Angel: Hello again. Ok so it's gonna be a while before Hiei comes in because I'm starting from the very beginning, but worry not chickies he will come in around the 8th chapter I'm guessing, maybe sooner I don't know. Anyways here is the third chapter to Forbidden Love. Again, I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I will tell you what characters are my creations when they appear in the chapters. So, for right now I only own Selina, Mariko, Ryo, Miwa, Takeo, Hunter, and the plot to my story. There will be references for Miwa, Takeo, and Hunter, but you won't meet Takeo or Hunter until later. Okay dokays, now time to read.

Chapter 3: The Twins

"I live!" Koenma, Botan, Yusuke, and I turned to the pink entrance and watched as two people walked into the room. I just chuckled and rolled my eyes as the smaller of the two dropped to her knees and threw her arms up in the air in a praising pose. The other figure, which was a male, just rolled his eyes and kicked the female in the back so she'd fall on her face. An "eep" and then a whiny "owww" were heard from the currently floor-kissing female. I laughed and jumped off the desk to go over to her.

"A dramatic entrance as always I see." The female lifted her head and gave me a goofy grin. I grabbed her by the arms and pulled her off the floor. It wasn't easy mind you, because she was at least 7 inches taller than I was.

"Of course," she said proudly. The male, who was standing next to me snorted at her response.

"Mariko, you're such a Drama Queen."

"Look who's talking! You're just as bad as I am," retorted the now known Mariko. The male gave an exaggerated gasp and put a hand to his chest looking appalled.

"Me? Dramatic? Never," he said while he gave a mischievous grin. I chuckled at the two, but it was cut off as a lump, known as Mariko, threw herself at me.

"Lina! I've missed you so much! I haven't seen you in forever!" she wailed while choking the life out of me. I felt like one of those stress toys, you know the ones that look like aliens and when you squeeze them, their eyes pop out? Yeah, I bet I looked exactly like one at that moment. I was also hanging a few inches of the ground.

"Mariko…you and Ryo…have only been gone…for two weeks," I said between gasps.

"And it was too long to be away from my bestest friend in all of the 3 worlds!"

"Mari, you're going to kill your 'bestest friend' if you don't put her down." Ryo was smirking at us.

"Huh? O, sorry Lina." I was finally released from the hug of death and set back down on the ground. I took in sweet lungs full of air and glared at the laughing Ryo. A clearing of the throat was heard from behind the three of us. We all turned to see Koenma still sitting in his oversized chair annoyed, along with a grinning Botan. Yusuke on the other hand looked like he didn't know whether to laugh or gawk. I'm not surprised; I don't think he has ever seen anyone like Mariko and Ryo. Mariko was around 5'7" with light mocha skin, light green eyes, slit pupils, pointed ears, and varying shades of waist length purple hair. Ryo was around 5'11" with milk chocolate skin, amethyst eyes, slit pupils, pointed ears, and varying shades of short spiked green hair. They were twins that much was obvious, but they didn't look like your typical humans. That's probably because they weren't human at all, but Python Demons. However, Yusuke didn't know about demons so he didn't need to know that little fact.

"IF you three are done, I would like to get back to business," said an irked toddler.

"Yeah, yeah, keep your Huggies on Koen," I said while rolling my eyes and giving Ryo a quick punch in the arm for laughing at us. I then made my way back to stand next to Yusuke, Ryo and Mariko following to stand besides me. Yusuke turned to face us with question marks painted all over his face.

"Okay...I'm lost. Who the hell are they?" I was about to introduce them but Koenma beat me to it. He cleared his throat.

"Yusuke, meet the twins, Mariko and Ryo Nishikihebi. They work for me. Twins meet Yusuke Urameshi." I rolled my eyes. I seem to like doing that. Mari waved animatedly with a big grin on her face.

"Hey what's up? It's nice to meet you! Please call me Mari!" Her brother just nodded to Yusuke. Yusuke nodded back to them.

"Uh…it's nice to meet you to."

"Alright, enough chit chat, Botan and Yusuke have to get back to the Living World and you three," he said while pointing at Ryo, Mari, and me," have a nice report to write up." All three of us groaned, while the little pacifier-sucking monkey just smirked at our pain.

"Come on you guys, it's not that bad," said an ever chipper Botan.

