Author's Note: Well at least some people reviewed. I would like to thank you guys for doing so. I feel touched that you like my story. Here's the next chapter then. I hope you like it. And remember, any questions you would like to ask will be answered in the next chapter. Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I just own the original characters and the plot of the story.

Chapter 1 - The Necklace in Ningenkai

Years later...

A little girl, 5 years old to be exact, opened her eyes to reveal bright shining orbs of purple. The sun beamed down from a window beside the bed and showered the fiery red hair with a golden gleam. The little girl sat up from her small bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. The door opened, and an older woman entered. She smiled at the little girl and walked over to her to give her a hug.

"Good Morning my darling Seiki."

"Good morning mommy! Is breakfast ready?" She eagerly asked. The mother nodded and holding her small hand, led her from the room into another one with a wooden table at the center surrounded by wooden chairs. On the wooden table were plates of bread and butter with some bacon and a glass of milk. Little Seiki rushed to one of the chairs and sat down while the mother slowly walked to another. At this time the door from outside opened, revealing a rugged and dirty young man. The two females looked at him and smiled.

"Come on dear, breakfast is ready."

"Daddy has to wash up first because he's so dirty!" Seiki cried happily, pointing at his dirty clothes. The man grinned at the little girl and walked further into another room where he washed up. He came back out nice and clean and sat down with the two girls on the table. Then together, they began to eat breakfast. During the meal the older woman turned to her husband, her face filled with worry and concern. The man noticed this and frowned but didn't bother speaking. He knew what the wife was thinking.

"What's happening in town Tonaru?" The woman asked him. The man took bites of his breakfast before looking at her again with an equally worried face. They didn't need to worry about the little girl overhearing their conversation since she was busy with her meal then.

"Honestly, things are not looking good. The town's being further controlled by those damn foreign weirdos. Now I heard from the neighbors that they're forcefully recruiting new and fresh blood." The confused expression on the woman's face made his even grimer. "They're getting them Hikaru. Every single one that exists in Tarleina." Hikaru's eyes widened in shock as realization hit her. She violently shook her head at him, tears slowly falling from her orbs. Tonaru could do nothing but stare sadly at his wife.

"We can't let them take Seiki! Please don't let them take her away from us Tonaru." She wailed. At the sound of her name the little red head looked up from her meal and frowned at her tear-strained mother.

"What's wrong okasan? What are you talking about?" The two adults were both startled by the soft voice that had spoken up. They had become too engrossed in the conversation that they had forgotten the little girl sitting right by them. Hikaru quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and forced a smile at Seiki.

"Nothing dear. Are you done eating?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Then go on and play outside. It's such a wonderful day today." Seiki smiled and nodded as she hopped from her chair and walked outside into the small garden they had. Hikaru watched her daughter leave and could hear her playing outside. This only caused more tears to sprout from her eyes.

"Can we do nothing to keep her from them? I don't want her to fall into their devious plot. I don't want her to become..." Tonaru at this point moved closer to Hikaru and placed a comforting arm around her, embracing her tight as she sobbed and choked with tears.

"Don't worry Hikaru. I've got everything planned already. Someone will come and take her away from here any minute now. I trust her and her ability in keeping little Seiki safe from harm. She told me Ningenkai's a good place to be in now. They'll stay there and hide until we can find a way to follow them. Then once we've conquered that obstacle nothing will stop us from becoming a happy family again, I promise." Hikaru smiled and nodded in agreement, having nothing else to say. She trusts Tonaru and she knew he was doing everything for their safety. At that moment, little Seiki entered and tugged the sleeve of her father.

"There's someone outside looking for you, daddy." She said. Tonaru looked up at Hikaru and nodded, standing up from the table and walking outside to meet the visitor. He met a woman with long-below the shoulder length, light brown hair and bluegreen eyes who was standing at the entrance in a long and dark cloak, watching it create a small wave beneath her feet as a breeze brushed past them. As he walked towards her he recalled their meeting at the village inn just a few days ago. He knew she was a traveler and he had a feeling that she could help them with their problem. When he spoke with her, Tonaru was glad to hear her plans of going to Ningenkai. He asked her to take Seiki along and the woman reluctantly agreed.

"Is everything ready?" The mysterious woman asked, her voice soft and tense. She glanced around her before looking back at the man in front of her. Tonaru shook his head before answering the woman. "Give us a minute to prepare her things." The woman frowned disapprovingly at this.

"I'll wait at the entrance then. Don't keep me waiting. It's not good to stay here any longer I'm afraid. They have grown suspicious of me and are looking for me even as we speak."

"We'll be there." The woman gave a curt nod before turning around and walking off towards the gates of Tarleina. Tonaru watched the dark clothed figure disappear and hurried back inside to see how he could help quicken the packing.

