A/N: Sorry it took a while to update but now we've got chapter 2! Read, review, and enjoy their manic/dangerous behavior as they are all trapped horribly on this ever crowded train/subway!!! (A lot of slashes...)

"Whoa, whoa, calm down, Sano-SUCK-ee!" Yusuke said to the panting teen, laughing at his own joke.

"Hopefully, the train will stop and let us out this time!" Kaoru exclaimed, all too eager to get out of the train car, as it was getting extremely stuffy. Everyone in the car (except Hiei of course) waited on bated breath for the train to screech to a halt. After a few minutes, they realized that the train was not in fact about to stop. Everyone sighed, annoyed at the long, cooped-up journey they were sure was to come.

"Oh, well," Yusuke said in a defeated voice. He then perked up, saying, "Looks like we'll just have to play cards!" Everyone grumbled, sitting cross-legged on the floor.

"C'mon, Hiei!" Kurama chirped. "You know you rock at five-card stud!"

"Oh, all right," the demon sighed exasperatedly. Ego already inflated, he decided to show off his superhuman speed to the newcomers. He zipped over to a space between Kaoru and Kurama.

"Psh!" Sanosuke scoffed. "You think you're hot stuff, Speedy Gonzalez? Well, Kenshin's probably ten times faster than you. Come to think of it, I BET he is! You versus Kenshin, front of the train and back. Loser has to go wake up the driver."

"Ano...Sanosuke, I don't think this is the best idea..." Kenshin tried to stop him, not liking where this whole conversation was headed.

"We'll take you on!" Yusuke hollered, cutting Kenshin off. "Get ready to get your ass whooped!"

"I'll believe it when I see it, You-suck-EE!" Sanosuke hollered back, using the other teen's own dismissal. "All right, Kenshin," he continued, slapping his pal on the back. "Get ready to have Hiei eat your...Holy shit." Sanosuke didn't exactly like the amber shade Kenshin's eyes were turning. "I had no idea you could slap the Battousai INTO him!!"

"The WHAT?" Yusuke said, a rather dense expression soon following his inquiring statement. "Okay, I KNEW we were all freaks but having your eyes change colors?! You schizophrenic…thing!"

Sanosuke scoffed. "You're just jealous 'cause midget can't do it!"

"Oh yeah?" Yusuke shot back, just about ready to beat the tar out of the ex-gangster.

"Sano, Yusuke, I guess we should start then," Kenshin…or should we say…Battousai, muttered under his breath, bangs shielding his eyes. Kaoru watched him in excitement. It wasn't necessarily a BAD thing for her to get turned on whenever he went Battousai on his enemies was it? Naw, of course not.

"You can do it, Kenshin!" Kaoru encouraged while he casually smiled at her and looked at Hiei. They were pretty even in height…which was rather sad. Everyone except for Kurama anxiously awaited for the two of them to bolt out of the car. The thing was, once they started to run, Kurama mischievously pulled out his rose whip and tripped the two fighters.

"Please keep your adrenaline in check you two. I don't think that solving something this ridiculous in a train is very important right now…" He rubbed the bridge of his nose nonchalantly. "And besides, with me being the infamous thief of Makai, I think that I could outrun the both of you…"

Hiei's eye twitched ever slightly. "What, kitsune!?"

"All right, Mr. Pink-hair," Sanosuke drawled, ignoring Hiei's comment. "As long as this punk over here is willing to just give it up, we'll all just sit right back down to a nice game of cards." At that point, Kenshin had managed to get a handle on his Battousai and now resumed his big, indigo eyes.

"Yes, let's everyone just settle down."

"So," Yusuke said, a little defeated, "What's it gonna be? What card game are we playing?"

Hiei spoke up, "You said we could play poker." No one dared argue, so Yusuke shuffled and dealt everyone five cards. Just as Kurama was about to trade two of his cards for new ones, the train lurched, stopping a little too abruptly for everyone's stomachs to agree with.

"Heh, anyone for Fifty-two Pick-up?" Sanosuke said as the cards fluttered to the floor of the train.

"All this stopping crap is REALLY getting old, you know..." Kaoru muttered under her breath.

"Hear, hear," Yusuke agreed, punching a fist into the air. Kurama rolled his eyes but hardly expected much less from the juvenile delinquent. Nevertheless, Hiei and Kenshin, with such speed of theirs, had managed to smite the 'fifty-two pick up' game by retrieving each and every card, Sanosuke's jaw dropping open.

"Damn, you're as fast as Kenshin, short stuff." Hiei glared malevolently at the obviously less intelligent man, causing the aforementioned gangster to shut his mouth right away.

"I raise two," the cold youkai replied harshly as he lethargically tossed two white coins into the pot. Everyone did the same.

