Neo Zaku: Ummm yeah. Sorry for the long delay. School and work sucks.

Genki: Slacker.

Neo Zaku: -glares- Right well here is the next chapter.

Yusuke: I get to kick more demon butt right?

Kurama: Is that all you ever think about?

Neo Zaku: -sigh-

Unforeseen Complications

Despite his earlier comment Hiei finds he is indeed having to drag Kuwabara back home on his back. The trees fly by in a blur as Hiei dashes through the underbrush of the demon world. A few unfortunate demons attempt to ambush what they saw as an easy target, namely a demon apparently burdened with a wounded human. Even carrying Kuwbara, Hiei makes short work of them, leaving little more then piles of ash in his wake. Blazing through the trees as fast as he can manage, Hiei contemplates his conversation with the doctor.

"Hiei, my predecessor told me about you. Like him I do not implant a Jagan simply because a demon wishes it. I also enjoy a good story, and I must say any human willing to attempt the process must have one." The doctor muses, placing an errant tool back into a drawer.

"As the boy bragged about earlier, he did fight in the Dark Tournament. And believe it or not he is the one who killed Byako the white tiger." Hiei replies evenly.

"Byako? Of the four saint beasts?" The doctor looks up sounding mildly surprised. "Well that is interesting…"

"And the price?" Hiei glares suspiciously at the Doctor, wondering if he had picked up on another of his predecessors habits.

"Well, first I want to know the rest of his story. Or at least as much as you know of it. The second part was only for the boy to pay."

"And what was that?" Hiei's tone rises in anger slightly as he waits for the answer.

"Just a promise from the boy. If you want to know the details you'll have to ask him." The doctor smiles in an annoying, knowing way.

"I could just…" Hiei begins.

"Carve the answers out of me?" The doctors interrupts. "Believe me, it won't work, and yes, others have tried."

"Fine have it your way. I couldn't care less what inane promise you bound the boy to." Hiei turns away so the doctor cannot see his face.

"I think you should leave now, the operation is over and besides bed rest, there is nothing else for me to do for the boy. I still caution to keep a close eye on him, there may be delayed reactions to the Jagan implant. If he were any kind of demon I could tell you what side effects to watch for but…"

"You have never performed this operation on a human before. Yes, I heard you the first few times you told me." Hiei growls in annoyance.

"Very well. Now before you go, my fee."

Sitting down, Hiei begins to recount his knowledge of Kuwabaras past, based on his own knowledge and what he had learned from Yusuke. For the next few hours he sums up all that Kuwabara had been through while the doctor just sits across listening intently. As Hiei begins to wrap up the doctor nods and speaks one last time.

"After listening to that I would have to say his highly psychic nature is, at least in part, the cause of what made his implantation unique. It will likely make his manifestation of Jagans powers unique as well."

As he plows past the last of the trees, into the more open terrain of one Demon words many plains Hiei increases his pace. Glancing over his shoulder for a moment he looks at the unconscious form of Kuwabara and wonders what the doctor made him promise, and what dreams or nightmares now filled the boys head.

Back in Human world Yusuke sits uncomfortably between Botan and Kurama on a plane bound back to Japan. Kurama had remained silent the entire way to the airport, while Botan had, unfortunately for Yusuke, not. All the way to the airport, including the cab stuck for an hour in traffic, she had not stopped yammering on about how stupid Yusuke had been and what if he had blown up the city and so on. She was still going while they waited for their plane and even as the plane began to lift off she was barely beginning to wind down.

"Ok, Botan I get it. Could you stop hassling me about it? I didn't blow up the city ok." Yusuke snaps trying to keep his voice as low as possible while still yelling at Botan.

"All I am saying is that…" Botan continues though quieter.

"I should think my actions through more. I know, I know." Yusuke sighs, raking his hand through his hair and sitting back into his seat.

"Well at least you solved the case quickly. We were actually expecting it to take months to track down this demon. That you found him in only a couple of weeks and managed to beat him is a good thing. Who knows what damage such a strong demon could have done if he had continued to roam freely."

"That's been bugging me Botan. He didn't seem like the run of the mill demon I'm used to facing. He didn't give any speeches or anything like that. And his freaky appearance aside he sounded more like one of my teachers or a policeman then anything else." Yusuke says leaning his chair back and closing his eyes.

"And what about you Kurama? You've been awfully quiet ever since we left the hotel." Botan inquires, obvious worry in her voice.

Speaking slowly after a moments pause Kurama speaks. "Somehow that demon was linked to Dr. Ichigaki. That either means the Doctor is alive still and performing new, even more devious experiments or it is an old experiment that made it's way to human world. Determining which is the case could be critical."

"Oh dear, are you suggesting there may be more of those things running around out there?"

