The Plan
The boys ran in search of you but saw their mother instead and ran to her tears streaming down their faces. She glared up at the three that came in after them "What did you do?"
"Nothing…" she looked at the young ones.
"What's wrong baby?" she picked up Kiba and he calmed a little bit. You reached for Shinji and turned towards the door as the roar was heard by everyone and the boys shivered.
"Mommy…that was scary…"
"What…" Shuichii started but didn't finish as you thrust Shinji into your brother's arms and raced to the door. He reached out for you but you dodged him with unnatural speed and he was stunned as you wrenched the door open.
You dashed out of the house into the yard but there was nothing there. You looked up and to the sides but saw nothing. You were positive that was your brother only two other people could ever have roared as loud as he did and not hurt your ears and one of them was dead. Ritsu followed you but you pushed him back "Don't touch me…." you hissed. The others rushed outside as you glared at Ritsu. You started off and Dai called out your name.
"I need to do something….leave it be Dai" you said and continued stalking off. You needed to get to him and fast you needed to talk to him. "UGH!" you yelled and started running down the street at an unnatural speed.
Shuichii who had followed you stopped as you disappeared "What…" Dai walked up behind him and sighed while saying as he walked past Shuichii.
"The whole word will know if she doesn't stop doing stupid shit like that." he kept walking until he was out of his sight and then disappeared out of sight. Shuichii turned back towards the house and walked inside.
"Ritsu….What are they?"
"What do you mean?" he asked non-chalantly while setting Shinji down on the counter and grabbing two popsicles out of the freezer. He gave one to Shinji and handed the other to Kiba.
"-Name- said we couldn't have a popsicle until after dinner." said Kiba watching as Shinji opened his and started eating it.
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind right now because of what happened." Ritsu said grabbing Shinji and placing him on the floor.
"They…-Name- just disappeared."
"Are you ok Shuichii?" Mitsu asked while Ritsu was looking at him with a weird expression.
"What…are they?" Ritsu ignored the question and went over to the fridge and pulled out the meat you were going to cook and started cooking it.
You stopped in the middle of the park looking around with narrowed eyes. You lost track of him and that irritated you. You had never lost somebody before; then again, he did disappear a few years ago. You sighed as started back towards your house. You didn't want to think about what kind of questions that you were going to be bombarded with. On your way back you collided with Dai.
He scowled down at you "What the hell were you thinking?"
"I wasn't. Don't yell at me I'm not in the mood."
"It was stupid."
"I know this Dai."
"What are you going to say to Shuichi?"
"I don't know, hopefully he'll leave and forget about asking me."
"I highly doubt that. You know he's very intelligent."
You sighed "I know. That's one of the thing I think is most sexy about him."
"I don't want to hear this."
"You will live I'll have to hear about yours so you can deal with me talking about it." you were both silent the rest of the way home. When you walked into the house there was chaos everywhere.
Shuichii and that blonde he's always with were sitting with Shinji and Kiba watching while Dinji and Mitsu were fighting over the remote to the TV. Ritsu was walking into the kitchen shaking his head. You and Dai stood just inside the door watching as Mitsu finally got a hold of the remote. Kiba looked up towards the door and smiled at you before getting up and rushing to hug you "-Name-."
"What is it honey?"
"Dinji said those words you told us not to say."
You saw Dai's mouth twitch while he was trying to keep from laughing at how innocently he said that. "He did…did he?" you said narrowing your eyes at Dinji.
Kiba got a serious look on his face and nodded "Yes he did. I told him you were going to be mad."
"I think you and Shinji should beat him up."
Shinji's face lit up as Kiba grinned at you "I think so to."
"Then off you go. Go beat him up."
You watched as Shinji belly flopped off the couch onto Dinji's back while Kiba rushed his legs. You saw him toss a glare your way before he face planted. You smiled at them as they wrestled on the floor they were getting stronger. It was probably time to start teaching them how to pull back. They couldn't go to school unless they knew how fragile humans were compared to their strength. You could feel Shuichii's eyes burning into the side of your face you sighed you weren't going to get away without him asking questions.
