The train which is carrying Kurama, Hiei and Maya was chugging through the beautiful show covered Russian countryside.

The mighty engine begins to plow up huge furrows of snow as it steamed through

Hiei was forging their travel papers. He had a box with ink and papers in it. Puu playfully pushed the luggage that supports his open briefcase in ink bottle. Hiei tickled Puu with the feather portion of his quelled pen.

Kurama entered the train car with & suitcase in his hands. He reached high above Maya to store his luggage.

Kurama began to sit on Puu. Puu growl. Kurama stood up straight again. Puu settled back down, but still growled at Kurama. Kurama stood indignant. He forced a smile at Maya. Hiei was snickering at the situation.

Puu smiled and panted, innocently. Kurama, sneezed and moved over and sat next to Maya.

Hiei laughed.

Kurama Growled back at dog. "What? Oh, the mutt gets the window seat."

Maya fiddled with her necklace nervously.

"Stop fiddling with that thing! And sit up straight - remember – you're a Grand Duchess." Kurama said.

"How is that you know what Grand Duchesses do or don't do." Maya said.

"I make it my business to know." Kurama said.

"Oh." Maya said.

"Look Maya, I'm just trying to help. Alright?" Kurama said.

Hiei looked over at Kurama and rolled his eyes.

"mmm" Hiei said.

"Kurama ..." Maya said.

"Mm hmm?" Kurama said.

"Do you really think I'm royalty?" Maya said.

"You know I do." Kurama said.

"Then stop bossing me around!" Maya said.

"Well, she certainly has a mind of her own." Hiei said.

"Yeah, I hate that in a woman!" Kurama said.

Maya stuck out her tongue at Kurama. Quickly turning back to the window before Kurama saw her.

Hiei exchanged forged papers for score card, Kurama 3, Maya 30.

Maya was sitting reading a book

Kurama entered the train compartment and sat before Maya who was pretending to read a book. He gathered his thoughts and tried to gain her confidence back.

"Look, I think we got off on the wrong foot." Kurama said.

Maya put her book down and looked straight at Kurama and responded.

"Well, I think we did too" Maya said.

"Ok," Kurama said.

"But I appreciate your apology." Maya said.

"Apology? Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying ..." Kurama said.

"Please ...K..." Maya said.

"that we" Kurama said.

"... Don't talk anymore, OK? It's only gonna upset me." Maya said.

"Fine. I'll be quiet. quiet if you will. I'll, I'll be." Kurama said.

Maya and Kurama angrily rebuffed each, other, assuming confrontational poses.

"Alright I'll be quiet." Maya said.

"Fine" Kurama said.

"Fine" Maya said.

"Fine." Kurama said.

"Fine." Maya said.

Maya and Kurama both sat with arms crossed, sulking.

Maya looked out the window.

She broke the silence.

"You think you're gonna miss it?" Maya said.

"Miss what ... your talking?" Kurama said.

"Russia." Maya said.

"Nope." Kurama said.

"But it was your home." Maya said.

"It was a place I once lived. End of story." Kurama said.

"Well then you must plan on making Paris your true home." Maya said.

"What is it with you and homes?" Kurama said.

Maya stood up with arms crossed. Kurama lifted his legs and positioned them on Maya's seat, blocking her exit. Maya climbed on the seat and walked around Kurama's legs.

"Well, for one thing it's something that every normal person wants, and for another thing, it's a thing where you ..." Maya said.

"What?" Kurama asked.

Kurama and Maya were face to face yelling at each other.

"Y... you know ... oh, just forget it!" Maya said.

"Fine." Kurama said.

"AAAH!" Maya said.

Hiei entered the Train Car with Puu in his arms. Kurama stood solemnly at the window.

"Gasp! Thank goodness it's you. Just please remove him from my sight." Maya said.

"What have you done to her?" Hiei said.

"Me? It's her!" Kurama said.

"Ha! Just trying to have a simple conversation." Maya said.

Maya reacted to Kurama's accusation. She spun in exclamation and moved towards the door. Puu barked. Hiei got spun around and held Puu up carefully so that he was not hurt. Maya slid the door closed with exasperation. Mad, she stomped down the corridor.

