Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I do own Shura and the three children and of course the storyline. Now this story is going to be different. It will mainly feature the three children and Shura, but Kurama and Hiei will be a constant presence, I may not bring up too many encounters with them. This story will be dark, and light, and have angst and twisted views on things. Things don't go as planned for our lovers as their children grow up and want to leave the nest too early. Things prove their father's right, for they wish they would stay longer, unsure their children could handle the dark world that they were born into... what will happen when one of them goes missing? Without further delay... I give you chapter one of the trilogy of Fifty Shades of a Youko.

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Shukara sighed heavily as she leaned against her pillows. She hated winter almost as much as her aunt, Shura did. When Shura and Liam got married a few years ago, Shukara had tried to fight the move... but of course, Shura wanted to live with her new husband. Without Shura, she was COMPLETELY out numbered and that sucked. She hated having four males in the household. Yukina would only visit on occasions, because the four fire demon energies would overwhelm her. She was excited about her niece and nephews and was wanting to visit as often as possible, but instead, she would take them out on a lunch outing with her, one at a time. She could handle that, but that meant, Shukara wouldn't see her as often as the boys. Being the only girl really sucked. She hated being the only girl. She sometimes wished that she were an only child. She wished that more than once. She had even used three birthday wishes and never got that wish... but then again, she knew that wouldn't happen. Kara sighed heavily as she leaned back farther into her pillows. She looked at the door as it suddenly burst open, her brother Jacques standing there with a murderous look on his face.

"You boorish, selfish, self-centered heartless bitch!"

Kara smirked. "Ooo four insults in a row," Kara was mildly amused when her brothers could put that many together in one sentence. "Better put some ice on your head, wouldn't want your brain to overheat."

"How dare you put my pet in a shoebox, underneath the thickest book in the house!" he snapped.

"Well, Jacques," she said as she crossed her arms. "You should have thought about that before you let that RAT loose in my room."

"She's a guinea pig!" Jacques snapped before rounding on her again. "Just because you don't have any pets doesn't mean that you can hurt mine!"

"I would have a pet if your damned dog hadn't eaten my cat and my bird," she shouted back sitting up and growling back at her brother.

Kurama had heard the fussing and had come to investigate, he pushed open the door and looked at them. "What is going on in here?"

"Dad, Kara put Daphne in a box under a book! Right next to an open window!" Jacques whined.

"Shukara," Kurama said as he looked at her.

"Every time that I do something and they tattle tale on me, you always take their side!" she snapped. "Even when it is revered! You simply tell me not to be a snitch! You are NEVER on my side!"

Kurama sighed heavily and looked down at Jacques, who stood there crossing his arms as if he was in the right and that was the way it would always be. "Jacques, go to your room and stay there. I will deal with you later."

"But dad.."

"No buts," Kurama snapped. "Do as I say." Kurama's words were stern and he pointed out the door.

"Yes sir," he said defeated as he walked out of the room.

Kurama shut the door and looked at his little girl with a smile. She was sitting there cross legged with her arms folded tightly over her chest, fuming about the entire situation. He chuckled lightly as he sat on the edge of the bed. "You look so cute when you are mad."

All that was heard in reply to that was something that he wished Hiei had never taught to their children. "Hn."

"Shukara, listen to me," Kurama said gently and she turned to look at him. "I have told you time and again that girls mature a lot faster than boys do. I promise you, their childish behavior will come to an end soon."

"Have you met your sons lately, papa?" she asked waving a hand towards their bedrooms. "They are dumber than a box of rocks! That isn't going to change any time soon."

"Kara!" Kurama snapped at her for insulting them in such a way, but inside he couldn't help but smile at the saying. She was quite accurate on that one. "There will come a time when the won't get away with as much. And you are my little angel, I expect better than that from you. The only reason it seems that I am being unfair and harder on you than your brothers is because I KNOW that you are the better person. No matter what the situation is. I know that they are the ones that start most of the confrontations with you and that you can get a little frustrated... but I know that it will get better."

"But you never even listen to my side of the story!" Shukara said looking down.

Kurama paused, she had a point there. "Alright... why did you put you brother's guinea pig in a box next to an open window?"

"Because it was in my room again!" she snapped. "All I did was scoop it into the box, but it kept crawling out. So I put the only book that would fit over the box on top of it. I simply took it down the hall and sat it next to Jacques' door. The window wasn't open when I put the rat down."

