I was full and bored seeing all the stores, but it was still early in the day. I know it wasn't a smart idea, but as long as I make notes of what streets I turn on, I'm sure I could find my way back. Oh yea, while at the restaurant I found out I could read Japanese after all. I was so intimidated at the airport I didn't even notice. I had to keep brushing it off; thinking about it was going to drive me insane. I tried texting my parents to let them know of my safe arrival, but nothing would go through. I was frustrated since I went out of my way before I left to make sure I would be able to text while here. Stupid people at these phone companies don't know what they're talking about.

I decided to go exploring to avoid ruining my chances of sleeping at night, jet lag is serious. I made sure to whip out my note pad with every street turn I made, and a mark if I made a right or left. I was happy to get out of the city part and more into the local area. I don't mind the city, but I purposely chose this area because it had a decent local living, rather than city living. I found a street that looked like it came right from an anime I used to watch. There was even a restaurant with the same name as one in a show. I'm sure the names are all common, innocent coincidence. A little further down I spotted a cute little coffee shop so I decided to stop in. I can't say no to coffee.

"Welcome!" The workers shouted cheerfully as I walked in.

"What can I get you?" The lady asked me.

"Just regular coffee, please." I ordered. She smiled and rung up my order.

"You're not from here are you?" She asked me. I chuckled.

"No, just visiting. Is it that obvious?" I asked as I heard someone come in behind me. I paid as she brought me my cup.

"No no, I just asked because we don't normally get new people here." She smiled and giggled.

"That must be nice to always recognize your customers." I replied.

"It is nice to see new faces, but yes I like my regulars like Shuiichi here!" She smiled to the gentleman behind me. I stepped aside to the cream and sugar table to make my coffee.

"Talking about me already, Akiko?" The man chuckled. I looked over to see and saw bright red hair. Wow, this guy likes to dye his hair! Must be hard maintaining that bright red. I smiled at their cute small talk banter.

"Always good things, Shuiichi. What can I get for you today? Your usual?" She asked him. I saw his natural green eyes and figured I should step away.

This is weird. I thought. I really must be losing my mind. He looks JUST like a real Kurama.

"No, I'm actually here for my father today." He replied gently as I found a seat. A rather tall ginger haired man quickly stood up from a chair and table in the corner and ran awkwardly over to Shuiichi.

"Hey! I thought that was you!" The ginger shouted.

One thing is for sure. If he calls him Kuwabara, I know I'm either officially insane, or there's an anime convention in town. I thought with a strange expression on my face. I tried to pretend to be interested in my phone.

"Graceful as always, Kuwabara." Shuiichi replied.

It took every ounce of will and muscle control to not throw my coffee, scream and fall on the floor in that moment.

Did I die? Is this my weird twisted sense of heaven? Being stuck in a world of my favorite anime show in some crazy parallel universe?! That's it! That's what happened! My plane must have crashed mid flight and I died! That's why I can read and speak Japanese without fail. The Demons Door cave thing, Kurama, Kuwabara! I must be dead!

I winced as I burnt my lips on my coffee.

Can't be dead if I felt that…

"Did you see on the news this morning? They were talking about that cave again." Kuwabara mentioned. I could see in my peripheral vision 'Shuiichi' peering in my direction before replying to Kuwabara. I tapped around on my phone some more then pretended to take pictures of my coffee. I honestly didn't know what I was doing. I just wanted to look like I had no interest in them.

"Yes, it seems they still want answers for what happened up there." Shuiichi replied very softly.

Thankfully I didn't earn the nickname Dog Ears in my family for no reason.

"Have you seen Urameshi lately?" Kuwabara asked as Shuiichi grabbed two cups of coffee and walked towards the door.

"No, I know he and Keiko have been—" the conversation trailed off as they exited the building. I let out a heavy sigh. Very heavy. I didn't know if I was to cry of joy, sadness, confusion, or start crazy laugh/crying because apparently I've lost it. I pushed my fingers through my hair out of frustration and confusion.

