Kurama had moved when the shouting started and was trying to reposition all the messy food stuff onto the small divider between rooms. The red head had only succeeded in moving about half the open bags before the table was flipped. Green eyes took in the situation first, but while he was still trying to determine the reason himself, Yuusuke spoke up and Botan quickly answered. Her responses didn't offer any actual information though, just offering reason enough to up the level of worry that was already present due to her unusual entrance.

"You all have to go see Koenma now! He has a new mission for you, now come on let's get going!" Without allowing anyone time to say anything, let alone object, Botan jumped up, oar suddenly in hand, and opened a portal in the middle of the living room.

"Let's go!" This time she waited "patiently" pointing at the portal.

"Just how long will this take Botan?" Sora questioned when the portal opened. She stepped sideways and gestured towards the young girl watching from the kitchen."Some of us have other responsibilities these days and can't just run off anywhere with less than a moment's notice."

Truth be told, if this was just a quick jaunt to Reikai then she wouldn't worry to leave the youngest alone. But it was bound to include a mission and she wanted a guess at how long they'd be gone before sending the child off to be cared for in her absence.

Kiera looked between Sora, Kurama and the glass door leading to the balcony outside. Though she had become stronger, she still had little confidence in herself. Her eyes wandered back towards the rest of the group, silently apologizing for her decision: she couldn't join them this time.

Meanwhile all the woman on the floor could see from underneath Botan was a tiny bit of blue and black pulsating. Seeing as how she was really not sure what was going on, she figured she might as well ask before they all ended up forced to do some mundane task like paperwork or cleaning. "Botan, someone of your...I guess...line of work?... Should know that unless you are somewhat calm, a portal like that could not only send us to the wrong place, but send different parts of us to different places."

Ignoring the terrified "WHAT?" from one of the previously brawling men, the woman continued, "Now, I suggest you take a deep breath, and at least tell us a little of what has you in such a tizzy?"

Botan did actually follow some advice, she took the much needed breath (going to the Ningenkai is no easy trip), but, rather than using this new founded calm to cancel the spell for the portal and tell Sora that it will probably take a while, she began a small chant, "Të hapur derën për komandën time, unë e quaj ty për të bërë ofertave tim. Me kërkesë të portier I oder kyç të kthehet!"

In what seemed like an instant, the apartment seemed to bubble and melt away to all within it (somehow excluding the youngest members while including the one on the balcony) until blues, grays, a desk an over-sized chair and a teen in it, replaced their prior surroundings.

Before she got her usual smack on the head by the "fired" detective, Botan ran to the side of the chair, squeaking out a barely heard, "Sorry."

"Well that was a first," Sora mumbled as the room solidified into the office of Reikai's prince and former boss to most occupants. A quick scan of the room showed only Koenma there besides them so she let her thoughts drift as she waited on the briefing. Her daughter was still back in their apartment, or she would assume since she wasn't here, and the brunette hoped she could get back to the young girl soon.

Kurama stood in the midst of most of the crowd but had turned towards Koenma's desk even before the transportation was complete. Botan's arrival had intrigued him and it seemed even more important than he'd thought if she resorted to skipping the dimensional portal. Whatever the situation though, it wasn't important enough to keep his full focus and green eyes drifted to the corner where the fire demon now stood. He wore an expression that only the red head would know was more annoyed than usual, but he wasn't making any move towards his sword and this calm was workable.

"What is it now binkey breath? I thought I was fired!" Still rilled up from his fight with Kuwabara, Yuusuke strode to the desk and lifted the teen prince,...well now king, with ease.

"You know I wouldn't call you unless it was something of the utmost importance. Now please, put me down so I can get on with explaining." The teen stared his "captor" down with a look that the "detective" had never seen on him before, and was slowly placed back in his seat properly. With one sigh and a bit of shuffling, Koenma revealed a rather ungodly large stack of files and unprotected papers.

"Before I even begin explaining this, I have to tell you all that it is absolutely vital that you do not refuse this mission...and I'm sorry to say, but it will take you away from your respective families for at the very least a month. I am going to have to send you to the United States."

At this, Sakura, who had previously been distracted with translating, or attempting to, Botan's spell, snapped to attention. Like a dog waiting for a treat, she sat down on the ground with a smile, glancing around at everyone, daring them to interupt or try to take away her "bisciut". As it were, Kuwabara this time, tried to protest, but he was silenced quickly by Koenma raising his hand for silence.

"Please let me finish before you fight with me about this. With all the insanity that has happened since over-throwing my father, we have not had time to assign a new Spirit Detective...nor did we notice all of this," His hand quickly pointed to the pile before finding its way back to a neat spot in front of him, "Until it was supposedly too late."

I am so sorry for the horrendously long break! Hopefully both stories will be back in motion for a little while!

The next few chapters will be just chapters (no AN) but we would still love to get some reviews and guesses...or just some love?