Hey this is the third installment of the adventure of our favorite foursome and their worlds turned upside down by a "change of appearance." Yay! Now won't delay you with mindless babbling, but I have to do the standard of adding in random quotes! So here they are! "I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states" and "Consciousness- that annoying time between naps." Okay well here's the story anyway

By the time the gang reached the portal, Kuwabara and Yusuke were panting madly in exhaustion. "Okay, I'm definitely not liking this body." Yusuke wheezed. "You said it, Urameshi." Kuwabara added in, panting.

"You ningens are so pathetic, can't handle a simple jog." Hiei looked over his shoulder. "Simple jog?!! We ran over 15 miles!" Kuwabara said in shock. "Yeah, Hiei who the hell are you to insult, all you got changed was your teeth growing a couple centimeters longer." Yusuke pointed out. "Hn, does it look like I care about your petty excuses?" "You guys, I know how much you all love a good argument, please can we perhaps save it for later?' Kurama said looking back at the three.

"You're right, Kurama, I should be saving my energy for kicking that toddler's ass!" Yusuke said while cracking his knuckles. 'Well, that's not exactly what I was thinking' Kurama said in his mind with a sweat drop. "Now, how exactly does this portal thing work?" Yusuke asked walking up to Kurama's side. "It's simple, you state your name and a light beam sends you up if you have relations to the Reikai."

"That's all? So it's like beam me up, Scotty?" Yusuke laughed. "What nonsense are you babbling now?' Hiei asked coolly. "Shorty doesn't know?" Asked Kuwabara. "Hiei, it's just a pop culture reference." Kurama informed. "Hn, like I care." Hiei spat, though in his eyes you could see a tinge of gloom in being left out of human teen life. "Come on you guys let's go already!' Kuwabara said stepping up.

When they had transported through the portal, they landed right in front of the Gate of Judgment. Yusuke walked up to the intercom and tried desperately to reach up to it, but his size would not permit it. Kurama came up from behind Yusuke and pressed it. "Hello, Botan, this is Kurama, we are back from our mission in a slight predicament. Could you let us in to speak with Koenma?"

"And tell that pacifier- junkie he gonna get his ass kicked when I get up there!" Yusuke added angrily. "Yusuke, please!" Kurama sighed. "Of course, Kurama." Botan replied, worried. A smaller set of doors opened and the gang stepped inside. The four of them winded silently down the gloomy corridor.

When they reached Koenma-sama's office, Botan was waiting for them. "Oh my. This is a problem. Hold on, Yusuke? Is that you!?" Botan questioned amazed at the small child. "Nothing gets pass you, does it Botan?" Yusuke remarked sarcastically. "Yes, you are Yusuke, rude and a bad attitude. Oh my," She giggled, "This is a predicament." She said trying to keep a straight face, but couldn't find herself to keep it. "Shove it, Botan, I don't need crap from you, alright?" "Well, if you ask me it serves you right! Always picking on Koenma-sama because of his size!" Botan said offended and angrily. "No one's asking you!" Kurama and Hiei, suspecting that it might take awhile to finish the brawl, walked on into the chamber. Koenma was surprising working very hard at his desk, shuffling papers in frustration.

Hiei leaned against the wall in his regular spot and Kurama proceeded forward just as Botan came walking in. Koenma looked up from his papers, and his eyes went wide as he saw the dazzling beauty before him. "Heellooo, and who is this? Koenma asked excitedly. Have we met before, my dear?" Botan started to explain, but Kurama spoke first. "Why yes, we have quite often, in fact." Botan then again opened her mouth to speak, but Koenma was too much in a daze to hear anything. "That's odd, I thought I'd remember a face as lovely as yours." "Uh, Koenma-sama, Koenma-sama, I've been trying to tell you," Botan spoke quickly as she rushed up to his side, "that's Kurama." Botan whispered in Koenma's ear as Kurama tried to suppress an embarrassed blush, in which 'she' failed miserably to do so.

"Oh, Kurama, of course Kurama, right, well, um, I had no idea you guys would be back so soon, well, uh, this is quite awkward." Koenma stumbled to resolve his uncomfortable mistake. "Don't worry Koenma, as soon as I get though with you, awkward silence will seem like bliss on cloud nine." Yusuke stated angrily as he came into view. "Yusuke?" Koenma peered at Yusuke. "What's with the hostility?" Koenma inquired. "What's with the hostility? What the hell kind of question is that?" Yusuke snarled ready to pounce.