"That is what we need to find out." Kurama responds, nodding as he too leans back his seat. "Yusuke had enough trouble dealing with one, I would hate to think there are more of them."

"Hey, I only took so long cause I was trying to not blow up the city." Yusuke mumbles in his defense already beginning to drift off to sleep.

"I have some questions for Koenma when we get back. Before I left I got the impression he knew more then he was willing to tell me." Kurama turns to Botan, speaking over Yusukes head.

"Well he is ruler of Spirit world, h must have a good reason if he was withholding anything."

"Perhaps… this is going to be a long flight. I suggest we follow Yusukes lead and get some sleep."

"Of course Kurama, that sounds like a good idea."

Looking out his window at the early afternoon sky Kurama muses. "I have a feeling this is not over yet."

"Hmmm what was that Kurama?"

"Oh nothing." The fox spirit say quickly.

"I can't believe I am stuck babysitting you once again human." Hiei grumbles as he reaches the spot where he and Kuwabara had entered Demon world from. Setting Kuwabara down on the grass Hiei blinks and curses loudly. "Of course the one time you wouldn't be so useless you are unconscious." Leaning against a tree Hiei slumps to the ground himself, tired after his long run. While the boy could still cross the barrier between worlds, Hiei's power was more then sufficient for that cursed barrier to prevent his own crossing. In fact the boy had been the one to open the way on the trip to demon world. Hiei pushes himself back up. "Perhaps those Spirit world fools haven't sealed the hole yet." He mutters, picking up the boy and cutting open a way to passageway between worlds.

Even after traveling through it several times it still was an unsettling place. This limbo that stretched in every direction seemingly forever. Though Hiei knew it was actually not far to the barrier, then the Living world. Walking soundlessly, he carries Kuwabara towards the barrier already becoming visible on the horizon. Stretching up seemingly endlessly and to the sides, a criss-cross of yellow energy. Hiei had to give the Spirit world some credit to create a barrier designed to keep only the most dangerous from escaping into Human world. It was efficient, clever and currently an obstacle.

Putting Kuwabara down, Hiei begins pacing back and forth. A slight shuffling noise from behind causes him to whirl around. Slightly hunched over, his clothing extremely rumbled ad torn in several places is Kuwabara standing. Hiei snorts and begins approaching him complaining. "It's about time you woke up. I don't enjoy spending time in limbo so you can be useful and…" Hiei stops mid sentence as he gets closer to Kuwabara and spots something rather strange and a little disturbing. Kuwabara's eye were still closed, except for his Jagan eye. Glowing intently it regards Hiei for a moment before turning it's gaze back to the barrier. Slowly Kuwabara's hand raises before clenching into a fist. Exploding forth a beam of pure psychic energy, forms into a sword. It was exactly as Hiei remembered it, that dangerous weapon in the hands of an idiot warrior except… there was a hint of dark energy mixed into the blade. Slashing forward, Kuwabara rends a section of the barrier into nothing before falling forward and crashing against whatever passed for the ground.

Hiei blinks for a few moments before he moves again. That Kuwabara had moved under no power other then the Jagan's influence is troubling. Regarding the fallen human with a cautious glare making sure Kuwabara doesn't move again, Hiei picks him up once again and heads back to human world. On the other side of the barrier he curses silently, wincing at the bright sunlight. Shading his eyes he waits for them to readjust to the harsh light on the mid day sun glaring off the towering buildings of glass. Initially turning towards Kuwabara's home, Hiei hesitates and remembers who is likely waiting for Kuwabara to return. Hiei turns and decides it would be healthier to leave the boy with Genki…

Sensors slowly awaken as Deimos regains consciousness, as the warning repeats in front of his inorganic eye. Four minutes of oxygen left in reserves. Please replenish supplies immediately or else organic components will begin to suffer damage. After a brief moment of confusion Deimos realizes his real eye won't open. Static clouds his external vision, forcing him to refocus the lens before realization sinks in. Tiny pinpricks of light slowly move across his vision before being replaced by a large blue, white, brown and green orb. Doing a visual in addition to a internal system check he realizes despite his precarious situation, he was relatively intact. As he rotates slowly, taking in the view of stars, moon then planet he thinks quickly and assesses his resources. His knife was broken beyond repair, his clothing was all but completely shredded, and he only had one round left in the chamber of his gun. Moaning internally he reaches for his knife and waits till his rotation has him facing directly away from the planet. Tossing the knife to the depths of space his rotation slows and halts. Wincing he aims his outwards and slowly squeezes the trigger. As the flash of energy and fire appears lights the end of the barrel providing visual proof the weapon had fired. Feeling the counter force push him back towards the planet, one thought repeatedly crosses his mind. This is going to suck. This is REALLY going to suck.

"Oh look Kurama, a shooting star. Why not make a wish?" Botan exclaims excitedly looking out the window at the night sky.