A/N: This will start in the POV of Hiei. From here on, I'm going to try and get the chapters longer and in more detail, enjoy! O, 'blah,' means that the character is thinking.

Chapter Ten

An Undying Servant

'She killed her own slave,' I thought, it was the only thing that crossed my mind at the moment. 'I need to keep moving, where are the stairs up?'

My eyes searched for a way up, but I couldn't see one in this hallway. The only thing here was that cell, the one that held Kurama prisoner. I slowly walked to the other hallway and followed it.

The farther I progressed the darker and somber I felt. 'What did Karasu mean about Kurama's 'condition'? What condition did he have?' I continued to walk silently down the hall. My eyes, searching every nook and cranny, saw my next way up; at least, that's what I thought it was...

This was the end of the hallway, so damp and cold. My eyes had fallen to the ground. A small square lay across the floor. The square had a light purple hue to it; it seemed something that only a very powerful demon could have placed there. I had seen one like this once before, while I was with Kurama...

-------Flashback to almost two years ago-------

"What is that," I had asked Kurama.

"It's a teleporter, it will transport us to where ever this demon wants us to go," Kurama said. We were the only ones there.

"Hn, is that so, fox?"

"Yes, you activate it by standing on it, here, I'll show you." He then walked calmly onto the purplish square and waited patiently for a moment. By the time that I thought this was useless to us, the purple on the floor began to rise all around Kurama, covering his entire being. My eyes opened wide as I watched Kurama disappear. Since I had no other way of following him, I had walked onto the platform and joined him on the other side...

-----------------End of Flashback-----------------

I looked back down at the square at my feet. I slowly exhaled, and walked onto the square; I had to help Kurama any way that I could. I looked back down at my feet and saw the purple glitter float up to me. I watched it, as it began to slowly rise above my head, I then looked back down as I felt a tingling sensation spread to my knees. From about my waist down, my body seemed to disintegrate into nothingness. The rest of my body fell to that same feeling as I was transported to where ever this demon witch wanted me to go.

Soon my body lost the sensation, and I opened my eyes. The dust was beginning to fall from my face, allowing me to see what was in front of me. A woman sat on what seemed to be a throne of bones.

She was beautiful, yet ugly and terrifying all at the same time. Her sleeves draped to the stone floor. Her clothes were see-through, all of it. I looked her up and down; underneath her clothing she wore what seemed to be a gray wiring that resembled flowers. The wiring only protected her against things that should only be sought for, but not seen.

"I was beginning to wonder if you were going to show at all..." her voice said. She sounded as if somehow she was doing this great deed that only she could do.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"O, how ignorant of me, my name is Ryokha, the soon to be demon savior."

"What do you mean?"

"Your friend-I mean, lover, is deeply sick, in fact, he is so sick, he will die in six days if the antidote isn't given to him..."

"What did you do to him!?" I felt my heart sink as she began to answer me.

"He was poisoned, and I am the only one with the antidote. Rock Shire Poison is very deadly to the mind. With a single touch it will numb all thoughts, if swallowed or injected with it, it can destroy the entire mind, like acid, making the body an empty core. It then drains all of the life from the body, killing its host so very slowly." She then began to smile as she saw my torment.

"What do you want for the antidote?" I didn't want to know the cost, but I couldn't let Kurama go through that.

"My master began a study on demon and human activity. He found out that the two realms would better prosper for him if the realms were made one. My master died before he could finish his research, but I finished it for him. My poor Sakiyo did not die in vain!" She then stopped as she looked at me. She tilted her head and stood up, an evil smile fluttered across her face. "You will get the key for me and deliver it back to me."

"Why can't I just kill you now, and take the antidote from you?"

"Who said I was carrying it on me? You have five days to deliver the key to me, any later and the antidote won't have any effect on him." With those words still echoing into my head, I walked out of the castle and into the night. I wouldn't be able to convince Koenma to hand me that key, so I would have to steal it, I had no other option...

A/N: The next chapter will explain what's been happening since Hiei left Yusuke and Kuwabara. It will also better explain Kurama's predicament. I don't know what it will be called yet.