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The funeral came two days later. Everyone dressed in their finest black and attended, in which Kenya's body sat clean and well dressed in the casket. Suta and Satou cried themselves so much that they couldn't even hear anyone around them. Hiei was missing and no where to be seen. Katai came in in a sort of rage, the kind that no nice word would heal. She just wanted to kill something.

Yoru was there too, dressed in black but only because that was her favorite color. She didn't seem all that sad. More like just angry that it hadn't been her that caused this meeting of death. Seika comforted Tsuki as his father and mother paid their respects to Kenya and his family, with Kurama, Jennifer, and Haku coming in later with flowers they had grown themselves.

Yujiro stayed with Yusuke and Keiko, not really sad, but not really happy either. He did his best to keep his emotions sealed, and over time, he had become quite good at it.

Botan came in a complete black kimono, her head bowed as she apologized for Koenma. He had a meeting with his father he couldn't miss, and would be there soon. Suki was also there, only she was in the same fit of depression and agitation as Katai, and both girls stayed away from each other for chance that they might start a riot and destroy the funeral.

No one knew where Hiei was, or why he didn't show up to his son's funeral. When he had found out, Hiei had of course flown into a rage. Because of that rage, half of the Dojo had been torn apart. Then, he ran off and disappeared, without calling or even sending a message to show that he was still alive.

Most of them were angered with him. What father left and didn't come to see his son? But Suta would smile and wave them off. She knew Hiei best after all, even though she had been the last to meet him of the group. She merely told them that Hiei wasn't good at showing his feelings, and that he'd need time to cool off and except the fact that his son was gone. That was all.

She was even so kind as to welcome Yoru back to the family, even though Yoru shunned her and told her that she was no longer a Nohara.

When Kuwabara and Yukina returned from the funeral, Kuwabara had tears he was trying to fight, and one of his arms was draped gently around Yukina's shoulders. Yukina cried nonstop into her handkerchief, and the tiny drops turned to crystal as they hit the ground. He reached down and picked one up, stuffing it in his pocket so as to show Kenya later, if he could find the spirit, what kind of an uproar had been caused by his death.

In some ways, he hoped Kenya's spirit was still drifting around, and Spirit World would revive him considering he was their greatest Detective. Without Kenya, they didn't have a defense.

Seika sighed, fighting back his own tears. He needed to be strong for his family. That was all there was to it.

"I don't see why you're all so goddamned sad. He was nothing but a nuisance anyways." Yoru snarled quietly, but she was loud enough so that the entire congregation heard her.

"Shut up! You don't know him at all!" Katai shouted, jumping up from where she had been sitting. Her teeth showed quite well through her lips.

"I don't do I? I think I know him well enough to know how well he deceived you all."

"A lot of bull you're talking, having been missing for four years." Suki joined in, her arms crossed. She was just as much into pounding Yoru into the ground as Katai, but a little more controlled from experience. "Kenya's become extremely strong in that time, and all because you weren't there."

"Yes, but even though he's had that much time, I still beat him in everything. He's nothing! I was the eldest! I gained the most power! Now, none of you can defeat me!"

Suddenly, there was a racket behind Yoru, and her eyes popped out in shock.

She didn't even get a chance to turn around when the arm swept out from behind her and wrapped around her neck tightly. There was a sword stuck at her back, and it threatened to pierce her through if she tried anything.

"The hell…?" She whispered, but that was all she could say.

"Don't you talk about your brother in such a way Yoru. Even you must agree that a death like that was far too early and unsuitable for him."

Everyone stopped. Everyone stared. Hiei was pinning back his own daughter.

"A lot of words out of you Pop. He's dead and you only just barely showed up." She snarled.

Hiei smiled, but said nothing else.

"He was talking to me." Came a voice off from the left. Koenma came walking in with all of the elegance he had always had, as his teenage form. He had a new pacifier in his mouth, considering his old one had been destroyed, and was followed by his usual ogre, George.

"Heh. About what?" Yoru replied back, receiving a group of glares her direction.

"Isn't it obvious? Kenya's spirit. He wanted to know if it had really passed to the afterlife."

