AN: Spirit Detective Yusuke Urameshi and his crew arrived in the Demon Badlands, taking on the Seven Deadly Warriors. William fought the first warrior, a man by the name of Ronshi. With the help of Grandfather Simon, William easily defeated Ronshi by beheading him. What will happen next?

Chapter Four: Return of Yoko Kurama vs Makuto

After they took a break after William's fight, the group stood there, and wondered what would be their next move.

"Well, there are six warriors left, so who would like to go next?" Yusuke asked.

"I would have no problem taking on the next person." Kurama said politely.

"Save it, Kurama, I am going next, and I am going to crush some goon!" Kuwabara bellowed, cracking his knuckles as he spoke.

"Please, you wouldn't stand a chance at the remaining six warriors." Hiei hissed back.

"Oh, you really think so, hamster legs?" Kuwabara said, getting right in his face.

"He's right, Kuwabara." David said, looking out the window space to the barren land below.

"Just what do you mean by that?" Kuwabara asked David, offended by his statement.

"This fight we are in right now is not going to get easier." David explaining himself to the tall guy. "The warriors are going to get harder to beat, and they are going to get deadlier the farther we go.

"Well, we are just going to have to be careful and smart then, aren't we?" Yusuke said with a small smile on his face.

"Well, that rules out Kuwabara, won't it?" Michael said from the other side of the room.

"Hey, blondie, don't make me have to kick your butt." Kuwabara growled, getting right into Michael's face.

"You don't have the stones." Michael said.

"Children! Save it for the bad guys!" Yusuke said, getting in between Michael and Kuwabara.

"In all seriousness, cool it, I have a feeling that this fight is far from over." Yusuke said in a very serious tone.

Oh, Yusuke, you have no idea how right you are on that little fact.

So Michael, do you have the Idunn Box ready?

Of Course I do Kurama. Boy, are they going to be surprised when I use this thing.

You know how to use it?

Yeah, I know how to use it, I saw your fight at the earlier Dark Tournament, and I know what I am doing. Give me the signal, and this whole mess is going to happen.

Yes, and thank you.

No problem, Fox.

(Sigh...)

No sooner than when the seven of them reached an outside area, they were met with an eery laughter that rang in their ears. Kurama looked back at Michael and walked out to the middle of the balcony.

"Well, well, it's the famous Yoko Kurama, what has happened to you? You look so weak and fragile." The voice cackled from the darkness.

"Why don't you show yourself, Makuto?" Kurama moaned, sounding almost really, really bored with the whole stunt that this guy was pulling.

A small chuckle was heard as a brown, muscle bound demon emerged from the shadows, he had horns sprouting from his dark hair, and he only wore black jeans. Kurama sighed again, knowing that this was going to be a fight, and a quick one at that.

"So, Kurama, do you think you have the stones to face me?" Makuto laughed.

"For such a little bug, you really have a big mouth." Kurama answered. "I am going to enjoy this."

"Really? You actually think that you can defeat me, let alone lay a hand on me?" Makuto asked him.

"I do." Kurama said with a smile on his face. "NOW!"

Right on cue, a fog drifted into the area, but it was condensed around Kurama and Makuto.

"Great, more smoke. This is really getting old." Yusuke moaned.

"Shut up, Detective, things are about to get really interesting." Michael smiled. Almost every eye on his team turned towards him, but Michael knew what was going on, and soon enough so did the rest of the team.

Oh boy, here comes Yoko Kurama again...

Yoko stood there in his white clothes, long white hair swaying in the wind. He looked around for his opponent, but soon enough, he found him, but he was now half of his normal size, looking up at the aged fox.

"Come on you son of a bitch, give me your best shot!" Makuto taunted.

Yoko just laughed at the pitiful sight before him. "If I wanted to kill you, I would. You aren't worth my time and strength." Yoko sighed, and turned his back to walk away.

"Shiori is a bitch." Makuto said, loud enough that everyone heard it. That caused Yoko to stop walking right in mid stride, and he stood right on the spot that he stopped walking.

"He is toast." Michael said, trying to stifle a laugh.

Yoko stopped walking, and turned to face Makuto, who was standing there as if he didn't do anything wrong.

"What are you going to do about it? She probably slept around anyway, talking about all of the men that she slept with..."

Silence. That mysterious fog surrounded the battle field once more, and the rest of the team remained quiet as the fight resumed.

Before anyone spoke, Kurama walked from the shadows, right towards the team.

"Well? Let's go." Kurama said. His voice was a cold one, and he with Hiei ventured into the castle.

"What happened?" Kuwabara asked.

"Makuto killed himself." Michael said. "Makuto knew that in his present state that he wasn't going to be able to take on Yoko Kurama. Yoko was going to let him live, then he went and pulled that 'you're mother's a bitch' stunt. Then Kurama, very painfully, finished him off."

"Yeah, but where did Makuto go?" Yusuke asked. The Spirit Detective soon got his answer when Michael and David both pointed towards a large blood smear on the concrete. Yusuke looked, and thought that he saw a severed arm twitching.

"Yeah, I am never going to piss off Kurama." Yusuke laughed in a nervous tone.

AN: Yusuke here. Well, it seems we are close to half way done with this mission, but things are really getting strange, as we face off against the next deadly warrior. This guy doesn't fight, but he likes to play games that really test the mind. To make matters worse, Kuwabara is going to take him on. Help us all...