I DO NOT OWN YU YU HAKUSHO!!!!

AUTHORS NOTE: WRITING THE STORY WILL BE THE SAME AS THE FIRST CHAPTER, PLEASE REFER TO CHARACTER LAYOUT ON FIRST CHAPTER FOR REFERENCES

Onto the chapter!

Beth groaned as she opened her eyes again, only to find that she still couldn't see anything. She grabbed her side painfully and lay still for a while, listening for whoever did this again. When she didn't hear him, she tried to sit up, only to lay back down again with clenched teeth, and yelling in pain.

Tears came to her eyes and she rolled over onto her stomach, trying to pull herself along with her one arm on her good side, but soon ran into a metal pole of some kind. She knitted her eyebrows together and tried reaching next to it to go around, but found another one, then another. She started to cry harder when she realized that she was in a cage of some kind, before yelling out.

"Where are you!? Face me!"

To her surprise, the same voice from before sounded next to her and was amused once again.

"Now that wouldn't be fair would it?"

"What the hell do you want from me?"

"Nothing more than your life. I do believe we went over this once before"

"Then why not just take it? What's the point of doing this?"

"Torture. Its simple, right to the point, and long lasting. We need to save you for your friends to see the little finale I have planned"

Beth took a deep breath before forcing herself to stand and jump toward the place the voice was, only to have her hands stop her from running into the bars. She stood there, grasping them for support and whined as she turned so her back was to the bars, listening for the voice again.

"You're an amusing specimen. You have three broken ribs, and your blind, yet you can still manage to just barely miss me. Amazing"

Beth growled back and jumped at the voice again.

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The group was walking down a path in the trees, all quiet and thinking about what Catherine told them about her 'dream'. Yusuke was the first to say anything.

Y. Catherine, Hiei is right. We won't let anything happen. We'll find her before anything really bad happens to her

C. I would believe that if I didn't see that last night, Yusuke

K. What if it really was just a dream, Cat? What if it was just your imagination and nerves working against you this time?

C. I've never had a dream that.. ilaberate Kurama

K. ….

Ku. Well, there's a first for everything right?

C. What?

Ku. There's a first for everything. What happened was either a dream, or a vision. If it was a dream, it would be the first ilaberate one you've had, and if it was a vision, it will be the first time that we are going to prevent it from actually happening.

Everyone was silent again for a while as they continued walking. After a while, Catherine sniffled and spoke quietly.

C. Thank you Kuwabara

Ku. No problem, Cat. It's true

C. I know

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"Sir, we still cannot find her spiritual pressure on the monitors"

"Well, keep looking. She has to be there somewhere, unless she was taken to the human world"

"Koenma, that's impossible. There have been guards at the gates since we first learned she was taken, and she was taken from the human world to the demon world first. Why would he back track?"

"Any reason Botan. To throw us off guard, to waste time, you name it and its basically a possibility. You must remember we are dealing with a demon, and we have had stranger"

Koenma looked to the monitors again and Botan went quiet, looking to the floor. Everyone in the office looked to her, then Koenma, before going back to their jobs tracing Beth's spiritual pressure.

"Why her?"

Koenma was startled by the question and turned to look at Botan before replying lightly.

"Botan, this would have happened to someone, it's just bad luck that it was someone we were close to this time"

"Sir! We've found the spiritual pressure of the one responsible!"

"Pull up their information!"

The demons working nodded before pushing lots of buttons and causing a large monitor to descend from the ceiling. It was fuzzy for a few seconds before the picture of a man with sky blue eyes and pale teal hair came up on the screen. Beside him was a list of information.

Before anyone could explain anything, Koenma pulled out his compact and beeped Yusuke.

Y. Did you get anything on her whereabouts?

Ko. No, but the boys found the spiritual trail of whoever took Beth. Listen

Koenma held up his compact while the demon who pulled the monitor explained, and Yusuke held his compact out while the group circled him.

"Sir, the demons name is Brenden Dir and he is the last remaining air demon on record besides Elizabeth herself. He is 205 years old and is a height of 6 feet flat. His eye color is the standard air demon of sky blue, but his hair is a paler teal than normal. He doesn't have a bio or record other than this. Hes stayed out of our detection until now and he has evaded everything we have out there. It doesn't even show on our records that the human world was entered through any portals whatsoever on the night of her kidnapping, sir"

"How can he have that kind of power?"

"I don't know Yusuke, but he is dangerous if he's been able to evade us for this long. Be careful, all of you"

"You got it"

Koenma hung up his compact and started yelling at his men.

"I don't want the Rekai Tentai the only ones working this case! I want people analyzing information! Try and get as much as demonly possible for this guy… they may need us more than ever now"

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Yusuke hung up his compact and looked around at the gang before speaking.

Y. Ok. We have some information, that's good. We know his breed and a basic of what his powers are capable of. That's better than nothing

C. I thought that Elizabeth was supposed to be the last air demon alive after Kuramas raid

K. We thought she was. The castle I raided held the remnants of the air demon clan.. I thought everyone there was dead now but her

H. Either way, this person was there that night. He had to have been

Ku. Why do you say that?

H. All the air demons lived within those walls. It was their last safe haven after the mess they caused with trying to take over the Makai way back when. Not only that, but his recorded age is 205, that's only five years older than Elizabeth, which means he was there, and he knows about her being taken away. If he found out that she was still alive and never went back for her people or throne, what other leverage does he need for something like this?

Y. Hieis right. It's the perfect reason for this

C. But if hes an air demon, shes in more danger than we thought, much more

Everyone looked to her seriously before Kurama spoke up.

K. Yes she is. She is only part air demon, but what little powers she has are fantastic. Who knows what a pure blood could do

Y. This just gives us a reason to work harder and faster. We have to find her, no matter what it takes, or how hard we have to push

Ku. No matter what

K,H. No matter what

C. ..No matter what

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Devin walked out of the cave entrance and grinned to himself, looking at the air swirling around the cave in a dome style. He looked over his shoulder and smiled as he saw a girl with waist length black hair with white highlights and crimson red eyes, dressed in a warriors outfit with a sword tied at her sidewalk up behind him and stop within eyesight.

"Sir" she said bowing her head slightly

"Ah, Scarlet! How did the scouting go?"

"I discovered that Koenma has taken to calling upon the Rekai Tentai. They are on their way, but they have some fire demon girl with them"

"Did she seem familiar"

"No one that I or anyone I'm familiar with knows"

"Then take her out as well."

"You wish us to take out our own?"

"I understand the difficulty in taking out your own kin, but she is obviously a nuisance to our cause. We cannot regain a fair kingdom if we have some stand in our way"

"I thought that's what the princess was for"

"Do not question me!"

Scarlet raised an eyebrow before nodding reluctantly and bowing her head slightly and speaking calmly.

"I apologize, sir"

Devin took a deep breath and closed his eyes before replying in a quieter tone.

"Accepted, now go and watch them for now. Don't let anyone attack, just watch and study their ways. Come game day we need to be the top of our tier"

"Yes sir"

With that, Scarlet bowed her head again disappearing. Devin closed his eyes and took a deep breath before smiling to himself again and walking back into the cave.