Varan: Hey minna-san! I'm sorry I haven't been updating but my adapter to my computer was broken. But thankfully my uncle was able to fix it for me. This chapter is dedicated to him with my thanks.

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Koroga: I'm glad you liked it. lol Yeah, it'll be fun now that Rita's with the group. snicker I almost feel bad for Hiei.

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Kurama: Varan? Is that you?

Varan: KURAMA! glomps Kurama I missed you!

Kurama: Can't breathe...

Varan: Oops sorry. lets go of Kurama.

Kuwabara: Who screamed? sees Varan Oh shit the psycho demon girl is back!

Varan: Hiya guys I'm back!

Hiei: Wonderful. Another annoying female to deal with.

Yusuke: Who's the other annoying female?

Hiei: ... Rita runs up to them

Rita: HI VARAN!!!!!

Yusuke: sweat drop Oh yeah.

Varan: Hey Rita! girls start talking about random things

Kurama: Well since Varan's busy I'll start the chapter. Here it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or it's characters. So no suing me got it?!

The shadow known as Nightshade stood regally in front of a group of kneeling demons with his beloved raven perched on his shoulder. He regarded the demons with glowing red eyes, like molten lava. Without a word, he stretched one arm out towards them. A mass of dark energy collected around his hand and arm. Once he had enough, he pointed directly above the mass of demons. The energy left his arm to hang in the air over them. Nightshade spoke a word in some unknown language and the mass of energy turned a sickly crimson color. Nightshade made a chopping motion with his arm and the mass of energy decended on the demons. They hissed and screeched in pain as the energy burnt raven tattoos into their backs.

"You are now my loyal servants," Nightshade declared, his voice carrying over the noises of suffering. "You shall obey my every command, and help me achieve domination of the human and demon worlds. My last army failed miserably at thier task. Do not make thier mistake. Now go, you shall be given your orders shortly." The demons stood and headed out to fulfill Nightshade's wishes. When they were gone, he sat in a large throne set behind him and a shadowed figure approached.

"Master Nightshade, I was told to come before you," it said with a bow. "What do you wish of me?"

"The wind demon we were persuing has joined with our enemies," Nighshade replied, caressing his raven's glossy feathers. "I want you to study their fighting styles closely. I sent a demon to fight them just for that purpose. He is strong, but I'm sure they will be able to take care of him."

"Pardon my asking Master but...why not let me take care of them?," the figure asked. Nightshade chuckled causing the hair on the back of his minion's neck to rise.

"Because my dear minion, I WANT them to reach my stronghold. I haven't had this much fun in centuries. When they arrive, you will get your chance to fight. In the meantime I want you to watch them and prepare yourself for battle."

"Of course Master, please accept my humblest apologies. I should have known that you had a purpose for your decision."

"Yes you should have. Now go, before the demon I sent catches up with them."

"Yes Master." The figure bowed again and left. Nightshade watched him go with an air of satisfaction. Soon he would have his warrior, and his vengance.

As the spirit detectives walked, K.L. filled Rita in on all the details. Rita listened intently, her violet eyes watching K.L. curiously.

"So you're an elemental and you can use fire?," she asked.

"Yep," K.L. replied. "Hiei taught me how to control it."

"What about the other elements?"

"Yeah, didn't pacifier breath say you could control all the elements?," Yusuke asked suddenly. K.L. blinked in surprise and tried to remember.

"I think you're right," she admitted. "Wow, I'd forgotten about that. Now how can I learn about the other elements?"

"Oh I'll teach you how to control wind!," Rita offered excitedly. "It's really easy once you get the hang of it!"

"Uh sure. Thanks Rita." But that still left two more elements. Suddenly Aquarion spoke up.

"K.L. if you would like, I could teach you water attacks," he said. "I am a water demon after all. And I'm sure Kurama can show you how to manipulate plants. That would count as the earth element wouldn't it?" Kurama and K.L. traded glances. They had totally forgotten that she could use other elements in thier earlier training.

"That is very true," Kurama agreed. "I can't believe we forgot about that."

Yeah, good thing Rita mentioned it," K.L. said nodding her head. Rita giggled and beamed at them.

"Aw it wasn't anything special. Just common sense."

"Which is something that these humans seem to lack," quipped Hiei. "And I'm surprised an annoying wench like you has any at all."

"Will you quit makin' fun of everyone shorty?," Kuwabara demanded angrily. "It's kinda annoying being made fun of just 'cause we were born human." Rita giggled again and twirled a peice of hair around her finger.

"Well Hiei I'm sure you'll find that we're all just full of surprises!," she told him happily. "And I'm sure you're full of surprises too!"

"Hn. The only thing you're full of is hot air," Hiei retorted. "Especially in your head."