"What? Pop was so angered by the fact his son left that he went looking for him! It's quite disgusting!" Yoru continued.

Katai growled at her. "Shut your mouth or I'll rip it out!"

"I'd like to see that weakling, if you've got the strength."

"Oh I'll show you!"

"Stop it! Both of you." Seika snapped. They quieted down almost instantly. There was a sort of tone in his voice that was enough to make a proud lion bow its head in fear.

Koenma cleared his throat and continued. "That's not what was meant. He was asking me why it seemed that Kenya's body was still somewhat alive, yet the spirit gone. His Jagan showed him that Kenya's body was still pumping blood through the veins, yet there is no heart beat or respiration of any sort. I checked into Spirit World, and found that Kenya had not at all checked in."

"Are you saying his body is wondering around here somewhere?" Kuwabara inquired, looking up from his attentions to Yukina.

"I'm not sure. There are three of you here that can see him as a spirit. That would be Tsuki, Kuwabara, and Seika considering he's been training his Spirit Awareness quite a bit. But from the way you're looking at me, neither of you have seen his spirit."

"Of course not! It's gone! Far gone!" Yoru roared with a laugh.

"What are you talking about?" Yusuke snapped, his glare very mean towards her. It was his you-better-get-right-to-the-damn-point glare that was enough to usually make the strongest of demons wonder about fighting him.

Yoru smiled. "You all think your so smart, you catch it yourself."

"Kenya's spirit can't wander. It's been captured."

All eyes turned to Haku as he presented the knife that Katai had pulled from Kenya's body when he was dying.

"What are you talking about?" Katai inquired loudly, looking rather angry.

"What the fox boy means is that the poison that was put in Kenya's body was a sort of charm that would kill the body to the extent that his spirit would pop right out. Then, a demon would swipe in and catch it." Yoru answered, cocking her head arrogantly.

Hiei had yet to let her go, and had even gone to the extent of placing a paralyzing barrier to hold her still, so her head was the only thing she could move. Of course, she knew how to break the barrier. She was just looking for a good time to do so.

"But I don't remember seeing a demon!" Katai objected.

"Me either." Haku added. "I didn't realize there was one in the area."
"There was one." Seika added, standing up with Tsuki holding onto his pants.

"There was?" The others inquired. Seika nodded. "It was in the shape of a crow, and it's energy was very well hidden, but it flew in and caught Kenya's soul as it came out. I'm sure of it. I just didn't pay it much mind because I thought it was just a demon of the habitat."

"A black crow? Hm…That doesn't sound quite right." Haku mumbled to himself, but no one really heard him.

"So you're saying that we have to find his soul and then you'll return him to the body right? No problem! We can do that!" Katai hollered, happiness in her face once again. It seemed as if a weight had been lifted.

"Wrong."

Everyone stared at Koenma in surprise, waiting for the next comment. When Koenma spoke, he meant business.

"That was what the meeting with my father was about. He's not supposed to be dead, but we can't do anything about him coming to life."
"Why not! You revived Yusuke and Seika! Why can't you revive Kenya!" Katai continued, but a few looks around her quieted her loud mouth. She just couldn't get over the way she felt now that Kenya was gone.

"To put things into perspective, Kenya was already supposed to be dead."
"What!" Almost everyone acknowledged, and again things fell silent when they realized Koenma hadn't finished.

"You see, he wasn't supposed to live while fighting Lord Rioko. Rioko was supposed to kill him and then the rest of you were to go in and finish them off. That's why I came in with Yusuke and the others. But he managed to survive and has for the last four years. We believe that the sword his grandmother left for him had properties that were to stop his death. Many ice swords do. She could see the future after all, and could stop this if she needed to. Because Kenya didn't die when he was supposed to, Spirit World decided to lengthen his time until death, but because he died before then, when he should have been dead originally, we can't do anything for him."
"What do you mean! Why can't you do anything for him? He's still dead before he needs to be! That should be enough of an initiative!" Katai hollered.

Haku quieted her with a look, and returned his eyes to Koenma. "Basically what you're saying is that because Kenya was already supposed to be dead, Spirit World can't do anything about lengthening his life. It's already gone."

