way to find out.

Follow the demon that was transporting the children in, and watch how it was done. They'd know then.

But case was, if they couldn't get in, then the case would have to be left to their children, and Hiei did not like the idea at all.

His children, Yoru, Kenya, and Tsuki, were not yet ready to enter a battle such as that with a demon as powerful as Rioko.

Yoru had the skills mastered of course, but she still did not understand the way of the warrior. She had no moral code...no care for life...she was a monster.

Of course, when Hiei was young, younger than her, he had the same ideals, but at least he kept a moral code. He did not kill the defenseless unless they bothered him.

And he did not kill the ones beaten to the ground, nor did he help them for that matter if he walked by one. He kept as isolated as he could from the rest of the world, and that was the only way he found himself living in that time.

But then he met Suta, and everything had changed.

As Hiei thought about her, he looked over at her, the woman who was his mate and wife.

Her long silky black hair was kept in a ponytail at the back of her head, being that they had all just come from an attempt to get to lord Rioko. Her deepset blue eyes were lit with excitement, as she talked with Kuwabara about a picnic of sorts they could have after the mission at hand could be taken care of. She still wore her dogi (the outfit she wears in the dojo) and her wooden katana was at her side. As it was, she had had to cancel afternoon classes because of the mission, and many of her students were probably upset. But no doubt she would give them an excellent lession tomorrow.

She was the one that had taught him about the world, and changed his point of view. She was the one that had taught him how to love.

Hiei looked at the blade at his own side. The Flaming Sword of Hinote, Suta's mother still glowed with an energy that spoke it's anxiousness to fight. After having worked with the sword for almost twenty years, he had mastered it's abilities and it's flame. But still, even though he now knew the signs to look for on the blade, and the sort of energy it threw out when he touched it, he still didn't know everything about it.

After all, why didn't the oil run out? How did the sword manage to create more?

Was it the blade that did it? The blade created its own oil? Or maybe the handle?

In any case, the sword had been his closest ally, never breaking even when put against the hardest metals in the worlds. He had used it numerous times on missions and it had yet to fail him, even once.

It was the finest sword he had ever owned.

"Hiei? Hiei you there? Hello!!" He heard Yusuke taunt as he waved his hands before the koorime's face. "It's time to wake up from the day-dreams."

Hiei waved his hand away with a glare and sat up.

"Hn."

"Hey, he's back. Good going." Kuwabara chuckled, smacking Yusuke on the back.

"Yeah, well you know no one can surpass my charm and annoyingness."

"Yusuke. I don't think annoyingness is a word." Kurama interjected, stepping up to his side. "Hiei, were you listening?"

"Hn." Hiei replied with a nod. "Yeah, I was listening. So, if things come to extreme measures, then our children are going to have to take over."

"Yeah, pretty much. I'm hoping we don't have to take those measures, but they are trained. Of course, Seika still requires training, and Yoru, if in a good state of mind should watch out for them." Kurama answered.

"You think that crazy chick, nearly killing off the new guy because he told her what she was, is going to watch out for the entire team." Yusuke inquired, a smile on his face. "She's more messed up than I am and that's a statement."

"No." Kurama answered. "A Yoru with one of my plants at her neck with though."

"No, it won't." Hiei replied, shaking his head. "She's been trained to ward those off. She's like a machine. Nothing can hold her down if it comes to Spirit Energy. The only thing that would have to keep her in control would be a threat, and even then that's only half the chance."

"You trained her well Hiei. Far too well." Kurama interjected, smiling.

"Yes, but Kenya is trained just as much. He doesn't have the same degree of control considering he's a few years less experienced, but he does have the same weaponry skills, if not more. He takes to weapons easily, any sort he can master."

"What about the Flaming Sword? Has he mastered that?" Kuwabara inquired, poking at the said blade.

It glowed to his touch, and ended up burning him slightly in annoyance.

Kuwabara jumped away, a little yelp to prove that the sword had warned him away.

"No. We haven't given him the chance." Suta replied from behind them, writing something out on paper at the kitchen counter. "Hiei's very protective of that sword, and he didn't think Kenya was ready for it yet."

"When will he be ready?" Kuwabara inquired, sitting in one of the chairs near Hiei.

"I was planning on giving him the sword on his thirteenth birthday. He is my one and only son and so, because of that, he is to receive my sword. But his birthday is a good two months away. I guess it must be time that he learn it if it comes to the point that he and the others must get through the barrier."

Kurama nodded, approving. "Yes. Haku is just as well trained as he, even though he is eight. He knows everything there is to know about the physics of the worlds, the culture, the history. He has even mastered his spirit energy, capable to bring up any demonic plant I can with out a word or incantation. He is prepared as ever for a mission such as this. Unfortenately, the one thing he does lack is leadership, or working together in a group. Because of his intelligence he's never had to endure such a thing."

"Yeah, Katai's just as trained. I took her to Genkai for a good six months and let her train. Right now, she's almost got the same amount of power I have. And that's saying a lot."

"That much power? How could she have that much power already and we haven't seen it?" Kuwabara inquired, staring at Yusuke suspiciously.

"She doesn't like using it all. She keeps it hidden. Of course, I'm not sure how well she'd do against the other children. Never put them to fighting."

"Maybe we should hold a tournament. See how well they do?" Kurama suggested, stepping towards the stair case.

"Yeah, maybe." Kuwabara agreed.

"I'll be right back. I'm am going to get Haku. We must be home before Jennifer begins to worry." Kurama replied, stepping up a few stairs.

"Wait. Is Jennifer you're wife?" Kuwabara inquired, stepping towards the stair case.

Kurama nodded.

"She doesn't sound Japanese."

"That's because she's American. I met her at Harvard."

"You're kidding me! You went to Harvard!"

Kurama nodded. "Yes. That's where I was for so long. I went to Harvard for two years to become a Biologist and I met her there. We married about a year after graduation, and then had Haku. We lived in America for a little while until Koenma called us back."

"Where you staying at now?"

"A nice hotel here. We have a home in Arkansas, which is where Jennifer grew up."

"So you're saying Haku can speak English just as well as Japanese?" Kuwabara continued, completely befuddled.

"Yes. And Spanish, German, Chinese, Hebrew, French, and Italian. He's very good with languages." Kurama walked the rest of the way up the stairs, leaving a very surprised Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Suta.

Hiei wasn't surprised for he knew that any child of Kurama's would be intelligent. His only befuddlement was how Haku had managed to surpass his father in knowledge so fast. That required a very sharp brain.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to send in the children afterall. If they were anything like their fathers, in which Hiei had already noticed the resemblance in all of them to their parents, then there wouldn't be much to worry about whatsoever.

He only hoped, that they would not need to be sent alone so early in their training.

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Catse: I wanted to ask, how many of you have seen the episodes of Sensui? I just managed to get Born Anew, the newest DVD and I'll tell you, I thought it kicked ass. Yusuke is sooooo funny! Well, after watching it, I changed a few ideas in this chapter, although I don't think anything needs to be changed in the rest. Afterall, I didn't really write about him anyways. Well, until the next chappie! Ja Ne for now!