Anochi: *had gotten another turn and was glomping until the most recent review* Awwww... fun's over. And I couldn't find another thingie! They hid! ;.;

Macabeak: ^^;;

Anochi: We gonna have the characters land soon?

Macabeak: Fine. *disappointed sigh* BEFORE I DO!!!! I just want to say…. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING, AF AND HAZE!!!!!!!! ^_^ FREE HIEI PLUSHIES FOR EVERYBODY!!! ^_~

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Yusuke: *hits ground chin first* Ow, that smarts.

Hiei: *hears the sound of Yusuke landing and readies himself, landing perfectly on his feet on the ground*

Mina: *lands soon after, and, having had her eyes closed, did not get into a good position for the landing, bites her lip reflexively to keep from yelling*

Keiko: *also lands soon after, is in a better position for the landing than Mina was*

Yusuke: We're here.

Hiei: *is silent*

Mina: *gets up off the ground*

*the landscape, where they landed, is dark and gloomy*

Mina: This is creepy.

Yusuke: Welcome to the Spirit World.

Hiei: *starts walking towards the woods* Keiko's cousin was last seen walking in the direction of Maze Castle, home to the Four Saint Beasts. Or what's left of them. We'll go through the woods.

Mina: *looks around, but doesn't say anything, for once not being chibi*

Yusuke: *looks at the dark forest and sighs before trudging off after Hiei*

Mina & Keiko: *follow*

Yusuke: *while they're walking through the forest* *looking around* That's weird.

Hiei: *looks back at him without turning head*

Yusuke: There's nothing here. Usually we would be fighting demons by now.

Hiei: Most of the demons are most likely following Keiko's cousin. They must know that their chances are better with him.

Yusuke: There's a lot of spiders, though. *inspecting one large spider the size of his eye on a web*

Mina: *when a spider comes down on piece of silk in front of her, jumps backwards, eyes wide, lips being champed*

Yusuke: *turns* What's wrong, Mina?

Mina: I... don't like... spiders.

Yusuke: *notices spider dangling in front of her*

Hiei: *looks back, turning head only enough to see the spider; his eyes widen and he stops fully* LOOK OUT! *quickly pulls sword out- quick enough that you don't see him do it- and cuts the spider in half*

Yusuke: *blink* What was that?

Hiei: *sheathing sword* That was a Spinning Baast. It's one of the most poisonous spiders in the Spirit World. If Mina had stood there any longer, it would have spat its poison at her.

Mina: *looks more nervous than before, eyes are still wide, still nervous about the spiders*

Hiei: What's the matter? The spider is dead, there is no need to worry.

Mina: *glares poisonously* I just don't like them, alive or dead. *moves around it cautiously*

Hiei: Hn. Pathetic.

Mina: *glares, BARELY holding her temper*

Hiei: *continues to lead the way through the forest for a long time, not saying anything*

Mina & Keiko: *follow*

Yusuke: *follows*

Yusuke: *calling to Hiei* Hey, how long are we going to walk through here anyway?

Hiei: As long as necessary.

Yusuke: *shoves hands in pockets* Rrgh. *looks sidelong at Mina* Say, Mina, what's that on your shoulder? It looks like a spider to me.

Mina: Nani?! *claws at shoulder frantically, realizes that there wasn't anything there* Onii-sama! *very annoyed*

Keiko: Grow up, Yusuke.

Yusuke: *blink and sigh* {Just looking for a bit of fun, geez.}

Hiei: *looks behind him at Yusuke- still never turning his head- and back*

Mina: *evil glare* {Evil males...}

Yusuke: *shoulders sagging a bit* We've been walking for over an hour. You sure this is the right way?

Hiei: *ignores him*

Keiko: *also looks doubtful, but doesn't say anything*

Hiei: *stops*

Yusuke: *holds hand over eyes, looking ahead* Say, is that light I see?

Hiei: It is. It appears we have reached the other side at last.

Mina & Keiko: *also stop*

Mina: Good. *glares at some spiders on a web nearby*

Hiei: *glances back, mildly surprised she said anything after so long*

Mina: *catches his eye and glares evilly at him*

Hiei: *looks away again and steps forward out of the forest*

Mina & Keiko: *follow*

Yusuke: *follow*

Hiei: *disappears and reappears further ahead; where he was standing is now a hole from a fireball*

Yusuke: *whirls and looks in the direction the fireball came from* NOW they attack!

