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Suki: My apologies if you don't understand their jokes. -_-'


Kaiya stretched out her arms and yawned as she woke up the next morning. She found that she was alone in the guest room and got up to go find Hiei. She made it down the stairs to find all of her friends still asleep. When she walked into the kitchen, she found Hiei.

"Morning," she said happily.

Hiei smiled and nodded at her. "Sleep any better?"

"Yeah, I did. The blacking out after the visions isn't so bad…unless it happens when you're driving." He raised an eyebrow at her and stared at her waiting to hear the rest of the story. "Don't ask."

Hiei sidestepped his question with another. "So what was the vision?"

Kaiya mentally smacked herself in the head. She sighed and began to answer the question. "I was sitting outside and this guy came. I couldn't see his face. He had electric powers apparently and he shocked me and left me to die."

"Any idea who that could be?"

"Not a clue. I didn't see his face. It was too dark."

"What was too dark?" Yusuke asked.

"I thought you were still asleep," Kaiya said nervously.

"Woke up a little while ago," Yusuke replied. "Enough to know you had a vision. Is that what was going on last night?" Kaiya nodded.

"You've been having visions?" Suki asked as she and Mika joined the three in the kitchen.

"You mean like I do?" Mika asked.

"Well, I wasn't planning on any of you finding out for a while, but I guess I don't have a choice now. How about we wake everyone up before we continue this conversation?"

"What conversation?" Jin chimed in as he, Touya, and Kuwabara walked into the kitchen.

"And what was going on last night?" Kuwabara asked. "I heard you screaming all the way from upstairs, Kaiya."

"Oh God," Kaiya said face-palming herself. "I really hope I didn't wake my grandparents. I don't think they'd want to know about any of our activities."

"They don't know," Mayonaka said entering the kitchen. "Sound doesn't travel well through water, so I made a water veil around their room. They didn't hear anything."

"Did we say you can join in, Mayonaka?" Mika asked.

Mayonaka shook her head. "No, but I know what's going on and she's my sister…but I…I know you all have a problem with me and probably hate me, which I wouldn't blame you for. I just want to help."

Kaiya sighed. "Maya, you know you're my sister…my twin sister. Yes, I have problems with you, but no, I don't hate you. I don't condone what you did, but I understand why you did it. I wish you would have said something sooner so that we could have figured things out sooner, but hey...hindsight is twenty/twenty."

"Anyways, doesn't the sound just get amplified?" Kuwabara piped in. "Through water I mean. You can still hear, but you can't tell where it's coming from?"

Mayonaka shrugged. "Normally, but my power doesn't work that way."

"I think your vision last night was self-explanatory," Hiei said to bring the conversation back to the vision. "Someone is planning on attacking you while we're here and other than knowing he can control lightning, we have no possible way of knowing who he is."

"How do you know it's a 'he?'" Kuwabara asked.

"How do you think, dumbass?" Yusuke retorted. "Obviously she saw it in her vision. She said something was too dark, so I'm assuming you meant the face, right?"

Kaiya nodded. "Well, how many guys do you know with electric powers?" Suki asked.

"I see where you're going with this, but honestly, the only demon I fought like that, I killed," Yusuke said.

"Well, do you two know anyone?" Mika asked Jin and Touya.

"Nope," Jin said at the same time Touya said, "Not at all."

Everyone got quiet and the room rang with an eerie silence. A knock on the door caused almost everyone minus Jin, Touya, and Hiei to jump. Kaiya looked out the window and her jaw dropped. "No way," she whispered.

"What?" Yusuke asked, but Kaiya ignore him. She ran to the door and opened it.

"I didn't know you were coming here," Kaiya said to a man at the door when a little boy ran into her and hugged her.

"Hi, Kaiya," he mumbled into her legs.

"Hey, Keitaro," Kaiya said. "Oh, I almost forgot. Keitaro, go into the kitchen. Remember what I wrote in my letter about our sister?"

Keitaro's eyes widened as he ran into the kitchen. "Mayonaka!" he yelled as he ran over to his other sister.

