Yuyu Hakusho, consider yourself disclaimed.

To :Riye Link/ Reue thanks for reviewing

"DID ANY OF YOU FIND ANYTHING?" A voice was heard breaking the monotonous sounds of searching and rummaging that had been taking place for hours.(I'll be nice and notify who's talking by these thingies. PS its in caps because they're shouting) (Yusuke)

"IF WE DID DO YOU REALLY THINK WE"D KEEP QUIET ABOUT IT!" Another voice answered sounding irritated and on the verge of murder.(Hiei)

"HOW SHOULD I KNOW HOW YOUR SADISTIC LITTLE MINDS WORK?"(Yusuke)

"THAT'S RIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW SO YOU HAD BETTER KEEP THAT IN MIND EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED AND ALWAYS BE ON GUARD; YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN ONE OF US WILL TURN ON YOU." (Hiei) (HINT, HINT!)

"WILL YOU TWO PLEASE STOP BICKERING AND USE YOUR ENERGY TO SEARCH" (so said Kuwabara but it made so much sense everyone just thought it was Kurama anyway)

After traveling through the woods for hours and searching hopelessly for the portal in which Koenma expected them to travel through the team discovered it only to realize they had the same task yet changed play rules – now they were searching for traces of the demon and hints of his where abouts.

The location they had been teleported to- being the demons abscond lair- was a spitting image of a medieval dungeon crossed over with jungle. Needless to say Kurama was quite enjoying himself watching and taking in the various plants growing throughout the region.

However though the plant growth was perfectly unmolested; no one had been using this lab for months at least. However, in one corner signs of abrupt usage were obvious, where an experiment had been quickly conceived and committed. One table was knocked over and a pool of blood lay beside it dripping into an open crack through the stone.

Kuwabara had generously offered to search this half. He paced the area while thinking, thinking so deep it felt like... remembering. He knelt down next to a spilt potion he didn't touch- afraid of its potential reaction, but continued moving along the floor in his crouched position. He proceeded to approach the puddle of blood. Drip, Drip, Drip the sound was agonizing realizing the waste of such vitality that could be his. His new sword, unnoticed by Kuwabara, shivered with the urge to consume it.

Flashes of images raced through Kuwabara's mind clouding his vision. The visions that should have startled him were actually somewhat expected. Kuwabara neither flinched or made a noise for fear the others would investigate and interfere so he remained quiet and watched.

A demon was strapping himself down to a table with the help of another demon. The first looked completely human except for the ears which were pointed and the eyes, a striking resemblance to a cat's. The demon on the table smiled that was the third hint its fangs.

The second demon was short. He seemed to be mixing formulas.

"Hurry up! I want this over with before Koenma figures out what we're doing!"

The second demon just became more frantic in response. He sucked up his concoction into a needle and carefully squeezed out the air. He slowly approached the strapped down demon looking feverish and on the verge of collapse. The entangled demon chuckled at his genius and watched as his servant released the contents of the needle into his arm. Kuwabara watched in awe as his body began to pulsate; it convulsed and moved violently around the table. Then horrifically his body began to change... he was mutating.

The table tipped over and slammed to the ground the second demon panicked and ran. Still tied to the table the first demon started bashing his head into the ground causing blood to trickle down onto the floor. Then all seized for a moment. Then struggling he ripped free of his bonds and walked across the floor on all fours and in a single leap he jumped up to the window and left.

Kuwabara's vision began to return and he sat in wonder. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and spun around wildly. It was just Kurama.

"Are you ready to leave Kuwabara?" Kurama questioned.

"Yes I've found all there is to know." Kuwabara answered.

"Yeah. Stupid wild goose chase if you ask me. No info whatsoever." Yusuke muttered.