Authors notes: K, to go over this yet again, Sirius and I don't own Jack squat, except of course our OC's…. which WE own. (All OC's glare at Crimson Ninja)…. or rather THEY own us.

The group exited the mausoleum of Yoshihiro Togashi, victorious but a bit worn out and some rather beat up. "Well that whole experience sure did suck," Kuwabara muttered as they found themselves back in the graveyard.

Tucker nodded in agreement, "You said it."

Following the two 'sidekicks' came Yusuke and Danny. Yusuke is carrying a rather bloody and bruised Kurama on his back while Danny carried Sam on his, as Sam had fainted from exhaustion. Yusuke glanced from his passenger to Sam, "Wanna switch?"

Danny glanced over his shoulder at Sam's peaceful face, "Uh…no thanks."

Kuwabara stopped walking and turned to face the two boys, "So how are we going to get back?"

Tucker smiled as he pulled out a cell phone, "Don't worry; I'll just call a cab."

"Hn. I'm getting sick of this. I'll see you all back at the old hag's temple," Hiei muttered from behind the group and disappeared in a blink of the eye.

"Well he's acting cheery tonight…the least he could have done was taken this lug with him," Yusuke said, shifting Kurama on his back to emphasize his point.

As Tucker made the phone call an idea suddenly hit Danny, "Ok, but how are we going to explain this to the driver…"

((Cab Ride))

Tucker sat up front next to the driver while Kuwabara, Danny, and Yusuke occupied the back seat. Yusuke and Danny had to 'hold' onto Kurama and Sam, both blushing slightly at the odd circumstances. "Dammit this sucks," Yusuke muttered under his breath as the cab driver pulled away after getting directions from Tucker.

"Okay, I can go to that place easy…but I can't help but notice your friend is bleeding back there," the driver said, glancing in the rearview mirror of the cab.

Tucker pulled out a small wad of bills and handed it over to the driver, "No you don't," he said shifting his gaze.

The driver laughed uneasily as he took the bills, "What were we talking about?"

((Genkai's Temple))

The cab pulled to a stop in front of Genkai's temple and the group got out of the cab. Yusuke pulled Kurama back onto his back again in order to carry him, "You sure you don't want to switch," Yusuke asked Danny.

"Yes."

After climbing up nearly a countless amount of stairs Danny and Tucker were near exhaustion (especially Danny since he was carrying Sam). Kuwabara was too determined to see Yukina again to care and Yusuke was, frankly, annoyed. "Ugh…I'm never going to get used to this," Danny panted.

A few minutes later Yusuke and the others finally reached the main part of the temple and hurried to the housing part. They slid open the door to find Genkai sitting at a low Japanese table drinking tea while Hiei, Yukina, and Botan sat nearby.

"And once again, your human technology fails to impress me," Hiei said.

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Whatever. Yukina, we could really use your help in healing Kurama and Sam here."

Yusuke and Danny set Sam and Kurama next to each other on the floor. Yukina knelt next to them and used her healing abilities to bring the two back to health. After a few seconds the two began to stir and wake up. "Whu," Sam muttered as she sat up, she then noticed she was next to Kurama and her eyes widened, "Ah! Where am I?"

Danny put a hand on her shoulder, "Sam, don't worry you're safe now."

Kurama who was also awake now, nodded, "And without you, Felix would have surely killed me."

Sam blushed slightly, "Well…you're…welcome."

Danny cast a glare at Kurama, feeling rather "outdone" by the cunning fox. Yusuke glanced at Danny, noticing the glare he was giving Kurama, "What's up with you?"

Danny regained his composure, "Err…nothing, really."

"Right. Well, Botan, have you been able to find out anything about Kuroko?"

Botan gave a phony grin that was meant to be reassuring…it wasn't, "Aheheheheh…I did but you aren't going to like it…it's rather bad news."

"After everything we've been through tonight I think we can handle it," Tucker said nonchalantly.

"Well, as it turns out Kuroko is already dead," Botan said.

Kuwabara rubbed the back of his neck, "She seemed pretty alive to me…"

"Actually, in a sense, she 's a ghost now."

"Wait a minute! If she was a ghost I'm pretty sure I would have sensed it," Danny quipped.