"FUCK IT ALL!" Yusuke screeched, throwing his cards down in defeat. "Uhmm...I mean, I fold...?"

The other five passengers just rolled their eyes. "I fold, too," Kaoru sighed, revealing only a pair of threes. Sanosuke glanced around the other players, studying their moves.

"Stop stalling, idiot," Hiei grumbled.

Sanosuke responded, "I raise ten," throwing a blue chip into the ring. Everyone else did the same, and the turn passed onto Kurama.

Putting on a poker face to rival Hiei's, he threw three red chips into the ring, saying, "I raise fifteen." After throwing in his chips, it was Kenshin's turn.

"I fold, that I do."

Now with just three people left in the game, it was time to show their hands. Hiei went first. "Royal-" He was cut off by the door being wrenched open once again.

"I told ya this was a bad idea, you big idiot. If we never did this stupid brother to brother thing in the first place, I never would have been stuck with you!" A silver haired, amber eyed, arrogant man protested, walking somewhat ruefully into the train car. The other man eyed him scornfully.

"Well, maybe you ought to thank that idiot girlfriend of yours for suggesting the idea..."

Hiei angrily placed his cards down and walked to the men, easily towered over in height. "Who are you? You just interrupted my game...I was about to scream at the top of my lungs in victory but thanks to your pathetic and uncanny timing, you just pissed me off and trust me, that isn't a good thing," the fire demon remarked between exasperated breaths. The two men stood there, dumbfounded that a half-pint was trying to intimidate them.

"Listen, moron," the arrogant one spoke up, Hiei's eye twitching madly, "I haven't exactly had a good day today so why dontcha back off?"

Yusuke raised an eyebrow. "Wait a sec, before you start badmouthing my uhh...friend, you should at least tell us who you are..."

He eyed Yusuke. "What's it to you?" The doors slammed shut behind the two brothers.

"Well," Yusuke retorted, "Now you're stuck with us until the train stops again!"

"Oh, great," the arrogant one's brother fumed. "All we had to do was make it to the restaurant, eat something, and be done with it! But the moron here to my right insisted this was the fastest way to get there. Why I listened to you in the first place is something I will never quite understand..."

"Oh, shut it, Fluffy!"

"Whoa!" Sanosuke hollered, stepping in between the feuding pair. "Calm down. I mean, I'm always one for a good brawl, but I really don't think I want to see you two go at it." 'Fluffy' arched an eyebrow at Sanosuke.

"As if a pathetic ningen like you could tell me what to do..."

"Oh, that's it!" Sanosuke seethed.

"Calm down Sanosuke!" Kaoru chided, waving a finger at him. "You know that whenever you pick fights, you ALWAYS lose so don't try and change this!" Sanosuke hmphed and walked away into a random corner.

"Well now that he's sulking in a corner, maybe you guys should tell us who you are. Yeah, that would definitely avoid confusion," Yusuke said, his forefinger standing on end as if he was trying to make a coherent point.

The calmer man out of the two stood forward, a monotonous voice soon followed, "My name is Sesshoumaru and this," he gestured toward the second man, "is my dim-witted half-intelligent, half-demonic brother, Inuyasha." Kenshin raised an eyebrow and scrutinized both men.

"I can see that you are related but I have one question, that I do…" Everyone looked at him and gave the redhead their undivided attention, with the exception of Sanosuke, who was pouting in said random corner, and Hiei who really didn't give a damn about Kenshin's first-impression-analysis. "Are we the only HUMANS on board?"

Hiei felt his lips curl into a smile. "A hunting we will go, ne?"

Kurama sweatdropped. "Sorry to disappoint you Hiei but I won't allow any bloodshed to be had tonight." His smile soon faded.

Sesshoumaru eyed Hiei with slight intrigue, but spoke again, "So when does this make its next stop?"

Kenshin sighed, saying, "That is exactly what we have been trying to find out..." The train zoomed along the track, all its passengers silent.

Yusuke finally broke the silence. "Man, this sucks. I mean, we've got these two freaking love birds, a sulky rooster who thinks he's a badass, Mr. Pink-hair, a manic-depressive midget, and two freaky dogs with white hair." Little did Yusuke know, everyone else in the car was slowly but surely turning their heads towards the juvenile delinquent. "At least we got rid of that creepy mummy guy. I mean, how much worse could it get?" Yusuke looked up, suddenly aware that he had somehow stupidly managed to speak his mind. "I mean, I love you guy oh-so-very much?!" he squeaked, hoping beyond all hope that he wouldn't be momentarily chopped into pieces.

"Midget? You, a baka ningen, dare call the mighty HIEI a midget!?" He rose from his less-than-comfortable sitting position, a hand on his katana hilt.

"And do you have something against my hair, Yusuke?" Kurama inquired, running a hand through said locks.

