"It's not my fault, I didn't know. She was really good at hiding things from me. She only told me after I sold my soul to the devil…They had better not find out."


"Okay gang, I have a new mission for you. There is a new threat roaming Japan, and I want you to take it out. This is about all I know, just be careful." Koenma said.

Hiei glared in annoyance and left in a blur.

"Damn him…He shouldn't be running around like that, it's not good for him." Koenma said with an annoyed look.

"Well, do you we even know what they look like?" Yusuke asked.

"Or what they might act like, dress like, anything about their spirit energy?" Kurama added.

"Only that they aren't like regular humans, yet look and act like everyone else does." Koenma said.

"Yea, right, like us. We aren't regular humans, yet we still seem human!" Yusuke yelled.

"No, way different. You guys have a soul, they don't." Koenma said, all of a sudden afraid and serious.


With Hiei


"I still don't know what to do. My friends, if that's what they are, will be hunting me soon. They will see that I flinch every time I am in light. They will find out soon, and they will hate me. The thing is, I can't die." Hiei said, to himself.

"Honey, you can die anytime. You just have to find the bane. I myself have driven myself to the edge of sanity, just finding what makes me tick. Good luck!" a shadowed voice crooned to the desperate demon.

"Who are you and why do you care? What's in it for you if I die?" Hiei asked the shadow.

A girl stepped out of the shadows. She had long black hair, and silver eyes. She wore a black trench coat with a million pockets in it, and black clothing under that. She had combat boots on, and threateningly held a katana.

"My name has been long forgotten. I am simply called Scarlet now. I have been in charge of rogue vampires and those too soft to continue the life of the damned. It's merely my goal in life to offer each new vampire the poison to their gift."

"Why are you called Scarlet?"

"My presence is a scar in perfection, as is everyone else's. I have offended the Superior God, and he has condemned me to solitude. Solitude for an eternity. Are you happy now?"

"Are you a vampire?" Hiei asked, confused.

"Yes."

"How long have you lived?"

"Too long."

Hiei sighed in annoyance. This girl was stalling for something.

"Who was your blood mother?" Scarlet asked.

"I don't know."

"Come with me." Scarlet commanded, with a soft tone.


With the Rest of the Gang


"Where is that twerp? He should have loved tracking down these monsters," Yusuke complained.

"We just have to trust that he will come." Kurama reasoned.

"Well, where do we start?" Kuwabara asked, for once reasonable.

"Koenma said they didn't have a soul; maybe that would help." Yusuke

"No, we'll need help." Kurama said. "Anything without a soul would have been taken by Botan and the rest of the ferry girls. This isn't possible."

So eventually, the gang went out and consulted Genkai.

"Hey, Old Hag. Have you sense anything out of the ordinary around?" Yusuke asked.

"No, you useless bag of human flesh, I can't help you." Genkai replied.


With Hiei


"Why am I here? What am I doing?" Hiei asked Scarlet.

"Dear, you are here because some greater force wills you to. That and your blood mother has died." Scarlet crooned.

"What do you mean?" Hiei demanded.

"She was killed." Scarlet said, nonchalantly.

"Who was killed?"