As Shino walked through the more dirty parts of the city he felt a strong presence of spirit energy and a sense of familiarity in the air.

'This is what Botan said it would be like if I sensed someone close by that I knew well from a past life...' he thought to himself. 'I had this feeling when I saw Botan, but not this strong.'

Peering around the alleys, he walked down the sidewalk as he looked for the source of the feeling. The feeling of the familiar presence grew faintly stronger as he continued to walk down the road and look through the alleys. Coming near the block of the corner near a bunch of shabby apartment houses he came by one alley where the feeling grew intense. He shivered as he glanced down, and started to walk through the crumbling and shabby area. Normally, he would choose to avoid this type of area.

Sitting on a stoop was a boy who looked slightly older than he had been with a faint resemblance to himself, and not someone he knew before. Who it was, he has still unsure although the boy definitely looked familiar. So familiar, almost as if he had been some sort of brother, yet the two had never met.

His eyes scanned the boy who was sitting in front of him, studying him in return. His hair was black with a golden hue to it in the sunlight, and his eyes looked golden brown as well. The new boy's hair had been shorter than he kept his, reaching the back of his neck and hanging straight into his eyes and covering his ears messily for very straight hair that seemed to naturally keep itself neat. His face looked very, very familiar, especially his eyes. It took a few moments more before he recognized who it had been, or at least he thought he did.

'How is this possible?' Shino thought to himself. 'This.. isn't happening... it can't be him.'

The older boy smirked as he stood up and held his hand out to Shino's to shake. "Long time no see, Shuiichi."

Shino froze. There was no mistaking who it was, he had been able to recognize him easily. It still troubled him how this could be possible, yet he did not understand everything about reincarnation. "Youko.."

The boy shook his head and brushed his hair out of his face, the smirk still on his face. "Actually, I go by Shugo now."

Shino nodded politely. "Ah. Nice name, Shugo." An awkward pause hit the two of them. While Shugo seemed to have reality sink in easily Shino seemed to be more uneasy with the situation. In the past he had been able to communicate with his other half, Youko, while they possessed the same body. But now, they were fully two separate people which Shino couldn't come to terms with easily. Surely, someone would have an explanation, and he wanted to hear it. Caught up in his thinking, as he returned to reality Shugo was looking at him curiously with a raised eyebrow and was now standing.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Shino said, rubbing his temple with his index and middle fingers. "I was just caught up in thought."

Shugo snickered, apparently finding this situation highly amusing. "What is it?"

Shino sighed, shaking his head. "It is nothing. Although, I would like to know something else.. did you remember anything of your past life before?"

Shugo nodded. "Yeah.. I remember. I was about fourteen and I started having flashbacks."

Shino glanced at him curiously, highly interested in an explanation as to what may have caused it. "Oh really? Do you know what caused it?"

Shugo nodded, pausing awkwardly as he did so. "Yeah, I know why, but it is really none of your business."

Shino frowned. "Well, if it is that personal then I do not need to know the exact event.. do you know why it may have caused you to remember though?"

"Of course I do. I did the exact same thing before and drifted off into a de ja vu where I started to remember everything. The circumstances were different, but the event the same," Shugo replied casually. He may have been more laid back than his counterpart, but certianly not less intelligent or conclusive.

"Were you stealing anything?" Shino asked calmly.

Shugo smirked. "Well.. no, not exactly, but I was taking something if you catch my drift."

Shino frowned immediately as he understood. "Yes, I do know what you mean." He paused as he considered what to say next. "Are you that active at this age?"

"I get around sometimes," he replied casually, although his voice became colder as he gave Shino a suspicious look. "Not with just anyone though. I do have standards."

Shino shook his head and chuckled. "Just be careful with that is all I can say and avoid getting into something you cannot handle."

Shugo grinned. "I know what I am doing." He paused, brushing some hair out of his eyes again and smirked at Shino. "But what about you, eh? You don't honestly think you can be asexual all of your life. Not even all of the koorime do that."

Shino shook his head. "I am not looking at the moment. Perhaps in the future."

The brown haired boy nodded, then sat back down on the stoop as he side glanced at Shino. "So, how did you find out?"

"I ran into Botan," Shino replied as he sat down next to Shugo. "Apparently something has been going wrong in Reikai recently and they need quick desperate help. All of the old reiki tantei have died, and by searching for the reincarnations they hope that once memories of our past lives come back we will be able to gain our skills back more quickly than a completely new tantei would."

Shugo nodded. "Seems like a logical attempt. Although with billions of people, some will be hard to find. So the more we get the better chances we have of find them." Shino nodded as Shugo continued. "Ah.. I see. I suppose it wouldn't kill me to help."

Shino smiled. "Yes, that would be good." He glanced up at the sky, watching the white clouds pass overhead as the sun was a small way the mid-sky. "I'm going back to Reikai tonight. Botan will take us there and meet us in the park. Come by after diner sometime around seven, would you?"

Shugo nodded and grinned. "Yeah, sure."