Shuichii watched as Kiba raced over to you. He had known the minute you walked through the door. He didn't know where you had gone with Dai but he was going to get some answers tonight either before he left or after Dai was asleep. He waited until the boys were wrestling around the floor before getting up and walking towards you. Mizuki had gotten up and followed him. "-Name-"
"Hello Shuichii."
He stepped back and motioned to Mizuki that was standing behind him "I would like to introduce you to Mizuki. Mizuki this is my project partner –Name- and her brother Dai."
"Hello nice to meet you." She said smiling.
"Nice to meet you as well" you said smiling back. Dai nodded but didn't say anything and that made you frown. You looked over at him but he was walking into the kitchen. Out of the corner of you eye you saw her face fall a little but she quickly hid her reaction.
You smiled to yourself. You had a plan but you would need the enlisted help of your partner. You sighed why did you always have to bother with your brother. Concocting a plan with his help meant more time you spent together and you didn't know if that was going to be a good or bad thing. "Shuichii would you mind if I talked to you?"
"Sure."
You turned to Mizuki, "You are more than welcome to go bug my brother he needs to learn better manners." She laughed at you and walked into the kitchen. "Come on we can talk in my room." You walked past him "Kiba, Shinji, don't kill Dinji. I still need him alive."
They pouted at you "But –Name-!"
"No he's gotten good at keeping my yard up." You said laughing at his expression. You continued up the stairs and into your room Shuichii following you. "Is that girl anything special to you?" You could see the surprise on his face but he nodded his head "In what way?"
"She's my younger sister."
"You wouldn't happen to know if she has a crush on anybody would you?"
"I don't know if I should tell you that."
"I already know I just wanted you on the same page as I was."
"What are you talking about?"
"Dai has a crush on her."
"Oh really?"
You nodded "I want your help."
He leaned back against your door and folded his arms over his chest while looking around your room. "What's that?"
You watched him as you answered. You knew your room wasn't anything special you wanted to paint it but needed somebody professional to do it. "I was thinking that maybe they could get together. But they would need a little push."
"Why?" he said his gaze stopping on a picture of you, Dai, and your parents. It was one of the few things that you had left of your mother that you could bring to Ningenkai. Lucky for you it was turned at an angle and he couldn't really see that in the picture that you and Dai had fox ears instead of human ones and that your father decided to be in his human form for the picture.
"My brother is an idiot and won't say anything. Not after what happened with his last lover." You casually picked up the picture and looked at it more too keep him from seeing it better than to really look at it.
Shuichii narrowed his eyes at you but you didn't see it since you were focused on the picture "What makes you think he's good enough."
"What makes you think I think your sister is good enough?" your gaze shot up to meet his with indifference.
"Touché" he straightened and walked closer to you.
"If it's not going to work out my brother won't let it get too far." You stood while setting the picture face down on the bed so he wouldn't be able to see it.
"Is that all you wanted?" he stopped when you stood frowning. He could tell you didn't want him to get a good look at that picture. You were bringing more and more questions to his mind with the way you were acting.
"Yea pretty much." you looked over to your computer there was a picture of you and Dai as your background from when you were younger you could tell the boy on the computer was Dai but the girl it was more difficult to tell it was you but you quickly shut it anyway.
"What are your plans for tomorrow?" you glanced over at him he was studying the painting you hung on the wall above your bed. It was a picture of your home in Makai. Your older brother was always painting something most of the time it was of you and your mother. You had many paintings hid on your family estate here in Nengenkai but you tried to stay away from there.
"I don't know why?"
"I thought maybe you could come over and work on the project." Kurama didn't let it show that he had seen you shut your computer he had gotten a glance at it and could tell it was the same children from the picture you had removed from view. He was going to let the questions slide by for now. Until he knew more about you he didn't want to scare you away you had only two weeks left before the project was done and he wanted to get closer to you.
