-1Deadly Adventures

A/N: Again with what happens when I'm not allowed online for a long, long time.

Summary: Desperate for a win in the war against Lykouleon and the dragons, Nadil casts a spell to summon more demons. And he got more than he bargained for. Answering the call were Kurama, Youko, Hiei, and Kuronue. Unfortunately for Nadil, only one of the answering demons actually made it to where he specified. The other three found themselves in an odd world and not exactly welcome. Especially for the one that found himself in the vicinity of Rath.

Category: Yu Hakusho and Dragon Knights crossover.

Genre: Angst. Drama. More? I'll let ya know.

Rating: M/NC-17.

Couples: Youko/Kuronue. Rune/Rath. Will Hiei and Kurama end up together? Maybe. I haven't totally decided yet.

Warnings: I'm really getting sick of having to put this down. YAOI!! Get over it, people! Um, possible rape and torture mess, too.

''thinking to self

/thinking to someone else

/sd/flashback

Disclaimer: I don't own YYH nor Dragon Knights.

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Kitsuki: Yes, you are the only nice person. Unfortunately, I don't think I have what happens to Shuuichi in this chapter, but I allude to it. I think. It's been awhile since I've reread this one. Thanks for reviewing!!

Youko peered up into the willow tree to find Hiei sitting, looking completely desolate. With a sigh, the fox jumped up to seat himself next to the other. They sat in silence for awhile.

"He'll be ok. You'll see." Youko turned to stare as the urgency in Hiei's voice shocked him. He had expected to be the one trying to convince Hiei and himself that Shuuichi would be ok.

"Of course he will, Hiei. Of course he will. He's a tough kit." Youko looked away from Hiei and stared out over the trees that waved to him. He hoped that wherever Shuuichi was, there were plants to comfort him.

"Fox…"

"What is it, Hiei?" Youko asked, looking over.

"Why did you come out here?" Hiei didn't look at him, but kept staring into the distance.

"Kuronue kicked me out. Said that they needed to discuss tactics to use in the rescue. Besides, I figured it'd be a good idea for one of us to keep an eye on you." Youko shrugged. After a pause, he added more. "I miss him too…" When he noticed that Hiei had turned to stare at him, he held his hands up defensively. "It's difficult, being separated from him after all those years of sharing a body and having our souls intertwined!"

"…I think I understand."

"Hiei, you aren't thinking of going off on your own, are you?" Youko asked after a bit of silence.

"What does it matter?"

"It matters a lot if you die before you save Shuuichi and I have to break the bad news to him!" Youko snapped, glaring at Hiei. "Maybe this never occurred to you, but we want to save him just as badly as you do and we know that right now, against an enemy we do not know, we can't just throw ourselves into battle! Have you not learned from the way that Yusuke does things that his way is not the right one?"

"But you aren't doing anything! You shared your soul with him and you're just sitting here and telling me, the person that is actually planning his rescue, that it is too dangerous to save him! You're the last person I expected to come to me with this talk!" Hiei shouted, glaring back at Youko.

"…Do you think that he'll get through to Hiei?" Rath asked, looking over at Kuronue.

Kuronue shook his head. "The only people that ever get through to Hiei are Yukina, his little sister, and Shuuichi. I'm just hoping that Youko can stall him as long as possible. The more time we have to formulate a rescue plan, the less danger Hiei will be in."

"Does Youko know that he's only stalling for time?" Rath looked back out the window to the tree that held the two bickering youkai.

"Yes. Of course, that doesn't seem to be stopping his enthusiasm." Kuronue commented, watching Youko stand up in the tree to gain a height advantage over Hiei.

"Kuronue, Rath, we've got something!" Thatz called, drawing the two away from the window.

"Get the hell away from me, Youko!" Hiei roared.

"Fine. But you aren't going anywhere!" Youko snapped his fingers and the tree's branches wrapped around Hiei, holding him tightly. "I'd like to see you get out of that." Leaving Hiei growling out obscenities and things that he would do to Youko when he got his hands on him, Youko walked into the castle, whistling an odd tune.