"But if I had hot air in my head, wouldn't I float away like a balloon?," Rita asked innocently. "Plus I'm a wind demon. I would know if I was full of hot air!" She smiled sweetly at him then began to talk to K.L. about different wind attacks. Yusuke shook his head in disbelief.

"Man she's creepy! Why is she so happy all the time?," he asked.

"Maybe she's got some kind of disease," Kuwabara suggested. "Or maybe she's just mental. People like that are usually always smiling."

"And of course you're the one exception," Yusuke pointed out.

"Oh shut up Urameshi I am not mental!"

"Sure you're not Kuwabara. And I got an A on my last test," Yusuke said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Test?," Aquarion asked curiously. "What do you mean?"

"Ya know, tests in school on things like geometry and other useless shit?"

"School? What's school?"

"Demons don't go to school," Kurama informed them. "We learn mostly through experience. There's no real formal schooling except in fighting."

"Really? Man that's gotta be great! School is the pits. Half the stuff I learn I'm never gonna use in real life anyway!"

"Of course you skip so much because of your missions that it doesn't really matter does it?," K.L. asked. She and Rita had been listening to their conversation just as Yusuke and Kuwabara stopped arguing.

"Hey I haven't skipped recently!," Yusuke replied, defending himself.

"Only 'cause Keiko wouldn't let you," K.L. countered. Kuwabara snickered.

"She's got you there Urameshi!"

"Who's Keiko?," Rita asked.

"Yusuke's girlfriend," K.L. answered.

"She is not my girlfriend! We're just friends!," Yusuke protested. K.L. sighed and shook her head.

"Oh come on Yusuke you know it's true. It's not really official yes, but that's only because you're too chicken to even ask her out! Really, I don't know what she sees in you sometimes!"

"Oh put a sock in it," Yusuke replied angrily, a blush tinting his cheeks. Rita giggled at the flustered youth.

"Am I gonna get to meet her?," she asked K.L.

"Sure! You can meet her when the mission is over. Oh and I'll introduce you to Botan too. I'm sure the two of you would get along wonderfully. Speaking of Botan, we should probably contact her and see if she's got any new information. Plus there's stuff I wanna ask her." K.L. pulled out her communicator and flipped it open. "Now how do I work this thing?"

"What did you want to talk to her about?," Kurama asked curiously.

"Well, I wanted to know a little more about elementals. I mean, I am one, but I don't know what I'm capable of." Then quietly so only Kurama could hear she added, "I also wanted to get some information on Aquarion and Rita." She fiddled with the communicator for a few minutes, trying to get it to work. After watching her fail miserably, Kurama plucked it outs of her hands and did it for her.

"You have to press this button here to turn it on," he told her, pointing at the said button. "Then to contact Botan press this blue one."

"Oh. Right, thanks Kurama."

"You're welcome." He handed her the communicator. She took it and thier hands touched briefly. They glanced at each other shyly and quickly looked away, hoping no one had noticed. K.L. pulled away and pushed the blue button. After a moment, Botan's face appeared on the tiny screen.

"Botan here," she said. "What's up?"

"Hey Botan," K.L. greeted. "I've got some questions for you."

"Oh hello K.L.! Is everything alright?" K.L. nodded.

"Yeah everything's fine. We picked up some new friends. A water demon named Aquarion and a wind demon named Rita. Nightshade took Aquarion's brother Jonah and wants Rita for some reason. Can you find an explination?"

"Really? Well I don't know. But I'll transfer you to Koenma. Maybe he can explain things to you."

"Ok. Thanks alot Botan."

"No problem. I'll transfer you now." The screen flickered and Koenma took the place of Botan's face. He raised a hand in greeting.

"Yo. Botan filled me in. I may not know much about Nightshade, but I can help you out when it comes to the demons you met." He pressed a button on the consel in front of him and an image of Aquarion appeared on the screen, along with his stats. "Aquarion is a neutral demon. He doesn't hate humans, but he doesn't love them either. He is part of a tribe of demons who are known for their skills in battle and thier honor. He's a very good ally to have." The screen changed again and this time it was Rita's image and stats. "Rita is just a happy go lucky wanderer as I'm sure you noticed. She travels from place to place, just trying to enjoy herself. And although it may not look it, they both have something in common." K.L. raised an eyebrow in inquiry.

"Oh? And what is that?," she asked.

"The techniques that they learned from their families were the same as two of Nightshade's old demon generals. It had been in those families for generations, and Rita and Jonah were the two most powerful masters of those techniques. That is why Nightshade took Aquarion's brother and why he wants Rita. Since the original masters are dead, they would be the best replacements." K.L.'s eyes widened in shock.

"Replacements? So he wants them for his army?"