"Oh. I should be able to. If I'm not at school tomorrow just give me a call when school lets out."
"Why wouldn't you be?" he kept his tone light.
"I might stay home and watch the boys while Mitsu sleeps she's been through a lot today."
"Ok" That was a plausible explanation he just wasn't sure if you were telling the truth or if were hiding something. He had seen the scratched that the woman had tried hiding.
"We can talk about it tomorrow. I'll have to sneak away from Dai."
"Why?" that didn't really surprise him but he forced it in his tone.
"He doesn't really like to let me outta his sight…I'll find a way though."
"If it's going to pose a problem…"
"Don't worry about it. He needs to learn to I'm the oldest I can take care of myself."
Dai lay in bed staring up at his ceiling when you knocked on his door after seeing out Shuichii and Mizuki. "What?" you heard him call and walked in.
"What's the matter with you?"
"He was in your room."
"So what?"
"Nobody is allowed in your room."
"Dai don't start this with me right now."
"Or what?"
"Dai...I mean it"
"Leave me alone –Name-" he turned on his side and stared out the window.
"I don't what your problem is buy you need to fix it. I haven't done anything to you. Get your head out of your ass." You slammed his door shut and walked down the stairs.
"Everything ok?"
"Yea don't worry about it." Ritsu frowned. "Shinji, Kiba bath now."
You heard them groan "But –Name-."
"No buts Shinji now go." As they trudged up the stairs you plopped down on the couch to stare up at the ceiling. It was going to be a long season; your brother was starting on his dad role. You knew that he loved you and wanted the best for you but you were getting tired of it. Hopefully you would be able to get them together so that he stayed too wrapped up in screwing Mizuki to bother who you were around. You weren't looking for anybody to mate with you had been there and done that you weren't going to go through that pain again.
You didn't know how long you lay there but when you finally got up to go upstairs the boys were fast asleep lying in the spare bedroom with Mitsu. You quietly shut the door before turning to look at your brother's door. You thought about going to talk to him but all that would happen would be an argument. You were not starting an argument with him. You walked to your bedroom and shut the door before changing.
Finding your oldest brother was one of the top missions you had at the moment and you didn't need the distraction of guilt or an argument with Dai on your mind. You picked up the picture and placed it back on your table before sliding open your window and jumping to the ground.
Kurama threw his bag on his bed before sitting down in front of his computer and booted it up before he inserted the flash drive. The conversation he had with you surprised him. He knew that Mizuki had crushed on Dai but he didn't exactly like it and it had seemed that you two had been in some sort of relationship.
Of course this was all information that Yusuke had heard from all the gossip going around about the new kids he didn't know what to make of you the first time he had saw you in class. When somebody had commented that you looked awkward with your (E/C) eyes and (H/C) hair you ignored them. When the teacher had asked questions you were the only other student in his class that was better at understanding the material than he was and it surprised him. Not many humans were as smart as he was.
From that day on he tried getting his teachers to allow him to partner with you on projects but you somehow always got away with being alone. There would always be one person that didn't want to work with you and the teachers didn't force anybody to work with you. When he had commented to one of his teachers they said you had specifically asked to work alone that you couldn't stand idiotic students.
On top of that he had students always wanting to work with him. It didn't really bother him too much until you started going to the school. When he tried getting near you to talk just to say hi and introduce himself, your brother would come out of nowhere as if he knew when a guy was getting close to you. It didn't seem to him that you were dating from the way that you would scowl at him and any touch wasn't that of a lover. Although he saw you and Dai many times fool the girls that would want to date him. They were too stupid to realize that it was all an act between you two.
He pulled up the file folder named "Project" from the flash drive you had done a lot on the project the last week and it was almost done. Much to his disappointment but this plan about getting Dai and Mizuki together was sounding more and more like a great way for him to spend time with you and maybe become your friend. He knew you had secrets, he had witnessed it earlier tonight, but so did he. He could tell Dai was pissed at you when you had gotten back but wasn't sure why.
