Disclaimer: I don't own yu yu Hakasho blah blah blah. I own the girl though. she's me!!

"Why do we have to go to a stupid ball hosted by Karasu? I though we hated his guts." ,asked Hiei.

Kurama just sighed. "you know as well as I do Hiei. people change." Hiei suspected that that comment was directed at him so he shut up. They were walking up to the house now, and it was huge. It towered up into the sky ahead of them. a bright flash of lightning light up the sky behind them. The mood was ominous. Dead bony fingers of trees long gone pointed up to the sky above.

"We better get inside before it starts raining." ,said Kurama.

and with that, they darted to the castle

When the got to the door they could hear the music playing loudly inside. They pounded on the door for a few minutes, then deciding that no one could hear them over the music, went inside. Inside the house smelled of beer and vomit. They were wondering what door to go to when they heard a loud banging noise beside them. A large man staggered out from inside the room.

"H-hey Kurama! Hiei! you made it!" ,said then man. Then they got a glimpse of his face. It was Karasu!

"G-go inside! the party is just s-starting!" and with that Karasu disappeared into a different door in the hallway. From the loud retching noises, Kurama guessed that it was the bathroom.

"Disgusting" ,muttered Hiei, and Kurama couldn't help but agree with him. Then they went into the door.

They smell of smoke was so thick in the room that Kurama could hardly see. It made his eyes water. Once he could see through the thick haze, he say many lumps of people huddled at different places of the room.

Kurama didn't recognize anyone, so he and Hiei went over to an un occupied corner.

"Okay," said Hiei, "We made an appearance. can we leave now?" Kurama wanted to leave just as much as Hiei, but he though he had better stay longer. It was the only nice thing that he could do.

all of the sudden there was a loud banging noise again, and Karasu appeared in the room.

"Ladies and monsters! the entertainment is here!" The crowd around them let out a loud whoop. With that, Karasu threw a person into the crowd. Kurama could barely make her out, but he saw that she had strawberry blonde hair and was dressed in rags. She also had a lot of chains all over her body. The poor thing looked scared.

and pissed off.

"Go ahead! dace for us. It's the only thing that your good at!" ,screeched Karasu.

The girl gave him a defiant glare and said, "No!"

Now there was 2 things about drunken people that Kurama knew.

1. They throw up a lot.

2. They get mad easily.

The second one Karasu proved.

He lunged at the girl and pined her up against the wall by her throat.

"Now listen here you filthy bitch. I saved you from the gutter. If I hadn't come along, you would be selling your body for mere pennies! Now you dance for me or I will wring the life out of you!"

"oh yea," said Hiei, "Karasu changed a lot."

Kurama was just about to intervene when there was a sudden bright light. Before he had to close his eyes(because of the brightness) he saw that the light was coming from the girls head.

There was a loud screaming noise, a loud thump and then silence.