Catse: OMG! It's been such a long time since I updated! Sorry about that. School's been evil! T.T Okay well, now that this is updated, I want to thank Dragon and Sword Master for beta-ing, and apologize to everyone for the long wait. I also have to say that it may be a long time from now on for updates. Not only am I having trouble in school and such, but it's getting hard for me to find time and sit down with the constant calls from my friends, the homework, and now I'm getting a job on computer if the job goes through. So yeah, it may be a while until the next update. But I will try! Okay, with that out of the way,here's the story.

Disclaimer: See chappie one...
"So this is Spain? Wow! It smells so weird here!" Katai remarked as she clambered off the plane, dragging her luggage with her. Seika followed, yawning.

"Is smell the only thing that matters to you?" He asked.

"When hungry, Yes." Katai replied with a huge grin as Haku, Tsuki, Satou, and Yoru clambered off the plane.

"I'm merely surprised that the first words out of your mouth were how strange this place is." Haku commented, glancing at his watch. It was only five in the afternoon, and no one would probably even think that they were just in France a few hours prior. "For now, let's concern ourselves with getting transportation and getting to the small area of lodgings mother booked us. We're going to need to start hunting immediately."

"Yeah." Seika agreed, his voice becoming serious for a moment. "We don't want Sifirus dealing us anymore trouble."

"Yes, this is why from now on we're going to have to have parties scattered around the city in search for any foul play." Haku agreed, glancing around.

"One question." Katai remarked as Satou began to take pictures of the area, Tsuki pointing out separate things.

"Yes?"

"Are we supposed to be meeting someone here?"

"No. We are to gain transportation and get ourselves to the small hotel we're to stay at. Our detectives are supposed to meet us in the square after that."

"Don't get into trusting them." Yoru remarked, stepping by them. "You don't want a repeat of last time."

She had decided to wear a most menacing outfit this time, with heavy black jeans and a tank top with a turtle neck but no sleeves. A large leather cloak flowed around her, as she stepped on thick steel toe leather boots with enough latches to drive a perfectionist off the edge. On either hip she held swords in which were hid by the cloak, and her long silky black hair was kept in a pony tail. Considering how easily spooked many of the Spanish were, and how very superstitious they had come to be, she wore sun glasses to hide her reddish eyes. As no one else in the group had such menacing eyes, she was the only one in need of hiding them. That and she wanted to hide in the shadows, not shine like a bright star in the moonlit sky.

"No kidding. Thanks for the advice." Seika remarked rather sarcastically, as Yoru turned, dropped her sunglasses, and gave him a menacing glare. He returned the favor by glaring back.

"Watch your ass cat boy. You may find a rather tasty friend in your bed one of these nights."

"Yeah, well if that happens I'll eat him and tell you if he's tasty or not."

Yoru smirked, replaced her glasses, and began walking independently towards the airport building, scaring a few crew men whom had been walking past her and had received the chills upon seeing her appearance.

"She wears black to hide herself and she still scares the crap out of the people around her. I swear, sometimes I wonder if she really is human?" Seika acknowledged.

"She isn't. She's three fourths demon." Haku said nonchalantly.

"Oh, right."

"Idiot! Come on before Yoru leaves us in the dust! Not like she hasn't done it before you know!" Katai hollered, running towards the air port building.

Seika began to run after her, with Satou and Tsuki chasing them just for the fun of running, while Haku pressed his glasses up closer to his face, stuck his hands in his pockets, and followed calmly, his pack of clothes on his shoulders.

Catching a Taxi wasn't difficult.

Because Haku was already very fluent in Spanish, he merely had to say a few words and they were gone.

When they reached the hotel, an old woman stood out waiting for them, a loose orange outfit wrapped around her large frame.

"You've come for the rooms?" She asked in perfect Spanish.

"Yes." Haku replied. "They are still vacant aren't they?"

"Yes. Come this way."

She led them towards a short hall of raggedy old doors. Once there, she passed Haku the keys, pointed out which rooms where theirs, and left.

Because this place was so small, they could only get two rooms, so all of the girls would have to share the larger of the two, which was the largest room there with two beds and a couch, and Seika and Haku, as always, would take the last room. Of course, it would probably be no trouble to Katai for her room situation. Yoru never slept in the room. She always found an alternative. In addition, with two beds, Katai still got her own while the other two girls slept. Not like anyone that would, sleep on the same bed with her would survive however. She had a habit of sleep walking to a fighting dream, and known to wake up with various objects and things destroyed, but how she didn't know.

Once, in her room, she had accidentally stood up on the bed fighting her dream opponent, and the fan above her bed hit her head and knocked her down, waking her up instantly. As a result, she had a red V-mark on her forehead and a broken fan she had torn up after the experience.

