Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Yu-Hakusho or the characters. Just the plot and the additional (2) characters.

Summary: Kurama and Hiei find unanswered questions. Yusuke and Kuwabara find a giant question. How is this going to work?

Warnings: Absolute confusion (NONE)

Miscellaneous: I'm so getting into this. Can't wait for it to pick up speed though :)! Enjoy!

~Silence~

~KURAMA'S POV: DEMON WORLD~

Almost five in the morning Hiei and I wasted no time starting on the mission. Kowenma gave us the coordinates and the information we needed on the demon so we could be as prepared as possible.

Unlike the Toguro brothers this demon wasn't really well known. So asking the nearby demons about him was more than less likely a waste of time. But either way, the demon's name is Kouken. A low class demon that lives by the traditions he was taught. According to his records he was a pretty simple demon with no harms in mind. Which seemed to be odd in the demon world. He had zero kills and never got into any major battles. On one hand this demon was simple and innocent, or another hand very clever and up to something. But we won't know until we meet him face to face.

When Hiei and I got close enough to the castle, we decided now would be the best time to devise a plan. But before we even started we were interrupted.

"Good evening Yoko Kurama and Hiei. Lord Kouken has been expecting you." A lady demon walked out of the shadows.

"Has he now?" Hiei got a little cocky.

"Yes, follow me and I will take you to him." She turned around and started walking to the castle.

"Hiei, stay on your guard. Something already isn't right." I warned.

"Tell me something I didn't know fox." Hiei remarked walking off. I couldn't help but smile at his cockiness.

~YUSUKE'S POV: SAKIYO HIGH~

I called Kuwabara asking him to meet me at the entrance of our high school surprisingly at the same time school would usually start if it wasn't for the fact that we were at spring break. When I got there, Kuwabara was nowhere in sight. But the new kid was. …and in school uniform.

"Yusuke, hey!" Kuwabara grabbed my attention. "Hey, what's up? Why'd you ask me to come here so early?"

"Nothing, was just wondering if you wanted to hang out at the arcade."

That was a bunch of bull shit. The truth was I was worried as fuck about Hiei and Kurama. Something didn't feel right about this mission. And I knew if I stood home all day doing nothing I would go crazy and screw the mission up by going to get them. I had to keep myself occupied.

"Yea right, you're hiding something. What is it?"

"It's nothing really!" I yelled out.

"Yea whatever. Fine, don't tell me. Guess we should think of something to do anyways. We have a week and a half off and nothing planned. Huh…hey isn't that Bryin?" Kuwabara caught a glimpse at the kid sitting at the entrance gate.

"Yea." Was my only response. It was as if we couldn't go anywhere without him somehow popping up.

"Wonder what he is doing here…and in his school uniform for that fact." Kuwabara thought out loud. "I'm going to go find out." Kuwabara laughed at himself and did a quick jog to him. Having nothing better to do I followed.

"Hey kid."

Bryin looked up in response with the same look he gave me when I helped him out.

"What are you doing here? Did you forget it was Spring break?" Kuwbara asked.

Sliently he simply shook his head no.

"HA! HE DOES SPEAK ENGLISH OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE RESPONDED!" Kuwabara yelled out randomly. Of course I knew what he was talking about due to him telling me earlier. But Bryin just gave him a look like he was crazy.

"Huh, wait, so why are you out here? Waiting for some one?" Kuwabara looked around.

Bryin simply looked down and shook his head no again.

"Uh…okay then." Kuwabara was running out of ideas.

I grabbed Bryin by his forearm and yanked him to his feet. As shocked as his eyes were, a sound was not yet made. Not so much as a gasp. But I quickly shrugged off how creepy that was.

"Alright then. You have nothing planned we barley have anything planned so it won't be that bad if we drag you along, right?"

Once again a simple shake of the head as a reply of no was his answer.

"Alright, take us to your house."

He cocked his head to the side in question.

"So you can change out of that suite and into something comfortable."

He bit his bottom lip, grabbed his well prepared back-pack and walked us to his house. The whole entire time Kuwabara tried to get him to talk by asking questions that only can be answered by speaking but Bryin either ignored them or found another way of answering. Mostly pointing or grabbing something. Of course like an idiot Kuwabara guessed and got all the answers right and then paused to bang his head on a brick wall for answering the question out loud for him. At first Bryin seemed worried but then he simply started to smile at Kuwabara's actions. I couldn't help but be entertained.

