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Chapter 4: Demon Room Invasion

The sun had finally left the sky and the moon and stars began to dance in the clouds of black. Inside the two friends were resting in Kisa's room. Miko was watching a Yu Yu Hakusho video and Kisa was drawing random pictures while lying on her bed. When another picture was finished, the girl's orange eyes wandered over to where her friend was. As Miko watched Kurama wield his rose whip onscreen, flashes of her dream crept back into her mind. She shuddered as she remembered the desperate, hopeless look on the fox demon's face as he fell. But why couldn't she forget about it? It was only a dream, after all.

"Are you sure you should be here?" asked Kisa. Miko turned and looked straight into the piercing cat-like eyes. "Well if you want me to leave so bad you should have said so earlier." Miko said half sarcastically while standing up.

"Shut up. I just meant that you might want to rest at home or something after…well, earlier." Miko sat down once again. "I'm fine, I just had a weird dream."

Kisa raised an eyebrow. " A weird dream that made you yell out some name that freaked out the whole gym?"

"Um, yes. Did it?"

Kisa laughed. "Three people came up and asked me if you had joined a cult. Anyway, do you remember what you said?" Miko's heart sank. She didn't really want to talk about the dream to Kisa right now. Actually, she couldn't really remember what she had said, but did it matter?
"No, I can't remember anything."
Kisa sat up straight, with a thoughtful look on her face. "Really? I think it sounded something like Har-ee-a-toe..."

BOOM! A loud crashing noise came from somewhere up above them. The two girls looked up in alarm, then at each other. "What was that?" whispered Kisa. "I have a feeling it wasn't Santa Claus."

"Of course not! It's the middle of June!" said Miko, starting to panic. "What do you think it is? Should we go wake up your mom?"
Kisa shrugged. "Maybe it was just the wind." BOOM! It happened again, only this time Miko could have sworn she also heard a yell.
"There's someone on the roof, Kisa!" she shouted frantically.

Kisa jumped off the bed, rolling her eyes. "Fine, I'll go see what it is." She headed for the door, grabbing her shoes. Miko ran after her, the slight breeze causing Kisa's drawings to flutter off the bed.

"Wait! You shouldn't go up there alone!" Kisa continued down the hallway, looking over her shoulder at Miko. "Well, then come with me!"

Miko hesitated and slowly turned back towards the room. "I think I'll stay here actually. I can be…your lookout." Kisa was already down the stairs and out the door.

She glanced up at the roof, then began to slink around the house to the tool shed, where a tall ladder was. Once she got a hold of it, she propped the ladder up against the side of the house, near the window to her room. As Kisa began to climb she caught a glimpse of a face inside. It was Miko and she stared at her with worried eyes. Kisa made the "V for victory" sign and kept going.

When she had got to the top she looked over and saw four figures. There was two of average size and they each were fighting with an opponent. One of the other fighters was taller than the other one. Kisa watched in disbelief as the taller one, using something that resembled a rope, hit his attacker (the figure looked masculine enough for Kisa to infer) squarely in the face. The impact caused him to be flung into the air. Kisa followed his descent as he landed near the bottom of the ladder. As she looked down she noticed the figure seemed to almost dissolve and blow away in the wind. Kisa heard a loud smack, and looked back at the roof just in time to see the other figure hit the top of her ladder. The ladder toppled backwards; Kisa screamed as it fell, instinctively jumped away and landed safely on all fours. As she caught her breath and recovered from the fright, Kisa heard someone yell, "It doesn't help if you kill her, Hiei!"

Kisa looked up to see the taller person jump from the roof to land in front of her. His green eyes glinted as he looked her up and down, then he let out a small sigh of relief. "Good, you're safe. You must be Kisa!" Kisa stared at him, speechless. Um, what just happened?

She heard Miko yell, "You stay away from her! I swear, you put one hand on her, and I call the cops!" The shorter figure suddenly appeared next to the other. He glanced at Kisa, then looked up at the window where Miko was. "That goes for you too!" she yelled. He stared at Miko, then said quietly, "How annoying." He jumped with the speed of a lighting flash; at one moment he was still standing in front of Kisa, the next, he was on the windowsill glaring at Miko. He stepped into the room and Kisa heard Miko scream.

