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.

It may have minutes or hours but the next thing that Yusuke remembered was the door chiming open to admit two chatting teens.

"Oh come on Kurama you just gotta tutor me in math, I can't stand my sister anymore, she gives me the freaks."

"Kuwabara I'm sure if you manage to stay awake at least for a lesson you wouldn't find math that hard."

Yusuke's head snapped up, did I hear what I just heard! Through the door in came Kurama and Kuwabara deep in conversation and Yusuke had a good idea of what the subject of the talk is about, what else could there be. They walked around to the counter and sat down before the lump of misery that was Yusuke.

"Man you look like shit Urashime."

"Yah nice work Sherlock." was the moody reply.

"Well if it makes you feel better, we've came to eat some raman," came the reasonable voice of Kurama trying to cheer up Yusuke. "No it's not that Kurama, I don't care about customers." Yusuke reluctantly sat up and looked at his companions and cracked a halfhearted smile.

"See what I tell ya Kurama, this guy just got dumped, I'd bet."

Yusuke didn't bothered to reply but continued to slump in a dejected pile.

"Want to talk about it over a bowl of raman?" Feeling sorry for his poor friend, Kurama decided that it was high time that they had something to eat, as it's well known that their stomach rules boys like Yusuke and Kuwabara. When the cheerful suggestion was answered by silence, Kurama felt peeved, I mean he's doing his very best right? In the old days he'd just pull out his rose whip and give the boy a few welts.

"Oh good, I was getting hungry. Hey Urashime think you can dish up a few?" Kuwabara rumbled, followed by his stomach.

No reply. Even Kuwabara couldn't remain in a cheerful mood faced with this sad sack. Kurama sighed and dropped his heavy pack on the floor before stepping round the counter, better to do it yourself then wait for Christmas. It worked like a charm; Yusuke immediately jumped up and proceeded to help. Soon three steaming bowls of raman lay on the counter and all was ready for eating.

"Itadakimasu!"

Bang! Ting ling ling Suddenly the store's door opened and through it's opening sailed,

"Konbanwa mina, oiishi raman ga iru?"

Just as the three boys were about to dig into their late afternoon snack, the loudest, highest greeting they hear in a long time rang in their ears, and they have no doubt who their visitor is. Only one person could strike so much attention into the minds of these three youths with so little as their voice. The three looked up, Yusuke and Kuwabara with raman trailing out of their mouths and stared as Botan sailed into the little shop at brake neck speed and hovered about 50cm above their heads.

"Botan-chan, is there another mission?" Kurama asked, giving the ferry girl a worried glance. The other two boys slurped and looked up with interest. Botan sighed and sank slowly to an empty chair beside Kurama, rolling her eyes, and sucking in a big breath. "I'm not here on Koenma-sama's bidding, I'm..." she paused for dramatic effect, "on holiday."

Silence, complete and utter silence.

We are doomed, we are doomed, we are doomed... kept rumbling in Yusuke and Kuwanbara's head. If there was anything else that scares them more than their respective girlfriends leaving them was this particular ferry girl on holiday, who knows what wonders of horror she'll dig up. Kurama smiled good-naturedly and offered her some of his raman.

"Ah food, I'm famished!" Botan said digging happily into the offered noodles, "So what have you boys been talking about?" Botan asked as she dug into noodles.

Some time later…

Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara watched wide-eyed as Botan downed the third bowl of raman with gusto and asked for more. Being dead didn't seemed to affect Botan's appetite.

"As I was saying," continued Botan slurping more raman, "I'm now officially on holiday for three weeks and currently I have yet to decided what I should do with that time. So, I'm wondering what you boys have in mind, I know it's the weekend." She finished sounding like she'd done a great accomplishment by finding out that it was the weekend.

"Well we haven't the slightest idea. Me and Kuwabara had just arrived here not long before you, we were going to talk over the snack" answered Kurama gesturing towards the orange headed delinquent who is currently trying to outdo Botan in number of bowls of raman eaten.

"Yah, we just walked in, all we know is that Urashime here just got dumped!" the boy squawked when said boy smacked him on the back of the head, while shouting "I was not dumped you dumbass, and you should be worrying about your precious Yukina-chan." Yusuke finished slyly.

Kuwabara immediately shutup and turned beech red. Yusuke smirked and Kurama shook his head wondering if Yusuke had really been miserable before they came, he seemed happy enough now. "So what was that miserable slump all about Yusuke?"