Catse: Thank you so much for waiting! Sorry it's a few days late, but please don't criticize. You see, Dragon and Sword Master asked if he could edit it, and I sent it to him, but I accidentally sent my entire story over there. Oh well, thank you Dragon and Sword Master for all your help and for putting up with me! . Now everyone must clap for him! Okay well, here's the update and it's pretty long too. Hope you enjoy! Ja Ne!

Disclaimer: I think we know this one already...
Haku smiled. "Thank you for the compliment. I gather you fought my father before?"

Touya returned the smile and nodded. "Yes. He was a very good opponent. I would have to say he is one of the only few that have ever beaten me in a fight."

"It was during the Dark Tournament, yes? He told me that those were some of his hardest battles as a human."

Touya nodded. "Yes. But I doubt they are difficult for him anymore now that he is the next running in Yomi's stead."

The way it had happened after the Second Dark Tournament, Yusuke had been left as the ruler of his third of the lands, considering his father had died of starvation. Yomi and Mukuro however did not give up their lands after the tournament. From what little Haku had picked up from Kurama's talk of his past, Yomi had won Yusuke in a battle that had lasted a very long time. Four whole days or something to that extent, he wasn't sure how long. But Yomi had learned a lesson from the fight, and had actually decided against fusing the human and demon worlds together. Not only that, but as he did preside over Yusuke and Mukuro's lands now, he decided just to be the ruler and leave them as the sub-rulers. So, just in case anything happened to him, Kurama would take his place, as was the same with Mukuro and Hiei. For Yusuke, if anything happened to him, Katai would take his place no matter if he had a son or not. Yusuke liked having a boy, but he also knew that the eldest with the most experience and the most of his personality would have to take charge of the lands, so, Katai was the best choice. Yujiro, although much like his father, had a strange sort of personality to all three. He was quiet, and not so easily angered as Yusuke or Keiko. Of course, everyone wondered why, considering Yusuke's mother and demon father were not that much different in personality. But Yusuke came up with a good excuse he figured fit. The woman Raizen had fallen in love with was also quiet and not easily angered, so maybe Yujiro got some of his genes from her, even if she was more like the mother of Yusuke's soul than his actual body.

In any case, for Kurama to be chosen as Yomi's heir to the thrown, he would have to have been stronger than his time in the first Dark Tournament.

The group walked together for a while, and finally made their way to a small pub called the Four Fairies. It had no singing inside, to their surprise, so they made their way in and all together sat at a large table.

"So you guys fought our fathers in the Dark Tournament? Awesome!" Seika acknowledged as Haku ordered them all some drinks.

Jin nodded.

"Yep! We fought your fathers only I fought Yusuke and he was quite the fight that he was! Made me need to get stronger and stronger 'til before you knew it I'd have muscles and be woo-wee in the air! But I still ain't as strong as Yusuke! He still is just too strong for me you know!" Jin laughed as the waitress came back with the drinks.

"So who all fought who?" Katai inquired, snatching her drink from the waitress as if she were drowning in thirst.

She guzzled down her soda as they stared.

"She sure can take 'er liquids, can't she?" Chu laughed as he took his beer from the waitress and began to drink his, in much the same fashion.

"About as well as you can." Shishi mumbled. He hadn't ordered a drink, claiming that he had already had too much to drink already.

Touya and Jin took simple cups of tea, and Rinku took a glass of juice.

"Well!" Rinku began after a couple of sips. "I know Touya fought with Kurama, Jin and Chu fought with Yusuke, Shishi fought with that old lady but I can't remember her name…"

"It's Genkai." Shishi corrected. He looked a little angry at the mention of his loss, being that Genkai was old when she beat him, but other than that he said nothing.

"Oh right! Genkai! And I fought with Kuwabara!"

"I gather Hiei didn't fight with any of you?" Seika inquired, leaning back in his seat with a glass of tea.

They looked from one to the other and shook their heads.

"Nope. None of us fought with him."

"Hm…"

"Hey wait a'minute kid. You're Kuwabara's son right?" Chu inquired with a slight slur in his Australian accent.

"Yeah, why?"

"You don't look like 'im. Did yah get your mother's looks?"

Seika shook his head. "Nope. I was adopted by him. Tsuki looks like her mother."

Tsuki and Satou were sitting at another little table next to them, each with their own glasses of juice. Satou had already taken several pictures that evening of Ireland, so her camera was still up on the table. Both girls had yet to say anything to the strangers, choosing to be the shy little ones instead of the open girls they usually were.

"Ah, you mean the one with the blue hair? I gather he married Yukina like we all thought?" Touya inquired, taking a sip.

The entire Detective Team nodded.

"Yeah, that little girl looks just like 'er mother. Still jus' as small and pretty!" Chu mumbled before ordering another glass of Irish brew.

