Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or the characters. I just my OCs and the plot of this story.


Kaiya, Hiei, Kata, Keiji, and Mayonaka left the park. There was an intense silence and heavy atmosphere surrounding the members of the group as they walked to an ice cream shop. Kata and Keiji tried to figure out why there was such a barrier between Kaiya and Hiei and Mayonaka. Keiji couldn't take the silence anymore and spoke up.

"So, Kaiya," he started teasingly, "is Hiei your boyfriend?"

Mayonaka stayed silent while Hiei let out a slight cough signaling that he was uncomfortable with the question Kaiya's cousin threw at her. Kaiya just smiled and gave him an affirmative answer.

"Does grandma know?" Kata asked.

Kaiya laughed. "Of course she does," she answered. "I talk to her about Hiei all the time." Hiei looked over at her with his eyes wide. Kaiya just smiled and said, "Only good things."

"Are there bad things?" Kata asked. Hiei looked away from Kaiya again and cleared his throat. Both Kaiya and Mayonaka could tell he was getting slightly nervous (a new emotion for him).

Kaiya put her hand on his shoulder causing him to look at her. "Not from what I can see," she said rubbing his shoulder with her thumb. By looking at his eyes, she could tell he was relieved that she said that. "Anyway, we're here. You guys can get anything you want with as many toppings, okay? My treat."

"Yay!" the two kids exclaimed as they ran over to the counter. Everyone placed their orders and sat down to eat their ice cream.

"Why didn't you get any toppings?" Kata asked pointing at Hiei's sundae.

"I don't care for them," he answered as Kata and Keiji noted that it was probably the first or second time they heard him speak since he had shown up at their grandparents' house. "It takes away from the flavor of the ice cream itself."

"I never thought of it that way," Keiji said. "Maybe next time I won't get so many toppings."

"Yeah, I was going to say do you want a little more ice cream with that syrup," Kaiya joked.

"Shut up," Keiji whined.

Hiei glared at the boy. "She's older than you and in charge of you for the time being. Don't speak to her that way."

Keiji shivered at the dark tone in Hiei's voice. Kaiya just smiled and cut either boy off before anything else was said. "It's okay, Hiei," she started to explain using the gentlest tone she could. "When I turned eighteen we talked about this. I asked them if they would treat me like and adult or just their cousin and they said cousin, so I don't mind if they tease me or say things like 'shut up' to me. It's just the bond we have as cousins."

"Hey, Maya," Kata said interrupting Kaiya, "you have barely said a word all day. I'm starting to think you and Hiei are just antisocial."

Mayonaka forced a smile on her features. "I'm not antisocial. I'm just not used to talking too much. I don't really have much to say right now, anyway."

"Well, that's okay," Keiji said. "Kata and I can just continue asking you three questions."

"Three?" Hiei interjected. "I'm included in this?"

"Well, yeah," Keiji said. "You're dating our cousin making you a part of the family and we don't even know you."

"Part of the family?" Hiei asked in a whisper thinking he had misheard.

"That's right," Kata said. "So do you have any siblings?"

Hiei flinched and looked over to Kaiya. She mentally told him what she was going to say. "It's complicated."

"Aw, come on Kaiya. You say stuff like that all the time," Keiji complained.

"Well some stories must be saved for a later time."

"Fine," Keiji muttered under his breath. He did notice the silent exchange between Kaiya and Hiei asking himself if Hiei was quietly thanking Kaiya for something. "Well if you won't answer that, at least answer this. Where did you meet Kaiya?"

"A mutual friend," Hiei answered short and sweet.

"Oh, who?" Keiji pressed.

"You remember the guy I mentioned last time I saw you right? Shuichi?"

"Oh, yeah," Kata said. "He's marrying Sui, right?"

Kaiya bit her lip and Hiei's signature frown appeared as they looked at each other than back to the two children. Mayonaka caught their looks and asked, "What happened?"

"Well, remember your friend Marissa and what she told Shuichi about his old friend?" Kaiya asked.

