Well, screw what I said about the reviews. I'm just going to update whenever that hell I feel like it! Anyway, I hope you all review at the end of the chapter. I have to go find Yusuke.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Kurama shook his head. "I don't know. I just don't know."

"Well, we have to find a way out of here unless we want to be killed!" Hiei hissed, glaring at Karasu for a moment.

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"Where are the boys?!" Keiko asked, looking around, really worried.

"I don't know," Yukina said.

"Knowing my baby brother, they probably went out exploring and got lost," Shizuru said, looking unconcerned.

Botan appeared out of nowhere and asked, "Where are the boys?! They have another big mission coming!"

Yukina and Keiko exchanged nervous glances.

"We don't know. They went outside about half an hour ago, but we haven't seen them since," Keiko said.

"Well, now is definitely not the best time to get lost. Karasu's back, and from what I heard, he's out to kill Kurama," Botan said.

"Perfect. That probably means that Karasu has Kurama now, and will probably take the rest of the boys so that he can either A) kill them, or B) force tem to watch him kill Kurama and then kill them. They are more vulnerable as they are now," Genkai said wisely.

"What do you mean, 'As they are now'?" Botan asked cautiously.

"Right now, they are kittens, Botan. We don't know how, but they are," Shizuru said.

Botan blinked. Several times. Then, "How do you plan to restore them?"

"Well, Kurama was working on that before. Trying to identify any plant that may help us get them back to normal," Yukina said softly.

"I see. Well, off we go, then!" Botan said.

"What?!?!" Keiko and Yukina exclaimed.

"Come on. We have to go find the boys. Coming, Genkai?" Botan asked, looking at Genkai.

Genkai shook her head. "I'll let you go get them." She walked back into her house and disappeared.

"Alright then. Yukina, you can freeze everything over when we get there. Shizuru, I think you're fine as is. Keiko, you can use my bat and I'll use my oar!" Botan said happily.

"What are you talking about?" Keiko asked.

"Weapons, of course!" Botan said. "You didn't really think we would just walk in there, grab the boys, and walk out, did you? We're probably going to have to attack him until we can get the boys. Then we can run as fast as possible."

Everyone agreed and Botan opened a portal that would take them to right out side Karasu's place.

After they were all through, they crept inside and saw Karasu trying to force Yusuke into the pen that Kurama was in. He was having a lot of trouble because whenever he bot within striking range, Yusuke would lash out at him and both his hands were now bloody and scratched.

Keiko came up from behind him and hit him over the head with her bat...HARD. There was a resounding THUNK as the bat made contact with Karasu's skull. He whirled around just in time to see the bat millimeters away from his face.

Keiko kept swinging the bat at Karasu as hard as she could. Karasu was so amazed that she even dared to do something that he didn't react at all for a whole minute. Keiko was swinging the whole time.

Soon, Shizuru joined in and started to beat the crap out of Karasu. Yukina and Botan worked on cutting the pen open. Occasionally, Yukina would have to freeze Karasu's arms to his sides to stop him from retaliating.

Five minutes later, Karasu lay on the floor in a heap with swirly eyes while Shizuru and Keiko panted.

Finally, after a full hour, everyone was back at Genkai's place. The only thing that they had to resolve now was how to get the boys back to normal.

"Well, we should keep looking," Genkai said. Everyone agreed, and they all set to work on finding the cure.

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Well, I hope that you liked it. Yeah, I know that Karasu would never be defeated that easily, but I wanted to make fun of him. Now I have the whole fight on tape!! Mwahahahahaha!!!! Well, review!