Enma stood, waiting for the next case he had to attend to. There had only been a few happenings lately and he was thankful for that. However, there had been one that had really gotten to his nerves. It was the case that forced him to again spank his son - the case of the three youkais who had stolen the sacred treasures of Reikai.

Of course Gouki had died at Yusuke's hands so now, his problem was the other two.

Kurama was probably easier to judge, considering that he had even helped Yusuke to capture Hiei. The fire demon however was going to be hard to judge.

The door opened and an oni came in, handing two files to him.

After reading both files, he sighed. It was going to be harder than he thought.

Kurama was a former youko thief but is now a very good human. He had only committed his crime because of his love for his mother.

And Hiei...

He sighed. It was very critical. Hiei deserved another chance because of his bad life but then, Hiei had fought back, resisting arrest and even hurting some ningens. He guessed that Hiei's appearance before him would have to determine the youkai's future.

The door opened again and finally, the two criminals came in, followed by four Reikai guards.

"Kurama." Enma said as he looked at the red headed half-youko. "And Hiei." he continued, turning to the little demon. He couldn't see them clearly though.

"Okay, for you Kurama, I've decided that you would be helping Yusuke, being a Reikai Tantei as well."

Kurama blinked. That was it? Enma sure was in a good mood today.

"You're dismissed."

Kurama scratched his head. Huh? Was he just punished? Glancing at his little friend, he gave a silent wish of luck and finally turned to leave.

"And you..." Enma finally said, turning to the little demon. He couldn't see him. "Where'd he go?"

One of the guards cleared his throat. "He's wearing black, Enma-sama, in front of us."

Enma focussed his gaze but only saw a blurry black spot. "Hey you, how small are you?"

Hiei grunted in disdain. Why must everyone belittle him? He was tall! "Five feet."

"Oh." Enma muttered. He then crouched and put a hand down. "Go to my hand. I wanna see you."

Snorting and hating the moment, Hiei complied, standing on Enma's huge hand.

Enma felt a light touch on his hand and guessed that that was the youkai. He stood up again, bringing his hand in front of his face. He focussed on the demon.

"You're not going to eat me, are you?"

Enma chuckled, Hiei suddenly thrown from the vibration. Realizing it, he quickly caught the falling Hiei. He focussed again. The demon sure looked dizzy as his limbs were tangled up like that. He looked at the young demon's face and...

"KAWAII!!!!!"

Hiei covered his ears as the god shrieked madly.

"Okay, you'll be a tantei as well. You're too cute to be thrown to prison."

Hearing that, Hiei scowled. What? He was supposed to be with the men, suffering like all the others but now he was just going to be a tantei just because he was *gasp* cute? INSANITY!

Enma tried to pinch him with his other hand but then stopped as Hiei flinched...no, ran from it. He just smiled and set the little demon down.

When Hiei was back on the ground, he crossed his arms in distaste. He was supposed to be feared not swooned at. HN!

Smiling once again, Enma waved goodbye to the little black spot he now knew as Hiei, cute and adorable. "Okay, you're dismissed."

Ignoring the smirking guards, Hiei padded out of the room, a dark expression on his face.

"So, what happened?" Kurama asked anxiously.

"I'm a Reikai Tantei as well." Hiei answered, the scowl not disappearing.

"Hey then that's good." Kurama said but then stopped. "How'd that happen?"

"Ch! Nothing!" Hiei responded, walking away.

"Couldn't be nothing." Krama muttered. "Hey wait! Tell me!"

"Stupid Fox!" Hiei just said. Cute? Kawaii? Ch! How stupid! That has got to be the biggest insult he had ever heard. HN!
 

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