Just then, Jin's ears twitched and he took a look around, as if there was something he had heard that didn't sound right.

"What's up Jin? You look surprised?" Shishi inquired, glancing around. That inquiry got everyone looking around, as Jin finally answered.

"I just heard something like an animal come in but I can't see it!"

"Hey! There you are!" Seika exclaimed, looking down into his lap. A long, slender red neck poked up from behind the table and was stuck in Seika's tea cup, drinking it's fill.

"Finally you showed up Niko!"

"Chirp!" His little spirit beast replied, finally taking his dragon like head out of the cup and setting his cat paws on the table.

"You hungry?"

"Chirp!"

"Okay, what would you like?"

"Don't tell me…" Chu began, but Rinku finished for him.

"Is that a Spirit Beast?"

"Sure is." Katai answered, taking a heavy swig of her second drink, which just arrived.

"So you died?" Rinku inquired. Seika nodded and hoisted the little creature up on his shoulder.

"Yeah, it was about four years ago. Spirit World brought me back to life after I drowned in a river and I started working to help the other guys out. After we beat Shadow, Kuwabara adopted me and I became a real life member of the new Spirit Detective team."

"Wow! A lot can happen in almost thirty years!" Jin exclaimed, looked upwards. "It has been thirty years right?"

"Just about." Touya answered, folding his arms. "How come your spirit beast didn't arrive with you in Ireland."

Seika smiled sadly. "Well, the plane won't allow animals on unless they're in a cage below deck, and Niko doesn't like cages. So, he prefers to fly his own way to where ever we go, finding me when he gets there. He's a very resourceful little animal."

"I can see that."

"You know somethin'? I just got a funny question. If you guys fought our fathers in the Dark Tournament, and that was almost thirty years ago, then why is he still a little boy?"

Katai was referring to Rinku, who sat like an eight or nine year old in his seat.

"Oh him? He's about two hundred years old this lil' guy." Chu answered. The entire table went silent.

"Let me guess? Like's to act innocent and loves getting away with it right?" Katai inquired, crossing her arms. Rinku smiled as Touya, Chu, and Jin all nodded. Shishi merely looked away at the wall.

"So you said you were lookin' for a kind of puzzle piece around here eh?" Jin inquired, his hands holding his ankles as he sat in a sort of Indian Style in the booth seat.

The Detective Team nodded.

"Then where would they usually be?"

"Inside of people." Haku answered, adjusting his glasses. "We've already found the Dragon piece in Seika, and the Rooster piece in Texas. We're trying to find our latest piece here, because Koenma is very adamant about it being here."

"Really, how does the tyke know where they are?" Chu inquired, drinking down his second beer.

"He has an ancient manuscript that gives him clues to where everything is. We've already found out that those that have somewhat rare skills usually have a piece in them. Now it's just a matter of finding them."

"Really? How are you capable of finding them?" Touya inquired.

"Well," Haku began, sighing. "We thought at first that our watches could home in one them, but apparently they aren't working. Seika is our only source of location. For some reason, the Ancient Soul of the Earth is helping him out."

"The Ancient Soul of the Earth!" They all inquired at once, startling both of the girls at the table next to them. Satou and Tsuki should have been used to the surprise yells by this time, but for some reason they were always caught off guard.

"Yes." Haku answered. "I looked into it on our way here. There's a profile on the watches Spirit World gave us that says she was the soul of the Earth until a mortal man stole her power in the shape of a heart. Apparently she is searching for it."

"What do you think it means?" Seika inquired after everyone had calmed down.

"I'm not quite sure, but if I'm correct, we have a few new clues to our puzzle. If a mortal man took her power in the shape of a heart, then it only means that our puzzle must be in the shape of this 'heart', and that in the wrong hands it will cause trouble, so the Soul of the Earth is trying to help us find it so it stays out of the hands of trouble. And because Seika housed one of the pieces, and he's traveling with us, he is the only one she can communicate with and point in the right direction."

The entire group became silent after Haku began talking, and were still silent when he was finished.

"Yep, he's Kurama's kid alright." Chu mumbled and they all nodded except for Shishi and Haku.

"Oh! I just wanted to ask! What are you guys doing here anyways? Vacation?" Seika inquired, leaning back.

"Well, somethin' like that. You see I grew up here and when we had nothing else to do I decided to get everyone to come here so we could train in the mountains around here because they are so very brilliant and stunning and—"

Shishi interrupted Jin just then. "We're here to train and that is all. Vacation is not something I do."

"Me either." Touya agreed. "I came to practice my skills."

"Hsssssss!" The heard Niko snarl.

Seika glanced down at his pet to notice that Niko's claws were out and his red fur stood on end, as if he was spooked.

