"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

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Ch 6 Spirit Detective…..Ranma!

"There is a portal that is being made in this city. It will be used as a gateway from Demon world to Human world. From what we can gather, it is being opened by seven psychics. Your mission is to find who is opening this portal and to stop them."

The spirit detectives looked at each other. "Not much to go on. Isn't there anything else you could tell us to help in our search?" Kyle asked Koenma.

"I'm afraid not. You shouldn't worry too much about this mission Kyle."

"Why not?"

"You will not be assisting in this mission."

"What!" Kyle said standing up. The other spirit detectives also stood. Even Hiei couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Koenma, if I may ask, why is Kyle not assisting us?" Kurama asked.

Koenma floated over towards Kyle. "Simple, he has a different mission."

"Enlighten me." Kyle said through clenched teeth.

"While you were in Nerima, someone attacked you correct." Kyle nodded his head. "Well, this person was displaying an interesting form of energy. We don't have a clue who this person is, but I'm making it your mission to find out."

"But wouldn't it make more sense for me to help stop that portal from opening? I'm sure this person isn't a big a threat as we think."

"NO! You have your mission and Yusuke and the others have theirs. I need you to find out who this person is and find out why you were attacked."

Kyle growled, but said no more. He sat down and so did the others. "So he will be on this mission alone?" Genkai asked. Koenma though for a second. He pulled out a device from his pocket. It was small and rectangular with a screen. Koenma floated over to Ranma and held the device towards him. There was beep and Koenma checked the device. He nodded and did the same for Mousse, Ryoga and Shampoo. He then cleared his throat.

"No, Kyle won't be going at it alone."

The lights mysteriously went out and a spot light was shown on the Nerimans. Somehow, Koenma got a microphone in his hands.

"Meet Kyle's new spirit detective team!" He dramatically waved his hands towards the Nerimans. Everyone sweat dropped.

"You're kidding, right?" Yusuke asked.

"Yeah this better be a joke." Kyle added menacingly.

Koenma, however, held his ground. "I'm not joking." He floated over to Ranma and pat his head. "This boy was the one that defeated Saffron not to long ago."

"What? He was the one." Yusuke said dumfounded.

"That's right. He has an exceptionally good amount of spirit energy that has yet to be tapped as well as the rest of our guests."

Kyle tuned Koenma out as he thought about his new predicament. 'I can't believe they are my backup! Does Koenma think that this is a joke! I should be helping Yusuke find those psychics!'

Ranma and the others were wondering what they go themselves into now. They stayed quite and let Koenma finish talking.

"Do you understand Kyle?"

"Huh?"

"I said 'Do you understand'.'"

"Understand what?"

Koenma sighed. "That you will train them to use their spirit energy."

Kyle crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine." He said with a scowl.

"Good." He turned to Ranma and the others. "Congratulations. You are our new spirit detectives."

"So, umm, what does that mean?" Ranma asked.

"Botan will explain to you more about what that mean as will Kyle and the others. I must be off."

Ranma simply nodded. Koenma floated towards Kyle. "One more thing. You will not return to Mushiyori City until Yusuke's case is over. No matter what."

Kyle stared him down. "That's an order Kyle."

Kyle turned to look at the new spirit detectives. Botan had already began to explain to them what spirit detectives do. From the way they got along on the ride to the temple, Kyle wondered if they were going to survive working together.

'Great, first I get married to someone and now I get a team of people I will most likely fight with than work with. Can it get any worse?'

"You will also be training them to control their spirit energy."

'That answered my question.'

"Fine." he knew that there was no way for him to win.

"What about our curses?" Ryoga finally asked.

Koenma thought for a moment. "Well, as you know, the pools of Jusenkyo are mixed. I sent a team to retrieve samples of the mixed water. Currently we are trying to separate the water by tracing the magical properties that each spring processes. With that we can filter the water we want and hopefully we should have the water you seek in about six months."

"Well, I've been able to live with my curse this long so six months ain't a big deal." Ranma said.

The others agreed with him. Kyle decided not to say anything. They were already use to their curses, but he just got his. If anything, the curse made job a lot harder. Especially if his enemies found out about it.

"So what kind of curses do you guys have?" Yusuke asked Ranma.

"I change into a girl, Ryoga into a pig, Mousse into a duck, and Shampoo into a cat."

Yusuke smirked at Kyle. "Isn't that a nice coincidence. You and your wife have the same curse!"

Kyle just glared at Yusuke. Keiko grabbed Yusuke by the ear.

"Stop teasing him Yusuke. I'm sure he's having a hard enough time as it is. He doesn't need you to make it worse for him."

"OOWWW! Okay I'll stop!"

Keiko let go of Yusuke with a satisfied smile.

"So is that all?" Hiei asked a little irritated with Yusuke's antics. Koenma gave a nod. "Yes. Now I must be off. Have a good night everyone."

They all waved him off. Kurama stood up. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Shizuru, and Keiko followed suit. "I must be off as well." Kurama said.

"Yeah, us too." Yusuke said. "See ya around guys."

They left as well. Hiei disappeared moments later and Botan left on her oar. Kyle stood up and bid them good night. He walked towards a corridor and disappeared. Genkai and Yukina showed their guests to their rooms. Shampoo shared Yukina's room and the boys shared a guest room. Kyle laid awake on his futon. He was thinking over everything that had happened. He supposed he could wait six months for the cure. Hopefully he could keep his curse hidden from his enemies. His main goal however, was to be friends with Shampoo. Right now they sure fought like a married couple. If he could be friends with her, this whole marriage thing would be a lot more tolerable. He decided to just sleep on it. Even if he did make a plan, it usually didn't go right. He would just have to go with the flow.