COLD. That was the weather, thats all they knew about where they were. They also knew

they were hungry, and lost. A low rumble could be heard coming from the 14 year old

boys stomach, "Man im so hungry im gonna eat the first thing on my left" he hungerly

looked at the red haird boy next to him "now wait a minute Urameshi! there aint no reason

to go canabalistic on us now." Kuwabara put his hands up as if to shield himself. "Ill do

Whatever the hell i want" he groaned. "oh will you two stop it! your bickering isnt getting

us anywhere" The Blue haird "grim-reaper" floated on her oar. "Its your fault we are here

in the first place Botan" Yusuke sat down on the white snow. It was Botan who pitched the

idea of "super intence training" to the two boys, too bad she forgot a map! They were now

lost in a winter wonderland and none of Yusuke's spirit items were on him. "this is just

perfect! Oh Yukina my love! i miss you so much!" Kuwabara was rambling on about some

mindless crap over by a boulder. "well lets just think for a second, the wind is blowing north

so we have to be close to the north pole!" botan flew about "maby santa will help us!" Yusuke

gave her a dirtly look "Santa isnt real"

" Oh really now? you belive in ghosts and spirits right? how is he any diffrent" as usual

botan was clueless.

Hours passed and there was no sign of any civilization, the three companions stopped again

"looks like the end of the line" they were faceing a rather large mountain.

"maby i can blast it away with my spirit gun?" Yusuke put his finger up and aimed

"Yah Real smart, cause an avalance and kill us all" Kuwabara said smugly, he couldnt care

if his end came now, he knew he would freeze or starve to death anyways.

"Well now, what are three kids doing in a place like this?" the three turned around to see

a rather beutiful demon with orange hair and firey yellow/red eyes. "My name is Madden

I couldn't help but notice you were lost, i would gladley help you out of this place, for a fee.." she

pulled out a glove with spikes "one of you fight me, if you win ill let you go, if not..well then

youll never return home" she grinned and dropped her staff wich hit the ground with a loud

thump.

"Lady, we can find our own way out of here" Yusuke aproched her.

"fine, but its 80 miles to the next village and its getting late, its already 10 below zero

i wonder how much the human body can take before hypothermia sets in?" she knew she

had won this argument and got into a fighter stance. "now come on!" she motioned Yusuke

to do the same. "Fine, but just because your a girl doesn't mean ill go easy on you" he

got ready, "I hope he knows what hes up against" botan worryed "What do you mean?"

Kuwabara was now sitting watching them "Madden is no ordinary Demon, she is a Atma Demon

The oldest form, she is very wise and very strong she is over 500 years old, though she only appears

in her late twentys" Kuwabara looked over to Yusuke "Hey Stupid! be careful shes an Atma Demon!"

Yusuke turned to face him "What the fuck is that?" he didnt hear the answer, Madden quickly hit

him with a hard punch to his jaw, Yusuke saw white, then blacked out.