"What's wrong?"

"That damn animal of yours would make a better meal than anything else." They heard the cold feminine voice say from nearby. She took a step and appeared before them, revealing the thin and angry form of Yoru, back from wherever she had gone.

"So you finally came back?" Katai snarled up, ready for a fight any time.

"Came back, no? I would never 'come back' on my own free will. But considering I have to come with you assholes, I figure I'll do my job and make sure things get done, considering you all are sittin' on your asses have a good time with some more assholes." Katai growled, fists clenched, and actually did go to stand up and argue when Seika reached up and snatched her shirt, pulling her back into her seat.

"Not here." He murmured in her ear as she still continued to growl. She heeded his command, considering he was supposed to be the replacement leader, even though Haku was pretty much taking over the job for him.

Yoru smirked, knowing she had won the battle, until Haku turned his masterfully cold blue eyes on her.

"Have you found anything out?" He inquired, not blinking.

Yoru would never confess in a million years that anything a twelve year old would do would spook her, but when Haku turned his blue eyes at her, he usually did what most mortals and demons alike could not. After all, at eight, he had nearly killed her, and if it wasn't for her Jagan she would have been dead.

Yoru sighed and turned her eyes away to keep from bearing his scrupulous look. "I found out that there's a sheep herder in the mountains here that has a knack with the animals here. You might want to go check it out." She growled, before turning around and leaving.

They were all silent for a moment.

"So that was Hiei's eldest?" Touya inquired, all of them still staring at the door Yoru had passed in and out of.

Haku, Seika, and Katai nodded.

"Yep. She's a Hiei." Jin and Chu said at the same time, before turning and blinking at each other.

"Well, what are we sittin' around for! Let's get goin'!" Katai hollered before leaping up and leaving the pub.

The rest of them nodded and stood, paying for their drinks before leaving.

Considering Yoru hadn't said anything about who the guy was or where in the mountains he could be found, they decided to head back to the Silverbirch and ask the clerk there if he knew anything. While they were there, they could also pick up their weapons, in which Seika never carried his staff in public because it scared people.

While there, the man at the Restaurant heard them ask the clerk if he knew who their mystery man was. When the clerk didn't know, the guy that had overheard them came over, wiping his soapy hands on a dish towel.

"Know 'im? Course I know 'im." The guy acknowledged after the group had asked him. "He's my brother!" The group exchanged glances as the man told them where to find his brother and what his name was.

"His name's Patrick O'Malley. Usually graze's his flock over on the West Area of the Mountain' along the edge of this town. If you're lucky, he's still out there grazin' 'bout now."

The group thanked him and left, taking a simple but long path up to a path between the mountains.

As they were coming through the path, Seika felt a pang as if some force was pulling him a certain direction. His vision faded and the woman in white appeared, pointing towards a direction that led them around the mountain to a clearing where the green grass grew thick and tall. Before her finger appeared another tattoo circle, this time with the impression of a sheep with a thin rod of metal entwined around its wool.

When the image disappeared, Seika began to walk faster, knowing exactly where to go.

"Did you get the vision?" Haku inquired, walking next to him.

Seika gave a curt nod and was soon found running so as to make sure he didn't lose the direction the Soul of the Earth had pointed him too.

Before long they came to a clearing with an old stone wall lining the area and a tree the size of a two story house. An older man, about forty or so sat there with a Shepherds stick, watching his small flock of sheep graze on the grass behind the mountain.

Seika walked up to him. This had to be the next one.

But, as he came up to him, he felt a strong pull, like the wind, trying to tug him a certain direction. He stopped as Haku went to the man and began talking.

"Sir, are you the herder of these sheep?" He asked, and the old man nodded.

"There is something we need from you if you'd be so kind as to stand and let us see if you have it."

The man eyed the group curiously, but none the less stood up.

"Stop." Seika mumbled, turning. The man was almost standing when Seika said this, and he stepped up and pressed Haku out of the way.

"What's your name?"

"Seika, what are you doing?" Katai inquired, looking aggravated. "If he has the piece than why do we need to know his name?"

"I need to know his name." Was the young man's response. "What's your name?"

Seika's voice changed, to where his English had the Irish accent. The man looked Seika straight in the eye and laughed.

"You're good! But I guarantee you won't find the real man with the Zodiac Piece!" He hollered, blowing smelly breath into Seika's face.

Seika glared, pushed the man into sitting on the rock hedge, and glared him in the face.

"That piece is somewhere around here and we need it. Give it to us." He said almost angrily.

The man again laughed, and suddenly his lifeless form hit the ground, his eyes rolling upwards. Blood pooled from his nose and the illusion that had been on him disappeared to reveal his pale white skin and the nats and flies swarming around his face.

