dna- ok, sorry again. in addition to taking a long ass time before updating this chapter, its also short as hell... n it sux like crap... ive just been so tired lately... well neway... try to enjoy this chapter...

Run Away Forever Chapter 18- The Sword of Death

"We have a problem…" Koenma began, everyone tensely listening.

"Well what is it?" Yusuke asked after a few seconds.

"Well you see… the Sword of Death that was stolen from the vault that day was… well…"

"What!" Yusuke asked again impatiently.

"Well… Rejuko found out how to uh… activate it…"

"And?" Kurama queried.

"Well… he learned how to activate it fully…"

"How bad is that?" Kuwabara asked.

"You see, what the Sword of Death does when it's fully activated is that it calls up all of the 'evil' spirits. The sword creates temporary bodies for the spirits to use, and let's just say… we're in a lot of trouble…"

"Let me guess," Hiei replied. "They're attacking the Human World."

"Naturally," Koenma said.

"Then that would mean that… Keiko and my mom!" Yusuke shouted.

"Yes… well… about that situation…" he trailed off.

"What is it?" Kurama asked.

"Uh… nothing… anyway, I'm pretty sure you know what your mission is," Koenma changed the subject. "I want you guys to get that sword back by whatever means necessary. Understand?"

-----The Ningenkai-----

People were scattered everywhere, running in all directions, hoping to get away from the chaos.

A portal opened up in an obscured place as the Spirit Detectives came out.

"What the hell…" Yusuke said at a lost for words.

"Th-there're so many of those things," Kuwabara said. "And they're killing everyone…"

"Of course they are," Hiei retorted. "What did you think they would do? Help people carry their groceries?"

"Shuddup you shrimp!"

Akiya threw a kunai that flew right past Yusuke's head by a centimeter or two, hitting the demon that was ready to attack him from behind.

"Whoa! Watch where you're aimin that thing!" he warned as he turned around. "What the!"

The demon that Akiya hit fell to the ground.

"Is he dead?" Kuwabara asked.

"He was already dead to begin with," Akiya reminded. "You can't kill something that's already dead."

"We must be on guard," Kurama informed. "There are many of those demons."

"Gee, ya think Kurama?" Yusuke asked sarcastically.

"If we focus on the sword, everything should be okay," Akiya said.

"But what about everyone else?"

"We can't help it! Either we get that sword or everyone dies!"

"My, you're so cold Akiya," came an eerie voice from behind them all.

"Mirumino!" Akiya said alarmed.

Everyone looked around for the owner of the voice. Suddenly, they sensed something to their right and quickly moved out of the way. Where they used to stand was a huge crack on the ground, and in the tree three feet away from the crack was a tall man with dark brown hair and eerie dim yellow eyes. In his hand was the Sword of Death.

"What's the big idea!" Kuwabara shouted at the man. "You could've hit us ya know!"

"I believe that was the point Kuwabara," Kurama replied.

"You know him Akiya?" Yusuke asked her quietly.

"That's Mirumino," Akiya replied in a hushed voice. "His specialty is the sword."

"How strong is this guy?"

"Strong enough to kill us if we don't be careful."

"Do not forget our other enemies as well," Kurama joined.

Everyone looked around them, remembering that there were still the demons that were summoned by the sword. Mirumino jumped down chuckling.

"Nervous, are we?" he asked. "Let's… make this a fair fight."

"Fair!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "You call a gazillion demons against five people fair!"

"You mean a gazillion dead demons that we can't kill, Kuwabara," Akiya said.

Mirumino laughed.

"Since when were you the type to worry about being outnumbered?" he asked Akiya. "Back then when that old grandpa sent you and the others out after us, you ignored all the obstacles and went straight for the prime target. Did they degrade you that much already? Huh!"

Akiya was behind him, catching him off guard as she kicked him off the tree and into the ground.

"How's that for degraded?" she asked.

"…W-whoa…" Kuwabara stammered. "Remind me never to say that she's degraded…"

"Where in the hell did that come from?" Yusuke asked amazed as he turned to Hiei. "Hey, she may even be faster than you now Hiei! Looks like you've got some competition."

"Unless you have death wish Detective, keeping your mouth shut would be a very wise choice," Hiei threatened.

Mirumino got back up on his feet.

"I didn't know that you were all that eager to die," he said calmly as he began to let his spirit energy flare up.

So, he's finally showing his power… Kurama thought as he reached for his rose.

