Ahh, welcome back those of you who didn't go blind from the Kuwabara panty incident ;) Not to worry, his little problem shouldn't come up again. I hope.

Disclaimer: I own this bag of Doritos...but alas, I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Warnings: Kuwabara in panties again!! No, just kidding. Wait! Come back! Touya's strange little kleptomaniac ways and a seriously messed up Karasu and his ::coughs:: toys...

This chapter kicks off the 'Makai Arc' of my story. I'm going to go through most of the demons in the next couple of chapters, since it's easiest to cover them in the Makai. Let me know what characters you want to see. My seven-year-old sister came up with the pet name 'Ice Birdie' while I was using Touya to kick her butt in Yu Yu Hakusho Tokubenhuten...or how ever you spell it.

Chapter 3

Part 1 – Touya

Kurama walked idly along the aisle, basket in hand. It was his turn to make dinner tonight and he was at the store picking up ingredients. Spaghetti tonight. He just wasn't really in the mood for anything more complicated than that. Finishing his shopping, Kurama began the fairly short walk home. It was a pleasant day with spring slowly melting into summer. The fox smiled with the simple pleasure of the warm sunshine on his face. A block away from his house a sudden chill ran over his body. It was like being plunged into the depths of December. The accompanying ki signature was startlingly familiar. It only took a moment for Kurama to pinpoint the source of the cold. He peered over the thick hedge that served as a barrier between the outside world and the manicured lawn of the old neighbor lady. There, crouched in the shadow of a large sakura tree, was a short, blue- haired figure. Touya?

The Ice Birdie had an extremely large sack slung over his shoulder, making him look like some odd relative of Santa Claus. He was busily stuffing a lumpy looking object into said sack. A faint mutter of,"My army is almost complete!" reached the bushes that concealed Kurama. Touya stood, a look of manic glee on his petite features that turned to anger as the sack ripped and spilled his hard earned spoils al over the yard. The sack had been filled with garden gnomes. Ranging from the typical, red hat wearing David the Gnome types, to the ones that looked like over sized, illegitimate wishing troll offspring. "My minions!" The sexy voiced (mmmmm, lovely deep voice hehe) ice demon cried. Kurama ducked down behind the shrubbery and decided that it was best to not get involved. Besides, he had to go home and make dinner.

Part 2 – Karasu

Touya beamed proudly at the row upon row of gnomes that spread out before him. Jin's idea about an army of ningen garden gnomes was actually pretty good. He'd have to thank the Shinobi no Kaze later. In the meantime, Ice Birdie had to get his hands on the lightning rods. Those were always needed to breathe life into the inanimate. At least, that's what Jin had told him. 'Where to get lightning rods...?' He meandered through the streets of a random Makai town, keeping his eyes open for something that would suit his purposes. They instead fell on a figure that was being given a wide berth by the rest of the bustling crowd.

Seated on a crate near the entrance to an alleyway was Karasu. He was holding a pair of Barbie dolls (where in the worlds did he get those, anyway?), one black haired, the other looking like it had been dunked head first in a cup of cherry kool-aid and left for a couple of days. Both looked like their breasts had been melted, sliced, or otherwise removed. Upon closer inspection, they were suddenly very familiar. The black haired one had a bit of tinfoil over the lower half of its face and was dressed in black. The red haired one was dressed in white pants and a long, yellow Chinese style shirt. They were homemade Karasu and Kurama dolls! The raven- haired, ultimate-sadist was waving them around as they 'talked'. Touya's curiosity won out over the urge to run screaming like a little girl from the scary man. He went around the block and up the opposite end of the alley. The creepy crow guy was so engrossed in his 'playing' that he failed to notice the figure standing behind him.

"Oh, Karasu! You're just so sexy! I think I'll leave Hiei and run away with you!" At this Karasu threw another doll, obviously not nearly as lovingly made, against the wall. It was a simple, almost voodoo doll, likeness of the aforementioned Jaganashi. "I knew you would not be able to resist me!" Karasu made kissy noises and bumped the dolls faces together a few times. "Now, time for your beating!" Amidst the severe smacking the Karasu-Barbie was giving the Kurama-Barbie, Karasu was saying very explicit phrases that should never be repeated by anyone. Touya turned very green about the gills. Or would have, if ice demons had gills. He slowly backed away, lest the crazed crow finally take notice of him. 'Umm...yeah. Lightning rods. Gotta go get those lightning rods...'
::points:: See? Requests are dealt with pretty quickly...I guess. At least they show up in the next chapter. Aren't I nice? Though keep in mind the format I'm working in (if ya can figure it out...so far its confused the daylights out of people I've told. Or maybe they're just not that bright). It was hard enough figuring out a way to have Touya run into Karasu. And Yusuke is going to be the very last character, no matter what, while characters that have already been used may simply have small cameo roles later on if I feel like it. ::avidly awaits the release of PoA:: Yay for Harry Potter...well, maybe not him. Umm, yay for Lupin and Sirius!! Yay for Dementors!