Yusuke and Kuwabara sped down the hall, no longer arguing. They stoped at a larg door with strage markings all over it. "M-maybe we should just turn back. Hehe..." "No chance of that happening!" Yusuke said. He pushed the door open and looked a tad shocked along with Kuwabara.

Rena had fallen asleep and Kurama was looking up at the sky. Suddenly, Hiei appeared. Kurama giggled, "What took you?" "I descided he wasn't worthy of a fast death...So what happened to her?" Hiei asked. "Poison." Kurama answered and Hiei's eyes went wide for a moment. "I've given her a healing plant, so she should be fine." Kurama reasured. "Just so you know, I really don't care." Hiei said, back in his punkish attitude. He noticed the discareded bloody dager on the ground, away from the two. Then he saw the dead girl in the distance. Then he looked at Kurama who looked somber as he looked at the ground. "Go." Hiei said. Kurama looked up, puzzled. "You go, I'll stay here." Hiei said. Kurama smiled and nodded, "Thank you." "Don't get sappy on me..." Hiei said bluntly and Kurama ran back into the building. Hiei sighed, "I've been reduced to a babysitter..........." He jumped in the tree next to Rena and sat on a branch.

Yusuke was looking into a large and rather beutiful room. The whole room was made of marble and had a small mout in the middle, accented with a fountain. A blue door with gold markings were on the other side of the room. Then a woman formed up from the water on top of the fountain. She had light blue skin with long shiny blue hair and dark blue eyes. Her clothes were skimpy and airy Her top and bottom were scarf like and wraped around her, showing her belly and some of the cloth flowed out. "I am Kurisutaru, Lord Kairu's fourth defence. I won't be as easy on you as my bretherin." She said. "Where is Yuniko!?" Yusuke asked. "That information I cannot tell you." Then Kurisutaru seemed to take on a water form and submearged into the water. The water in the mout rose up and began to flood the room as the door closed behind Yusuke and Kuwabara. The two watched in horrer as the water rose above their feet.

Kurama ran as fast as he could down the hall, but stoped when he heard a slahing sound beneith his feet. When he looked down he saw a small puddle of water. He looked at it curiously for a momeny, but then continued head.

The water had risin to the point where Yusuke and Kuwabara had to swim. "Ahh, now what!?" Yusuke said. "Well at least we still have a while before the place completely fills up...." "Not helping, stupid!" Yusule yelled. "AAHAHAHAHA!!! You shall drown here!" They heard Kurisutaru's voice. "WHERE ARE YOU!?" Yusuke asked, angerly. "I am every where around you, you fool! This is my element, I can be anywhere I want to be." She answered, and a wave went over Yusuke and Kuwabara. They imediantly swam to the surface, which already a quarter of the room was full of water.

Kurama reached the door that Yusuke and Kuwabara had went into and water was pouring out of the cracks. At this point, the water in the room was only a few feet from the top of the room, Yusuke and Kuwabara could touch the ceiling. Whadda we do!?" Kuwabara yelled over the rushing water. Yusuke looked around and was able to spot the blue door with gold markings on the bottom. "I hope this works...." He thought.

Kurama tried pushing the door open, but couldn't. The water pressure held it back. So he steped back and took out his rose whip.

The room was completely filled with water now and Yusuke and Kuwabara went under. Kuwabara was struggling for air as Yusuke pointed his finger at the door and shot his Spirit Gun. "Oh, no you don't!" Kurisutaru deflected the attack by creating a rushing current of water. Yusuke just looked shocked, and soon he was too running out of air.
Kurama slashed the hinges of the door, and the door collaped and the water came rushing out like white water. Kurama was...blown back through the hall.

When the water stopped, Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara lay next to one another in the hall, drentched with water. Coughing Yusuke said, "Thanks Kurama." "Don't thank me yet." Kurama looked up to see Kurisutaru rose up from a puddle of water. "You can't escape that easily!" She turned into a wave of water and it rushed at them.

