I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho and get nothing out of writting this but stress relief.
A/N Ok, i have read quite a few stories lately about Shiori finding out that Kurama is not the son she thought he was, so I decided it was about time I did my own. I am planning this to be a one shot fic, but you never know. Hope you all enjoy ~ Everqueen
Kurama walked in his front door at quarter past 9 in the morning. His mother poked her head out of the kitchen and eyes widened in surprise at the sight of her son home from school so early in the morning. "Why are you home, Shuuichi?" Kurama put his bag down in the hallway and moved towards his mother, whom he noticed was washing dishes. "There was a water break at the school, most of the downstairs is under a foot of water, so we have off till it can get closed and cleaned up, probably won't be any school tomorrow as well they said."
Shiori smiled at her son "Well, I have a day off of work and was about to go and do some shopping, would you care to accompany me?" Kurama smiled and took the glass from his mother that she had just gotten done drying "Sure, Kaasan, I just need to change out of my uniform."
"Ok, Shu-kun. I am done here, so go change while I gather all I need." He nodded and ran upstairs, thinking it would be nice to have a day where he wouldn't have to worry about anything. He hadn't spent a day with his mother like this in a long time, not since Hiei had found him to steal the artifacts actually. He darted into his room and quickly changed into a pair of comfortable jeans and a clean green shirt. As always his clothes were nicely pressed and clean. He tossed his uniform in the hamper and ran down stairs, joining his mother in the foyer where she sat putting her shoes on, her purse and lists next to her.
She looked up at her son with a smile as he sat next to her, leaning over to tie his own shoes. "I was thinking that we could go out to lunch today while shopping, what do you think?" Shuuichi looked up and smiled at her, his shoes on and tied. "Sure, Kaasan. That would be lovely."
Shiori nodded and grabbed her bag and put the lists in it. "It's such a lovely day, let's walk." He nodded and mother and son walked out of the house together.
Their first stop was at a baby story, Shiori having to buy a gift for a co-worker's babyshower. She wandered around, not really seeing anything that caught her interest till Shuuichi stopped and peered into a pile of teddy bears and smiled softly, pulling out a silver fox plushie. "How about this Kaasan?" Shiori looked at the toy in her son's hand and smiled "I think that would be perfect. Thank you, Shu-kun." Kurama nodded and handed the toy to his mother, chuckling to himself, leave it to him to find the only fox plushie in the store, and silver to boot.
'You know it's cause of me' came the amused voice of Youko in his head. Kurama shook his head 'You are so vain, Youko, but whatever.'
He turned his attention to his kaasan as she paid for the toy and a small outfit she had found also. Kurama took the bag from her and they continued down the street. They spent a leasurely afternoon wandering through stores, Shiori buying a few new shirts for work and a couple shirts for her son as well.
Kurama and his mother were eatting lunch in an outdoor table at a local restraunt, having finished and his mother was having coffee while their stomach's settled, seeing as they had more walking to do. Facing the street, Kurama was shocked to see Yusuke and Kuwabara run by, serious expressions on their faces. His eyes widened and he leaned over the table, watching where they were running.
Shiori turned to see who her son was looking at and then back to him. "What are you looking at, Shuuichi?" He straightened up and smiled to her, hiding his worry. "Nothing Kaasan, thought I saw some friends of mine. Shall we go?"
Shiori nodded and stood, reaching for the bill, but Kurama got it first and smiled "My treat, Kaasan." She smiled in delight at her darling son and nodded "Thank you."
After paying the bill, they moved down the street. Kurama wanted to see if anything was going on in the direction that Yusuke and Kuwabara ran, so he directed his mother that way, saying he would like to look in a local bookstore that direction, Shiori quickly agreeing.
They were approaching the store, and Kurama still hadn't caught sight of either Yusuke or Kuwabara and was looking back the way they had come when Shiori let out a yelp, bringing his attention to the front as a loud explosion sounded from an alley not that far away from them, right past the book store.
He watched and Yusuke was thrown out of the alley, Kuwabara already on the ground, rising with a groan, in a crowd of concerned bystanders. He groaned softly as a 7 foot tall demon rushed out of the alley towards the spirit detective.