Koenma nodded.

"Then what can we do?" Seika inquired, patting Tsuki on the head.

Koenma smiled. "That I've come up with too. I knew you all wouldn't sit down to this news. You are the ones that saved the world by disobeying our orders after all. So I did some research and came up with something I think can help you."

"Then what is it! Spill it!" Katai yelled, her tears dried away. "What can we do?"

"Simple." Koenma answered. "There is a certain legend that the world has seemed to forgotten about. It's a legend surrounding the Chinese Zodiac. You see, when the animals were appointed places in the Zodiac, it was not so you could tell a person from another. At least not in the beginning. The putting of the animals was a way to reveal a sacred magic, that when brought together could recreate life, or destroy it. To put it simply, this great magic, in the beginning, was a simple silver square with the writing of many different nations of symbols upon it's front, sides, and back. The words can't be read by anyone but certain people. It was a great piece, both artistic and powerful, but it became dangerous over time when many different people began using it for every sort of thing they could. It was then a curse was placed on the square, and it was broken into twelve pieces that spread across the world in separate continents. The pieces were inserted into pregnant women, and were born within the baby's body. When the baby grew up and had children of it's own, the sacred piece within them spiritualized and entered the child. Over time, the pieces sort of lost their firm shape, and took the shape of various different animals, which is where the zodiac got the animals from."

"Wait, so you're saying that there are twelve people in this world, each with a piece of this puzzle?" Suki inquired, interrupting Koenma.

Koenma nodded.

"And if we go out and find these people, and get these puzzle pieces, and put them together, then we can bring Kenya back to life!"

Koenma again nodded, this time to Katai. "Yes. That's right. But it won't be easy. After all, they are in several different continents, and there will be languages you won't understand."
"That's where I come in." Haku volunteered. "Over the last four years I learned a few more languages, so now I can virtually thrive in almost any continent I go to."

"Alright, but what about culture? Do you know that?" Yusuke inquired, curiously.

"Of course." Haku answered in irritation. "You can't really learn the language in its entirety unless you can understand their culture and their life style. I've have done much research on this."

"Okay, what about travel? How will you all get around?" Kuwabara inquired in interest. This time, Jennifer answered.

"That I can handle. I've got quite a bit of money from writing my novels. I can pay for their plane tickets and their hotel accommodations easily."

"Hey wait! How can we find these spirits? I mean, how do we know who has them?" Seika inquired.

"That's where you come in." Koenma said, coming and placing his arm on Seika's shoulder. "You're very good at reading others spirit signals. I'm certain you'll be able to see the animals in their energy waves. After all, you should know."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Katai hollered, not liking that she didn't understand the situation.

Seika looked at her and smiled. "You've already got one of the Zodiacs. Me." He replied.

Then he turned to Koenma. "How do you get the puzzle piece out?"

"It's quite simple actually." Koenma answered. "You concentrate your spirit into its original form and pull it from your body as if you were going to do an attack. Then, once out of your body, it'll transform." He told him.

Seika nodded. "Alright. We'll see now if I really am one of them."

Everyone watched. There was nothing else to do really. And all wanted to see what a piece of the puzzle looked like.

Seika did just as he was instructed, collecting his energy together in a tight wad in his body, then, forcing it out of him in the shape of a dragon. When it came out, it twisted and seemed to roar, before finalizing into a silver square with a golden tube sticking out of one side. He caught it before it hit the ground, and looking it over. It had a few symbols on it that looked almost like Egyptian writing, only with a twist to it like Kanji would have.

"Wow! We haven't even left Japan yet and we've already got a piece!" Katai chided happily.

Hiei sighed and released his daughter.

"Yoru's going with you." He told them simply, as he resheathed his sword. Yoru was not at all happy about the change.

"What! I am not going with those brats anywhere! You can't make me!" She snarled, but Hiei wouldn't hear it.

"You didn't save Kenya's life before. So you're going to do it now."

"I will not you—"

Suddenly Yoru dropped to the ground, holding her head as if it would explode if she took her hands away from it. Her eyes were wide open, and her breathing became ragged.