"Miko!" exclaimed Kisa in alarm.

"Oh dear," sighed the longhaired figure. Kisa began to run for the front door, but the man grabbed her wrist and said, "It would be quicker to go this way. If you would allow me." He swept the shocked girl up into his arms and leapt nimbly into the air. He landed gently on the windowsill and both of them looked inside. Miko was standing in the corner, holding Kisa's long abandoned softball bat.

She swung it in front of her a few times. " I swear, if you touch me, I'll kill you!" she said fearfully. She swung the bat again; the man's red eyes glinted as he caught the bat mid-swing. He easily pulled it from her hands, tossed it into the air, grabbed the handle and set it casually on his shoulder. He turned to Kisa and his partner and said, "We're going to have a problem with this one, Kurama."

"Hiei, put the bat down, please."

Kurama set Kisa on her feet as Hiei dropped the bat and stuck his hands in his pockets. Kisa looked between the two and blinked, as if coming out of a deep reverie. "Wait a sec. Hiei, and…Kurama?"

Hiei rolled his eyes and said, "Wow, she's fast." His eyes wandered to the TV that showed the landscape of the spirit world and was drawn to it. It seems so familiar.

"Well Hiei, you must understand this is a very strange situation for them. We must handle it delicately," Kurama said serenely, his eyes closed. Hiei was now crouching in front of the TV, staring at it intently. A miniature Kurama appeared on the screen. Hiei turned to his ally and said, "Isn't this your fight with Touya?" Kurama came over and sat next to him. He studied the ongoing fight. Kisa and Miko walked and met each other in the middle of the room. Kurama turned to them and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Well," said Miko warily, "it's Yu Yu Hakusho. And as you see this is the saga of the Dark Tournament. This also the second fight of the third round." Miko rambled on sagely. Hiei, now ignoring her, looked at Kurama and asked, "How do they know this?"

Kisa finally came to her senses. "Hold on a minute," she said, summoning finality into her voice, "you guys are intruders in my house. You are crazy people who think you are characters from an anime show. Now get out!"

"So, the people of this dimension documented our escapades into a TV show? Interesting," said Kurama.

"I guess," said Hiei darkly. "It seems like something dirty spies would do."

"Hello? Earth to crazy people? Get out of my house!"

"Well," said Hiei, standing up, "we found them. Can we go now?"
"We must wait for Yusuke and Kuwabara, Hiei," said Kurama matter-of-factly.
Miko stepped forward. "Wait a minute. You can't expect us to ever believe you are these people! I mean, they're just fictional cartoon characters!" The red-haired boy turned to Miko and gave what Miko called "the Kurama trademark smile". Any other time, this would have made Miko melt onto the floor, but now it just frightened her.

Kurama said, "I'm sure you'll understand once we bring you to the spirit world."
"Spirit world? Are you going to kill us?!"
"I wish," said Hiei under his breath.
Kurama threw him a warning look. "Hiei-"

"RUN FASTER, KUWABARA!"
"I'M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN, URAMESHI!"

Kurama moved to the window and looked out. "Ah, here they are now!"

Hiei walked over and stood next to him. "Do you think they were smart enough to go around the dog house instead of in front of it?" A dog began to bark ferociously, and Hiei sighed in frustration. "Idiots."

"Get away from me, you stupid dog!" said a voice much like Yusuke's.
"Spirit sword!" yelled Kuwabara. Kisa ran to the window and yelled, "Whoever you are, hurt that dog, and I'll make sure you never have children!"
Hiei blinked in surprise at such a horrible threat to the male gender. Yusuke seemed just as shocked. They heard his voice from down below. "What the- who said that?"

"Argh! What are you doing, Urameshi?! Get this dog off me!"

Yusuke laughed. "It's probably punishing you for liking kittens so much."

"I resent that," said Miko and Kisa together. Kurama stuck his head out the window. "Would you two wrap this up? We are on a schedule!"

"Oh, is that you, Kurama?" said Yusuke, obviously surprised. "Uh, yeah, hold on a sec." He kicked the dog, which whimpered and ran back to its yard. Kisa clenched her fists in anger and said to herself, "I'll kill him for that."