If this is all real, demons are real.

Oh

Fuck

My

Life...

Hiei is real.

I was OBSESSED with his character years ago. There's no way I could deal with him being REAL though! I slightly started to panic with all of this realization. He's an asshole, human loathing asshole. He's arrogant, selfish and not to mention has little man syndrome. It helps he's incredibly cute, but he's homicidal! I grabbed my coffee and phone and walked out the coffee shop.

"I need some air." I whispered to myself. I took a deep breath as soon as I stepped out. I walked over to a perfectly sized planter that allowed me to sit and set my coffee down on the brim. I started to think about all of the characters when I dropped my head and started laughing.

What am I doing?! This is crazy! Hiei's not real. Kurama's not real. Those guys happen to have the same names, so what? It's probably not even their REAL names! It could be nicknames! They could be fans of the show and gave each other nicknames that suited their looks and personalities.

As I began to bring myself back to reality I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and enjoyed my coffee. It really was a beautiful day. Fall was approaching so it wasn't so hot outside. Some people I saw were already wearing long sleeves and light jackets. However, I've always enjoyed the cooler air. I looked down at my phone to see what all could be near by for me to explore.

That's it!

I started to look up the local events to see if any concerts or festivals were going to happen any time soon. Oh that's right, my phone isn't working properly. I shoved it back in my pocket, grabbed my coffee and decided to walk around.

Sunset started rolling around and I was ever so thankful. There were times I felt like I was being followed, but I brushed it off to the weird day I was having. I was glad I made this trip alone. I needed to get away, forget what happened, and clear my head. I had troubles with depression when I was younger. I wasn't about to let it creep on me again over a breakup. Besides, I was able to meet some very lovely people. They told me about this music festival that was starting this weekend. It gave me a chance to relax in my hotel for the rest of the day and next. The jet lag was hard to get over, but I had a couple days before the weekend to get over it.

After a couple days of doing minor activities to deal with jet lag, the weekend came. I was determined to go. I looked at myself in the mirror of my hotel room and took a deep sigh. These girls I met earlier this week were excited for this night. They gave me a heads up that it would be cool at night and that they'll be bringing food. Hopefully being around people and music will get me to not be so tired so early. I need to perk up!

I took the train this time since I knew where the stops were thanks to those girls. I forgot that all of these trains are always packed. Everyone seems to take them rather than owning cars.

"Don't worry the guys are going to meet us there." I heard a familiar voice boast over the crowd in the train. I tightly grasped the pole as the train took off.

Please don't tell me that's Kuwabara. I thought while wincing. I tippy toed in attempt to see over the crowd, but to no avail. I'm way too short to see over. I moved over to another pole to see if I could see him better.

"I just don't see why we had to take the train." I heard a woman's voice.

"It's faster than taking the bus, trust me. I went to this park last week, took forever by bus." Kuwabara replied. I looked around and saw them. Yup, Kuwabara and…Shizuru? I was able to avoid them for two days, but now? This is getting too real. I had to talk myself out of over reacting. This woman could prove to me that I'm just insane. Is it strange to hope I'm just insane? No, it's strange to think I'm dead.

"Why were you at this park last week, baby bro? Weren't you supposed to be studying for a test?" She asked. Great...just great.

"Oh c'mon, get off my back would ya? I needed a breather so I met up with some friends out there." He explained.

I stared in awe.

This can't be real. It can't!

I made myself lose sight of Kuwabara and his sister as soon as our stop came.

I have to get my head out of this insane thinking! There's no possible way I have hopped into some parallel universe.

I made it to the park with ease and made mental notes of where the merchandise vendors were. I had to find those girls first though. They mentioned a colored blanket would be their spot.

"My, aren't you a pretty thing!" A random man shouted at me. I gave him a very confused look.

I didn't think men like this existed in Japan. I thought.

