"Nice work, Hiei. I'm glad you knocked her out before she escaped," Koenma said.
"Hn. I-," the fire youkai started.
Koenma interrupted by 'up-up-upping' him. "Now, either you take my praise, or you leave it." The Prince of the Makai waved his hand and a dark portal appeared. "Go to my office, and wait. I have to tell the others about this." With that, he left with another 'bwink', and the ogres, the girl, and himself were gone. Hiei grunted and rolled his eyes, jumping into the portal.
Yusuke dialed the number furiously for about the eighteenth time. It rang five times...six, and he heard a clicking sound.
"Breaking News Information Hotline, how can I help you?" a woman's voice asked. She sounded like she was talking through her nose.
"Yeah, my cousin, Tanizawa Anei has gone missing, and I demand that-"
Yusuke was interrupted by a male's voice, "You say you know Tanizawa Anei personally?" he asked curiously.
"Yes, she's my cousin, but-." Keiko watched as Yusuke got angrier and angrier. She and Kuwabara cowered on the couch.
"She's your cousin you say? How about I put you to the test? What is her mother's sister named?" the male's voice questioned.
"Urameshi Atsuko. I'm Urameshi Yusuke, now will you please let me speak?" the Spirit Detective asked furiously. There was silence on the other end of the line.
"Ur...Urameshi Yu-ya-Yusuke?" the man stuttered.
"YES, WILL YOU PLEASE-?" But no one was there. The phone line went dead. Yusuke laid the blaring phone back into the cradle, and the beeping stopped. He stood staring at the phone, head hung, and hands pressed tightly onto the side table where the phone rested. The TV cast a blue-ish glow around the room as the news anchor came back on once the movie was finished.
"Good evening, I'm Otoda Kenji. Tonight we mourn over a tragic, but heroic death. Mrs. Tanizawa Sayaka has recently died due to an infection of a wound. It is-"
"Turn it off," Yusuke said quietly.
"But, Yusuke, it might-," Keiko started hesitantly.
"Turn it off!" he roared. The girl scrambled off the couch and pressed the 'off' button. She stood holding one hand in the other by her chest, staring worried at Yusuke. She had known Anei like she'd been a sister to her. They liked a lot of the same things, and they would do a lot of 'girl stuff' together. Kuwabara stared grimly at the floor. He knew Anei pretty well, too. She was a great girl, a hot one too, but losing her mother...he felt really bad for her.
They all heard a 'bwink' as a light came on in the living room, and a 'hologram' Prince of the Makai floated in the center of it. They heard footsteps and the first three people that was occupying the living room looked towards the stairway to see Kurama coming down them. Two ogres appeared a second later on either side of Koenma and they held a form by its arms. It's dark hair obscured it's face, and neither of them didn't give it a second thought. Yusuke whirled around, and his brown eyes narrowed.
"Look, Binky-Breath, this isn't a good time-"
Koenma held his hand up, and Yusuke stopped talking abruptly, although started to grit his teeth in frustration. With all the interruptions he had, he was getting really pissed off. "Get into the portal," the toddler-shaped ruler said simply, sensing the tension in the room. He waved his hand again and a dark blue portal appeared beside Yusuke, who angrily jumped in first.
Kurama hesitated. "Is Hiei-? The Prince nodded as he and his ogres holding the figure 'bwinked' and disappeared. The red-head stepped through the portal as Keiko and Kuwabara followed.
Kurama, Keiko, Yusuke, and Kuwabara all stepped out of the portal. Keiko, Yusuke, and Kuwabara walked over to Koenma's desk which he appeared at. Kurama stood against the wall by Hiei.
"Out," Koenma ordered and all of the ogres but two - the ones Koenma had traveled with - ran out of the office. The servants stood by Koenma's desk and shifted the figure in their arms. Yusuke noticed this and gasped as he caught a glimpse at the face.
He ran over to Koenma's servants, got to his knees, and tilted the girl's head up.
"Anei!" he breathed, his eyes widening. The ogres let go of her and Yusuke laid her across his legs, her head propped up on his hand.
"You know this girl, Yusuke?" Koenma questioned, raising an eyebrow. After all, she had just murdered someone. I need Botan...he thought exasperated. A second later, the doors burst open to reveal a cheerful girl with pink eyes and blue hair tied up into a ponytail. She wore a pink kimono with a red sash.
"You called Master Koenma?" she asked, bounding up to the front desk.
"Who did Ms. Tanizawa murder?" Koenma asked immediately. Everyone - including Hiei - looked up suddenly, towards Botan. Yusuke couldn't believe his ears. Who did Ms. Tanizawa murder ?