All right, now that I've got people actually reading this story, I figured it was time to write the second chapter. So here it is, the second chapter of SHADOWED AMBER EYES! WHOO-HOO! YEAH! ALL RIGHT! … Okay, I'm done. (chuckles)

Disclaimer: I think we all understand that I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho in any way. Now that that's been settled, let's get on with the story.

Warning: If you do no like yaoi, then do not read. This will be your only warning. Are we clear?

Chapter Two: Disobedience

By: Asura Mori

Youko watched the younger demon go, his amber eyes dark. He knew that more than one of his followers would die this day, and it would be Yomi's fault yet again. He had tried to be patient with the dark-haired demon, hoping that he was just going through a reckless phase, but that opinion was quickly being shattered. If Yomi didn't stop his foolish actions soon, the kitsune knew that he would have to be punished… severely.

Turning, he fixed the rest of his followers with a glare, amused at the way they jumped. He didn't let his amusement show though and walked up to the nearest of his men. He was a tall, burly sort of demon, with snake-like eyes and a reptilian tail protruding from his backside. Scales ran down his neck and his hands (and probably other places, but the king of thieves wasn't about to check).

The snake demon looked down at his much shorter boss and asked humbly, "My lord? What is it that you want me to do?" "Skaa," Youko whispered softly, making the other demons tremble in fear, "I want you to led the men back to the camp and… 'teach' them a lesson about disobedience." Skaa said nothing, only bowed his head and turned on the other thieves. "You heard him. Make haste back to the camp." He fixed all of the demons with an evil, snaky glare, before yelling out the last part, "NOW!"

The demons scurried, not wanting to be the last in line to get back to the camp, even though they knew they were about to be punished for Yomi's slight. More than one had a few choice words for the other demon and most were muttering as they left. Skaa offered the amber-eyed kitsune one last bow before running after the other thieves, snapping at any that didn't go fast enough.

The silver-haired fox watched them go and waited for them to get out of sight before letting out a sigh. He turned in the direction that Yomi had gone, hesitating a bit. /I could just let him die…/ But something stopped him from doing just that. Whether it was because Yomi was one of his men, although reckless, or something more, Youko knew that he couldn't let the other man die. /But… That doesn't mean I can't hire someone to kill him off later./ Youko grinned as he started off in pursuit of the younger demon, suddenly a lot happier. There was no law that didn't say he couldn't have his own man killed off, such was the demon way.

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Kuronue watched with interest as Youko sent his men off. He knew the kitsune had something planned as soon as the silver-haired thief ran off in pursuit of the other demon, Yomi. His gut twisted painfully at the thought of the horned demon, but he quickly pushed it away and stood to follow the golden-eyed fox. He knew, without a doubt, that this would be even more interesting than the last time Yomi and Youko had fought.

Grinning, he followed the fox from the trees, his eyes never leaving the kitsune's long silver hair.

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Youko easily followed his subordinate's scent, only stopping every once in a while. When he finally stopped, he stood in front of an ancient castle. He surveyed the castle with scrutiny and knew immediately that Yomi had bitten off more than he could chew. "Idiot." He snarled, walking past the two dead guards, lizard demons by their smell, "You never think before you leap."

He entered the castle and moved out of the way as javelins shot from the walls at his sides and tried to impale him. He jumped back and looked down the hallway to see the first of his men hanging limply on the wall, impaled by one of the many lances. "Poor fool, to have followed another fool into battle, I cannot grieve for any of you." He walked past the simple trap easily, ignoring his men that lay dead on the floor. Not once did he look at any of his men, nor did he offer up a prayer for him, for there was no one that he could pray to and no one that he wished to pray to.

Amber eyes narrowed as an unfamiliar stench hit his nose. He stopped at a turn in the hall and pressed his back to the wall. The kitsune leaned in slowly and turned his head to look further down the hall. A hole in the floor immediately caught his attention, but he didn't stop there. He let his eyes wander over the various demons that surrounded the hole, some of which were snickering and holding up weapons as they prepared to finish whoever was in the hole.

Youko lifted a delicate hand up to his hair and extracted a rose from his silver locks. He then placed some of his demonic energy in the rose and it changed into a thorny whip, hitting the floor lightly and making no sound at all. He flicked the whip casually and all the demons surrounding the pit began to fall dead to the ground. The fox stepped out from behind the wall and walked over to the pit, hearing a "What?"

An exasperated growl greeted him as he looked down into the hole at his subordinate. "You should watch it, Yomi." He berated, watching the horned demon's expression, "Your foul character will be the death of you." His eyes lingered on the spikes that Yomi had so narrowly avoided before he turned and walked away from the hole and back out into the forest. He waited patiently for the wounded demon, who came out cursing and dusting off his clothes.

Yomi glared at the fox before running off ahead to the camp. Youko watched him go, his face blank. He would punish the other thief later for disobeying him, but he had something else to deal with at the moment. He turned to regard the few trees in front of him, before saying very softly, "Come out slowly, unless you want to be mangled where you stand by the very trees you watch me from."

He still had his rose whip in his hand when a shadow dropped down from one of the nearby trees. Youko's eyes narrowed and he frowned as a demon with long black hair, with a witch's hat on his head and sickles attached to his belt, walked out before him. "I don't believe we've met." The newcomer purred, sweeping his hat off of his head and bowing mockingly before the fox demon, "My name is Kuronue. And I wish to join your lovely little band of thieves."

Youko only frowned even more.

To be continued…

A.M.: So, this one was longer, as promised. What do you guys think so far? Do you like? Do you dislike? What? I've already got this story figured out (like how I want to end it and stuff), but it's the filler chapters that I haven't got nailed down. I don't want to end it too soon, cause then it would be no fun. So, I'll try to have as many smut chapters as I can and such. Thus the fillers. (grin grin)

Well, with that said, please read and review. Because if you don't review, I can't update. Thanks a bunch and good bye for now.