"You're not from here, what's a pretty thing like you doing in a town like this?" He tried smirking at me. I quickly glared at him and went back to making my way to the grassy area where everyone had their blankets down.

"Did you not understand me, foreigner?!" He shouted after me. I wanted to kick his ass, but I knew I wouldn't win that fight. While he was stupid, he was big. Large muscles, tall, and had a martial arts stance. Growing up being trained I knew how to spot it. I was outmatched with him. The only thing I could possibly have is speed, but that's not guaranteed that he wouldn't be able to predict my moves. I was better off walking away.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" I heard a girl squeal at a distance. I turned around to look and quickly spotted the girls I met. They were the ones that told me about this event.

"Reiko-chan!" I replied shocked. I didn't think I would see her so quickly. Her and her friend Aki ran up to me.

"I was hoping to see you tonight!" She smiled to me.

"Yea, I figured it would help me get over my jet lag." I told her.

"Are you still having trouble?" Aki asked with concern.

"Actually I feel a lot better than that day I met you ladies, but I think this will help the most." I told them honestly. They laughed taking it lightly.

"Well, music does tend to help!" Reiko chuckled.

"Come sit! We have plenty of food like we promised!" Aki lead me to their very brightly colored blanket.

"That's very sweet of you ladies! But I don't want to impose!" I sat down and put my hands up defensively. It did look like a lot, but if they were hungry I would feel bad taking some.

"Oh come on, we insist!" Reiko batted her hand at me.

Maybe being around normal people will help me level my thoughts.

So many bento boxes that were filled with homemade food. They handed me some chopsticks and we dove in! My stomach was so full, it made it easy to want to fall asleep, but then the music started. There were geisha dances, small "garage band" groups that played. The music was actually really fun, the girls weren't into dancing, but I was able to get them to 'seat dance' a little. The intermission gave me a chance to check out the merchandise vendors. I was staring into some lovely hand made necklaces when I was rudely interrupted.

"It's the foreigner!" I heard that obnoxious man from earlier. I turned around and glared my evil glare at him.

"OH so mean!" He faked being scared. "Darlin' you know you're coming home with me tonight!" He winked.

I snared from disgust. I felt my blood boiling with his degrading cat calls.

"I would rather shoot my own limb off than go ANYWHERE with you! Leave me alone you sad excuse of a man!" My anger got the best of me. No turning back now. He leaned in close to me.

"That can be arranged." He stated quietly with a creepy tone. It sent shivers down my spine. I quickly got away from him. Although, I don't think he was following me. I looked behind me and couldn't find him. I started walking away from the vendors when I noticed how quiet it suddenly got.

That adds to the creep factor.

I went to head back to the girls when the ground suddenly shook.

"Oh my god! An earthquake?!" I balanced myself as I looked around to see everyone begin to panic and take off running. I felt obligated to stay behind for some reason. Then a sickening feeling dropped in my gut.

Something exploded and shot up into the sky by the vendors! Once the dust and smoke cleared I was able to see…

IT WAS A GIANT SNAKE!

It looked towards the stage area and barreled down the hill in that direction at full speed then crashed into the stage. Thankfully everyone on it had bailed during, what was thought to be an earthquake.

"What the hell?!" Was all I could muster out of my mouth. I looked down in the crowd area to see a group of guys stand there without fear.

"This can't be…This CAN'T BE!" I said out loud to myself. Suddenly the snake began to chuckle.

The GIANT snake thing is LAUGHING?! Ok, now I KNOW I'm not dead, I've been drugged!

"I'm flattered you boys think I'm here to fight YOU." The snake thing's voice echoed throughout the entire park. It was the same voice as that ego maniac guy! I stood there frozen staring at it.

"But I'm here for HER!" Everyone's head turned right toward me.

"What?!" I shrieked. I couldn't move!

"You know more about these men than just anyone from demon world. You're coming with me to tell me everything you know!" The snake shouted and started moving straight for me at a speed I couldn't even fathom!