Yusuke was struggling to his feet and Kuwabara was charging, not calling forth his spirit sword due to the onlookers. Kurama saw that Yusuke's hands were glowing a slight blue, nothing that a normal ningen could see, but also nothing one that was spiritually aware would notice if they weren't looking at his hands. Kurama frowned and pulled his mother back. "Step back Kaasan, this could get messy."
Shiori nodded and her eyes moved from the scene of the two boys fighting the monster to her son, who was actually calm. She was staring at him in amazement, noticing that he was focused intently on the fight and she looked back, realizing he had pulled her farther away from the fight when she saw the boy in green go down and heard him mutter something to his friend.
While Shiori couldn't hear what he said, Kurama heard Yusuke loud and clear "We have to use our powers Kuwabara, that toddler be damned." As Kuwabara nodded and produced his spirit sword, sending a gasp through the crowd and quite a few screams, Yusuke scooted farther to one side, bringing his right arm up, his left hand supporting his wrist and his finger started to glow as it was aimed at the demon.
Shiori started to pull on her son, who shook his head "No Kaasan, let me stay. I want to see if they are ok."
She looked at her son and was about to protest when she caught the look on his face and something made her agree to his request.
They both turned back to the fight to see Kuwabara get knocked back about 20 feet into a building, crumbling to the ground, not getting up, his sword disappearing. Yusuke ducked and Kurama swore, causing Shiori to look at her son in shock. He turned to her "Stay here, mother. Don't come any closer." With that he moved towards the fight, much to Shiori's shock. She had taken a step forward, opening her mouth to call out to her son, to call him back, when a small hand on her wrist stopped her. She turned in shock to see a small boy with gravity defying black hair with a white starburst effect in the front and red eyes holding her wrist. "Do as Kurama says. Trust him."
With that the boy disappeared, reappearing next to her son, whom she noticed actually looked at the boy and greeted him with a smile. They shared glances, her son and the boy, whom had a unusually deep voice and then surged forward.
The boy produced a scimitar from his cloak, holding it before him while her son put his hand to his hair and pulled out a rose? Where did that come from. She heard the boy in green call out to her Shuuichi and the boy "About time you guys showed up, I thought me and Kuwabara would be having all the fun."
She watched as her son laughed at the boy in green and then called out "Rose whip". The rose in his hand turned into a deadly whip, green thorns all down the length of it. Shiori saw spots in her eyes and almost stumbled, but grabbed onto the building for support and watched with growing terror and confusion as her son, the small boy with the sword and the boy in green attacked the monster, working together in such a way that she realized that her son was more then just a passing bystander, but was friends with those two and had fought with them often.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw the boy in blue sit up and rub his head, holding his arm, watching the others in battle. She looked back at her son, who was wielding the whip with expert precision, and it slashed the demon. The boy in green was holding his finger at the demon again, Shuuichi and the small boy keeping it busy with attacks while whatever the boy was going to do was prepared. Suddenly, a bolt of energy shot out of the ground, slicing straight through the demon and at that second, the boy in green shot a bolt of blue energy straight at the demon with a shot of "SPIRIT GUN". She looked to the boy in blue, whose palm was pressed on the ground, glaring defiently at the demon. She turned back in time to see the demon get shot with the blue ball of energy and watched as her son gracefully lept back, out of the way of the falling demon.
Her eyes turned to the demon, whom to her surprise and that of those watching, disappeared now that it had been killed. She looked back to the boys and her son. The tall one in blue was now up, walking towards the others. The short one had approached her son as had the one in green. They were talking low amongst themselves and Shiori felt compelled to move towards them.
Getting closer she saw that the one in green was holding a pink compact, talking into it, his face mad. "... don't care if the toddler is mad, Boton. We had no choice, that thing attacked us in broad daylight, in full view of the public no less. It wanted to be seen. We couldn't have destroyed it without using our spirit energy. If Kurama and Hiei hadn't shown up when they did then alot worse would have happened." He listened to whatever was said to him, and Shiori could hear a female voice coming from the compact, although she couldn't tell what was said and the boy sighed. "Fine, whatever. We'll be there. Out"
He closed the compact and the four shared a look before turning in shock at Shiori as she spoke. "Shuuichi?"
Kurama turned in shock to his mother, having forgotten completely about her in the heat of battle. "Uh, Kaasan. Are you ok?"
