Mukuro opened the letter addressed to her as Hiei sat across from her as usual. "Interesting," she said slyly.

"What are you muttering about now?" Hiei demanded as he leaned back and put his feet up.

She explained, "Koenma wants to see you in spirit world at once."

"Hn," he replied, "I'm done following that child's orders."

"It pertains to two ice maidens," she continued, "they're in human world."

Hiei tried to pretend that didn't peak his interest. "What are ice maidens doing in living world?" he asked, "Not that it means anything."

"It doesn't say," she said, "Koenma wants you in spirit world at once. Are you going?" He stood up and started walking away. "I'll take that as a yes."

"Shut up."

"What the hell do you want now?" Hiei demanded as he walked into Koenma's office, "Can't you do anything by yourself? Why do you need me here?"

"Hiei," Koenma said as he examined in the papers in front of him, "Just as happy and cheery as always, I see. I only thought you would be interested in this case. It seems the black-black club is trying to start up again."

He said, "That doesn't have anything to do with me."

"It does," Koenma insisted, "Because they've kidnapped two ice maidens already. One named Rui and another named Hina. Now, since you know Yukina-"

"No!" Hiei said, "You're wrong. That can't be their names. You're sure one of them is named Hina?" Rui could have be caught by humans, he thought, but my mother's been dead for years. How?

Koenma explained, "Yes. I'm sure. Since Yukina is your sister I did wonder if you had relations to these women and would like to help them out. I thought about summoning her here too, but I'll leave that up to you."

"Don't tell her," he said, "she doesn't need to know." Maybe their's another ice maiden with my mother's name, he thought. "Isn't Yusuke your spirit detective?"

"I had to fire him," he replied, "and I haven't gotten around to getting a new detective yet. Where are you going?"

"To find Hina," Hiei answered as he started walking away.

After he was back in human world, he scanned the country with his jagan and found that yes, Rui was definetly in this world. Hina had the same energy as his mother. It really is her, he thought, she's really alive. But that grave. She was dead! He stopped at a compound far within the mountains.

He jumped through the trees. The wind blowing through his jacket as he remembered his short time in ice world. He stopped short in the tree line as he saw talasman cards covering the trees, creating an invisible net. One wrong move and he'd be electrified.

An owl demon flew through the air above him and started laughing. "Well now, what do we have here, a demon? In living world?" It flew in front of him and didn't dare go over the fencing.

"Is this your fence?" Hiei answered.

"My master is the one that holds the fence," the owl answered as it started flying again. "Here!" He threw more talasman cards at him. Hiei dodged every one.

"Your aim is pathetic," he replied.

"I wasn't aiming at you," the owl replied, "you can't even move now!"

Hiei looked at the ground and saw he was surrounded by the cards. One wrong move and he'd be electrified. "Dammit," he said, then threw his sword at the owl, cutting him down instantly.