Catse: Okay, this is where a lot of the culture of where I come from really come into play. For those of you that don't know, I am a Texan, and proud of it, but the place I live is almost like another Mexico. The only difference is that this is Texas and it is right next to Mexico. In any case, I tried to put as much of my culture in here as I could, so please enjoy, and if you understand the words used in here and I have spelled them wrong, I apologize. I practically flunked Spanish class.

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They again had trouble with Yoru considering the van and how she hated riding in it. When they insisted she get in, she shook her head only slightly, arms crossed, sitting in Indian Style on the roof.

"Do we have to go over this again? Not on the damn roof you Black Widow Geek!" Cole hollered up, becoming aggravated.

Seika had to stop himself from laughing when they heard a cracking sound come from the roof and Cole go flying when one of the railings from the top of the van knocked him down cleanly.

"Look! You don't need to be mad you crazy chick! Just get off the van and get inside. It's what normal people do!" Christy yelled up as Cole got up off the ground and swept the dirt on his jacket away.

After another minute or so of bickering, Haku tried to reach out and grab her with the vine like he had last time.

But as everyone knew, Yoru wasn't one to fall for the same thing twice. She slashed it with her nails, leaving only tiny cuts that quickly healed in the vine, and then laughed outloud in a scary way when the vine shriveled up and died.

"What the?" Katai murmured as Seika poked the vine as if it would attack him if it was still living.

Haku rolled his eyes and clambered out of the car so he could glare up at Yoru properly. Her reply was to glare back.

"Look Yoru. We cannot leave unless you are safely in this van or you find your own method of transportation. Not choose or I'll be forced to break your back and bring you with us that way." Haku told her, taking his glasses from his eyes to clean them on his shirt as he talked.

"Break my back?" Yoru inquired almost sarcastically. "You would do that to the only real powerful one on this team?"

"No, for he is already dead and one of my closest friends. You on the other hand I can do it to, because you are still living, can heal in an hour afterwards, and are getting on my nerves. Now either get in this van or stay here, I don't care what you do, but we're leaving in two minutes and if you are still up there I will officially kill you. Again."

Yoru snorted, but finally jumped off the back of the van with a scowl.

"I ain't doing this for you Fox Boy. I just don't feel like beating you to a pulp right now is all. I'll follow this contraption on foot. If you have anything against that, then I will break your back. Got that?" She snarled, looking every bit as dangerous as she was.

"Very clearly." Was all Haku said before turning and retreating back into the van. Cole and Christy, shrugging to each other, did the same.

"Hey Haku, you sure she can keep up with the van?" Cole asked. "She is just a girl after all."

"Don't say that to her face or she'll rip yours off and eat it right in front of you. She takes a lot of pride in the fact that she's a demon." Seika informed as the girls fought a short "touch" war in the back seat, in which Haku grimaced and clung close to the window so as to prevent from being hit. Haku, although trying to keep from getting hit, had translated Seika's remark.

"Yeah, she is Hiei's daughter after all. He was always extremely fast in everything." Katai informed, pulling out a candy bar she had bought from a small store in the lobby that morning. She broke it in half and gave a piece to Seika, whom was hungrily eyeing it and his breakfast at the same time, unsure what to eat first.

Cole's statement was followed by a kick in the face at the 'girl' statement, in which had come from Christy's foot.

"Really? I want to see this." She acknowledged after Cole glared at her and rubbed at the red foot mark on his cheek.

"Yeah, and I want to see you thrown out the window." He mumbled, as he put the van in reverse and backed out. Yoru waited from them to drive out, and then jumped off of the third story of the parking lot down onto the sidewalk below. She waited quietly for the van to show up, and when it did, she began to avidly follow it as it took to the Expressway and made it's way at seventy towards Harlingen. It was a good forty or so minutes before they even got there, and both Cole and Christy continued to look out their window to find a thin black blur following them around from behind in a neat line.

"Dude. She is fast." Cole murmured as he exited the express way and took a few roads towards the rodeo. "I didn't think she could have so much endurance for it too."

"We girls have plenty of endurance. I can't believe you can be so Sexist." Christy glared as she sanded at her nails with a file. Her feet were propped up on the dash board in a most unusual way, in which her knees came up to her face and her hands rested on them.

"Really? If that's the case then you must have gotten the short end of that stick. I can't even get you to go out for a jog unless it's a couple of steps out the door."

The slap that hit Cole's cheek was loud enough to wake up the girls, who had been snoozing in the back.

The slap was followed by a punch.

"Ow!" Cole mumbled, as both Christy and Katai dusted off their hands.

"That's for saying that about me!" Christy murmured, growling.

"And the punch is for being Sexist you moron!" Katai quipped, looking a little aggravated.

"Wait a minute? Haku didn't translate that! How did you understand that!" Seika growled in aggravation.

