Sorry for not updating in such a long time. This chapter isn't that great but I hope this chapter is to your liking and the next chapters should be up soon and hopefully longer.

Anyways I would like to thank all the wonderful reviewers:

Botan and Kurama lover

moonray9

CampionSayn

Licensed to Kill

dela490

rubyred517

Miss Siela

santi lestari

CWolf2

And now the chapter!


Chapter 2: Déjà vu.

Darkness.

Cold darkness.

That was all he awoke to. He could feel the hard cold floor and the smell of something rotting away near him. His head felt like it had been hit against the wall over and over again. It was quite a nuisance actually to feel his head beating since it didn't let him think.

Blue eyes tried to scan the surroundings but to no avail. It was terribly dark and despite his astounding night vision he could only tell that there was more concrete in front of him. However, for some strange reason he had this feeling of déjà vu. A feeling he didn't like. It was one of the many feelings that he distrusted especially in a situation that was out of his hands. He hated having no control.

He was on the verge of standing up when it all became clear. He heard a dark metal object moving a few feet away from him and then light filtered in making everything clear as glass. Now he knew why he had that feeling. He was once again in one of Rekai's prisons. The side that not many knew, the dark side of Rekai.

He suddenly felt the heavy metal on his wrist. But he knew better than to only judge a book by its cover. The metal had so many spells woven on to it that he could barely move a finger. It was the only way to keep him from escaping. Even though he hated the fact that he was bound, he felt a sort of pride in that they used so many incantations to hold him.

"Get up." A deep voice said from where the light was emitting.

Kuronue looked up to find one of the many ogres that worked in Rekai. "Where are you taking me?" he asked finding his voice.

"To get you judged." The ogre replied as he drew closer to take him away.

'Just my luck.' He thought as he was dragged away to the unknown destination.

He was enjoying the little excursion of Rekai. A side he had never seen before when they stopped at a huge golden door and as it opened just one thing hit.

Confusion.

That was all he saw as blue met brown. The brown eyes of none other than Prince Koenma son of King Enma, current ruler of all Rekai. Kuronue understood the reason why there would be confusion seeing as someone who had been dead was currently standing in front of him completely and fully alive with no reasonable explanation. Never had someone human or demon alike, much less one condemned to an eternal punishment, come back to actual life. Especially not in the middle of one of Rekai's halls completely unconscious.

Koenma frowned. When he was told of what happened, he thought it was impossible but now that Kuronue was standing in front of him, it was not something he could refuse. It was just his luck to have the most impossible things become….possible.

Koenma motioned for the guard to bring Kuronue forward and then to leave.

"So….How did you get here?" Koenma started not really knowing where to begin.

"The guard brought me." He said plainly.

Kuronue noticed Koenma's displeasure at his answer but didn't think much about it. Granted, he wasn't much help since he was much too busy trying to get used to the feeling of being alive again. The feeling of blood running through his veins and the feeling of his bruising skin as he had been harshly taken to the office where he now sat.

"Do not play with me unless you wish to spend more time in that wonderful holding cell you were in. How did you get out of Hell? Alive none the less?" Koenma asked forcefully. It wasn't common for him to resource to threats but if this was not something to play around with. When his father got word of this….oh the spankings he would get.

It was Kuronue's turn to frown. He hadn't quite readied a story and he couldn't just tell them he had been brought back to kill the spirit detectives. So he said the next best thing. "I…don't know."

"How could you not know? It happened to you." Koenma replied frustrated. He had to get to the bottom of this before the others arrived.

Kuronue shook his head. "All I remember is standing on a hill when this horrible pain struck me and well after that…"

"Right." Koenma said. He sat back down and could only stare at the pending paperwork in front of him. He had to think about the situation very carefully. One wrong decision could wreak havoc among the three worlds. He had no choice but to consult the most rational of all he knew. Thankfully he was on the way.

There was a silence that Kuronue didn't like. A silence that meant that decisions where going to be made. Most likely very bad decisions for him. "So….What's going to happen now?"

Koenma was about to reply when the door knocked. Finally. "You shall soon find out."

Kuronue turned around at the sound of the giant door opening. The door was pushed open to reveal a rather pretty girl with long azure blue hair and the most interesting amethyst eyes he had ever seen. However, she wasn't alone. Three others were with her. One he recognized from his old thieving days as Hiei, carrier of the Jagan Eye. Yet even though he had never seen the other two, the redhead and the one with black hair, he felt some sort of familiarity radiating from one of them. The only problem was he couldn't pinpoint it. He just sensed a familiar entity. Déjà vu yet again and he really didn't like it.

"Great you're all here." Koenma said standing in between him and the newly arrived group. "Kuronue, I would like you to meet the spirit detectives. Urameshi Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama and head ferry girl, Botan." He said pointing to each in turn.

Kuronue wasn't sure what to say. In front of him stood basically all he had to kill and yet he didn't think there was anything he could possibly say. He was much more interested in one of them. Kuronue frowned. 'So it was the redhead' he thought 'He looks so different, so weak, how could that be the once powerful and feared Youko?' He just wanted to know how it could be. The figure that brought back him to life was actually right. He had had his doubts about Youko being one of the spirit detectives but now there was no denying it. He felt his power, a bit weaker, but Youko's nonetheless. 'Well, at least let the fun begin.' Kuronue thought with a sigh.

"I know many things must be explained to all but first I must consult you Kurama. For I fear you hold the key to the future of many." Koenma continued as he noticed the stunned reactions of both party's. "If you will follow me please."

Kurama as confused as he was did as he was told and followed Koenma to a room next to the grand office. It was small and filled with books that were obviously never opened by the prince considering the dust they now held.

"So…." Kurama started as the door was shut. "What do you think of this situation?"

Koenma frowned. There were so many things to think. But only one stood out of all of them. "Well….I think he should be dead…."

"My thoughts exactly…." Kurama replied dryly.

The end! What will Kurama do now that his old friend is back? It's all in his hands now….

Please Review! Next chapter will be posted very soon. And I promise it will be much more interesting. Until next time! ^-^