Whatta day.

"EYAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Karasu stumbled through the maze, every now and again dodging a burst of flame. Now he stood at the base of a large pool, looking awfully relaxing, and Karasu felt at peace (well, a bit). He looked to the other side, and to his surprise, he saw another of the items he was to gather. Before he could exit the maze, he had to get four items; a pool ball (a black eight ball), a blue tulip, a photo of himself, and a coffee cup with a flaming wolf on it.

He started running as soon as the cup was in his hands, knowing some creature would be on his tail, and not being able to use his youki was very perturbing. Karasu then turned a corner to keep going, and then had to fake a left, go straight, turn right. This beast was smarter than the other two were. "Get me outta here!" he yelled as he heard an estranged chuckle. "Is someone else in here besides me?" he queried while running.

WHAM! He was tripped, and the beast ran over him, also thinking he killed Karasu. The voice laughed again, and Hiei stepped into inspection, nonchalantly laughing. Karasu froze, but soon started laughing as he saw what Hiei had on. He was not in his normal garb, but in a tattered pair of jeans and nothing else, leaving his chest and feet exposed.

"Don't ask," said Hiei, pointing to his jeans. "And I won't ask about your outfit. I really don't think I need to ask what you're doing here. The job; am I right?" he smirked at Karasu, who just nodded. "I thought so. But I highly doubt that you'll win Kurama over this way."

Karasu countered, "Go sit on a cactus!" and then sneered until Hiei said, "Yer mom," smiling the whole time. "Your mom looks like one!" Karasu backfired Hiei's insult, so then Hiei went storming off, angrily.

"Fine, I won't help you then! Find the possessions on your own!" Hiei left, and those words lay on Karasu's mind. 'He was gonna help me? Oh crap.'

He then set out, to find the last item, the eight ball. 'And just where am I supposed to find that?' Karasu pondered and pondered. 'Maybe at a pool hall?' He went about in the maze, and then found what seemed to be the exit. Near it was a rope, looking kind of long; he tied one end to his waist, the other to the doorway. Karasu set off, hoping no one cut the end, not knowing that Hiei was trailing him hoping to use Karasu to get out of the maze. 'I'll show Kurama, he better not lock me in his maze again, and I think this crow can get me out of here.'

Karasu was worried he'd never get out when the orb caught his eye. Aha! I found it! He hurried to the exit, following the rope trail, Hiei in close pursuit. They both burst into the light, blinking. "Ack! More flashing!" They both yelled in unison, "What's the meaning of this?"

"Congratulations, boys, you've passed the test." Said Kurama, then wrapped both Karasu and Hiei in a blanket. He chuckled as the two blinked, obviously hungry. "You two are my guests, now get some dinner clothes on, and join me in the dining room." He pushed them into another room.

They stumbled into the room, being pressed into each other. Karasu grabbed a clothes rack, preventing him from falling, but Hiei was not so lucky. His short stump of a body couldn't reach a stand to hold himself up. He fell against the cold tile floor, and then picked himself up, pushing the flailing Karasu down, laughing at the even darker boy.

"Hey, what'd you do that for?" asked Karasu, his temper flaring again. He grabbed the standing youkai's pant-leg to help himself up. "You don't have to be so.so stupid!" He snapped, the insult box in his head being quite low.

"Well, ex-cuuuuuse me, princess!" said Hiei, barely keeping his face straight. "I don't know which is more pathetic, you, or how tall you are," he beamed. Karasu frowned, and then picked a suit from the rack to throw at Hiei; well, it was the fire demons size.

"You, Hiei, you are so short, why do you mock me, short-stuff? I don't know, but you sure annoy me!" He was then hit in the face by the dinner suit with a following comment, "I don't wear pink, baka."

Karasu threw the suit at the door, and then looked for an outfit of his own. After scrutinizing a few of them, he found one he privileged to be his. It was an Armani suit, tailored with a small bomb on the pockets. He smiled when he saw what Hiei was inspecting, it looked about three sizes too big, and had little smileys embroidered on its sleeve cuffs.

"I think it's a 'lil bit too big, shorty, here, try this on, so we can get out of this room. He handed Hiei a Jones of New York smaller ensemble, with small hearts sewn onto the pockets. He then took his set of clothes into a curtained area, and pulled off the other garments. Once only in his skibbies, he noticed it to be fairly cold in the room. Karasu shuddered and put on the suit. He pulled his hair back, and then let it sweep in front of his face.

Hiei entered the area, a smirk upon his face, and dressed to kill. Karasu thought it would be quite comical to scrutinize him, which resulted in Hiei with a bow-tie on. Karasu found a normal tie, which was a plain violet one (to match his pretty eyes).

They set out of the room to find where they would be dining, and heard a voice yelling. They followed it to find Ralph yelling at Kurama. "You know I was supposed to do that job, it's not fair!!!" he stormed out, leaving a very confused Hiei, Karasu, and Kurama.

"What was that about?" asked Karasu, wearily. He was greeted by Kurama, with a slight, "Oh! You're here! Ralph was just a bit upset about the photo shoot; I tried to explain the fact that you wouldn't be...um...natural in front of him. Wow, you two could kill with those suits, come on, you little twerps, there's food calling your name!" Kurama started off for the dining hall, followed by Karasu, and back further, Hiei.

End Part 2