He glanced away from his computer when there was a knock on his door "Yes?"
Mizuki walked in "Koenma is here"
"What? Why? He knows better than to come here.."
"I don't know do you want him and Botan to come up here?"
"Yes. I don't want mom overhearing anything."
"Ok. I'll be back in a few."
"Alright." He closed the window he pulled up and saw one that was labeled "Pics" he knew he shouldn't but he was curious to know who you were. He opened it and there was one picture in it a photo of a painting. The painting looked very old and you could tell it was done by a master artist. It was a picture of a woman that looked human with a fox demon and three children. He frowned over this why would you have a picture of this painting? He heard his door open and quickly closed the box and turned to greet Koenma and Botan.
"So what's up?"
"Botan reported that there was a surge of power near the park."
"Yes I was kind of tied up and couldn't go personally but I called Hiei to check it out he said that he couldn't find anything not even a scent. I gave Botan my report."
"This isn't good."
"What?"
"Do you remember that family I told you about?"
"The Yukimura?"
"Yes. I was said that they could hide their presence and hide their scent. This made others believe that they could completely erase their scent which isn't the case. You can't leave a scent that is being shielded. We use to know where the last of that family was. Since he was disowned for mating with a human woman."
"What?"
"I know it's a shocker but he was different from his brothers and sisters. Coincidently it was the oldest and the only one that could have kept the family alive."
"You've been holding back information."
"If I didn't have to tell you I wasn't going to tell anybody. This family was one of the most powerful families in Makai and if there are any survivors at all they will be hunted down for their powers."
"Tell us the story about the son that was disowned."
"His name was Daichi, he was the oldest son of Hiraku and Kasumi. There were three other son's and two daughters. He was training to take over as head of the family, one day he left Makai to come here to Ningenkai. He wanted to see what all the fuss was about, that is when he met the human woman Michiko. She had just lost her parents and was the only one left of her family. At first he was just curious about her he was use to demon females and their rough abrasiveness, not the gentleness of a human. Anybody who's curious almost always comes back if they can and he did. They eventually fell in love and when he told Hiraku his father went crazy. They fought a battle that lasted for three days, there was no sleep and no food for them until one of them won."
A knock on the door stopped the story and Kurama opened it to find his mother on the other side "Yes mother?"
"I was wondering if you and your friends wanted something to eat or drink."
He turned to Koenma and Botan "Would you like something?"
"No thank you ma'am" they said in unison.
"Mizuki and I will be down in a little bit to eat"
"Ok dear, if you change your minds just let me know." She kissed his cheek and disappeared down the stairs.
"Ok. Who won?"
"They were equally matched, but Hiraku beat his son and banished him. Daichi went back to his Michiko and she took care of him. They stayed here in Ningenkai until she became pregnant with their first son. Daichi was afraid that other demons would attack her while she was on her way to work or away from him where he couldn't protect her. So he convinced her to come back to Makai with him. After giving it some serious thought she agreed with him. There she had their first son and not long after that became pregnant again. This time with twins although she didn't know."
"How did she live through all that?" Mizuki asked
"What?"
"Having her kids without a doctor? I know that demons can have children easily in Makai but a human would need a hospital."
"They came back and forth until she had them. Her family was rich here in Ningenkai so after she had the children she convinced a close friend to help her out with keeping the estate where she lived kept up."
"How did she do that?"
"She told her friend what Daichi was. After some pleading and convincing her friend did asked. She froze all of her accounts and wrote up her will, luckily her best friend was a lawyer and she didn't need to have somebody else in on the secret. She had left everything for her kids but put it in her daughter's name."
"Why not her oldest son?"
"That is a whole other story."
"Koenma we need to know everything." Kurama said sighing.