She nodded and looked him over, noticing he had a cut in his shirt "Are you ok?" Her son nodded "I'm fine, Kaasan. Yusuke and Kuwabara got injured more then I did."
He sighed and turned to look at his companions, catching the look on their faces. The small one nodded "There is no getting around it now, Kurama." Her son nodded to the small one. "I know, Hiei." A small flash of light surrounded the area and when visions cleared, a girl with blue hair and pink eyes, wearing a pink kimono was standing next to a boy wearing a blue cape, with a pacifier in his mouth, the letters JR on his forehead. He turned to the assembled group and sighed "No use keeping it from her, Kurama. Why don't you guys go back to Kurama's house, let Mrs. Minamino know the truth, and Boton and I will deal with this situation."
The boy in green nodded, whom Shiori realized she had met before, while in the hospital. "Let's go guys."
Shiori followed them numbly, her son leading her by the arm, throwing worried glances at his Kaasan. Finally they arrived at the Minamino residence and after taking shoes off and dropping packages in the hallway, moved to the living room and Kurama sat his mother down, then sat across from her. His friends sat down on various chairs, the small one taking up residence in the window seat.
"Kaasan, that was a demon." Shiori nodded to him. "I know." He nodded and then his eyes moved to his friends, as did hers. "This is Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei". He gestured to each respectively. Yusuke gave a cocky grin and said "Hello", Kuwabara nodded to her "hi" and Hiei just hn'd.
Shiori turned her attention back to her son and he sighed. "We are a team of spirit detectives, working for spirit world to keep demons', who escape from demon world, out of the human world." Shiori blinked "All those myths and legends are true then?"
Kurama nodded "Yes, Kaasan." He sighed and Shiori got the feeling he was keeping something big from her. "What else, Shu-kun?"
He sighed and Yusuke spoke up "Not all of us are human, Mrs. Minamino." She turned to Yusuke, going very pale. He smiled a bit "I'm half human, half demon, something we just recently discovered." Kuwabara spoke up "I'm full human, just have alot of spirit energy."
All eyes turned to Hiei, who grunted, got a sour look on his face "Hn, Fire Demon." With this Shiori's face paled, her eyes running over the small demon on her window seat and then her wide eyes turned back to her son, who was equally pale.
He sighed and closed his eyes "I'm a demon in human form." He opened his eyes to meet Shiori's. "16 years ago I was fatally wounded while escaping a pursuer and using my spirit energy, I moved my spirit from my demon body to one of a growing fetus that was still without a soul, the one in your womb, Kaasan."
He sighed and looked at the others and then back to her "I am sorry I have decieved you all these years."
Yusuke nodded "Please don't hate him Mrs. Minamino. It was your love that turned him into the one we know today. His demon form was very cutthroat and cold, but your love has made him realize that life doesn't have to be how it was and now he uses his demon energy to help keep the ningenkai safe."
Shiori looked at her son, who looked terrified and then to Yusuke, and the others. She turned eyes back to Kurama "That is why you always acted like you were better then me as a child." Kurama nodded. She frowned "Why do they call you Kurama?"
"That is my demon name. I am Youko Kurama, a notorious thief of the Makai. A demon fox." She nodded and then leaned over and hugged him. "I don't care who you are, Shuuichi, you are my son." He blinked and the others looked shocked, although happy.
Shiori smiled at her son "A mother's love is unconditional. It will take awhile to deal with this, that my son is a demon in human form, but you have shown me countless times that you love me, so get through this I will and I still love you." Kurama smiled with delight at his mother and Yusuke cheered "Great."
Shiori looked at the others "Would you guys like a snack? All that fighting must have made you hungry."
A round of agreement sounded through the group and Shiori smiled and stood, moving towards the kitchen. Kurama sat back after his mother left the room and looked at his friends, his heart light for the first time in a long time. Finally she knew.
