Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Fighting Darkness ❯ 5 Spirit Detectives ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

**Author's Note- Xezen-pronounced X-zen, Zen pronounced like then except with z (hope that helps)***

Kurama shivered, anger coursing through him. That demon had cut his hair and kept it as a trophy! His hand tightened around the locks. Too bad you can't kill a demon more than once. He had quite a few ways he wanted to torture the four-horned demon.
"Kurama?" Yusuke asked somewhat hesitantly.
Kurama looked as if he were about to go Youko. His hair actually looked as if it were standing on end with his rage. Yusuke reached out slowly, a gentle hand curling around Kurama's wrist. He nearly jerked back at the pain radiating from his friend.
"Kurama," came a soft, tired voice from behind them.
Yusuke turned and found Hiei moving slowly towards him. Hiei was looking at Kurama intently, seeing the hair hanging from his hand. He shook his head at Yusuke and quietly stepped around Kurama so that the fox could see him.
"Hiei, please," Kurama whispered holding out the hair.
Hiei knew what he asked without Kurama having to say the words. He took the hair and closed his fist around it. Dark flames covered his arm and ate at the tainted hair, the only proof that remained of Kurama being beaten into submission, until nothing remained. Kurama smiled slightly, nodding his head in thanks.
Hiei sighed and leaned against a tree, his weariness overtaking him. He released a heavy sigh, his eyes closing. Kurama frowned at him, feeling the unusual darkness swelling around Hiei. He drew in a sharp breath.
"Hiei, you didn't!" he exclaimed.
Hiei smirked, meeting Kurama's horrified gaze. Kurama knew how hard it was for him to resist the dark side of his powers. Yusuke's eyes kept darting between the two demons, trying to understand what was being said.
"What?" he finally asked when both demons remained silent.
"Hiei went into his full demon form," Kurama said softly, words filled with irritation.
"I had no other choice. I had six or seven demons trying to kill me, and I was worried about you fools," Hiei said, sighing again, this time with frustration.
"Worried about us?" Yusuke asked, shocked that Hiei had admitted such a thing to them.
"Of course," Hiei said, a fang appearing over his bottom lip, "I was worried. I'm the only one with the right to kill the Spirit Detective or Youko Kurama. As for the Idiot, I pity helpless twits."
"What did you call me, you little shrimp!"
Yusuke burst into laughter as an enraged Kuwabara stormed through the trees. His laughter ceased upon seeing Youko trailing behind Kuwabara. Kuwabara froze, his eyes landing on Kurama.
"How..?" he began, glancing between the two fox demons.
"Kurama?" Yusuke asked.
"Youko and I have separated. I can no longer take his form, and he can no longer appear as me," Kurama excplained, glancing at his other half.
"So, there are two of you?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama nodded. Youko knelt held his hand over the flesh eating plant and willed it back into a seed. He retrieved it from the ground and held it out to Kurama, one eyebrow raised in question.
"The demons that first attacked you?" Youko asked as Kurama slipped the seed back into his hair.
"Yes, and the leader took a lock of my hair as a trophy," he replied, his anger still clearly heard.
"He learned his lesson," Youko said, nodding his head in approval.
"Now, why don't you tell them what you told me," Kurama asked, clasping his hands behind his back.
"What's to tell? Your lives are sought. The price on your heads is great enough to lure every bounty hunter and demon from across Makai. The demon behind the attacks has created a potion that powers up lower class demons, making them stronger than ever you, Yusuke," Youko said, crossing ling arms over his chest.
"I was attacked by demons who should not have been as strong as they were. Their speeds matched mine," Hiei said and drew his sword.
Kurama's eyes widened. Hiei's sword was broke in half. Hiei tossed it on the ground and continued, "Their bodies were like steel. I just got that sword, and it was stronger than the sword I used to carry."
Yusuke picked up the sword, studying the jagged edge as he said, "My shot gun couldn't touch them. They were too fast. How did you do, Kuwabara?"
Kuwabara started to boast but Youko cut him off, "He was nearly killed. They were tossing him around like a rag doll."
"You already know how I did. I was beaten miserably," Kurama said.
"How did you manage to beat them so easily?" he asked, glancing at Youko.
"I have had to boost my plants' power. These hybrids are strong enough to kill the demons. I recommend you work on yours, Kurama. I have a few I can give you to go by," Youko said, handing Kurama several dark colored seeds.
"That will take time," Kurama said, fingering the seeds.
"And time we do not have. According to my sources the Demon Lord is nearly ready to make his move. He plans to attack and destroy all the powerful demons who do not side with him."
"We don't even know who he is," Yusuke snapped in frustration, running a hand through his hair.
"No, but he knows you, and he wants you dead. All of you. If you don't find him, he'll find you."
"So it's come down to kill or be killed?" Yusuke asked.
"The best way to fight," Hiei said, allowing a rare grin to curve his lips.
"Are you crazy?!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"We can't fight these monsters!"
"There is no other choice," Kurama said, shaking his head.
"But..."
"No. This demon lord won't rest until the Spirit Detectives are dead. Either you fight him, or you lay down and die!" Youko declared.
"I, for one, don't plan to sit and wait around until he comes for me again," Hiei said.
"Same here," Yusuke agreed.
"Obviously I'm not going to hide and wait for death to come to me," Kurama said, his voice soft but firm.
"Then it's agreed. We find this demon and kill him," Youko said.
"I didn't agree," Kuwabara spoke up.
"Idiots don't get a vote," Hiei replied.
"You said 'we'. Do you plant to fight with us?" Kurama asked Youko.
"I am not going to stand back. This is a challenge, and it is also personal."
"Welcome then as the newest member of the Spirit Detectives!" Yusuke exclaimed cheerfully, slapping the startled Youko on the back.
"Me, a Spirit Detective?" Youko repeated, golden eyes wide with disbelief.
"I'm one so why not you as well?" Hiei asked, smirking.
"But I'm Youko...."
"You have already been part of the Spirit Detectives," Kurama reminded his other half.
Youko sighed, giving in. And they called half demon Kurama a traitor? What would Makai think of Spirit Detective Youko Kurama? Not that he cared. Youko grinned wickedly. This might prove fun after all.