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Fate's Recompense	By : HiyoukaiMizuyoukai Category: Yuyu Hakusho > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2005 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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AN:/ Hello! This is Mistress Hiyoukai and Mistress Mizuyoukai! Sorry for the wait� The second half of this chapter had to be rewritten about three times. The first time was just sounding stupid. The second time changed the entire plot and flow of this chapter� Then the end was changed once again because Mistress Hiyoukai was typing at two in the morning, and the ending made no sense whatsoever. Even Mistress Mizuyoukai was confused� Now it has been fully toasted and buttered! Enjoy!

Thanks to:

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Now where did we leave off� Oh yes!
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�But you�re a man !� Ardat exclaimed incredulously, pointing an accusing finger at the fire demon.

Ardat could not help but feel angry, confused� and, strangely enough, a little betrayed. What his eyes told him and what his senses had revealed were conflicting in such a way that was not logically possible. One of the two had to be lying to him.
A pregnant pause stretched between them� �What an unfortunate choice of wording for my thoughts,� Ardat thought half-sarcastically to himself.

After Hiei got over the initial shock of the man�s statement he smartly replied, �Well, I am technically a hermaphrodite, as you so kindly helped me to discover.�

�What?� Ardat practically squeaked. He quickly �manned up� his voice (though it did not lose its panicked quality) as he continued, �No, no, no. Don�t play this shit with me!�

He advanced on the smaller youkai, jabbing a finger at him as he next spoke, �You�re an energy manipulator!�

�What?� Hiei said, confused at the sudden change in the taller man�s demeanor.

�I don�t know what you�re playing at or what you�re trying to accomplish, but I�m not going to fall for it,� Ardat hissed.

This only served to confuse and infuriate Hiei even further. �You think this is some sort of sick game?�

�What are you after?� Ardat lunged, grabbing a startled Hiei by the throat, but not squeezing hard enough to cut off any air supply.

Ardat�s eyes widened, giving way to a hint of madness behind them. �You know don�t you?�

�I don�t�� Hiei tried, but he stopped speaking as the hand locked at his throat tightened slightly.

�Tell me what you know!� Ardat snarled.

The snapping of a twig from somewhere beside them caught both of the demons� attention. From the forest hopped a small furry rodent of some sort that, upon catching sight of what it had stumbled upon, scampered back into the underbrush. The spell was broken, and Hiei raised his temperature threateningly, causing Ardat to snap out of his rage and release his grip.

�You can tell the Collector that I don�t have it, and the next messenger he sends I will kill,� Ardat spat, and the next second he was gone.

Hiei blinked at the odd behavior, now completely alone again. Apparently, some sexually confused rapist believed that for some unexplainable reason Hiei had imitated the energy patterns of a pregnant youkai, had copied the scent of his last victim and was working for an evil mastermind trying to collect something valuable from him. This was certainly unexpected.

Hiei looked to the far side of the river and then back towards the Kings� territories. Originally, his setting out by himself had been an urge that he had decided was necessary to act upon; it was a strange instinct that made little sense� yet he listened to it. He had figured that while he was out, he would attempt to find the reason behind his current condition, not to mention other necessary information about what to do with a child once it came. Now, he was reminded of the troubling missions that the Tantei had been dealing with recently.

�The Collector, huh?� Hiei said quietly to himself.

Since he had told Koenma and Mukuro that he was going on a mission that included finding information that could connect the suspicious attacks anyways, he supposed that it wouldn�t hurt to do exactly that�

First, he would have to replace his weapon, and then he could begin his search. With a slight smirk in place, he dropped the useless sword hilt and crossed the river into the Wilds, unaware of the eyes that had opened on a nearby tree that were silently watching him.

OOO

Ardat continued to speed back into the territory of the Three Kings, silently seething. He knew the Collector was among the sneakiest scum of the Makai, but he didn�t think that the man would sink so low as to actually lure him in with the scent of a recent victim. Then the messenger had the nerve to make him honestly think that he could be the mystery victim by imitating her looks and producing a false signature to make his instincts kick in, stopping his attack that would have stolen a great amount of youki from his opponent.

The Collector was trying to toy with his emotions so that eventually he would give in. Ardat was not willing to donate anything to enhance the faceless madman�s powers. He could not pinpoint why, but for some reason, the mystery of the Collector�s motives greatly unnerved him.