Botan sighed, "Well, about that. She shouldn't have been able to escape from her prison, even IN ghost form. The only logical explanation is that she has taken control of a human body." After a few blank stares, mostly from Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Danny, she continued, "Meaning that she could have control of just about any human being in the country!"

There was silence, everyone's eyes wide or stone face, in the case of Hiei.

"Anyone!" Danny shouted.

"Even my dentist?" Kuwabara asked.

"That would be the case," Botan said grimly (hah hah).

Yusuke sighed and slouched against one of the walls, "So how are we going to figure out who she's controlling?"

"Well," Botan began, everyone leaning in, "We have absolutely no idea!"

Everyone collapsed in disappointment, hopes shattered.

"Great…well have you found out anything about the wolf man who kidnapped Sam," Danny asked, changing the subject, hoping to get SOME information from the entity of death.

Before she could answer, Kurama stood up. "I think it's best I cover that Botan," he said with a glance to the ferry girl. "When I was the demon thief Yoko Kurama, I attempted to steal a legendary artifact from the Tsuki wolf demon clan; The Lunar Locket."

Hiei raised an eyebrow at his comrade, "You must have been either courageous or stupid. The Tsuki clan is infamous for their hunting and tracking skills."

Kurama chuckled, "I suppose that's one reason I went after it Hiei, the challenge and the risk. I struck at the wedding and birthday of the tribe's princess. I stole the locket but was caught. I attempted to kill Felix who was the princess' fiancé'. However, when I threw a slew of rose daggers at him, she jumped in the way, sacrificing her life for his. I didn't think much of it until a few years later…

((Flashback to 15 years ago. The black hills of the demon realm))

Yoko was on his knees, clutching his bleeding chest, the wound was deep and fatal and Yoko knew it, however his face remained passive; no emotion would cross the face of this noble fox. Felix was standing across from him, a multitude of vegetation related weapons lodged in him and around him. But he still had the strength to hold one of his Broken Butterflies, his prized guns. The battle had been long and now it was finally coming to an end.

"It's over Yoko…your time has come. You shall at last pay for the death of my beloved Aoichou! I only have three bullets left, but that's more than enough to do it, and you've lost most of your blood already!" Felix growled, his eyes narrowed in a state of fury and pain.

Yoko grinned, "Admittedly Felix, you've showed a far greater potential than I ever thought before. Using a combination of human technology and magic was indeed a smart technique. But it won't be you who sends me to the other side…" Yoko pulled out two daggers from his robe; each had odd arcane runes and symbols inscribed into them. He closed his eyes and plunged the daggers into his chest at the same time.

Felix's eyes widened, "What?"

"So long Felix, perhaps we shall meet again in the next life," Yoko said in an arrogant voice. Yoko used the blood from the daggers to make various symbols on the ground; the symbols were fairly similar to the symbols on the dagger. Once the symbols littered the ground Yoko began to chant words in a strange language.

"No! I'm going to be the one to kill you! I won't let you do this fox!" Felix shouted. He pulled back the trigger of his Broken Butterfly but one of the vines holding him bound his hands together. "DAMMIT!" Felix cried and began to try and gnaw through the vine.

In a low voice Yoko muttered the last of the spell and, upon completion, there was a blinding flash. He was gone and in his place there was a large crater with his tattered, blood-soaked robes in the center.

Felix stopped gnawing and sighed, the vines falling slack around him, "He's gone…and that's all that matters now. At last you are avenged, my love."

((End Flashback))

Kurama sighed, "And ever since then Felix thought I was dead. I suppose our working for the spirit realm didn't help to keep me incognito."

"Guess not." Yusuke muttered then glanced at Kurama with a raised eyebrow, "You think he's working with Kuroko?"

"It is a possibility."

"Wow…YOU'RE Yoko Kurama? I've read so much about you in my books on the supernatural," Sam said in awe.

Kurama laughed uneasily, a bit put off by be recognized like this, "Yes, well I suppose my deeds would have been recorded down somewhere."

Danny felt a surge of jealousy so he decided to change the subject, "Ugh, Sam, why didn't you tell us you were going to Japan too?"

"Well I was leaving it as a surprise! I'm going to a different school than you guys anyways. I'm going to Meiou High School; you guys are going to Sarayashiki. We can still see each other though…it wasn't really my choice to go there they just put me there."

Danny shrugged, "I guess."

