Sorry I wasn't able to update as I had led you to believe. I won't be able to update again for a while, I have a summer reading list to do for Hon. English 10, but I will update (or at least try to) when I finish each book of the four I must read (this one of the four), then I will resume daily updates. I hope.

Start of Story

Hiei watched her go, but said nothing. He glanced at the bowed figure before him, Yusuke's fallen former comrade. He glanced at Hiei, eyes full of pain.

"I am to die, right?" He asked, voice low.

"That is for Koenma to decide." He replied, nonchalant.

Kangae nodded then sighed slightly. "Could you... Give a message to Yurei'ha...?"

Hiei raised an eyebrow, skeptic. He wanted to give a message to the person he just tried to kill...? Kangae took it as a sign to continue.

"Tell her... Tell her that she is the Shujin. The title and position was hers from the beginning." He removed a pendant from around his neck. The pendant itself was silver, with characters etched into the surface and was attached to a single black silken cord. The characters read "Shujin of all hitokiri". "And... Give this to her." He handed him the pendant. Hiei gave a curt nod and walked off, leaving Kangae to face Koenma. And most likely death.

To Nike

The young hitokiri waited patiently for the portal to the human world to open. He was going back to the Kyokai and telling the elders what happened. They would not be happy, some of them, but most of the elders had trained Yurei'ha personally and knew her, at least a little. Chances were that she would be accepted as the new Shujin, but some of the hitokiri would break off into an independent faction, but that always happened when a new Shujin came to power.

There would probably be a few attempts on her life, but Nike was not too worried. The former Shidosha was more than capable of taking care of herself in a fight. And a few others as well. She would have to appoint some new Shidosha, seeing as how she killed the other previous four. As the portal opened, he stepped through. The others would not like the news he brought. All he hoped was that they didn't take their frustrations out on him.

Yusuke's POV

I sighed as I walked through the dense jungle. When I see Koenma gain, I swear I am going to kill him.

Flashback

I quickly came to Genkai's and met up with the old hag, who I encountered before stepping through the portal.

"Hey, dimwit."

I glanced behind me at the sound of my mentor's voice. "What do you want, grandma?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

She glared at me and punched me in the head. I let her. Rubbing furiously, I scowled. "What the hell was that for?"

"Shut up." She growled. "I have a few words to say before you go, an' ya better pay attention!"

I sighed, but met her eyes and let her continue her ramble about how if I died she'd have Koenma throw my soul into limbo and if I trashed Raizen's place, she'd kill me herself and follow through with the threat of what would happen if I died. After she finished, I inwardly sighed in relief, somewhat. At least she gave me a valid reason to keep the Grim Reaper waiting.

After she finished, she surprised me and abruptly hugged me. "Take care of yourself, Yusuke." She smiled as she turned and walked away. I blinked. Shrugging I stepped through the portal and appeared in Koenma's office.

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG!" Botan shouted at me.

I was nearly blown into the large double doors. "Genkai had to lecture me." I replied, checking if I still was capable of hearing in my left ear.

Koenma glanced at me sympathetically, and pretty much continued on what Genkai had said. I yawned.

He got an anime vein and got a evil gleam in his eye. Uh-oh. "You will be walking to Raizen's palace-" I glared at him as he continued to give me directions, rules on etiquette among other things. By the time he finished, my left eye had started to twitch.

End Flashback

Yep. Koenma was dead. Was my main thought as I sat down, completely covered in sweat and muck, and knowing that sadistic baby, he was sitting in his office chair watching me struggle through jungle/swamp on his screen. Sighing, I got up and leapt onto a tree branch and continued to leap from branch to branch. Sure beat walking. Covering the last couple of miles with ease, I came to plains. I leapt down from the final tree branch and stretched my legs out in a graceful run, the pendant Hiei gave me lightly bumping against my collarbone. Just before I had left, Hiei and given it to me, as well as Kangae's message. Well... Personally, I wish he had chosen someone else as Shujin. I barely had control over my Shuha, forget the Kyokai, but... What can I do about it now... Damn him. I think this is his final revenge. He knows how much I hate paperwork. And if he was alive right now, I'd kill him. But Koenma did that for me, in a highly civilized manner, no doubt. Probably chopped his head... Nah, that's what I'd do. More likely he injected his heart with an extremely lethal poison. These thoughts occupying my mind, I increased my speed and reached Raizen's capital city before noon.

