While the clerks were dealing with the apparition/human woman- Sam decided that she had overstayed her welcome and left the store at a dead run. Dropping her things before she reached the door, she went tearing out of the door and down the street. Not bothering to look behind her to see if she was being followed, though she probably should have.

After all if she had bothered, she would have noticed that the other was hot on her trail as she dug out what looked like a small compact which was actually some sort of communication's device and quickly began speaking to someone on the other end of the line.

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Everyone was sitting at the table waiting on Botan to show when Kurama's old communication's device began beeping from the living room where he had it placed up on the mantle over his fireplace. Frowning, he politely excused himself to go and get it and almost had his hands on it when Yusuke came up behind him and grabbed it and flicked it open.

"What is it Botan?" The Makozu hybrid asked curiously as Botan appeared on the other end.

"O-Oh, Yusuke! You surprised me! Where is Kurama?"

"He's right here. Now what's wrong? Forget your wallet back in spirit world again?"

"I wish. While at the corner market not far from Kurama's- And I found her! The woman that Kurama spoke to you and the others about! She was there at the market- And now she's running down the street like demons are nipping at her heels."

"Which way?"

"In another five minute's we'll pass Kurama's place."

"Got it. We'll set up a trap and grab her outside." Yusuke said as he glanced away from Botan and over at Kurama whom was oddly enough already heading for the front door. Apparently just as eager to get the woman into protective custody as he was.

Either that or he simply wanted to see her face to face again.

"Alright..." Yusuke said somewhat dazedly as he snapped the communication's device closed, thus ending the call as he then set it back on the mantle and with a quick glace at Kuwabara went after Kurama.

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Kurama, Yusuke noted as soon as he stepped foot out into the hallway outside of his friend's apartment- was already MIA. Probably because he had managed to find himself a nice quiet hiding place in one of the alley's around the building so that if the woman they were supposed to be finding/catching ran in- he could quickly grab her before she got away.

Unless of course he wasn't feeling in any particular rush to catch the woman in which case he'd plant something on her as she ran either by him or under him that would allow him to track her right to her home later.

It probably didn't really matter much either way since he knew Kurama was tired and his temper was a bit short at the moment. And though he hid it very well, Yusuke knew that even after braining Kuwabara with his answering machine- that the fox demon was still a mite...well, pissed at them.

Probably for calling his mother and accidentally upsetting the poor woman. That and he might possibly still be P.O'd about Yusuke having swiped his spare key to the apartment so that he could come over and just hang out and mess with his stuff on occasion for fun.

Sort of like he did on Saturday's when he knew that Kurama was going to be out in the morning.

Yusuke had developed a little bit of an evil habit of waking up early and jogging over to Kurama's place and messing with stuff. Like his underwear, he knew that the fox folded his clothing a specific way after becoming a wee bit obsessive compulsive. Anyways, Kurama liked everything to be neat and tidy. Not only that but he liked everything to smell like him.

These of course were the two things that Yusuke used to mess with him when tampering with his underwear for shits and giggles.

Which was why the second he let himself in, he made his way into Kurama's bedroom where he then fished out a sweaty, blood stained shirt that he had stolen from Hiei the last time that he had visited with them all, and took everything and tossed it all in the dryer and set the machine on tumble.

And then went back to Kurama's bedroom and then rubbed his pillows and bed sheets down with frozen fish that he later returned to the freezer.

But only after washing the lint off.

After that he pulled everything from the dryer and refolded it all (except Hiei's shirt- it went back into the plastic bag) and then replaced everything in the exact order that he had taken it out. And once done he left.

Evil as it sounded, it couldn't be any worse that any of the pranks that the fox used to pull on him out of sheer boredom shortly after his return to human world.

Now some of those had been nasty.

The last one in particular had really stuck out in his mind, mainly because it had happened two days before his wedding to Keiko and the stupid prank had been carried so far that Yoko had actually come out to play. Shortly afterwards, Yusuke had been practically a basket case for at least two or three months.

Always worried about turning his back on Kurama, even at group gatherings. He simply didn't feel safe knowing that the fox could get bored again and use one of his tentacle plants on him. Not that he doubted any sane person could blame him any. He liked his body just the way it was thank you very much!

But as it happened paybacks were a bitch- and apparently Yusuke could dish out some really weird and creative ones when he put his mind to it. So he guessed that sort of made him a bitch too.

But he digressed.

Leaning over the railing, he searched the dark and abandoned streets for Botan and the other woman and after a moment of nothing had to wonder if perhaps he'd been so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he had completely missed them.

But then he heard foot falls, rapidly approaching, and after a moment or so saw a slight figure about Botan's height and build wearing a red and black hoody, run under a street light not too far away followed by his favorite blue haired grim reaper.

"Hey! Stop!" Botan called out but the woman kept running. Obviously too spooked by Botan's presence to pay much attention to her surrounding since Botan could feel Kurama and Yusuke skulking about nearby. Likely waiting to leap out and seize the woman before she could escape them.

And true to character just as the woman was about to run past an alley, Botan sensed Kurama's spirit energy as a pair of hands reached out of the shadows and grabbed the scared woman before she could pass by. And then dragged her into the shadows where Botan could hear a slight struggle taking place before the woman managed to let out a scream of alarm before she was quickly silenced.