He came to an abrupt stop in a clearing the moment he felt a massive energy signal come to meet him.

�Yo,� came a voice as a demon stepped slowly out of the shadows.

�Mukuro, I presume,� he said, staring at the female figure whose mangled right side was concealed almost completely. �I�m not surprised. I am in your territory after all.�

�Ah, yes,� Mukuro replied. �Ardat. What an interesting name, even for a foreign demon. Middle Eastern? Indian?� The king glanced down at Ardat�s cloak. �Or Egyptian, perhaps?�

�How do you know my name?� Ardat asked warily.

�My informants are quite widespread,� Mukuro responded in a bored manner. �I do like Egypt. The ancient mythology is quite intriguing, not to mention the hieroglyphs look cool.�

�What do you want?� Ardat asked. He did not know exactly how much more Mukuro knew about him that she was not letting on, but none of the kings, save the Mazoku, would come out just to talk to him for no good reason.

�Ah, are you impatient because you don�t know what I want, or is it because you discovered a bit of information that upsets you?� Mukuro asked casually.

Ardat gave her a pointed glare. �I don�t know what you mean.�

�You just spoke with Hiei, did you not?� Mukuro questioned. When she received no answer, she went on, �I can smell him.�

�Hiei?� Ardat asked after learning the short youkai�s name, his heart speeding up nervously at how well-informed the Lord of Alaric was.

Mukuro smirked. �Yes. Short, dark, spiky hair, bad attitude. But of course you two have already met.�

Ardat glared harder at her falsely amused tone.

�I assume your second meeting didn�t go much better?� she questioned at Ardat�s silence.

Ardat spoke through clenched teeth, �With all due respect, I�m kind of in a hurry, so if there isn�t any point to whatever game you�re playing��

� With all due respect , whatever you need so desperately to do can wait,� Mukuro snapped suddenly, an inferno flashing behind her eyes. �You�re lucky that I haven�t killed you for defiling my heir in such a manner.�

Ardat found that it was possible to nearly choke on his own tongue. In a mere hour or so, his day had gone from absolutely perfect to potentially the worst situation he could imagine.

�However, considering your circumstances, I have come up with an alternate form of punishment, one that I will find most amusing,� Mukuro went on. �You will keep a very close eye on Hiei for me and protect him with your life.�

The irritation that Ardat had fought so hard to keep in check multiplied and surfaced. �What gives you the right to order me around? I�m not one of your citizens. He�s your heir, so he�s your problem. I�m not here to babysit.�

In the blink of an eye, Mukuro had Ardat pinned by the throat against a tree and energy charging in her right hand.

�I�m not giving you a choice,� she hissed venomously.

The energy in her hand turned black, and she slammed it into his chest with such force that Ardat feared he would suffocate. Surprisingly, though he was experiencing mild discomfort, the attack was not painful. A tingling spread from the point of impact on his chest through his limbs, and then the sensation quickly faded. Mukuro still held him fast to the tree.

�It is a spell I thought to be appropriate. This will allow me to track your movement,� she said.

�Somehow I doubt that�s all it does,� Ardat ground out suspiciously.

Mukuro�s response was a fanged smirk. �How right you are, but if you behave, you won�t have to worry about the other things that it can do.�

Sensing there was more for the demon Lord to say, Ardat bit back a sarcastic comment.

�This spell is not the only reason you will want to do as I say,� she said. �I trust you have been enjoying your freedom the past two moons. I wonder if you know why? Let me give you a little clue�

�Hiei, like the average unmated pregnant female youkai, is driven to wander to a place that he feels is safe, probably somewhere near where he was raised. Though he is by no means defenseless, many youkai will seek him out because of the scent of his pregnancy hormones. You do know what this means, I assume.�

Ardat clenched his jaw in confirmation. Male youkai driven by instinct would try to claim the child and female as their own, or they would kill the unborn child to make the female go back into heat. This primitive instinct showed most clearly in the unintelligent lower classes since most high class demons had the ability to control these primal urges� most of the time. There were still some cases of powerful demons that did not see the harm with acting upon this particular instinct, seeing as they were at the top of the food chain anyways.

