A/n: Hello everyone. This is just a reminder, suggestions and requests are always welcome. The plot is getting thicker. I'm going to try to stick in some surprises in coming chapters… well enough of my babbling… on with the story.

Enemy within

A good distance above them Koruri watched the mother and son exchange feelings. This exchange made him sick to his stomach. ' So Kurama snapped out of our control? No matter…. At least I still have Shiori. She will be the object of the spirit fox's down fall!'

Kurama smiled as he walked his mother to the others. Kaitou smirked as he saw his rival back on his feet. " Well Shuichi… welcome back to the world of the free."

Kurama laughed. " It's good to be free…. So what have I missed?"

" I'm not the one you should be asking. I just got here." Kaitou explained.

Yusuke stepped forward. " We have a major problem. The Spirit Sphere is gone… I suspect that Koruri got his hands on it and has given it to his boss."

Kurama narrowed his eyes. " That is indeed trouble. If Karuru is planning what I think he's planning… he is going to use the Sphere to gain unlimited power and disrupt the balance in demon world. There for gaining an army large enough to conquer all of spirit and living worlds."

Kaitou rose an eyebrow. " This is major stuff… I'm not sure we can handle this."

Genkai walked in. " We can do anything as long as we work together… and some people who shall go nameless stop slacking off and work their tails off."

Yusuke frowned as he turned to Genkai. " I know you were talking about me you old hag! For you information… I've done a lot of stuff and quite frankly I'm not in the mood for this."

Kuwabara looked around. " Speaking of lazy people...where the heck is Hiei?"

A loud yawn came from behind him. " You dare speak about me behind my back baka."

Kuwabara jumped and spun around after hearing his voice. " Well… I… Hiei nice to see you're awake… hehe…"

Hiei huffed not even bothering to say anything to Kuwabara. The fire apparition turned his attention to Kurama. A small smirk appeared on his face. " It's good to see your back to your old self Kurama."

Kurama smiled back. " I heard it was you who snapped me back to reality. Thank you."

Hiei's smirked widened. " You I don't mind rescuing… this big dope behind me… I wouldn't bother."

Kuwabara growled as he picked Hiei up. " Well you know something shrimp… just to keep the records straight I wouldn't save your ass either!"

Kurama sighed as he got in between the two of them. " Now, now children… lets not fight okay."

Kuwabara growled as he let Hiei go. " Okay but he started it!"

Shiori laughed. " My Shuichi… you sure do have some interesting friends."

Kurama nodded. " Well that's just Hiei and Kuwabara… Yusuke isn't that bad… and Kaitou, he's my only rival…. And then there is my closest friend, Kuronue."

Shiori looked at her son. " Is he the demon who was sitting in your room?"

" That's him. Don't need to worry about him. He's just as harmless as I am."

Kuronue walked in a few moments later. " Kurama… efforts to find Koruri have been in vain. If he is here I can't spot him."

Kurama nodded. " I understand. We just will have to let him come to us."

Shiori shuddered at the thought. " Don't worry mother… I won't let him hurt you. I'll be near by so you don't have to worry about anything."

Kuronue's eyes became lifeless for a few moments. Koruri laughed as he could see threw his eyes. ' Those fools are so clue less… for I can see threw the eyes of Kuronue. They may have his body in their possession but from time to time I will take advantage of my control. Without their ever knowing I will be able to track their every move and with this information Karuru and I will be able to stay at least three steps in front of them.'

Soon his eyes went back to normal. Kuronue felt a bit confused as he shook his head. Kurama noticed this and turned to Kuronue. " Are you okay Kuronue?"

" I'm fine Kurama. No need to worry about me. I just got a bit of a headache."

Kurama nodded. " Alright, better take it easy. I don't want you passing out on me."

Kuronue nodded. " Don't worry about me. I know better then that… I'm not Yomi."

Yusuke turned his attention to Kurama. "I hate to interrupt but what are we going to do now! I mean really…"

Kurama rested his chin on his fist. Thinking of a plan didn't come easy, for he knew how cunning Kururi and Karuru are. " Well lets start with what we do know…. We know that Kururi and Karuru are in possession of the Spirit Sphere and they are trying to disrupt the balance of the world. It is also clear that Kururi has the ability to manipulate other demons to do things against their will… either threw the use of gasses or his own energy."

Yusuke looked a bit concerned. " Then how the heck are we going to know if one of us is being controlled by that demon?"

" That's the simple part." Kurama stated, " For once someone falls under his spell… their eyes become lifeless."

" Well that's good to know… anything else that can tip us off?"

Kurama nodded. " Of course there is the matter of them acting strange…"

" So it's nearly impossible to tell far in advance who is under Koruri's control?" Kuwabara questioned.

" Precisely."

Kuwabara turned to Hiei. " What about Hiei's Jagan?"

Kurama wasn't sure if Hiei's Jagan would do the trick either. " Perhaps… but we have no way of knowing."

Yusuke frowned. " I hate this… we could have a spy in our mitts and not even know it. I hate fucking surprises!"

" Unfortunately that is the one thing we can't avoid. However, we can't waste our energy thinking about that right now. We have get our plan in action. The first matter of business… stop our demon pair from getting their hands on the three kings of demon world."

Yusuke sighed. " Great… how I love to go to demon world."

Hiei frowned. " You're not the only one who loathes that place. For I too have some distasteful memories of that place."

Kurama narrowed his eyes. " We don't have time to discuss this… the faster we move the better."

Hiei nodded. " Agreed."

Kuronue's eyes changed yet again. Koruri smiled. ' Things are going just as I predicted. The Rekai Tantei are going to go to demon world in an effort of stopping the collapse of the three kingdoms. However, it will do them little good… for I already have begun to destroy the three kings.'

Kuwabara looked at the others. " On problem… how are we even going to get there!"

To be continued…

Hey everyone. How was that? Pretty good? Things are getting interesting… and the problems are increasing. How are Yusuke and the gang going to deal with this threat? And will they learn the secret of Kuronue before its too late? Find out next time. Please review. Till then.

trunks and goten