"Now, now," Kenshin said, trying desperately to calm his newfound acquaintances down. "Arguing right now might not be the best thing! After all, there still isn't anyone driving the train," Kenshin pointed out, while everyone's eyes widened.

"And you didn't tell us this BECAUSE!?" They all screamed at the poor redhead, now cowering in fear near Sanosuke.

"Yup…a baka ningen is what he is… " Inuyasha muttered. Everyone turned to face him and he lethargically snapped his fingers. "Oh that's right, sorry guys," he said as he jerked a thumb toward the aforementioned Kenshin and Sanosuke. "Didn't mean to insult your kind…"

"And anyway…" Yusuke interjected, now feeling the train rock back and forth, "uhh, I think that someone should…kinda go and drive it now before WE ALL GET KILLED!"

Kaoru clapped her hands together. "This is so exciting!" She squealed, holding onto Kenshin, his immediate reaction ending up being a stream of endless 'oros.' Hiei looked at everyone, once, twice, and a random silence ensued. He rose to his feet yet again, sheathed his katana and cleared his throat.

"Screw this, the train is MINE!" He suddenly shrieked while simultaneously charging toward the front of the train.

Kurama groaned and pulled a bottle of aspirin out of his hair. "We're dead for sure…Yusuke…WHY did you have to bring vodka…AGAIN!?" The Tantei looked away and whistled ever innocently, obviously ignoring the Kitsune's comment.

"Got me."

Kurama rolled his eyes. "Why do you find it necessary to get someone drunk in order to have fun?!" he said exasperatedly.

"Phew," Sanosuke sighed with relief. "So he's not always like that, right?" Yusuke and Kurama shared a look.

"You could say that..." Yusuke trailed off, leaving it at that. Inuyasha refocused the group, saying,

"Yeah, so... we still kinda have a crazy dwarf who is probably going to derail this thing and kill all of us..."

"Good point, that it is," Kenshin said, and he, Inuyasha, and Kurama rushed towards the front. This left all the others in an interesting position.

Sesshoumaru had settled himself in one corner, muttering, "Pathetic ningens," at Sanosuke and Yusuke attempting to have a random staring contest. Kaoru sat in another corner, wringing her hands in her lap, obviously very uncomfortable.

"I, uh, think I'll go help them up in front..." she said to no one in particular, gripping her bag and striding towards the front of the car. Sesshoumaru looked with disinterest out the window, watching the stonewall of the subway rush by. Suddenly, his reverie was interrupted by the door through which Kaoru had recently passed bursting open, revealing Kenshin and Kurama carrying an unconscious, lightly bruised Hiei back into the car.

"We left Inuyasha to drive the train. He seemed pretty reliable..." Kenshin announced to the other passengers, interrupting the Suck-ees' staring contest.

Sesshoumaru emitted a small laugh, saying, "Are you kidding? He's not even from this era. Leave it to stupid humans like you to leave my idiot brother to drive a futuristic transportation device."

"In that case," Kurama said, "I'll go assist him." He sped through the door, eager to prevent him and his fellow passengers from death.

Kenshin looked around the car, noticing that something was missing. What was it? A spark of realization lit up his face followed by a question. "Where's Kaoru?"

Sesshoumaru shrugged. He never knew, nor did he ever really care in the first place. "If that girl has a brain, or at least half of one, then she would have done the smart thing and rushed off this thing as fast as she can permit herself to do," he muttered to Kenshin, who was now frantically checking under the seats.

"I have to find her, that I do!" He scrambled up to his feet, darted in a totally different and random direction, whipping out his Sakabatou and slicing any inanimate object that stood in his way. Kurama came back and sat himself politely down onto a seat, looking forlornly at his badly bruised friend.

"You shouldn't touch Yusuke's alcohol anymore. It was rather obvious that you were intoxicated," he muttered to his morbid comrade, who couldn't even hear him at the moment due to the fact that he was rendered unconscious. It was so nice that everyone COMPLETELY DISREGARDED KENSHIN'S CRISIS by simply going about their random lives. One would really think that they had been used to being stuck with strangers by now.

"Hey guys, what's going on now?" Kaoru said innocently, walking back from the front car. Everyone's eyes widened at her.

"You DO know that loverboy is looking for you right?" Yusuke said as he jerked a thumb at the random direction that Kenshin ran toward.

"Kenshin no baka…" Kaoru muttered under her breath, "you know he doesn't always have to know where I'm going. But for the record, it was the bathroom."

A random pause ensued followed. It was quiet. A little too quiet. "YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" A sudden scream rang through everyone's ears. It was Kenshin and there was no telling what he saw in a subway trapped with freaks…

A/N: Hope you liked! What did Kenshin see that made him scream? Oh and no, the answer is not a mirror. Pleae R&R! Thanks!

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