Revision 8/7/14

NOTE:

Kurama and Kuwabara are still in high school, they're seniors. Hiei has come back to the human world, wandering around from country to country and seemingly exploring under his new freedom from Spirit World. Yusuke's life has barely moved. He still lives with his mom, but has a steady job as a laborer with a construction company. He barely passed the GED examine thanks to Keiko and no longer needs to even think about school. Boton is still Yusuke's detective advisor and is in charge of watching over the whole of Japan while her fellow witches also watch over the rest of the world now that the gates between the human world and demon world are down. Genki is still alive and well and is even teach Yukina about more mundane forms or healing from the plants that grow in her forest.

Kurama

My day starts out normal. I wake up, have breakfast with my family, and then I leave with my little brother. We talk about the same things that we did yesterday (school and his friends) and then I head to my own school.

I look up. The sky is clear today without any clouds. I feel something in the air though; a type of power or scent that I feel like I should know. It's very slight, but it feels like it's everywhere the way my mind is whirling by it. I feel Yoko stir within me but I rush forward to keep him locked away. It's wild, but not wild like an animal but. It's more like a demon, but stained with a musk of metal. As soon as I enter the building, it's gone.

I take deep breaths until I sit at my desk. I notice the new desk added to mine but try to focus on what the scent was like. I shake my head. I can't even remember what it smelled like now. It's so strange how awakening it was and how fleeting it now it. I pull a book out of my bag and pretend to read it while I focus on the scent more closely without waking Yoko anymore.

I close my eyes as Yoko volunteers a picture to me. It's a forest, a demon forest more specifically with the veins of the plants pulsing with sluggish red blood. I open my eyes and close my book as the teacher comes in. Why would he show me that? We're in the human world, in a city no less. I narrow my eyes to no one in particular as everyone rushes to their seats. There must be a nature demon somewhere close to here. The real question is if they're friendly. I look up and see a girl standing at the front next to the teacher. She's not smiling.

"Today we have a new student class," Mr. Take announces and takes a step to the left. He nods to the girl and she takes a piece of chalk to write her name on the board. When she's done, she steps to the right so we can see her name. She's still not smiling. If anything she looks bored and maybe annoyed.

"I am Asami Kehero. I hope you will welcome me here," She says in a sweet voice now and smiles cutely with her eyes closed as she takes a short bow. She has an accent that is thicker than anyone American. I can understand her though even though her words aren't pronounced correctly. She's not American either though. I glance around without moving my head. Most of the guys are staring at her. Even Yu Kaito seems interested in her. I sigh. The only emotion I can't fake as a human, infatuation. She opens her eyes and looks straight out. She looks like a completely different person now.

She is beautiful though, for a human that is. Her hair is hazel and looks partly blond in the light. Her eyes are almond shaped and are colored bright green. I narrow in on those eyes. I've never seen a human with green eyes like hers, only demons. I would guess she's about Hiei's height, possible taller. I don't feel any sort of demonic energy coming off her though so she can't be the demon.

"Ms. Kehero, please take a seat next to Minamino," Take tells her and points to the desk next to mine. She nods her head slowly and moves, taking slow even steps. She stares at me while she still continues to smile slightly. I stare back. Her eyes and her face are almost two separate

"Kehero has transferred here from America and has lived in many countries over the years. It would be in all of your best interests to ask her about any parts of the world you may be interested in visiting either with the school or in your own lives," He tells the class seriously in a thick voice before rooting through his bag for the lesson plans. I look back at her name on the board. Most foreigners make mistakes with kanji. She didn't make any at all. Her hand didn't shake or relieve pressure as she was writing either. Everything was absolutely perfect. She slides into her seat next to me and puts her bag on her desk.

"Kehero, if you have any trouble understanding your lessons, please refer to any of the teachers or Minamino first. He's one of our brightest students," Take tells her directly before starting the lesson. I glance over to her and see her nod her head as she takes out a green notebook. On the cover is a barrage of swirls and patterned leaves done in black pen.

She still smells perfectly human from here and her energy is still just as human as when she was standing at the front of the class. The only thing strange is how weak her energy is. Her skin is healthy and her body is young. There's no sickness, no possession, nothing to explain her weak energy. I clutch my hands together. If I could only use Yoko's power than I might be able to pick out anything she's hiding but it's too risky here.