Rune glanced up into the tree and jumped into it. Hiei started in on his rants when he heard the elfin boy jump up, only to stop as he saw it was Rune.

"…Shuuichi means a lot to you, doesn't he?" Rune asked quietly.

"Of course he does." Hiei snapped, glaring at the boy.

"I mean, is he your boyfriend…?" Rune asked shyly. "You don't have to answer. I was just wondering…"

"…He's not my boyfriend. He's just…He's just amazing…Perfect…beautiful…Everything someone could wish for." Hiei said, relaxing in his bonds.

"Why aren't you two together then?" Rune questioned.

"And die a horrible death for even mentioning my thoughts to him? Not to mention what Youko would do to me for it." Hiei scoffed.

"So you're scared that he'll deny you." Rune said matter-of-factly. "But, you don't know if he'll deny you or not. You should at least try. You don't want to live your life regretting that you never found out what could have been."

"Yes, listen to the elf. He is the expert on love, after all." A man's voice sneered from behind Rune, who turned as quickly as he could.

"Bierrez…" Rune breathed, starting to reach for his sword.

"Ah ah ah, we can't have you doing that, now can we?" Bierrez darted to Rune's branch and quickly stabbed the pressure point on Rune's neck. "That was too easy."

"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Hiei demanded, struggling against the tree branches again.

"Just doing as I was ordered. You'll pass the message along to Rath, won't you? Thanks, so much." Bierrez smirked as he faded from view.

"Hey! Hey, someone!" Hiei called for help, swallowing his pride. "Someone get Youko and Rath!"

When the two requested hand shown up and listened to Hiei's story, Rath started the swearing fest.

"They took Rune? Did you hear the name of the yokai?" Lykouleon asked quickly, setting a hand on Rath's shoulder, only to have it brushed away.

"Yeah. Rune said 'Bierrez' or something." Hiei said, straightening his clothes.

"Should've known he'd make trouble. He's the only yokai of Nadil's that enter the barrier." Thatz said in disgust.

"So that's three they have to use against us…" Kuronue stated, counting on his fingers. "And the three they took…Could Cesia and Rune fight rather well on their own?"

"Cesia's more of a danger to herself than a help. She amplifies the powers of the fighters around her." Lykouleon replied.

"Of course Rune could fight well on his own. How do you think he became a Dragon Knight?"

'If looks could kill,' Kuronue thought as he received a glare from Rath. 'I'd be standing here with several thousand knives sticking out of my body right now.'

"Yes, but could he defend himself against several strong yokai alone for a long period of time?" Youko asked smoothly, picking up the thread of questioning.

"…" Rath's lack of an answer spoke volumes.

"So they took the ones that were weakest and most likely to incite stupid reactions from us." Hiei reasoned, catching on to Kuronue's train of thought.

"Exactly." Kuronue and Youko said together.

"Which makes sense, if you think about it in the terms of this war. Nadil needs mistakes from us to win; he's been losing pretty badly up till now." Ruwalk stated.

"And since he needs mistakes, that's exactly what we won't give him." Kai-Stern smirked as everyone nodded in agreement.

Rath opened the door to Hiei's room silently and slipped inside. He closed the door as quietly as he had opened it and turned to find Hiei's sword at his throat. Hiei's crimson eyes burned in the darkness like two orbs of fire floating in front of Rath. The orbs closed and opened again, this time not looking so violent as the sword was sheathed.

"What are you doing in here?" Hiei demanded quietly as he turned away and walked back to his window.

"Are you coming with me?" Hiei turned back to Rath, and again the image of two floating orbs of fire was called to mind. The orbs fixed on Rath's eyes, searching out any ounce of lies that he may be hiding. Once the distrustful glow had left the orbs, Rath knew that Hiei was coming. "Let's go then."

A/N: Well, a bit longer than normal. My original plan was 6 pages, but I didn't want to give away too much…Besides, I like leaving cliffhangers.