Blue ogres ran every which way, their hands full of papers. The toddler sat in silence at his desk, glaring daggers at them. He tapped his finger on his desk in annoyance, he was running out of patience. Yusuke was sprawled out on a red sofa to the left of the large room they were in, and Kurama sat with his arms crossed directly in front of Koenma's desk lost in thought. Hiei leaned against the wall near Yusuke, his eyes closed. "Here Lord Koenma sir, I found it!" the blue ogre said with a big grin. "ABOUT TIME!" Koenma yelled at the poor ogre. He snatched the manila folder out of the ogres hand and opened it up, the name Cheza was written on it. Yusuke yawned getting up from the sofa walking over to where Kurama stood, Hiei remained where he was. "well binki-breath, anything unusual?" Koenma's eye twitched in annoyance, "I'll pretend I didn't hear that Yusuke…take a look for yourself" Koenma tossed the folder over to Yusuke. Yusuke scanned the manila folders contents"nothing out of the ordinary, seems like a normal girl to me" Yusuke handed the folder over to Kurama who did the same, "nothing…" he muttered. "I don't think she is a demon Yusuke, but she must possess something.." Koenma stated. "Kurama, you said a demon attacked her in the woods a few days ago" Kurama nodded. "At around 3-3:30 ish in the morning?" again Kurama nodded. "hmm…I spoke with Boton, no souls came through here at that time in the past week…well not any demon souls at least" "I assure you Koenma, it was most defiantly a demon". "The only explanation I can come up with… ,he paused as an ogre approached him with a piece of paper. He examined the paper, "please sign here". He pulled out his stamp and stamped above the "sign here" line. The ogre grabbed the paper and bowed before running off. "As I was saying, the only explanation I can think of is that she came across some kind of demonic item…maybe one that traps souls? And now demons are trying to get a hold of it" "What kind of demonic item traps souls?" Yusuke asked. Koenma thought for a moment, "well…Im not exactly sure…" Yusuke crossed his arms, "some help you are carpet crawler" Koenma's face turned red, "Do you just sit there and think of new names to insult me with!" Yusuke grinned, "sometimes". " You two act like children" Hiei said glaring at Yusuke. "IM NOT A CHILD!" Koenma yelled flailing his arms.
Hiei couldn't help but smirk, he knew how easy it was to piss Koenma off..and he enjoyed it.
Kurama decided to intervene before a war broke out, "Hiei why don't you read her mind and then we will know if she possesses anything" Hiei crossed his arms leaning back against the wall, eyes closed, " Who do you think I am? Kuwabaka? I already tried..she has some kind of mind barrier up"
"well this is certainly a mystery" Kurama muttered. Everyone remained silent for a few minutes before Koenma spoke"Kurama, I think you should scan the area where the girl was first attacked..as for you Yusuke keep an eye on her,Hiei keep an eye out from a distance and warn the others if you sense any demonic energy" "hn" was Hiei's only response before walking out the pair of golden doors that lead out of Koenmas office. "Later rug rat!" Yusuke taunted before following Hiei out the door. Koenma's face once again turned red, "SHUT UP!" Kurama chuckled, "Good bye Koenma"
Cheza was now backed against a wall, her heart pounding in her chest. "I guess it was a bad idea to hypnotize Kuwabara" she said in her head. A disgusting looking demon that resembled a roach was inches from her, Alice barred her teeth ready to defend her master. "Here goes nothing…." She thought as the roach demon thing grinned sinisterly at her. "want…want to see a magic trick?" the demon gave her a confused look, "what?" "I said..do you want to see a magic trick" the demon cackled, "sure sure..then I shall eat you!" she was a bit relieved that the demon hadn't come to take away the pendant..it just decided to randomly barge in. "follow the pendant with your eyes" the demon nodded, "sure sure whatever" surprisingly the demon was stupid enough to follow her instructions. About a minute later a familiar thump was heard and the demon began to snore like a foghorn as well. Cheza's attention fell upon the door, hearing voices conversing behind it. She watched as the door opened revealing Kurama and Yusuke. The two exchanged glances after noticing Kuwabara and the roach demon sprawled out across the floor. "what the hell?" Yusuke said. Kurama looked up noticing Cheza looking as innocent as she possible could. "what?" was all she said. Neither one of them knew what to say, they both had the dumbest look on their faces.