"Like what you see?" She whispers and turns her head slightly to me. Her smile is mischievous and slight, much different from the one she had before and her eyes look a shade darker. I inhale and look away to hide my face. That scent…wild and tinged with iron and undergrowth. My heart pounds loud and my mind goes blank. That scent…I know that scent but from where. It's the same scent from outside but that shouldn't here or on her. That's the scent of the Ketsueki no Mori in Demon World.

"I hope we'll become friends…Minamino," She smirks, pausing right before my name in a very delicate way that sounds almost dangerous. Why does this feel so familiar to me? I search through my memories and then stop myself. No, I can't focus on this now. Yoko is already pushing to break out, I don't need to give him a means to do so. I need to keep up with my ruse here no matter what. I take out my notebook and start to take down the notes on the bored. My mind keeps turning to that scent. I feel Yoko stirring dangerously so every time. I can't help it though. How long has it been since I've been to that forest, or any demon forest in general? Too long. The only ones still left after the war are filled with dead trees, bandit demons, and feral wolf demons. There's no true forest left standing for nature demons. I narrow my eyes. Yomi made sure of that even before he became a king and I made the mistake of helping him.

A few hours later the bell rings for lunch. I don't remember what notes I wrote down or what any of the lessons were about. I close my notebook and get out of my desk to put it away. I don't even remember switching my notebooks between lessons either but by now it's automatic in this body.

I look at Kehero. She has that same green notebook out I can tell and she's barely moved. Her writing is slanted to the left slightly and I see her drawing around the edges of the pages with expertly drawn sketches done by her left hand. Down the right of her current page is a pack of wolves, running down the page so close that there's no space between them at all. Some have faces as they look up and all have significant markings that have been darkened in. I put my hands on my desk and learn in.

On the left are vines with curling leaves and sharp thorns that are done around her notes. At the top of the page are math notes and underneath it all is a line that separates it from her English notes. This is an American habit I've noticed through our exchange students. I pull back a shake my head. Those drawings aren't human though. I swallow hard. What is she?

"Did you understand everything all right?" I ask her in a completely normal voice. She pauses her pen where it was continuing to draw a flower in mid-bloom. She looks up at me, her smile and eyes innocent and smiling. She clicks the pen closed without a glance and pushes herself up to her feet to face me properly. She is about a foot shorter than me just as I suspected.

"Yes," She answers and smiles as she shoves her notebook away. She opens her mouth to say more before a few girls come over and start introducing themselves to her in hurried voices. She seems to understand them perfectly even though her responses are slightly off. The girls push her to the other side of the room and seat her in a chair where everyone crowds around her.

I've never seen my class become so…riled up over a new student. I sigh and shake my head. Humans are curious beings. I'll never fully understand them I think. I pick up my bag and move to a seat that has more light to read and eat my lunch. I block them and Yoko out with my book.

"It sounds like your family is pretty rich?" A girl, Tomiko, asks. Everyone has quieted down now after about fifteen minutes of hurried questions. I stop reading. It's strange how controlled my classmates seem now. I glance over. I can't see Kehero at all. What's going on?

"Yes, they are. They work all around the world as investors," She responds in a sweetly innocent voice.

"Have you ever been to Russia?" Yokomaru asks. I can hear the smile in his voice. He's always wanted to visit there I remember.

"Yes…" She answers in a soft voice, "I was raised there."

"What was Russia like? I bet it was cold there," He asks. As far as I know, it's only cold in the winter. Yokomaru isn't known for doing his research though.

"No, it's not that cold. It's beautiful there though…" She started and her voice turned excited. I listened as she described the architecture. I close my book and let my mind wander. I can clearly picture what the buildings of St. Petersburg look like but I can only imagine the churches she describes. She states she isn't religious, but the churches were beautiful there although they were old and some were condemned at times.

Her voice changes then, it becomes softer and almost rolling as she talks about the wilderness. Her voice has dropped half a pitch lower. I stand up and watch. Her hands are moving in swirls and signs as she describes the plains and then the trees as well before moving the wildlife. She describes how the night looks different on the plains, how the stars are easier to see and how the howling of wolves sounds like a melody as they sing to their dead. She describes nights where she would sit on the ground and watch the wolves run after they howled, how they stopped every time they entered her sight and how she would always see the lead wolf's eyes staring at her before they continued to run off.

She pauses then. I grab my hands to stop them from shaking. There's a demon here, a powerful one. I grab my chest. This isn't from Yoko. This is a demon aura tearing me apart. It's like a thorned vine wrapping around me. I look at Kehero again. I stop breathing.