Rena's eyes flew open, her Atlantice mark shown, and her eyes and mark glowed.

Just before the wave hit the group, many vines rose up from the ground and created a dome-like sheild around them. They opened, but didn't retreat into the ground as the wave passed and transformed back into Kurisutaru, "What sort of sorcery is this!?" "Kurama, did you-?" "No..." Kurama answered Yusuke. "Then who-?" Then they saw a strang symbole on the ground. It was a circul with a rimmed circule an inch on the inside of it. The Atlantice symbole was in the middle and other symboles were in the gap between the two circules. They smiled and said in unison, "Rena..."

Then the vines flew at Kurisutaru and wraped around her like a cakoon. Kurisutaru tried to get out, but couldn't. She tried rushing water around in the cakoon, she tried turning into a dropplet and draining out of it, she tried almost anything she could think of, nothing worked. Yusuke grinned and pointed his finger at the cakoon, preparing for his Spirit Gun, but Kurama stoped him, "Wait Yusuke. You should conserve your attcks for later. You've already used it twice today." "Oh, right." Yusuke backed away with a sweatdrop. "We won't need to kill her. She can't escape, either way." Kurama said, then turned around. Yusuke and Kuwabara followed him.

An hour had passed and Rena was just about ready to go on. She stood, feeling alot better, and stretched a bit. Then noticing Kurama's jacket tied around her, and on the wound. Apparently, because she was laying on the ground so long, that the bleeding had stoped. She removed the jacket and a thin long grass-like plabt rose from the ground, went up her shirt, and wraped around her shoulder and wound. The plant was damp and refreashing on the wound and would stop bacteria from going into her wound. Hiei jumped down and asked, "Are you ready?" Rena nodded, "Yes, let's go." and they ran into the building.

They shortly reached the others who had returned to the marble room, and the blue door had been opened. Kurama turned around to Rena, "Are you alright?" "Of cource. Thanks to that health plant you gave me, I feel one-hundred percent better!" She laughed. "What about your wound?" He asked. "I covered it with a wet land flat leaf..." She answered. He nodded and turned back around. They walked through the next door and down another hallway. "I wonder how many more defences he has. If there are any more." Rena said. "Let's hope there aren't anymore." Yusuke said, "If we keep fighting demons, we may not be able to reach Yuniko in time." He continued. It was silent after that, and they soon reached, ANOTHER DOOR...
This door was just as big and tall as the last one, but it was made of simple stone. "I hope Yuniko's behind this one...." Rena said, and Yusuke and Kuwabara pushed it open. The room was larg and a light stone color. One door sat on the other side, as all rooms did....and a weird demon stood in the middle. It was more like a shadow and had red eyes, kinda like Hiei's. But the figer was that of a females and had long hair. But her whole body was black and moved like a haze. "I am called Hikage, Lord Kairu's fith and final defence." The shadow said. "So what's your power? Just as weak and pathetic as the others?" Hiei asked. "I am Lord Kairu's final defence for a reason. I am the most powerful defence, and will not be as weak and easy to beat as my pathetic bretherin." Hikage said. "Yeah, yeah, same thing the others said. Why don't you say something else for once!?" Yusuke steped up. "You do not understand. With my shadow powers, I can do what ever I want, I can be anyone I want, and I can be anywhere I want." Hikage said. "WHO CARES!" Hiei jumped up and unsheathed his sword and tried to slash her, but his sword only went through her and she mealted into the floor. "FOOL! I told you I can be anywhere!" Hikage's voice echoed through the room. Then she came down fast from the celing behind Hiei and rushed at him. "HIEI! BEHIND YOU!!" Yusuke called and Hiei looked, but was too late. Hikage's hand turned into a sharp blade and slashed him. "HIEI!!" The rest of them called. But as he was falling, he grinned evily and dissapeared, all except for his over coat. He reapeared behind her, "NEXT SHOT!" He used his fire sword to slash her back. Screaming, she fell into the floor. Yes, INTO the floor, she mealted back into the floor. Hiei appereared to have no wounds. His eyes shifted back and forth. Then Hikage came up below him and hit him hard in the stomach, then she retreated back into the shadows. Hiei winced for a moment with his hand on his stomach. "Hiei, are you alright!?" Rena called.