Mayonaka gasped. "Oh yeah. Is he going to go look for…I mean visit him?"

Kaiya nodded. "Yeah, and at the same time Sui's mom got her an internship at a Go institute in America for four years, so she decided to end things with Shuichi."

"I'm sure that was done on purpose," Mayonaka grumbled and took another bite of her ice cream.

"Of course," Kaiya said while scooping up another spoonful of ice cream. "No doubt in my mind."

"That's too bad," Keiji said. "From what you said, he sounded cool. I wanted to meet him and your other friends."

"Who knows," Kaiya said. "You just might in the future."

"So," Kata said to change the subject, "do you have a boyfriend, Maya?"

Mayonaka almost spit her ice cream out of her mouth and looked over to Kaiya and Hiei. She started to answer while gaging the expressions on her sister's and Hiei's faces. "His name is Kiense. We had been going out and then some…complicated stuff happened. Then we got back together a few months ago. I get to see him on the weekends when I don't have so much school work."

"Well, that's good that you were able to work things out," Kaiya said. "I am happy for you, you know."

"You…You are?" Mayonaka asked with the shock clearly expressed on her face.

Hiei ate another spoonful of ice cream. "You should know that we don't blame him for what happened," Hiei said. "He's a decent guy compared to the guy we met before." Hiei then went back to eating his ice cream.

"Why do I feel like we are missing something?" Keiji asked.

Kaiya rubbed his head. "Don't worry about it. Point is, Maya is dating a guy named Kiense and it's a good thing."

"We should probably head out," Hiei said. "It's getting late and your grandmother wanted us home by dinnertime."

"Yeah, we should get back before it gets too dark to see where we're going," Kaiya responded. "Let's go you guys."


The next night, the rest of the group made it to Kaiya's family's home.

"Okay, who's going to knock?" Kuwabara asked.

"This isn't rocket science, baka," Mika snapped.

"Just knock on the damn door so we can get this over with!" Yusuke yelled.

"Shut up," Suki said. "You're being too loud. Someone probably already heard you."

"Screw this," Mika said knocking on the door. Mayonaka answered the door.

"Hey, you guys," she said quietly. "Kaiya is watching TV with our cousins and Hiei. Come on in."

Mayonaka stepped back and let the others into the house. They all eyed her curiously but went into the living room and found Kaiya and Hiei sitting next to each other with two young children resting on both their laps. Hiei turned to look at them when he sensed their energy. Kaiya then looked over to Hiei and saw he was staring behind them. She, too, looked back and almost gasped when she saw all of her friends standing there. Kaiya got up but was careful to not wake Kata. Hiei did his best not to wake Keiji and then walked over to their friends with Kaiya.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kaiya asked in a whisper.

"Hiei texted me from your phone saying Mayonaka was here and that we should come," Yusuke answered, also in a whisper.

Kaiya looked over to Hiei. "You did what?" she whisper/yelled. She turned back to their friends. "How did any of you afford tickets?"

"Well, we convinced the girls to use their powers to help stow away on the plane," Touya answered.

Kaiya shook her head and then eyed every one of her friends, including Hiei. "You guys are all crazy. Why didn't you just ask Koenma to send you here?"

Yusuke looked up to the ceiling in thought with his hand under his chin. "I guess we could have done that since I'm a spirit detective again. It would have been more legal."

"More legal?" Kaiya said. "It would have been fully legal."

Kaiya's grandmother walked into the living room and saw six new people standing there. "More friends of yours, Kaiya?"

Kaiya smiled sheepishly and nodded a few times. "Yeah, they all decided to surprise me."

"Well, then we'll have to find places for them too. You're sharing a room with Mayonaka, right?"

Kaiya twitched, but then nodded. "And your friend, Hiei, will be in the other guest room. I guess another guy could go in there."

"Um, ma'am," Kuwabara interjected, "Hiei is kinda a loner and probably won't share a room." Unless it's with Kaiya, he added mentally.