It's a ghost it seems. She standing on the desk next to Kehero, staring at me. She sees that I see her and smiles mischievously with her dangerous forest green eyes playing with me. The pain is gone then. She opens her mouth and I see her fangs sharp and strong. She's wearing a loose silver kimono that's partly hanging off her right shoulder. The fabric is decorated in pictures of running wolves of all colors; wolves running on the wind I recognize as they move without her moving. Her right hand rests on her hip and I can pick out her diamond shaped nails from this distance. Her other hand is limp at her side. She mouths a word.

"I always loved the wolves. They made me feel like I wasn't alone," Kehero finishes now and the spell is broken. I breathe in deeply and blink. The ghost is gone. A breeze ruffles through the classroom toward me and I chocked on the scent that's forced into my nose. It's the same scent as earlier. Why do I feel like I remember her? Why does this scent make me feel scared and happy both at the same time? I breathe in deeply and look away. Something isn't right here. I need to confront her or something. Even if she smells human, there's defiantly something demonic here. What do they want from me? What does this…demon want with me?

"Were you ever scared that the wolves might get you?" A girl asks scared. I can't determine who she is right now.

"Why would I be?" Kehero asks innocently before correcting herself, "I was always a fast runner I was told. So, I always knew I would be able to get away. Anyways, is there anywhere fun to go in this town?" She recovers quickly. This is her act, innocent little human girl. How is she able to keep everything demon about her hidden away? Is she like me? Trapped in a human body? Everyone drops the wolf subject and starts talking about the town.

The teacher enters just minutes later. I take a deep breath and take out my notes at my desk. I don't know what I should do at this moment about her. If I confront her today, there's a chance I could die and also that this town could be destroyed. I don't know if she used to be an ally, or if she was, is she still? If I can, I think I need to proceed carefully and possibly talk to Spirit World. Kehero slides into the seat next to me. I don't look at her at all.

"That is all for today class," The teacher says then. I blink at my notes. My mind took over and went through class without me being conscious about it again. I need to contact Spirit World and gather information. She may be a registered demon, or she is possessing a human somehow, which is still illegal. I reach under my desk and take my bag. I need to get home as soon as possible. I'm nowhere near as strong as her.

"So, it's time to go home?" Kehero asks me after she gets up. I look over now. She slides her notebook into her bag before I can even glance at it. I stand up and see that there's nothing else in her bag. No house keys, no phone, no other notebooks or pens.

"Yes. Do you live far from here?" I ask as I slowly pack my bag. If she tells me the truth I might have an approximate distance to give Koema.

"No. I live in the complex a few blocks south," She responds. I click my bag closed. I live south of here also.

"Okay then. I'll see you tomorrow. Take care and be careful walking home," I say and smile. She smiles back.

"I will. My friend is walking with me so I'll be fine. Have a nice afternoon," She says and gracefully leaves. I wait a few minutes and then follow her out. I watch her leave the gate with her back straight and her head held high. She turns left and I follow. This is south, but I want to make sure she's telling the truth. If she leaves the city, I'll go home in order to avoid danger. Slowly, her proper walk turns into graceful, flowing steps that look as though she's walking on the wind.

Kikaro

I breathe out heavily. I hate this air, I hate cities, and I hate streets like these. Asami likes them though. At least she picked a place with some wilderness nearby. It's very little though. I roll my shoulders. I want a run. I've missed it since I can't have my claws anymore. I look up at the sky. I can't believe that was Yoko. How disappointing…

"You look ridiculous," Hiei says and laughs. I look right and see him matching my pace. He takes my bag from me and lets me stretch my arms. I want to be out of this uniform and this shirt. I don't understand why humans where clothes like this. Asami always gives me strange answers when I ask her. I look at the cherry blossom petals on the ground. This city isn't as good as St. Petersburg, but it looks a little better with some color now. I know it will be gone once spring is ended.

"Asami is so stranger. All girls have to wear these clothes to school," I say and wrinkle my nose. I have no problem walking around without clothes, but that is against the law in all countries Asami tells me. She also told me she would stop leaving me in control so much if I did that and paraded her body all over the place. If this situation was reversed (i.e. she was inhabiting my body instead of me living in hers) I would be fine with her running around naked. It must be a wolf thing.

"Did you see him?" He asks in a low voice. I cross my arms behind my back and rest my hands just over my hips. I've missed being comfortable. Asami has controlled me enough today. I need to feel like myself again. The drawing isn't helping like it used to now that I have to stop and write down all the notes the teacher writes on the board. There's also Asami yelling at me to write down certain things he says. It's annoying.