Genkai interrupted the teens, "We have far more pressing matters at hand. If Kuroko has control of someone, anyone, than she has the element of surprise. We haven't even the slightest idea what her plans are."

"Aside form a tried and true attempt at world domination," Yusuke muttered sarcastically.

"Shut up you twit," Genkai growled at Yusuke, then continued, "Anyway, we need to prepare and the one who needs it most is YOU." With this she looked straight at Danny, a frown etched deep on her face.

Danny sighed, "Can't argue with that. Yusuke said you could help train me, do you think you can?" He asked his face brightening.

"It'll be difficult to bring you up to an adequate level but when you've been around as much as I have, you learn a few things," Genkai said taking a sip of her tea.

"Like what, 200 years?" Yusuke muttered.

Genkai hurled the cup she had been drinking from at Yusuke's head before Yusuke could react. It shattered on impact. "OW! SHIT WHAT WAS THAT FOR YOU OLD HAG!

Genkai ignored her young pupil, "Just come back tomorrow and we can begin.

Danny shivered, "I've got a bad feeling about this…"

"Yusuke, Kuwabara. It's best you come as well. You'll need to learn how to fight ghosts like those under Kuroko's command," Genkai added.

"I dunno, we handled those ghost ninjas pretty well," Kuwabara said scratching the back of his head.

"I heard you two had to be bailed out by Danny," Genkai said, raising an eyebrow.

"Dammit," Yusuke moaned, tomorrow was going to be a long day.

((The next day, Genkai's temple))

In the middle of a barren field stood Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Danny awaiting Genkai's instructions. Genkai stood, frowning, at the boys. Nearby sat Tucker and Sam under a tree. Tucker sat cross-legged next to Sam who sat with her knees pulled up to her chest; Tucker has a large bag of popcorn, anticipating the day's events. "Man this is better than going to the movies," he said popping some popcorn in his mouth.

Sam nodded, "You said it."

"You each need to learn how to use your abilities against unfamiliar foes, Danny against demons and you two dimwits against spirits. We need to hone those skills to their greatest potential, so Danny. I want to test you. Fight me with everything you have," Genkai said, standing there with her arms behind her back.

Danny frowned, "Are you sure about this? I mean I don't want to hurt…" Danny was cut off by Genkai giving him a hard and swift whack to his head.

"Ow!"

"Please…I've handled far worse than you kiddo. Now fight me or suffer," Genkai growled.

Danny smirked, if the old woman wanted to be like that he'd show her, "Okay, but I just thought I'd give you fair warning." Danny clenched his fists and focused his energy. Light enveloped him and when it faded Danny stood before them in ghost mode; white hair blowing slightly in the wind.

Yusuke chuckled, his hands jammed in his pockets, he looked like he was going to enjoy this, "Dude you are in for one HELL of an experience."

Kuwabara nodded, remembering Yusuke's stories of his own training…not to mention what he himself had witnessed, "It's a good thing my Yukina is nearby," Kuwabara added.

Danny flew at Genkai and began to fight hand to hand with her, or rather, Danny was throwing fists and kicks at Genkai and Genkai was dodging all of them with both hands still behind her back. After about a minute of this Genkai brought her hand forward and connected an upper cut with Danny's chin, sending him flying 10 feet away.

Tucker and Sam watched, mouth's agape, "And I haven't even finished my popcorn yet."

Danny stood up, rubbing his jaw, "I think I bit my tongue…THAT'S IT!" Danny powered up his ghost plasma blasts and flew up into the air. He started hurling balls of energy at Genkai but she merely deflected them all or completely dodged them. Genkai deflected another one of them and smirked, "That was pathetic."

Danny landed in front of her, panting, "Come on! That would have knocked most ghosts out by now! What are you made of!"

Tucker, meanwhile, was laughing, "Man! I don't think I've ever seen Danny get his butt kicked so well!"

Genkai cast a glance at Tucker but continued, "We aren't fighting ghosts…we're fighting a demon witch…you need to get stronger. You're only at a low C level at the moment…which in laymen's terms means your kind of weak…"

"Hey!"

Genkai sighed, "It's the truth…though I admit even this strength surprises me considering your lack of training…now where were we." Genkai disappeared and then reappeared behind Danny and kicked him in the head.