Entering the gates without much trouble for I suspected Koenma informed Raizen of my entering the demon plane, I headed in the general direction of the palace. I glanced around the open-air market. It looked like Cairo or somewhere in Egypt, with all the hawkers and venders calling out to the crowds, trying to sell their goods. Though, glancing around, I saw a few of the people in the market were in worse condition when it came to hygiene than I was. But, feeling fit to kill, I sought out a bathhouse and cleaned up. Scrubbing myself clean in the cold water, I then entered the steamy sauna like room in the next chamber and slipped into the scented water. When I felt clean enough, and relaxed from the heat, I changed into my spare clothes. Pulling on my filthy cloak, just so I wouldn't be took noticeable; I reentered the market and continued my trek to the palace, while glancing at the various goods.

So this is what Jin, Touya and the others lived with in Demon World. Beat home, that's for sure. As I continued walking, I knew some of the others were staring at me, they could sense my human aura, seeing that was the form I was currently in. I figured I would attract attention whether I was in human or demon form, considering I was a Battle Demon. One stepped in front of me. His fangs were bared.

"How did a human get into Demon World?"

I raised an eyebrow. "A portal, how else?" I asked, crossing my arms in a relaxed, I-don't-want-a-fight manner. Though I knew I was going to get one, anyway.

"Smart ass."

I shrugged. "So I've been told. I'm just on my way to see Raizen, on behalf of my employer. So I have no say in the matter. If you'll excuse me, I need to pass."

To my surprise, the demon, who appeared to share a wolf demon, though he was human in form, grinned. "Heh. Not often a human is cocky enough to speak level with demons when they enter our world... Though I would be surprised if you did anything else, considering you are Yusuke Urameshi."

I tensed. How did he know...?

Sensing my thought, apparently, he raised his hands and smiled disarmingly. "Hey, relax, I didn't mean anything by it." He grinned. "You saved me from becoming soul fodder for that bastard Toguro."

"You were at the Tournament...?"

"Yeah. Great fight, though." He smiled. "I'm Tjiyan, by the way. Just call me Tji for short."

"Pleasure." I returned the grin as we shook hands, then glanced towards some of the other demons slowly approaching.

"Tjiyan!" He turned and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"What the hell do you want Curan?" He growled. I glanced from the two, from what I could tell, they were of rival clans, not too surprising, seeing Curan appeared to be a cat demon of some type, and Tjiyan had either won their last fight, or he was going to put him down for conversing with a human. The thing was, they were both A-class demons, though Tjiyan seemed to almost be S-class, so this could get out of hand.

Curan smirked. "Associating with a human? That's just your style."

Tjiyan just smiled. "Just as yours is to back stab." He returned without any hint of malice. Obviously stating a fact.

"Bastard!" Curan rushed Tjiyan and I leapt out of the way, the wolf demon could obviously take care of himself.

They traded blows for a moment, when Curan got it in his head to attack me. Sighing, I dodged his blows and kicked him in the stomach, and then in the groin. He fell to his knees. I squatted so we were eye-level. "I heave no desire to fight A-class demons, so leave me out of your brawls." I stood and turned towards Tjiyan, who was just howling with laughter at the look on the cat demon's face. I smirked. I had to admit, that look of pure rage was priceless.

Kangae: "thought" or "mind"

Yurei'ha: Yusuke's assassin name, Ghost Blade.

Shujin: leader of all hitokiri.

Kyokai: Guild

Shidosha: rank just below Shujin.

Shuha: sect

And I apologize; I am using a lot of literary license in this chapter and from now on, because, quite frankly, I have no idea of how the Yu Yu Hakusho series continues from after the Dark Tournament. I am going to make stuff up as I go, so, just bear with me. You'll see enough blood shed soon enough, and maybe a lemon in later chapters, though not for a while, I have a few things in mind that might prevent that, but we'll see what happens.

Sorry that it took so long to update.