"Yes," I answer disappointedly. He doesn't ask why. I remember how disappointed he was too. "Did you find my brother?" I ask. He doesn't respond for a moment.

"Yes. He was right where she said he would be. The security is tight and sensitive. It won't be easy to get to the main building," He tells me in an equally disappointed voice. I pause. I close my eyes and let some of my sealed energy through the cracks I've made over these last few months. My nose inhales sharply and I can smell everything. There's rain on the way and heading in the direction of my brother.

"It's going to rain there. We should strike then," I tell him and open my eyes. I seal the energy away before it has a chance to be noticed. It was only enough to let me smell but even I can't control my own power in this body. I glance over to him. He's thinking.

"I said I would find him on my own," He tells me without looking over. I shake my head.

"He's my brother though. I've always let you handle dealing with your sister, let me deal with saving my brother," I tell him sternly. He doesn't say anything then. I uncurl a hand and touch his check to turn his face to me. He hasn't slept in days I can see.

"Let's rest tonight, we'll leave in the morning," I tell him. He still doesn't respond. He nods his head then and I take my hand away. He doesn't like me to show affection towards him in public. I'm the same way, but I need him to understand what I'm telling him before he does anything stupid.

My brother…

I breathe out slowly. I thought for years that he had died with the rest of our clan, but no. My friend, one of my only friends left actually, told me she knew where he was. Leare always knew where people were, she just wouldn't tell you. She needed a reason to tell anyone anything she told me once. Their reasons could never be her reasons she told me also, because she is a special being that is of none of the planes but at the same time part of all of them just like us wolves are. She's never told me why though, that she and her brother are separate from all of us. I never understood that.

My brother is with Black Bird, a human demon trader that works off the edge of Mt. Fuji. Asami has asked me over and over again what that means because she is a stupid human. Black Bird grinds ogre's horns while they're still alive, she drains the powers of demons while they scream, and from witches she takes their souls and seals them into future-telling stones. She's sold human souls to hungry demons before, and even sells demons themselves.

Black Bird is the best in her industry, and she is also the worst. Her army is much grander than any of the kings ever had. She could take on her country at least I believe, but that's only what I can gather from what I've heard. She has her heavy weights and her sensitives lined up everywhere near her building I assume. Humans make mistakes though and that is how we will beat her.

I dig my dull human nails into my palms. I can only imagine how she is hurting my brother. He is a Golden Child (a wolf who bleeds liquid gold). It's rarer than Blood Children (wolves whose blood crystalizes into bloodstones) or Moon Children (wolves who bleed silver rock which we use to forge our homes and also dip our claws in for hunts, festivals, and battles).

He's my brother first though, a golden child second, and my Prince last. Black Bird will die for hurting him. I shake Asami awake and let her take control before I lose it again. I can't afford to do that here with Yoko in the city. He's too entwined with Spirit World.

I have too much anger against everyone. I hate Yomi, the one king who went against our treaty and killed most of my clan. He forced us to leave the demon world and beg for refuge from King Enma. Such shame we all felt when we slunk into the wilderness of Russia with our tails hid between our legs. I hate him for that shame. I hate him for spreading lies of me finishing off my clan and for making me into some kind of outlaw before stealing my knife from me. Most of my allies in demon world don't even want to hear my name spoken in their presence because of their disgust with me.

'Shasharo is a traitor'

That's all they think. Wolves are proud, we are family. We protect the balance, we keep the three planes of existence alive. We were first made from the ash of demons and blood of wolves. We are…we were apart from everyone. We had only each other, never others.

I clench my hands as Asami forces me back into control. Hiei brushes a curl behind my ear. That's the most affection he'll show me out here.

"She'll pay," He only says. I nod my head. Asami must have said something to him.

I purse my lips together. I only have a few allies now. I have Leare and her brother, a few others with her, and then Hiei. If he hadn't found me….I would have still be fading away in this human's body, running and hiding when Leare warns me that Spirit World is close. I always wonder if she led him to me…neither one will say anything about it though.

"Everyone will pay," I respond and sharpen my eyes as we near my apartment. I unfold my arms and head up the outside stairs.

A week later

"No." Yusuke says and starts walking down the street. The sun is starting set. He sighs and rolls his shoulders. He feels out of shape now that he isn't fighting at all.

"Yusuke, this is important!" Boton shouts as she rushes behind him. He thinks about it and then shakes his head. He has to go home and check on his mom. She's finally starting to get her life together again and is looking for a steady job. He's supposed to be helping her by being home on time every night and not making her worry. He hasn't been doing very well with that recently though.