"Oh, I can only understand a few words in English." Katai answered as if it were obvious.

Seika's eye twitched. "What words do you know?"
"Sexist and endurance. Besides, Christy looked mad so I figured it was okay to punch him."
Seika slapped his forehead. Of course Katai would know the only two words that would tick her off! Why couldn't they have been "cat" or "Hello" or something? But no! It had to be sexist and endurance. Yep. Katai was a strange one.

"I apologize for the punch but the slap you somewhat deserved." Haku told Cole simply as they pulled in. Christy became tired of the subject and turned in her seat to ask a question that would change it.

"So, this speed of Yoru's run's in the family?"

Haku nodded. "Yes. Hiei has it, Yoru has it, and Kenya had it. Satou has some, but she doesn't practice it very often."

"I work more on power!" Satou exclaimed in English. "And skill! Speed is just something that comes in handy."
"It's sad, Satou is only eight and she still knows more on English than you and me combined." Katai mumbled so low no one else could hear. Seika nodded sadly.

"So this Kenya had this same speed?" Christy continued quickly.

Haku nodded. "Yes, but he only used it in fighting. He preferred to run slower so that he could pick up on the vibrations around him. Speed only mingles those up and makes them harder to decipher."

"Kenya could read Vibrations?" Cole inquired as they climbed out of the van.

Haku nodded. "Yes, but it's a long story. One I'll have to tell later. For now, we have some work to do."

"Cole! There you are! We've been waiting for you!" A rather fat man said, a heavy Mexican accent following his words. "Come now! The people are anxious to see their Rodeo star!"

"Um. Okay. See you guys. Christy'll show you around and help you out until I'm finished. See yah!"

"Bye bro!" Christy shouted after him, and he disappeared with the man.

"Who was that?" Seika asked through Haku.

"Oh him, that's Juan Pedro. He's the one that owns this Rodeo. Every time he's in the area he asks for Cole to go and give a show. He likes how Cole performs, and many others do to."

"I'd love to see that!" Katai shouted, looking enthused. "I've never seen a rodeo before!"

"Same here!" Seika announced, and they put up a pair of googely puppy eyes so as to convince Christy to take them.

Instead, Haku stepped in the way and shook his head as Yoru walked towards the entrance.

"We don't have time. Even Yesterday afternoon was a waste. Come. We have a mission, so don't forget it."

Seika and Katai nodded and the group followed Christy. When they got to the entrance though, they found Yoru arguing with a man at the front.

"I don't allow swords in here! Take it off!" The man hollered in a heavy accent.

Yoru's fists clenched as she gave off a truly angry glare.

"I will not take this weapon off unless you want a first class trip to your grave." She snarled back in English, her eyes glowing red.

"Yoru…just take the weapon off. We don't want trouble." Haku tried to convince, but Yoru refused to listen.

"No! I'm taking this sword in there whether you like it or not sissy pants." Her fangs gleamed from beneath her lip and caused the man to fidget, but he still held strong.

"No. You're not coming in here unless you remove that weapon. " He continued.

Yoru reached over and closed her fingers around the hilt of the blade, but before she could rip her sword through his chest, she was slightly shoved out of the way.

"Hello Rafael! How have you been señior?" She inquired, suddenly changing from the moody dark personality to a bubbly blonde in a matter of seconds.

"Ah, señiorita, I have been fine. And you?"

The talked in such a manner for a few moments, before Christy popped the question.

"Oh Rafael, can't you allow her to take it in. I swear she won't hurt anybody." She tried to look innocent and sweet, everything the men liked there.

The man scratched his hairy chin, and shook his head.

"Nope señiorita, it's a no can do situation. She has to leave it here."

"Oh please!"

"No."

"Please sir. She won't harm anyone." Haku tried to reason.

"No. My decision is final."

"I know! How about we show you that this sword can't hurt anybody! Will you let it in then!"

"If you can show me, then yes señiorita, I can."

"Alright!" Christy bubbled to him, turning to Yoru. "Show him that prop on your hip!"

Yoru gave her a glare as the man scratched his head.

"Prop?"

"Why yes señior. No one caries a real sword these days. Come now Yoru, show him that prop."

Yoru sighed, feeling foolish, but finally pulled out he sword.

Everyone almost gasped. What sword? There was no sword there.

Everything from the hilt down had vanished, and if Yoru was surprised, she concealed it well.

"Well I'll be. It is just a prop. Well, sorry to have kept you señiorita. Go right ahead."

"Thank you señior. You are very kind." Christy told him sweetly as she and the rest of the group entered.

"Yoru! What happened to the blade?" Katai asked in Japanese.

Yoru glared to reveal that she didn't know either.

"I erased it from his vision." Christy mumbled out quietly.

The group stared at her.