Koenma walked over to the window and stared out into the yard "They lived quietly until their oldest son hit puberty and stuck his nose where it shouldn't have been, and they were attacked. Daichi sent his youngest son to hide Michiko and his daughter while he fought. In the attack it was said that the oldest died."
"You don't think so?"
"No I don't."
"Why?"
"Because until just recently the two survivors of the clan fled here to start a new life. When I sent you and the others to check it out I didn't know that."
"How did you find out?"
"I went to talk to the new leader; he told me that they left. He said he didn't know where they went but I don't think he told me the truth. Even if they didn't want contact the leader made a promise to Dachi before him and Michiko died. He promised them he would watch over them, I think he sent his daughter to follow them so he could keep tabs on them, make sure they were ok. I also went to see their mother's friend, luckily she's still alive. I persuaded her to talk to me. She would only tell me that they came to get money out of the frozen accounts."
"Wouldn't they need their mother alive to do that?"
"No, the friend pretty much had control of all the accounts so it wasn't a problem. I thought they would move into her family's house but I was wrong. The friend has to know more than she's letting on."
"Why?"
It was Kurama that answered "Because they would need papers stating that they lived here."
"Oh."
"So were at square one?" Koenma nodded. "How did their parents die?"
"The pack that Daichi had brought together split for some reason only known to them. Daichi and the twins fought to keep it together and Daichi ended up fatally wounded and died not long after the battle took place Michiko died with him."
"She killed herself?"
"No, they had bound their life force. So they lost two parents and had to take over the pack."
"Why both?"
"They wouldn't listen to the daughter at first, so the son had to step up and take over when he would leave his sister would take over. But the son was gone so much she basically assumed the role of leader."
"Always gone?"
"Yup. Again nobody knows why but them. Since I didn't get the memo about them leaving until a few months ago they have about a year's head start."
"A year? How are we supposed to find them?"
"That isn't my job. But anyway back to the family, I think that surge of power was the oldest son."
"Why?"
"You said it was only one demon right?"
"Yes."
"The twins would have been together, they lost their oldest brother then their parents, and they wouldn't separate from each other on top of trying to keep a low profile."
"That makes sense but, you sure that it was that family?"
"No other family, or demon, could do that."
"What exactly do you need them for?"
"We have to protect them. They are in danger."
"From who?"
"We believe it to be the brother's ex-mate, well she is at the top of the list. The one that is also at the top is their uncle. He's the last surviving relative they have."
"Oh. How do you know all of this Koenma?"
"Because Daichi personally asked me to watch over his children if he passed before they were of age according to a demon's standards. He told me about everything that's why I knew which friend to go to. I guess his Michiko didn't trust me since her friend won't tell me where they went."
"They might not have gone far."
"I think that they are close to the estate. That way if they needed something they had easy access to their mother's friend."
"That would have been the smart thing for them to do especially if they didn't know how to live in here. But it's been a year now you don't think that they would have moved?"
"Not if they got close to somebody."
"Why would they?"
"If somebody filled the empty space in them where their family should be, it wouldn't have to be a mother or father figure, it could be something as simple as a child or even a friend."
"What about school?"
"They might. If the mother's friend suggested they go to get jobs. They might have done some crash courses and then tested into a grade. They would look around your age most likely. I've been told that they are highly intelligent, both of them. Probably would never see their parents and might be reclusive, never have people over. Not unless they know about their secret. Then again they were pretty popular with the pack before the problem occurred, well the brother was the sister was content in staying in the background out of the attention of others. If they did get into a high school around here it was probably just recently maybe the last 6 months."
Mizuki gave Kurama a look and he shook his head. He knew why she gave him that look and it was looking too promising. "Well take care of it Koenma."
"Ok. Don't say anything to the other's unless you have to."
"Alright." Kurama showed them to the door and walked into the kitchen where his mother was.
"Everything alright dear?"
"Yes mother it is" he said smiling at her.
"Get Mizuki and come eat your dinner."
"Yes ma'am" He walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. "Mom says come downstairs and eat."