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The mysterious woman stopped a few yards from the entrance, hiding behind a tree from searching eyes. She leaned on the trunk and watched some of the guards she saw earlier run around the village, probably looking for her. She sighed and looked up at the sky, giving herself a few minutes of rest. Ever since her mentor's death she has been doing nothing but wandering around Makkai and it was beginning to become tiring for her. As she stood there, she recalled the last request her mentor gave her right before he was killed a year ago.

She went out for a walk then, and she came back to the small hut she owned bringing with her the groceries only to find her mentor beaten down to the ground. There were no signs of blood but it was evident from his pained expression that he was attacked. He was weak, old, and couldn't defend himself from anyone who would attack him. She cursed herself for leaving him behind, knowing that he was such an obvious target practice for youkais.

"Lord Ronel!" She rushed to her mentor's aid and layed down his head on her lap. Ronel's eyes were dull, the light in them slowly fading away. "Stay with me Lord Ronel! I'm going to heal you. Everything's going to be alright." A shaking hand on hers made her stop and look at the calm grey eyes.

"It's too late Tenerie. My injuries are too great for your skills to handle. It's my time to go." Tenerie shook her head violently, small tears forming in her bluegreen eyes.

"You can't leave me! I don't know what to do if you're gone. Lord Ronel, please, don't die on me. I'll look for someone who can heal you. There has to be someone close by." Despite his situation, Ronel was still capable of forming a smile on his face.

"Leave an old man to rest. My time is over. There is a new generation of magicians rising from the ashes even as we speak. I want you to follow them and make something out of yourself. Don't grieve over me, you must move on and fight for what is right." Tenerie looked at him in silence. She couldn't understand what she was going to fight for yet. But she trusted Lord Ronel and she kept a silent promise to herself that she will accomplish his last wish no matter what it took.

"Tell me, what should I do Lord Ronel?"

"Look for someone named Derea and give this to her." He handed to her a letter that he kept in his pocket. She took it from him and held it in her arms as if she might lose it if she didn't. "Tell her it came from her favortie, old partner in crime. While you're doing that I want you to look for a necklace with a small purple gem hanging on it. It's very important to me. Whatever you do, never talk about this to anyone else. There are many things with eyes and ears so be very cautious of what you do and say." Tenerie merely nodded and held his hand with her free one. She didn't understand why she had to do these things and she had a feeling she wasn't going to get the answers to her question anytime soon.

"Lord Ronel...isn't there some way I can convince you to stay?" Ronel shook his head, his breaths becoming shallow and quick.

"I'm afraid not my dear. I have made up my mind and nothing shall make me change it. I have done everything in my power to make a better world and I feel like I've accomplished that. I do not wish for anything more. Tenerie, you have been the best thing in my life after so many years. Move on and make me proud." Ronel slowly closed his eyes as he gave out his last breath. "Take care..."

A drop of water on her cheek brought her back to the present. Tenerie quickly wiped the tears away and immediately saw Tonaru walking towards her direction with the small red haired girl in hand. She stopped leaning on the tree and nodded to Tonaru. "Ready now?" The other man held up a hand, signaling the woman to wait. Once Tenerie gave her approval Tonaru crouched in front of the little girl and held her shoulders.

"Seiki listen to me." He said as he handed the little girl a small bundle of her clothes. "You're going to go on a very long journey with this young lady here. We might not see each other for a while but you know that we love you so much don't you?" Seiki pouted.

"But I want to stay with you and mommy!" Tonaru gave a sad smile and hugged Seiki tight.

"I'm sorry Seiki. I promise we'll catch up with you when we can. For now I want you to follow her and do everything she asks you to. Do you promise to be a good girl while your mommy and I aren't there?" Seiki nodded, still pouting sadly. The father stood up and nodded to Tenerie.

"Please take good care of her."

"Don't worry. I will." Tenerie held Seiki's hands as Tonaru turned around and began walking back into the village. The little girl could feel tears streaming down her face yet she made no move to wipe them. All she did was stare sadly at her father as she saw him walk away from them.

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Konema had his share of good days and his bad days. Today seemed like one of those really bad days. His desk was pilled high with bundles of papers made up of reports from his spies in Makkai. Reports said that there were rumors circulating among the youkais of the whereabouts of the powerful sorcerer's necklace that was left in Makkai by one of the Sorcerers. Now almost the whole of Makkai was looking for it, desiring to gain its power and use it to control the youkai world. That was not a good sign for him. And whenever there was a bad sign, he called for his Spirit Detective and his teammates to investigate on the problem. He only had to wait for a few hours when one sleepy detective and one cheerful grim reaper arrived in his office that afternoon.

