Chapter 1
Yusuke Urameshi and his childhood friend, Keiko, were walking home from school one day. Suddenly, a hole in the sidewalk opened in front of them. They tried to run away from it, but it sucked them into the darkness. When they woke up, they found themselves in the middle of a forest that did not look familiar.
"Where are we, Yusuke?" asked Keiko.
Yusuke did not answer her because even he did not know where they were. He began to walk around, hoping to see something that looked familiar. After what seemed like hours, Yusuke and Keiko stopped for a rest in a clearing.
"This forest is huge. We'll never find our way out." cried Keiko.
"Yes we will. Where there is a forest, there's bound to be..." said Yusuke.
He stopped short as a wave of anxiousness spread over him. Yusuke felt his body begin to tense up.
"What is it Yusuke?" asked Keiko.
"I sense some powerful demon chi this way."
"Oh. I wonder if Hiei and Kurama are here too." said Keiko.
The two of them began to set out in the direction that the chi was coming from. As the reached the top of a hill, they saw three figures in a clearing below. As they started down the hill, the three figures turned towards them. As they turned, one of the figures began to run towards Yusuke.
"Urameshiཀཀ" shouted one of the figures.
"Cripesཀ It's Kuwabaraཀ" said Yusuke.
As Kuwabara and Yusuke fought for a bit, Keiko made her way down to the other two figures. Upon seeing that the other two were Hiei and Kurama, Keiko struck up a conversation with them.
"Hiei, Kurama. Do either of you know where we are?" Keiko asked.
Hiei didn't answer her. He just glared at Yusuke and Kuwabara, who were still fighting. Kurama climbed to the top of the nearest tree and looked over the landscape. He saw nothing but tress for a mile or two. Then, suddenly, he spotted a village off in the distance. Kurama climbed down the tree, only to see that Yusuke and Kuwabara were still fighting. As he started over to break them up, Keiko ran past him and jumped between the two of them.
"Stop it you twoཀ" shouted Keiko. "This isn't a time to be fighting each other."
"Keiko's right. While at the top of that tree, I saw a village off in the distance. I think we should head in that general direction." said Kurama.
"Ok. Let's go." said Yusuke.
As they headed toward the village, the five of them were unaware that they were being watched by someone hiding up in the trees. When that person saw in which direction they were heading, they sped off towards the village.