�Given his power level, it is very unlikely that any youkai would be able to even get close to him,� she continued. �However, Hiei doesn�t seem to have the best of luck, obviously.�

�How is this supposed to be a clue for me?� Ardat asked, more than a little annoyed with the way the Lord would not directly answer any of his questions.

�It would be in your best interest to protect Hiei from these youkai, if not for his sake, then for your child�s,� she said. �The purpose of your curse is to ensure that you produce at least one child. Perhaps you would like to take a guess at what would happen if the child is killed or claimed by another.�

At this point, Mukuro released him though he did not move. There was really only one choice for him, and that was to do as Mukuro suggested. Seeing that she had accomplished her goal, she turned to leave, pausing at the edge of the tree line.

�Hiei is under the impression that he is a permanently tainted being, and he will do anything to convince you that this is the truth,� Mukuro said over her shoulder.

Then she was gone, leaving Ardat to decide what exactly he wanted to do from there�

OOO

MEANWHILE, IN THE NINGENKAI�

The three men slumped on the couches in the sitting room, full from the delicious meal that Kurama had so kindly provided, while the women still continued to chat amongst themselves cheerfully. Every now and then, Yusuke noticed that the women would begin whispering amongst themselves excitedly, break into a fit of giggles, and repeat. He didn�t need his demonically enhanced hearing to know what they were talking about.

For a while now, Keiko had been pestering Yusuke for a baby; though the detective loved his wife very much, he was not entirely sure that he was ready for that kind of responsibility. After all, he and Keiko were just now married and able to fully enjoy each other; he didn�t want to rush into things. Nevertheless, it still made his heart ache each time she �ooh�-ed and �aww�-ed over the baby items in stores� or asked to view women�s children in their strollers� or sprayed their own house with baby-powder scent�.. or other things�

�Including refusing to take �the wretched pill�, making it a point to seduce Yusuke during the peak of fertility in her ovulation cycle (which she marked on their kitchen calendar), and conveniently �misplacing� condoms or other forms of protection right before each of these encounters.

And when she did not conceive after all of her efforts, she blamed Yusuke for �not trying hard enough��

�Which was partially true. As it turned out, Yusuke had bought pills of his own, disguised in a tic-tac can to combat her assaults. Sure, the thought of producing �swimmer-less� sperm was both disturbing and a little sad to him, but at least he could buy some time to mentally prepare himself for the inevitable.

Right now was not the right time for a baby, Yusuke knew. His instincts told him so. Every time he considered it, something nagged him in the back of his mind, reminding him of the ever increasing missions that Koenma was sending the team on. Something was just wrong with these occurrences, and he was sure that (like all the times before) they would eventually find out all of the evil mastermind�s plans at a point when it was almost too late to stop the world from falling into chaos.

Through the lull of after-dinner bliss, the beeping of a cell phone was heard.

Not a cell phone, but a communication mirror was pulled out of Boton�s pocket and flipped open in a routine manner. It was very rare that any of her visits went uninterrupted.

�Hello, Koenma-sama! Boton here!� she chirped.

�I trust that you are enjoying your little party?� Koenma asked.
�You really should have come,� Boton said with an almost taunting tone. �Dinner was so delicious.�

�Not that I didn�t want to,� Koenma said stiffly, �but I was rather busy with very important matters.�

�What�s up, binky-breath?� Yusuke asked.

Koenma�s eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the nick-name that he was given (despite adopting his adult form permanently), but he ignored the disrespect for the most part. There were graver matters at hand.

�It seems that some trouble-makers are, once again, in the Ningenkai,� Koenma sighed. �They are man-eaters.�

Glances were exchanged amongst the team members. Man-eaters in the Ningenkai were never very good, seeing as just walking down the average sidewalk would be like a free buffet. The only thing these illegal demons had to decide now was what they were in the mood for. Chinese, Japanese, or perhaps some foreign food like Spanish or American?

Luckily, since the Makai Tournaments had begun acting as elections for Emperor of Makai, some of the main rules had remained in place through all of the rulers� terms. One such rule was that if a demon must eat human flesh to survive, eat someone that the human race could live without, such as criminals. This did cause human detective agencies to be baffled at how certain mass murderers could all of a sudden seem to just disappear and never be heard of again, but mysteries were part of human life, the Reikai supposed.

The only man-eaters that the Tantei were called to track down were the malevolent kind that killed innocents and rare cases� until recently.