"What about…"
"We can discuss it later when mom is asleep."
"Alright."
You sat on the park bench that Ristu said he was at when he saw the demon and closed your eyes. You knew you wouldn't be able to find him through scent even though you were from the same family he got the full training from your father unlike you and Dai who had just been starting out. You could hide your scent but not track him the way he could track you down if he wanted to find you.
Breathing deep you let your mind expand. You rarely used this talent you had; it had come from your mother's side of the family. Apparently your mother's family had ben descendants of a priestess. You could feel the energy of Ritsu and the boys there were two other high leveled energies but you weren't too concerned with them you could tell that they weren't human energies but, they didn't feel threatening. You felt his energy it was really subtle but you had found him. Opening your eyes you smiled "Ready or not here I come brother."
You followed the energy through the park and to your house and then inside of Mitsu's house before it wrapped around to the forest. You cautiously approached the woods you weren't too sure if he was still there or had moved on through to the other side you weren't taking any chances. There were millions of trees in this area and you knew each one of them and where they were positioned as well as any other hiding space that there was. When you had first moved here you and Dai had searched the woods thoroughly making sure that you had escapes routes. You closed your eyes again and searched as far as you could take it you stiffened when something touched your back "Don't move Halfling."
You didn't move an inch you waited until he walked around to stand in of you. You opened your eyes and gasped it was him. It was your brother. You couldn't believe it tears welled up in your eyes but you fought them back. It had been so long since you had seen him Riku looked just like your father tall and muscular with long sliver hair and blood red eyes. Just like you had, you saw the surprise cross his face but he schooled it quickly and narrowed his eyes "Your either very brave or just plain stupid to follow me here."
"Who said I was following you." You forced haughtiness into your voice. It was the one thing he had hated when you were younger. He had told you it made him feel as if you were your mother.
"Nice try Halfling. I watched you from the moment you left your window over there until here." He said pointing to your house. You silently cursed you should have been paying more attention to your surroundings.
You sighed you had to start you training again if he had followed you all the way there and back without you noticing him. You were losing your touch and it's only been a year. "What are you waiting for then? If you followed me as you said, why didn't you kill me?"
"I have questions for you Halfling." He flexed his arms and looked towards your house. It was nothing special but you knew that the boys were in there with Mitsu and if you were right he wanted her.
You sighed exaggeratedly "I have a name you know." You made a pattern in the air and the wind rushed towards you. It formed a small pillow beneath you, you sat down in it. This made you look like you were floating.
"Yes I know. I just don't care." You saw his eyes go wary but he said nothing further.
"Of course you don't." you said sarcastically, and then mumbled "Why can't I ever run into a demon with manners?"
"What was that?"
You twisted your hands in a circle "I said." The earth moved at your command and you smiled "You ." you stepped away from him "are" you took another step "an" you clapped your hands together as you said the last words "arrogant bastard aren't you?" the earth tossed him before it dropped out from under his feet before he knew what happened and then closed over him "That should hold you for a little while" you smiled to yourself 'If he's going to act like he doesn't know me two can play that game.' You thought as you waited another minute before turning your back on the spot where he went down while wiping your hands on the thighs of your pants.
As you started towards your house you saw a flash of light and turned to see a little boy with a pacifier in his mouth in your path. Next to him was a blue haired girl that vaguely looked familiar to you but you couldn't place her "Damn it Botan!" the little…boy…person…baby…yelled at the girl.
"Stop yelling Koenma we are in a neighborhood."
"Anybody could have seen that!" he hissed. You saw another flash of light and in the place of the kid was a tall handsome teen you could tell it was the same person by the pacifier that he had in his mouth.
"Look you wanted to come here for whatever reason and I got you here so stop complaining."
That made him shut up and look around you were in a darker part of the shadow of Mitsu's house so you were pretty sure that he couldn't see you. "I felt a surge of power in this area. This isn't far from Kurama's house either."
"No it's not. Who house are we behind anyway?"
"I don't know."