"Hai, that's right. But don't worry, Aquarion won't break an alliance, and now that you've befriended Rita she has no reason to join Nightshade." K.L. sighed with relief and Koenma reappeared on the screen.

"Well that's good to hear. We weren't sure if we could trust them. Oh there was something else I wanted to ask. Do you know anything about elementals? For example, Angel's been getting smarter everyday, why is that?" Koenma shrugged.

"No idea. To tell the truth, elementals are more of a mystery than Nightshade is. But I'll have someone start looking up information for you right away." K.L. rolled her eyes.

"Figures. Oh well, thanks for what little info you did give me. At least it's something."

"No problem. Now if you'll excuse me I have improtant business to attend to." The screen went blank and K.L. put the communicatior away.

"Did you find out anything?," Kurama asked. She nodded.

"Yeah. You guys won't believe this." She told them everything Koenma had said, and revealed to Rita and Aquarion that Angel could communicate and that she was very intelligent. Now that she knew she could trust them, she didn't need to hide it. It was getting difficult to anyway. When she finished Aquarion spoke quietly.

"So it's our family's technique that Nightshade's after? No wonder he took Jonah." He looked down sadly. "Jonah always was the best fighter." After asking K.L. a few questions about her conversation with Koenma they continued on in a companionable silence. Sadly it didn't last for very long. They had only been walking for a few minutes when they felt a powerful demon aura close by. A few yards ahead of them stood a large demon that resembeled a horse, well except for the rows of razor sharp teeth, coal black eyes, sharp claws protruding from each hoof, and the large raven tattoo on it's back. When it saw them approaching, it reared and neighed loudly. As it dropped onto all fours it's voice boomed loudly in their ears.

"Spirit detectives! Surrender the wind demon to me or suffer the consequenses!" Yusuke stepped forward angrily.

"Who the hell do you think you are telling us what to do?," he demanded to know, cracking his knuckles threateningly.

"I am the demon Romeus, one of Master Nightshade's faithful followers. Surrender the girl now and I'll give you all quick deaths."

"Tch, right." Yusuke said. He turned to Kuwabara grinning eagerly. "Well Kuwabara looks like we'll get to have some fun after all!" Kuwabara grinned as well.

"Alright! You guys can sit this one out. Me and Urameshi can handle this overgrown pony," he told the others. WIthout another word, the two human boys charged at the demon. Kuwabara summoned his spirit sword as he ran and Yusuke charged up his spirit gun. There was a large flash as the attacks collided with the demon. The boys smiled smugly, thinking they had won. But when the light cleared Romeus reappeared unharmed. Then they realized that taking him down wouldn't be so simple after all. Romeus laughed and shook his great head.

"Foolish humans. Your little light tricks won't harm me!" Dark clouds began gathering over the demon's head as he spoke. Kurama saw what was happening and tried to warn his friends.

"Yusuke, Kuwabara look out!," he shouted.

"Huh?," was the ever so intelligent reply. As the boys watched in bewillderment, lightning flashed from the clouds and struck them both in their chests. They were sent flying backwards towards their friends where Aquarion and Kurama caught them.

"Kuso," Kuwabara muttered. "My whole body's numb!" Kurama and Aquarion gently set them on the ground.

"I tried to warn you," Kurama said. "He's harnessed the power of lightning. You won't be able to move for a few hours at least." He turned to the others.

"K.L., Angel, you and Puu stay with these two. The rest of us will handle Romeus."

"But I wanna fight to!," K.L. protested. Kurama shook his head.

"It takes a strong demon to manipulate the weather in any way shape or form. He's too powerful for you to take on in your first battle."

"Bull shit. I'm fighting and you can't stop me!" Kurama opened his mouth to argue, but was cut off as a bolt of lightning struck near them.

"Give me the wind demon!," Romeus roared. Kurama cursed menatlly. This was not the time to be arguing. Hiei drew his katana and stood at ready.

"Don't waste your breath arguing with her Kurama," he said. "If she wants to fight then let her." With that said he flitted off to attack Romeus. Aquarion and Rita followed.

"If you want me so bad then come get me!," Rita exclaimed, throwing a small tornado at the demon. While the three of them fought, Kurama delt with K.L.

"Fine K.L. fight if you must. But promise you'll be careful." K.L. smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry Kurama. I had good teachers," she told him before joining their team mates. Kurama sighed and closed his eyes. He would need Yoko's strength for this battle. He transformed and opened his now golden eyes. This demon was strong. It would be quite the fight.

Varan: Yeah I finally got to update!

Hiei: muttering darkly under his breath

Varan: ignoring Hiei Well it's summer vacation so I'll be able to update faster. At least I hope I'll be able to.

Hiei: I don't

Varan: Oh be quiet. See ya around!