/N: Hey everyone. Thank you all for your reviews…Without further ado… here is the next chapter.

The spirit sphere

An older looking demon stood in the middle of a large room. He had long whitish light blue hair. His eyes were a dark red. From the looks of things he looked like a regal being. The name of this demon was Karuru. The young man was starring at a pedestal. He narrowed his eyes. ' That fox is going to pay for stealing that mystical ball…' Karuru walked over to the table and placed his hand over a small black ball.

Koruri appeared on it. " What can I do for you my lord?"

" Have you found it yet?"

" I have not found the object but I do know where the thief is. I am about to work on breaking his spirit a bit by slowly taking away all his friends."

Karuru smiled. " Good… I want them both to suffer… both Kurama and Kuronue… speaking of which did you find our little escape artist?"

" He's here… I plan to use him soon."

" Good… you do that. Keep me informed Koruri." With that Karuru waved his arms over the black ball again and started to walk away. " Soon those thieves will pay for all they did to me. Taking the object was one thing… but killing my old man was another. Kuronue will pay."

spirit world.-

Koenma was looking over some books on various weapons and items of darkness. The young spirit ruler found out what exactly was taken from Karuru. " Lets see here… the spirit sphere… what a dangerous item to be in the hands of any demon…."

Botan walked in. " Lord Koenma? Have you discovered any new information yet?"

" I have… the spirit sphere was stolen from the demon lord Karuru."

Botan looked at Koenma with a look of total confusion. " The spirit sphere? What is that Koenma sir?"

" The spirit sphere is a dangerous item. It is said that the sphere can do just as much damage as the three items of darkness… the shadow sword, the forlorn hope, and the orb of bast… The spirit sphere in the wrong hands can turn the whole world into beings of darkness, or grant absolute power to do whatever he or she wishes. Things aren't looking good. Yusuke and the others must find this object before total disaster befalls the whole world."

Botan was in complete shock. " That's terrible. I will tell Yusuke right away!" She ran out of the room and taking her ore in hand and flew off to the living world.

Koenma sighed as he leaned back into his chair. " I hope Yusuke can handle this… I just have a feeling its not going to be easy."

Living world-

Yusuke and Kuwabara were walking home when they heard Botan's voice.

" YUSUKE, KUWABARA!" She called

The boys muttered some things to themselves before turning their attention to Botan. She landed a few feet in front of them. " So what's going on Botan?" Kuwabara asked.

" Toddler find something out for us?"

Botan looked around. " Lets not talk about it here."

The boys nodded as they continued walking with Botan to Kuwabara's apartment. When they got to the living room they all looked to Botan.

" So what's news?" Yusuke asked in a more serious tone.

" From what I got from Koenma… he said that an object even more powerful then all three of the artifacts of darkness was stolen, called The spirit sphere. This object has the ability to turn a whole world into servants of the darkness. It can also destroy the whole world if it hands in the wrong hands."

Kuwabara was in shock at what he was hearing. " So this super powerful thing was stolen by Kurama?"

" Kuronue stole it… and it is somewhere here in the living world."

Yusuke narrowed his eyes. " That's two things… first the murders… and now this robbery… something is seriously going on around here."

" I guess we have no choice but to face Kurama." Kuwabara said.

" You two should take it easy on him for a little bit. He became ill yesterday from what I understand."

Shock was written across their faces. " KURAMA GOT ILL!" They shouted.

Botan nodded. " Just take it easy."

" I have to see him at once…" Yusuke rushed out of Kuwabara's apparent and ran to Kurama's.

Kuwabara and Botan stood there in awe for a few moments before sighing and going after him.

After a bit of a walk they arrived at the house. Yusuke banged on the door.

Kuronue turned to the door and opened it. " What can I do for you?"

" Where's Kurama?" Yusuke shouted.

" He's resting."

Yusuke brushed Kuronue aside and walked in. The spirit detective saw Kurama sleeping on the couch. Yusuke walked over. " Kurama? Wake up."

Kurama opened his eyes and looked at Yusuke. " Yusuke? What are you doing here? What's going on around here?"

" Koruri brought you home."

Kurama sat up quickly. " He what? What happen?"

" He said you fell ill when you got there… but I don't believe a word of it. I think he's hiding something."

" You think so?"

" He gave me a rather disturbing look." Kuronue stated.

" I hate to interrupt but I gotta ask you something…"

Kurama turned his attention back to Yusuke. " What?"

" Do you know anything about a thing called The spirit sphere?"

Kurama thought about it for a moment. " Yeah I have heard of it… why?"

" It was stolen from his guy name Karuru."

" You mean Demon Lord Karuru?" Kuronue asked.

" That's the guy… why?"

" He's the son of the man who captured me."

" Small world… alright… be honest with me… do either of you have it in your possession?"

" No." Kurama stated, " I wouldn't keep such an object in my possession."

" And I don't have it either."

" Who else would possible have it but one of you?"

Kurama narrowed his eyes and stood up. " We don't have it! Stop accusing us of things we didn't do!"

Yusuke sighed. " Then who else would have it?"

" I don't know."

" I think Koruri has it. It's the only thing that makes sense."

" Koruri? When we will have to check it out…" Yusuke said.

" No… don't. I'll go." Kuronue insisted. " I'll get it back from him…"

Kurama nodded. " Just be careful…"

Kuronue smiled. " I will…" The ex demon ran out of the house and headed to Koruri's.

Kurama sighed. ' Just don't get caught Kuronue… I have another bad feeling.'

To be continued..

Hey everyone. How was that? Not bad? Alright? Anyway I don't know how good this one was… it seems to be not as good as the other chapters. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review. Till next time.

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