Note: Thanks for the very LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG wait and actually me too really can't wait to let you guys read chappie 6. FINALLY! After so many years. Sobs. Haha.

Chapter 6

Her endless running in the woods hurt her fragile body. She could hear a lot of branches and twigs breaking. She was escaping from the very fast speed of something she could not figure out. There's no time to think what it was. The only important thing is to run away and do what could save her. And just when she thought she was about to succeed, she was not prepared for the cliff. She let out a squealing sound.

Hibime had a nightmare. It might be that she was already remembering something horrible from the past.

She was panting heavily at the clear sight of her death. Hibime looked beside her and saw the clock. It was only 1:35 in the morning. She calmed herself and lie down to rest.

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On that same morning. Shizuru prepared a delightful breakfast for her brother and her visitor to enjoy.

"That smells great! Hmmmm!" Kuwabara exclaimed.

"Yeah, as always bro! Ha-ha!" Shizuru smiled cheerily. "You go ahead and eat. I'm gonna go get Hibime here."

She went upstairs to go to the guest room where Hibime stayed. She knocked consecutively on the guest room. There was no reply. So Shizuru quietly turned the knob to open the door. She was surprised to see that Hibime was not there. Shizuru looked around. Everything was in place except for the windows. They were widely opened.

"She's not here!" Shizuru yelled for Kuwabara to hear.

Kuwabara was happily eating then when he heard it. "Oh yeah? Where had she gone?!"

"No idea. Go and call Yusuke!"

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"Hibime is missing?!" Yusuke was talking with Kuwabara on the phone while he was on patrol.

"Yeah, and the windows were wide open when Sis entered the room! She might have jumped there!" Kuwabara said on the other line.

"But isn't your house a bit high to jump? And why would she do that?"

"That I don't know!"

"I'll call you back." Yusuke ended the call.

Yusuke was on his first hour of patrol for the day when he received Kuwabara's call.

"That's really weird. Why would she not ask permission from Shizuru or Kuwabara." He was thinking out loud when he felt some energy. It was within the range of the place. He was pretty sure it was a different kind of power. Not the usual power that exudes from a person or a youkai, but a charm.

"This is definitely not a class D youkai." He told himself.

He was enticed to follow the energy where it was actually situated but he was also forced to lessen his aura so he could move discreetly as he could. The woods were becoming deeper, darker and heavier. He seemed to be following an energy that also moved.

Yusuke finally heard some chattering. He could not understand the words but he knew that the energy was there. He saw some shadows and a little later these shadows form figures. He was surprised to see women with brooms. Just like Botan who rides in an oar and is a deity, these women are attractive and also ride in their brooms with bearing. Yusuke could not believe they were the witches that need to be investigated. The rebel youkai witches.

What surprised Yusuke the most was a figure really familiar to him…

"You…" Yusuke stepped on a thick grass that created a sound. He wheezed. The witches looked toward Yusuke's direction.

"I know someone has been prying on us since we got here."

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Keiko was kind of tired during the day because there were many customers in the ramen shop. Yusuke couldn't be there because of his 'work' so Keiko had to take the task all by herself. But Keiko is really industrious. She can't stand doing nothing at home so she decided to clean up some mess. Instead of taking a rest, she cleaned the rooms. She just thought: Ah Yusuke is really messed up these days! She smiled at the thought of her husband. While cleaning their room, she saw a neat-folded paper on top of Yusuke's study table. And it read:

Urameshi Yusuke's Daily Schedule & Patrol Schedule

Keiko continued to read.

For Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

6:30 a.m. ……………………………Get up!

8:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m. ……… Patrolling (Youkai threshold in Tokyo)

"A youkai threshold?!" Keiko was really disappointed to have read it but she continued.

12 noon – 4:00 p.m. ……………At school

4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. …………At ramen shop

7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ……………Study time!

10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. …………Patrolling (within the neighborhood)

12:00 a.m. ………………………………At home!

For Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays

8:00 a.m. ………………………………Get up!

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m …………………At ramen shop

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ………………………Study time!

7:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. ……………………Patrolling (Youkai Threshold in Tokyo)

Signed:

Urameshi Yusuke

Signed:

Daiou Koenma

Keiko dropped the paper. "Koenma…?!"

She readied herself to go to the Youkai Threshold in Tokyo. Wherever it might be, she did not have any idea. But she was certain she must go there to talk it over with Yusuke. She could not bear it.

There was one person she needed to talk to.

"I have to find Botan!"

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"Geez! He's late! I'm really glad this wasn't a date!" Botan exclaimed while roaming around the Reikai palace. Botan was actually talking to somebody, Nanaki, the violet-haired frosh Reikai deity.

"Really? But I heard Urameshi was seldom late for a conference…" Nanaki responded.

"Yeah, I'm kinda worried now! I can't contact him!" Botan said with a worried tone.

Paging Botan. Go to Koenma's office immediately.

"Arggh! Koenma's calling for me now. He'll shout at me for not bringing Yusuke on time!"

"Goodluck Botan-chan!" Nanaki cheerily said.

The blue-haired deity came before the life-sized door of Koenma's office. She was about to shakily knock on the door when the door itself opened up for her.

"Botan! Is Yusuke here yet?" Koenma worriedly asked.

"K-Koenma! He's not. I don't have any idea why he is late. He is supposed to be here at 11 Ningenkai time. But it's already 12!" Botan answered.

"Actually, I called for you not only because of Yusuke. Kuwabara contacted the wrong person, he was supposed to call you up in your special beeper but he talked to me instead!" Koenma said in an upset but comical way. "He said your friend Hibime is missing, and so he called Yusuke. But Yusuke said he's going to call him up a little later. But he didn't."

"Oh, is that so? Gaawsh! Where had Hibime gone! And Yusuke too! How about as of this moment?" Botan asked.

"Well until now Yusuke did not call him up, nor contacted me either. So… Wait a minute. Am I your messenger?!?" Koenma exclaimed.

"Oh sorry about that Koenma!!" Botan roamed all over the office.

"Stop fidgeting Botan! Who was that Hibime?" Koenma asked.

Botan sat on a nearby chair. "Hiei found her in Makai, wounded and all that. So he brought him to Kurama."

"Hiei found her in Makai? But then he brought her to Ningenkai?"

"Yes Koenma!"

Koenma was thinking deeply. "Isn't it strange for Hiei to be saving a person in Makai then bring it to Ningenkai… without having second thoughts? He did not even get skeptical."

"Come to think of it, you were right Koenma!" Botan answered.

Koenma put on his usual hand-below-chin stance. "Yusuke should be here soon."

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