I'M BACK! Did ya miss me? I'm soooooooo sry for leaving and putting this story on hold. But now I'm back in action. Here's the next chpt which you all have been dieing to read. Enjoy.

Chapter 4: Opened Files

"That guy is really protective of you." Yusuke pointed out the obvious. Kurenai put the speaker she was carrying in behind a machine. "Yeah, sorry about that. He's like my big brother, so he is going to be that way." She picked up a few other things and placed them in the same area. "Do you need any help?" Kuwabara asked, a little uneasy. "No thanks." The spirit detective let out the breath he was holding.

Kurenai walked back over to them. "How did you four get in here?" The team looked at each other. "The window." Hiei put it simply. "Yes, we heard something and came to see what it was." Kurama added. The girl took a seat on a large crate. The rest followed this action and found something to sit on. "I'm surprised you actually came in." she said. "Most people around here think this place is haunted. Of course, that's probably because of the music."

Yusuke noticed that she never smiled the entire time. Not while she was singing, or talking, or anything. It was like earlier that day. Her face still emotionless. Once again, he searched her eyes for an explanation. But this time he found something. It was pain and loneliness. He hadn't seen it before. She jumped off the crate and picked up her bag. "I need to get home. It was nice meeting you." She bowed to Kurama and Hiei. "See ya later!" she said as she left the warehouse.

They themselves were about to leave, but was stopped from doing so. Botan landed in front of them. "Hello." she greeted happily. "Guess what I have." Yusuke sighed. "Kurenai's school record." "Bingo!" The blue-haired woman opened the folder that was in her hand. "Let's see. Oh my," This got the team's attention. "What is it?" Kuwabara asked. "Well, she has been moved around in foster homes for years. Right now she is living with a man named Sanzo Kishiro."

"Wait, isn't that the Sanzo we just met?" No one answered Kuwabara's question. "What happened to the girl's parents?" Hiei asked although it sounded more like a demand. Botan read further down the paper. "It says they were killed in a car accident nine years ago. (A/N Kurenai is 16, the same age as Yusuke and Kuwabara. In human years anyway.) She was put in foster care at age seven, and has been in and out of them since. It was just two years ago that Sanzo took her in."

Kurama thought over what he just heard. "So, Sanzo has been taking care of her. That explains why he is so protective of Kurenai." The guide to the Spirit World looked confused. "How do you know Sanzo Kishiro?" Yusuke took the liberty of answering."He's in the band she is in. We kinda discovered their studio." He gestured to the old building they stood in. "Oh." "Is there anything else?" the spirit fox questioned. "Ms.Nokimura has been sent to the school's phsyciatrists many times. The report said the sessions didn't help."

"Why was she sent to the shrink?" "Well, teachers thought she was depressed because she wouldn't talk to anyone. I'm guessing it is her parents' deaths that changed her." Botan looked sorry for Kurenai. Before anymore questions could arise, Yusuke's communicator went off. He got it out of his pocket and flipped it open. "What's up, Koenma?" The child ruler was obviously worried about something. "I need all of you back here now." he said frantically. The call ended and the object was put away. "Let's go."


Koenma sat fidgetting in his chair. "We have to get rid of this threat." he mumbled, unaware that five people had entered. "I take it you found out what it is." Koenma spun around to meet them. "Not quite." The ruler stood up in his teenage form. Hiei walked into the light. "Then why are we here?" He didn't answer. He just continued fidgetting with his cloak. "Lord Koenma?" Botan took a few steps towards him.

He sighed heavily. "This threat is getting stronger. It's power level has risen." His pacifier made a soft noise when he bit it. "We need to find whatever this is and eliminate it." The room was silent for a few minutes. The door creaked open slowly. "Lord Koenma, sir?" a blue ogre stepped in. "I've got the files you wanted on Nokimura." He put them on the desk in front of him. Then he left the office. Koenma picked up the folder which was very thin.

He read through each paper carefully. "The only Nokimura that we seem to have information on is Murasaki Nokimura." Something in the back of Kurama's mind was rambling about this name. In order to get it to stop, he asked Koenma who the woman was. "Well, she was a komori demon. She was part of a royal family in Makai and is believed to be the last member." The voice didn't stop like the fox had hoped so he tried again. "I'm guessing Murasaki Nokimura is no longer living." Koenma nodded. "Nine years ago, she went for a walk and didn't return. When the guards searched for her, they found her body. Someone really hated Murasaki because she had been brutally murdered."

Kuwabara blinked. "That's funny. Kurenai's parents died the same time that woman did. What's up with that?" The rest of them couldn't believe his ignorance. "Baka. Murasaki is Kurenai's mother." Hiei said. "I agree with Hiei. This can't just be a coincidence." Kurama spoke. Botan materialized her oar. "We should keep an eye on Kurenai." She and the four guys returned to the human world.


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