"You will do as I ask Yoru. Is that clear?" He inquired.

"What…did…you…do…to…me…?" She asked between breaths. Hiei smirked.

"Your Jagan may be powerful, but it lacks one thing. Authenticity. Rioko had to take out some of its power in mind control so that it had healing properties. So you can heal yourself, but I can control your mind at will. And not only that, because your Jagan is weak, and mine has triumphed over it, your Jagan has accepted me as the master, not you. It won't listen to you unless I let it. It's how Jagan's work. When one Jagan meets another, like animals they chose who is the leader and who is the follower. Yours happens to be the follower. You will be going with the team, and you will help. If you cause any ruckus amongst the new team, I'll make your Jagan pop so bad your brain will explode. Is that clear Yoru?" Hiei snarled.

For the first time they had ever really seen, Yoru succumbed to what she could not fight.

"Yes Father." She replied, bowing her head. Hiei nodded and walked away towards the casket Kenya was lying in. Slowly, amazingly gentle for the dangerous koorime, he reached in and picked Kenya up. Kenya's body rolled from side to side, almost like a rag doll, and Hiei turned to address everyone else.

"I will place his body in his room. Koenma, tell them the rest of the tale. The restrictions they have. They'll have to leave immediately." And then he disappeared.

Koenma cleared his throat again and began talking when all attention had returned to him.

"You see, it's not so simple as collecting pieces and putting them together. There are the restrictions. One, these twelve pieces are not like the usual jig saw puzzle. They can change shape if the golden piece in the side is turned, so you have to watch and find out how they are ordered. They go in a certain order, and must be a certain size for the block to become whole. Secondly, you only have two weeks to complete everything."

"WHAT!" Katai and Seika hollered at the same time. Haku merely adjusted his glasses indifferently.

"What do you mean we only have two weeks! What happens if we fail!" Katai began, glaring at Koenma in a way that told him he should have said something sooner.

Koenma sighed. "If you fail, you can only try again in another seventy years. It takes that long for the proper alignment of the planets and stars to take place. It is an alignment that no real scientist knows, because it is completely jumbled and out of the place. In two weeks, there is a full moon, and when the moon is directly in the middle of the sky, right over your heads, the pieces must be fit together and laid out where they can catch all of the moonlight. When they do, and the pieces glow like the moon, then you'll be able to tell it what you want, and it will understand you no matter what language you speak. Understood."

"Yeah, but two questions?" Seika inquired, turning to Koenma, who had by now let his hand fall from Seika's shoulder.

"Yes?"

"One. When do we leave?"

"Tonight." Jennifer answered, pulling out a cell phone. "I'll get it all arranged tonight. Kurama nodded to add that he'd make sure it was done if his wife didn't.

"And Two." Seika continued. "Who all is going?"

That one Yusuke answered.

"Well, it seems as if you, Katai, Haku, and Yoru are all going. But, we can't forget the girls. We promised them they could go on a mission." He commented, looking happy again.

"An easy mission!" Katai corrected, folding her arms. She was just glad there was a way Kenya could be saved.

"This is virtually easy." Koenma answered just as Yusuke glared at his daughter. "There is no real fighting involved except for what the Dark Lord might send you along the way, and I'm certain you all can handle it, and this is a chance for the girls to get a grip on what it's like to be detectives. They must go."
Instantly, both Satou and Tsuki looked up, googly puppy faces on.

"Oh please!" They whined, coming together, side by side, as if that double up the power of their face. "Pretty please! We want to come! We want to learn!" They exclaimed at the same time.

"It's scary when they do that." Seika commented dryly to Koenma, but all the same, he nodded. "I don't see why they can't come. And it is easy."

"I've got one last question!" Katai said, coming up to Seika, Koenma, and the girls.

They turned to her and waited.

"Since Kenya's not here, who gets to be the temporary leader?"

Koenma smiled, and turned to look at Seika.

"You're looking at him."

Little did they know that off in the distance, a black crow cocket his head and flew off from his perch.

Catse: What did you think? I like this chapter. If there are any questions, feel free to ask! Ja Ne!