"Who-?" Mayonaka started to ask as Kaiya interjected.

"Maya, this is Keitaro, our eight year old little brother and this," she motioned to the man who had just walked in, "is our father, Jiro."

"And who is everyone in here, Kaiya?" Jiro asked.

Kaiya motioned to each one of her friends. "This is Mika and Suki and Jin and Touya," she paused as she took a breath after speaking so fast, "and Yusuke and Kuwabara, and this is Hiei." She ran over to Hiei and put her hands on his shoulders with him flinching from being startled by her touch.

"Wow, did you drink coffee or something?" Yusuke asked. "You just went Suki on us."

"Hey!" Suki cried defensively.

Mika patted Suki's back. "He's right you know, but that's what makes you lovable."

"Aw, thanks," Suki said smiling.

"Are you grandparents awake?" Jiro asked Kaiya again.

"Not yet," Kaiya said. "We all kind of got up really early."

"Yes, I see. I'm going to go talk to them."

Jiro left the room and Kaiya and Mayonaka looked to each other. Kaiya knelt down in front of Keitaro. "Hey, Keitaro," Kaiya started. "Do you mind going into the sun room for a little while and playing for a bit in there while we talk for a minute?"

"Okay, Kaiya," Keitaro said leaving Kaiya and her friends to talk.

"That jerk," Kuwabara muttered. "How can he just come in here and ignore Mayonaka like that?"

"I'm not offended," Mayonaka said. "He doesn't know me and besides…"

"Besides what?" Yusuke asked.

"Detective, you are starting to lose your abilities to sense an opponent, aren't you?" Hiei scoffed.

"What do you mean?" Suki asked.

"You really didn't feel it, Suk?" Mika asked.

"Feel what?" Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Suki asked.

"Jiro was emitting a powerful energy that I've never felt around him before," Kaiya said as if she were in a daze.

"Demon or spirit?" Yusuke asked.

"Spirit, why?" Kaiya asked.

"Because I obviously didn't sense it," Yusuke muttered.

"That was really weird, Kaiya," Mayonaka said while putting her hand on Kaiya's shoulder. "He looked at all of us like…I don't know."

"Me neither, Maya," Kaiya said. She turned to Hiei. "What do you think?"

"I think it would be unwise for you to trust him, father or not."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that," Kaiya stated. "I have never trusted Jiro."

"Why do you call him by his first name?" Kuwabara asked.

"Because he was MIA for the first eight years of my life and since I met him, he's done nothing but make me miserable."

"Then why do you put up with him?" Yusuke asked.

"For Keitaro. He's my brother and he means the world to me and if I want to be able to see him, I have to play nice with Jiro and Maroko."

"Who is Maroko?" Touya asked.

"Keitaro's mother. She's not very nice and hates me with a passion, yet she always introduces me as her daughter and says it's her job to raise me and make me 'the best Kaiya she knows I can be,'" Kaiya said the last part in a mocking, high-pitched voice.

"Okay, that is the biggest load of crap I have ever heard," Mika said. "You're almost twenty and she's not your mother. Seriously, Kai-Kai, if I were you, I probably would have been so pissed by that that I would have beaten both of them."

"Do you honestly think I haven't thought about it?" Kaiya asked. "They make me so sick to my stomach half the time that I've considered, secretly of course, setting their clothes on fire and put it out just to see them flip out over something other than me being emotional or not doing as they say."

"You, setting someone on fire?" Yusuke teased. "Pfft, never going to happen."

"I would put it out before they got too hurt," Kaiya said defensively. "But you're right, Yusuke. I could never intentionally hurt them because they are my family and I wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it. Family is way too important to me. That's why I was barely able to hold my own against Maya when we first fought."

"I could use my illusions to scare them if you wanted," Suki said. "I love doing that to people."

"We know," Touya muttered quietly.

"I might just take you up on your offer, Suki," Kaiya said. "By the way, I've been meaning to ask…what the hell did you do to your hair? It looks fantastic!"

"See, Suk," Mika started, "everyone loves it, so just admit it looks good. I wish I had done that on purpose, though. I hate it when it happens by accident."