Kurama and Hiei reacted to the door slam.

Hiei lifted Puu up in the air, speaking to him.

"Oh no ... an unspoken atttaction!" Hiei said.

"Attraction? To that skinny little brat ... have you lost your mind?" Kurama said.

"I was only asking a simple question." Hiei said.

Kurama slid open the compartment door and exited the car, slamming the door behind him. He also stomped down the corridor.

"Attraction! Ridiculous!" Kurama said.

Xxx

There was explosion and crashing through brittle tree limbs. Yomi's Minions navigated toward the train and the three unsuspecting travelers. As they rocketed beneath the train toward the engine they left a wake of flames on the tracks behind them.

The Minions crawled all over the engine and entered it, causing it to glow red, and forcing it to speed up and rattle, as if it might fall apart.

Xxx

Hiei, in passageway of train, papers in hand, walked past a couple discussing their traveling papers.

Hiei stopped to look at the couple's papers. He saw their print is in "red". He looked at his and back at theirs.

"Last month, the traveling papers were blue, but now they're red." The man said.

"Papers! Papers, papers." The guard said.

Hiei turned back to his own papers and we saw that he had forged his documents in black ink. Flustered, he abruptly turned and made his way back towards their train compartment.)

He opened the door to the compartment and entered.

"Oh. Pardon, oh." Hiei said. "It's what I hate about his government - everything's in red."

"Red?" Kurama said.

Hiei showed Kurama the forged papers. Maya is asleep.

"I propose we move to the baggage car - quickly, before the guards come!" Hiei said.

Hiei and Kurama quickly grabbed their baggage.

"I propose we get off this train." Kurama said.

The window above a sleeping Maya suddenly glowed green as the minions passed by. Puu became alert. Kurama was pulling suitcases down from the rack and did not see the Minions. Puu was looking out the window.

Puu Growled

Kurama tried to wake Maya up.

"Hey!" Kurama said.

On reflex she slugged him. He fell backwards into the opposite seat holding his nose.

"Ugh!" Maya said.

"OW!" Kurama said.

Maya rose up shocked, apologizing.

"Sorry, I thought you were some ... Oh! It's you. Well, that's okay then." Maya said.

Puu was growling and barking.

Kurama picked up luggage, then turned and grabbed Maya hand, pulling her from the bench seat towards the compartment door.

"C'mon, we gotta go!" Kurama said.

"Where are we going?" Maya asked.

Hiei was heading down the corridor as Kurama, Maya and Puu exited the compartment. Puu ran out the door, barking frantically, and ran to pass Hiei in the distance.

"I think you broke my nose!"

Maya put on her coat, exasperated

"Men are such babies." Maya said.

Maya followed Kurama and Hiei up the corridor.

The four of:them entered the baggage car.

"Ah, yes, yes, this will do nicely." Kurama said.

"She'll freeze in here." Hiei said.

"She can thaw in Paris." Kurama said.

"The baggage car?...There wouldn't be anything wrong with our papers would there, Maestro?" Maya said.

"Of course not your grace, it's just that I ... I hate to see you forced to mingle with all those commoners." Kurama said.

The Minions head under the couplings after putting the engine on fire and uncoupled the train from the baggage car.

They were thrown to the floor, Kurama and Maya were half- buried in luggage.

"What was that?" Kurama said.

The rest of the train recedes in the distance. Hiei sat up and looked out the rear door and saw the three coaches uncoupled.

"I don't know, but there goes the dining car." Hiei said.

They struggled amidst the luggage

"Get off of me!" Kurama said.

"I, I'm trying." Maya said.

"Ouch!" Kurama said, Trying to move a suitcase, Maya accidentally kicked him.

Hiei was now at the front window. Peering at the burning engine, he saw sparks and fire raining down. "Kurama."

Kurama was hopping, holding his shin. "What?!"

"I think someone has flambaed our engine." Hiei said.

Kurama and Maya moved forward and saw that the engine was blowing smoke and fire. Kurama started for the coal car.

"Something's not right. here, wait here I'll check it out." Kurama disappeared over the coal tender.

