Kuwabara was running toward Haru with his spirit sword. As more vines jumped at him, he sliced them down, until he reached Haru at the other end. Kuwabara thought he had the demon right where he wanted him. Unfortunately, it was the other way around. Haru smirked. "What's so funny? I have you where I want you." Kuwabara said proudly.

"Oh really?" Haru asked. Kuwabara swung his blade at the monster, only to watch Haru stop it with a single finger. With that, Kuwabara's spirit sword dissipated to nothing. Then Haru punched him in the stomach, causing him to fly and hit a tree. Kuwabara fell in a bloody heap on the ground.

Kuwabara slowly got up and looked at his hands in shock. "What did you do?" he said.

"Nothing much." Haru retorted.

"He absorbed Kuwabara's spirit energy." Kurama answered coolly from the sidelines.

"Hn." Hiei said.

"Kuwabara! Stop fooling around!" Yusuke ordered

Kuwabara regenerated his sword and stepped back. "Okay lucky move." He said.

"That was one." Haru said and motioned his head to the bud. It had grown two more feet.

"Shut up." Kuwabara decided not to rush in this time. He needed to think of a plan. Only he had no clue how. He needed to find Haru's weakness. Kuwabara looked around. Then he saw it. Behind the demon was a red seed. It seemed to give off some sort of spirit energy, and if he could get to it before the bud bloomed he would surely win. But how would he reach it?

"I see." Kurama said out of the blue. Yusuke looked at him. "He is going for Haru's weakness. The seed." Yusuke looked and found it, and nodded.

"He used his brain for once." Hiei said.

"I heard that." Kuwabara yelled.

~~~~~~~~ "I think she'll be fine. I trust them." Kayko said to comfort a crying Machiko.

"Yeah." Botan agreed.

"Botan!" Koenma called, "I have a job for you and the others."

"Coming." Botan yelled back and headed for the office, and as she did Yukina, Kayko, and Machiko followed.

"There was a massive fire in Hawaii. A whole block burned, and four teens were kidnapped." Koenma said, "I need you to find out who started it and heal the people that were hurt. Get all the information you can out of them." He handed her a folder with the exact location and who to talk to.

Machiko turned back into Maryann and wondered whom it was that was kidnapped; and if she knew them. "Please don't let it be my friends." She said to herself.

The girls left through a portal and ended up on a familiar street. It was leveled, and all but a few metal frames were standing. The street was the same one her friend Jenea lived on.

"Oh no." Maryann said. "Botan? Who is the first on the list?"

"A man named Harry." Botan said as she went up to a man with short black hair and caramel colored skin. "Do you know what happened here?" he nodded.

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Kuwabara saw an opening and ran head-on once more, and then only feet from Haru, he yelled out, "Spirit javelin!" He spirit sword grew longer and he used it as a pole vault and went right over the unsuspecting demon. Kuwabara landed in frond of the red seed. His sword went back to normal size.

"Stay away from that." Haru warned. But it was too late. Kuwabara had sliced it in two. Haru froze for an instant before morphing into a small plant, then to a normal sized seed. Then Kuwabara stepped on it. "Ha! I did it." He said triumphantly. "Who's the man? I am." He answered his own question. His dancing was interrupted when he looked at his watch. "Oh no. There are only eight hours left."

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"This man was wearing a brown cloak. He seemed cool at first, you know like a normal person. The then asked everyone all sorts of questions. Like have you seen the chosen one? Weird questions. When no one gave him the correct answer her burnt one house. Then another." Harry told Botan.

"What about the missing girls?" Botan inquired.

"He took one girl, Jenea, but she was having a few friends over at her house. I don't know their names. Then after the dark man took them he burnt down our whole block. Then he left." The man finished.

"Thanks for your time." Botan said. "Maryann."

"Yeah?" she came running over.

"Do you know a girl named Jenea?" Botan asked.

"Yeah, why?" Maryann stopped. "Was she kidnapped?"

"Yes. And so were three of her friends" Botan replied.

"Jenea only knows Barbie, Sara, and Vanessa." Maryann explained. "That bastard must have taken them too. But why did he take my friends?"

"I don't know." Botan said. "He also spoke of a chosen one."

"Guys, we really need your help." Kayko yelled as she and Yukina aided the injured.

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The will to go on was in her. She had found it and would cling to it for dear life. She would not let the darkness win.

No questions that I can think of. . oh by the by thank you for your reviews. I love you guys. (Tear) *sniff* you love me you really love me. lol. Sorry

Oh, what kind of demon will the Urameshi team meet next? Who is the chosen one? (Cough easy cough) Star