Kuwabara had his Sprit Sword ready as the others got into their defensive stances.

Akiya ran at him with a kunai ready in her hand. She abruptly stopped and jumped a couple feet back when the demons jumped in front of her and Mirumino, creating a boundary so she couldn't get through.

-----Sprit World-----

I wonder… maybe I should've told them after all… Koenma thought, staring at his desk.

"Koenma-sama," George called. "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong," he replied. "Go down to the library and find me a book about this Mirumino person."

"Yes sir," he answered obediently as he walked out the door.

-----Spirit Detectives-----

Akiya ducked down and dodged the jump kick that the demon aimed at her, letting him fly into another demon as she stabbed the demon beside her with her kunai. Kurama lashed out his Rose Whip and knocked away all of the nearby demons. Kuwabara slashed the demons one by one as Yusuke shot his Sprit Gun and cleared a short path for himself. Hiei however, didn't waste time with them. He cut through the two demons in front of him and jumped at Mirumino who blocked Hiei's blow from above.

"I've heard rumors about you," Mirumino said as he parried another one of Hiei's blows. "I heard that you were quite the demon when you were younger, but it looks like you've been degraded too."

Hiei disappeared and reappeared behind Mirumino and swung his sword, aiming for his head. However, Mirumino turned around and swiftly blocked the blow.

"You're a real fast one," he said. "Not that I can tell how fast you're going."

Hiei merely stared at him though he wondered how Mirumino could tell where he was if he wasn't able to keep up with his movements.

"It's something called skill," Mirumino said, seeing Hiei's half confused look.

-----Spirit World-----

George came back into the office empty handed.

"Koenma-sama, I couldn't find the book that you were looking for," he informed.

Koenma didn't reply.

"Should I get Botan to search for it?"

"No…" Koenma answered. "She's… away…"

The blue ogre looked at the prince nonplussed.

"But I thought—"

"She away Ogre!" Koenma shouted.

George was shocked and confused. Normally, Koenma wouldn't be so aggravated, but he ignored it.

Maybe Koenma-sama is stressed out about the sword…

-----Spirit Detectives-----

Akiya punched away the demon that was in front of her.

"Since when were you the type to worry about being outnumbered?"

She did a back flip, kicking the demon behind her up in the air and quickly turned around to kick the demon beside her with her other foot.

"Back then when that old grandpa sent you and the others out after us, you ignored all the obstacles and went straight for the prime target."

Akiya ducked down and grabbed the other demon by his foot and pulled him down, taking out her kunai and stabbing the demon that jumped at her from above.

I have no time for this!

She performed a series of hand seals and shouted out, "Quick Sand Burial Technique!"

All of the demons around her sank into the ground as she jumped away.

"Mirumino!" she shouted as she threw a shuriken at him.

Mirumino quickly deflected Hiei's sword and turned around to deflect Akiya's shuriken. He quickly jumped back towards Akiya as Hiei swung his sword at him, escaping with a small cut. Akiya aimed a kick at his head which he barely blocked.

"Stroke of Fire!" Mirumino shouted after very quickly performing some hand seals.

He transferred his spirit energy into his sword as it glowed bright orange. Mirumino swung his sword horizontally as fire burst from his sword and at Akiya and Hiei. Akiya performed another series of hand seals as the fire continued to near her, but before she got the chance to finish, Hiei interrupted.

"Fool!" he shouted as he jumped and tackled her out of the way.

"Hiei!" Akiya shouted as he took the blow.

Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama's attentions all immediately turned to the other three, worried about Hiei.

"Go to hell shit holes!" Yusuke shouted as he used his Shotgun, blasting away all the demons in front of him. "They're not your only enemies!" he shouted to Mirumino as his Shotgun headed towards him.

"Black Shield Technique!" Mirumino shouted after he performed another series of hand seals.

A dark transparent wall formed right before Yusuke's Shotgun reached him and protected him from the blow. In addition to that, the Shotgun was deflected back at him and the others.

"Kuwabara! Move out of the way!" Kurama warned him.

Kuwabara slashed down another demon.

"What?" he asked. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Kuwabara jumped down, barely dodging the attack as Kurama and Yusuke jumped out of the way.

"Ha!" Kuwabara laughed as he got up. "You just killed all your men! What's gonna protect you now!"

"Idiot," Mirumino replied calmly. "Didn't you hear what Akiya said earlier? They're already dead."

