Please, please, please don't hate for last chaper! It had to happen. I'm sorry, but Quinn HAD. TO. DIE. for what needs to happen next. I'm sorry, well, unless ur like Niki who never liked the guy in the first place and is blowing up his grave with a hand granades. Srry if I spelled that wrong. Anywho, read.


Chapter 7:

Lee scanned the computer over and over again. Kurama entered the main room in the den from the bedroom. He scratched the back of his head. He stared at Lee for a few minutes, until she slammed the keyboard.

"Lee, it's 3:42…" Kurama informed her. She spun around in the chair, quickly.

"I know! DAMN IT!" She held her head in her hands. She looked as if she were about to have a break down.

"Lee," Kurama said, sitting down on the couch. "Quinn's death was very depressing for us all, but"

"Why! Why did Ramous want him dead?"

"We don't know Lee."

"There's got to be some information here!" She turned back to the computer. Kurama placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Lee," He thrusted her over his shoulder.

"HEY! Put. Me. DOWN." She clawed at his bare back. Did I forget to mention that he's not wearing a shirt? Betcha guys have figured out what's happened here. Hee, hee. Kurama and Ailias… slept in the same bed… It was bound to happen eventually. Kurama walked into the newly installed extra bedroom Lee has claimed as her own. Kurama comes over too much. Kurama threw her down on the bed. He sat down beside her.

"If you need more information, Quinn knew about Ramous. That's why we came to find you. He knew Ramous was there. Also, Quinn could stand pain. He was no normal human." He stood up from the bed. "Good night."

"Kurama?" He turned back to face her, the only light in the den at the time, the computer light, shining on him.

"Hm?"

"Thanks. G'night." He nodded. He walked back into the bedroom that held a sleeping Ailias. Once he was in the room, Lee snuck back over to the computer and sat down.

"Go. To. Bed. Lee."

"Rrr… Yes, sir…" She called back to Kurama.

It had been nearly a year since Quinn's death. For about a month, all of the spirit detectives investigated why Ramous wanted Quinn to die. They couldn't even find out Quinn's last name. He wasn't even listed in the school's roster. Quinn was a mystery, and so was Ramous's reasons for wanting Quinn dead. They found out just about everything they'd ever need to know about Ramous though. From his medical records down to when he stopped wetting the bed. Age 16. Depressing… The rest of the gang decided to just… give up. But not Lee. She wouldn't give up. Quinn didn't deserve death because he didn't do anything… Well, OK, he tried to blow up China… but, cmon, the guy made a mistake. Could that be it? Is that why Ramous wanted Quinn dead? No, no it couldn't be. Lee had given up on that possibility a long time ago.

The Next Day:

Hiei hopped through a portal. On the other side was the den belonging to Ailias and Lee. Today was Sunday, and they had pancakes every Sunday… Inside, Lee rapped at the keyboard again. She tapped the desk with her index finger until she came up with an idea, then when that idea had a dead end, she'd hit the desk with both fists. Hiei popped open a soda can.

"Why don't you just give up Lee?" Hiei asked her in a way that sounded as if he was telling her to 'Get off that damn thing before I behead you!'. He probably would have said that if she were in a chat room or something.

"I won't give up. There had to be a reason." She looked over the screen again.

"Of course there was a reason. But that reason could be anything. Ramous probably just sensed him coming and decided, 'What the hell'. I do that."

"That, I believe." Lee turned around in her seat. She stood up and smoothed out her PJ pants. "pancakes?" She said quietly. She walked over to the stove and began gathering the ingredients for her masterpiece: Chocolate Chip Raspberry Pancakes with Whipped Cream, or for Hiei's plate, Ice Cream. Hiei rolled his eyes, sat the can down on the table, and walked over to the computer.

I really hate this thing. He thought. He began typing like a computer geek at the age of 36. AKA: He was quick.

"What're you doing?" Lee questioned.

"Hn. If you must figure this out, I guess I'll help." Lee walked over to him with her mixing bowl and a spoon, stirring three times one direction and three times in the other.

"Huh?" She looked at the screen. He was looking up documents from the Dark Tournament. "The Dark Tournament? Aren't all those documents confidential?" Somehow, Hiei got into the Dark Tournament's main page.

"Not if you know the password." He smirked.

"Nice to know…" She gave him a flat look, but he didn't see it. He opened files after files until he came to a file called: Tournament of 1994. Quinn's picture was at the top of that page. Lee dropped her bowl of pancake mix. Hiei looked down at it. Picking up the bowl, Hiei walked over to the sink and rinsed it out. Lee brought over some paper towels to clean up her mess. Once it was clean, Lee walked back to the computer, Hiei following. Lee sat down in the chair and Hiei leaned on it with his elbow and his hand pressed on the desk.

"Unbelievable…" Lee's incoherent thought slipped out. "He was in the Dark Tournament…"

"He was no normal human," Hiei commented. She scrolled down the page to find the team rosters. Quinn Mackintosh was on Team Lithowaynian. They won the Dark Tournament in 1994. All champions are supposed to return the next year for the Tournament. If anyone was killed, they'd have to be replaced. Quinn was the only survivor from his team, and he did not return the next year. He was a wanted criminal on the demon plane. Refusing the Tournament's proposal was a criminal offense, only if you're human though. A lot of money was on his head.

"That must be why Ramous wanted to kill Quinn…" Lee suggested. But Hiei read further.

"That could be part of it… but I think it's because of this." He pointed to the screen. "They were having Battle Royal in the last battle of that Tournament. Only two people survived. Quinn, of course, and Ramous. Apparently, Ramous promised to finish what his team started."

"He killed the last remaining person on that team."

"Who thought of this?" Kurama asked behind Lee and Hiei. Lee jumped at the sound of Kurama's voice, while Hiei just glanced at the red-headed man. "I take it Hiei did."

Lee caught her breathe. Patting her heart, she said, "Yes. He did."
"Something on our minds."

"Huh?"

"We've been summoned to attend the Dark Tournament once again," Hiei told her.

"You?" The guys nodded. Hiei walked away from the computer desk.

"We need a fifth member." Ailias walked into the room, stretching. Kurama looked at her and decided to tell more.

"Yusuke suggested," He started. "You two. We are allowed to have six members in case we need an alternate."

"Us two for what?" Ailias asked, yawning. Kurama sat down on the couch.

"The Dark Tournament. We need a fifth member at least."

"Dark Tournament?"
"Yes Nee-san…"

"You guys been summoned?" They nodded. "Who're the other two?"

"Yusuke and Kuwabara," Hiei told her.

"Ah, the whole gang you want then?" She grabbed a soda can from the fridge. "Sure. I'll do it. And when we win, we can wish that we knew why Ramous wanted to kill Quinn."

"Actually Nee-san… We already figured that out…"

"Really? When?"

"A few minutes ago… Here." Ailias read the computer screen.

"THAT'S HORRIBLE! He died because someone wanted revenge! Damn it!" Ailias crushed her can. Apparently, she's forgotten that she killed one fourth of the world's population out of revenge… "Well, lets use that wish to get back Quinn!"

KJ and Niki signing off! How's that? HUH? Can't-hear-you! Too-fuzzy. Leave-review-please. Get-back-soon-as-fuzziness- clears. (Static) BTW: They girls didn't know the guys were in da tournament because around the time the tournament started up, they'd go on a vacation. Just letting you know. (More Static)