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Chapter 4: the shadow amulet

As the boys walked back to Koenma's office, they feared what was to happen to them.

"Great, we're so gonna get yelled at for this." Said Yusuke.

"What I don't understand is why the oaf didn't tell us that she had begun the ceremony, and not let the clouds do it for him." said Hiei, just trying to pick a fight with someone.

"Hey don't blame me, I couldn't even feel her energy signal." replied Kuwabara trying not to look like the idiot of the case as he always is.

"Maybe you're losing your touch." Said Yusuke grinning evilly.

"Actually Yusuke, Kuwabara is right. She kept her energy hidden quite well, right until the very last possible moment." Replied Kurama.

"Well all I know is that Koenma's gonna have our hides for this."

"I don't get it, I felt the girl's energy signal as she was flying away and she isn't that much of a threat." said Hiei.

Suddenly a blue haired ferry girl popped out of no where scaring Yusuke half out of his wits.

"DON'T DO THAT!"

"I'm sorry Yusuke I didn't mean to scare you like that. Did you kill Karuka?" The boys just looked at each other nervously.

"Well..." Yusuke brought out.

"Well what... did you?"

"Not exactly."

"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T KILL HER?! SHE MUST BE DEAD FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY!!"

"We are truly sorry Botan, but she got away before we could fight her." Said Kurama trying to bring back a little bit of sanity to the girl.

"YES... well," she said, toning it down a little, "we must get back to Koenma's office fast, he has more information that Karuka didn't destroy. Oh dear, how am I ever to tell Lord Koenma?"

*~later in Koenma's office~*

"WHAT!?" Yelled a stunned Koenma, nearly having the pacifier fall straight out of his mouth.

"Uh... we're sorry?" replied an afraid Kuwabara.

"Please, Koenma sir. Can you show the boys the new info you found?"

"Yes, I suppose so." Said Koenma, twitching.

A picture of a tall slender man popped up on the big screen.

"This, we think, is Karuka's father." He started. The man stood tall and confident, and showed no fear in his pale green eyes.

"We believe that he is a cause of Karuka's anger and murder spree."

"Wait just a second, in her profile it said that Karuka had no known family." Said Yusuke.

"Yes, that is true but we have good reason to believe this is her father."

"And what would that be?" asked Kurama.

"The chain around his neck." Spoke Hiei who had been overly quiet since he walked in.

"Yes, you are right Hiei. The chain around his neck looks to be the same as the one Karuka has. We found info on him and we found out some interesting things." Koenma took out another folder like the one he threw to Yusuke.

"Name: Truyo Mokushi, height: unknown demonic type: shadow. Fighting stat.: S-class and the list goes on showing us that he was a very skilled demon in the art of shadow. It also says here that he is from the line of the very first shadow demon... the one who created the shadow amulet." Kurama and Hiei gasped at what they had heard, but Yusuke and Kuwabara looked as confused as ever.

"What's that?"

"The shadow amulet is one of the most powerful jewels in all of Makai history. When the original shadow demon created it, he put all of his power into it when he died, and gave it to the youngest of all his offspring so he or she could have it as long as possible. This process has continued throughout history, going to the youngest of all the holder's children. It is possible for the amulet to be handed to a demon outside of the family, but only when the holder is killed in a shadow fight."

"What's a shadow fight?"

"I'm sorry, but that is too complex for me to answer. But I do know that the fights are always brutal. You see, shadow demons are one of the rarest species now, and the amulet is literally priceless. Demons far and wide will travel for a shot at even touching it, let alone being able to fight for it. It has never gone outside of the family ever, because the family itself is the strongest of its breed, and I am surprised that they, out of all the shadows, are still alive."

"We right now think that Karuka is the last of the original family and is the possessor of the shadow amulet. So, in a weird way, it was a good thing you didn't kill her, for if you did the whole shadow demon race would be killed." Said Botan.

"Why would all of the demons be killed?" asked Yusuke, continuing on with his questions.

"Because, all of the shadow demons thrive on that amulet, even though they don't know it. They live off of its power, and if the possessor dies not in a shadow fight and doesn't have any offspring for the amulet to go to, it is destroyed, along with all of the shadows who wanted it."

"I'm still confused, if she is supposed to be one of the strongest shadow demons out there, then why did her energy feel so weak?" asked Hiei. "Was she wearing a black cloak that looked like this?" A picture of a cloak popped up on the screen.

"Yes it did." Replied Kurama.

"Well, this is an energy cover cloak; it can cover all energy when it is too large to be covered by the demon."

"Whoa... so she was that strong?"

"Yes, and now that we think she has the shadow amulet, you must find her and do not kill her, bring her here instead. Do you have any idea where she might be?"

The boys looked at each other and knew they were thinking the same thing 'Satori City'.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* that was my fourth chapter and I know it was kind of boring, talking about some necklace but that necklace is really important to the story and I promise the next chapter will be more exciting ( or maybe not!)

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