"She's a guinea pig," Kurama corrected with a grin.

"Whatever the creepy little thing is,"she said and sighed as she looked up at her father. "Next time the box won't be there to protect it from getting smashed by the book! I don't want vermin running around my room, it's gross!"

Kurama smiled, there was truth to that, he didn't like the guinea pig either, but Jacques was given his choice of animals on his birthday... "Alright, I understand your side, baby. I can see where you are coming from, I really do. I will talk to Jacques, but in the meantime, can you do me a favor? The dishes need to be put up, mind helping me out until I join you?"

Kara sighed lightly but reached out and took the dishtowel that was draped over her father's shoulder. "Yes sir."

Kurama leaned forward and kissed her forehead lightly. "Thank you baby girl. I will be down in a few minutes."

She nodded as the two of them walked out of the bedroom. They walked up to Jacques door where he was standing there, Kara stuck her tongue out at him and continued down the stairs. Jacques stuck his out in return, but as Kurama got to his side, three fingers grabbed his tongue and held it hard. Jacques whimpered at the treatment and pulled his tongue back from his father's grip, pointing out the door to his sister's retreating foot steps.

"I don't care who did it first," Kurama snapped and closed the door behind him. "I didn't see her do it, but I did see you do it! Now we are going to have a little talk."

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Kara looked at her father reading the paper at the breakfast table. He smiled lightly at her and leaned back in the chair as she walked by. She dropped a quick kiss on his cheek as she headed to the kitchen to dry the dishes. "Mornin' daddy."

"Brothers teasing and bullying you again?" Hiei asked as he seen the look on her face as she was coming down the stairs.

She nodded and walked from the drying rack to the cabinets. She was finally getting tall enough that she didn't need a chair to help around the kitchen any more. Due to Hiei's height difference and Kurama's there was a slight difference with the three children. Hansel was the tallest as he took after Kurama, with his longer red locks and forest green eyes, while Jacques was the shortest, having taken after Hiei, with short jet black hair and burning red eyes. Shukara was the best of both parents. She stood a few inches taller than Jacques, but a few inches shorter than Hansel. She took after them both with black and red streaked hair and light greenish eyes. But now that they were growing up into teenagers, the three of them were starting to gain their powers and their personalities were beginning to shine. Kara, however, seemed to take more after her aunt in the personality department. She was sweet when she needed to be, but a raving lunatic when the mood called for it. Hansel was seeming to take after Kurama more often than not, his attitude calm and collected until he had a bad day. However... Jacques took after Hiei. That thought scarred him, for Hiei was an ornery little shit from the start, and Jacques was just like him.

"Daddy?" Kara asked snapping Hiei out of his thoughts. "Are you alright?"

Hiei nodded with a smile. "Yes, why wouldn't I be?"

Kara was standing next to him, having asked him a question and not receiving an answer. She waved a hand as she spoke to him. "Seemed like you were in another place..."

Hiei smirked. "Just thinking, that's all."

"I was asking would you like some more coffee?" she asked her previous question again.

With a smile he shook his head. "Not thanks, hun. I have had enough. But I would like to ask you something."

He scooted the chair from the table and pulled her into his lap, her weight barely enough to be noticed as she sat on his lap. He smiled lightly as she leaned her head on his shoulder. Kurama walked down the stairs carrying something in his hands, but Kara didn't notice.

"Do you remember when we got you Polly?" he asked. "And you were pointing to the other bird that said that it was a rare and unique pet?"

She nodded and remembered that they were unable to purchase the other bird because he was far too expensive and it required a lot of care and attention. Much too much for a six year old to give. She sighed lightly. "Yeah... but it was too much and too much was needed to take care of it."

Kurama sat his box on the table. He slid it until it came to a stop in front of her. It was a Christmas present. She looked up at them and frowned. "Christmas is still three weeks away..."

Hiei smoothed her hair and chuckled lightly. "Go ahead... open it."

She leaned towards the box and read the label, rolling her eyes as it said from Santa. She was a little too old to believe in him, but the thought was to be secretive and she didn't mind that. She untied the red ribbon that topped the box and slowly unwrapped the box. Using the knife that Kurama had sat next to her, she opened the box and frowned as she looked at the contents. She studied them and then slowly smiled. She looked up at her father who sat across the table from her.

"You look surprised," Kurama noted. "Didn't think you would get anything good this year, did you?"