"It's about time you arrived here. We are having a very serious crisis that needs to be looked upon. You can explain this to the others later when you begin the investigation." Konema explained to him. The boy merely yawned and stared at him with dull brown eyes. His gelled black hair shined as he moved and clearly showed the ruler that he was very bored.

"Yeah yeah just get on with it Konema. Tell me what's the problem this time." He said with another yawn. Konema glared at him and was tempted to scold him but decided against it. Time was not on their side and he needed all the time he had if they were going to make things right. He took a deep breath and began explaining to the spirit detective his newest mission.

"You and the others are to go to Ningenkai and look for a necklace that a Sorcerer owned." He handed him a picture of a simple silver chained necklace with a small purple gem hanging from it. Inside the gem was a swirl of silver cotton-like clouds. "We don't know what kind of power it contains but whatever it is, it would most likely be powerful. It is a Sorcerer's after all. If a youkai gets his hands on it, it could disrupt the balance of the three worlds." He said. "The latest rumors in Makkai tells us that the necklace will be found in Ningenkai. You are to find the item before any other youkais do and take it back here in Rekai." The detective looked at the picture with a confused expression on his face.

"Uh...Konema...what's so important about a sorcerer's necklace? Sorcerers are just some freaks who do cheap tricks to get fame and fortune aren't they? What does the spirit world have to do with them? Or are Magicians, Witches, Sorcerers-or whatever you call them-youkais as well?" The blue haired grim reaper sighed and shook her head at him.

"They're not the usual Magicians and Sorcerers in Earth Yusuke. They are youkais with ancient powers that we call magic. Their powers are real and they're really strong too. Only people who prove themselves worthy can learn how to use magic and be called Magicians. The 7 Sorcerers and Sorceress on the other hand only came about 8 years ago during the Magician's War when the rest of the Magicians were literally wiped out. These were the same group who attacked the enemy and saved everyone from destruction." She explained to him. Yusuke was having a hard time quickly grasping what the grim reaper was saying that he had to massage his forehead.

"So let me get this straight; Magicians are worthy youkais who are taught 'magic'. Then when they were wiped out in the 'Magician's War' Sorcerers came, fought in the Magician's War and saved everyone's butts right?" He said. The grim reaper shook her head again.

"The Sorcerers were the Magicians. They were only called Sorcerers when they had saved everyone from the Dark Magicians." The grim reaper realized what she said, blinked and smiled nervously at Yusuke who had glared angrily at her.

"Ooops...I guess I forgot to mention them. Dark Magicians were another group of youkais who weilded magic powers equal to that of the Magicians. They wanted to control the three worlds and destroyed everything that came in their way. Since they were stronger than normal youkais, only the Magicians had the power to stop them. But during the war, the Dark Magicians kept growing in number and were beating the Magicians badly. Not only did they consist of Dark Magicians, they also consisted of those youkais who wanted control over the three worlds as well. They killed every single magician they met and almost wiped them out of existence. But somehow the 7 remaining Magicians defeated all of them and wiped them out entirely. That's how they got the title Sorcerers and Sorceress. Now do you understand?" She asked, looking at the black haired detective. Yusuke scratched the back of his head and frowned.

"Geez Botan it was like going through my boring history class all over again. Did you really have to put me though that kind of torture?" Botan glared at him and was about to open her mouth when Konema coughed and got their attention back.

"Well now that Botan has given you a summary of the history of the Magician's War, I guess you're ready to do this mission. Right Yusuke?" He asked. The detective thought it over then looked at him expectantly.

"You're going to give me a clue or something to the whereabouts of this item...aren't you Konema?" The spirit ruler looked down on his desk and shook his head sadly. This made Yusuke's eyes widen in shock and disbelief. "No clues! How the hell am I supposed to find the stupid necklace if I don't have any idea where it is? And why the hell are we believing this rumor crap in the first place! It could just be a stupid lie some dumb youkai made to get attention!" He cried, raising his hands up in anger.

"Yusuke, whether the rumors are true or not this is your mission. Nothing will be lost if we found out this is all a hoax but a lot will be if it turned out to be true. It's easier compared to the last mission I gave you so you should have no problem with it. I trust you to find the necklace without any unnecessary trouble." Yusuke winced as he recalled the last mission Konema sent them to. He had to admit; this seemed easier than the normal ones he went through.

But then again Konema never gives out easy missions does he?...

"Alright alright I'll do it. But I have a bad feeling it's not going to be as easy as simply getting it for you." He said as he hid the picture in his pocket and followed Botan out of the office. Konema watched them disappear through the doors and slouched in his large chair as soon as they were gone.

Today was definitely a bad day for Konema.

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"So we're supposed to look for this necklace in the human world?" A man with tall fiery red hair asked Yusuke as he glanced at the picture the detective handed to him. Yusuke nodded in reply and gave another loud yawn. They, together with Botan, were standing right outside the arcade where Yusuke and Botan found the red head hanging out with his bunch of friends.