Hikage came up behind Kurama and put her hands on his shoulders. Then she shocked him. "KURAMA!" The others called in unison. When she stopped, she retreated into the wall before Yusuke hit her. Kurama fell to his knees and Rena wrapped one arm around him so he wouldn't fall all the way. She gasped when she saw his eyes were like a blank green.
Then Hikage rose a few feet away from Hiei and morphed into Kurama. "This soul seems fitting." She said now souding like Kurama. "What do you mean!? What did you do to Kurama!?" Rena asked yelling. "I stoll his soul and am useing to make up his body. I have all his powers and tecneques. This is only one of my abilities." She answered. Then she ran at Hiei with Kurama's Rose Whip. Hiei braced himself and got into a stance.

Yuniko felt a demon heartbeat. "The jewel.....it's reacting to something.....But I can't transform, there's no water around.....But I have to get out of here!" She thought and yanked at the chains, untill she felt another demontic heartbeat, and stopped. Then her head fell limp and she closed her eyes, falling asleep.

Rena suddenly felt a small demon heartbeat herself. "Yuniko...?" She whispered as she watched Hiei and the imposter Kurama fight. Rena was becomming angery. She kept watching and her heart grew with more anger each time. Finally she couldn't take it, got up, and rushed at Hikage. "Rena!" Yusuke called back to her, but it was too late, she jumped up and came down tring to hit the false Kurama. He dodged and she came up and tried to punch him, he dodged again. She tried and tried again, but each time he dodged or blocked. Hiei had stopped for a moment. Then, Hikage caught one of her punches, and shocked her like she had down to Kurama. "Oh, no, RENA!" Kuwabara called. Rena fell to the ground and collaped on the floor. Then Hikage transformed ino Rena, and giggled evily. "GIVE HER SOUL BACK!!!" Yusuke demanded. "I don't think so, this soul is rather fitting too." Hikage said. Then she ran at Hiei ad tried to touch him, but Hiei jumped to the side. But just before he could slash her, Yusuke yelled, "Hiei! Don't! It's still Rena's soul!" Hiei frowned in frustration and punched her instead, and she flew into the wall. "HIEI!" "Shutup, fool! She'll live!" Hiei inturuped Kuwabara. When the dust cleared, the um, false Rena was sitting slumpted, in the wall creves. She glared at him. Then she sank into the floor. "Wha- I thought she-" "FOOLS! I may have this maddins soul as my body, but I still have retained my powers as well as hers." Hikage's voice rang through the stone room. Then Hikage, as her shadow form, poped up behind Yusuke and out her hands on his shoulders and shocked him as her screamed. "URAMESHI!" Kuwwabara tried to punch the shadow, but a barrier bloacked, and Hiei also tried to slash with his sword, but it didn't work. Yusuke fought and was trying to put his hands on her's to stop in. After a moment he did and caused a discharge where he chanaled his energy into the shock and shocked her. She retreated into the wall, and Yusuke fell to his kness, panting. Kuwabara rushed over, "Hey, you alright?" "Yeah, I'm fine....and it looks like our imposter is too." He said, still panting as Hikage rose from the floor in the middle of the room in the form of Yusuke. "I may have only got half of your power, but it seems like it's all I need combind with the power of your other fallen friends!" A great ora surrounded her, er him, um imposter Yusuke. The colors flowed with gold, green and blue. It blew back Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara into the wall. Then Hikage stopped and had a small black ora around her.(imposter Yusuke still) Though her body was hard to see, Yusuke's eyes shown thorugh.

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