(A/N Well, what did you think? As for the demon disappearing, in Poltergeist Report, the netherworld demons would disappear once dead, so I thought that maybe I should make this one do it too. Hope you liked my version of Shiori finding out. I might do a sequel with Hiei telling Yukina that he is her brother. Actually, now that I think of that, I will do that. I might post it seperately, or add it as another chapter to this one. ~ Everqueen)
A/N Ok, i have read quite a few stories lately about Shiori finding out that Kurama is not the son she thought he was, so I decided it was about time I did my own. I am planning this to be a one shot fic, but you never know. Hope you all enjoy ~ Everqueen
Kurama walked in his front door at quarter past 9 in the morning. His mother poked her head out of the kitchen and eyes widened in surprise at the sight of her son home from school so early in the morning. "Why are you home, Shuuichi?" Kurama put his bag down in the hallway and moved towards his mother, whom he noticed was washing dishes. "There was a water break at the school, most of the downstairs is under a foot of water, so we have off till it can get closed and cleaned up, probably won't be any school tomorrow as well they said."
Shiori smiled at her son "Well, I have a day off of work and was about to go and do some shopping, would you care to accompany me?" Kurama smiled and took the glass from his mother that she had just gotten done drying "Sure, Kaasan, I just need to change out of my uniform."
"Ok, Shu-kun. I am done here, so go change while I gather all I need." He nodded and ran upstairs, thinking it would be nice to have a day where he wouldn't have to worry about anything. He hadn't spent a day with his mother like this in a long time, not since Hiei had found him to steal the artifacts actually. He darted into his room and quickly changed into a pair of comfortable jeans and a clean green shirt. As always his clothes were nicely pressed and clean. He tossed his uniform in the hamper and ran down stairs, joining his mother in the foyer where she sat putting her shoes on, her purse and lists next to her.
She looked up at her son with a smile as he sat next to her, leaning over to tie his own shoes. "I was thinking that we could go out to lunch today while shopping, what do you think?" Shuuichi looked up and smiled at her, his shoes on and tied. "Sure, Kaasan. That would be lovely."
Shiori nodded and grabbed her bag and put the lists in it. "It's such a lovely day, let's walk." He nodded and mother and son walked out of the house together.
Their first stop was at a baby story, Shiori having to buy a gift for a co-worker's babyshower. She wandered around, not really seeing anything that caught her interest till Shuuichi stopped and peered into a pile of teddy bears and smiled softly, pulling out a silver fox plushie. "How about this Kaasan?" Shiori looked at the toy in her son's hand and smiled "I think that would be perfect. Thank you, Shu-kun." Kurama nodded and handed the toy to his mother, chuckling to himself, leave it to him to find the only fox plushie in the store, and silver to boot.
'You know it's cause of me' came the amused voice of Youko in his head. Kurama shook his head 'You are so vain, Youko, but whatever.'
He turned his attention to his kaasan as she paid for the toy and a small outfit she had found also. Kurama took the bag from her and they continued down the street. They spent a leasurely afternoon wandering through stores, Shiori buying a few new shirts for work and a couple shirts for her son as well.
Kurama and his mother were eatting lunch in an outdoor table at a local restraunt, having finished and his mother was having coffee while their stomach's settled, seeing as they had more walking to do. Facing the street, Kurama was shocked to see Yusuke and Kuwabara run by, serious expressions on their faces. His eyes widened and he leaned over the table, watching where they were running.
Shiori turned to see who her son was looking at and then back to him. "What are you looking at, Shuuichi?" He straightened up and smiled to her, hiding his worry. "Nothing Kaasan, thought I saw some friends of mine. Shall we go?"
Shiori nodded and stood, reaching for the bill, but Kurama got it first and smiled "My treat, Kaasan." She smiled in delight at her darling son and nodded "Thank you."
After paying the bill, they moved down the street. Kurama wanted to see if anything was going on in the direction that Yusuke and Kuwabara ran, so he directed his mother that way, saying he would like to look in a local bookstore that direction, Shiori quickly agreeing.
They were approaching the store, and Kurama still hadn't caught sight of either Yusuke or Kuwabara and was looking back the way they had come when Shiori let out a yelp, bringing his attention to the front as a loud explosion sounded from an alley not that far away from them, right past the book store.
He watched and Yusuke was thrown out of the alley, Kuwabara already on the ground, rising with a groan, in a crowd of concerned bystanders. He groaned softly as a 7 foot tall demon rushed out of the alley towards the spirit detective.
