FW: I'm baack….

Ferris-Followers: TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!

FW: Yeah, yeah… life hasn't been happy hour lately. Heck, I just got back from a funeral from one of my very closest relatives! …No more playing checkers….

Hiei: Don't start crying on me, wrench.

FW: Like I would.

Botan: (to the readers) Now what she doesn't tell you is she's been crying constantly for the last few days-

FW: (covers Botan's mouth) I WAS NOT! I was doing my equivalent to crying, because I don't! It's a weakness I will never give in to!

Kurama: Anyways…

FW: Right. Review Response: GreyRoseRantings-sama, I like ferrets too! Have you seen the new Harry Potter movie? God, I died laughing at that part… and Makurayami Ookami-sama, he is dead… so what's going on with the Eye? Heh heh, read and see, (creepily) IF YOU DARE! I think I forgot to do review responses last time… SO SORRY! I'll do them at the end too! And I think I'm over my uber-long writer's block, so let's give this a go! (cracks fingers) ……

Yusuke: Well?

FW: …Nothing.

Yu Yu Gang: (sweat drop)

Kuwabara: Let me try!
Everyone else: NO!

KUWABARA'S VERSION

Then, Kazuma Kuwabara, with all his manly power, broke the bars holding Yusuke and Kuwabara in the cage with the hair-thing, and beat up the demon (forgot his name….) and looked around, and found Yukina's brother in a similar cage, but without the hair-thing. He looked just like her, except more like a guy, and then Kuwabara freed him, and Yukina was so happy, that she married our hero.

And Kurama was ok too.

THE END

FW: (stares horrified) Oh my God, so many run-ons….

Yusuke: I married Yukina? Keiko's not going to be happy….

Kuwabara: (hits Yusuke) No you idiot, I married her!

Yusuke: You said "our hero".

Hiei: (quietly fuming)

Kurama: Though I DO believe it would be a good idea to find Yukina's brother… perhaps you should write about that next, FW?

Hiei: (fuming more)

FW: Maybe….

Kuwabara: Can I help?

FW: (nervous laugh) Er, maybe….

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter

START

Youko had been many places in his time. He'd traveled across the whole of Makai, usually pillaging, but occasionally to rest, or heal. Sometimes he'd simply stop by for a festival, usually dragged along by a too eager Kuronue.

Which is why he wasn't disturbed that he recognized the outskirts of Nort, not half an hour away from where Kuronue was. He was, however, disturbed by the little voice inside his head telling him to go back, that this wasn't what he was looking for. The voice didn't belong to the human half, it was his intuition, something that had guided him with a sure hand all through his days as a thief, and now served as guidance whenever he and Kurama were in a tight situation.

Probably for the first time, the silver fox ignored it, which is what disturbed him the most.

Youko did NOT get disturbed.

Kurama was experiencing the same doubts, with less intensity, and had been carefully quiet throughout their journey there. Living with the ancient demon had taught him something about his sometimes harsh mood swings, and he didn't want to get in the way. "This would make a very good soap opera," he thought, panting a bit from the strain of running so fast for so long.

If Youko heard, it was lucky he had no clue what soap operas were.

"Da#n it, I've been waiting for this for months… why do I want to turn back now?" Youko asked himself, frustrated with the nagging suspicion that things wouldn't work out.

"Turn back… turn back… turn back… JUMP LEFT!"

Shocked with this change of topic, Youko froze completely. Luckily for him, he had a very capable fighter in the passenger seat. Kurama, also sensing the attack, nimbly hopped left, avoiding the short demon that had fallen where he was about to run.

While Youko cursed himself, Kurama addressed his friend, "Hello, Hiei. What brings you here?"

Hiei glared. He didn't really think he'd be able to just jump his friend from above and drag him home, but it would have made things much easier.

With even, unhurried strides, Hiei walked closer, his right hand on his sword hilt. "He's going to attack," Youko warned, eyes focused on the shorter demon's weapon of choice.

"Your people skills need improvement," the redhead thought back dryly. "Hiei is our friend, he would never attack us."

Needless to say, Kurama was coldly stunned when the tip of Hiei's sword came to rest at his throat in one smooth, fluid movement. "Enough games, Fox," the fire apparition's voice coldly stated. "You're going back home. And you're returning the Eye of Tepurt." When the half-human didn't respond, he pushed the sword a bit harder, letting the other(s) know he meant business.

"No… not Hiei…" Kurama thought, mind struggling to find some loophole for Hiei's inexcusable behavior.

"Back off, I'll deal with him," Youko ordered, a kind of brotherly concern for his "roommate".

"I won't let you kill him."

Youko sighed. Human emotions. Always making things difficult for him. "Then I'll follow your lead."

Finished with his mental conversation, Kurama looked up, staring Hiei straight in the eye. Hiei was a little taken aback. They eyes were forestry, not gold, like he'd expected, and his mannerism, he wasn't dealing with Youko, like he'd originally thought, but Kurama, maybe laced with some of the demon, but Kurama the same.