"Oh, well, then let's see. The other two girls could sleep on an air mattress down here in the living room with two boys on the two couches and then another boy could sleep on the couch in the sun room and one can stay on the smaller air mattress in the computer room. I'll let you all figure out who's sleeping where."

"What about Kata and Keiji?" Kaiya asked.

"Their parents are coming to get them in a few minutes, so they won't be staying here tonight."

Kaiya nodded and then excused herself to go to bed. It was really late and she was too tired to keep her eyes opened anymore. She went upstairs and got into bed, but she left her door opened and could hear Yusuke and Kuwabara fighting over who was sleeping where. Kaiya smiled knowing all of her friends were there and, as she drifted off, she heard the door closed and felt someone snake their arms around her waist.

"Hey," Kaiya said in a sleepy giggle.

"I didn't think they would all come," Hiei said.

Kaiya shook her head. "Doesn't matter. What matters is that we are all together. I do wish Kurama were here though. I wonder how he's doing."

"The fox will be fine," Hiei said attempting to chase her worries away. "He's one of the strongest demons alive, and due to his reputation no one will want to mess with him. Trust me."

"If you say so," Kaiya said before the couple fell asleep.


"Where is he?" Kurama growled. His cold, gold eyes were staring into fearful, blue eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about," a male, wolf demon said.

"I can sense his energy and I know he's alive. You know who I am right?" The wolf nodded. "Then tell me where Kuronue is, this instant, before I lose my temper."

"Fine, fine. I'll take you to him," the wolf said in a panic. "Just calm down and follow me."

Kurama was led to a room that was filled with tables. It looked almost like a busy restaurant, but Kurama knew better. This was a hideout where thieves came to in order to avoid being captured. Kurama was led into a room in the back where thieves could make business arrangements, but there were also rooms to the side where travelers could rest. "He's in the first room. He hasn't come out in days though." With that, the wolf demon left Kurama to finish what he came there to do.

Kurama knocked on the door, but received no answer. He then opened the door and saw Kuronue lying on the bed. He looked pretty banged up, but seeing as the last time he had seen him he had been skewered by bamboo rods, this was nothing. Kuronue groaned as the light was flicked on. "I told you that no one is to bother me until I-" Kuronue stopped talking when he looked up and saw who was at the door. "Youko?" he asked trying to recover from shock. "You can't be…I mean I heard you were…what I mean to say is that I thought you were-"

"I escaped," Kurama said. "I thought you were dead, Kuronue."

"Honestly, old friend, so did I."

"We have a lot to catch up on," Kurama said. "I should probably go first though."

The two spent the rest of the night catching up on the last twenty years of Kurama's life as Shuichi Minamino and then what both of them did the last three-hundred years where Kurama thought Kuronue was dead.

"Wow, and to think you grew to love the humans we always hated," Kuronue chuckled at the irony.

"They are a lot different than we could have ever imagined them to be," Kurama answered. "You would probably get along with the friends I have made."

"I bet I would," Kuronue said. "So does that mean you're inviting me to come with you to the Ningenkai?"

Kurama smiled and changed back to his human form. "That is exactly what I'm doing. Once we find a portal that is."

"Then let's get going," Kuronue said. "I could use an adventure."


Kaiya was sitting down in her grandmother's garden reading a book. The sky grew dark and it started to rain. She felt a chill but not because of the rain. She walked around the house and saw a tall man with blondish hair standing in front of the door.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. He turned and smiled cruelly at her. Kaiya gasped and let her guard down long enough for the man to attack her from behind. He used electricity to attack her. She screamed out in agony, fell to the ground, and was left to die.

Kaiya was screaming loudly and started fighting Hiei who was trying to wake her up. Yusuke and Mayonaka came into the room and saw the scene. Mayonaka closed the door and went to go make sure her grandparents weren't awake. She had no idea what she would say if they woke up hearing Kaiya scream.

"Wake up, Kaiya!" Hiei yelled. "Everything is okay! It was just a nightmare!"

Kaiya finally woke up and gasped for air. "W-Where am I?" she asked unaware if her surroundings in the pitch-black room. She looked at Hiei and then at Yusuke. "What are you guys doing in here?"

