Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Artemis Fowl! So don't sue cuz I don't have any money for you to take anyways! *blows rasberry*

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Thousands of Problems

The demon screeched in pain, but then out of the bloody gash three smaller dogs came out. Every time he killed one of the dogs (or one of its heads) three more came out to play. With Hiei's speed and skill there were soon approximately three thousand dog demons facing Hiei, and even the short fire demon has his limits.

"Kurama! Yusuke! Get over there and help him!" called Joem. (If you've ever played Mario Sunshine, it's like the manta-ray level.) As each new dog split, they continued to get smaller. Yusuke, having only a shot gun and spirit gun, let Kurama and Kuwabara go in with Hiei. No reason in wasting so much energy when he'd have thrice as many enemies afterwards. Kurama bore his trademark rose whip, Kuwabara had his Spirit Sword, and Hiei raced around cutting the demons up with his sword. After a while, the demons were about the size of rodents, and then they disappeared altogether.

"OW! Those things bit harder than Mulch!" screamed Kuwabara.

"No, duh!" replied Mulch. "They have sharp teeth and I don't!"

"OW!!!!" Kuwabara yelled again, nursing his sore thumb.

"That's the last of them," stated Hiei, slightly short on breath, but not noticeably so.

He sheathed his katana and Kurama put his Rose Whip back in…his hair? Artemis did a double take. Why did he keep a ROSE in his HAIR? Curious, he asked, "Kurama, if you don't mind me asking, why are you putting a rose in your hair?"

Kurama looked at him slightly surprised, but realized Artemis didn't know about his past. "I manipulate it with my spirit energy to turn it into my whip. I find it much more convenient for me to reach in battle in my hair than anywhere else."

"Oh."

The voice cut in the conversation sneering. "It seems that you have passes my first test. Not that I would expect any less from you." The floor beneath then suddenly opened up and they all fell down about twenty feet before landing on solid ground. Only Hiei, Kurama, and Joem landed on there feet. Artemis was lucky enough to have a softener to his fall, Kuwabara.

"Ow…" muttered Kuwabara.

"Thanks for breaking my fall, Kuwabara," said Artemis in his normal sarcastic tone while dusting himself off.

"I don't think that was all he broke…" said Joem.

*BEEP BEEP* Yusuke took out his communicator. "What is it Botan?" he asked.

Botan's picture appeared on a small, circular screen that fit in Yusuke's palm. The picture was a bit fuzzy and her voice held a noticeable ping of urgency. "News update! Yukina has been captured as well…" she said.

Hiei's head shot up at the mention of his sister's name. "Yukina…" he whispered to himself. Kurama eyed him warily.

"Yukina, my love! I'm coming!!!" shouted Kuwabara. (Yukina is an ice demon who Kuwabara fell madly in love with. Her tears turn into valuable jewels. [1])

Botan continued, "Remember that you to not kill any humans unless there is NO OTHER WAY! That goes double for you, Hiei!" Hiei merely grunted in return, obviously not planning on going by those rules. They took his sister, they are going to die. That's how he figured it.

"Ok then, "said Yusuke with a serious tone. "Let's get going."

As they started walking, they came across what looked like a dungeon, complete with the clammy floors and stone walls.

"Look, it's Holly." said Artemis and Mulch.

"Look, it's the crazy girl captain!" yelled Joem at the same time. He received odd looks from the spirit detective team, mainly because they didn't know who Holly was.

"If you want to free her," said the voice, "You must answer my questions WHILE fighting off my demons. Sound like fun?" He waited a moment, as if expecting a reply, but when receiving none, he called his minions out from the dark. What they were faced with were three demon cats that looked very hungry.

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1) Yukina doesn't know that Hiei is her brother, and Hiei wants to keep it that way. She has light blue hair with a red ribbon in it and ruby eyes resembling Hiei's, for obvious reasons. She has a quiet voice and very kind. She also has healing powers like most fairies, but without the blue sparks.

A special thanks to Michelle (again) for writing this chapter and (again) I still am in a need for riddles and will be for a while.

Ja ne! ^_^

~ neko ~


T. T. F. N.

Ta Ta For Now

~~~~~~~~Bonnie .