"Yusuke, I know you went through a lot today, but please don't talk so vulgar in front of Koenma-sama." Botan piped in to support Koenma. "Look at me! I'm a frickin' two & a half feet tall!" Yusuke stated, ignoring her. "And what's wrong with that? I'm exactly two & a half feet tall, and I'm doing fine." Koenma stated, offended. "Well, I'm not you okay?! I mean this is so creepy! I haven't been this short since I was, I was- Yusuke paused to find the right word. "A toddler?" Koenma added in. "Whatever, the point is you better explain now and fast if you don't want me to pulverize you to pieces."

"Yes, well, I suppose you do deserve an explanation." Koenma thought out loud. 'I suppose you deserve an explanation' Yusuke mouthed mockingly. "Get on with it, already, before I shove my fist into your face!" "Sheesh, have some patience! I'm getting to it!" Koenma said in irritation. "More explaining, less excuses!" Yusuke spat hastily.

"Anyways," Koenma began, ignoring Yusuke, "this ordeal that you all have been though is most unfortunate. I was hoping that you would not have to go through with it, considering how little I knew of the orb and the situation, but it was extremely vital that that orb was retrieved, and so I sent you. I had hoped that everything would go okay, considering the fact you all are my top agents. But it seems I should have paid more attention to the properties of the orb."

"Koenma-sama," Botan piped in, "how much did you know about this orb, and how long exactly have you known about it for? "Well, it just so happens that Dad told me about this sphere exactly three days ago." "Nani?! Three, three days? Yusuke said stuttering in shock as everyone face faulted to the ground excluding Koenma, Kurama, and Hiei. (A.N. Hiei and Kurama are much too dignified for a face fault. They just get a sweat drop!) "And this thing is supposed to be one of the most valuable items Reikai's got? Talk about being unprepared. Boy, this sucks."

"Yes, Yusuke it does," Koenma said in a well duh tone, "you see, Dad never mentioned it to me, even when he went away on past outings, due to an already existing impenetrable field protecting it. Unfortunately it ran out of energy supplying it the same time Dad was preparing to leave." "Hn, so it seems once again you have made a mess of things, because you have an incapability to even secure items in your own fortress. I suppose this means you expected us to clean it up, as always." Everyone turned around, surprised to hear Hiei actually speak.

"Aghh! It wasn't my fault! How was I to know that it was going to be stolen as soon as Dad left!? I swear everything goes amiss when Dad leaves for his vacations, and I'm always blamed!" Koenma slumped back in his chair. "Well, Koenma, sir, it is always your duty to protect the holy vault, orb or no orb." Jorge pointed out. "Were you born yesterday? That's what I pay you ogres for." "But Koenma, sir, you don't pay us at all." Jorge added in. "Be quiet! When I want your opinion I'll ask for it!" Koenma said, aggravated.

"AHEM." Yusuke loudly cleared his throat with annoyance. "Oh, right the details. Let's see, how did it go?" Koenma pondered. "Whadda you mean how did it go? You just heard it three days ago!" Yusuke yelled in disbelief. "I've had a lot on my mind! Ah, yes. It went like this. Sacred celestial bodies created this orb of power an elongated long time ago. They then hid the orb far away from the hands of mortals, and vanished after their mission was complete. Then Dad came upon it, and concealed it in the very heart of our restricted safe. And that's all I know." Koenma finished quietly.

"Yeah, but you failed to mention, one little thing. That it warps whoever touches it!!!" Yusuke added angrily. "Yes, I suppose that is an important detail." Koenma sat thinking. "YA THINK?!!" "Well, it's not like I knew about. More to the point, we should be worried more on if it's a permanent change." Koenma stated very serious.

"NANI?! I might be stuck like THIS?!" Kuwabara yelled horrified looking at his body. "I'd say it's an improvement compared to your revolting previous form." Hiei added in. "THAT'S IT SHIMP! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIP!" Kuwabara yelled, rolling up his sleeves. "Hn, I'd like to see you even try." "YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Raged Kuwabara beginning to summon his reiken.

"Please Kuwabara, control yourself! Hiei was only playing around! (As usual!) Please calm down!" Kurama pleaded to pacify his huge friend. "Fine. Ya know, Kurama just saved your life, shorty!" "Hn, please, the only thing Kurama did was save you from making more of a fool of yourself than you already have."

"Hiei, Kuwabara, please could you save this for later, perhaps when we don't have an important matter involving our physical well being on our hands." (Kurama should be getting paid for all this work.) "Hn, whatever." Hiei replied coolly as he casually strolled to the other side of the chamber. "As I was saying, the orb pieces must be found before its former holder finds it." Koenma declared to the group with urgency in his voice.