"You try writing one, and then come back to us and say it to our faces," I said with a dry look. She shook her head at me and then turned to Koenma.

"Ready for a portal, Sir."

"Ah right." Koenma pushed a little button and lo and behold, the big vortex of pretty colors popped up a couple of feet away from us. Botan turned to Yusuke.

"Ready Yusuke?"

"Yeah, I guess so." He turned to me.

"Catch ya later."

"See ya soon Yusuke! Don't drive Botan crazy," I said with a big grin and a wave. He snorted at my response.

"She's the one who will be driving me crazy."

"Hey I take offense to that!" I chuckled as Botan and Yusuke finally left through the portal. After they left, Ryo spoke up.

"Hey who was that kid?"

"Selina can explain it to you on your way to the library," replied a smug Koenma. Mariko groaned and Ryo and I glared at the tiny prince. We all started to leave when I turned back to Koenma giving him a suspicious look.

"Koenma, I know you're up to something. It's not like you to just give someone a chance to come back to life. What's going to happen to Yusuke?" He just sighed and shook his head.

"I truly don't know what his future holds, but there is something…different…about that boy." I mirrored his sigh, nodded, and then turned to exit with the twins who were waiting for me at the exit to the left of Koenma's desk. We went through the sliding door and walked into a much homier corridor than the one Yusuke, Botan, and I walked through. The carpet was a light cream color. The walls were a dark purple with gold crown molding. We were headed to my living quarters, which were some way off from Koenma's office.

My living area was made when King Yama, also known as King Enma, took me in when I was a baby. My quarters consisted of a series of connecting rooms. First, you entered into the living room. Then to the right was the kitchen and dining room. To the left of the living room was my own private little library and workroom. That's where the twins and I usually did the reports. If you traveled forward from the living room, you would come to a hallway, and there were two sets of doors on the left and the right. Why might I have four rooms one may ask? Well, when I was still a child I had a type of governess who lived in my quarters with me. She looked after me and taught me everything educational-wise. Miwa-sama was like the mother I didn't have. Unfortunately, she died a couple of years ago while on a mission for King Yama. She was one of his top spies.

There was also my guardian who would sometimes stay in my quarters; however, he couldn't live there because he had his own temple to look after. Moreover, he never liked staying in such fortified dwellings, such as the palace. Takeo-sensei taught me everything fighting-wise. Years later when I was older, a small room was made for me in my guardian's temple so that I could stay for long periods to train with him. Now, since I am older he doesn't stay here very much anymore so the rooms are mostly for guests like the twins or Hunter.

"Well are you going to tell us what happened?" I looked over to see an impatient Ryo with his arms folded over his chest. I nodded and began to tell them of what occurred since Botan first came to see me at Takeo-sensei's temple. It took us a couple of minutes or so, to finally reach my living area, and by the time we got there, I was done telling them what happened. I breathed a sigh of relaxation at finally being able to return here. My living room had black carpeting and dark blue walls. There was a stereo, some shelves filled with little antiques and what not, paintings and photos on the walls, two white couches, a TV, a PS2 and an X-Box (gotta love videogames), and a closet that had miscellaneous stuff in it. The library reminded me off some old Victorian libraries I had seen in books, except with different coloring. The carpet was a dark royal blue and the walls along with my desk, bookcase, and coffee table were all cherry wood. I loved to collect artwork and statues so the room had a few of those as well. The library had a large bookshelf, (obviously that's why it's called a library), a desk, a computer, a black sofa, a lounge chair, and a coffee table.

"Well, it seems like you have been busy Lina," said Mari with her ever-present smile.

"You have no idea."

"Well we might as well get this damn report done. Mari and I have found out some interesting information," said Ryo. We all sat down around the desk as he and Mari proceeded to tell me of their findings. After that, we took out all the paperwork that needed to be filled in and got to work on it. I couldn't help but feel a shiver of uneasiness when I remembered one of the things they said they had found out.

"So, the City of Ghosts and Apparitions has been deserted?"

"Well no, not deserted, but it looks like everyone is in hiding or maybe preparing for something," said Mariko. She sighed.

"I don't like it." Ryo and I nodded.

"Yeah, me either. I wonder what they could be planning."

Angel: Sorry that not a lot happened, but the next chapter will be much longer. Hope you liked Chapter 3 of Forbidden Love. Please review, and tell me if you want character bios or not.