Broken bonds

Koruri walked off into the darkness. ' I will witness what happens when Yusuke and the others discover where the sphere really is… Breaking trust bonds is just a wonderful thing.'

Yusuke walked ahead of the group following the path Kurama told them about. Kuwabara remained behind with Kurama. The teen looked over at the spirit fox from time to time. Kurama didn't seem to notice or even care what Kuwabara was up too. ' Something must be really bothering Kurama…'

Kurama continued thinking about Kuronue still ignoring the others. ' What could have happened to him? Could Kuronue have…. No… he wouldn't just run off on me. I just have a bad feeling that Koruri got to him.'

" Kurama…" Kuwabara spoke.

Kurama shook his head and turned his attention to Kuwabara. " Yes?"

" What's wrong? You've been abnormally quite this whole time… what's up?"

" It's nothing that you have to be concerned with."

" Anything that is happening with any of my friends does concern me."

Kurama sighed as he stopped and faced Kuwabara. " It's about Kuronue. You see Kuwabara, Kuronue… he's just very special to me. We have been together for a long time and he's like the brother I never had. I can't help but worry something bad could have happened to him."

" What ever happened to him we can fix it Kurama…"

" I know but the friendship that Yusuke and I have developed have been damaged."

" With time that can be fixed too."

" I hope you are correct."

Yusuke continued walking until they reached Kuronue's house. Kurama walked right up to the door and opened it. His eyes narrowed as he entered the house. ' That was strange… Kuronue wouldn't just leave the door unlocked.' The spirit fox quickly shook that thought off and walked in.

Yusuke looked around at the large place for a moment and then began to move toward the stairs. " We have lots of places to look… so lets get started."

Kurama and Kuwabara nodded as they split up. Yusuke went straight upstairs and started to search for the spirit orb. The spirit detective looked threw all of Kuronue's draws. Boxers went flying across the room as Yusuke did his inspection. When he didn't find anything their Yusuke walked over to the bed and looked in his side draws. Nothing was there just like in the draws. Yusuke continued his search threw all the places in the room.

Kuwabara and Kurama walked up the stairs to see the messed up room. Kurama's eyes widened. " Urameshi what are you doing?"

" I'm doing a search…"

" But look at this place… it's a mess…"

" Never know where a person would hide something."

Kuwabara sighed as he continued to watch Yusuke trash Kuronue's place. Yusuke then kneeled on the ground and pulled out a small shoe box. He opened it and saw the spirit orb in it.

Kurama was completely shocked when he saw the sphere in Yusuke's hand.

' No… he.. Kuronue actually took it…. How could he lie to me?'

Yusuke turned around and looked straight at Kurama. " I take it this is the Spirit Sphere we are looking for…" When he didn't get a response from Kurama right away his suspicions were correct. " I take your silence as a yes."

Kurama looked at Yusuke. " He couldn't have stole it."

" Don't you get it Kurama… he lied to you!"

" NO! He didn't…"

" Look at the evidence Kurama… the sphere is here… in his house… he must have stolen it."

Kurama shook his house. " No… it's not true… Kuronue didn't steal it. I know him. Someone must have put it here."

" I know you're not stupid Kurama but you must know it's possible that he was the one who stole it."

" I don't believe it."

" Kurama… he disappeared… he's afraid of being caught."

" Stop it Yusuke! He didn't do it!" Kurama marched off out of the house.

Kuwabara watched as Kurama left and then turned to Yusuke. " I don't know what's with you two lately…"

" Kurama is protecting a thief… that's all there is too it."

" How do you know that… he could have been framed."

" You too! You're taking their side?"

" I'm saying you should at least take it as a possibility."

" This is all the evidence I need…"

Kuwabara sighed. " You're not thinking this threw Urameshi…"

" Hn." Yusuke turned around and left the house.

Kuwabara sighed as he watched both of his friends' walk off in different directions. ' Man this is not good… Our group is falling apart.'

Koruri watched from the top of the house. He smiled as he saw what he did.

' Their friendship and partnership has been smashed. Now it will be easy to take care of them… And it only took one little sphere…' Koruri laughed.

To be continued…

Hey everyone. How was that? I know… I know… no Kuronue in this chapter… I'll try to get him in the next chapters. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. More to come soon. Please review. Till next time.

Trunks and goten