She smiled brightly and pulled out the book that rested to the side of the other contents. She read the label and smiled. "How to care for your new pet. The Blue Macaw edition."

She looked up at him again, her joy clearly printed on her face. Hansel came walking out of the back yard with a cage covered with a blanket. She smiled again as he sat the cage on the table in front of her. "Merry Christmas, sis."

She smirked, knowing that he had owed her for the ferret that she had gotten him last year. She reached out and lifted the edge of the blanket, earning a light squawk from inside. She gasped lightly and stood up. She lifted the blanket from the cage and revealed a tiny blue bird, a baby Blue Macaw, one of the rarest house birds in the world. She lifted the small label on the side of the cage and smiled. "Hello there, my name is Montoya. I am a three month old Blue Macaw. I love to be held, and I love to sing. I hope you enjoy me, for I am a pet that will last forever. I can live to be almost forty and look forward to just as many years with you."

Shukara smiled brightly and beamed at her fathers. She turned and lunged into Hiei's arms. "Thank you daddy! Thank you thank you!"

She stood up and hugged Kurama on the other side of the table. They both chuckled lightly and watched as she came to a stop in front of the cage. "It says that he loves to be held, he won't fly away?"

Kurama smiled lightly. "His wings were clipped at birth. It has to be done once every three years in order to keep it from flying too much. But no, he won't fly away."

She smiled again and then lifted the cage off the table, Hansel picked up the box and followed her up the stairs. Kurama and Hiei smiled, knowing that the bond between brother and sister seemed to be mending, but that didn't mean the bond with Jacques was going to mend any time soon. But Hansel and Kara seemed to get along okay, but then again, their personalities didn't clash like Kara and Jacques did.

Once in her room, Kara sat the cage on the desk next to the bed and smiled as she closed the curtains that were sending in bright rays of light into the room. She made sure her two windows were closed then turned to the door. Hansel held out the box and she smiled lightly at him as she took the box from him. She thanked him and he nodded to her before closing the door. She sat the box at the end of the bed and smiled as she turned to the cage. The little bird inside squawked again at her and she whistled lightly at him. He turned his head, as if trying to decipher what she was saying. In turn, he returned the whistle. Almost the exact whistle. She smirked, they were known to mimic those around them. She smiled again as she sat on the bed next to the cage.

"I don't know if I should hold you yet, or let you get used to me first," she said lightly to the bird. He continued to eye her and look her up and down. He bounced on his perch looking at her. He whistled back to her again.

She smiled and reached into the box. She pulled out the handbook and started to read. Glancing at the bird occasionally, he was watching her closely. She smiled as she read a single sentence that made a lot of sense. "Your Blue Macaw, depending on it's age, will study it's owner and learn their habits, in the future trying to mimic them in their own ways."

Kara smiled as she came to a paragraph that stated if a bird was born into captivity, then it will most likely stay loyal to you, due to the inability to protect itself in the wild. They will fear what they don't know, and a bird born in captivity will know, humans where a wild bird would not. Shukara smiled at the thought of this. She would have a loyal pet, and one that would trust her. She smirked as she read on, learning new tricks was something that would be interesting, for Macaws love to perform for their owners. They love the attention that they get from it. If a bird is acquired young, then the easier it is to train. As she read on, it said that macaws love to be held, not to shy away from them in any way. She smiled and sat the book down, marking the place that she was at and turned to the cage. She took a light breath and opened the latch to the cage door. She opened it up slowly as to not startle him, and then placed her finger under his belly. Almost instantly he stepped up and she pulled him out of the cage.

He squawked again as she pulled him closer to her, crossing her legs on the bed. She smiled at him and he turned on her finger, looking around then back to her. He chirped at her, a different sound than before, one of trust, and one that meant that they were going to have A LOT of time together.

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Jacques sighed heavily as he watched his sister carry the birdcage into her room. He shook his head again as he watched his brother following her up with a box in his hands. How rude, his guinea pig was almost killed and she gets rewarded with a stupid bird. He growled lightly as he walked down the stairs where he seen his fathers chuckling lightly as they picked up the discarded wrapping and bow. Kurama looked at him as he came down the stairs and frowned when he didn't even smile at them.

"You had better wipe that look of your face," Hiei said to his son as he seen the look that he was aiming in their direction.

Jacques sighed lightly and shook his head. He turned from the stairs into the living room and walked away. Kurama looked to Hiei and Hiei sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose. Gosh, when did teenagers turn their world upside down in so many different directions?

