YYH has won the poll! Well, in the last two stories, all the things happened in the middle of February to the end beginning of March. Now it's Easter already in YYH! Oh man, I didn't make a Valentines one…oh well! By the way, HAPPY SOON-TO-BE-EASTER! Or if the days have past, Happy-Late-Or-Very-Late-Easter! Oh, and you also need to read the first 2 YYH stories I've made to understand the characters and such. This is recommended, but if you don't mind getting very confused, go ahead and read! By the way, apologizes for this new story to take so long. This site didn't let me upload documents for some reason. Either that or my computer was acting up.

"I don't understand Easter." Ume said to Hiei. They sat on top of a hill looking down at kids who were scrambling to find hidden Easter eggs. It was just a few weeks after the last incident with the jewels. Ever since then things have been pretty quiet.

"Many human holidays are pointless."

"True…"

The kids fell on their own feet and searched for eggs. Ume crossed her legs and watched them scatter. She looked to her left and saw Hiei looking at the kids. His eyes seemed to wander around. He turned to Ume and said something.

"What did happen that time?"

"What…?"

"…While Kurama and I were blacked out."

"Oh…that. Exactly what I said happened, nothing!" she scratched her head and slowly began to inch away.

"If it was anything dangerous, you would have told me, right?" his eyes stopped wandering and stared directly at Ume.

"Yes, yes. Of course Hiei." She waved her hand up and down while her other one was behind her back. She kept her fingers crossed.

Hiei looked away and grabbed Ume's hand. "There's something I wish to show to you."

Ume was confused. Usually she was the one grabbing Hiei by the hand and dragging him God knows where. She decided quickly that she mine as well let Hiei have a turn at it.
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Tsume spotted an egg as she walked through the park with Kurama. She picked it up and saw a three small children running towards them. As they neared, the two boys knocked the third shot-haired boy down and asked innocently, "May we please have that egg miss?"

Tsume looked at the little boy who was on the grass, crying. She walked up to him, kneeled down, and handed the egg over to the boy. Now that she was closer to the boy, she saw his face clearly. His face looked girlish. Tsume looked at the boy closely and realized it was a girl! Tsume has seen girls with short hair before (Keiko and Ume are good examples) but this child's hair was above her ears. Way above her ears.

"Are you hurt?" she couldn't help but ask one more question. "Why is your hair so short?"

"Those boys cut it because they didn't want some girl with them. They are my friends."

"I see." Tsume turned to the small male children. "You two should be ashamed of yourselves, taking advantage of this little girl!"

The boys backed away. They were afraid they'd get into trouble and ran for it.

"I don't think they will bother you for a while now."

"But those two were my only friends…" the short-haired child wept even harder. "Now I'm alone again. Everyone thinks I'm some kind of a freak at schools. The girls don't like me because I play ball and like boy stuff but the boys don't like me because I'm a girl. It's not fair!"

"If that's what your problem is, you should get to know Ume. Same thing basically, except she has guy-friends…but she isn't her after all…" Tsume had the tendency of blabbing a lot. She eventually would catch herself.

Kurama stepped in. "You should try making friends that like what you do. Join a club or try and get along with more people. But one true friend you can have will be Kami here." Kurama used Tsume's human name. "She's one of the very best you can possibly ask for."

Tsume's face began to turn red uncontrollably. The kid looked up at smile. She nodded slowly and ran off, back to the group of kids from school in the park, still looking for eggs.

"I'm 'very best' am I?" Tsume remarked to Kurama.

"Did I say that?"
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"Where are we going, Hiei?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Hiei dragged Ume out of town and to a dome-shaped building. Outside, there was a sign that read "Wolves and dogs tour! To celebrate Easter, free tickets to anyone who is interested."

Ume stared at it and looked disappointed. "You know I hate zoo, especially ones that keep wolves locked up…"

"This place is different. The owner guaranteed it."

"And if he was wrong…?"

Hiei didn't reply. They stepped closer to the massive building and got their free ticket. Inside, there was a crowd of 6 or 7 people already.

"You better appreciate this. I'm going somewhere with a group of normal humans for you."

"Then why'd you even bother taking me if you didn't want to associate with the humans?"

Once again, Hiei didn't reply.

A tour guide stepped in front of the people and led them through several doors. On the other side, it looked like the group had been transported to the forest. Trees were everywhere, cliffs, and even a small waterfall. The only thing that was out of place was a see-through wall, separating the room into two halves.

The tour guide spoke up. "This place was built to show the similarities of dogs and wolves. We think that since so many people like dogs, they might grow to like wolves and that would mean one less poacher. On the left of the wall, there are dogs, on the right, wolves. The wolves have been taught not to act in a violent matter now go ahead and get to know both animals. Also, please keep small children under supervision. Please follow me."

"Well," Ume stated, "It's different…"

The guide led the tourist and the townspeople to the wolf section first, then the dog section. Ume saw something moving in the nearby bushes. She went to check it out and Hiei followed. It was a wolf.

The tour guide, along with two guys with nets, rushed up behind Ume and Hiei.

"What's a wolf doing here?"

"This wolf always seems to escape from her proper section and comes over to the dogs but the dogs fear her. They know she doesn't belong, so they shun her. When that happens, the wolf gets violent, we then throw her back to her proper place and the wolves know she left them, so they don't care for her either."

As the guide was explaining the situation to Ume, the two guys tried to jump the poor wolf. She jumped out of the way, caught a hold of one of the nets with her teeth, and destroyed it. The she-wolf jumped up and got hold of the other net. The same thing happened. The men ran away like frightened, little girls.

Ume took a few steps closer to the wolf, extending her hand out, trying to reach the wolf's head. As her arm approached the animal, it bit her on the arm. Hiei took a quick step forward in anger, causing the wolf to jump back. Ume shot Hiei a glare that said "I'll be fine. Don't worry."

One again, she tried touching the creature, and got bitten. Ume continued with her slow approach and managed to get to the dog-like creature's head. She stroked it slowly, making barking noises at her (see story 2, chapter 3 for details on her second language). She did it so quietly that only Hiei was able to hear. The noises and repeated strokes seemed to calm the being down. The wolf barked back at Ume.

Ume turned to the guide and smiled widely. Hiei helped her up from the floor by grabbing her arm that wasn't chewed up. The two felt that it was getting late and that that was enough of the dogs and the wolves for one day. The guide gave them two free, lifelong passes in case they ever wanted to come back.

As they left, Ume said something to Hiei. Her words were so hushed that it seemed more like she was talking to herself than Hiei.

"Isn't that ironic? Wolves, signifying demons, and dogs, signifying humans, a wolf, wanting to fit in with dogs. Same situation."

"Hn. In this situation, the wolf managed to fit in with the dogs, and found others like herself." He looked up at the clouds and the setting sun.

"There's a big difference I guess. But I still wish I could help that wolf back there. I used to be the one with no friends before you guys. I feel sorry for her (the wolf), that's all."

"Yea, I do too." Hiei looked Ume, showing her fake smile again. "Quit doing that, will you?"

"Doing what?" Ume tried looking confused, but she knew what he was talking about.

"You're not fooling anyone."

"Maybe not…" she stopped 'smiling' and just looked at the clouds and sun with Hiei.

That was pretty good! Although I left Kurama x Tsume in the dark a bit…hmm…that should be fixed. What to do…what to do? Next chapter, the light will shift to them! There! That should solve everything...I hope…Don't hurt me…!