They're seated in the bar when Yusuke cocks his head, hiding behind a magazine. She follows his train of sight and is surprised to see a boy about their age, with horns atop his head. Her head tilts, unintentionally mirroring Yusuke's previous movement.
"You can see it too, huh?" Yusuke mutters uneasily.
Kuwabara storms in holding a bag of things, backed up by his friends. He seems anxious, reeking of worry.
"Yes," Kagome admits. "It's odd to see for the first time, isn't it?"
Yusuke hums, eyes flickering to look at her in consideration before glancing back to the unfolding scene.
"Y'know," Yusuke says, "you were surprisingly good at taking down those other guys."
The demon looks annoyed. "What is this- a receipt? I told you to steal these."
Kagome shrugs, still keeping her eyes on the scene in front of them. Giving nothing away, she explains. "They hurt Keiko."
Kuwabara stiffens. "As long as you get what you want, what does it matter? Where's Eikichi? Give me back Eikichi!"
Kagome and Yusuke share a look, brows furrowed in confusion.
"Bow."
"Huh?"
"You broke the agreement," the demon states, gesturing with his cigarette. "Now bow and apologize."
Yusuke watches, astonished as Kuwabara actually gets on his knees and apologizes.
"Louder!" the demon barks.
"I'm sorry! I broke our agreement!" Kuwabara looks up, his teeth gritted in desperation. "Now hand over Eikichi!"
"Eikichi?" Kagome murmurs. Yusuke tilts his head. Their eyes don't leave the scene in front of them, but the conversation between them is understood: Yusuke doesn't know who or what Eikichi is, either. Or why it's so important to their classmate.
Kagome wonders what would make the ever prideful Kuwabara humble himself. Yusuke seems to be thinking along the same lines, because he leans forward, placing his cheek in his palm.
The demon scoffs, waving a kitten in front of Kuwabara's face tauntingly. The other boys gathered with the demon laugh scornfully, mocking Kuwabara for being soft with an animal, one of them going so far as to wave the kitten around in the air.
"Evil will always win in the end, you know." A cruel smile crosses the demon's face, "If you want to win in life, you've got to be cruel. Look at Urameshi! Bad as could be, but the moment he saves a child- he dies."
Yusuke looks like he's going to break out in hives when the demon mentions his name. Kagome pats his hand sympathetically.
"I heard some guys got their asses handed to them by Urameshi," one of the boys says. He looks to his friend and the two of them guffaw. "Must've been drunk off their asses!"
"Enough," the demon says. He smiles again. His eyes are cold. "Let's let the dead rest and have some fun."