Kurama turned to Kisa. "Kisa, don't you have a mother in the house?"
Kisa shrugged. "She's probably drunk. She won't wake up for anything softer than a nuclear detonation."

Yusuke came in the door; he had heard Kisa's remark. "Yeah, I feel the same way sometimes," he said. Kuwabara followed him, covered in scratches and still breathing heavily from his encounter with Fluffy, the neighbor's dog.

He glanced over at Kisa and Miko, then did a double take. "Oh. Who are they?" Yusuke rolled his eyes. "Duh, who do you think they are?"
Kuwabara grinned. "They're really cute!" He leaned over and took Kisa's hand. "Hey, I'm Kazuma Kuwabara!" Doing what he had learned from TV was the proper thing do when meeting a girl, he kissed her hand, then grinned up at her. Kisa only slapped him, disgusted. "You pervert!" Hiei snickered under his breath so no one would notice.

Yusuke turned to Kurama and said, "These are the dark angels, right?"

"Well, let's make sure," said Kurama smoothly, taking out two pieces of paper. He turned to Kisa, who was now holding Kuwabara's head under her foot.

"Kisa Turner: age 16. Blood type: O. A spunky tomboy with a confident air. Has past issues with her parents, and a fascination with mythical creatures, especially dragons."

Yusuke nodded. "So, her mom's a drunk," he looked around the room at all her dragon figurines, "and she likes dragons. It seems right."

Hiei turned to her and said, "I think you would change your opinion of dragons once you saw my Dragon of the Darkness Flame."

"Now, now, Hiei, don't scare her," said Kurama. Kisa just rolled her eyes as Kurama looked at Miko and read off the second piece of paper.

"Miko O'Brien: age 15. Blood type: AB . An energetic, outgoing girl who is always ready to help friends. Loves to act and sing, but can get overly cautious and/or excited."

"That explains the bat issue," said Hiei as he stared at the ceiling. "All right, the whole gang is here. Can we go now?"

"Wait, we aren't going anywhere with you," said the girls in unison.
"Come on, Kisa, there's a phone downstairs. Let's call the police and get these freaks out of your house," said Miko, pulling her quickly towards the door. Kurama appeared in front of her. "I'm very sorry, but you really don't have any choice." He bent down and punched her firmly in the stomach, causing her to pass out. Kurama caught her before she hit the ground and laid her gently on the floor. Kisa had jumped back in surprise when Miko was punched, and now she tried to get back to her. Hiei stepped in front of her, and when she tried to hit him he caught her fist. Kisa then felt a strange pressure on her shoulder, and she blacked out.

Kuwabara looked uncomfortable as Kisa fell to the floor. "I dunno, guys, should we really be hitting girls like this?"

"Well, remember that cat girl from the Triad?" said Yusuke.

"Yeah, but she was attacking us. Besides, she wasn't even a girl; you checked yourself!" "Hey, shut up!" He froze, and turned to the other members of the team, both of whom had sweatdropped. "Oh, yeah, you guys don't know about that!"

Kurama put up his hands and raised his eyes to the ceiling. "Believe me, Yusuke, I don't want to know."

Hiei walked to the other side of the room. Kuwabara looked down at the girls. "So, we have the dark angels passed out on the floor. What now?"

"Well, I guess we head back," Kurama said, checking his watch. He blinked in surprise. "Oh my, we really are short on time! Koenma expects us back at the palace in five minutes." Kurama stooped and picked up Miko. He looked at Hiei, who refused to meet his gaze, and then turned to Yusuke and Kuwabara. "Yusuke, why don't you carry Kisa? I don't think she wants Kuwabara to be the first thing she sees when she wakes up."

Kurama: Um...what's with me punching her?
YEM: Samurai and I have both noticed that in many animes, people seem to be knocked out instantly upon being punched in the stomach. And since we needed Miko unconscious-
Samurai: And your mom was coming to pick you up soon the day we were writing this.
YEM: -We went with that.
Kuwa: Well, I think it was mean!
Yusuke: You and your honor code...
Kuwa: You and your perverted ways of checking gender!

YEM: Ummm....yeah, to those confused, see tape "Rescue Yukina". Anyway, thanks again to reviewers, and please continue to do so!