Yusuke was struggling to his feet and Kuwabara was charging, not calling forth his spirit sword due to the onlookers. Kurama saw that Yusuke's hands were glowing a slight blue, nothing that a normal ningen could see, but also nothing one that was spiritually aware would notice if they weren't looking at his hands. Kurama frowned and pulled his mother back. "Step back Kaasan, this could get messy."
Shiori nodded and her eyes moved from the scene of the two boys fighting the monster to her son, who was actually calm. She was staring at him in amazement, noticing that he was focused intently on the fight and she looked back, realizing he had pulled her farther away from the fight when she saw the boy in green go down and heard him mutter something to his friend.
While Shiori couldn't hear what he said, Kurama heard Yusuke loud and clear "We have to use our powers Kuwabara, that toddler be damned." As Kuwabara nodded and produced his spirit sword, sending a gasp through the crowd and quite a few screams, Yusuke scooted farther to one side, bringing his right arm up, his left hand supporting his wrist and his finger started to glow as it was aimed at the demon.
Shiori started to pull on her son, who shook his head "No Kaasan, let me stay. I want to see if they are ok."
She looked at her son and was about to protest when she caught the look on his face and something made her agree to his request.
They both turned back to the fight to see Kuwabara get knocked back about 20 feet into a building, crumbling to the ground, not getting up, his sword disappearing. Yusuke ducked and Kurama swore, causing Shiori to look at her son in shock. He turned to her "Stay here, mother. Don't come any closer." With that he moved towards the fight, much to Shiori's shock. She had taken a step forward, opening her mouth to call out to her son, to call him back, when a small hand on her wrist stopped her. She turned in shock to see a small boy with gravity defying black hair with a white starburst effect in the front and red eyes holding her wrist. "Do as Kurama says. Trust him."
With that the boy disappeared, reappearing next to her son, whom she noticed actually looked at the boy and greeted him with a smile. They shared glances, her son and the boy, whom had a unusually deep voice and then surged forward.
The boy produced a scimitar from his cloak, holding it before him while her son put his hand to his hair and pulled out a rose? Where did that come from. She heard the boy in green call out to her Shuuichi and the boy "About time you guys showed up, I thought me and Kuwabara would be having all the fun."
She watched as her son laughed at the boy in green and then called out "Rose whip". The rose in his hand turned into a deadly whip, green thorns all down the length of it. Shiori saw spots in her eyes and almost stumbled, but grabbed onto the building for support and watched with growing terror and confusion as her son, the small boy with the sword and the boy in green attacked the monster, working together in such a way that she realized that her son was more then just a passing bystander, but was friends with those two and had fought with them often.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw the boy in blue sit up and rub his head, holding his arm, watching the others in battle. She looked back at her son, who was wielding the whip with expert precision, and it slashed the demon. The boy in green was holding his finger at the demon again, Shuuichi and the small boy keeping it busy with attacks while whatever the boy was going to do was prepared. Suddenly, a bolt of energy shot out of the ground, slicing straight through the demon and at that second, the boy in green shot a bolt of blue energy straight at the demon with a shot of "SPIRIT GUN". She looked to the boy in blue, whose palm was pressed on the ground, glaring defiently at the demon. She turned back in time to see the demon get shot with the blue ball of energy and watched as her son gracefully lept back, out of the way of the falling demon.
Her eyes turned to the demon, whom to her surprise and that of those watching, disappeared now that it had been killed. She looked back to the boys and her son. The tall one in blue was now up, walking towards the others. The short one had approached her son as had the one in green. They were talking low amongst themselves and Shiori felt compelled to move towards them.
Getting closer she saw that the one in green was holding a pink compact, talking into it, his face mad. "... don't care if the toddler is mad, Boton. We had no choice, that thing attacked us in broad daylight, in full view of the public no less. It wanted to be seen. We couldn't have destroyed it without using our spirit energy. If Kurama and Hiei hadn't shown up when they did then alot worse would have happened." He listened to whatever was said to him, and Shiori could hear a female voice coming from the compact, although she couldn't tell what was said and the boy sighed. "Fine, whatever. We'll be there. Out"
He closed the compact and the four shared a look before turning in shock at Shiori as she spoke. "Shuuichi?"
Kurama turned in shock to his mother, having forgotten completely about her in the heat of battle. "Uh, Kaasan. Are you ok?"
