Hina sat on her windowsill, staring down at the street. The people looked like ants from her high perch. She recognized three familiar "ants", on hed, one black, and one orange, entering her apartment building. It was Shuichi, Yusuke, and Kazuma coming to see her. She got up from her seat and tided up her pad a bit. A knock was heard two minutes later and she answered the door. Her friends stood there and they looked worried.

"Hey guys." She looked behind them. "Where's Hiei?"

They bowed their heads and entered her apartment.

"What's wrong?" she asked, panicing. "Where is Hiei?"

"He got hurt." Yusuke said sadly.

"What? How?" She gazed over at Shuichi.

He met her gaze but couldn't hold it for long.

"Shuichi...what happened?"

"Ummm...there was an accident."

She lunged at him and slammed him against the wall.

"No wonder you guys were gone for a while. It was a simple rescue mission. How did he get hurt?" she whispered into his ear.

"Could you let go?"

"Opps...sorry." she released him and started pacing. "I sware, if he dies or doesn't improve from whatever happened to him, I will personally ring that toddlers neck."

"W...wait? You know about R..R...Reikai?" stuttered Kazuma.

"Yes and I have for quite a while. I know you all are former Reikai Tantei. Now explain what happened." She demanded, sitting on her couch.

"He was stabbed with a needle." stated Shuichi, puuling out a cloth. "This isn't the one Hiei was stabbed with. This is the one Botan was." She took it from him.

"Botan too?"

As she unraveled it, Yusuke's communicator went off. It was Koenma and he wanted all of them to come to Reikai. As he closed his communicator, Hina gasped.

"Oh no."

"What is it?" Kazuma asked.

"We have to get to Reikai now."

Shuichi placed a hand on her shoulder.

"What's wrong?" he questioned, calmly.

"When was he stabbed?"

"An hour ago." responed Yusuke.

"His power level?"

"10 or so."

She sighed.

"This needle comes from the Bodonam plant on the Washiki cliff in the northern region of Litadana in Makai. In side of it is a poison, a lethal poison. If it gets into the blood stream of a demon at full power, it will kill them in 5 hours. Since Hiei was at low power, he has...47 hours. Botan is human, but not at the same time. When was she stabbed?"

"About 3 weeks ago." Shuichi recalled.

"She has another week. See, the poison is only dangerous to full demons and apparitions. If it is injected into another being, it can kill them but it would take a month or two. The reason a demon is so suceptable is because the poison's chemical make up fits well into a demons chromosomes. Now, we need to get to Reikai quickly, before it's too late."

She turned around and a portal appered. Koenma, in his toddler form, emerged from it.

"Hello Hina."

"Koenma-sama."

"Let's go to the infirmary so you could examine them."

She nodded and, grabbing a large duffle bag out of her room, followed Koenma through the vortex.

Hope you enjoyed this shocking chapter! Stay tuned for another great chapter!

-UtsukushiiCho