Last Time:

King Yama's eyes had seemed to brighten up a bit. "No, but you could check

some clues over there. I bet he has some sort of clue." They all nodded and left to go

search around Koenma's office to find clues of his disappearance.

This Time:

"Hey, guys! Help me get this drawer open!" Yelled Kuwabara. The drawer was

locked really well. The drawer seemed to have a spell around it, a really good one. As

much as Kuwabara kept pulling on it, the drawer won't budge not one bit.

"Hn. Move you, buffoon." Said Hiei. Kuwabara was angered at what Hiei called

him. He stopped pulling on the drawer and was in front of Hiei looking down at him.

"Shrimp, say that to my face."

"You mean buffoon? Or, idiot? Or, Moron? Pick your choice." Said Hiei with a

smirk.

"Grr... that's it." Kurama sighed at those two and began examining the drawer's

spell. Since it has a spell, Koenma must have wanted no one to see. He examined it some

more. This spell looked like it had no flaws or anything. This just made him smirk, much

more; but then frowned a bit. 'Hm... If all the stuff we needed to find is here, then

where's the joy of finding out this puzzle?'

//Fox, just open the damn drawer. The sooner we find the stupid little spirit world

prince, the better.// Hiei had sent him a telepathic message.

//But, where's the fun in solving things?//

//This is no time for fun, fox.// Hiei had been sending these telepathic messages to

Kurama, while dodging and deflecting Kuwabara's wild kicks and punches.

Yusuke had just been searching around Koenma's office. He would never admit it,

but he cared for Koenma. It was just that, he did not want anyone know that he had a soft

spot.

The room felt different, ever since he had stepped one foot in the room. Yusuke

just could not pinpoint what was so different about the room. Then, something had caught

his eyes. It was a picture, of an ocean.

Yusuke started to walk towards the picture. The rest of the gang had stopped and

looked at each other. Yusuke took the picture off the wall and took out something. "Hey,

guys look at what I found."

~*Feudal Era-Kagome n Koenma*~

Morning had struck, waking up Kagome. She felt two strong arms wrapped

securely around her waist. She turned her head to see Koenma's sleeping face. 'He looks

so cute!' mused Kagome. She started to snuggle against him. 'I guess, I could take a few

more minutes of sleep.'

Few hours past and it was now the afternoon, Kagome found herself on the

ground with a soft red material over her. "I see that you are awake, Kagome." She heard

her soon-to-be-mate say.

"Koenma...? What time is it?" Kagome yawned out.

"It is already the afternoon."

"Oh, okay."

"Are you hungry?" Asked Koenma.

"No." Kagome's stomach growled. She blushed a bit.

Koenma chuckled at her, not before saying, "Sure, Kagome, sure."

~*Spirit World-Koenma's office*~

"What is that?" asked Kuwabara.

"It appears to be some sort of note." Noted Kurama.

"Hn. Open the note and read it to us, detective." Said Hiei. Yusuke then opened

the note and looked at it strangely. "Can't you read, detective? I knew that you were

stupid, but not as stupid as the buffoon over there."

Kuwabara glared at him. "Shrimp, how dare you call-..."

"You, two, be quiet. Yusuke just hand me the note, so I'll read it." Said Kurama.

Yusuke handed him the note.

Kurama then looked at it. "No wonder, he could not read it. It is in a youkai

language, a very old kind of youkai language to be precise."

"Whatever, Kurama. Just read the damn note and we'll find Koenma much

faster." Said Hiei. He was getting irritated by the minute.

"You should not rush things, Hiei." Hiei glared at Kurama. "Well, it says... to

open the drawer, you must find a key. Clues will be given to help you find the key. Your

first clue is: It's inside and outside at the same time. Humans use this thing to put their

stuff in it. It also has a code, which is 5, 23, 19."

"Um... what is it? Does anybody know?" Asked Kuwabara.

"Hn. Baka, it's that contraption you call a locker." Said Hiei.

"Okay, the two of you no arguing, save it for later." Said Kurama.

"You know what. That code sounds so familiar." Said Yusuke. They all looked at

him, waiting for him to remember why it seemed so familiar.

~*Feudal Era-Inu Gang*~

Inuyasha was pacing back and forth across the hut. Shippou looked at him,

following him with his eyes. Sango was looking at the hut's ceiling, worrying about

Kagome. Miroku was outside the hut, meditating. Kirara had just taken a nap, she was

worried about Kagome, but it was no use to worry over her like that. She would come

back. She had promised to come back, and Kagome always keeps her promise.

"Why can't I stop worrying about Kagome?!" yelled Inuyasha. He punched the

floor, making a little crater.

"Inuyasha, we're all worrying about her. I know it is difficult, but we just have to

hope that she is okay." Said Sango. She had started fidgeting with her shirt, her worries

seemed to not go away. 'Kagome-chan, wherever you are, I hope you are safe.'

END OF CHAPTER ~!~@~#~$~%~^~&~*~