Chapter Four- Rafu's World

"Asa!" Kurama burst into Asa's home wildly, looking around for any signs of the girl. There were none. "Chikushou...where is she?" he wondered aloud, then hurried up to her room.

Nothing...except a... "A portal?!" he questioned aloud, cocking an eyebrow. The portal swirled in color, as if inviting him inside. He stared at it a moment, then shrugged, "Well, whatever...if Asa's on the other side, it's worth it...I hope."

He stepped through the portal warily, and when he came out on the other side, he took a moment to observe his surroundings. He was currently in a place that reminded him vaguely of a weird Disney scene from Asa's favorite game, Kingdom Hearts. A huge cartoon-ish castle stood before him, surrounded by bamboo ((thanks, Mel-chan!)) and trees that seemed rather unrealistic, since they were growing from other trees. He raised an eyebrow, and looked down at himself---gasping when he saw that he was dressed in a strange armor, that also reminded him of one of the Kingdom Hearts characters.

"Well, holy crap, what's wrong with this picture?" he asked aloud, noticing that his hair had been tied back to keep most of it from his face.

"How did you get here?" The familiar voice caused him to look up at the cartoon castle, and he saw a tall fox demon with white hair and ice blue eyes sitting cross-legged on top of the wall that held up the castle's gate. The fox demon was also dressed in strange clothing, and he recognized him immediately as Rafu.

"Where's Asa?!" Kurama demanded, furrowing his brow, "And what did you do to her?"

"Haven't you figured out yet---this is my world, I'm the boss here," Rafu said, leaning forward with his hands on his knees ((VERY Kouga)) and glowering at Kurama. "Asa is safe. I wouldn't harm her---you know that I wouldn't, at least not until I get what I want..." A very lecherous smirk crossed the foxish features then.

"You've attacked Hiei with tomatoes, and now you're making perverted remarks about my girl...you're really going to have to have your face meet my foot," Kurama said dryly. ((YAAAY, I took the chance to make Kurama a little egotistical! I LOVE IT!))

"Hn. That weakling Jiganshi was nothing compared to the tomatoes!" Rafu laughed, "You should have seen his face!"

I'm sure he was surprised, Kurama thought, sweat dropping, I don't think I'd ever imaged Hiei getting beaten by a tomato attack...

"And she's not your girl---at least, not anymore!"

"What do you mean by that?!" Kurama demanded. Rafu looked over his shoulder, raising two fingers to his lips, and whistled sharply. A few seconds later, a very familiar face came into his view beside the fox demon that sat above him---and he couldn't really help but stare at Asa stupidly, since she was dressed in a very tight white sleeveless dress that revealed more than enough of any assets she possessed. He now knew why Rafu was drooling a river from the top of the castle.

"Hey, Kurama," Asa said in a rather smooth, seductive voice. He noticed immediately that she was under a trance of some sort, as her eyes were dark gray and not their usual ice blue. "What's up?"

"...Okay, Rafu, what did you do to her?" Kurama asked, eyeing Rafu in annoyance and trying to keep his eyes off of Asa.

"Nothing nearly as bad as what I'm going to do to you!" Rafu declared, jumping from his position on the castle to land in front of Kurama. "Asa, my lovely, you wait up there, all right?"

"Hn, fine," Asa answered, in an uncharacteristically pouting voice.

"I've always been a gambling demon, Kurama. Here's a proposition I know you can't refuse---I challenge you to a duel, fox against fox. Winner gets the girl, and if you win, I'll even remove the trance and make her the normal, less fun Asa again. Loser gets to go home with their tail between their legs, after, of course, getting pummeled with tomatoes or any vegetables of the winner's choice."

"Sounds like a deal to me," Kurama shrugged, eyeing the other warily.

"Then may the duel begin!"

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Meka- Oh, I'm bad! Bad me, for leaving it there, but I don't really have enough time to make this a lengthy chapter, because I'm trying to write two stories at once here! So, guys, quickly, do the review responses, okay?

Yusuke- Okay, okay, geesh! First of all, Sin, yes, we know you're a girl. Meka was glad enough to say it in her other story as well. And that tomato story, funny as it was, was rather sad---we apologize that your family would throw tomatoes at you. And don't worry, Hiei'll probably get pounded by more tomatoes later.

Hiei- Hn. My turn. Okay, animefreak102...what is up with me getting all the cool names as my respondees? Whatever. Anyway. Thank you for the compliments, we hope you will continue to review as Meka continues to update with my katana at her throat.

Meka- REMEMBER, Hiei, your fate rests in MY hands!

Hiei- ...((gulp))

Kurama- Kurama/is/hot, uh oh...we have a problem, for that is TWO number one fans...oh well. You and Melanie can be co-no. 1 fans. Melanie, do you think I'd look good in black leather? ((poof of smoke and Kurama's dressed like Neol)) Hm...not sure. ((shrugs)) And I hope you do not need stitches...they hurt. Especially when you GET THEM BECAUSE A MEAN AUTHORESS KNOCKS YOU OUT!!! ((glares at Meka))

Meka- ...Eheh...oops.

Kuwabara- I'm still doing MY job! ((holds up disclaimer sign))