�Where?� Yusuke said, anger flashing in his eyes. Though he could accept it as one of the cruel facts of life that some demons must eat humans in order to survive, they weren�t many (because most of them had died while the Kekkai had blocked their access to Ningenkai), and there was no excuse in his mind for going after some innocent civilian when killing a criminal for breakfast was just as easy.

�Just outside of town,� Koenma replied. �I�m sending you the coordinates now.�

�Got it!� Boton exclaimed once her communicator had beeped at receiving the message.

�Good luck,� Koenma said before closing his end of the line.

�That�s all the way across town!� Kuwabara cried incredulously.

�Yeah, I think that�s part of their plan, smart one,� Yusuke grumbled as he and the two other men (and one grim reaper) made their way out of the door swiftly, the women hastily wishing them luck.

�This evening just couldn�t last, could it,� Kurama mentally sighed. He really did miss the scathing telepathic reply that the absent fire youkai would have sent his way, had he been present.

OOO

MEANWHILE, WHILE THE TANTEI ARE ON THEIR WAY DOWNTOWN�

�Common! Ow! Damn it! Damn it!� Hiei grouched and grumbled as he tried to start a fire.

For some reason, his fire ki was not cooperating enough for him to set the small pile of wood aflame. He had settled in a cave for the night knowing that the heat of the day would not last. During this time of year, daytime was scorching while night temperatures plummeted drastically. Due to his ki not cooperating, he had decided that it would be best to start a fire just in case he needed it.

His inability to let loose a even spark puzzled him seeing as just earlier that day he possessed the power to potentially burn his attacker (whom he had now dubbed the �sexually disturbed man�) severely.

�Aw, shit ,� he practically moaned, looking at the result of his latest attempt at conjuring flames.

He stared in both annoyance and fascination at the now frozen kindling decorated with diamond-like frost.

�Well, now I know that I have some Koorime traits,� the Hiyoukai thought halfheartedly. �Unfortunately,� he thought with a sigh, �this is of no help to me, whatsoever.�

This certainly was interesting. If there was any research that could be done on someone like him (if there were any cases ever recorded ), he supposed that he could find out what exactly was happening to his body as well as what other changes to expect� hopefully.

Little did Hiei know, Ardat was sitting in a tree branch quietly snickering at the fire demon�s predicament. Sure, a pestering voice in the back of his mind scolded him for not offering help to the confused pregnant demon, but the snickering side of his mind that found Hiei�s problem so damn hilarious argued that it wouldn�t get cold enough tonight to actually harm Hiei or his child. Besides, when he next glanced up, Hiei had taken pieces of flint from his pocket, producing a fair flame seconds later.
�There, you see?� Ardat thought to himself. �He�s perfectly fine by himself.�

Ardat watched as Hiei pouted cutely, clearly disappointed that the fire was not up to his standards. Ardat cocked his head to the side. It was kind of cute, he guessed�

�Nope, it�s still weird,� he thought back to himself.

Both settled in their respective places, falling into a light sleep soon after.

OOO

BACK IN NINGENKAI WHERE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS ARE HAPPENING�

The gang arrived at an abandoned warehouse in record time.

�Why is it always an abandoned warehouse? It�s so clich�!� Yusuke complained, gesturing to the large run-down building looking as if it had hopped straight out of a comic book (minus any large tanks labeled �toxic waste�, of course).

�Well, they can�t just eat somebody in the middle of the street without being found out,� Kuwabara pointed out sarcastically.

�It was rhetorical,� Yusuke muttered.

�Their ki signatures aren�t very strong,� Kurama said. �Still, I think we should proceed with caution. If these cases are connected, it would also benefit us to squeeze them for information.�

�Yeah, you can take care of that just so long as I get to kick somebody�s ass!� Yusuke said.

Kurama winced a little, remembering that he had promised to spar with Yusuke that evening.

The Tantei crept inside the building as quietly as possible to listen in on the demons� conversation. From behind some crates they observed the three grotesque demons.

�And I says we just takes �em anyways,� uttered a large green demon with a crown of horns protruding from his head.

�Nay, if the Master says it�s not for our taking, it be best to leave it alone. You do what you please, but don�t drag me into it. I ain�t pickin� fights with that man,� replied a hefty red demon with scraggly yellow hair that reached his shoulders.

