Yusuke was deep in thought as they continued their long trek down the seemingly endless staircase. 'How far down is this tunnel anyways,' Yusuke couldn't help but think to himself.
"Hey Urameshi, what's eatin' you?" Kuwabara asked as he hopped a few steps and started descending next to Yusuke. His voice echoed loudly up and down the dimly lit stairwell causing the three demons to slightly cringe. Hiei simply glared at the two before 'hn'ing and quickening his pace slightly to catch up to Kurama who was directly behind Sesshomaru.
"Nothing, just thinkin' about how long it has been since I saw Kagome. It has to have been at least three or four years since the last time I saw her up at her family's shrine. It's hard to believe that she already has two kids……Hey Sessy! Who do they look like, you or Kagome?" Yusuke yelled towards the back of the demon lord in front of them.
Sesshomaru stopped dead and turned back to face the quickly stopping boys on the stairs. Kurama and Hiei wisely moved back up a few stairs and pressed themselves against the dripping walls of the castle's foundation. Sesshomaru continued to glare coldly at Yusuke without any expression in his eyes. It was starting to creep Yusuke out a little but then he began thinking 'Hey is that all he's got? Maybe he really isn't as fearsome as everyone thinks.'
While Yusuke had been thinking the demon lord has appeared right in front of him and in the blink of an eye proceeded to lift him off the stairs by his neck and press him into the wall. His claws were pressing on Yusuke's skin just light enough not to draw blood, yet. He growled a deep, soft growl right in Yusuke's face and Yusuke could have sworn he saw all of his lives flash right before his eyes.
Suddenly, just as Yusuke thought he was going to die Sesshomaru dropped his body onto the stairs. Yusuke rolled down a few before catching himself and jumping up to challenge the demon lord. But when he looked back up the stairs, he found Sesshomaru gone from the stairwell or at least no where in sight. Yusuke simply blinked owlishly and wondered just what the hell had happened.
"Hey, where did the shortie go?" Kuwabara asked as he looked around the stairwell that was now empty except Yusuke, Kurama, and himself.
"He left to go investigate a scream that he heard," Kurama replied as he cut off his quick conversation with Hiei and disappeared in a flash up the stairs.