"You can speak Japanese?" Seika inquired, blinking while the girls spent their time taking pictures with Satou's camera.

"Yep. Sorry I didn't tell you before. You see, while my brother practices for these Rodeos, I have to be the smart one and learn the languages. I don't know too many right now, but I'm working on it. You see, I have to talk to Intelligence from Spirit World, and many times they speak different languages."
"Why would you need to speak different languages? What Intelligence?" Katai inquired, scratching her forehead. She was beginning to get confused already.

"Well you see, we told you before that we don't get very menacing demons here right?"

They all nodded.

"Well, because of that, we help out other detectives around the world when we can, so that they can abolish theirs."

Everyone nodded again in understanding. Intelligence had to be Koenma. It sounded like something he would name himself to try to make himself look more official. Then when he wasn't Intelligence he was the actual Koenma that talked to everyone.

"I still want to know one thing." Seika grumbled as Christy led the way. "Why didn't you tell us?"

Christy gave off a big happy-go-lucky smile right then. Once everyone was afraid of the answer she might give, she answered him.

"I was having too much fun watching you trying to translate with us."

They all gave her a look like they were ready to murder. She waved her hands to try to put off their feelings, and to distract them, pointed towards a large crowded ring.

"That's where Cole is. I don't think it should be too bad to take a peak, would it Haku?"

Haku sighed. "Yes it would. I'd love to see the show too, but we have business to attend to. Everyone is still here on the grounds, so we must check around here. Check to see if everyone's watches are in order."

Everyone nodded and checked, even Satou and Tsuki who had been given theirs a few days ago.

Once they were sure the Zodiac locater was working, they began to search. Seika, Katai, and Haku would be off on their own. Yoru had already disappeared by the time they went looking for her, so they figured she had already started searching for the Zodiac person. Christy would go with Satou and Tsuki to ensure they kept safe and didn't get lost, but it wasn't to much use. Both girls were very well trained in their determination to be good detectives, so anything less than an A class would be child's play to them.

In any case, the group split up. Haku left to investigate the West area of the place, Seika had the South, Katai the North, and Christy and the others the East.

But, as was natural to Seika and Katai, they sort of snuck away from their mission and disappeared towards the Rodeo arena, where people were beginning to gather. Within a few minutes, most of the people at the park were there and the show man, Juan Pedro himself, stepped out.

"Ah! Ladies and Gentleman! Mijitos and Mijitas! I've quite a show for you today! The ever famed Rodeo King is here to give you a show you are sure to not forget! He is the famed Warrior of Horses and Killer of Bulls! I give you Cole Williams!" He said everything in a heavy accent, and a moment later, Cole, riding on a beautiful coal black mare, rode out into the ring, a black cowboy hat propped on his head along with this very decorated blue shirt and pants, and black boots with spurs on them.

He took his hat off and threw it around in the air, as most of the crowd cheered for him.

"And Cole is to go against a dangerous feat today everyone!" Juan continued. "He has the notorious bull Loco Siento to go against! Quite a feat!" Again the crowd cheered, and Seika and Katai found themselves seats and sat to watch. Of course, they made sure to check their watches for any signs of the Zodiac warrior, but there were none.

They watched as Cole road back to where he had come from, and after a few minutes a bell rang, in which a rather large black bull came charging into the arena, Cole on his back. Cole held onto the a collar around the bulls neck, and with one hand on his hat to keep it from blowing away, he rode it for quite sometime, until the bull knocked him off and sent him flying. Of course, just to get the crowd riled, he back flipped in the air and landed on his feet, running towards the side where a man was waiting for him with a lasso.

He took it, and began twirling it in the air in the middle of the ring, with such a grace that it almost didn't look like him.

After another few minutes, he tossed the rope and caught the bulls head in a tight grip, before, he pulled it towards him. This wasn't an easy feet. A bull like Loco could pull a good five hundred pounds behind him if he found it necessary, and Cole was only a hundred and sixty at most. But his strength proved him powerful enough, and he ended up with the bulls head right beneath his boot, in which it still struggled, but could not move for the hold Cole kept on him with the lasso.

The crowd cheered wildly, and after waving, and bowing with his hat in the air, Cole left the arena to reappear a while later on horse back with three calves running amuck in the arena. He caught them all with the same piece of rope, and once caught, waved again and left, not to return.

The entire time, Seika and Katai had yet to even get a signal from their watches, and with a sigh, they left the crowd to meet with the others in the main square of the place.

Haku was waiting for them.

"I gather you went to see the show anyway?" He asked as they arrived.

"No!" They said at the same time, rather guiltily, and Haku shook his head.

"If I didn't know you better I would almost think you were frauds. I already knew you would go, which is why I took the liberty of checking all four areas."

"All four?" Katai inquired as Christy and the girls showed up, the girls looking very excited.

