First things first follow the arrow to the sad sad truth- Neither Naruto nor Yu Yu Hakusho are mine. I just borrow characters and make them do my bidding. Yoshihiro Togashi is the wonderous mind behind Yu Yu Hakusho and Masashi Kishimoto is the mastermind from which Naruto was born. These two grand gentlemen make the money I do not.

This is my very first attempt at a crossover. I have written fanny-fics for Yu Yu, (my first love) and mildly attempted to do some for Naruto (my new love) but I want a crossover, specifically a Kurama/ Itachi. I've been itching to read one but they are far and few between, who am I kidding there are NONE. Sooo, I decided to write on myself. Enjoy the ride.

What is the price of love
Would you honestly be willing to pay?
Or is life suffocating your every breath
as your heart fades to grey.

"Number 23987. Face forward." A deep voice commands.

Kurama faces the camera. His usual jungle jade eyes wild with life and mystery are now downcast and clouded over. His red hair drenched in sweat and darkened with blood and earth clings unnaturally to his face. Long side locks wrap around his neck and bruised shoulders like blood covered skeleton fingers. The third and final flash seals the young man fate.

"Wait." An even deeper voice requests flooding the teen's senses and memories. "Kurama why? We were, we were… perfect. She is a simple ningen, her years are forever numbered."

"Yes Hiei, but she is forever my mother and every added second to her life is worth 100 years of my own life." He barely manages to whisper before the guard pushs him along the path dutifully ignoring the hailstorm of death glares the infamous fire demon is giving him.

The seemingly unfazed guard sighs and curses his hellish fate. Not only did he have to worry about getting disemboweled by a plant, now he had to deal with the wrath of the plant wielders' fire demon lover.

"Court is now in session, the honorable Lord Emna is now presiding. All rise." George the ogre bravely states with a broken heart.

"Please be seated"

"On the case a Kurama vs. the spirit world, I find the defendant guilty on all nine counts. Conspiracy, failure to notify authorities, with holding important information, three counts of soul leeching postmortems, two counts of unauthorized attempted soul assignment and one count of temporary soul placement." The large and impressive man states as he looms over the whole courtroom casting a shadow from wall to wall. "Kurama. Do you have anything to say, in your defense." he ends turning toward the physically and spiritually bounded ex Rei Kai Tantei.

With a solemn smile he shakes his head as he watches Hiei walk away.

"Then I, Lord Enma sentence you to death and the banishment of both your souls."

"Father, Father!" A brown hair teen nearly screams as he bursts through the door. "Please, he is a dear friend, don't, you can't…" The prince stammers.

"Silence," he bellows with a steady glare. "Koenma. You will be punished for your outburst but your friend's life shall be spared." "Kurama I shall spare your life, but your human soul shall be forever bounded to the earth when your body perishes Youko's soul will perish as well. You will have the memories of your present and past lives." he pauses. "However you will exist in a world where we shall never exist and our world will have no memory of you."

The gavel crashes down and in a flash he was forgotten.

Forlorn eyes of emerald flutter open to behold a world he never would have dreamed and a pain he never could have imagined.

Careful my love
Please watch your step
True
life is cumbersome
but all is not perfected in death.

Ok, please review, both positive comments and constructive criticism are welcomed.