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Hilu: I will…

Author: HILU! No you will not. I will do this my way and you will keep you mouth shut for once… got it? Now again thank you for those of you who reviewed, and thank you for those who are just now reading. I appreciate all my readers whether or not they like my story. I had enough positive reviews that I plan on continuing this story. If you don't like it… then by all means don't read it. I would like for you to tell me what it is about it that you don't like, but that is entirely up to you.

Hilu: Are you going to start the story soon?

Author: Are you happy to start it again Hilu?

Hilu: Yeah, you don't let me help with some of the others.

Author: Well I hope you all enjoy this. Have a great day and thanks again.

"Hiei's telepathy"

"Hiei's thoughts"

"Hiei's Jagan"

Kurama's thoughts

Youko's thoughts

Karein's thoughts

(Authors Note)

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Chapter 6

"You guys have a new member," said a voice Karein did not recognize.

Karein did not know what to do. People kept popping up without warning. She didn't really like people, but if that voice was anything like the person speaking she would be very peppy. Karein was not usually peppy, but she would deal with the girl.

"A new member? Do you mean Karein?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes, when she transformed Koenma finally got a reading on her. She is an ametsuchi. They do not possess the same kind of power most demons do. She has some minor control of all of nature. The tattoos on her demonic form tell us what she has control over. Of course no one but Mother Nature herself has complete control. In fact that is your first task with her," the girl was looking at Karein. "You have to meet Mother Nature. She is rather interested to meet you. After all you are like a child of hers. I'm Botan by the way. Ferry Girl and Guide to the River Styx. Nice to meet'cha!"

Startled I looked up at her. She was so… peppy. Right when I caught her eye I realized my mistake. She was not the only one looking at me. In fact they all were. Quickly I looked back down. Mentally I placed every person with a name so that I would know what they all looked like. I hoped that this would distract my mind enough that I would not have to pay attention.

Shuichi… no Kurama, has either red hair and green eyes around six feet tall, or silver blonde hair and gold eyes maybe around seven feet tall. Hiei is the short one. Probably barely five foot. Black hair with that white starburst and that headband covering the Jagan. And those red eyes. They were enough to almost cause a shiver. Yusuke is the punk with slicked back black hair and chocolate brown eyes. Which makes the other boy Kuwabara. Orange hair and blue eyes. Genkai is the older woman shorter than even Hiei, she was probably barely four foot. Her hair was pink and her eyes brown. The other healer was Yukina. She was really pretty. Her hair an ice blue and eyes as red as Hiei's. That left the last girl to be Botan. Her hair was blue and her eyes were pink. Maybe I am not so strange after all.

"Onna perhaps you should answer the baka onna. She has been asking you the same question for a long time now. Plus I am getting sick of hearing you categorize us. And yes you are strange, but that's not always a bad thing."

"What the hell was that?"

"Nothing it was nothing…"

"Sure. I think you are getting soft. I think you are falling for this little girl."

"Shut up you don't know what you're talking about!"

"Then why were you fighting with Youko. You both want her and you know that the only form of competition you would have would be with that damned fox. So you fought him. Not to mention when the detective was worried about her and sat next to her you both practically threw him out of the room."

"Shut up if you know what is good for you."

"Suite yourself. But you will find out that if you don't do something Youko will have her all to himself. And it will be all your fault. Don't say I didn't warn you."

Finally Karein decided to see what the others were talking about. She knew she was good with faces, but she really hoped they would not make things too difficult by adding too many more people to the already overcrowded room.

Botan seemed to sense the girl's reluctance to speak in front of so many people. So she quickly made short work of the Reikai Tantei by telling them to go pack. Saying she would fly Karein to her apartment and they would all meet back here in one hour. So with much grumbling and complaining they all left except for Kurama and Hiei.

"Hey you two should be going to pack as well," Botan told the two demons.

"Well we are going to the same place, and it would only make sense if we helped with Karein's things," Kurama said making sense.

Hiei did not say anything, but Botan got the feeling that neither demon would let the girl out of their sights for a while yet. She was not sure if it was her looks, her obvious fragility because of her broken leg, or if they did not trust one another around the girl. Botan was determined to find out however.

"Well that is actually a good idea, so let's get flying. We will go to the apartments and while we are packing Karein's things you two can pack some things for you. And then we can all fly back here," Botan said happily.

"Hn, why don't we make the baka ningen and detective come to the apartment?" (A/N: I will not say who said this since if you know anything about Yu Yu Hakusho you will know who said it.)

"That is a great idea then she won't have to move too much. That is probably not a good thing for her to do considering her broken leg. Why didn't Genkai heal it?" Botan asked.

"Genkai realized that it would be strange in Ningenkai for a human to have a broken leg one day and then it not be broken the next. She is right too. It would have been strange for Karein to have left school needing to be carried to the hospital, and yet go back without a cast," Kurama explained calmly.

"Oh," Botan replied summoning her oar.

This is beyond weird. I really don't know what to do. She just pulled an oar out of nowhere, and now she is expecting me to get on it. Sit on it like I was riding a horse sidesaddle? This is crazy. What the hell is going on here? Okay calm… must calm down. Cannot show emotion. That only gets me into trouble. What about school? What am I going to do about school? I wonder where Mother Nature lives. I doubt she lives within walking distance to school. Hmmm… guess I will have to find another way to go. This could be complicated. Oops they are waiting on me. Ok get on the oar. Hold onto Botan. Why are they fighting now… this is really getting old? I really wish they would stop that already. This is strange enough without them fighting. It seems like it doesn't happen often, so why now I wonder? I really hope I didn't do anything. But it's not like I could have. I'm just… well me. Okay finally they have stopped fighting… I guess they are going to meet us at the apartment… oh well. I think I like this Botan girl. She is rather interesting. HOLY COW! Okay vertigo… was not expecting it to fly this fast. At this rate we will be there in no time.

Botan was beginning to worry about her passenger. Aside from tensing and grabbing onto Botan a little more firmly she was unaffected by the oar. She was not very talkative, and she seemed to be keeping things locked away. They got to the apartment building and entered through a window. Karein began to pack immediately. She wasn't sure how long she would be gone, but she had already unpacked the necessary things for life, the rest of it was still in boxes.

"You might want to pack enough for a few months… don't you have any Kimonos?" Botan asked.

Karein shook her head. She really had no use for a kimono, because she never went anywhere special where she would have a use for it. She had a feeling that Botan would want to remedy this situation. Then she heard a knock on the door. Quickly she went to answer it.

When she opened the door she was not surprised to see Hiei and Shuichi. She invited them in and led them back to where Botan was still packing.

"Are we ready yet?" Shuichi asked.

"No, we need to go shopping," Botan said picking up her cell phone and calling someone.

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Author: Wow… I really hope everyone likes this chapter. I will be delving deeper into the characters and the plot soon I promise. And the reason for the shopping trip will be explained soon…

Hilu: Good…I bet they are curious.

Author: Well I have to go it is late and I have a very early class tomorrow. Please review. Ja ne!