Redone Chapter 6
Disclaim I do not own anything or anyone from Yu Yu Hakusho, that honor goes to Yoshihiro Togashi, and Funimation Entertainment. I do however own Cash McKenzie her family and everyone else not from the original show.
A/N:Before I go any further let me clear up the time line of this fic. It actually takes place after the series so the demon tournament took place already, but I'm making it so that Yusuke didn't stay in demon world so he would be 16 not 18 like at the actual end of the show.
"Oh where are they, what could be taking them so long. Don't they know this is an emergency?" Koenma said while pacing back and forth on top of his desk, while stacks of papers fell to floor.
"Well Koenma since you never mentioned what this new missions is about, I doubt the rest of the guys know it's so important." Kuwabara said from his seat in front of Koenma's large desk. The only reason he had managed to get to Spirit World so fast was Botan had opened him up a portal because they had no idea where Urameshi was, since he wasn't going to school much. Though he would have to admit it was odd to beat the shrimp and Kurama.
Crossing his legs Kuwabara sat up straighter in his seat, but before he could say anything else the large doors of Koenma's office slammed open. The loud crash the doors made against the wall nearly made Koenma fall off his desk in surprise.
"Alright, alright I'm here binky breath, what is so damn important that you had to drag me away from another date with Keiko?" the spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi shouted while walking into Koenma's office and slamming his hands down on the desk of the young prince of Spirit World.
After a few months of being fired spirit world decided it would be best to bring him back on as head spirit detective, if only to keep tabs on him. Honestly he didn't mind for the most part, but lately it seemed like himself and the other were going on missions at least once a week most of the missions were simple enough. Though there were a few lately that were simply a pain in his ass. He would have to call himself a completely idiot if he thought all the attacks on humans and human world would stop after the demon world tournament, even if Enki ordered it. But hey you can't blame him for wishful thinking.
The young prince stared directly into the teen boys eye's while shaking his head. He really doubted Yusuke would ever show him the respect he felt he deserved, but as long as Yusuke continued to get the job done he wasn't gong to complain….well at least not to much anyway.
Noticing the slightly irritated look Koenma was giving him, Yusuke simply rolled his dark brown eyes and let out a deep sigh.
"Yeah I know I'm late, let's just skip the lecture this time, and get straight to you telling me whose ass I've got to kick." it was then Yusuke noticed Kuwabara sitting behind him slowly shaking his orange haired head at his outburst, looking around the room he was surprised his other two team mates and friends seemed to be missing
"Wait, where are Kurama and Hiei?" backing up a few steps Yusuke threw himself into the open chair to Kuwabara's left and put his dirty worn out sneakers on top of Koenma's desk. This earned himself a hard glare from the toddler like prince, who simply pushed the dirty shoes off his desk.
"Yeah usually those two beat the both of here by at least ten minutes or more." Kuwabara spoke up while leaning forward in his chair. Hearing the large doors open again the three males faced the entrance only to find the two demons in question stepping into the large office.
"Please forgive us for being late, I had something to take care of before I could leave." Kurama explained politely while he and Hiei made their way into the room joining the rest of their group. Hiei simply replied with a grunt and walking over to a wall and leaning up against it with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"Don't worry about it fox boy I just got here myself." Yusuke said with a shrug of his shoulders. Now that the whole group was present Koenma cleared his throat to get all of their attention.
"Well I have good news and some bad news for you all." seeing that they were all paying attention he tried to continue but was interrupted by Yusuke.
"Oh come on spit it out short stuff, if it wasn't important we all wouldn't be here right now, because I know for a fact we all have much more important things we all could be doing right now." crossing his arms and letting out a small huff of annoyance Koenma decided for once to just ignore Yusuke out burst.
"Fine for the good news all of you will be home in time for dinner this is simply a retrieval mission" with that Koenma sat in his large chair and opened a few drawers before pulling out the remote to his large screen TV that was on the far wall of his office.
The picture that appeared on the large screen was of a large and beautifully decorated temple surrounded by a thick forest. The trees surrounding the temple were all the colors of fall, even though it was currently June, and what looked to be a small river ran through the grounds of the holy temple.
Pressing the button again the picture changed to the stairs that lead up to the temple, the steps of the long stairway seemed to be made of a beautiful white marble like stone that shined in the soft sunlight. The gates of the temple were also visible, standing by each large wooden door were what looked to be two oversized sundials that were made of solid gold.
"This is Jikan to seishin no shinden a very sacred and extremely secret place. Most have never even heard of this place let alone know of it's location, the few that have heard of the temple believe it to only be a myth." Kurama was shocked to hear Koenma mention The temple of time and spirit he had first heard of it when he was still only a pup, he had always believed it was simply a tale among thieves.
Koenma wasn't at all surprised that Kurama seemed to have at least heard of the temple, he was after all a lot older and much more traveled the rest of them.
"So what's so special about this place, it looks like any other temple." Yusuke simply nodded his head in agreement to Kuwabara's statement. Besides the odd colors of the trees there really didn't seem to be anything else that stood out about this place.
"From what I can remember from all the stories the origins of the temple are completely unknown it was said to have been built long before demon and human world came into existence, though this isn't what had thieves from all around so interested in it. As legend has it the temple was said to have been made of gold and with in its walls are many powerful and priceless artifacts." Kurama tried to remember if there was anything else he had heard of the temple, but it had been so long ago, and since he had always believed the stories to just be myths he couldn't recall all the details.
"Well no wonder you've heard of this place fox boy I have to say I'm shocked you never found it , and here I thought you were the king of thieves in your heyday." Kurama could only glare at Yusuke's remark.