"Ouch!" Danny shouted, clutching the back of his head.

Sam winced, "That had to hurt."

Danny spun around to face them, "Will you guys shut up!" Genkai took this opportunity to kick him again, "AND STOP THAT!"

Genkai frowned, "Phase through it dim wit."

Danny smirked, "You got it." Danny turned transparent and slipped though all of Genkai's attacks but she then added spirit energy to her fists and met Danny's oncoming attack with a punch to his gut.

Sam and Tucker stared wide-eyes, "ooooooo."

"That had to hurt," Tucker added.

Genkai whipped around, glaring at them, "You two…SHUT UP!"

Both of them fell silent, a bit freaked, "OK," they said in a small voice.

Genkai held her hand up and Danny lowered to the ground, "That will be all for now…but as I said before you have a long road ahead of you…you need to hone your skills." Genkai turned to Yusuke and Kuwabara, "Now…dimwits. Your turn to fight Danny."

Yusuke grinned, "Now THIS is going to be fun."

Kuwabara cracked his knuckles, "Yep."

Danny smirked, "I can take you guys, easy."

Danny started the fight by hurling spheres of plasma blasts at both Kuwabara and Yusuke. Yusuke dodged most of them easily while Kuwabara used his spirit sword and knocked them away. A few even flew back at Danny, pummeling him in the stomach.

"Ack," Danny said as the blasts flew past him.

Yusuke smirked, "It's going to take a LOT more than THAT to get us."

Danny frowned, "Maybe you're right." Danny faded and went invisible.

Kuwabara glanced around, for some reason he couldn't sense Danny anymore, "Where'd he go?"

Suddenly Yusuke punched Kuwabara in the back of the head. Kuwabara spun around, "Urameshi! What gives?"

Kuwabara balked, Yusuke's eyes had changed from brown to green, "Urameshi…what's up with your eyes?"

"What are you talking about Kuwabara," Yusuke asked. Kuwabara's eyes widened, that wasn't Urameshi's voice. "Da…Danny?"

Sam smiled, "Now things are getting interesting."

Kuwabara, meanwhile, was still freaking out, "How the hell did you do that?"

Yusuke/Danny shook his head, "My secret."

"So that's the way you want to play! Then I won't have any problem beating the crap out of Urameshi!" Kuwabara shouted, pulling his fist back.

Yusuke/Danny extended his finger and shouted, "SPIRIT GUN!"

A light shone at the tip of Yusuke's finger but then sputtered and blinked out. Yusuke/Danny blinked and looked at his finger, "Well…that didn't work."

Kuwabara took this opportunity to punch Yusuke/Danny out. His fist pulled back and struck Yusuke in the face. Yusuke cried out in pain, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR KUWABARA!" Yusuke shouted; his eyes were back to brown.

Kuwabara blinked, "Yusuke? You're back?"

"I DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE! THE LITTLE BASTARD OVER-SHADOWED ME!"

Danny chuckled to himself and tapped Kuwabara on the shoulder. Kuwabara shivered, his 'ghost' sense tingling. He spun around and found Danny standing there, visible once again. Danny punched Kuwabara in the gut and Kuwabara flew back, "OOOOF!"

Danny smirked, "Ha! I'm getting pretty good!"

Yusuke smirked as well, "What you're getting is your ass kicked. Let me show you how this is supposed to be done ghost boy!"

Yusuke's finger glowed with blue spirit energy and he fired it off, it plunged into Danny's chest, knocking him into the top of a tree.

A bird flutters down and lands on Danny's head, he shakes it off, "Well, this is embarrassing. I've GOT to learn how to do that!"

Suddenly a blue wisp of air circles out of Danny's mouth, "Oh man." "WE'VE GOT COMPANY," Danny shouts.

Kuwabara looked up at the tree, squinting against the sun, "What?"

"There's a ghost somewhere here…keep on your toes," Danny said flying back down to the group.

Yusuke, Danny, and Kuwabara stood back to back, readying themselves; Genkai sat quietly on the sidelines; as if sensing it wasn't anything to worry about.

It wasn't because suddenly, "OOOOOO, I, the terrifying Box Ghost, have returned!"

The gang sweat dropped.

"Will you ever quit!" Danny shouted, rather annoyed.