Those eyes weren't filled with hurt or confusion either, just cold decision.

Seeing that aimed at him in his best friend's eyes, the only person Hiei could ever trust, was just plain wrong.

"Back away, Hiei," he commanded, "or else."

It was then that Hiei remembered where he was. A forest. Full of plants. His sword meant nothing; he was surrounded.

"Sh#t."

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"Urameshi?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry about all the times I tried to beat you up."

"S'ok. It's not like you did any damage or anything."

"WHAT? You little-"

Yusuke tuned the rest out, smirking. It was a great stress-reliever, really, goading Kuwabara. And watching his face turn all red, and his fists pounding whatever's closest sort of just melted his worries away.

Until he glanced back at the expanding hairball that was the source of all his worries to begin with.

Kuwabara finally stopped his rant and leaned back, trying to make his large frame smaller, and bide himself more time to when the hair inevitably reached them. "Hey, it's acidic, right?"

Yusuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah, so?"

"So… doesn't acid eat metal?"

"Yeah, so?"

Kuwabara's eyes scrunched up in concentration, staring hard at the hair, no, BEHIND the hair. "That's it!"

Yusuke turned his full attention to his comrade, now all ears. "What, you found a way out?"

"Yeah! The hair is eating the bars too! We can just crawl out!" Kuwabara yelled joyfully.

"That's a great idea! Except the hair's blocking our way, numbskull!" Yusuke exclaimed, smacking his friend for getting his hopes up.

"Ow! Then why don't you blow it up, or something!"

Yusuke considered for a moment, and discarded the thought almost instantly. "It's too close to us now. I shoot, and we'll get caught in the blast."

"How bad," the other teenager asked, weighing their options.

"Bad," the black haired kid answered, resigned to finding another way out.

They both fell silent for a minute, then…

"Let's risk it," Kuwabara suddenly stated.

"Wha- you can't be serious," Yusuke said, gaping at his, brave, and foolish, partner.

Kuwabara turned to look his head on. "What other choice do we have?"

Thinking for a second, Yusuke got the suicidal, let's-do-it smirk. "I've lived a full life. Ready?"

"Yeah, just don't put it on full blast."

"Got-cha."

Kuwabara closed his eyes, preparing for the worst, and the other detective took careful aim, before taking a deep breath.

"Spirit Gun!"

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For what could have been an eternity, Hiei and the Kuramas were locked in a silent battle of wills. None had moved, all knowing that his opponent could end his life in an instant. All were experienced in such intimidation wars, but it was Kurama, the youngest and least experienced, who broke first.

"Let us go, Hiei."

The demon didn't miss how he said "us" instead of "me". "So they're combined," he thought, wondering if this complicated things or made them simpler.

"No."

"You know why we are here," Youko snapped, his sharp tone contrasting with his gentler half recognizably. "So why do you hold us back?"

"Because you're throwing your life- lives,"-he corrected bitterly- "for an empty promise." His anger was starting to leak through.

Youko's heart sunk. This wasn't helping his confidence any more than his intuition. "You're wrong," he forced himself to say regardless.

Hiei closed his crimson eyes for a moment, preparing to do what he'd known he'd have to all along. When he opened them, it was with fierce, warrior precision that he swung his sword 180 degrees to smash the fox's temple with his hilt. It was aimed to knock out the fox, which it undoubtedly would have if Kurama wasn't on guard.

From the beginning of their silent spar, Youko had slowly inched a blade of grass to grow longer, longer, and now, Kurama took control of it.

Before the sword had finished rotating, the grass had already wrapped around it and pulled in the opposite direction, counteracting Hiei's attack.

His blade caught, and completely off guard, Hiei was unprepared for the palm thrust straight to his chest, thrown effectively by the two spirits. He smashed into one of the many trees, and the branches wrapped around him, holding him still.

"Kurama! You don't know what you're doing!" Hiei yelled, knowing that he couldn't stop them now.

Without even answering, the foxes turned and continued their journey.

"KURAMA!"

END CHAPTER 7

FW: Kurama vs. Hiei was really fun to write for some reason, especially since Kurama thinks Hiei betrayed him! Ha ha ha, I'm overly happy! So anyway, last chapter's shout outs, because I'm a bad person and forgot. Demon of Evilness-sama, I'm glad you're liking how I portray Hiei in this. Sometimes I think he's out of character, with looking out for Kurama so much, but they ARE best friends, right? And the hospital people think say I'll live. Are they doctors? I don't know. And to Bara-Minamino-sama, yeah, I was kind of depressed about Kuronue going to heck, and then Kurama too? I was sure I was going to get flamed like CRAZY for writing that one! Surprisingly, I didn't get any….

Kuwabara: Are you COMPLAINING?

FW: No, not really. So sorry for not responding last chapter. Review, don't, s'ok. And flame if you want too, I'll take it in stride!