Hiei sighed and then gave Yusuke a look to dismiss him. Yusuke left the room and closed the door while Hiei took Kaiya in his arms. "We are at your grandparents' house and the two of us are sharing a room since Mayonaka is in the other room. Do you remember any of this?"

Kaiya thought for a minute, then nodded and looked at Hiei. She looked so panicked and weakly said, "I'm sorry."

Hiei closed his eyes and sighed before looking back at her. "For what?"

"Waking you."

Hiei ran his hand through Kaiya's hair and leaned in so their foreheads were touching. "You're being ridiculous, Kaiya. It doesn't matter to me. What does matter is that you were screaming in your sleep. What happened?"

Kaiya took in a deep breath and released. She looked into Hiei's eyes and told him, "Ever since that dream we both had during the whole Kiense thing, I have been having strange dreams and sometimes space out in class seeing something that's not real, like a fight or a training session. These…visions...have been coming more and more frequently and it's getting to me."

"Lower your defense and let me into your mind," Hiei ordered. "I want to see if I can figure out what's going on." Kaiya nodded and did what Hiei said. After a few minutes of silence, Hiei finally spoke up. "When we shared that dream, a part of your mind, a part that regular humans don't have access to, was opened allowing you to see things that normal humans can't."

Kaiya moved away from him and had an "A-HA" moment. "I know what you're talking about. My mom used to talk about it. Children are capable of seeing apparitions or having déjà vu-like dreams because they have more of an open mind; but as they grow older, their minds are filled with other information and any capabilities they have leave them."

"Pretty much," Hiei replied. "I didn't expect you to know that. Humans aren't that quick on the uptake."

Kaiya playfully hit his shoulder. "Shut up. Besides, I'm obviously not a normal human if I can do this." Kaiya lit her flame and juggled it in her hands before she made it disappear. "Don't you agree?"

Hiei chuckled. "Why is it that you are acting so playful all of a sudden?"

"Honestly, I don't know. Sometimes after I get these visions I act as if I had a ton of caffeine. Then I sometimes pass out from exhaustion. Go fig…ga" Kaiya passed out on Hiei's lap and he just shook his head at the ridiculousness of the situation.

"Goodnight, Kaiya."


"Mother, are you home?" Kurama asked as he and Kuronue entered his home. He found his mother in the kitchen cooking lunch.

"Shuichi? I'm surprised to see you. I thought you went to visit Kaiya with the rest of your friends," she said with a smile. "Oh, and who is this?"

Kurama motioned to Kuronue (who somehow managed to hide his wings from sight). "This is an old friend of mine. His name is Kuronue."

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Kuronue. Anyway Shuichi, are you planning on going to…hm, they didn't mention where Kaiya was."

"I didn't know they were planning on seeing Kaiya," Kurama answered. "I'll give them a call. We'll be up in my room, mother."

"Alright. I'll call you down once lunch is ready."

Kurama smiled as he and Kuronue went upstairs to Kurama's room. Kurama shut the door behind them and then went to his phone and dialed Yusuke's number. He put the phone on speaker.

"Hello?" came a groggy voice on the other end.

"Yusuke?"

"Oh, hey Kurama. You know it's the middle of the night here, right?"

"Why did you go to America? Was Kaiya in trouble?"

"Mayonaka is here. Something about their mother wanting them to work on their differences. Hiei didn't like it. He had followed her here for some other reason. We all got here by stowing away on a plane. You back from Demon World yet?"

"Yes, I just got back." He looked over at Kuronue. "And I have a friend with me."

"Hey, that's great! So you found him?"

"Yusuke, what the hell? We are trying to sleep!"

"Was that Mika?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah, she's so not a morning person. Anyway, you guys planning on joining us? It'll be fun. We could use a vacation."

"We'll be there as soon as we can." Kurama hung up the phone. "Care to use our skills to stow away on a plane."

"I have no idea what a plane is, but I could always use the practice," Kuronue replied.

"Then let's go."