Magi: - Sorry it took so long to update! I've been busy with schoolwork. There's been huge projects and essays… sigh.

Noah: Hmm… you've forgotten to say that you don't own Yu Yu Hakusho in the beginnings of the last two chapters.

Magi: o-0 So I have. Oops! (Though it's obvious I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, this wouldn't be a fanfic, and instead would be part of the plot. XD)

Noah: Well… we don't own Yu Yu Hakusho. We only own this fanfic.

Magi: Yep!

Yusuke heard them coming. He turned, startled, to see the two demons racing towards him. He took a step back, and moved to the side to avoid Hiroki's club. Monco was coming at him from the other side, however, and raised his axe above the spirit detective's head with a triumphant shout. Yusuke spun around to see the blade of the axe descending upon him.

There wasn't enough time to react. Yusuke just stood there, watching, paralyzed. Hiroki grunted under his breath, "I wanted ta get 'im," but stayed out of the way. In a second, the human would be dead. But that didn't happen.

A blast came out of the darkness and knocked the axe out of Monco's hands. The demon whirled around to see who had fired the blast of aura, but he saw no one. He moved to pick up his axe, but this delay in action had given Yusuke time to get his mind working and move again. The spirit detective ran over and kicked the axe out of the way, so it was just him and Monco, hand-to-hand.

The demon stepped forward, but Yusuke was upon him in a blink of an eye, and punched him hard on the chin. The force knocked Monco backwards and onto the sand-covered stone. He lay there, unmoving, and didn't get up.

Yusuke glanced in Hiroki's direction. He was clutching his club and looking at Monco. "Your friend's not getting up," Yusuke told him. "I know how hard I hit him. Now get outta here now, and I might spare you." But much to Yusuke's surprise, Hiroki looked at Yusuke with a grin on his face, and began to laugh.

"Ha! I must thank you for getting' rid of that ole demon. 'E was too set in 'is ways, and I was gonna kill 'im sooner or later. But you just saved me the trouble." Hiroki smirked, then ran towards Yusuke, his club out in front of him. But Yusuke was grinning, too. He shaped his pointer finger and thumb into the shape of a gun and aimed it at the charging demon. "Spirit Gun!" Yusuke yelled, and a swirl of aura formed at the tip of his finger, then soot off. The blast hit Hiroki in the chest. He stumbled forward, his club dangerously close to Yusuke, then fell down, his eyes glazed over.

Yusuke stepped over him and glanced around. He hadn't forgotten about the blast that had knocked the axe out of Monco's hands. He hadn't fired it, and he wanted to know who had. However, it was dark, and he could barely see two inches in front of him, let alone someone who knows how far away. So he called out, "Hey! Whoever you are, come out now, okay? I just wanna talk and thank you for saving me from getting chopped in half."

There was silence for a minute, then footsteps could be heard. Out of the darkness in front of him, a person was emerging. They wore a cloak, white with a dark purple outline around the edges. Their face and features were covered by shadows, so it was hard to tell whether they were male or female. They walked forward until they were standing a few feet away from Yusuke, then stopped. The two looked at each other for a minute, then the person began to speak.

"So, are you going to thank me for knocking the axe away from that demon? And for dragging you out of the desert and giving you things to help you survive?" The person's voice was of a young man's, calm and relaxed, and with a tone of maturity.

"You were the one?" Yusuke asked, shocked.

"Who else could have?"

"Umm… hey, wait a minute! Koen- I mean, my boss said that the only citizen remaining in Clow was the ruler. Are you the prince?"

The man laughed. "Me, the prince? Heavens, no! I'm just some person who couldn't bear to see the city overrun by demons. They're scum, they are, these demons. Can't wait to get rid of 'em."

"Get rid of 'em?"

"Yep. My goal's to eliminate 'em all."

"The entire army of demons?"

"The entire army."

"Good luck. But do you know who the prince is, or where he is? I'm supposed to find him. My boss told me to."

"And who's your boss?"

"Uhhh…"

"C'mon, out with it! I won't tell."

"Koenma, son of Enma, ruler of the Underworld."

"Ah. And he sent you to find this prince?"

"That's right." Yusuke had at first been wary of the stranger, not sure if he was friend or foe, or if he was stronger than Yusuke himself. But now he began to relax, and resumed his tough guy attitude. He decided that he was hungry, so he sat down and got some food out of the pack. The man watched him for a minute, then sat down also ad began to eat food that he had gotten from somewhere under his cloak.

When they were both done, the man stood up and bowed to Yusuke. "You are an honorable person, and a strong warrior. It was a pleasure to dine with you. Good luck on finding the prince you are searching for." He then turned and began to melt into the darkness.

But Yusuke got to his feet quickly, and ran after the man. He snuck up behind him quietly, and in one quick motion, pulled the cloak's hood down so he could see the man's face. He stepped back, waiting for the man to move. And when the man did turn around, Yusuke got a big shock.

It was a girl's face, slender with slightly tanned skin. She had big green eyes, and short hair that was a sort of blondish-pink color that came to her jawbone. Over her mouth and most of the lower part of her face was a mask. It was shaped in a round triangle, and fit perfectly overtop of her nose and chin. It was black, and had small spaces for breathing. Yusuke thought that it seemed to look like the mask that Karasu, Kurama's opponent in the final match of the Dark Tournament, wore. But he also remembered Botan showing him a mask like this one and saying that these masks were rare, and were designed to change your voice.

'That must be why her voice was a man's,' Yusuke realized, then snapped back to reality. The girl had disappeared. "Hey, wait!" he called out. "I'm sorry I pulled your hood down! C'mon, you're strong, and you know your way around; you could help me out here! I don't even know your name!" But there was no answer.

Magi: There! It's sort of short, but I just wanted to get the chapter up. I shall begin working on the fourth chapter soon, and it should be longer.

Noah: And we're sorry the fight scene wasn't that good, Magi can't do fight scenes very well.

Magi: -;; Yep yep. Oh, and whowhenwhatever and Birdy06, thanks for your reviews! People actually liked my story! :is excited:

Noah: Is foolish is more like it, but oh well. Now come on, your mom will ground you from the computer if you don't get off!

Magi: o-0 You're right! Well… this ends the little conversation thing… meep!