Hiei: *straightens, sword out and in hand*

Mina & Keiko: *both jump back, startled and try to see where the heck that came from*

Yusuke: *squints through the smoke* Hey, what's that?

*'that' is an oni, and a large one, too, with red skin that looks leathery, long greasy black hair and a squashed face*

Hiei: {Knew it.}

*Oni puts its fists together over its head and sends them crashing down, pointing in Mina and Keiko's direction. A fireball forms there and shoots out towards them*

Yusuke: *yelling* Come on you two, RUN! *dashes out of the way himself*

Mina & Keiko: *both scream and run out of the way in opposite directions*

Mina: *trips and tumbles, finally getting back up, nervously holding one hand in the other*

*Fireball lands, creating an equally big whole in the ground*

Mina: K.... k...

Hiei: *his voice, for he is out of sight at the moment, no longer standing where he was* Fool. Like a lower class demon you took your attention off of an opponent.

*the oni is looking around. Hiei is standing behind it, his sword drawn and his back to the ogre which is 3 times taller than it*

Hiei: *sheathing sword* The one thing you never want to do is take your eyes off of your opponent. *looks back at the ogre- his head turning too; the oni falls down on the ground, not moving anymore*

Yusuke: *blinks* {Didn't see that one.} *walks up to the ogre and pokes the tops of its head twice* How many times did you cut this brute, Hiei?

Hiei: *eyes closed, walking around the ogre* Only 20 times.

Yusuke: *looks up at Hiei and laughs nervously* Yeah, I guess I should've expected that from you!

Mina: * looks at it, wincing slightly, slowly releases her hand*

Keiko: is still frozen to the spot she was standing in*

Yusuke: Hey, you two alright? *to Keiko and Mina*

Keiko: Y-yeah. *walks back over, shooting a nervous glance at the ogre*

Mina: *doesn't respond and just keeps looking at it even as she walks back over* {You knew there'd be stuff like this, baka!}

Yusuke: *pokes Mina's forehead* Is anybody in there? *his eyes, at the moment, are those big blank ones with that arrogance in it, hard look to describe*

Mina: Y-yeah. I'm fine. *shakes her head slightly, trying to shake off what happened*

Hiei: We did tell you that this would happen. *he's standing so the three can only see his side-view, looking at something*

Mina: I ALREADY KNEW THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hiei: *is silent, still looking in the same direction*

Keiko: *notices where Hiei is looking*

Yusuke: *looks and is silent, his face hard*

Mina: *looks too and cocks her head*

Yusuke: I never thought I'd have to see that again.

*What they are seeing is Maze Castle. Lightning flashes as they look at it *cue creepy music**

Hiei: Fool. Of course you would have. Maze Castle is a common place for demons to go to. You would have been sent here on another mission eventually.

Yusuke: Huh?

Hiei: While the Saint Beasts were staying there their Spirit Energy was so powerful that it gathered around them. Demons would come here to refuel them selves. *closes eyes and does his 'hn' chuckle* Of course, the Saint Beasts knew that the demons were coming and either killed the demons they caught or kept them as slaves.

Mina: Oh. *is understanding*

Yusuke: That explains why there were so many zombies there.

Hiei: We have to get going. We must reach Keiko's cousin before he gets to Maze Castle. *starts running*

Keiko &Mina: *follow*

Yusuke: *starts running* *while running* {I wonder what Keiko's cousin is doing here, anyway.}

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Macabeak: *rubs hands together* Hehehe…. : ) REVIEW, REVIEW REVIEW!!!! ^_^

Hiei: Hsst, is it alright to come out now, Maca?

Anochi: *yells, looking for Hiei* THINGIE!!!!!!!!! DOKO WA?!?!?!?!?!

Macbeak: *shakes head abruptly at Hiei, then looks around innocently as he crawls back underneath the table*

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Handy Dandy Glossary

Baka- idiot, moron, neanderthal, doofus, dummy, etc. etc. etc.

Doko wa- Where is it

Nani- what

Oni- ogre

Onii-sama- big brother