Where it all Started

Author: The Freak - Freak Moister
Warnings: This story contains yaoi PG - 13 for now.
Disclaimer: All Yu Yu Hakusho characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi
Also the throne name "Dragon Throne" and territory name "Alaric" belongs to Mina Lightstar
Summary: All great journeys begin with the first step; well here it is my first step in this hopefully interesting expanded series of YYH. See it as YYH book 3 if you want. As the three worlds settle down for a long time in several hundreds of years, new mysterious happenings around the Makai bring about unrest in the Reikai and Makai. Is this just another ambitious lord who wishes the impossible or something more sinister that no one has yet suspect. As the dark menace slowly spreads it's cruel fingers and the people of the three worlds slowly being lured into its grasp can anyone stop it's unrelenting stride or will the darkness once again spread it's poison into the hard won peace.

"Silvana? Why?"

"I received some disturbing news this morning about some bandit activities going on in that area that has not been reported for several months, it a very serious problem and I want you to investigate Murishiko to see if they have any connection. Also if you can get rid of those bandits and see it they've got other acquaintances elsewhere. I don't care how you plan to do this investigation but I want it done fast and with relatively little fuss. Okay."

"I understand. Is that all?"

"That all you may go now." Hiei's face winked off the screen.

"Well that's a bit over doing it don't you think Mukuro?" Enki seemed surprised.

"Why's that?" bit curious and ruffled.

"Well they are bandits after all, why send... is he your right hand man or something?"

Mukuro frowned and rolled her eyes in annoyance. One would think that after, now over a year association that Enki would have been kept up to date with the placing in her court. "No, my heir."

"Yup, your using a bulls knife to kill a cat. Just like you." Mukuro had the distinct feeling that Yomi had been itching to say that for years. "Hey I know what I'm doing." Mukuro replied defensively.

"Oh well, looks like we'll just leave you to yourself now Mukuro..." Enki cut in, sometimes, Enki thought, it's like I'm dealing with a bunch of children, you look away for one moment and they'll start fighting... Enki came out of this reverie just in time to see Mukuro and Yomi blow a raspberry at each other. "Now Yomi we've got things to do." Levelling a stare at the sightless lord, Enki continued, "We've got to send out our people or do you expect our young friend to do all our jobs for us?" Mukuro smirked while Yomi scowled as the three lords blinked off the broad radio band waves.

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"YUSUKE!" was the only warning he got before a hand came out of nowhere and landed a healthy smack across his face. Yusuke jumped up and was in a battle stance before his wooly head registered that it was his fiancé/girlfriend Keiko, who was currently standing with hands on hips, face in a permanent scowl, eyes flashing dangerously and towering over his form which quite quickly shrunk beneath her intense glare.

"Keiko? haha..." Yusuke laughed nervously and tried to smile. "You're back from school, already, wow, didn't know school was over so quickly..." Yusuke stopped when he realized that it wasn't fooling anyone especially his girlfriend.

"Urameshi Yusuke, I don't mind it that you hate school, that you don't understand half the stuff that the teachers say or do your homework, I don't mind it that you don't even go to school but choose to go off on your little escapades. I'm am glade that you've decided that you wanted to do more than lounge around all day with your life and chose to work in my father's ramen shop. However I draw the line here! You do not sit around all day and sleep and neglect your post!"

Stopping to catch her breath Keiko turned to look around the little empty shop. Several empty bowls lay on one of the tables, left over soup lay in cold little puddles and half eaten pieces of food lay scattered about. Yusuke saw that as well and a sudden thought rang in his head, "Hey those two cheap left with out paying!" as soon as these words left his mouth Yusuke regretted it, but it was too late.

Keiko whirled on him looking about ten times as furious as before, "Maybe it was because the store owner was asleep!" Slamming down her bag, Keiko picked up the nearest cloth and rounded the counter. Stopping briefly to swiftly stack up the bowls she quickly wiped down the table pushing the left over food into the empty bowls and dumped the whole lot into the sink behind the counter. Yusuke quickly jumped to clean the bowls, but Keiko pushed him aside. "Oh just go back to sleep or something."

Yusuke stepped back and sighed, he hadn't mean to fall asleep, but he couldn't help it, looking after a store was just too boring when there were no customers. Then again isn't that what running a business was like? You just needed the patients. Looking at the back of Keiko who's currently rinsing the bowls out Yusuke sighed again; he really didn't know what to do to get her pleased. It wasn't his fault that he hated school or found sitting around doing nothing boring.

"I was talking to some of my friends to day at school." Keiko suddenly said not turning around but continued with drying the now clean bowls. Here voice is much calmer now, but it sounded sad now. "Do you know what we talked about? They all told me that I was wasting my time with you, that if only I would let myself there are so many people who are better than you that I was too good for you." Placing the bowls neatly in the cupboard Keiko dried her hands and grabbed her bag, "I hope you know what they're saying Yusuke, because if you don't shape up soon I'm not going to be around anymore." with that the girl left and the door chimed shut.

Yusuke was left stumped. He knew he wasn't the smartest guy around or the best looking or the nicest (actually those titles belonged to Kurama) but he really did love Keiko and he thought she knew. Well I mean he didn't go around all day declaring that he loved her but he had hoped that I showed through his actions. Yah some action they were... smarted his subconscious. Yusuke shut it out, but he didn't feel any better than before, the prospect of Keiko leaving him for someone else was scary, it was scarier than a whole army of S-class youkais.