I tried running out of the way as the head slammed into the grass ground where I was JUST standing. I fell to the ground and rolled down a small hill.

What the hell do I do?! How the hell does it know what I know?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

I got up as quickly as I could and started running towards the stage where the snake demon hit. It started to hit me, I saw that guy outside that café my first day, and on the train on the way here! He was following me and was probably a telepath! Oh god! Now I'm believing all of this?!

"Where are you going girl?!" Kuwabara shouted at me as I passed him.

"Not now!" I shouted back and continued making my way.

"You need our help!" I could hear Kurama shout at me.

I continued to ignore both of them as I went to the stage and grabbed the first thing I could get my hands on as a weapon.

A mic stand…?

It'll work! I'll make it work!

I turned around just in time to swing the mic stand and hit the snake guy right in the nose as hard as I could! He shouted as he crashed next to me. He got up quickly and came at me again as I readied for another swing, but then…

Black….

I woke up.

What the-? It was a dream…A really weird, yet, awesome dream. I thought as my eyes slowly opened and came into focus.

Wait…where am I?

I looked around and noticed I was in a large room. Very traditional to Japanese style. It was empty except for the bed I was on. I sat up and saw I was in a white yukata. I looked around and found my clothes neatly folded against one of the walls. I quickly got changed, not wanting to be walked in on. I went up to one of the sliding doors and opened it to be suddenly greeted by a girl with light teal hair.

"Oh!" We both gasped.

"Sorry for startling you. I'm so glad to see you're up." She smiled to me. I saw her crimson eyes and my heart skipped a beat.

Oh God…It's Yukina. I wasn't dreaming.

"No, its ok. I apologize, thank you for taking care of me." I said softly while looking down. I was slightly embarrassed. She was really beautiful. Her skin was pale and perfectly smooth. Her natural teal hair shimmered like tinsel. Looking back up at her eyes, they were such a bright crimson, I felt I was looking at gems. She truly was a demon, but beautiful and majestic almost in a deity way.

"It was no problem at all! Your injuries were very minor. I figured you would be waking up soon so I started to make some tea. Master Genkai is waiting for you in her dojo. Would you like to go meet her? She's the home owner and care taker of this shrine."

"Y-yes, I would." I stuttered.

"Great! Follow me, please." She smiled. I placed my shoes outside where I saw some others, and then proceeded to follow her to the dojo room.

She opened the door and led me in.

"Genkai, she's here to see you." She told Genkai.

"Thank you, Yukina. If you don't mind, bring the tea here when it's ready." Genkai replied with her raspy voice.

"Of course." Yukina bowed to her and then to me, I bowed in return.

"Don't be nervous." Yukina whispered to me as she passed me, always so kind.

"Come closer, take a seat and tell us who you are." Genkai told me.

Us?

I looked around and saw Kurama, Kuwabara, Botan, and Yusuke. They were all sitting in a circle with an empty spot just for me.

This isn't intimidating at all. I sarcastically thought.

I did exactly what Genkai told me to and sat down. I told them my real name, and shortly explained my nickname.

"Now that we know that, explain how you know about these boys. Yet they somehow know nothing of you. From my understanding, it almost got you killed." Genkai raised a brow at me. I took a deep breath, quickly gathered how I could explain it. Then I realized I would be better off telling the absolute truth.

"I don't think you will believe me. Especially without Koenma here." I simply stated. Their eyes all widened and looked at each other.

"How do you know about Lord Koenma?" Botan asked.

"It's all the same how I know all of you. Trust me, this will be hard for me to explain and for any of you to believe me." I repeated. Genkai looked at Kurama, he nodded, and she looked at Botan and nodded. Botan then got up and stepped out of the room. I figured it had something to do with making sure I was telling the truth before bringing Koenma. I understood their precautions. There will be no easy way to tell them.

"Uhm, may I ask what happened?" I quietly asked while looking at Kuwabara and Kurama.