Bryin lived approximately fifteen minutes away from the school by foot. And since we walked the whole way, either he had a ride for before and after or took a bus. But since busses didn't come out this far I figured he might have had some sort of transportation. But if that was the case, did he lie and really forget it was spring break. Couldn't help but laugh at that though. What kid forgets it's Spring Break?

He lived in a decent one story house. He fetched the house key from somewhere else and let us in. He looked down then at us.

"Okay, okay, we'll wait here." I had guessed the problem. I didn't think he was suppose to be in the house while his parents were out so wanted as little intriouse as possible. Though I couldn't help but wonder how much of a difference in the house two boys could make by sitting somewhere. While he changed I took as much of a look around as I could. The hall way was directly in front of us, he had taken a right so I assumed his room was there. I could barely see a door frame so I counted one more. And from the size of the house I figured there was at least one more room somewhere back there. To our instant right was the living room with a couch and two rocking chairs and the TV directly in the middle. Two end stands in the living room. Chair, end stand, couch, end stand chair. In that order. On the left side was the kitchen with a table for four closer to us so I could barely see it.

"Wow this place is pretty nice." Kuwabara complemented.

I couldn't help but feel like something was out of place though. Everything looked homey enough, so I couldn't think of what it…that was it. It wasn't homey enough. How? There were no pictures. Nothing hanging from the walls or no picture frames on the end stands. It was kind of weird. Even the home of the liquor, my home, had something hanging from the walls.

"This picture must be old." Kuwabara picked up a picture frame.

I quickly looked at his hand. A picture of a man, woman and a baby in her arms. I could only assume that had to be Bryin when he was still a baby. I looked beyond Kuwabara's hand to see yet another end stand with a little tray for keys. I realized it was marked though, a cut was made into the end stand.

"This place is too clean for me. I mean, I keep sis's place neat, but this is like two times that work. Even this end stand is polished." Kuwabara did the dust test by swiping a finger on the stand and rubbing it together.

"Just means they are neat people." I finally spoke.

"Sure."

Bryin came out in white sneakers, light blue jeans, and a button up light blue t-shirt.

"It's about time." I stated. He's only response was a small smile.

He walked up to Kuwabara, grabbed the picture frame and set it back down…exactly how Kuwabara picked it up. He ushered us out, locked up the door and waited for where we were going. So I took them to the arcade.

~KURAMA'S POV~

Hiei and I were to sit and wait for Kouken's arrival. The room they had us wait in looked to be a study room. The room was filled with countless books, multiple desks chairs and coffee tables.

"Ah, good-evening Kurama and Hiei." Kouken greeted us. "What can I do for you?"

"I have a feeling you already know." Hiei remarked.

"Even if I did know, Hiei, it's not like I can hold a conversation with myself. Would you like something to drink?"

"No, that won't be necessary." I responded politely, nudging Hiei to settle down.

Kouken sits down and ushers us to do the same. Hiei walked to the other side of the room near the window and I sat in front of him.

"Well…Kouken it seems you are starting to make an impression on the Spirit World and we are wondering what is going on with the sudden changes." I started the conversation.

"Changes? There is nothing that is changing. Everything is falling right into place." Kouken seemed a bit confused and yet understanding.

"As in a plan." Hiei jumped in.

"Not a plan. Fate."

"Please explain." I tried to clarify what was going on.

"It is fate that I prepare this part of the world for the oncoming damage." Kouken spoke as if he saw the future.

"Kouken what are you talking about? What damage?" I tried to get the absolute answer out of him.

"It is not meant for the spirit detectives to be involved. That is also my duty; to protect you and keep you as far away as possible."

Hiei slowly turned his head to the conversation as I allowed him to continue.

"The spirit detectives will only get in the way and get themselves killed. If they are killed during this time they will not go to where they belong in the afterlife. It is my job to make sure this battle stays as separate from the worlds as possible." Kouken finished as if he was under a spell.

"Battle? What battle?" Hiei walked closer to Kouken.

"Hiei." I warned him.

"You are to not get involved." Kouken repeated.

"Look you! We will get involved in anything we want to get involved in!" Hiei grabbed Kouken by his collar.

Kouken didn't do anything to stop Hiei.

"If you get involved I will be forced to use strength to do anything to keep you safe. This is where your job meets its limits."

"What do you mean Kouken? What limits?" I needed to get an answer out of Kouken before Hiei beat it out of him.

"The limits of helping this world. After all…they all say there is only so much you can do. This is where the line is drawn. You are not to get involved." Kouken grabbed Hiei's wrist and flung him to the wall with ease. "After all I am a kouken."

