Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of its characters. I do, however own any of the OCs you will see in the future.

AW: Now, this is a rework of a fanfiction I wrote on another account but I can't, for the life of me, remember the email/password so I'm gonna just rewrite it and update it here. Plus, I was itching to type up a Yu Yu Hakusho fanfiction and rewriting this one has been on my list for a long while.

Please enjoy! :3

Training

Two figures could be seen in a clearing. From a distance, they would appear to be children and at a closer look, they were. A boy and a girl, obviously siblings from their similar features. The boy had silver hair that stopped at the middle of his back and amber eyes. His fox ears and tail were also silver and they clashed wonderfully with the black tunic he wore. He held a katana in hand at a neutral stance, but prepared for the spar to come.

His sister faced him, currently empty handed. She did have a katana hanging from her waist and a quiver of arrows and the bow that would shoot them sitting in there as well. Though similar, the girl was different from her brother. Same silver hair, nearly touching the back of her knees, but her amber eyes were mixed with emerald and, at times, would merely shine the green color. Her fox ears and tail were also different, a beautiful red. Her father passed on the unique trait of red fur and mixed eyes. In contrast to her brother, she wore a white tunic instead.

"Who do you think will win today, Aya?" the brother used his sister's nickname, a confident grin on his face.

"I will, obviously." Aya replied, her grin mirroring his. "Especially since the current win to loss ratio between us are in my favor or have you forgotten about that, Rei?" she used his nickname in return, especially considering his name could be a mouth full.

"Nah, I'm just thinking today will be my day, little sis." He didn't falter as he fell into his fighting stance, his sister doing the same, unsheathing her katana just as he charged at her.

Just entering the clearing were two more children, two boys this time. One boy had long dark hair that was up in a ponytail and eyes that would occasionally change between gray and blue but as predominately blue. He wore a black tunic, which matched with the dark bat wings sprouting from his back. The other boy looked just like Rei but with sharper features and was possibly a bit taller as well. He also wore a white tunic instead, a contrast to his dark themed friend beside him.

"Ayare and Fusarei are always here early, eh, Youko?" the dark haired boy spoke, stretching his arms up above his head before resting them behind his head.

"I'm sure Fusarei was just eager to test his strength against Ayare. Though from the looks of it, she's going to win again." Youko's arms lightly crossed over his chest, eyes on the match ahead.

"Yeah, it does look that way. You'd never believe she's one of the strongest amongst the kids our age." The boy mimicked his friend's actions, eyes also focused on the spar, mostly watching Ayare.

"Well, Kuronue, my father always says 'don't judge a book by its cover' and you really shouldn't." he turned to his friend with a teasing grin. "After all, you haven't beat her yet, have you?"

Kuronue turned away with a faint blush of embarrassment. "It's been close every time, though!"

Youko laughed, "Whatever helps you sleep at night." He dodged swipe of his friend's claws, the grin still on his face.

"You've never fought her so we still don't know who would win there, right?" Kuronue tried to throw back at him, though honestly curious about the outcome.

Youko put on a thoughtful expression, "True. I suppose it would be a good time to find out."

Meanwhile, the spar was coming to a close. After Fusarei had charged at Ayare, she easily deflected his initial sword stroke, the metal clang ringing throughout the clearing. She then went on the offensive, her quick and precise strokes driving her brother back. He barely kept up with her and she even nicked him a few times. Ayare then jumped back and sheathed her katana, pulling a white rose from her hair. A quick flick of the wrist and it transformed into a whip, which was now flying towards Fusarei. Given the time to recover, he blocked her just in time, though it was difficult to get close to her considering the range. He tried his best, however. Unfortunately for Fusarei, in the end, Ayare's whip wrapped around his katana and she yanked him towards her, a kick sending him flying towards a tree, which he hit painfully.

"Oh, damn, are you alright, Rei?" Ayare ran to her brother and stretched out her free hand to help him up.

"Man, that was brutal, Aya." came Kuronue's voice as he and Youko finally made their presence known.

"Hey Kuronue, Youko." Fusarei smiled painfully up at the pair before turning to his sister. "I'm alright. Just my pride hurt more than anything. As usual." He scratched the back of his head with a bashful expression before picking up his katana, what had fallen when he got sent flying into the tree, and sheathed it.

"Well, I'm glad you're alright. You know I never take it easy on anyone. Even you, big brother." She flashed him a bit of a bashful smile before greeting the two boys herself. "Hey Kuronue, hey Youko." She then turned to Kuronue, remembering his opening remark. "Well, it wasn't as bad as some of our spars, was it?" she smirked and he scowled at her.

"Cocky little thing, aren't you?" he then smirked a bit himself. "You haven't sparred against Youko yet, though. I'd like to see if you can beat him, number one in our age group."

"For now." Ayare replied, still quite "cocky" by Kuronue's words.

Youko laughed, equally confident, "There must be a reason why we haven't sparred just yet. Perhaps my father doesn't think you're ready yet?" a smirk resting playfully on his lips.

Ayare's kept her cool but that remark did make her clench her fist around the rose whip still in hand, "Me? Perhaps he didn't want to see his son get humiliated by the youngest fighter in the village." She regarded him with a challenging gaze.

Youko's eyes narrowed at her in response, uncrossing his arms and taking a few steps closer to her in a rather intimidating fashion, flexing his claws in irritation. "Care to test that, Aya?"

Scoffing at his approach, she fell into her fighting stance, her eyes narrowing ever so slighting in return. "Ready when you are, Youko."

Kuronue and Fusarei and stepped back from the two in the meantime.

"Well, that escalated quickly." Fusarei looked between the other two kitsune before turning to look at Kuronue. "They're unusually short-tempered."

Kuronue nodded, "But the two do tend to get worked up when challenged. Especially when being seemingly underestimated." He turned to Fusarei, "But just who is underestimating who?"

Fusarei shrugged, "Hard to say, really. This is their first spar ever. We know what they're capable of and I'd have to say that it'll come down to my sister's speed or Youko's ability to adapt to his opponent's strategy."

"Yeah, Youko will definitely have to be able to adapt quickly when it comes to Ayare. She can interchange between all three of her weapons pretty fluidly. It's why she kicks my ass every time." He added the last part reluctantly, both he and Fusarei now watching the two at a safe distance as Youko and Ayare began to circle each other.

AW: Please review, I enjoy constructive criticism! Thank you in advanced! :3