Xxx

(Shielding his face from the intense heat, Kurama jumped down into the cockpit.

"Anybody here? ... Hmm,"

The pressure gauges were pushing into the red. Kurama grabbed A lever and burned his hand. Green fire exploded upward.

Kurama scrambled back toward the baggage car.

Xxx

Maya and Vlad looked out the door.

Trees were whizzing past.

"We're going way too fast." Maya said.

Kurama returned to Maya and Vlad, dirty and singed. "Nobody's driving this train. Were gonna have to jump!"

They all looked down.

A sheer cliff dropped into a chasm.

"Did you say jurnp?" Maya said. "After you."

"Fine, Then we'll uncouple the car" Kurama said.

Xxx

Train undercarriage. On hearing this the minions welded the couplings between the tender and the baggage car so it could not disconnect. Kurama jumped onto the coupling and began working the connection.

"Come on, I need a wrench, an ax, anything!" Kurama said.

Xxx

Vlad and Maya searched desperately through the baggage compartment. He then struggled to pull a toolbox near the door.

Puu started barking. Maya looked down and saw he was yapping at a box, labeled: Danger: Explosives.

She smiled;

Xxx

"Here." Hiei said as he handed him a hammer. Kurama pounded on the coupling. The head of the hammer snapped off.

Kurama: Come on, there's gotta be something in there better than this.

Maya handed Kurama a lit stick of dynamite.

"That'll work." Kurama said, impressed.

He shoved it into the coupling.

Maya, Hiei and Kurama raced to the other end of the car.

"Go, go, go!" Kurama said.

They landed in a pile, behind a steamer trunk.

"What do they teach you in those orphanages?" Kurama asked.

BOOM! The front of the car is blown away. Debris whipped through the car. Kurama looked to Maya with a new respect.

The Minions looked back and saw that the tender and the baggage car had been separated. Growling in disapproval, they raced off ahead of the train, toward the bridge.

The engine sped along, the baggage car not far behind.

Hiei turned the brake wheel. "The brakes are out!"

"Turn harder!" Kurama said.

The wheel came off in Hiei's hands.

"Don't worry. We've got plenty of track, we'll just coast to a stop." Kurama said.

The Minions murmured gleefully then blew up the bridge in a flash of green fire.

The group stared at the crumbling bridge, dumbstruck

"You were saying?" Maya said.

The baggage car picked up speed as it headed downhill toward the collapsed bridge.

Kurama grabbed a chain holding down some cargo. "I got an idea Hiei, give me a hand with this."

Hiei lost his balance and fell into a box.

Kurama edged his way out of the car. The ground whizzed by beneath him as he lowered himself underneath the carriage.

"Hand me the chain!" Kurama said.

He reaches up and was stunned to see Maya hanging out over him with the chain.

"Not you!" Kurama said.

"Hiei's busy at the moment" Maya said.

Kurama accepted the chain from Maya and hooked it onto the undercarriage. There was a crunch sound. Twisted steel from the front of the train flew back at him like shrapnel.

"No! No! Yaaaaa!" Kurama said.

With Maya's help he yanked himself up just as the shrapnel whips by, shattering a tree. They landed in near embrace, and caught their breath. Their eyes met, stirring some distant feeling. Kurama snapped out of it first, glancing back to the shattered tree receding it the distance.)

"And to think, that could have been you." Maya said.

"If we live through this, remind me to thank you." Kurama said.

The speeding train had the engine chased by the baggage car as they approached the gorge.

"Here goes nothing. Brace yourselves." Kurama said.

Kurama threw the other end of the chain out the back. It also had a hook on it.

The hook bounced several times, then bit into a railroad tie, whipping taut. It instantly pulled but the tie, then several more. Then, one held. The car separated from the wheel base, turned sideways on the track, plowing through the snow and slowing down.

Maya turned to Kurama and Hiei.

"Well, this is our stop." Maya said.

They all jumped, Hiei carrying Puu, as the engine plunged over the broken bridge and ignited into a ball of fire and steam at the bottom of the gorge.

They landed safely in a snow bank after the engine and baggage car exploded.