I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Again, I know I've been updating like rapid fire, just a friendly warning not to get your hopes up that this remains completely consistent.

Many of you do not know this, but this is like...a redemption for You're Not Alone, my other YYH story which I am greatly embarrassed for. A lot of people said that it was good. So I went back and read it, and I nearly made myself sick it was so bad. Haha...Then again I was a poor, thoughtless eighth grader....

Hopefully this story will be exponentially better. I appreciate feedback to make this goal possible. :D

And so, the time had come. We all anticipated Koenma's news, and stared intently at the screen.
Koenma cleared his throat to over-assert his hold over our atttention.
"Good morning everyone, and I see you've all been acquainted with Amaya," Through the screen, Koenma nodded in my direction.
"Yeah! She's great!" Kuwabara said enthusiastically. I smiled to myself. At least someone appreciates me....

"Well, I do hate to be the barer of bad news, but it seems that we're in a bit of trouble here at Spirit World."
"Speaking of Spirit World, where's Botan?" Yusuke asked, his interest perking up a bit.
"Good question. Unlike many of your other Spirit Detective cases, Botan will not be there to help you. The crises we are facing is high priority, and we need as much help back here as we can get. You see," Koenma began to fiddle with his binki. "Here at Spirit World Headquarters, we have a series of vaults, as you know. These vaults store important objects, such as Chapter Black and so on. A crisis of the utmost importance...One of our most guarded vaults was robbed. All the guards were slain, yet one of our most powerful and most secretive weapons was stolen."

"If it was so well guarded, and if no one really knew about it, how did it get robbed?" Kuwabara asked.
Koenma shrugged. "We are still trying to determine that information. It seems as though whoever was able to do it slipped past most of our security tapes and easily killed our guards. We are dealing with a very intelligent criminal mastermind. Now, this is not to say that we have no leads whatsoever."

An image flashed upon the screen. It was of a boy who looked like he couldn't be more than twenty. His hair was brown and messy, as were his eyes. Those seemed to tell a story of their own, an unorganized faction of tales and terrors that were all crammed into one soul of a person. The boy seemed to be staring fearlessly at whoever was taking the picture, and it was impossible to tell whether he was smiling or frowning. I couldn't see past his neck, yet the collar of his blue jacket could be seen creeping into the corners of the picture.

From the picture, it was impossible to describe what this boy's power could be, or his relevance to the case. Yet the image switched again to video feedback which seemed to be recorded from a security camera.

"This is footage from the main camera in the outer chamber. It was recorded during the time of the theft. The boy you have just seen is Sho. He has the ability to fly. More than that, we do not know. He has no criminal record at Spirit World. He is located in the bottom right corner of the film."

We all watched the film in silence. Sho stood on the ground, speaking with a guard. Suddenly, he punched the guard in the face and began to float above the room. Several guards began to jump up and attempt to charge him. It seemed Sho was very skilled in martial arts, as he was able to take them all with little trouble. More and more filled into the room, and Sho continued to beat them senselessly.
Suddenly, lights began to flicker and flash within the room, and several men and women came out from behind a door that was labeled 'SDF.'

Undoubtedly, Sho had created such a ruckus, the Spirit Defense Force was needed to contain the situation. Before any of them could get close to Sho, a figure with long hair ran out from the right corner of the screen. Something was huddled in his or her arms, such details about this unknown person were hard to determine, as their back faced the camera, and the film was black and white. The huddled figure ran, picking up pace all the while. Reaching the other end of the room, he or she pushed the doors open with one hand and ran out, Sho following, fighting off one last guard before making his escape.

The image on the screen flipped back to Koenma.

"That footage tells us nothing more than that Sho wasn't the lead in this crisis. He was merely the assistant, and created the diversion so that the 'big cheese', if you will, could steal whatever he was after."

"Well that's just great!" Kuwabara yellled as he stood with great force. He nearly shook the whole couch, much less the entire apartment. So they're both out on the loose somewhere, and we only know who one of the guys are? AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE MAIN GUY!!!"
"Cool it Kuwabara." Yusuke said nonchalantly. I guess he has put up with Koenma long enough to know that whatever information is given is usually enough. Yamma knows I still have yet to learn this lesson.

Kurama had a very thoughtful look on his face. His legs were crossed, and he was sitting neatly on the couch, holding his chin. Suddenly, he looked at Koenma on the screen and spoke.
"Koenma, you have yet to even tell us what it is that was stolen from the Spirit World vault."

Kuwabara, who had been continuing his tangent, much to the displeasure of Hiei and Yusuke silence himself immediately. In fact, the whole room went silent.

Don't tell me Koenma doesn't even know what was stolen.

Koenma gave us all a serious look, and I felt the heavy weight that seemed to be in my stomach lighten a bit.

"Sho and his leader have stolen a top secret, extremely powerful mind controlling agent. We call it 'Nou-Shiru.' Brain Juice, if you will, as the agent is in a liquid form. One small drop of it could be quite destructive. Let me give you an example. If you put a drip of it into a bottle of water, you could control a person without limit for an undetermined amount of time. There is no way to counteract the agent, only steps to decrease its effectiveness, to help a victim cope with its use. We have a team of research specialists as well as a disaster response team analyzing the different methods. Hopefully they will find a way to counteract the agent."

"Well that's easy. If Amaya here can control the water, can't she just delve into her spirit energy and find it? Then she could like, control the liquid to come back here. We could all help her look for it with her spirit energy! Then problem solved, no big deal!" Kuwabara spoke again, a proud look on his face. He searched my face for some sort of response.

I looked at him sadly.
"As excellent an idea as it was, I'm afraid this is impossible. I can only control water in its purist form, you see. So controlling the agent would be impossible."

Kuwabara's face fell.

"Yes." Koenma confirmed. "And as we have no idea who we are even dealing with, we cannot say for certain what our suspects plan to do with the agent. I don't think I need to tell you that if they are not caught, undescribably destructive consequences will ensue."

Kurama and Yusuke nodded.
"If you don't mind my asking, Koenma, why do you guys even have that stuff if it's so dangerous?" Yusuke scratched the top of his head lightly.
"We use the device to control our high-end prisoners, to make sure none of them step out of line, or try to escape. If you think about it, the pros do outweight the cons. But all our reserves of the agent have been stolen."

He was right, he certainly didn't.

We thanked Koenma before turning off the screen. Then we sat and stared at each other thoughtfully, planning out our next moves.

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