Chapter Three: The destruction begins

"Koenma, sir!" The blue ogre called into Koenma's office after knocking first. "Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei are here to see you!"

"Send them in already!" Koenma snapped. The current situation in Spirit World was making him feel on edge.

"Y-yes, sir! Right away!" The ogre scampered off and brought back the troubled trio.

"What exactly is going on here?" Kuwabara demanded. "An innocent man just died right before my eyes in the streets!"

"Botan is dead…" Koenma closed his eyes and turned away.

"I don't care-! Huh… what?" Kuwabara shook his head. "Botan can't be dead! How can the grim reaper die?"

"Easy, you fool." Hiei explained. "She just has to lose all of her energy and she's completely lifeless."

"How did she die?" Kurama asked weakly, leaning against Hiei to support himself.

"Beaten to death by the demon, Shaid. A couple hundred of spirit world's ogres are dead too. They all tried to prevent Shaid from stealing the Orb of Order." Koenma clarified.

"Are you going to tell us what the Orb of Order is?" Hiei rolled his eyes.

Koenma turned back to face them all. "The Orb of Order is a divine sphere that holds powerful energy. Its purpose is to make sure the powers in both your world and the spirit world stay balanced and don't cause chaos. So if it's stolen by a demon that wants to destroy the world, it'll start the systematic destruction of everything."

"How does it go about destroying everything?" Kurama whispered. Hiei looked over at Kurama, his eyes softened by Kurama's frailness.

"You are familiar with the story of the ten plagues of Egypt?" Everyone nodded except Kuwabara. "Well, it is a lot like that. Illness will spread, natural disasters, etc."

Hiei whipped around to look at the very pale Kurama. "No…" he breathed.

Seeing what Hiei was assuming, Kurama thought quickly. "Don't worry, Hiei… I've been sick for a little while now. I don't think this orb is the cause."

Hiei hardened his gaze on Kurama. "I insist that you stay home and rest."

"No. You'll need my help." Kurama insisted with a weak smile.

Koenma seemed worried too. "I think Hiei is right to worry. Go home and rest for a little while."

Hiei led Kurama out. "I'll take you home and make sure nothing happens to you." Kurama laughed lightly.

Kuwabara watched the two of them leave. "So what should we do about this?"

"Shaid is a very stealthy demon. We need to wait for him to reappear again before we can strike…" Koenma broke down on his desk. "Everything is going so wrong! And now Botan is gone! King Enma will be furious!!! The only problem isn't just in the Human World either! Demons have been breaking loose and doing what they please in Spirit World too because they heard about how we're struggling to keep this problem contained."

"Not to worry, toddler. Agent Kuwabara will save the world!" Kuwabara strode out of Koenma's office and decided to track down Yusuke.

Stars twinkled in the night sky above a small park. Keiko held a grumbling Yusuke's hand and was staring up at the bright stars. She looked north to see the North Star. It shone the brightest of all and she sighed dreamily. After staring at it for a long time, the North Star seemed to fade and disappear.

"Huh?!" Keiko gasped.

"What?" Yusuke snapped, looking up at the sky and developing a crick in his neck.

"O-oh… must be nothing…" Keiko looked into Yusuke's eyes.

Yusuke grinned at her and leaned in to kiss her. His lips brushed against hers softly.

"Urameshi!!!" Kuwabara panted, running up a hill towards them.

Yusuke pulled away from Keiko quickly and looked innocently in the other direction thinking, damn! Keiko blushed and felt disappointed.

"Urameshi! The world is gonna be destroyed by some evil demon called Shaid… I think!" Kuwabara stopped in front of them.

"What else is new?" Yusuke grumbled.

That lit Kuwabara's fuse. Grabbing a handful of Yusuke's school uniform, Kuwabara shook him roughly. "Damn it, Urameshi! I'm serious! Haven't you been listening to the news?"

"No, I was on a date, baka." Yusuke smirked.

"The world's going to be destroyed?" Keiko demanded.

"Yes! But don't worry, Keiko." Kuwabara laughed. "I'll save the world by slaying the demon!"

"We're doomed." Yusuke muttered.

"Hey!" Kuwabara snarled. "There was a man on the street that died a terrible death-" something interrupted Kuwabara.

The ground beneath them shook violently. All three of them collapsed onto the ground. Keiko screamed in fright while Yusuke grabbed onto her to calm her down. Then Keiko slapped him for groping her butt.

"What the hell?!" Yusuke looked around. "An earthquake?!"

The nearby building started to crumble at its foundations. Yusuke picked up Keiko and struggled to run farther away from the collapsing buildings. Kuwabara scurried out of the way of anything as well. Setting a shaky Keiko down in the middle of a somewhat clear area in the park, Yusuke wondered how long this earthquake would last. The soil beneath them started to crack and pull away; buildings were becoming mere rubble, and trees were being uprooted. As suddenly as it started, the earthquake ceased and everything came to a dead silent standstill.

"We better find out what happened. And I'm worried if Hiei and Kurama are okay!" Yusuke exclaimed.

TO BE CONTINUED

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