A black shadow appeared for a split second at the corner of Ume's eye. She grinned. Calmly, Ume got up to her feet and starting counting down from eight (why eight you ask? Because this is kind of like what my friend does. Hehe) so softly that only Hoshi was able to hear her. When she finally reached zero, she kicked the woman and she flew to the wall. The man was about to hit Ume for what she did but he screamed out in pain instead.

The demon staggered backwards. Hiei appeared at the entrance to the closet and helped Ume out. Kurama and Tsume appeared and stared at Hoshi. They were about to question when Ume spoke up.

"Don't worry everyone. He's on our side for now. I'll explain later. Right now, just concentrate on those two." She pointed to the male demon helping the female demon up.

The three looked at one another in confusion. Hoshi was worried that they wouldn't believe Ume. He was surprised to see that they nodded and trusted Ume, a wolf demon, so easily. He started to wonder if they even know, but as he was thinking, Ume switched to her wolf demon form. Once again, Hoshi was surprised.

He got up and hit one of the demons. The female shot a blast at Ume. Hiei jumped in its path without taking too much damage by using his katana. Ume jumped over Hiei and fired a blast right back at the demon.

"How…How could these beings still care for her even if she is a wolf demon? It should be in their blood to hate wolf demons even if they are helping humans too! Their ancestors must've hated wolf demons. What is wrong with these demons?" He kept wondering.

"Move you idiot!" was the last thing he heard. A giant blast of Demon Energy shot from the male demon and was coming right at him. It was a direct hit. He lied on the floor.

Ume and the others glanced back at him but were forced to focus on the fight. It was two against four but the Spirit Detectives were still having a hard time. Tsume was knocked to the floor along with Ume. They landed near the stolen artifact that Hoshi had possessed. It began to glow faintly.

Ume reached for it, but before she took hold of the old item, one of the demons took it. Kurama popped up and sliced the demon causing him to drop the artifact. It broke and inside was a jewel, the same kind as Ume's and Tsume's. Hiei grabbed it quickly and gave it to the girls.

They took it and the gem glowed more vividly. The light was so bright, the others could no loner see the two girls.

The next moment, the reappeared and the jewel was gone. A mix of Spirit Energy and Demon Energy erupted from the two demons that swept through the room affecting only the thieves. The others weren't hurt; their wounds were actually healing!

Hoshi began to rise and watched the girls' powers get stronger than before. The group headed towards where the demons were seen flying but they were no where to be seen.

"They must've fled as soon as Ume and Tsume got to that jewel…" Kurama figured.

"So I guess that means all we need to do now is find the artifacts and get that back to Ko-Enma." Tsume said.

Ume stared at Hoshi. "Well, I guess I can't fulfill my end of the deal. As you can see, the jewel is gone and the artifact is destroyed."

"It's fine. The relic belonged to the wolf tribe, and now, it'll stay in the wolf tribe…Well, half of it will." He looked at Tsume. She grinned innocently.

"Now, would you please tell us where the rest of the artifacts are? You did, after all, steal this one." She pointed at the broken treasure on the floor. "So where's the rest?"

Hoshi slowly rose and stared at Ume. "Now, I might have been able to sneak that artifact, but I do not know where the rest are. You are on your own there."

He started to take his leave. He turned around. "Make sure you and your friend there don't get yourselves killed. Remember, the jewel's inside you now. Don't mess up."

"Ha-ha, sure… No problem."

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Land started coming into view as the boat approached dock. With the help of the Spirit Detectives, the staff, and several passenger volunteers, the explosions were fixed, but the reasons and cause of them remained unknown to the humans.

Getting off the boat, the group met up with Yusuke and Kuwabara, whom disappointed they couldn't go and beat up some demons before going back to Japan.

Hiei took one look at LA. "This place looks just as revolting as the rest of the Human World."

"Yea, Shorty. The Demon World, with all its bloodshed is soooo much better." Kuwabara said.

"Sarcasm from the idiot human who probably doesn't even know what 'sarcasm' means."

"I know what it means!"

"Hn."

"Can't you two ever stop fighting?" Ume interrupted.

Ume took a look around her and saw Hoshi sneaking off. Probably back to the Demon World.

Tsume took off ahead. She couldn't wait to go site-seeing. She tripped on a rock. Kurama hurried to her side and helped Tsume up while Yusuke and Kuwabara snickered at the two of them. The two boys went over to Kurama and started elbowing him, making fun of him. Ume laughed, amused.

Ume took a deep breathe of air and stared at Tsume. She grinned. As though Tsume read her mind, he grinned back and announced that she and Ume would take the long way home.

The boys stared at them. "You're actually walking back? You do know it's across the ocean, right?" Kuwabara asked.

"Row boats, sail boats, swimming, we can find some way to get across. Besides, I like a challenge. So, how about it? Last one back home cooks dinner and does the other one's homework AND chores for the next month."

"Make it two months and you're on! My place could use a cleaning up."

"Now hold on! You girls can't go by yourselves." Kurama stated.

"You bakas (idiots) wouldn't last two minutes crossing all that distance." Hiei mumbled.

Tsume grinned at Ume. "Are you proposing to come along? If you think you can handle it." she challenged.

"I was born and raised in the Demon World. I can last on my own better than either of you two."

"We'll come, but only to make sure you two don't get hurt…" Kurama said to stop Hiei from getting mad.

"Uh huh…sure…"

"Hey Yusuke, take our tickets for the cruise. You and Kuwabara and go home the easy way."

Yusuke and Kuwabara grinned, "You mean, we can go on that luxury cruise for free ALL the way back!"

They turned around and stared at the boat. When they looked back, Ume was already gone.

"Where did that… YOU CHEATER! GET BACK HERE! I'M NOT LOSING A BET TO YOU!" Tsume yelled out.

"First time for anything…" Ume cried out from a distance as Tsume and the two other boys ran after them. "See ya losers in Japan!"
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Here's another poll. Same rules as the last one are being used. The choices are:

Gundam SEED
Rurouni Kenshin
Zatch Bell!

If you have an anime you want me to write about, e-mail me and let me know. Of course, I need to be familiar with the anime.
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