"No…I mean, I'm here for my horrible vengeance! And I shall do this with the help of my cousin…The Circle Ghost!"

A ghost appears next to The Box Ghost, the new ghost looks identical to The Box Ghost except he is clad in all red instead of the blues that The Box Ghost wore. The red, Circle Ghost, hovered and flailed his arms, "Helloooo…and BEWARE!"

Tucker held his head in his hands, "Great, there are two of those morons now."

The Circle Ghost nodded, "Yes…I mean, BEWARE!"

"Behold our geometric wrath!" the Box Ghost added. He held up his hand and large cardboard boxes flew into the air, the Circle Ghost raised his hand as well and tires joined them

"ATTACK," they both cried.

The inanimate objects flew at the team but the boys easily destroyed or knocked them away.

The ghosts blink, "Uh-oh…this can't be good," the Circle ghost.

Yusuke smirked, "You got that right."

Yusuke, Danny, and Kuwabara charge up and launch an attack on the two ghosts. Both the ghosts grab each other and give a high-pitched scream as the attacks approach them, "EEEEKKK!"

The ghosts are blasted far, far away. "WE WILL RETURN…WHEN THE BURNS HEAL…SO BEWARE!" The Box Ghost howled as he flew into the distance.

Genkai sighed and stepped forward, "Those two were so weak. They shouldn't even constitute as an actual fight. So, we shall continue the training…"

((The Next Day, Sarayashiki J.R. High))

Danny lay with his head on the desk; his blue eyes had bags under them from all the training. Yusuke leaned back in his chair, hands behind his head, he looked a bit out of it but not as tired as Danny. Kuwabara looked about the same as Yusuke except he had a few bruises. "I never want to run, fight, do push-ups, fight, sit-ups, fight, or move again," Danny moaned.

Yusuke smirked at Danny, "You'll get used to it kid."

Suddenly the bell ran and the class settled down. A woman walked into the class, but she wasn't the regular teacher. She was wearing a black business suit and her hair was long and black. Her brown eyes were hard and sat behind a pair of thin glasses. She was relatively young and wore a mysterious pendant with a purple gem in it.

"Good morning. I'm Ms. Takeuchi. I'm afraid that your regular teacher is out with the flu, so I'll be covering for him until he returns," Ms. Takeuchi said, pulling out some papers and placing them on the desk, "Now for today's lesson on the feudal period…" she began.

Tucker leaned in to Danny, "Man, now I see why the grade point average is so high, you can't keep you attention away from the teachers," he whispered.

Danny sat up sleepily, "Keep it down Tuck."

Kuwabara, who had been slouching up until this point, sat up straight and rigid. Yusuke noticed this, "What is it…you sit on a tack?"

Kuwabara rolled his eyes, "NO. I just got a really odd feeling from just looking at that teacher."

"Yeah Kuwabara…she's hot, you're a male, we get it," Yusuke muttered leaning back.

Kuwabara glared at him, "That's not what I meant Urameshi!" He exclaimed in a loud hiss, "It's more like the tickle feeling…there's something…odd about her."

Danny blinked, "You don't think…"

The boys look at each other then do a double take at the teacher. Tucker frowned, "It does seem a bit off that someone giving off such a weird supernatural aura appears around the same time as Kuroko."

Danny narrowed his eyes at the teacher; "We'd better keep an eye on her…"

((One Period Later…))

The bell rang and Ms. Takeuchi set the chalk down and turned to face her class, "Well, that'll be all for today class, I have to go meet with a friend and run an errand downtown so I'll see you later." Ms. Takeuchi picked up her bag and left, followed by the rest of the class.

Danny stood up, his back creaking and he groaned, putting his hand to his back, "Ugh…what's next?"

A mysterious person stepped front of the group and Danny's eyes widened, "YOU!"

((Meanwhile, at Meiou High))

Kurama and Sam sat next to each other in class, Kurama pointing to something in the textbook and Sam nodding in understand. However they weren't alone as from afar someone is spying on them from a nearby building.

Felix was back in his human disguise of a regular Japanese high school student, "I won't let what happened last time happen again Kurama…I swear it…" he muttered to himself.

"Do you really think that," a mysterious voice asked. Felix spun around, hand going automatically for the holster of his Broken Butterflies. Behind him stood Kuroko who stood under an elegant purple parasol to keep the morning sun off of her and dousing her in shadows. Beside her stood Nightshade, looking rather relaxed and arrogant in his tuxedo.