"That's right. The baby said we have to find it before anyone else does. He says it's a powerful necklace that will destroy the world if placed in a youkai's hands." Yusuke said.

"He said it would disrupt the balance, not destroy the world." Botan reminded him. Yusuke casually shrugged.

"Disrupt, destroy, either way it's still going to get bad around here."

"It doesn't look that important or that powerful to me." The red head said, still looking at the picture. "Why does Konema want a necklace?" Botan began retelling the red head what she told Yusuke back in the office. It took longer for him to digest what she said but somehow after repeating it to him over and over again, and whacking him on the head with her oar, he seemed to understand what was going on.

"We better start looking for that necklace if we don't want those youkais to get it first." The red head said, giving back the picture to the detective. "Ningenkai's a big place after all and it could be anywhere." Yusuke growled and crossed his arms.

We know that dumbass! Darn that Konema. The least he could have done was give us a specific location or a part of Ningenkai where this necklace could probably be at. We have absolutely no idea where to start! Hiei's probably out somewhere being his usual grumpy, selfish and arrogant self. He's never going to help us if it won't be beneficial to him. But where's that darn kitsune when you need him?

"If Kurama was here, we could have probably found the necklace in a snap." The red head mused as if reading Yusuke's mind. Yusuke thought he was just exaggerating and rolled his eyes. Either youkai would have found the item, but not as easily as Kuwabara thought. "Do you think Kurama's still at his school?" Kuwabara asked them both. Botan looked thoughtful at his suggestion.

"We can look there first. Then when he's not at school we can check his home." Botan told them. Yusuke shook his head and pointed at her.

"No. You go on and look for him while Kuwabara and I start looking for the item. You can search faster with your oar and that way, we wouldn't be wasting any time. We don't need to use up the time looking for Kurama when we could start searching for that necklace." He said. Botan nodded to him and, taking out her oar from nowhere, began to fly up in the air towards the direction of Kurama's school. When Botan was out of sight, Yusuke turned to Kuwabara.

"Let's split up to make the search faster. You go that way while I go this way. We can meet at the park after 1 hour whether one of us found it or not." Kuwabara agreed and began running through the direction Yusuke pointed. Then Yusuke himself began jogging through the other direction, having absolutely no idea on how to look for the necklace Konema was asking for. As he jogged, he gave out a weary sigh.

This is going to be a looooong day...

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Tenerie and Seiki walked out from a portal that appeared out of nowhere into a dark alleyway of Ningenkai. Outside it was late in the afternoon. The sun was beginning to set and it was becoming darker by the minute. The older woman looked around her and motioned for Seiki to follow. The little girl silently followed and watched the former look around the vicinity.

"What are you looking for?"

"A place to stay." Was the quick reply. Seiki said nothing more as they continued to walk past multiples of houses, stores and apartments. At last they stopped in front of a small, old looking house with one of those "Rent-a-room" signs hanging in front of the door. Tenerie walked inside first with Seiki following right behind. A man walked up to them and welcomed them in.

"How can I help two beautiful ladies such as yourselves?" He asked them. Tenerie took some wad of bills from her pocket and handed it to the man.

"We want a room for at least 1 week. If we need to stay longer I'll let you know. Is that alright?" The man took the money from her and counted the bills carefully. Then he folded them, smiling at Tenerie.

"Of course, of course. Right this way ladies, right this way." The man eagerly went up the stairs towards one of the rooms situated there before Tenerie could reply or decide to change her mind. He opened the door and let Tenerie and Seiki in first before coming in himself. "The room might not look luxurious but you will feel comfortable living in our rooms. If you have any questions or if you need anything, feel free to call me." And with that, he closed the door and left.

Seiki slowly looked around the room and wasn't too happy about it. It was practically empty except for two small beds, a bathroom door to the right and a large empty dusty old closet at the opposite end of the room. Tenerie walked towards the windows and shut the curtains, filling the room with darkness and leaving a light bulb in the ceiling of the room the only source of light. After doing this she kneeled in front of Seiki and patted her head.

"I have to do something right now so I want you to stay here. I don't want to come back here and find out you've gotten yourself into trouble. Is that clear?" Seiki looked at her in confusion. It seemed like everyone in the world was leaving her off somewhere and telling her to stay and be a good girl while they were gone.

"What are you going to do?" She asked.

"I'm going to look for something. I can't talk about it right now though. You'll understand someday. Now stay and be a good girl okay? I'll be back in a few minutes." Tenerie gave a small smile to her before leaving the room. Now Seiki was left all alone in the darkness. Somehow despite what the older woman said Seiki felt the need to get away from the room.

It will only be a walk outside...I won't go off too far.

With that last thought in mind, she walked towards the door and left the cold and dark room.