Haku tossed one set of keys to Katai, before opening the boys' room and stepping in. It was simple, slightly smelly from the hot summer day and the light cleaning it had endured for their visit, with only a rickety door to separate the bathroom from the actual room.

"Wow. This place is pretty old." Seika murmured, setting his stuff down on one of the beds. He wasn't surprised when it recoiled a gasp and sighed back into position, showing that its springs were rusty.

"Yes well, all of the hotels here are booked because of tourists. This is the best she could come up with."

"That's fine. We probably ain't going to be here long anyways right?"

"No." Haku answered.

"Well, do we get going?"

Haku nodded.

"Make sure you carry your things with you though."

"Why?"

"Because people have been known to break into hotel rooms and steal things. Many of the people here don't have much money. We can't risk anything being taken."

"Oh, right. Okay. Well, let's get going."

"So Koenma, since you called us all together maybe you can give us a report or something on how our kids are doing." Yusuke remarked, leaning against the door. Since finding out he was a demon and going through the tournament, he had taken to a strange habit of leaning against the wall, similar to an actual demon that didn't want his or her back shown to anyone. Most everyone just figured he'd hung around Hiei too long.

Koenma walked in circles on his desk, piles of paper on the sides, left for signing later.

He stopped, glanced up to notice everyone there, being Hiei, Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara, and sighed.

"Alright, right now they are in Spain and they have already collected four pieces of the puzzle."

"Only four?" Kurama inquired, his eyes becoming somewhat surprised. His wife did the details of the hotel, but with how busy Haku was on the mission, he didn't have time to stop and inform them on anything. Their only communications was through the watch that Haku reported through.

"Yes. They were held up in France for three days. Apparently one of the detectives was working to confuse them and keep them there."

"But they got the piece there right?" Kuwabara asked, slouched in a chair.

"Yes. It took them some time, but they have it."

"Then why'd you call us here?" Yusuke asked with his arms folded.

Koenma's eyes turned bleak. "It's apparent that the Dark Lord is much smarter than we thought. He's somehow keeping his eyes on the detectives, and slowing them down whenever he can. But as to why he hasn't placed a full assault on them yet is to what I'm confused on."

"What do you mean?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well. You see, considering the intelligence of this Dark Lord, and what your children are going through to collect the pieces, there is only a slim chance they will be able to complete the mission and bring Kenya back. Considering the obstacles, the Dark Lord doesn't sound like someone that would allow them to continue with their plan with doubt that they will succeed. He likes things permanent, so that he knows he will win. However, if that were the case, why would he be sending such weak enemies, or such meager forces? He has many powerful beings under him but it's like he's saving them for last. He's planning something and I'm worried as to what."

"So you want us to go in there, kick his ass, get what we need, and leave right?"

"Yusuke, use your brain! It won't be that easy! The Dark Lord would never allow you close enough! However, if I'm correct by what I've heard from the detectives of the places Seika's team has visited, Kenya is there within the Dark Lord's castle somewhere in Demon World. There's a good chance that if you snuck in there and freed his spirit, perhaps he may know the plan or at least the reason for the Dark Lord's calm display over the teams mission. Since you are all left here, I want you all to get into that castle, find Kenya, and break him from his imprisonment."

"Oh I see. A recovery mission eh? Sounds interesting. When do we leave?" Yusuke snarled, a large grin on his face as he cracked his knuckles.

"As soon as possible. Take about an hour to prepare yourselves and then go to Demon World and do research. Find out the location of that castle and then get inside. It won't be easy, but you should be used to missions that aren't."

"No sweat! I've been eager to beat somethin' in the ground ever since Katai left. This looks like it may finally be my chance."

Yusuke gave off one of his familiar chuckles and ran out the door, leaping for joy. Kurama smiled, following him out as Kuwabara scratched his head, wondering if the mission was a good idea for a guy whose demon blood hadn't been awake for years, and Hiei merely glared at the ground and followed.

He was somewhat glad Koenma had given them the mission. He wanted to get his son out of that demon hole. Kenya wasn't someone's souvenir! He was the next male koorime in a line of people that really lacked men. Hiei had been eager to fight someone for months, same as Yusuke, and even more since Kenya died. It made his blood boil to think someone would kill his son just for something as stupid as controlling the world, as seemed to be every bad guys wish these days. His son…His only son…

Hiei give a wild smirk at the thought of strangling the Dark Lord, beating his head into the ground maybe, and then setting him in a pond full of demonic piranha…

Yeah…piranha…

Kurama glanced back long enough to notice the wild excitement in Hiei's eyes. He already knew what was running through his short friends head, and wasn't surprised when he disappeared as soon as they were out of the castle. Hiei was going to go off and train for a while, most likely attacking and killing off some of the demons in demon world just to make sure he was in shape.