Mirumino looked over in Akiya's direction when she got up as did Hiei. The other detectives mentally sighed in relief. However, they didn't have much time to be relieved for the demons that got knocked down were getting back up.

In one swift motion, Mirumino grabbed his kunai with his other hand and chucked it at Hiei who effortlessly hit it aside with his katana.

"I think it's time you see one of the sword's special powers!" came Mirumino's voice from behind Akiya and Hiei.

He simply swung the sword down.

…Nothing happened.

"Tch, what's so special about a simple—ah!"

Yusuke was cut off when everyone was suddenly hit with a barrage of cuts that came from nowhere.

"Maybe that was too much for you all," Mirumino replied amused as he looked down on the detectives who were on the ground.

"Don't be so sure," Hiei responded coolly as he got up and disappeared.

Akiya's hand reached back for a kunai, ready to attack as the other three also got up. Hiei reappeared beside Mirumino and the two began their own personal fight. Akiya could barely tell what was going on. Although Mirumino wasn't able to exactly keep up with Hiei, his skills in sword fighting made him able to hold his own in their battle. The other four could do nothing but watch. Mirumino abruptly paused when Hiei slashed him across his stomach.

There! Akiya thought as she threw a kunai, hitting his side.

Yusuke took the chance to fire his Spirit Gun which hit Mirumino hard in the back.

"Ah!" Yusuke shouted when he got kicked on the head by one of the demons.

"Yusuke!" Kurama called in concern as he rushed over to help fight off the demons.

"Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled as he did the same.

Hiei and Akiya walked up to Mirumino who was on the ground.

"Now, you can die," Hiei said as he stabbed Mirumino in the stomach… but his katana stopped a millimeter before it hit him, confusing Hiei.

The sword protects him? Akiya asked herself as she wrote something on the ground with her blood and performed a few simple hand seals.

"Sealing Technique."

Hiei could see a thin layer of what looked like smoke, which it probably wasn't, rise out of the sword and go into the ground. Akiya then erased the writing on the ground as all of the demons screeched as their bodies were disappearing. He pushed the thought aside and stabbed Mirumino in the stomach, this time, his katana went through his body.

"…not… possible…" Mirumino said through his teeth as Akiya was toying with another kunai that she had pulled out.

"In this world, those who chose to make a difference will make the impossible possible..." she said as she threw the kunai at Mirumino's head.

-----Later-----

Yusuke and Kuwabara were reporting to Koenma while Kurama was off somewhere. Hiei, as usual, was sitting on one of the tree branches in the forest, except he was with Akiya this time.

"Hey, let me see your wounds real quick," Akiya said.

"I'm fine," Hiei replied.

"Fine my ass… you were hit head on with that fire," she pointed out. "And don't forget all of those cuts you got from that sword thing."

"If you weren't so idiotic as to not move when that fire was heading for you in the first place, there would've been no need for me to rescue you and get hit, and Mirumino would've been dead before he could pull off his sword attack."

"You trying to imply that this is all my fault?"

"Hn."

"You can be a real jerk sometimes you know…" Akiya sighed. "At least let me see if you got any burns or something."

"Why are you so persistent?" Hiei asked.

"Can't I be worried?"

"You? Worried about me?" Hiei asked amused.

"What about it?" she asked, a bit embarrassed.

"Shouldn't be the other way around?" Hiei accidentally slipped as he slightly blushed and tried to keep a straight face.

"Huh…?" Akiya asked as she looked up at Hiei. "… did you really just say that? Or am I hearing things?"

"Keep your mouth shut or I'm cutting it off!" he threatened.

"You know, this is why all of the sane girls run away from you," she said, Hiei not responding to her. "Screaming. And—hm? What?"

Hiei jumped down to the ground and looked at Akiya.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked her.

"What?" she asked, not knowing what Hiei meant.

"What about Hayate? Won't he get jealous?"

Akiya looked at Hiei… shocked.

She opened her mouth slightly, as if about to say something but didn't. Akiya only looked up through the trees and at the darkening sky as Hiei stared at her somewhat sadly.

-----Next Chapter's Preview-----

Run Away Forever Chapter 19- Destruction of the Village

Koenma once again, abruptly calls the detectives for an urgent mission. He had gotten a letter concerning Akiya's village… and why is it that Hayate, Hiro, Keta, Kohira, Katsu, Mika, and Yomi are nowhere to be found?