"Watch out you fool!" Hiei forewarned while shoving Yusuke out of the way just in time. A big blob of what looked like ink splattered against the cave wall melting a hole through it. Yusuke's eyes widened a bit, he stared up at Hiei, "I knew you cared! You big softie!" he wise-cracked. Hiei simply glared, his eye twitching in annoyance. Their attention quickly averted as a shrilling voice flooded their ears. "I could kill you at any second..yet here you are acting as if I am of no threat"

Cheza's eyes widened as a man/ octopus thingy emerged from the shadows. The strange creature reminded Cheza of Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean. In fact, he was almost identical to him in appearance, except he wore no hat and his clothing was different.

"get behind me" Kurama whispered to Cheza. "You escaped my pet..but you wont escape me". Cheza figured his "pet" must have been the octopus they had encountered earlier.

Kuronue crinkled his nose in disgust, the octopus man smelled like rotting flesh, with a tinge of fish.

"why have you slain the guardian?" Kurama asked, his gaze not once faltering off of the mollusk.

He grinned, his slimy tentacles squirming around like worms. "that's for me to know.." he replied.

"Enough talk!" Yusuke charged at the tentacle freak, throwing a haymaker at him. He made contact..but it didn't even phase Mr. Octopus man. A tentacle wrapped around Yusuke's wrist, "I must say that kinda hurt…but this will hurt a lot more". An uppercut to the head sent Yusuke flying, "who's next?". Hiei unsheathed his katana and in a blink of an eye his sword sliced off one of the octopus man's tentacles.

He glared staring down at his severed tentacle, "now that wasn't very nice". Cheza watched as he stuck his hand inside his pocket..pulling out a pair of starfish. "starfish?" Kuronue exclaimed a bit puzzled. Hiei grinned, "it will take much more than a pathetic star to…" A starfish whizzed through the air slicing into Hiei's shoulder. "it's as if he is using shurikens(ninja stars)" Kurama observed. Soon after another one came whizzing by, this time aimed for Kuronue. He quickly blocked the attack with his scythe. "Hey umm…wasn't I supposed to be bait or something…you didn't forget about that cube thingy did you?..now that I mention it…you never told me what that cube thingy does!"

"I cannot use it yet..he must be in a weakened state.." Kurama replied in a whisper. "he's umm…your going to trap him in that cube thingy aren't you?" Kurama nodded, "yes". "soo..its like a pokeball! You weaken him..then you throw the ball..cube in this case at him..and he's trapped inside!" Kurama pushed Cheza out of the way just as a bolt of electricity came hurdling at her. "what the hell was that!" she hadn't been paying attention, the demented mollusk had an electric eel in hand…

"he has the power to manipulate sea creatures" Kurama said to no one in particular. First he threw starfish like they were ninja stars…and now he was using an electric eel to shoot bolts of electricity like a friggen Pikachu!

Kuronue was next to attack, he managed to dodge the bolts of lightning. His scythes began to glow a faint purple as he poured some of his spirit energy into them. He lunged forward slicing into the octopus man's side. He managed to jump back unscathed..or so he thought. In a matter of seconds, Kuronue had a pained expression on his face. He began clutching his arm,"Kuronue!" Kurama ran to his old comrade's side sensing something was amiss. Cheza watched as Hiei began to remove the bandages around his arm, she had always wondered why he kept his arm bandaged up.

Kurama looked up noticing what Hiei was doing, "Hiei! this whole place will cave in if you.."

"SPIRIT GUN!" Everyone turned to see Yusuke panting heavily, wiping blood from his lip. The attack blasted a hole through the mollusk's belly. Instead of falling to the ground in pain..the mollusk simply laughed. "it will take much more than that to kill me". The hole in his stomach began to heal itself until It looked as if nothing had happened. "damn it!" Yusuke exclaimed while clinching his fist in frustration.

Cheza watched as Hiei tossed his head band aside, revealing a glowing eye. Cheza had never seen his Jagan before..it freaked her out to say the least. Flames began to dance around Hiei, engulfing him.

Mr. Octopus man said not a word, he did not take his gaze off of Hiei..not even for a second. Black smoke began to arise from Hiei's hand, the octopus man's eyes widened..he looked..scared!

Cheza had noticed when Hiei had removed the bandages around his arm that he had a tattoo of a black dragon..it was now moving up his arm..into his hand.

"Come on" Yusuke said to Cheza pulling her towards Kurama and Kuronue. Kurama looked up his eyes widened a bit, he hadn't noticed what Hiei was doing..since he was busy trying to help Kuronue. It was to late to stop him now..

"DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

Black smoke poured out of his hand, soon a giant black dragon emerged. "wha..what is that!"

" Hiei has the ability to summon a black dragon..it comes from the deepest pits of Demon World " Kurama informed. "he…can control it right?" Cheza asked staring up uneasily at the ominous looking dragon. Kurama nodded, "yes..he controls it with his evil eye.."

A horrible screech from the dragon flooded their ears, soon after the dragon headed straight for the demented mollusk. He didn't even try to dodge the attack..he looked like he was scared stiff! An eerie painful scream echoed around them, octopus man had been devoured….

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"so what was that cube thingy for anyways? You never even used it." Yusuke asked as Kurama handed it over to Koenma. "Thanks to Hiei we didn't have to". "hn" was Hiei's response as he leaned against the wall. Boton had escorted Kuronue to the infirmary and Koenma had informed them that Kuwabara was back safe and sound at his house. Cheza stared over at Hiei's arm, which he was now bandaging up. "what ona?" he hissed without looking up. She quickly averted her gaze to the mini spirit ruler who was now yelling for George(the ogre). "Can we go yet carpet crawler!"Yusuke wise-cracked. Koenma's eye twitched in annoyance, "actually..since you are all here..I would like to invite you to the annual Halloween bash! OGRE!" Finally the blue ogre appeared with a orange orb floating over his hand. "this is your invitation..you will need it to get in" Koenma said motioning towards the orb. Yusuke snatched it from the air and stared down at it. "now you may all go…oh and dont forget to wear a costume!"

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Alice disappeared into the shadows as Cheza sat down at a park bench. It was around midnight, Cheza just couldn't sleep so she decided to walk Alice. She stared lost in thought until she felt a hand on her shoulder, which scared the living daylights out of her. Her blue orbs stared into a pair of emerald ones, "Kurama! What are you doing here!" He smiled and sat down next to her, " I was at Yusukes..I sensed you were here..its not safe you know..to be out here all alone at night". "nothing will happen to me.." Cheza replied. Kurama frowned, " You should be more wary of what is out there..it is not only demons you must watch out for…"

The two sat in silence for awhile..until Kurama spoke. "I was going to ask you this tomorrow..well technically later on today..if you would like to….go with me to the haunted house downtown..Yusuke and Keiko are going..". Cheza smiled, "sure..so..umm.." She was a bit hesitant to ask this but she did anyways, "is this…like…like a double date?" She was expecting the fox to show some sort of emotion..but he kept his calm demeanor. "yes…afterwards..if you would like we could go to Koenma's Halloween party.."

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Keiko held onto Yusukes arm with a death grip as the four made their way into the haunted house. Kurama offered his hand for Cheza to take, which she did. They first entered a room that had flashing lights, evil clowns and typical creatures that go bump in the night. Keiko was the only one that was scared, although the clowns did freak Cheza out..she never liked Clowns after seeing the movie IT. Kurama noticed, since Cheza squeezed his hand tighter at the site of one. "Scared of clowns?" he asked with a smirk. "I'll be honest with you..I hate clowns!"

"Clowns aren't meant to be scary..they are meant to make you laugh" Kurama replied. "I'm going to have to agree with Cheza..clowns freak me out!" Yusuke exclaimed. Evil laughter erupted from a speaker hidden somewhere in the room, off in the distance a girl could be heard screaming. They were still in the first room of the haunted house. The "haunted house" was really an old abandoned two-story home, a couple had been murdered there about 6 months ago...and it was rumored to be haunted. As they entered the second room, the flashing lights ceased. A fake jail cell was set up, inside a "werewolf" was chained to the wall, in its hand a bloody heart.

After passing through a few more rooms the four made it to a flight of stairs. Fake cobwebs with giant harry spiders clinging to them lined the banister. At the top was an apparition of a women she had a deep bloody gash in her stomach. Her pale creamy skin matched the white dress she was wearing. Her hair rippled in dark waves, she was nearly translucent. The ghostly women vanished into thin air, after the sound of footsteps going up the stairs was heard. Soon another apparition appeared. It had crimson eyes, and a large horn in the center of its forehead. "Leave now!" it growled. "eep!" Keiko hid behind Yusuke. The ghostly demon's hand began to glow, soon after a ball of spirit energy was sent hurdling at them. Everyone managed to get out of the way in time , luckily there were no innocents in site.

Cheza looked back to the top of the stairs, the apparition had vanished. "what the hell was that about!" Yusuke shouted. "I have heard this place is haunted…a couple was murdered here…Im guessing that demon had something to do with their deaths.." Kurama replied. Yusuke started walking up the stairs, Keiko started to protest..but she followed him anyways, "come on we gotta help that ghost lady out".