"Hand it to Kuwabara. I don't have time," He responds without stopping.

"I don't have time either Urameshi," Kuwanara says as he walks next to him. Yusuke's work is right next to his high school so they often see each other on their way home for now. Once the new auto shop is finished, Yusuke will be moved onto the next worksite somewhere else.

"This is a very important case, Yusuke," Boton says sincerely as she jumps in front of him, "Kurama noticed a demon in disguise at his school." Yusuke stops then and rethinks it all. Kurama usually handled these things on his own. It must be serious he reasons.

"Who is it?" He asks in a low voice.

"Kurama asked Koenma to check her out. She's going by the human name Asami Kehero, but her real name is Kikiaro. She's wanted for the theft of the Rehiru Dagger," Boton starts.

"What do you want me to do then?" He asks.

"Koema wants you to capture her and recover the dagger. It's a powerful demon artifact that's older than the human race," She says desperately.

"What's so dangerous about it?" He asks.

"We don't actually know. There are a lot of conflicting reports over the years. We only know that any demon weapons from that era are more dangerous than any ones forged now," She says seriously. He doesn't question it any further as Boton leads him away to a more secluded area.

An hour later in the forest

"-and that's all we know," Boton finishes telling everyone.

"I refuse," Hiei says right away. Kurama stares at him with surprisingly narrowed eyes.

"Asami Kehero is a real human I assume and this demon is only possessing her body at the time. The Rehiru is defiantly powerful and if she can use it, she's even more dangerous," Kurama says slowly.

"What do you know about it Kurama?" Yusuke asks and crosses his arms.

"I've only seen it once…" Kurama says and then furrows his brows as the information suddenly disappears from his mind. Yoko is purposely hiding things from him he can tell but he can't deal with the issue now. "It can only be used by those of the demon wolf tribes, but that's all I remember," He answers instead.

"Why won't you help?" Yusuke asks Hiei. Hiei stares at him. Yusuke rolls his shoulders something isn't right here he can tell.

"I have more important things to do at the moment," He says as cold as ever.

Asami

I dig my human fingers into the bark. Yoko is planning something. He has that look in his eyes that he knows something but he doesn't know how to say it. I clench my teeth. We made a pact, but I guess that doesn't matter anymore now that he's a scheming human. I looked all over this pitiful world for him, and this is what I get in return. I shouldn't have assumed that Yoko would still be my ally after all this time.

Hiei helped me up this tree so I could sleep a few hours ago. Then these people came. I can't fight in the state this body is in and I can't run like Hiei in this body like I used to be able to. I feel so ashamed. I couldn't save my brother, we didn't even make it to the main building. We took down most of her army though so it should weaken her a little until we're able to try again. We have to hurry and recover though before she recovers as well.

I press my hands to my wounds. A demon sword cut us both and forced us to retreat. Hiei was slashed across his back and I was stabbed through the right side of my abdomen and also over my right shoulder. Both of them still burn and aren't healing like they should be. I'm in a humans' body though, so I shouldn't expect to heal like Hiei has.

"Why are you protecting her Hiei?" Yoko asks. I stop. Hiei was searching for his sister when Yoko came into the picture. I never mentioned him before to Yoko.

"What are you talking about?" Hiei asks. He knows we're caught. I shouldn't have listened to him and moved here. I was safer in Russia.

"You know this demon. You were the friend that walked her home last week," Kurama says. The witch looks away. She knew too. Yoko followed me home, saw Hiei, and this Spirit Wench has been spying on my apartment. I clench my teeth. Why am I so stupid? Why didn't I notice these things?

"So what if I do?" Hiei asks, "It doesn't concern you."

"Boton, did you know about this?" Yusuke asks before judging anything at all. I've heard extensively about him from Leare and Hiei. The half-demon.

"I was going to give Hiei the benefit of the doubt," She answers in a small voice. I put my hands on the tree branch and let myself fall. I land in a crouch on the edge of the circle and stands up tall and proud like a wolf.

"You want me, not him," I say in a dangerous voice as I glare at Yoko. He broke my trust. I growl at him and look at the spirit detective. Leare warned me about him, but she also praised him a lot at the same time.

"So, you're Kiki?" Yusuke asks. I pause before nodding my head. He feels very confident with himself by how he's shortened my fake name.

"I want to make a deal with Spirit World. I don't want to lose my freedom," I tell him. He looks to the witch.