"But, Koenma, sir, why would anyone wanna be stuck in a different form?" Botan asked. "Yusuke, I did notice when we in the lair, that a surprising amount of skill and effort were in the traps we faced. I'm guessing that a horde that clever and cautious would know what they were getting into. I believe our opponents must be very intelligent to have come so far as retain the orb without complications. But that still leaves the question to why one would want to be changed randomly. I wonder if is it possible to have power over the form you will come out in." (Kurama-san likes to rant. But it's a smart rant, dammit!)

"Wait, if they're so smart, why haven't they tried using it yet?" Yusuke inquired, confused. "Perhaps, they do not know how to control its power, yet." Kurama thought out loud. "That would explain why they were missing in action from their headquarters." Yusuke said really thinking about it. "Control its power?" Koenma started. "Why does that sound familiar?

Hmmmm, oh wait now I remember! There's also a part of the legend that tells of a scroll, written by ancient monks, that was made on how to maneuver the gem or something like that. Ha! Well there's the missing piece of your puzzle." "Ya think you could have told us that like two minutes ago!" Yusuke shouted, appalled at the other toddler's incompetence.

"Sheesh, can't I make a mistake once in a while with out being picked on?" Koenma breezed. "Not when the mistakes you make are so damn significant!" Yusuke said angrily. "So like, we gotta find the scroll thingy and the orb!?" Kuwabara said in disbelief with his jaw dropping down. "I suppose it's too much you a weak ningen like you to handle. Why don't just go home and let the us, the professionals, handle this matter." Hiei added in the insult like Kuwabara was an open target. "Are you kidding? Just wait, I, the fearless Kazuma, will get the orb thingamajig and the scroll single- handedly!" Kuwabara proclaimed with clenched fists, going off into his dreamland once again. But luckily he had a friend like Hiei to bring him back down. "You know I wondered if that body had improved your mind, but no, you're still a moron."

"As much as I want to listen your petty arguments, can we please just get back to the issue?" Koenma interrupted. "So, what happened to the orb? Do you think it's still back there, Koenma, sir?" Jorge asked. "No, I don't believe with a blast like the one they went though, it would still be there." Koenma replied in a matter of fact tone.

"Hold on, if the orb followed the law of physics in changing 4 separate forms, then, wait! That's it! I know what became of the gem!" Kurama stated out of nowhere. "Really?! That's great! What happened?!" Yusuke asked excitedly.

"It's simple. You just take the quantity of said entry and apportion it to the digital amount of the individuals, and conclude with a one portion of the now separated article." Affirmed Kurama. "Huh? Yusuke said totally dumbfounded, with a sweat drop. The what whating who with a where?" "He means that we four touched the orb and now it's broken into four pieces." Hiei added. "Ohhhhhhhhhh." Yusuke and Kuwabara both said together, still in shock. "Hiei, could seriously just understand that?" Kuwabara asked, amazed. "Of course, I'm no simpleton." "Wow, Kurama and Hiei are a lot more smart than I- Wait a second! Four pieces?! We gotta hunt for 4 pieces now?!" (Kuwabara's a little on the slow side, ne?)

"Yes, if my assumptions are correct." Kurama affirmed. "Boy, this just gets more and more challenging. Oh well. I guess we better get started." Yusuke laughed to himself. "Where will you all start looking? It could be in any world!" Botan asked in shock. "Well, I'm kinda hungry, so how about Tokyo's central mall in the food court?!" "Oh, Yusuke, really now!" Botan exclaimed with her hands on her hips.

"Well you can't expect us to work on empty stomachs!' Yusuke argued. "I suppose we could map out our plans there, and I must admit food does sound pleasant." Kurama thought out loud. "Yeah, after all that running, I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "Hn, I never realized the oaf would eat one of his own kind." Hiei couldn't resist throwing in an insult. Shut up, shrimp!!! Make me. Hiei stated defiantly.

The two began an attack of verbal threats and insults that continued down the hall, as they left the office. Yusuke and Kurama said their farewells to Koenma and Co. and followed Kuwabara and Hiei, making sure to give them space in order to not get caught in the fight, as they walked towards the Ningenkai portal.

Okay this is where it gets good! Finally I'm done with introduction and we can get to the stuff where the guys face their ULTIMATE challenge!! Surviving everyday life in a different body!! Oh, and something about stopping the baddies. Well I'm working right now on finishing the next chapter so stay tuned for another update within the next 48 hours! I'm gonna go eat some sugar, Bye!!!