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"Okay, if this corridor goes on for any longer I am going to kill something."
"I'm going to kill you if you don't shut up."
"Please, gentlemen, try not to resort to violence in order to relieve stress. Though walking for hours in a pitch black corridor can do that to you…"
"…"
The walk seemed endless. By Yusuke's watch, precisely three hours, twenty-seven minutes and forty one seconds had passed since they had entered the hidden passage above the main corridor. As they walked, and the light from the hole, leading back to the corridor had gotten farther away, they had been swallowed up into a complete darkness that their eyes refused to adjust to. It didn't help that the air was decidedly stuffy, either…. Annoyance was running high and patience low.
"D'ya think we've passed it?"
"Passed what?"
"You know…the room!" That was Kuwabara.
"No, I don't know, what room are you talking about," answered Hiei.
"His room."
"Who's room?"
"Shut up," yelled Yusuke.
And still they walked on. The air was even damper and stuffier now, making breathing laborious and somewhat fowl-smelling.
"Hey."
"'Hey' what?"
"I know what's making it so dark."
"Yes, do share your wisdom, O Detective of Knowledge."
"…Why, you-"
"What do you think is making it so dark, Yusuke," asked Kurama's calm voice pointedly.
"Oh, yeah. Well I think-"
"Oh, don't think, please. It'll do you no good and makes life so much more difficult for me."
"Kurama? What're you talking about? And why do you sound so…girly?"
"It's notme, Yusuke."
"…Kuwabara?"
"No!"
"Then who's-?"
A long, deep, sigh sounded from above them then, echoing around the damp room.
"Oh, that's right, I forgot. You can't see me, can you? I suppose I should do something about that…"
The voice trailed off into mutterings, and slowly the darkness began to clear.
"See," hissed Yusuke in a loud stage whisper, "I told you that's not just lack of light! It's-"
"There we go…"
The voice made the four boys look up, and as the last of the purple-y black fog lifted, they took their first glimpse at the owner of the strange voice.
It was a small girl, floating above their heads, looking bedraggled and forlorn in a large purple shirt and dark blue kimono pants. Her hair was thin and straggly and damp, all of her face seemed weighted, with drooping eyelids and a down turned mouth. She carried a large scythe, laid haphazardly over her loosely crossed legs.
"…Well?"
The boys were shaken out of their daze as they realized what she meant.
She expected to fight them.
"Say what?"
The girl blinked, slowly.
"…What?"
Yusuke stared up at her, arms akimbo.
"You belong to Inazumo?"
She blinked again.
"…Yes?"
"You? But you're just a little-"
Kurama hurriedly raised his foot and brought it down sharply onto Yusuke's.
"Quiet," hissed Hiei, "Can't you sense her aura?"
"Yes," agreed Kurama, "You should have learned by now that size isn't everything."
The girl looked down at them, seeming not to care that they were talking about her.
"Aura? I can't-"
"Of course you can't," said Kuwabara faintly, "You don't have a sixth sense. But I can, and…" His voice trailed off.
Yusuke dropped all pretenses.
"Strong?"
Kuwabara nodded shakily.
"Oh, yeah."
"Alright, then," said Yusuke, "Let's get down to business."
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