She nodded and looked him over, noticing he had a cut in his shirt "Are you ok?" Her son nodded "I'm fine, Kaasan. Yusuke and Kuwabara got injured more then I did."
He sighed and turned to look at his companions, catching the look on their faces. The small one nodded "There is no getting around it now, Kurama." Her son nodded to the small one. "I know, Hiei." A small flash of light surrounded the area and when visions cleared, a girl with blue hair and pink eyes, wearing a pink kimono was standing next to a boy wearing a blue cape, with a pacifier in his mouth, the letters JR on his forehead. He turned to the assembled group and sighed "No use keeping it from her, Kurama. Why don't you guys go back to Kurama's house, let Mrs. Minamino know the truth, and Boton and I will deal with this situation."
The boy in green nodded, whom Shiori realized she had met before, while in the hospital. "Let's go guys."
Shiori followed them numbly, her son leading her by the arm, throwing worried glances at his Kaasan. Finally they arrived at the Minamino residence and after taking shoes off and dropping packages in the hallway, moved to the living room and Kurama sat his mother down, then sat across from her. His friends sat down on various chairs, the small one taking up residence in the window seat.
"Kaasan, that was a demon." Shiori nodded to him. "I know." He nodded and then his eyes moved to his friends, as did hers. "This is Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei". He gestured to each respectively. Yusuke gave a cocky grin and said "Hello", Kuwabara nodded to her "hi" and Hiei just hn'd.
Shiori turned her attention back to her son and he sighed. "We are a team of spirit detectives, working for spirit world to keep demons', who escape from demon world, out of the human world." Shiori blinked "All those myths and legends are true then?"
Kurama nodded "Yes, Kaasan." He sighed and Shiori got the feeling he was keeping something big from her. "What else, Shu-kun?"
He sighed and Yusuke spoke up "Not all of us are human, Mrs. Minamino." She turned to Yusuke, going very pale. He smiled a bit "I'm half human, half demon, something we just recently discovered." Kuwabara spoke up "I'm full human, just have alot of spirit energy."
All eyes turned to Hiei, who grunted, got a sour look on his face "Hn, Fire Demon." With this Shiori's face paled, her eyes running over the small demon on her window seat and then her wide eyes turned back to her son, who was equally pale.
He sighed and closed his eyes "I'm a demon in human form." He opened his eyes to meet Shiori's. "16 years ago I was fatally wounded while escaping a pursuer and using my spirit energy, I moved my spirit from my demon body to one of a growing fetus that was still without a soul, the one in your womb, Kaasan."
He sighed and looked at the others and then back to her "I am sorry I have decieved you all these years."
Yusuke nodded "Please don't hate him Mrs. Minamino. It was your love that turned him into the one we know today. His demon form was very cutthroat and cold, but your love has made him realize that life doesn't have to be how it was and now he uses his demon energy to help keep the ningenkai safe."
Shiori looked at her son, who looked terrified and then to Yusuke, and the others. She turned eyes back to Kurama "That is why you always acted like you were better then me as a child." Kurama nodded. She frowned "Why do they call you Kurama?"
"That is my demon name. I am Youko Kurama, a notorious thief of the Makai. A demon fox." She nodded and then leaned over and hugged him. "I don't care who you are, Shuuichi, you are my son." He blinked and the others looked shocked, although happy.
Shiori smiled at her son "A mother's love is unconditional. It will take awhile to deal with this, that my son is a demon in human form, but you have shown me countless times that you love me, so get through this I will and I still love you." Kurama smiled with delight at his mother and Yusuke cheered "Great."
Shiori looked at the others "Would you guys like a snack? All that fighting must have made you hungry."
A round of agreement sounded through the group and Shiori smiled and stood, moving towards the kitchen. Kurama sat back after his mother left the room and looked at his friends, his heart light for the first time in a long time. Finally she knew.
(A/N Well, what did you think? As for the demon disappearing, in Poltergeist Report, the netherworld demons would disappear once dead, so I thought that maybe I should make this one do it too. Hope you liked my version of Shiori finding out. I might do a sequel with Hiei telling Yukina that he is her brother. Actually, now that I think of that, I will do that. I might post it seperately, or add it as another chapter to this one. ~ Everqueen)