"I knew they would go to." Haku mumbled, pointing.

Both Satou and Tsuki talked vividly of the show they had just seen.

Christy rubbed the back of her head, knowing she had been caught. "Well they asked to go, and I couldn't very well turn 'um down." She smiled.

It was about then that Cole walked in, wearing his casual wear again.

"So. Find anything?" He asked, and Haku shook his head.

"Not a sign. These watches haven't picked anything up. I have a feeling they are malfunctioning again."

"Malfunctioning?" Seika asked. "What do you mean?"

"Yesterday afternoon Koenma sent me a message saying that the watches weren't working because the program they had installed for finding the Zodiac pieces was malfunctioning. But it was repaired again within two minutes of the message. I wonder if it is down again."

They all shrugged, and Seika shook his head. At this rate, they weren't going to find all of the Zodiac puzzle pieces. He sighed.

He hoped Kenya was doing better than them at the moment.

He hoped he was alright, and that this new Lord what's-his-face wasn't doing anything torturous to him.

Seika glanced up at the sky, hoping that maybe Kenya would be floating up there somewhere, watching them for the moment, and that he wasn't trapped up anywhere where he couldn't roam free. But he knew it wasn't true. Kenya was trapped with this Dark Lord, and if they didn't hurry, the wouldn't be able to save him.

But how would they find the Zodiac pieces.

He looked back at the ground and suddenly, out of nowhere, a man with a wallet in his hand crashed into Seika's chest and knocked him clear off his feet. As Seika hit the ground, his line of vision faded, and was instead replaced by that same woman in white that had been in his dream that night before. She smiled at him, her purple eyes mimicking that of a purple sunset, and pointed into the distance. There, one of the figures like he had seen tattooed into the ground in his dream had risen into the air. It was of a Rooster standing on one foot, with a large tornado dancing around him, and the writing along the outer rim was of the same mystical handwriting that had been on his puzzle piece.

"The Rooster? He's here?" Seika whispered, and the woman in white nodded.

He awoke a few minutes after falling and sat up. Something in his mind was pulling him a certain direction, and even though everyone was asking him questions on whether he was alright or not, he stood up and began to walk. The group followed him, and even though they continued to ask questions, he refused to answer.

He knew where the piece was! He just had to follow his instincts!

Seika led them down the main street of the place, and towards a small shop set up with Country ornaments. It was right before a little shack, and an old woman in the front looked him over as if he were something interesting.

"Ma'am." Seika began, and she quickly looked him in the eye inquisitively.

Everyone else quieted. Seika was speaking English! But he didn't know English! Did he? "Is there someone in that shack?" He inquired.

The Old woman nodded.

"Si señior. My son."

"Does your son have any gifts? Anything out of the ordinary?" He inquired.

The woman nodded again.

"Si. He made everything hanging here for sale. He's very good at creating beautiful things señior."

"May I speak with him?"

The woman nodded and disappeared into the hut. A moment later, a young man of about twelve or thirteen stepped out, a worried look on his face.

"I've done nothing to attract attention. What do you want?" He asked in a perfect English, very little accent in his voice.

"We've come to ask about something. Would you mind if we came into your hut. It will only take a moment."
"No sir. Excuse me for saying this, but we don't trust many people." He said. Katai noticed that there was a thin mustache growing on the kids face, but he wasn't even close to being an adult yet!

"Fine then. Can we talk to you out here?"

"Si. What do you want?"

Seika sighed. Now that he had found the boy, how was he supposed to pull out the piece?

"There is something in your body that we need. Can we have it?"
"What are you talking about? I don't have anything in my body but organs and the like. Whatever you need you can find somewhere else."

The boy turned to leave, but Seika reached out and gripped his shoulder, maybe a little too tightly for comfort.

The boy turned back around and glared, almost ready for a fight.

"You touching me señior? I don't like being touched."

"Look. Just listen kid." Seika said, but suddenly he had a feeling he knew what to do. "Give us a minute. I swear it will be painless and then you can go back to what you are doing in a moment."
"What will you do?" the boy asked.

Seika answered this by reaching into his back pocket and pulling out the puzzle piece that had come out of his own body.

"Something like this is inside of you. We need it in order to help one of our friends. Sit still and we'll pull it out."
"What are you talking about man? Are you crazy!" But he didn't even get to finish the statement before Seika had taken the piece and tapped his chest with it three times. Then he lifted his other hand, and another puzzle piece appeared with very little light to show where it had come from.

"Thank you for your help. We'll be on our way now." Seika told him, and with his group in wide eyed shock, he left, leaving the boy and his mother stunned with surprise.

Catse: There, what do you think? Please review. Like I said, I tried to add some of the culture around here into the story to give it authenticity, and I think it came out pretty well. Betcha thought it was one of the Detectives of Texas that had the Zodiac peice right?