"What were you trying to do?" Touya asked.

"Dye her hair red," Mika answered.

"How red?" Jin asked.

"Kurama red," Suki responded.

There were a couple "oh's" and "oh yeah's" amongst the group.

"That's really red," Mayonaka said.

"No, duh, Sherlock," Mika grumbled in irritation.

Kaiya clapped her hands together. "Anyways...I sent an eight year old boy into a room to play for about ten minutes now, and seeing as Jiro still hasn't come down I'd like to take this opportunity to have some bonding time with all of us and my brother. What do you guys say?"

"I say lead the way," Yusuke said. "It might be fun to play with a kid who isn't trying to beat us down."

"What kids try to beat you down?" Suki asked.

"Rinku and Shura," Yusuke answered. "They're pretty strong demons for being kids and all."

"Hn, you're around Shura's level. What does that say about you?" Yusuke just shut up and glared at Hiei who smirked. "I got you there, detective."

"Yeah, Yeah. Well, I held my own against Yomi, unless you forgot."

"I didn't."

"That was an intense fight!" he exclaimed happily.

"Yeah, about that," Kaiya began, "do you mind not talking about this stuff around Keitaro…or Jiro…or my grandparents…or cousins?"

"We won't," said Yusuke, Kuwabara, Jin, and even Touya.

"Good," Kaiya said. "That's pretty much the only condition for you guys staying here."

"They're staying here too?" Keitaro said quietly as he walked up to them.

Kaiya looked over to him and nodded. "Are you?"

Keitaro shook his head. "No, we're staying at a hotel."

"Is your mom coming, kid?" Yusuke asked.

Keitaro shook his head again. "She stayed back home. This was last minute. Daddy said you were going to be here and we were going to see you, but the decision was made last minute."

"Okay, sweetie," Kaiya said. "Hey, do me a favor and go grab a book to read. We'll read it together in the living room, okay?" Keitaro smiled and nodded and went to go look for a book.

"Kai-Kai," Mika called Kaiya to attention. "This trip was decided a month ago, right?"

"Yup," Kaiya said quickly, not taking her eyes of Keitaro.

"Your father didn't know, did he?" Hiei asked.

"He wasn't supposed to know…not yet."

"Then he lied to his kid to get him here," Yusuke muttered.

"Pretty much."

"Why?" Touya asked.

"That, my friend, I have no idea." They stayed silent for a moment before Kaiya finished her thought. "But now I'm worried."


"Well, that flight took forever," Kuronue stated. "Now what?"

"Yusuke texted me the address. It's a pretty far distance from here. We'll need to catch the train."

"A train?" Kuronue asked.

Kurama smiled. "You'll see."

"Hey, Kurama…it says on that screen that it's nighttime yesterday. I know we were on the plane longer than that."

"Time difference," Kurama stated. "The time between Japan and the East Coast of America is about thirteen hours, give or take."

"Strange," Kuronue said. "It's not like that in the Makai. Just one time."

"Yes, it's quite different alright. Anyway, let's catch that train. I want to get there tonight."

"Lead the way. And tell me why your friends are so worried about Mayonaka, again. I don't think we covered that."

"No, we didn't. Mayonaka is the twin sister of one of the girls we are friends with. She started out as an enemy, but then Kaiya, our friend, wanted to accept her as part of the group seeing as they were sisters; however, Mayonaka was working against us with another enemy…a man from an alternate dimension, but who Mayonaka had feelings for in this dimension. She would have killed any of us if ordered to and she was sent to live with hers and Kaiya's mother because of certain circumstances, but mostly because we realized we couldn't trust her."

"That's crazy," Kuronue said shaking his head in disgust. "If you can't trust your family, who can you trust?"

"Your friends," Kurama said. "That's what we've learned from all of this. I just hope Mayonaka isn't causing trouble again."


A knock at the door called Kaiya away from her friends again. I hope I never hear another knock on this door again after this, she thought bitterly. When she opened the door, Kurama and a stranger were standing on the porch.

