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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Yu Hakusho. How could I? I'm only 13! I couldn't own a TV Show at 13!!!!! Are you people stupid or something? Don't sue me. Thank you and have a nice day.

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Chapter 14

The Maze

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Echo walked down the hall trying to see the end so she could think about which way to turn. There was so much fog that she could hardly see right in front of her. She was confused because she was inside. Why was there fog inside? Weird.

"Stop where you are," said a deep, gurgling voice.

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

A large figure appeared in front of her. It was a greyish-brown color and looked like a giant pile of mud.

"I am Gokani. I have been sent by my master to stop you from getting any further."

"I don't think so!"

Echo ran at the monster and threw a punch.

"How do you like that?"

Gokani started to laugh. Echo's hand had sunken into his body and she couldn't pull it out.

'That didn't seem to affect him at all,' she thought.

"It will all be over soon. Unless you find a way to keep me from moving you won't be able to destroy me," said Gokani. He leaned forward and fell on to the ground with Echo under him. She couldn't breathe.

'A way to stop him from moving? How would I stop mud from moving? Unless it dries. . .' She thought back to an art project she did once where they hardened clay by baking it in a kiln. She had an idea. (You remember how she can control elements riiiight?) She summoned her strength and set out a blast of fire that baked that monster in 2 seconds. She punched and kicked her way out of the giant mud block.

"I can breathe again!" she said happily. "Now I have to find may way through this maze."

"You will never get out. If you go the wrong way there will be certain death that awaits you. Even if you turn the right way one of my monsters is sure to attack you. You have no chance," Onimaho said to himself as he watched Echo continue down the hallway. She turned the correct way again and headed up the steps.

"I think I'm almost there!" she said. Just then she heard a noise come from above her. She felt something wet on her head and slowly looked up. A small, drooling, scaly creature was on the ceiling directly above her. It jumped down, but she got out of the way just in time.

"I am ssssurprisssed you have made it thisss far child," hissed the creature.

"You are another one of Onimaho's monsters aren't you."

"That isss correct child. You will not be able to get any futher until you get rid of me." The creature lunged at her with lightning speed. She dodged, but not without receiving a scratch on her shoulder from the monster's claws.

"He is so fast, but he must not know how trained me. He is no where near the speed of Hiei," she said quietly.

The monster was running around her in circles very fast. She carefully watched his attacks. Finally, she got out her Ice Fire Whip (I'm sorry the name is so lame). She quickly lashed it right in front of the running monster. He tripped. He fell. She stepped on him a couple times. She moved on.

"That wasn't too hard, but Onimaho must be much more powerful than his own monsters. The question is. . . How powerful is he?"

Echo reached a door that led to more steps. She went up the steps and was halfway to the top when she suddenly felt dizzy. She fell backwards, back down the stairs.

"Owie! What happened?"

She started back up the steps very slowly, holding on to the railing the whole time. She got to a landing and sat down. Something in her pocket was making noise. She took it out and looked at it. It was the communication mirror! She opened it to see the faces of Botan, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, and her cousins.

"Hi guys," she said softly.

"You don't look too good. What is wrong?"

"I don't know. It might be from going up all of these steps. I think I might be heading toward the roof. Where are you guys?"

"The roof?" questioned Hiei.

"We know where that is. Search will lead the way. Make sure you follow him and don't stray from the group. There are monsters roaming around this place," said Destroy.

"Search? Who is Search? That is Shaun's nick name for Ryan. Something is different about my cousins."

"Hehe well," said Botan.

"They are super-geniouses now not much to it. They changed their names to Search and Destroy. I can't tell you which one is which because I can't tell them apart. We will meet you on the roof," said Yusuke.

Echo got up and continued up the stairs. She noticed the scatch on her shoulder had turned a nasty shade of green.

"That creature. . . It must have been poisonous. That is just great. How am I supposed to beat Onimaho if I'm poisoned?" she thought as she climbed up the stairs. She reached a large door which she opened and step through.

"I see you have decided to join me," said Onimaho.

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Ok before I said this would be the last chapter. I lied. There will be one more. Sorry I suck at writing fight scenes. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read and review for my other fics too please!