Italics mean that the person is thinking.
Quotes mean that the person is speaking.
A well-known fire demon walked into Yusuke Urameshi's apartment, cast a quizzical glance around and seemed about to turn to leave when he spotted a certain teenage boy. "Yusuke, where is Kurama?" demanded Hiei.
"I haven't seen him." Yusuke said absently. He would have gone back to watching television except that when he looked up, he found that Hiei, of all people, looked agitated and both Boton and, the ruler of the Spirit World himself, Koenma were standing behind Hiei. "What is wrong? Did something happen?"
"We are trying to locate Kurama for a new case which came up recently. We need his field of expertise. He has, however, seemingly vanished, even with Hiei's Jagan Eye we can't find him." Koenma replied nervously with a side-ways glance at Hiei.
"That's why Hiei looks so worried." Urameshi commented with a smirk. To his surprise, and –almost— his disappointment, Hiei gave no response, not even the slightest reaction.
"His mother didn't even know anything." Boton whispered just loud enough that everyone in the room heard her.
"That means that this is REALLY bad." Yusuke jumped up. "If she had some lame pretext, at least we would know that he was safe." Hiei abruptly turned and left; everyone followed automatically as if he knew where Kurama was. Well, if anyone knows Kurama the best, it would have to be Hiei. Wow, that leads down a strange path of thought. Yusuke was lost in thoughts were cut off when he missed the doorway and ran into the wall in his attempt to follow Hiei.
"Come on, Yusuke." Koenma motioned to Yusuke while he followed Boton and Hiei who were already a good ways down the street.
The teenage boy got up hurriedly and ran after them. "Why are we in such a hurry?" He asked Koenma through gasps when he caught up with Hiei. "Kurama is capable of taking care of himself and he can disappear when he chooses."
This apparently only dawning on them at the moment Yusuke, normally the densest among that group of four, said it, Boton and Koenma both stopped short and caught Hiei's arm in an attempt to make him explain why he was worried. Hiei whispered one word so full of hatred that they all suddenly understood: "Karasu."
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