As for Yusuke and Kuwabara, they would most likely spar with each other, tell their wives at the last minute that they were on a mission (at least in Yusuke's case), and then meet back up at someone's house ready and raring to go.

As for Kurama, he was going to go home, tell Jennifer where he had to go stock up on a few seeds and grow a few things to make sure he was still in shape, and then head over to Hiei's house to talk with Suta. After all, she needed all of the comfort she could get. Her eldest daughter wanted to kill her already dead son, her daughter was on a dangerous mission for world peace and her husband was about ready to kill something. Kurama sometimes wondered how Suta survived with someone like Hiei as a husband, but then again, he sometimes wondered how Hiei was able to survive with someone like Suta. Suta could be quite vicious when she was mad, and Kurama sometimes found Hiei sitting in the tree out front in the yard, mumbling something about dodging swords and she being scarier than surviving in demon world. Don't get him wrong, Suta was a very sweet, gentle natured woman. It was only that her cat demon blood had a habit of taking over every once in a while, when she was especially mad, and everyone cleared away from her, including Yoru which was a strange site compared to how vicious she was on occasion.

Kurama sighed. I hope that and with much luck in territory and ability, they'd be able to break Kenya out and keep him safe until their children gathered all of the pieces. Just hopefully…

"So this is Spain…It looks like a giant flea-market." Seika mumbled aloud as they strode down the dirt paved streets. Satou was busy taking pictures of things as Tsuki pointed out pretty jewels and pots, while Katai grumbled about wanting something to eat and Haku read a book on customs for Spain, just to refresh that of which he already studied. How he could walk and read at the same time was beyond Seika, but then again, he could do many things they weren't sure possible, so it was nothing new.

"No kidding. And it's sooooo hooooottt!" Katai growled, running her arm across her forehead for the umpteenth time.

"Spain is known for their strange climate. The days are very hot, while the nights are very cold. You'll be wishing it was warm tonight." Haku mumbled, his eyes not even leaving his book as he did so.

"Thanks a lot hotshot. I feel so much better now." Katai snarled back, scratching her arm.

"You're welcome."

"So Haku, what piece are we looking for here? Any clues?"

Haku snapped his book shut and shoved it in his pocket. He carried with him two bags. The back pack with his belongings, and then the bag with the puzzle pieces. Why he wanted to carry them was beyond everyone, but they figured he was just being protective.

"The rat if I'm correct. Do you sense anything yet?"

"No." Seika said aloud. "Are you sure we're in the right city?"

"Yes. We're in Bilbao. Koenma told us the piece would be here, and he's yet to be wrong about it."

"I still have no idea how Koenma knows where these pieces are going to be. I mean, did Gaia know where the pieces were going to go when she created the puzzle?" came Katai.

Haku pressed the glasses on his nose closer to his eyes before answering.

"I'm not sure. In all actuality, I believe someone was entrusted the puzzle pieces to hide, and then wrote a scroll on it, if that's what Koenma is reading. It could be a book."

"But why would someone get the pieces and hide them. Wouldn't he want the power too?"

"Seika, I already told you. I'm not sure of the details so questions are pointless at the moment."

"Okay fine. Didn't mean to tick the Child Genius off…" Seika mumbled under his breath.

"I heard that cat boy…" Haku replied; using the phrase, he had heard Yoru use on him earlier.

"Don't you start calling me that too! I'm not a cat! Hell, I'm not even demon!" Seika remarked, growling. "I only have a demon soul!"

"Yeah, well having that's better than being miss-matched demon right? Unlike Yoru, Kenya, and Satou who're one fourth cat, one half koorime, and one fourth human." Katai replied while her eyes fixed on a few knives out for display. When she went to check them out Seika snatched her by the ear and dragged her behind him.

"Come on blade-happy. We have to go to the square remember? We've got to meet these so called detectives."

"Oh! But they're so shiny and sharp! And they have cool handles!" Katai griped. Seika dragged her behind him, her arms still flailing in a sad attempt to snatch a knife even though they were a good ten feet away already.

Haku shook his head, plucked the book back out from his pocket, and got back to reading once more.

Catse: There you go! I know it's a bit short, but bare with me, as I've luckily already started the next chapter and am working on getting it finished! Heheheheeh! But because of the terrible trouble I've done to you because I haven't updated, I'll give you a sneak peak of chapter 18:

"The HELL?" Katai growled, chasing after the kids. "They took my stuff!"

"Mine too!" Seika also yelled, following behind Katai. Satou stopped, took a picture, and followed, as Tsuki following behind with a huge smile on her face as if this were an adventure.

See you next chapter!