After reaching the top of the stairs, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. No sign of any ghosts..no sign of the demon either. "BOO!" everyone jumped, a familiar giggle was heard. "Damn it Boton!" Yusuke exclaimed.

"I couldn't resist!"

"Boton, what are you doing here?" Keiko asked. "well…I'm working on a case…you havent happened to see any ghosts around?"

"Actually, yes... we have" Kurama answered. "I'm supposed to lead a women who was murdered here to spirit world..her husband has already crossed over.."

"that freakin demon that attacked us is probably keeping her from crossing over" Yusuke remarked.

"demon…well I'll just have to teach that demon a lesson! You know Koenma's party is in an hour..you guys should go get ready!" Keiko stared up to the top of the stairs, "what about the demon?..and that girl?". "Don't worry, I deal with this sort of thing on a daily basis! Now shoo! I'll meet you guys at the party!"

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"So..are you and Kurama…together now? Sorry..Im not trying to be nosey..but I think you two would make such a cute couple!" Keiko exclaimed. "heh..we umm… "

The two were putting their costumes on in her/yusuke's room. Keiko had on a short black skirt, and a yellow/ black striped top..a pair of wings on her back. She was going as a bumblebee. Cheza had on a short black skirt as well, and a red top with black dots all over it..she had a black pair of wings on…she was going as a ladybug. "I hate wearing freakin suits!" Yusuke grumbled as he walked into the bedroom alongside Kurama. Yusuke had a traditional suit on, while Kurama had a light blue one on. "you look beautiful" Kurama commented as his gaze fell upon Cheza. She blushed, "thank you…you don't look so bad yourself!".

"Ready to go?" Yusuke asked. Keiko glared at the spirit detective, "Yusuke, isn't there something you want to say to me!" Yusuke blinked, "no…not that I can think of…"

"Yusuke you jerk! " she shouted before storming out of the apartment. Yusuke had a confused look on his face, "what the hell did I do!"

"Your supposed to tell her how pretty she looks! Duh!" Cheza exclaimed.

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"This is one hell of a party!" Yusuke exclaimed. There were at least 1000 people/ghosts/ogres..even a few demons dancing and such. The lights were dimmed down, a bar could be seen far off in the corner of the room. "Hey, batmans here!" Yusuke said pointing towards the bar. Cheza looked over to see Kuronue hitting on a waitress, he was already drunk out of his mind. Kurama chuckled, "even after all these years hes still the same old Kuronue". Kuronue turned sensing Kurama's spirt energy, "yo!"he exclaimed with a big grin. He staggered to his feet making his way over to the gang. "Hello Kuronue" Kurama greeted him with a smile. He looked down noticing Kurama was holding Cheza's hand, he didn't say anything but his goofy grin vanished from his face. "hey guys over here!" Everyone turned to see Boton motioning for them to join her, Koenma, Kuwabara, and Yukina at a table in the far corner of the room.

"Hey binki-breath whats up!" Yusuke wise-cracked. Koenma was now in his teen form, he sighed heavily, "do you always have to insult me!"

After chatting away for a few hours, the couples began to hit the dance floor.

Boton jolted out of her seat "Koenma…lets dance!" she exclaimed. "err..I'm not much of a dancer…"

"oh come on! It'll be fun!" she urged. "I don't know…" Before he could contemplate any further Boton took hold of his arm and dragged him towards the dance floor. "Yusuke…" Yusuke looked over at Keiko, he knew what she was getting at. He sighed in defeat, "Keiko..would you like to dance ?". Keiko smiled and got to her feet. "Yukina my love! Would you like to dance!" Kuwabara said offering his hand for Yukina to take. She giggled and took his hand. Soon all who was left was Kurama and Cheza, Kuronue had walked back over to the bar. "Cheza..would you like to dance?" Kurama asked.

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Cheza rested her head against Kurama's shoulder, the familiar scent of roses flooding her senses. Everything felt so serene, she felt safe..happy. A slow song was playing, every couple seemed to be in their own little world. ."Cheza…"

Cheza looked up staring into Kurama's emerald orbs, she could feel her cheeks burning and her heart racing with anticipation. Kurama's hand caressed her cheek, he gently lifted her chin and drew her lips closer to his…

This kiss was different than their first, she was taken aback at how intense it felt. Soon they were both burning with desire... his tongue penetrated her mouth as he wrapped his arm around her waist. Everything around them faded out of view, nothing else mattered at that moment…

Hesitantly he pulled his lips away from hers and stared into her icy blue pools. This was the night the fox came to realize he wanted Cheza to be his…