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Chapter 6

Into the Dragons Den

Yusuke and the others went back to the Reikai and told Koenma what was going on and to get Hiei.

"Dragons blood and scales!" Koenma cried. "Getting those is suicide!"

"Na," Yusuke said uncaringly. "It'll be difficult but we can do it."

"We need Touya back to normal," Kurama said, "So the risk is worth it if it helps him in the end."

Koenma sighed, he knew that Kurama was correct and that they really did not have much of a choice. "Alright, a dragons den is located here," he brought up the map on his television and pointed out the location.

"This will be immensely hard if you can not get him out of the den. And even if you did, it would still be hard because it can fly," Koenma told them regretfully.

"Than why take it out of it's den?" Kuwabara asked

"If you don't stupid, you're in a enclosed area and the dragon's breath can encircle you with ease," Hiei said dryly.

"Yes," Koenma said, "In this case the creature is a fire dragon, so it can breath fire and roast you."

"Oh," Kuwabara responded.

"Well 'et's get goin'," Jin said while sitting Indian style in midair. The group left Koenma's workroom to go to the dragon's den first, but not before Koenma had given them a small vile.

"Do you think they can do it?" Kara asked that night; she was staying over for the night. They were sitting out side watching the boys as they played on the swing set.

"I believe they can if they want to," Tara informed her. "The Spirit Detectives are quite strong, after all the did win first place in the Dark Tournament. Plus Jin can be a tough opponent too."

"Ah yes Jin," Kara said with a laugh, "Does my stubborn friend have an eye else where?"

Tara looked at her friend from the corner of her eyes, "No," she merely said. "I've just known him for a good while."

"Of course," Kara said, he voice showing that she did not believe her friend.

Yusuke and the other boys looked up the mountain they were to climb; the sun had recently risen so everything could be seen fairly well.

"Wow!" Kuwabara exclaimed, "It's huge!"

"Of course idiot, it's a mountain," Hiei said dryly.

"What was that Shorty!" Kuwabara yelled with his left fist in the air.

"We should worry about the task ahead at this point," Kurama said, "Fighting this dragon is not going to be an easy feat."

They all groaned and started the trek up the mountainside, Jin levitating a few feet above the ground followed.

A few hours latter the group had made it to the den of their fire breathing 'friend'. Yusuke realized something for the first time since they had started climbing the mountain, "Guys how are we going to fight this thing when we get it out?"

This question made everyone stop what they were doing, realizing what had just been said. There was not much room on this ledge to fight and they could not possibly try to back do the mountain with the beast on their backs.

"Dame that Koenma," Yusuke said under his breath.

"We're just going to have to do it the old fashioned way," Kurama explained.

"'ounds like fun," Jin said trying to make the best of the situation.

Kurama gave a weary smile, "Besides Yusuke, if Koenma hadn't told us to try and get the dragon out of the den you would have opted to go in and kill it anyway."

Yusuke laughed, "Your right Kurama, lets go kill this dragon."

The group walked into the cave, Jin now walking as well. It was dark but from the way the sun was positioned some of the cave was lit up. The sounds of deep breathing echoed off the walls of the cave and it smelt stale.

Kuwabara waved his hand in front of his nose, "Gross, dragons breath." "At least it's not breathing fire on us, yet," Kurama pointed out.

The group finally walked into the chamber that held the dragon and were at awe. The chamber was full of different kinds of treasure, there where gold coins, jewelry, gold cups and mugs, a few weapons lay scattered around the room and many other things. The most important thing was what lay in the middle of the chamber on a huge pile of treasure; the dragon.

Yusuke pointed his right index finger at the dragon and grabbed that same wrist with his left hand. He let his spirit energy form at the tip of his finger, but before he could fire it he had to duck.

A wave of fire was sent strait at the group forcing them to either duck or jump to the side, in Jin's case he flew up in the air.

"Crud! It's awake!" Yusuke cried in both fear and frustration.

The dragon got to its feet and roared, making the group cover their ears as the noise bounced off the wall making it louder. The sheer size of the beast alone said that it was male. This fact did not bode well with Yusuke and his friends for the male gender of dragons can be quite vicious, especially when they want to protect their treasure (though the females could worse when they are protecting their hoard or more importantly, their offspring).

The male turned his attention back to the trespassers in his den and growled; flame glowed in his mouth as he did this. The beast released the flame in his mouth in the direction on Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara.

Hiei dodged the flame quickly with his demonic speed, Yusuke right behind him though slightly slower and Kuwabara barely missed the attack. The dragon growled again and sent his fire breath toward Jin, who was still hovering in the air. Jin yelped and dodged the flaming attack.

Within that moment in which Jin used to move away from the flame, the dragon lunged forward, teeth bared, towards the group who stood on the floor. The group had little to no time to move out of the beasts way as it came at them.

Just as the group moved from harms way the dragon did the most unlikely of things. It practically jumped up in the air strait at Jin, catching him completely off guard.



Will Jin be able to evade the dragon? Or will be become the beasts snack?

Find out on the next chapter (need at least 2 reviews to continue)