"As flattered as we are Kouken…we still at least need the information so we know to step out." I spoke when I realized Hiei wasn't injured in any form.

"That is true Kurama. But this is suppose to remain as much of a secret as it can be or else hope will be sprung from the deepest of the dark shadows for the wrong and worst reasons. I am to not allow that to happen. Follow me." He walked out the room, not fazed at all of the possibility that Hiei might attack him again.

"Something isn't right Kurama. We need to get out of here." Hiei spoke to me in a hush voice.

"He is about to give us more information. Just a little longer." I quickly followed Kouken. With a grunt Hiei walked behind me.

He lead us into another study room but this one was different. It was more neatly laid out no tables and chairs and a stand in the middle.

"This room holds my reasoning to even breath. And to think, even with all of this information there are still a bunch of holes, questions, and answers that doesn't make sense." Kouken walked in a little further watching me explore the room.

Hiei stood at the door reminding me he wasn't comfortable being here. Everything but the books in the room was white. The little extra decoration was in gold. I walked to the stand in the middle that had a glass over it. A white book entitled with something I couldn't read. The spine was decorated in gold.

"What is this? May I take a look at it?" After a few seconds of silence I went to grab the glass to lift it but before my hand could even touch it I felt the worse of the inevitable. I took a step back slightly shaking.

"It looks like…the book spoke for itself. You are not allowed to look at it." Kouken finally responded.

"What is this room?" I finally asked. "Why'd you bring us here?"

"I told you. This room speaks of why I am even here breathing. The questions you want answered lies within this room. But because of this situation, the answer isn't simple. So what you will get from one book you will have to go to another. In the end by the time you are done, you would have read this whole room. And still be left with questions, holes in the reasoning, and answers that doesn't make sense. The book you wanted to see is the book of all. It holds all the secrets and answers that everyone has. It seems you are not ready for all the knowledge so the book declined you." Kouken informed.

"And you do?" Hiei asked.

"No. Like Kurama I am not allowed near it either. But with understanding and will power I can tolerate the power long enough to move it where it needs to be…nothing more."

"So are you going to tell us about this war or not?" Hiei asked now losing patience.

"For me to speak of it would go against my family ways and what we are meant to do. But due with time the answer will come to you. But for now, take at ease, for I am not your foe. I am merely a kouken."

The more Kouken talked the more his eyes hid what was behind them. Kouken was preparing the world for the investable. But what was it? It was clear Kouken wasn't going to tell us. But how were we going to find out if our only resource wasn't going to talk without a fight?

I thanked Kouken for his time and walked out with Hiei next to me.

"Kouken…Kouken…Kouken… he used his name as a word. I don't understand." Hiei was a bit annoyed.

"Kouken: it means…Guardian."

"Guardian? What the hell is he guarding?" Hiei asked.

"A Secret." I answered.

~YUSUKE'S POV~

Me an Kuwabara spent all the free money we had on the arcades and treated ourselves and Bryin to some lunch. Suddenly a wave of relief filled me.

"Hey, is everything okay Yusuke?" Kuwabara stopped in the middle of his sentence.

Byrin looked at me with concern as well.

"Uh, yea. I'm fine." I continued to eat relieved that whatever it was that was bothering me was now gone.

Kuwabara went on with his story as I wondered what could be going on in demon world. Suddenly Bryin jumped up from his seat and ran out the restaurant.

"Huh? Hey wait, where are you going?" Kuwabara yelled.

"Let him go Kuwabara." Even though I was the one that said it, I had no idea where it came from. But it still felt like it was the right thing to do.

"Huh? Are you sure?" Kuwabara looked back at me.

"Yea."

I won't lie I was a bit curious as into why Bryin ran out all of a sudden but I figured if he really wanted us to know he would have grabbed one of us.

Suddenly the feeling I had with Kurama resurfaced. But not for Kurama…for Bryin.

"Hey, I just remembered I have to take care of some business. I'll see you around okay?" I quickly left the restaurant leaving Kuwabara in a stun.

I caught up with Bryin who was back at the school.

"Hey, what's up?" I called out to him.

He looked at me in pure shock. I was right; he didn't expect us to follow.

"What's going on? Why'd you leave in such a rush?" I approached him.

He simply looked at the sky then turned his back to me. A car pulled up and he quickly got in.

"Huh? Hey wait!" In less than a second the car was gone. I had no idea what to think.