Haku kneeled, covering his nose with his wrist.

"Looks like he's been dead for about a day now. Seika, are you certain you sensed the puzzle piece around here?"

Seika nodded, glancing around.

The reason the man was still living, none of them knew, but Seika had a good idea of what was going on.

"Reveal yourself demon! I will not play any games with you!"

In Seika's line of vision, the woman in white appeared, standing along the stone hedge. She looked somewhat hurt, and kneeled on the rock, digging in the dirt.

"It's there?" Seika inquired out loud, before walking to the hedge and digging.

The group watched him go, and Jin and Chu looked at each other and at the same time announced, "It's proven. He's crazy. Now he's talking to stone hedges!"

"Guys! Help me out! Gaia says it's here!" Seika announced, digging in the soil. It was fresh, meaning something had just dug it up.

The rest of the group crowded around Seika and began to dig with their hands. Even Satou and Tsuki helped out.

When their hands found the corners of a small metal box, they pulled it out and opened it.

Inside wasn't the piece they had expected, but a small bottle surrounded by velvet. Inside the bottle, there was a note.

"Patrick O'Mally is dead. The piece resides in his family." The note said.

The group stared at the piece of paper, and glanced around.

"Well we can tell the bugger's family is dead! You didn't need to tell us that!" Chu exclaimed as he stood up.

The group followed suit and Seika shoved the note in Haku's hands.

"What do you think it means?" Katai inquired dusting the dirt off of her pants.

"I don't know about you but this has been one confusin' evenin' if I do say so myself." Jin exclaimed, floating in the air like he did at the pub.

"No kidding." Katai and Chu agreed, glaring at the ground.

"Family?" Haku questioned himself after reading the note over. "What Family?"

"His Family Tree." A man said from behind them. "It was the only other thing living other than himself." The group turned to see the same man from the Restaurant that had told them to come here.

"What do you mean other thing living than himself? Aren't you his brother?" Katai growled, brows knit in frustration.

"No. I am a member of a group Psychics that learned of your travels and your missions. From talks with the ghosts and from what Gaia has given us in imagery, we learned that you were searching for the Zodiac puzzle. I merely pointed you in the right direction the Ghosts of this man's family pointed."

"Okay! Whoa there man! A little more explanation is in order before you ramble on and tell us you are trying to help. For one thing, why the hell are you trying to help us?" Katai hollered, glaring.

The man sighed, adjusted his coat, and sat on the ground in front of the sheep.

"We are Naturists in our own way. We want to protect the Earth and all of her properties. Before, when the ghosts told us that one had passed away that should not have, we began to look into the circumstances and tried to find that particular ghost. When we did find him, he could not tell us very much, but only that he was trapped and was looking for a way to communicate with his friends. We asked Gaia through telepathy, and she showed us your profiles, where you were, and where you were headed, and your reasons."

"Wait! You've spoken to Kenya?" Seika interrupted, sitting down in front of the man.

"Yes." The man agreed, using a completely fluent Japanese voice. "Kenya Nohara his name is right? Yeah, he's stuck in a sort to glass containment area, in a castle somewhere in the Demon World. As for who has him and why he can't escape, we don't know. In addition, before I forget and you ask the question, I knew this man had the piece of the Zodiac before you said anything. His soul shows the color of silver, the very color of the Sheep. We tried to protect him, me and my other three companions, but this Demon Lord that is after you got to him first. Instead, because we couldn't get the pieces out of his body, we removed his spirit and placed it in that tree, there. You see, he was an orphan, with no family to speak of except for that tree and these sheep. They were all that was left to him of his real family. The man was already practically dead by the time we got here."

"So you mean demons knew he had it to?" Katai growled, her face beginning to twist into a heavy anger.

"Yes. I do not know how they are tracking the pieces, but apparently, they can only pin point the area. They can't find the person with them. The one that killed that man was looking for the piece, but by then we had already removed it and placed it in that tree."

"Okay, wait a minute. So you're saying that you took the soul out of the man before the demons even found him? Then how could he have been dead before you got there?"

Seika interrupted.

"He was old and dying of a disease. He wasn't going to live much longer. Now give me time to fully explain myself—"

"No time chief!" Katai shouted, leaping to her feet. "We got company."

The group glanced up at a display of multiple flying demons and several different land creatures clawing their way over the mountain. One demon housed a crow on his horn, before the tiny creature leapt up and disappeared into the heavy storm clouds that were beginning to appear.

"Let's do this." Seika mumbled, cracking his knuckles. "We've got questions and they better have answers."

Catse: Okay well, tell me what you think! I bet none of you saw this coming right? Neither did I. My hands kind of went on their own here. Oh well, I'll update as soon as I can. Ja Ne!