"Oh you mean with the snake demon guy?" Kuwabara asked. I nodded.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Kurama asked me. I told them about my first hit of the snake guy then my prep for a second swing.

"Oh yea, you actually held your own pretty well. We were all rather impressed!" Kuwabara chuckled. I couldn't help, but smile.

"Yes, you did some damage to him before he whipped his tail around. That's what knocked you unconscious. We took care of him after that." Kurama finished explaining. I nodded as a response. I figured as soon as I realized where I was.

"Kinda wish I was there to see it myself." Yusuke chimed in. Botan then stepped back inside and sat down.

"I would think something like that would bore you." Kurama smirked at Yusuke. He chuckled.

"We all know it would, I believe Yusuke is still in denial about it though." A familiar voice came out of nowhere behind me. I quickly turned to see Koenma standing there in his teen form. Genkai stood up and made room for him to sit next to her. Considering she was directly across from me, I'm sure she wanted Koenma to be in good sights as well. Possibly for intimidating factors as well.

"I hear you requested me by name." He started as he sat casually.

"Yes sir." I replied nervously. It suddenly got hot, very hot.

"Well? Let's hear it." He folded his arms. I swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

"Like I said, I don't think you all will believe me, but here goes nothing." I sighed heavily. I explained how I decided to come to Japan for a vacation, during my flight weird things happened, like my loss of memory. I then explained that I started to recognize Kurama, and Kuwabara at the café.

"It was called Yu Yu Hakusho." I stated with a very uncomfortable expression on my face.

I continued to explain the show, vaguely. I wasn't sure the time frame of where I entered. Was it after everything? Was it during? I couldn't tell. With Yukina being here, I could tell it was after the Dark Tournament for sure.

"So you're saying, you're from a parallel universe where we are from an animated TV show?" Koenma asked with a very confused facial expression. I breathed heavily from explaining and nodded. During my explanation Yukina had come in with the tea. I was finally able to take my first sip. It was so herbal, but there was a strange bitterness to it. I would never complain, but Yukina seemed to already have a concerned look on her face. I'm sure she was confused by my story.

"How does it end?" Kurama quickly asked me.

"Oh, I shouldn't say. I don't know your time frame. I could be revealing the future if I came in the middle of things." I responded. Kurama's eyes widened and looked at Genkai quickly.

"You have a valid point. What do you need to know?" She asked me after acknowledging Kurama's gaze.

"What was the last tournament to happen?" I asked. I pretended to not notice the looked exchanged.

"The second demon ruler tournament in demon world." Yusuke stated. Everyone shot glares quickly at him.

"What? She asked!" He pointed his hand at me.

"No that's great! That means the series is over, been over for a year! So I can't predict anything. Wait…who won this time?" I looked at Yusuke.

"Enki, again. Turned out he's quite powerful even without everyone expending their energies before hand." Yusuke chuckled.

"That's wonderful! He's a great ruler for Demon world." I smiled. "Now that I know where we are in time. I can answer any questions."

"You already have." Genkai breathed after sipping her tea.

"I had told Yukina to make your tea a special brew, different from ours." Kurama stated.

"Some type of honest tea, huh?" I looked down at my cup.

"It's actually called, Bitter Truth."

"I should have known. You all are very wise and take nothing for granted."

"Except Urameshi." Kuwabara grumbled. Yusuke chuckled. Something quickly occurred to me.

"There is one thing you all should know." Their heads turned to me again. "With where I'm from, the show would take special episodes to reveal dark secrets of yours. Some in movies, others in the actual series. That being said, where's Hiei?" Everyone suddenly had an "Oh" expression. Yea, I don't need to die when I've only just arrived. That'd be great.

"For the most part, Hiei stays in demon world." Kurama explained.

"Most part?" I asked.

"Well, he visits from time to time." Genkai stated. Kurama, Yusuke, and Botan's eyes went straight to Yukina without her noticing.

