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.

A big thank you to everyone who has reviewed! Too bad there's only four of them! But then again this way they get more of my thanks ne!

kage kitsune : Nice of you to remember me! ^_^ hopefully you'll enjoy the rest of this story!

Akako: Sorry for taking so long to reply! I actually had the other chapters uploaded before I posted them. The only reason I dragged out the posting was so that the story will stay on the first page as opposed to page 5 or something. Glad you like Mukuro scenes, I'm trying to lighten her character a little.

HieiTheDarkGem: Same here sorry for taking so long to reply the chapters were loaded before! Well did you like the Hiei scenes?

Kaze: To my first reviewer, you gave me so much confidence boost! To know that people actually read my writing. Thank you so much.

Cutting the transmission to Mukuro Hiei leaned back in his chairs and frowned. Silvana, I wonder what could be going on there, it seems like and urgent matter but it would delay the journey by long time, especially if he had to investigate into the magister of the area. Mukuro wants it kept quite, remember that…hn can't go in and just demand and answer then.

Checking the time Hiei realized that there was still plenty of time before dinner was served and wondered if he had time to do a little sparing, but then Jeux hasn't returned yet and wouldn't be for a little while.

Staring out the window behind the desk Hiei could just make out the outline of the new mining-facility with it new sweeping roofs and irregular structure, compared to his study, the room looked ancient with its box like rigid ness.

Hiei didn't like the idea of having a window behind the desk but couldn't complain as almost all of the studies he'd been in have a ceiling to floor window behind the desk, it was the style, most found it majestic to be framed by nature, Hiei found it unnerving. The window seemed to invite the wild of the nature into the room.

Sweeping his ruby eyes to the interior, the room was bright from the many lamps, spacious with a large empty area before the desk and double doors at the rooms end. Hiei gotten use to the seemingly empty study over the last few weeks but still can't shake the feeling of annoyance over wasted space.

Stopping at the clock on the wall again the time read 5pm, Jeux should be back from mining facilities now, finishing off the last of the handover instructions. Rowell should be with him. The new magister of Dentora Larsenas Rowell was a steady lady, a good choice in Hiei's opinion.

Just then a knock sounded at his office door, and Jeux entered. Mukuro assigned Jeux to Hiei when he first entered the demoness's service; he was like a bodyguard, aide, and servant all rolled into one. Hiei found Jeux helpful, if not overly cautious on occasions, however that's granted since he is also the bodyguard.

Waving Jeux over Hiei ordered a short oral report of the finally handover which Jeux quickly delivered. Nothing much happened, Hiei knew that there would be no problem, Jeux if not anything else is competent. He was not overly intelligent but not dumb at the same time maybe a bit slow.

Hiei looked up at Jeux from his chair and felt a sudden itch on his nose, "Achu!" Hiei sniffed and looked wide-eyed at the desk in surprise. Jeux jumped and advanced towards Hiei, "My lords are you sick?"

Hiei shook his head, "No, it must have been dust or something."

Jeux smiled, "Maybe someone was talking about you." He suggested, "You know that it's said that people sneeze when someone else talks about them."

Hiei rolled his eyes at that but paid no attention to the comment, "Are you bored Jeux?" Hiei asked absentmindedly, fingering a loose piece of paper.

The guardian looked down on his lord and smiled softly. His lord was often this way, especially when the lady Lord Mukuro set him on a particularly monotonous job. "You want to spar?"

Snorting a short laugh Hiei pushed wearily out of the high backed chair and made his way to the empty space before the desk, "We have a few hours, and then it's dinner." Throwing aside his black cloak, Hiei turned to face Jeux who threw aside his own ceremony cloths and stretched his arms. "…and after dinner I would like you to come to my room," continued Hiei as he started his own stretches on the arm. Jeux looked up from stretching his leg, "My lord?"

"It's a secret matter, be nimble and do not make a sound or lead anyone with your odd hour for activity."

Jeux nodded and no talks were made for the next three hours as the two youkais tested their skills against each other. Jeux of course ended up with more than a few bruises and cuts, having lost all rounds to his young lord. Hiei decided that they better have a shower before going to dinner, there was no point in ruining the dinning atmosphere.

Hiei grinned when he heard a sigh of relief from Jeux and grabbed his cloak before heading towards his room. The walk was short through the almost empty fortress. Hiei entered his room and headed straight through the sitting area and to the bedroom.

It was a rather large room though not bigger than the one he had back at Mukuro's palace it was still spacious, and it also had a very big ceiling to floor window, which lead to a balcony, at least this window had curtains. The bed was the prominent feature of the room, a huge four-poster thing with hanging drapes all around. Hiei was at a lost at why they need all these things around the bed, it didn't make sleeping in it any better.

Heading towards the walk in wardrobe, Hiei picked out his usually set of black shirt and pants. As he stood in front of wardrobe mirror his chanced a look at his appearance. The fire demon still couldn't get use to it.

It had started about a few months ago, with unusual fluctuations in his youki. It seems that his body had yet to reach its full maturity is just now entering its last growth spurt. Sure enough soon after the fluctuations Hiei grew taller, but it wasn't some sudden spurt in the night thing, but a gradual process which went well with Hiei because he didn't want to wake up one morning realizing that he had more area now to cover and have longer reach or anything, it would have totally messed up his fighting ability for sometime before he got used to it.

A few months back at Yusuke's party everyone else had realized that he was changing and teased him to no ends about it. The only thing keeping him from killing them all then was that Yukina had grown taller as well, which wasn't much of a surprise, but Kuwabara had gone wild convinced that Hiei had somehow poisoned the sweet girl. The stupid thing is that poisoning usually doesn't give people growth spurts.

Now it had been over half a year and the signs of further growth had stopped. Hiei now stood at approximately 170cm, taller than Yusuke but shorter than Kurama's human form. Hiei hair is longer so that it draped down the back of his neck just below his shoulder blades tapering to a tip, but still retaining it's spiky look. Hiei sighed, no point in mulling over it now, it's permanent and anyway it wasn't such a bad adjustment, at least now no can call him short anymore. Taking a quick shower and dressing Hiei headed towards the dinning room on the lower floor. Jeux meet him at the top of the stairs and the two companions entered the dinning room.