-Chapter 2-

The house erupted with the teenagers voices talking about this and that as the gang stared at their children with blank stares

"man I don't remember being this chatty when I was a teenager" Kuwabara mumbled to Yuskue who nodded, Yukina giggled at her husband's confusion as she went over to Hana to ask her how her day had been.

Koenma cleared his throat signaling the group to calm down Hisa ignored her father's request until she saw Kurama come down the stairs with Takai.

"We have asked all of you to come here tonight because well…. We wanted to discuss Anna's homecoming before she arrives later today." Ella slouched in her chair pulling at her blonde locks as Mai turned to look out the window.

"We just wanted to know if any of you have any questions about …. It" Botan stated as she stared around the room for any wandering eyes.

"Is she… talking again?" Yoshi asked, Botan looked over at Kurama for the answer and he just shrugged his shoulders.

"We don't know yet, they say she has been doing well but-" Kurama stopped to ponder his next statement; he had sent his daughter to a military academy when she was 12, 4 years ago because of her refusal to speak. The psychologist said it would be good to give her some discipline and order in her life after the…. Incident happened.

"Is she coming back for good?" Ella asked, her father wouldn't give her or her siblings any definite answers when it came to her younger sister. None of them had seen her since the day she left and her name was spoken rarely.

Since her mother, Allie had been killed that terrible day… the day Anna stopped speaking.

Flashback-

"Dad… dad…. DAD!" Takai screamed, Kurama looked up annoyed by his 16 year old son's screaming.

"Come on we are gonna be late! Mom is waiting and she said dinner was going to be ready at 6:30 remember!" Takai stated, Kurama nodded. It was a cold and snowy December evening and he had decided to take his two sons and eldest daughter sledding at the park nearby.

"Come on kids lets go dinner should be ready" Kurama yelled. Ella and Hiroshi scrambled up the hill with their sleds.

"Great! I'm starving, I hope Anna didn't try to help this time" Hiroshi joked, he was in the middle of a growth spurt and always hungry.

it was a known fact that Anna wasn't the best cook on the planet.

"I'm sure it will be fine Hiro, give your sister a break – besides…. She's got a cold remember" Kurama stated making Ella giggle from her father's joke.

The family got into the car and headed home.

…..

"But daddy I'm 14 years old and it's only to the movies. PLEASE!!!!" Ella begged as her father gave her a stern look as he turned the knob to the front door of their home.

"You know the rules Ella no dating unless I've met the boy" Kurama stated as Ella pouted, Kurama opened the door and turned to step inside but was stopped in mid stride by the sight in front of him.

"Oh my GOD MOM!" Takai yelled as her ran passed his shock father. There was his wife collapsed on the floor in a pool of blood – his youngest daughter standing beside her with her hands drenched in blood.

Kurama snapped out of his state of shock and rushed to his wife's side, she was barely conscious. He turned to Anna.

"Anna. What happened?" Kurama asked, but only got blank eyes in return.

"Takai, go call Koenma take your siblings and go to Hiei's house NOW" Kurama yelled to his eldest son.

"But dad should be call 911…" Takai asked in confusion

"Just do it!" Kurama snapped, his wife was losing blood and the children were not allowed to know about the demon world, he needed Koenma… he needed to get her to Makai.

Hiroshi grabbed Anna harshly by the arm, trembling he yanked her in the direction of the Jaganshi house hold.

Kurama turned to his wife with pleading eyes. " Allie… please stay with me…. Please"

…….

Ella sobbed into Takai's shoulder as her father's best friends and their families grieved together over what had just happened.

"She's… dead…. But I don't understand" Yukina stated as she held her two children close. Everyone turned slowly to look at Anna. Frail and confused she kept staring at her hands as if they still had her mother's blood on them.

"Anna…. What happened? Anna….. ANNA!" Kurama yelled at his grief stricken daughter, she slowly turned her head towards him.

"I… I killed her… I didn't call the police…." Anna felt tears rolling down her face as she heard her whole family sob around her.

…. And that was the last thing she said….

-End Flashback-

Kurama shook his head as he thought back to that horrible day. "She… I don't know…" Kurama murmured as he thought about his beloved wife. It was a demon that had killed his wife 4 years ago… and it was still a mystery of why. None of the children knew about the demon world – the gang had made a pact once their team had ended that none of their children would know the truth about the world… that it was safe. Especially for them because if their parents.

All the kids stayed silent as they waited for their parents to give them more news about their friend's arrival. After the incident she would not speak to anyone and stopped eating and going to school, Kurama had no choice but to do what the psychologist said and get her out of the atmosphere where her mother had died.

And then a knock rang through the room.

"She's here early …" Koenma stated quietly as Kurama went and opened the door…