"I see." I sighed. Great, unpredictable visits from the one demon I admired in all Anime, yet fear as an actual living breathing being!

"What do you know about me?" Yusuke quickly got excited.

"You? Didn't you hear me? You were the star of the whole thing, you had no secrets. In fact everyone knew about your love for Keiko way before you ever admitted it." I batted off to him. Kuwabara chuckled loudly.

"Anyway, if any of you want, I will answer questions privately to further validate myself if you wish." I looked at Kurama and Genkai mostly. Those two were the only ones with anything left of secrets. They nodded to me.

"For now we should get you settled in. Yukina, would you take her to her room?" Genkai asked.

"What? Settled in? But I have a hotel ro-" Genkai cut me off.

"With the knowledge you possess, you put us and yourself in grave danger without having spirit energy to protect you. As you have already experienced. You will be living with us here from now on. Kuwabara, would you go into the city and get her things for her?"

"Aw, but I should head back home for school tomorrow." Kuwabara groaned.

"You're on break you idiot!" Botan called him out. "I'll go with you, lazy bones!"

I handed Botan my hotel key and told her the room number. She nodded then dragged Kuwabara out by his ear.

I turned and went with Yukina. I followed her through the halls and finally got to see how the manor was laid out. We passed by the dinning room and kitchen. As well as what Yusuke has turned into a gaming/living room. I guess they're all slowly moving into this place as like a safe heaven. Since Yusuke will always have that bounty on his head and Kurama still being half demon, I guess it makes sense. She led me upstairs where the bedrooms were.

"I'm sorry about the tea. I know it was for our protection, but I still feel bad not being honest myself." Yukina apologized to me as I followed her.

"Oh, don't be silly. You did the right thing. Like you said, it was for your protection. For all you guys knew, I could've been some psycho human." I smiled.

"You're so sweet to be so understanding and forgiving." She smiled back to me as she opened a bedroom door.

"This will be your room."

I walked in and gasped. It was bigger than my hotel room, and I had a full bed, desk and dresser. I'll have room for all the things I brought with me.

"C-can I ask you my question?" Yukina asked me. I turned to her as she stood in the doorway. I pulled out the chair from my desk and offered for her to sit while I sat on the bed. She smiled and took my offer.

"Yukina-san, I want you to know you can ask me anything." I smiled at her. She smiled back and took in a deep breath. Oh wait, please don't ask me-

"Do you know what happened to my brother?" She HAD to ask THAT question. And I'm still under the effects of the tea, thanks Kurama.

If I open my mouth I'll spill Hiei's secret that he OBVIOUSLY still hasn't revealed to her. He'll KILL me if he finds out I spilled it for him! UGH What to do?! What to do?!

I had to be honest. It was my only chance to save myself out of this.

"Yes, I do. But Yukina-san." Her eyes instantly brightened with my answer then her expression went to concern.

"Please, you can use chan or just Yukina." She nodded to me. I nodded back.

"I'm still under the effects of Kurama-san's tea. Not that I want to lie to you, but it's just not my place to tell you anything about your brother. I'm so sorry, and I wish I could tell you, but it would be wrong of me to do that." I explained as apologetically as possible. She gave me another sweet smile. That tea was strong, I didn't even want to say that last part.

"Please don't be sorry. You're right, it was wrong of me to ask you like that. I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me?" She stood and bowed.

"Don't worry, I know how long and hard you've been searching for him. I don't blame you." Ugh again, I didn't mean to say things like that. This tea is driving me crazy.

"Uh, Yukina? Do you know how long the effects of that tea last?" I asked her.

"No, but Kurama does. Do you want to see if he's still here?" She stepped to my door.

"Yes, please!" I said, way too excitedly.

"Oh that's right, Kurama-san wouldn't live here huh?" I asked her.

"No, he lives in his own apartment in the city, but he works with his father and tutors his brother to stay busy. He visits as often as he can, mostly when important situations, like yourself, happen." She chuckled.