"Hey, you're the guy who unleashed the Trioxin barrel in the graveyard and resurrected all those bodies into Zombies. I could very well call you in to the government," Felix growled.

Nightshade scoffed, "Been there done that pup."

Felix let the 'pup' comment slide and turned to Kuroko, "And who are you witch?"

Kuroko smiled, "What if I said I was someone who could bring your beloved butterfly back from the dead?"

Felix's eyes widened and he stepped back, "What?"

Kuroko reached into her dress and pulled out a small magic mirror. She turned it to show Felix and in the mirror's glass was a lovely wolf maiden, Aoichou, "This is an image of your beloved's soul on the other side. If you help me, you can get her back."

Felix blinked then looked to the floor, "I don't know…how can I trust you?"

"You don't have to. All you have to do is kill the one who claimed her life…and his friends."

"What! No, that's dishonorable, they have nothing to do with me, I couldn't break the code my clan has lived by for hundreds of years…"

"Honor, shmoner, if it bleeds, I will kill it. Hell if it doesn't move I'll kill it. Actually, now that I think about it I'll kill anything." Nightshade cut in.

Kuroko rolled her eyes and continued, "Don't worry; this offer doesn't really have a time limit, so if you do decide on joining us, then simply seek us here." Kuroko pulled out a card and handed it to Felix.

"I will think about it," Felix said, taking the card without looking at it.

Kuroko smirked, "I'm sure you will"

Felix then disappeared with the infamous speed of a demon.

As soon as he was gone Kuroko turned to Nightshade, "Report back to Hasaki and Akumugi and tell them to ready their trap. The detective, halfa, and their friends will be coming shortly."

Nightshade bowed, "But of course mistress." Nightshade then disappeared in a puff of dark smoke.

Kuroko spun the parasol in her hands, "And so my plans are beginning to come together," she mused. She then disappeared in a shadowy force.

However, below her, a hobo watched the banter between the demonic forces in awe (as seen in chapter 4), "Whoa! Hirano, I think I just saw three demonic entities conspiring on the rooftop of that building to attack a group of super powered teenagers so that they can attempt to take over the world!"

Hirano, another hobo, sat up from his spot next to a trashcan, "And I think you should lay off the cough medicine."

((Back at Sarayashiki J.R. high))

"You!" Danny exclaimed. The figure is revealed to be an African-American girl known to Tucker and Danny as Valerie Grey.

"Oh great. You're here too," Valerie sighed.

Tucker blinked, "Uh…so did you join the foreign exchange program too?"

Valerie shook her head; "Actually, my Dad will hopefully be getting a job at Masters Inc."

Danny's eyes bulged at the sound of the name, "Vlad is still after me," he muttered.

Valerie glanced at him, "What?"

Danny laughed uneasily, "Er, nothing, so what are you doing at Sarayashiki?"

"Not that it's any of your business but I was trying to get into the history class, but all that was there was some note addressed to some guy named Yusuke Urameshi," she muttered, holding up a white envelope with Yusuke's name scrawled on it in katakana (form of Japanese writing) and English.

Yusuke raised an eyebrow, "Uhm, that's me, let me see it."

Valerie tossed him the note and walked off, "Whatever."

Yusuke blinked as he tore open the letter and pulled out it's contents, "That's odd; teachers don't usually send me notes and most of the kids are scared of me, but," he stopped mid-sentence as he actually read the note.

Kuwabara peered over Yusuke's shoulder, "What is it? You didn't even do anything in class today…"

Yusuke held up the note for all three to see. It was written in both katakana and English and at the bottom it was signed, "This not…it's from Kuroko," Yusuke exclaimed.

To be continued!

Authors notes: Well, I'm afraid you're going to wait a bit longer until we find out what the contents of the letter are (a love note maybe? Oo; ) because next chapter is…Chapter Seven OMAKE! For those of you that DON'T know Omake's are kind of like parodies/bloopers/what if scenarios/etc that involve the story but wouldn't normally take place in the story as a whole. XD And if you want to see something OOC, random, or just plain crazy than just say it in your reviews and we'll more than likely put it in! So please review! And maybe we'll give you a cookie…