Kurama chuckled lightly hearing his mate's thought and shook his head. "Don't even ask me. I will go talk to him..."

"No... I will," Hansel said as he walked into the room. "Maybe I can talk to him."

Hiei's eyes widened and Kurama's brows raised at the sound of their other son offering to diffuse the situation. Kurama waved him in and the two sat back and watched from the other room. Hansel sat next to Jacques and picked up the controller to the video game and the two sat in silence for a moment while they played the game. Hiei shook his head, he would never understand why they would rather play that system than do something more creative. But then again, he didn't have the luxuries when he was younger, so maybe he never would understand. But then the game was paused and Hansel started to talk to his brother.

"I don't see why she got her presents early," Jacques grumbled.

"It was a live pet, doofus," Hansel chuckled. "If they had waited until Christmas, the sight wouldn't be too merry and bright, don't ya think?"

Jacques had to agree with his brother. "When did you turn into one of the wisemen?"

"I haven't," Hansel said and looked at his brother. "I can just see where they are coming from. It was on sale and they had to get it before it was sold. They had another one there two days ago, but when I went to get it this morning, the other one was gone, and only the baby one was left. But that is okay, the other one was about two years old already. This way Kara will get to bond with it."

"They let a fourteen year old buy such a rare and expensive bird?" Jacques asked in amazement. "Or did you have dad and father call ahead for you?"

Hansel shook his head. "Nope. I was with dad when they were picking it out. The manager remembered me and said that as long as I was careful with it on the way home, he said it would be alright."

"I bet if it had been me, they would have locked the doors and pretended no one was home," the brother said. "Why doesn't anyone like me?"

Hansel sighed. "They want to, but sometimes you make it harder for someone to actually like you. You pull pranks on almost everyone you meet, and then laugh when it goes just as you had planned. Some people don't see the humor in some of your pranks, and frankly, they are getting a little old."

Jacques frowned at his brother. "What are you talking about? I never hurt anyone."

Hansel shook his head. "Never said that you did. Just stop with the pranks, or at least limit them to say... one a month or so..."

Hansel was telling him to grow up? How dare he. He had to amuse himself somehow. His sister was no fun, she was a girlie girl, and his brother... well since he started looking into the art of healing, he had become no fun as well. Jacques sighed heavily. "Then..."

"Don't overthink this, J. You know that I care about you..." Hansel said. "I just don't want to see one of your pranks go too far and actually hurt someone, or you. You have been lucky, so far. But what if one of them went wrong? What if you are planning to scare someone that might be carrying a gun and he shoots you? Then I would lose a brother and have to deal with Kara all by myself."

"You seemed to be buddies a few minutes ago," his brother stated blandly.

"Only because I knew that she wasn't going to come out of her room once she got the bird," Hansel said. "She loves birds and you know that. I doubt we will even see her at dinner tonight, nor breakfast tomorrow."

"One can only hope," Jacques said sarcastically. "But Hans... you know that I don't mean any harm... It's just a bit of fun..."

Hansel sighed lightly. "Find another way to amuse yourself. There are things out there that can take your mind off of your mischevious ways, I'm sure of it. Go out... find a girlfriend..."

"Yeah, right," Jacques said. "Have you met the girls in town? They are so stuck up and snotty!"

"Only because it is a defense mechanism," Hansel said. "They open up to people they think are good at heart. Show them that you are and they might turn the snotty radar off long enough for you to get to know them."

Jacques sighed again. When did his brother grow up so fast? A few months ago, Hansel was participating in his little pranks, and now he was telling him to tone them down? What the hell? With a defeated look, Jacques nodded lightly to his brother, promising him that he would dial back a notch and try to amuse himself in some other fashion. With that out of the way, the two brothers went back to playing their game. All the while, Kurama and Hiei were standing there befuddled about their son's talk. They exchanged a glance and shrugged their shoulders. Teenagers were a true mystery. They were teenagers once, and their teenage years were nothing like this... what had changed in that time? Hmm... maybe it was the atmosphere... maybe it was the different time... who knows. All that was truly known to them is that time was a mysterious vixen when it came to children. Especially teenagers.

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The end of Chapter One. I hope that you like. I look forward to the upcoming chapters. The kids grow up so fast, don't they? Well, until next time, I wish to read many reviews and look forward to any and all comments.