�But surely he don�t need them both! He only really needs one, after all,� the horny (Yusuke snickered) one argued. �I knows for a fact�a fact �that one of �ems been� tampered with you might say.�

�No!� the red one gasped.

�Aye, it be true, I tells ya,� the horned one nodded. �Seen it with me own eyes. Got this for it, too,� he gestured to a deep scar on his collar bone. �Nearly got me head chopped off by the guard.�

The two chuckled sinisterly and took swigs from metal canisters they both held. Behind the crates the Tantei looked questioningly at each other.

� Any ideas on what they�re talking about? � Yusuke mouthed to Kurama, who shook his head in response.

�You won�t do well for angering the Master like that. If I didn�t know better I�d think that you�re the reason we�re all �ere!� the red one laughed.

�Human meat ain�t even worth it to come wait on some wretched Reikai lackeys,� snorted the green. �I says we takes one of �em now, make ourselves a fortune, be gone before the Master gets wise.�

�You�re a fool then,� came the gruff voice of the third demon, broad and tan whose voice had the underlying tone of stones grinding together.

The two demons looked toward the third with interest.

�If the Master had plans , he would �ave acted by now,� growled the one with horns.

�The Master has plans, alright�plans too complicated for your poor simple mind to understand,� said the broad one. �You caught a glimpse, huh? Tell me, was it curiosity that made you go in for a look-see or was it that you just couldn�t resist the temptation?�

The green one only snarled at the remark.

With a victorious smirk, the stone-voiced demon continued, �These matters aren�t for you to know anyways. His plans must be perfectly timed and executed. Getting his hands on them too soon or too late would not be beneficial, and he needs �em together.�

Yusuke glanced to Kurama who nodded. The three Tantei rose from their positions and moved out into the open, making the three gossiping demons snap their heads around to meet the intruders.

�I hope you enjoyed that,� Yusuke said, indicating the human bones on the floor a ways off. �Last meal, you know.�

�Took you long enough, since I had time for dinner in the first place,� the horned demon said with a particularly nasty grin, showing pointed teeth.

And they sprung into action.

As Yusuke traded energy-laced punches with the green demon, Kuwabara was fighting the red.

Kuwabara summoned his rei-ken and waited.

�A man of honor, I see,� said the red demon, who pulled out his own sword. �You�re alright for a human. You know how to fight like a man.�

The human smirked, and they charged towards each other. While they were occupied, Kurama was left with the broad-shouldered demon, who turned out to be much taller when standing.

�You take pride in being trusted with more information than the other two,� Kurama stated, pulling out a rose. �You must have high-ranking.�

�So you recognize power,� the demon chuckled.

�Actually I was more wondering what exactly you did to piss your Master off,� Kurama said pleasantly, spinning the rose in his fingers to surround himself with razor-sharp petals that floated innocently in the air. �What was your offense for him to send you to your death?�

The demon growled, insulted at the kitsune�s arrogance. The two began circling each other, the larger demon taking care not to come within range of Kurama�s deadly rose petals.

�Or perhaps,� the fox mused, sending the petals flying in the youkai�s direction, �it�s that you knew too much.�

The tan demon easily dodged the red projectiles and uncoiled a three-tailed whip while Kurama copied the action.

�If he didn�t want anyone knowing, he would have kept his secrets more hidden,� the demon snapped, now engaging in a battle of fiercely flying whips.

Bright pops and cracks sounded between them as they swung and blocked with the twin weapons that hissed through the air like striking snakes.

�Maybe he planned it from the beginning. Since he planned on killing you off anyways, he let you find out about his plan,� Kurama suggested, twitching his wrist to block and then twitching again in retaliation.

�Ha! Let me find out? He told me with his own mouth!� the demon countered proudly.

�My, my� So I�m right. I find it a little depressing that you are so proud of being disposable,� Kurama replied tauntingly.

��Disposable�? My Master found me to be capable of killing you!� the demon snarled.

�I beg to differ,� said Kurama quietly, eyes narrowing.

He wasn�t getting anywhere like this. His opponent, though angered easily, was much too proud of being a servant to his Master. Kurama decided that he should finish this fight so that he might salvage some clues from the other two demons before the trigger-happy Yusuke and oh-so-mighty Kuwabara decided to end their fight early.