"You stole from Spirit World and are currently possessing the body of a human! You can't make a deal!" She yells at me. I cocked my head to the side and look at her. Asami is yelling at me to put her through. She's not very forceful about it though because she knows that this is not her world anymore.

"I only took back what is rightfully ours. Spirit World had no right to take the Rehiru from Sasharo. That knife has always belonged to the wolves," I tell forcefully her.

"She's right. The Rehiru was made by the wolves for the wolves. It only works for them," Yoko defends. I look at him sideways. He breaks my trust and then defends me…what is he planning?

"It's too dangerous for anyone to have it though, and—," She starts. I take two forceful steps toward her.

"That's only what you believe though! We are the Keepers of the Balance! We protect the humans! We are not murders like you disgusting witches think!" I shout at her angrily. My father always warned me that I had a temper.

"I seem to remember your great protector Sasharo killing cities of humans as well as her own clan before her disappearance!" Boton shouts back. I snarl at her. Hiei grabs my arm before I let Sasharo trickle through just a little bit.

"This isn't helping," He hushes to me. I take a deep breath and walk closer to the trees behind me.

"Boton, the knife isn't the important aspect here," Yoko reminds her. I stare back at her. I have a different approach.

"I know how it must seem, but I am not possessing this girls' body," I tell her. She stares at me defiantly. "I signed a contract with her. We share this body equally." She isn't convinced. I let myself go and feel Asami slide into place. It's always so strange to feel so detached and separate while also seeing the scene before me through her eyes.

"I promise you, I signed the contract with her. She called it a Soul Pact. We both have control of my body, but never at the same time. I hide her in the human world and she shows me her life, that is the full deal," Asami says in her soothing innocent voice. I could never be the innocent one in this place. She looks around to everyone. There's a human with orange hair that I hadn't noticed. He's against a tree with a notebook out. He appears to be going between studying and listening.

"You fool," Hiei says and shakes his head. Asami glares back at him. I smile and laugh. Asami tries to mentally push me farther away but I hold my ground. I'm not going anywhere.

"I've never heard of a demon ever completing that pact honestly though, Kehero. Why do you trust Kikiaro to leave in the end?" Yoko asks.

"Wait," Yusuke says and Asami looks to him, "Before there was a trace of demon energy on you, but now it's gone."

"A Soul Pact involves a demon and human soul agreeing to share the same body. They both have their own separate minds and souls, but the body is shared. One is always in control but both can't be in control at once and neither one can look into each other's minds if the other doesn't allow it," Yoko explains, "When Kikiaro is in charge, her scent smells like a demon wolf's and her energy is tinged demon. When Asami is in charge, she smells and seems completely human."

"Did she threaten you to get you to sign the contract?" The detective asks Asami. She nods her head no.

"I only saw her as a wolf before she approached me, but she never hurt me. She watched me from far away and wouldn't let any of her pack go near me when food was scarce. She trusted me not to harm her pack and I trusted her to keep me safe. That didn't change when she asked me if I would consent to the contact," Asami says strongly. I smile. Asami is so much more than a normal human though. She was never afraid of us and came to nature for solace. That's why us wolves live in nature, solace. She was always a part of us in some way I felt, and that's why I stopped my kin from hunting her and her people even when food was scarce.

"I don't see any problem with it," He says and shrugs. The witch looks mad again and turns red. Good luck Asami, witches are very annoying for a reason.

"Yusuke! She's possessing a harmless girl!" She yells.

"So? The girl agreed to it in the first place, and that knife belongs to her people according to Kurama. I don't think she did anything wrong," he says and shrugs again. The witch still looks angry.

"I'm sorry Asami, but can I speak to Kikiaro?" Yoko asks. She nods her head and bows before letting me through again. I don't want to be here

"Yes?" I question in a rough voice.

"Why did you come here? To Japan I mean. You were both happy in Russia I could from your stories, but you traveled all the way here. Why?" He asks. I stare up at him. This doesn't feel like Yoko. This feels like something with emotions. Like a human.

"I came looking for the prince of my clan. Our leader is gone, Sasharo is gone, there's only him left," I respond. Yoko is not easy to manipulate, but being a different person makes it easier.

"I heard all were dead, including him," He states. I shake my head.

"He's alive. I know so," I say, "I was there and I felt his mind." Yoko was falling into my trap.

"Where is he?" He asks interested. Yoko always had emotions before, he just never showed them. He always loved me and my brother.

"He's in a building near the top of Mt. Fuji. He's been taken by Black Bird," I say. I smile as I see his mind think. I have him now and that means soon I'll have my brother.