She led me back to the room we had the "meeting" in, but everyone was slowly wondering out of it.

"Hope the room is good enough to your liking, because it's not going to change." Genkai rattled to me.

"It's more than I could ask for, I greatly appreciate it, thank you." I waved my hands in defense. Kurama walked in from the outside patio.

"Sakura-chan, how's that truth tea working out for you?" He smirked at me. Smartass…

"That's actually what I wanted to ask you. Exactly how long does this last?" I asked.

"Did you finish your cup?" He asked in return, I nodded in response.

"Then the side effects should wear out by tomorrow morning." He stated simply.

"Oh boy…" I sighed. "Well then if you want to take advantage of this, better do it now." I shrugged to him. Kurama lead me back to the room we all were in before for privacy. He closed all the doors and stood in front of me.

"While nearly everyone knows all of my secrets, there's one I wasn't so open about. Hiei was the only one that really knew." He folded his arms and took in a deep breath, then looked at me. I figured he knew, I already knew what he was talking about.

"You mean about Kuronue?" I asked. His eyes widened.

"Yes, ever since that battle though, I've been weighed down by that guilt." He admitted.

"You did what you had to. He even told you to leave him so you could save yourself. As soon as that necklace broke, you knew he was a dead man going back for it. I personally think, he did too. That's why he told you to leave him." My mouth was like a faucet I couldn't stop.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry! Does this get worse with time?!" I covered my mouth in embarrassment. He smirked solemnly.

"Yes, but that's the worst of it. And don't be sorry, I did ask and I know the effects of that tea. I knew what I was getting myself into with asking you, Sakura. You answered appropriately." He smiled more at me. He was incredibly handsome. His red hair was beautiful in person. It looked silky soft, and his eyes were a beautiful leaf green. He wasn't as pale as I thought. Maybe he had a tan? I don't see how women don't flock to him like wild creatures. He's truly, model worthy. I began to be more curious to see Hiei in person. NOPE! Never mind, as much as he is my favorite, he still scares the hell out of me.

"Thank you for being patient with me throughout this." I bowed to him.

"No need. In fact I should apologize for drugging you the way I did. That's not how we usually run things, as I'm sure you're aware. However, we had to take our precautions."

"I get it, working around Yukina's question was painful though." I sighed. His eyes widened.

"She asked about her brother?" He asked.

"Of course she did."

"What did you say?"

"I told her: it wasn't my place." I stated. He nodded with relief on his face.

"I should've known she would ask you about her brother. I apologize for not going with the two of you."

"Don't worry, I can handle more than you think. Hiei however…" I started.

"Yes, he will take some convincing when he meets you." Kurama put his hand to his chin.

"When? No 'if'? Why not if?" I started to panic. "If Hiei finds out a measly human like me knows every ounce of detail of his life from before he was born to last year, he's going to KILL ME." I splurged that out of my mouth faster than I could stop it.

"Don't worry!" Kurama chuckled. "We will be here to make sure none of that happens. Besides, Hiei knows the rules still. He cannot kill a human without receiving severe punishment by spirit world."

"True, but he can torture." I lifted a finger.

"You really do know Hiei well, don't you?" He chuckled at me. I began to blush. "Did you say, from before he was born?"

"Y-yea." I sighed. "His story was lengthy and very detailed. Took two episodes." I muttered the last part.

"Well, don't worry. Your secret is safe with me." He winked.

"M-my secret?" I stammered. He was smart, maybe he knew from my blabbering.

"He obviously was your favorite, am I correct? I won't tell." Kurama smiled slyly. Ugh, that damn smartass fox boy. He probably won't tell him, but that won't stop him from dropping him hints once he gets here. What the hell have I gotten myself into?

Before I could say anything to deny, the tea stopped me. I couldn't even muster a sarcastic remark! UGH this was frustrating! Kurama stepped out of the room and in walked Genkai. Great.