A/N: Chapter one! Please enjoy the story.
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The Urameshi team sat outside of Koenma's office as usual.
"He always makes us come early when he's not ready to see us." Yusuke grumbled from where he leaned against the wall.
"Honestly Yusuke I always wonder how everyone deals with your attitude." Sophie answered as she walked up.
"You cut your hair." Yusuke noticed.
"Yes, I cut it. Out of respect." She murmured. Her hair that was once down to her thighs now just brushed past her shoulders just like her former partner. Peaking out from under her dark sea blue hair was a bright chunk of pink, the same color of the now dead girl.
The group fell silent as they thought back on the one time friend they all had.
Mattie was a bundle of life even though most only knew her for a brief month. She had bright spring green colored eyes and bubble gum pink hair that she constantly wore pulled back into miniature pigtails. She had seven different tattoos that all had a special meaning to her but only one in the group actually knew them all.
Hiei sat furthest away from the group, still harboring a grudge against everyone for the death of the girl. He and Mattie had a full but short-lived love. They were madly in love with each other and though they had only been with each other for barely half the month she was around he still bore deep feelings for her and teemed with anger from the wounds brought about by her death.
Sophie shook herself visibly. "Koenma's ready to see you guys." She murmured as if afraid to chase away the lingering images of the pink haired girl.
Yusuke nodded as he pushed off the wall and opened the doors to Koenma's office.
"I still think you look lovely even with the shorter hair…" Shuichi murmured as he kissed Sophie's cheek before following Kuwabara and Yusuke into the office.
Sophie smiled slightly before she grabbed Hiei's arm. "Later could you come by the apartment…?" She asked as she looked up into his eyes. "I think there's something you'll want…" Before he answered she let go and walked into the office.
"Hn." He snorted in retort but couldn't let go of the feeling that it might really be something he wanted.
Upon entering Koenma's office everyone's attention turned to the two-year old and the priestess.
"Uh…" The Miko started as she noticed the new arrivals. "Oh!" She started. "I'm sorry I didn't know you had company coming in I'm sorry for taking up so much of your time. Please excuse me." She headed to the door.
"No." Koenma answered stopping her. "These are the exact people you were asking me for. These are my spirit detectives." He turned his attention to the group. "It seems you all have a new assignment."
The Miko turned to the team. "Oh… Hello." She bowed to them. "I'm sorry for asking this of you Koenma but are you sure they will be able to handle my problem…?"
Koenma nodded. "These detectives are the finest there are. Sophie's intelligence sweep can't be beat." He turned to the group again. "I'm going to be loaning your services out for awhile." He gestured to the Miko. "This is Veleda. Her family has been known to be the best at exorcizing anything from anywhere."
"Veleda?" Sophie questioned. "You mean the priestess for all exorcisms in probably all of Japan?"
The girl in question blushed. "I wouldn't say that, but yes. I am Veleda." She turned to Koenma and pulled a small urn out of the velvet bag on her side. "In return for the help my family offers you a gift in return." She set the urn on his desk.
"Thank you, I'll get Botan to look at it immediately. Now then, Veleda and her family have been the protectors of several rare and dangerous artifacts. It just so happens that someone has stolen a very dangerous one." He looked at Veleda.
"Oh!" She peeped. "Yes. The object that was stolen is a round tube and in it my family had sealed an especially dangerous poltergeist. Unlike most poltergeists that are only out to torment people for their enjoyment this one has taken a liking to causing extreme harm to a person who crosses it's path.
"When we sealed it away we couldn't actually get rid of it therefore it was bound to the object so that if ever opened the poltergeist was under control of the one holding the seal, we were hoping to never have to use that object but it was a precaution. The one who has stolen this object has strong gifts with the dead and undead and it is extremely dangerous in his hands."
"If you already know who has the object why don't you go after him yourself?" Yusuke asked begrudgingly.
"Unfortunately Veleda's gifts of sight aren't perfect. She saw that it has been stolen but her gifts cannot tell her exactly who or where it is. That's where you'll be coming in. We're hoping to solve this problem quickly or not only will there be problems in the Ningenkai but also here in the Reikai and even in the Makai. This is a very dangerous object to be in the hands of anyone but the priests who have sealed it away. So you are to help Veleda find and take back the object by any means necessary." Koenma answered. "Sophie…"
The purple-eyed girl turned her attention back from trying to analyze Veleda. "Yes Koenma?"
"I want you to look for any clues you can possibly find. Limit your search to anyone who practices anything with the dead or undead. We need to find this person as soon as possible."
She nodded. "Of course."
"The rest of you will lend your strength to Veleda in any way that you can. She may not be part of this team but without her and her family the Ningenkai would be far worse off than it is now. You're dismissed."
Veleda watched the group go sullenly and put a hand against her heart. So much pain and heartache… She thought to herself as she could feel tears threaten to fall down her face. Was this the right thing to do…? Do they deserve what is about to befall them all…?