"Do you want to call Kurama?"
"No, I think I've shocked him enough tonight. He wasn't too happy about me hold back information"
"Why did you? I understand the others but Kurama?"
"Hiei asked me to." You stilled at the mention of the short red eyed demon.
"Do you always do what you're asked?"
"No but he had a good reason."
"What was that?"
"I…" the ground rumbled and you cursed your brother was making his way back to the surface. You dropped your disguise and waited until he popped through the ground before running towards the strange pair. You forced a look of terror on your face. You saw the one with the pacifier glance over at you in shock. You ignored it, it was time for you to act like a scared little demon. Lucky for you that your hair and eyes were such a drastic change that nobody would recognize you if you ran into somebody you knew while looking like this. "Botan get the girl."
She nodded and raced over to you grabbed you around the waist and plopping you on her wooden oar before you could blink. You knew where you remembered her from now. It was a day you had longed to forget about. The day that your brother had supposedly died there was a girl with a toddler that you father had gone to meet. You were still learning how to shield your scent and followed him. Surprisingly you did it and he never knew you had followed him. Although Botan had seen you hiding in the brush and slipped away from your father and the toddler, you told her why you were there and she had kept your secret.
You watched at your brother burst out of the earth. You could tell that he was furious with you but you sat back and watched at Koenma walked up to him "Riku Yukimura you are under arrest"
You gasped and the girl looked at you "-Name-?" she said surprised you knew she hadn't gotten a good look at you before tossing you on her oar.
"Hey there Botan." You said sheepishly.
"Who's going to arrest me?"
You turned back to the toddler and your brother that didn't sound like his voice and his power shouldn't have been that demonic. "Botan tell him to get away. That's not all Riku."
"What do you mean?"
"He's a Halfling like me Botan. His aura shouldn't be that demonic."
"Koenma get away from him!" he didn't hear her and you jumped down "-Name- wait"
"I have to get him Botan, if I don't you will be looking for another toddler to take orders from." You turned and knocked him out of the way just as your brother attached. You pulled off your hair beret and it grew into a staff blocking his attack. While you were a master at the elements and hand to hand combat you older brother was good at manipulation and hand to hand. This didn't matter at the moment though; you weren't sure what his powers held now, that wasn't your brother. It might have been before but he was possessed you could tell.
"You little bitch. I will get you for burring me."
"If you were really my brother you could have avoided it. Release him!"
"Your brother is mine."
"Not if I have anything to say about it." you vaulted over him and kicked him in the back pushing him forward.
He caught himself before face planting in the dirt and laughed at you over his shoulder "You don't have anything you have to find his soul to gain his body back. I will have his children before that happens."
"Over my dead body!"
"That can be arranged my dear." He tilted his head to the side before pushing himself up "Sorry but we will have to reschedule that appointment I have other matters to attend to" he disappeared before your eyes.
Your staff returned to a beret and you placed it back in your hair as Botan rode up to you. "How have you been –Name-?"
"Great what about yourself?" while looking around. The fence between yours and Mitsu's house was still intact and the ground where your brother had popped out of it had a massive hole. You quickly fixed it.
"Who are you?" you turned from fixing the ground to see the toddler scowling at you
You turned to look at the toddler/teenager with a bored expression. "We never did meet properly did we?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You knew my father."
"I know many people."
"Yes I'm sure you do." You turned to Botan "It was good to see you again but I must return to guarding my wards." Turing you started towards Mitsu's house, you weren't going to let them know where you lived if the toddler was who you thought he was it was better for you and your brother if he didn't know where you lived.
Botan appeared in front of you "-Name- I can't let you go"
"Botan don't make me do this."
She hesitated but didn't move "Koenma had been looking for you and your brother."
"I don't know why you would need us, but I can't let you take us from where we are. I'm sorry. I have to protect my nephews and now I must find out what/who has my brother's soul. If he's alive I have to save him."
"-Name- we can help you, we have people that can help you."
