A/N: awright now, I love all my reviewers. I really do! (btw, it was Aradia Anstice's review that inspired me to update! Thanks aradia!) And I would love you all even more if you'd review a lot more often sooo that said, read on!

Disclaimer: honestly! I have to TELL you people I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho? Well my birthday is coming up…ya never know! hint hint Yoshihiro Togashi


"What exactly are we searching for?" Hiei asked irritably.

He hadn't been in a very good mood since everyone had spoken with him about the seriousness of the situation. Honestly, they spoke to him as though he were a child.

"The castle which our mother is being held," Hitaro said. He picked up a stick from the ground and began to draw a map in the dirt on the cave floor. "This is us," he said jabbing the stick at four small dots. He lifted the stick once more and poked at a square he had drawn. "That's where Mother is being held."

"Wait a moment," Kurama said holding up a hand. "Being held? She isn't a prisoner is she?"

The siblings exchanged a look. Hiei couldn't tell what they were thinking.

"We were born and raised in the damp darkness of the prison," Hitaro said contemptuously. "The Lord of that hell pit has wanted my mother for as long as I can remember. She refuses to give him anything. So he has us locked away. At one time, he tried to claim to be our father," he spat.

"Mother assured us he was not," Hinarama said with an evil look on her delicate face. Her small hands were clenched so tightly that her claws dug into her palms, sending drips of blood down her wrists. "She said our father was a far more honorable man than he."

"So part of our escape from there was to find our father and free our mother," Hitaro explained. "We know he was a terrific fighter, but not much else. We forgot about him really when my mother started getting too weak to stand up. We were too worried with her to need to care."

"I don't want to find him anyway," Hinarama said crossing her arms and licking the blood from her wrists away. "He left us to crawl in that pit so why should we care?"

Kurama and Hiei exchanged an awkward glance as the twins bickered back and forth.

Kurama stood to his feet and dumped water on the fire, sending steam into the air. They were plunged into darkness.

"We should get moving," Kurama said firmly. "It's nightfall."

Everyone nodded in agreement, even though they didn't know it since it was impossible to see.


A/N: I know this chapter was extremely short, but it was a necessary chapter and I promise the next will be a lot longer cuz I have plans for it…hem anyway, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW I TELL YOU! (that kinda rhymed…cool)