The fox snapped his wrist upward, whip effectively cutting off both of his opponent�s arms.

�Cowardly bastard!� the tan demon raged. �So like a fox to cheat his way through a fight!�

�So, do you mean to tell me that you have not placed seals all around the warehouse so that should we win, none will be able to escape?� Kurama said cunningly. �At least we wouldn�t be able to escape without severe injury, I mean.�

The demon in question hissed in response, �You cannot leave, but I can.�

�Then by all means, go ahead,� Kurama said, a cruel smile growing on his face, eyes sparkling wickedly.

The demon gasped as he realized that he could no longer move.

�What did you�� he began until realization hit him. �The rose petals! They were just a distraction.�

�Yes,� Kurama replied, stepping closer to his now. �While you were busy dodging, I shot a shimaneki seed into your shoulder. Had you watched the Dark Tournament, you would never have fallen for such a simple trick.�

�Cheater!� the demon bellowed. �You are filth! Traitorous filth! Nothing more than a sneaky Youko thief! Slither back into your hole now that you�ve escaped a threat, you coward!�

Kurama gently tucked the now ordinary-looking red rose back into his hair casually. That this lowly creature fancied himself a threat to any of them amused Kurama greatly.

�Your Master never expected you to win. He was counting on your death,� the kitsune said past the paralyzed demon�s furious curses. �I think I may be too hopeful in asking for you to tell me why he was so eager to be rid of you.�

�I will not tell you anything, so you might as well kill me!� the demon shrieked, his yelling gradually turning into maniacal laughter.

�So be it,� Kurama sighed, turning to check on his companions as the monster was consumed by a plant until he resembled what the ordinary eye might think was no more than an interestingly placed flower arrangement.

While Kurama was busy with the tan demon, Yusuke was fighting the horned demon� and trying his very best not to laugh stupidly at all the �horny� jokes that came to mind. He was not sure that he would be able to hold off making such jokes (no matter how lame) any longer. The demon�s cackling ground at his nerves.

�I can see why you were sent to die! You�re so annoying!� Yusuke said through gritted teeth as he threw another halfhearted punch that was dodged.

�I�m dying? Well, this ain�t so bad!� the demon guffawed.

�Whatever you�re after must be something pretty good if you�re willing to be killed for it,� Yusuke said, accenting his point with a sharp hit to the demon�s scarred collar bone.

The demon hissed in surprise as he stumbled backwards.

�An� if I did as I ought to, I�d be richer than the richest king righ� now!� chuckled the demon.

�I thought there were two of whatever you wanted to steal,� Yusuke said, ducking under a swing from the demon.

�Aye, there be two! An� two would be better than one for sure. But just one is all I be needin�!� the green demon replied.

Yusuke was not as willing as Kurama to trick his opponent into spilling the beans, so he tried the more direct approach and hoped for the best.

�Look, why don�t you cut the crap, and tell me what you�re after? That way I might just go easy on you,� the detective suggested.

�You make a good point, I�m a dead man as it is!� the demon cackled, nearly scoring a hit on Yusuke�s shoulder. �So what do you know, eh? You knows that there�s a pair of �em an� that the Master needs �em together. That�s all I got for ya unless you knows somethin� I don�t!�

The demon continued to cackle until Yusuke finally wiped the smile off his face with a ki-charged right hook.

�How about telling me what your Master�s name is, or what this thing is he�s trying to collect?� Yusuke told his bloodied opponent.

��What�s the Master�s name� he asks!� the demon laughed as if Yusuke had asked the stupidest question in the world. �Why you already knows it!�

Yusuke started. He ran through the names of all his past enemies trying to think of just who might have wanted revenge enough to be resurrected.

�Who?� Yusuke demanded.

� Who ? You been sayin� his name for the last fifteen minutes, an� you�re askin� me who ?� the demon replied, howling with laughter again.

�Alright, that�s it! I�ve had enough of this!� Yusuke growled forming a gun with his hands as a finger tip began to glow a light blue. �What is the Master�s name?�

�There, you just said it again!� the demon cried, now incapable of fighting due to his laughing fit.

Yusuke felt a pang of annoyance as he realized that this demon didn�t even know his own master�s name. To these demons, and probably more, their leader was known only as �the Master�.