"Oh my gosh, Kurama! You're here too?" she exclaimed hugging Kurama. She let go of him and paled. "I mean Shuichi, good to see you again," she said outstretching her hand for a handshake. Kurama laughed and took her hand.

"Good to see you, too, Kaiya," he said. "I hope we didn't wake you."

"No, I was awake. We all were. My grandparents went to bed upstairs so the chances of them hearing us were slim to none, and my father left with my brother over an hour ago."

"Your father? And brother?" Kurama asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Yeah, we'll fill you in," Kaiya said, her expression becoming serious. "We have a concern. Something's off." She looked over to the stranger. "And you are?" Kaiya asked, getting a little defensive.

"This is my friend, Kuronue," Kurama said. "Remember how Marissa had transformed into an old friend and how she said if she could transform that meant the person had to be alive?"

"Yeah, and you went to Demon World to find him…and I just got it," Kaiya smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Kuronue," she said, offering her hand.

Instead of shaking her outstretched hand, he took it and kissed it. "The pleasure is all mine, miss."

Kurama coughed. "Taken," he said.

Kuronue simply smiled. "All the good ones are."

Kaiya laughed and blushed. "Yes, well, don't let my boyfriend catch you flirting with me. And FYI, all the girls you are about to meet are taken, so no funny business. We three know how to kick some ass."

"Three?" Kurama inquired. "I thought Mayonaka was here too."

"She is, but I didn't include her. I included her in the 'all girls are taken' thing though."

"So she and Kiense?" Kurama inquired.

"Are together. Anyway, don't worry about Maya. I'm sure the others told you she was here and you came running. Well, sorry to disappoint, but Maya is NOT the problem…for once."

"Then who-?" Kurama began to ask.

"My father, Jiro. Just come inside and listen."

They walked into the crowded living room. "Hey, Kurama made it," Yusuke said. "And he brought a friend."

"Yes, this is Kuronue." Kuronue just waved.

"Nice to meet you, Kuronue," Yusuke said. "Welcome to the group."

"Wow, Yusuke being formal," Mika teased. "That's a new one."

"Hey, I resent that," Yusuke said.

"I said nothing!" Mika defended.

"Okay, so what are we going to do?" Kuwabara said, calling attention to him.

"Shut up, Kuwabaka," Mika said. "We needed a distraction from this intense discussion and you know it. Kaiya was starting to get uncomfortable."

"Why?" Kuronue asked.

"Because my father is up to something and we don't know what." Did that part really need to be explained to anyone?

"Well, let's hear it from the beginning," Kurama suggested as he sat down on the floor in the circle the others formed. Kuronue joined him.

"Well…" Kaiya started. They talked about everything starting from the vision that Kaiya had to the unexpected visit and unusual coldness Jiro aimed towards his daughters ending with the fact that Jiro emitted strong spiritual energy.

"Sounds to me like he's going to be a problem," Kurama said. "But how much of a problem, I know not."

"Same," Kaiya sighed. "Anyway, let's talk about something else. How was your trip to Demon World?"

"No problems," Kurama said. "I thought finding Kuronue would have been much more difficult and would take longer than it did."

"Yeah," Kaiya said.

"So have you heard from Sui at all?" Kurama asked her.

Kaiya shook her head and looked at Mika and Suki. They also shook their heads. "Yeah, none of us have heard from her since she left," Mika said. "Not even by text."

Kurama paled. "Don't worry," Kaiya said somewhat defensively. "I heard from her mother at least so I know she's there. That's not what we were saying." Kurama relaxed. "Anyway, we think she's trying to distance herself from us. I'm sorry."

"It's fine," Kurama replied. "I guess it just wasn't meant to be."

Kaiya took his hand. "Hey, you will always be a brother in my eyes, no matter what. Besides, I always wanted an older brother to begin with."

Kurama smiled. "Thank you."

"I have no idea what any of you are talking about," Kuronue said.

"Looks like we have to explain things to the new guy," Suki said.

"Yeah," Mika agreed. "Let's get started. This can take all night."