A groan was heard as Kuwabara sat up looking around the room, "What happened?" "You..you were fighting that..thing over there and it sprayed some kind of powder at you…you knocked it out but then fell asleep afterwards" Cheza didn't think it was wise to reveal the pendant to Yusuke..or Shuichi for that matter. Kuwabara jumped to his feet, "yeah..that sounds about right..I did knock him out.." he sounded all cocky when he said that. She was a bit surprised he had no memory of her "magic trick". "yeah yeah whatever..get this thing out of here before Keiko gets off work.." "I'll take 'em to Koenmas" Kuwabara said dragging the roach demon out the door. Yusuke walked over to Cheza, "Hello there! I guess we never really introduced ourselves..well ,I'm sure Keiko told you my name and all before. Im Yusuke..and the red head over there is Kur..Shuichi! ..Im sure Kuwabara already introduced himself" Cheza nodded, "…Im Cheza" "You don't seem to weirded out about that de..that creepy bug thing" Cheza decided to reveal she had gotten her memory back, she knew they were getting pretty suspicious of her. "Well… you see…my memory came back to me…" she whispered. Yusuke and Kurama seemed a bit surprised, "that sure as hell explains some things" Yusuke retorted. "How exactly did you get your memory back" Kurama asked, not taking his gaze off of Cheza. "I….I just woke up..and everything came back to me…" Yusuke crossed his arms, "Binki-breath must not have erased her memory right" Cheza crossed her arms, "Im not letting you erase my memory again!". "rest assured, we will not erase your memory again..you can trust us" Kurama said with a smile. "Yeah, were the good guys!" Yusuke said with a grin…"I told you already how I was a spirit detective..I protect people from demons all the time!" "Speaking of which.." Kurama interjected. " you must have some idea as to why demons have been attacking you" Cheza tensed up a bit, "I..don't really know why". An awkward silence flooded the room, it didn't last long though. The front door opened to reveal Keiko, she looked over at Cheza..then Kurama..then Yusuke. She glared daggers at him, "Why aren't you dressed Yusuke! You promised you'd take me out for dinner tonight!" Yusuke ran and hid behind Cheza, " Help me! That mean scary lady over there wants to kill me!". "Yusuke! This isn't funny! You promised!" Yusuke sighed, "Jeese don't get your panties in a bundle, I'm still taking you out." "We should be on our way" Kurama said motioning for Cheza to follow him.
Cheza began to fidget, she knew Kurama was staring at her. The two were sitting on the railing of the apartment balcony, Alice laid at their feet. Every time the wind blew, she smelt the sweet scent of roses. "Why does he smell like roses?" she thought. She thought back to her conversation with Kuronue, How was she going to find Kurama? Cheza decided she could ask Shuichi a question about the infamous fox indirectly. "Who…was that guy with the red eyes?" "That was Hiei" Kurama responded. "Is…is he a demon?" she stared over at him waiting for him to reply, "Yes..he is..but he does not harm humans". "Are….are you a demon?" she asked. She figured he wasn't , he looked as human as can be…but she wanted to study his reaction. She watched his eyes widen a bit, but he quickly regained his composure and quickly replied. "No, I 'm not…why do you ask?" his curiosity was getting the better of him. "No reason..just wondering". Kurama stared into her piercing blue eyes," that night…in the woods..did you see anything strange?" Cheza quickly looked away, "seeing green blood was pretty strange…" she muttered. "Did..did you find something? Did that demon have some kind of ring…weapon…necklace…anything?" Cheza looked up staring into Kurama's emerald orbs, she needed to change the subject. She was getting nervous, he had to know she found something..it would only be a matter of time before he found out what that something was. "I'm…trying to find someone" Kurama gave her a questioning look. "A demon…well..he's in human form now…from what I've come to find out" "Do you know what kind of demon…the demons name?" Kurama asked casually. She wasn't sure if she should say..but she did. "Yoko Kurama" Once again Kurama's eyes widened, he didn't say anything. Cheza noticed his calm demeanor was gone, he was acting really strange. She was positive now, he knew where to find Yoko Kurama….