"Well at one o'clock this afternoon the temple was attacked by two unknown demons that seemed to be looking for something. They killed around a dozen or so monks, but from what I have been told they didn't mange to take anything. Though they didn't say what they wanted before they disappeared the Priestess believes they were looking for a certain artifact" Koenma changed the picture on the screen a few more times each imaged showed more and more of the carnage that the two demons left in their wake.
"Wait a second if this place is such a secret how did these two find it, let alone make it inside. If what Kurama said about all that treasure then they would have had to at least had some sort of barrier up." placing his middle fingers on his temples Koenma started to rub small circles trying his best to fight the migraine that was threatening to over come him any second.
"Yes well Yusuke if you would let me finish for once we could all be on our way. From what I was told the two were just simply there one minute, none of the protective barriers were broken or even the slightest bit disturbed. As to how they managed to find the temple that's even more of a mystery since the only people outside of the temple that know of it's location are my father and a very select few priests and priestess from other temples, and they would die before even thinking of revealing its location." Koenma said while looking through a few papers his father had given him about the temple.
"So I take it then this is a favor for your father?" Yusuke couldn't help the dry tone his voice took on.
"Well yes, but I hardly see what.." the young prince looked up when he heard the grunt Yusuke let out.
"Alright then you can count me out" Yusuke said while standing up from his seat and began to make his way to the doors.
"Yusuke where do you think your going? You should know by now you don't get a choice on which mission you want to take or not." turning back around to face Koenma he had to fight the urge to laugh at the fact that Koenma looked like he was about to throw a tantrum on his desk.
"And don't you forget binky breath that one; your father tried to have me killed, and two; I took this job back I can quit whenever I want."
"What do you think Keiko would say if she found out you wouldn't help these people Urameshi?" sighing in defeat at Kuwabara's question Yusuke knew he would never hear the end of it if he didn't agree to go.
"Oh fine can we just get going then." nodding his head Koenma pulled out the remote he used to open portals.
"Well I can't open a portal to the temple since they added more protection just in case those two decide to try and come back again. You will how ever be placed one mile East of the temple, the high priestess will be waiting for you at the gates of the temple." With that Koenma pushed the single red button on the remote and swirling gray and deep purple hole opened up in the middle off the room. Yusuke was the first to walk through followed closely by Kuwabara.
"Kurama, Hiei please make sure Yusuke doesn't do anything too stupid." Hiei who was about to walk through the portal as well turned back around to face Koenma.
"Hn, I'm not the detectives babysitter." with that he continued to walk through the swirling hole.
"I'm sure he'll be fine Koenma we all know Yusuke can be serious when he needs to be." nodding his head at the tall red head he watched as he joined his team mates through the portal, closing it as soon as he was through.
"I sure hope so Kurama, if he does anything stupid that will defiantly mean some spankings for me." giving a small shudder at the thought of the punishment Koenma started stamping papers once again before he fell even further behind.
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A while later the small group found themselves at the bottom of a large marble staircases, without a word they all started to make their way to the entrance of the temple.
"So Kurama what kept you, you're never late?" Yusuke couldn't help but ask from earlier, while shoving his hands into the front pockets of his dark blue jeans.
"It was nothing really, just something concerning school." the red head answered while also placing his hands in his pants pockets.
"Speaking of which, how are things going for you Kuwabara?" Kurama asked while looking over to the tallest member of their group. All of them had been very surprised that Kuwabara had decided he wanted to rejoin them again. When they had talked after the demon tournament Kuwabara had really sounded like he was through with all the spirit detective nonsense.
"Everything's going really well I'm passing all of my classes with high marks, plus I've managed to stay caught up with all my work, even though I keep missing classes. I really have no clue how you managed to do this so long Kurama."
"It's because the fox isn't an idiot, unlike yourself." sending the shortest member a hard glare Kuwabara had to fight the urge not to punch him upside the head.
"Hey take that back shrimp, you think just because you've gotten taller I can't knock your lights out still."
"Still? When have you ever been able to even land a punch on him Kuwabara?"
"Oh shut it Urameshi." Kurama couldn't help but chuckle at his three friends arguing with each other. Looking up he noticed they had reached the top of the long staircase and now stood before two very large wooden gates that were covered in vines.
"So how are we suppose to get in, I don't suppose we just knock." Yusuke said with his hands behind his head.
"Well Koenma did say the priestess would be waiting for us." Kuwabara said from his spot off to the side where he found what looked like cravings of sundials into the surrounding trees. He could feel the energy flowing through this place, it was actually starting to make him pretty dizzy.
"Are you feeling alright Kuwabara?" Kurama had noticed his orange haired friend rubbing his temple while leaning on a tree for support.
"Yeah I'm fine there's just some really crazy energies flowing through this place is all." Yusuke and Hiei also walked over when they saw Kuwabara take a seat on the smooth stone steps.
"Give it a few moments, the aura's of the temple can be a bit much at first." the soft voice caught the group of males by surprise, they hadn't seen the beautiful young women step through the now open front gates of the temple.
The women was tall standing about 5'7 and was dressed in beautifully colored priestess robes, her long plum colored hair flowed freely in the soft wind. Stepping down the few steps leading to the landing the boys were on, the group could have sworn she floated with the movement of the wind.
"I am the high priestess of this temple, you may call me Asami" Standing in front the group the priestess bowed her head in greeting.
"I have heard much about you spirit detectives, I only wish our meeting could have been under much happier circumstances. If you would please follow me I do not like being away from the main temple for to long, especially after the incident this afternoon." Waving an elegant hand she beckoned the group to follow her through the large gates that lead to the actual grounds of the temple.
Once the group was through the large gates, they closed softly from what they could tell it was by themselves.
A/n: If you didn't read it you might want to read the authors note at the beginning of this chapter it clears up the time line of this fic.
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