"I can't trust anybody Botan. I'm sorry it is my duty to keep my family safe. Even from themselves it's the one thing father made me promise to him on his death bed." You made a pattern in the air between you "My family is more important than my own life." The air rushed at her pushing her oar up into the air.
Koenma stood off to the side watching the exchange wondering how Botan knew you and you knew her. You seemed to know who he was too but he didn't remember ever meeting you. When you started tracing patterns in the air between you and Botan he rushed forward and just as he reached you he saw Botan rise in the air and you darted under her. "Koenma stop her!" he heard Botan yell and started after you. It wasn't easy trying to keep up with you. You were fast and obviously knew the area, unlike him.
You were weaving in and out of the trees in the park when somebody joined you. He stopped a few feet away from where you had and listened "Dai what are you doing."
"What the hell is your problem sneaking out?" Dai yelled as he leaned against the cherry blossom tree where you had stopped.
"You're not my father Dai. I don't have to tell you if I'm leaving or not." You hissed between clenched teeth as you stared at anything but him. Little furry animals darted between bushes in nervousness as your temper rose.
"You do when there is a threat to you." He said calmly. You hated when he made you feel like you were two inches tall.
"The threat is for both of us not just me." You said in the same manner two could play this game.
"I'm the brother I am supposed to take care of you." He narrowed his eyes.
"I'm older I'm supposed to take care of my younger siblings. I don't care if it's mating season or not you will not do this to me. I have no intention of mating with another person." You winced as you let that last tidbit slip out, you hadn't meant to.
"What?" you heard the surprise in his voice.
"I have no intention of putting myself into that kind of situation to get hurt again." You started off away from him but he called out to you and you stopped
"-Name-…"
"Nothing you can say will change my mind. Mother and Father had a great life together before Uncle split up the pack." Koenma narrowed his eyes you couldn't be who he'd been looking for. "It took us 5 years to get it back under control. By human standards we are considered adults even though we don't look like it. Hell somebody at the grocery store asked me if I was the twin's mother. By demon standards we are still considered children. I can't stand demons and it'll be too much for most humans to understand."
"You don't give humans enough credit."
"Mom was different." You sniffed as tears gathered in your eyes. You refused to let them fall it was a weakness and you knew it. You couldn't help that you missed your parents but you couldn't let Dai see that it bothered you it would only give him more on bossing you around.
"What about Miss Shiori and the Laywer?"
Koenma's eye's widened at the mention of Kurama's mother's name. "What do you want me to say Dai?"
"I want you to have more of an open mind."
"I have one and I'm not stupid. Luckily dad married a woman that had a great personality and two women that loved her enough to try and understand what she was doing. Men aren't as understanding as women are. Anybody in their right mind wouldn't get with a demon."
"Don't talk about my mother like that."
"I love mom Dai but it's true she didn't know what was going to happen when she married dad. She wanted grandchildren and look at what happened to her. She died because uncle hated dad so much he found a way to split the pack." Dai didn't know what to say to that he knew that his mom had to be out of her mind to fall for his dad but they did have a good life with what little time that they had together and with their kids. "As long as you and the boys are happy Dai that is all I need. We need to talk about Riku."
He stiffened "Why?"
"I went to follow him tonight."
"How he shielded his scent."
"That's a whole different story. We need to get home we can talk there."
"Ok. I'll race you home."
"I'll win you know I'm faster." He shrugged and disappeared you sighed "You never learn.
Koenma decided he had to do some research. It sounded like you were who he'd been searching for and if so, he needed more information about your mother obviously she told another woman besides her friend that either your father didn't know about or he neglected to tell him about the second person. Either way if it was Kurama's mother and not some random person Kurama needed to know.
Koenma returned to Rai-kai and his office he was going to need to find out who Michiko hung out with it was going to be hard because of how many years had passed but it won't be impossible he had been keeping track of the lawyer and there was this one human she had kept in contact from her high school days that was where the gang was going to start.