Chapter 1: Higurashi Kagome

Words: 100

"A miko?" Kurama asked in surprise. "In the twenty-first century?"

"Yes," Koenma confirmed, a quiet look of consternation wrinkling his baby face. "She actually works for your step-father's company."

"I didn't even sense her," Kurama admitted, his brow furrowing to match Koenma's.

"Yes, she does a very good job of hiding her aura. Consequently, your mission is to find her and study her. She's placed a barrier around her apartment so that we cannot observe her from Reikai, but we need to know if she's dangerous to demons."

"Of course, Koenma-sama," Kurama said, bowing. "And... her name?"

"Higurashi Kagome."

~o~o~

Okay, so I started writing this about two years ago now, and then I hit a period in my life that I just like to call The Block. So I'm trying to get out of that now by reviving old stories that I really, really like and, hopefully, finishing them. That should include Senken at some point, but that will take much more effort.

So, I've turned this into a sort of writing exercise with specific word counts for each chapter. These limits will change with each chapter, but always in increments of a hundred words. So, for example, Chapter 1 has one-hundred words, Chapter 2 will have two-hundred words, and so on until I decide the story is finished. (I'll tell you right now, I'm not particularly good at "short" stories. Just something to keep in mind.)

I'll post Chapters 1 and 2 today–because I feel that Chapter 1 is a little boring and Chapter 2 gets into the action a little more–and from then on I'll post one chapter per week (hopefully every Sunday).