Without blinking an eye, Yusuke fired a massive ball of energy from his fingertip, crying out, �Rei-gun!�

The battle was over, and he had no more information than they could have guessed before the battle began. Oh, how the detective hated being stalled by buffoons�

While Kurama was busy sicking deadly plants on his enemy and Yusuke was beating the life out of a giggling idiot, Kuwabara was engaged in some brutal sword play. Though the carrot-top sported several slices and slashes on his skin, he did not seem to be suffering from such blows.

�A tough one, eh?� the red demon chuckled. �This is far more interesting than I would have expected.�

�I don�t know what you�re after, but I�m not here to make good conversation,� Kuwabara said.

�Aye, you�re here to fight,� the demon grinned, preparing for another attack. �But you may not have noticed that you�re a bit more cut up than I.�

�Heh, these are scratches compared to what I get from Hiei,� Kuwabara smirked as he blocked several more strikes.

�Ready to admit to weakness, another human trait,� the red demon chuckled as he continued to slash away at the spirit sword that, unfortunately, blocked all of his would-be lethal strikes. �See, I�d much rather be fightin� him than you, but I were assigned you.�

Kuwabara�s eyes widened in surprise, and his distraction earned him a nasty cut on the forearm.

�I don�t get it. I thought you came to Ningenkai to grab a little snack,� the carrot-top said, grimacing from the wound he had just received. �Now you�re makin� me think you came here just to fight us.�

�Aye, that�s what one would think,� replied the demon with a smirk. �Which reminds me� Where is your fiery little friend?�

Kuwabara glared and ignited a second sword in his other hand.

The demon laughed. �You don�t even know, do you?�

�You�ve been keeping tabs on all of us,� growled the human.

The demon just laughed again, leaving Kuwabara angrier than before. Luckily, the tall swordsman decided to exercise a rare case of emotional control in order to observe the situation. The demon�s goal was to make him angry (and it was working) so that he would lose track of what was important. What the demon had tried (and nearly succeeded to do), Kuwabara noticed, was take a simple thing like Hiei�s absence and implant the false idea that something was terribly wrong. Looking at this from a more logical perspective, however, told him only that the Master was watching their every move.

Kuwabara charged at his opponent, a new determination in his eyes.

�So what did the green guy do that was so bad? He did a good job of roping you in with him for the punishment,� Kuwabara stated.

This (for some unknown reason) ticked the red demon off very badly. Having caught the demon off guard, Kuwabara managed to gain the upper hand. Soon, he was able to land many deep blows on his enemy who soon staggered away, clutching his bleeding chest.

�You shut your trap!� the demon snarled. �I didn� do nothin�! I knew we was expendable from the beginnin� to that man, but I won�t be dyin� yet, not at the hands of a filthy human, a half-breed king , an� a sashayin� blood traitor!�

As he turned to flee, he felt a thin, spiky object wrap around his legs before slicing them off completely, stopping him in his cowardly tracks.

�Forgive me, Kuwabara. I do not mean to steal your kill away from you,� Kurama said. Then to the demon he spoke, �Tell us something we don�t know, and I�ll make this quick.�

The demon was quickly bleeding out, but through blurred vision he looked upon the whip-wielding kitsune and the glaring detective. He rolled sluggishly onto his back to face the ceiling that was so full of holes that it could no longer be called a roof. The three Tantei followed his gaze to the stars above them.

All of the Tantei jumped when the dying demon burst into maniacal laughter while staring wide-eyed at the ceiling. Kuwabara was the first to gasp and point at the smoke puffing sinisterly from the still bleeding wounds. Quick panicked glances around the room confirmed that the same thing was happening to the other two bodies.

�I knew that it seemed suspicious to have such weak seals around the building,� Kurama thought angrily as they ran for cover behind the same metal crates that they had used for spying. They crouched, huddled together, hands over their ears in preparation for the coming explosion.

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A tall figure standing in the shadows of a nearby crumbling brick wall counted down in his mind as smoke curled in lazy circles around him. He placed the cigarette in his mouth again to take another drag, the end of it glowing brighter just as an exploding warehouse lit up the night. The man let a soft chuckle escape his lips as he put out the cigarette on the wall against which he had been leaning and strolled off casually into the night, whistling quietly. The only evidence that he had been there at all was an abandoned cigarette butt lying on the ground and an eerie tune still hanging in the air as the man faded away.

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