Love for Kurama Part 4: A Demon Subdued and Secrets Revealed

Hiei sprang into action and tried swinging his sword at the demon, who blocked it easily with a muscular arm.

"Hn, pitiful that an A-class can't even lay a scratch on me."
"I'll do more than that. I'll rip off your head for insulting me."
"Just go ahead and try."

Yusuke smirked and made a gesture to perform his Spirit Gun.

"How about this instead? Spirit Gun!"

A beam of energy shot out at the demon, damaging his torso. He glared angrily at Yusuke and summoned his own demonic energy.

"You pitiful human! How dare you!"
"Funny, I should say the same thing about you. How dare you try and think you can mess with Raizen's heir."

The demon's eyes widened as Yusuke revealed who he was related to. I smirked at the fear appearing on his face.

"Raizen?"
"Yeah, that's right. Now you'll get to see what happens when you mess with me. Kuwabara, wanna lend a hand?"
"Heh, thought you'd never ask, Urameshi."

While they kept the demon busy, I proceeded to untying Rin, who had yet to say another word after being slapped. She tried to struggle since she still couldn't see what was going on, but I calmly put my hands on her shoulders in an attempt to reassure her.

"Rin, it's just me, Shuichi."
"S-Shuichi?"
"Yes. My friends are taking care of the one that abducted you."
"He's tough. Can they handle him?"
"You seemed to be able to to make him scream like that."
"Oh, you heard that?"
"Shortly after arriving."
"I'll explain when this ordeal is over, but not now. I want to get out of here first."
"Agreed."

Hiei smirked as he stood over the demon, sword raised.

"Hn. Now who's the pathetic one? For trying to make fools out of us, perish."

Rin flinched as she heard the sword hit its target. I kept my hands on her shoulders to let her know I was still there. After Hiei took care of the demon, he used his fire power to burn him until there was nothing left. Yusuke knelt beside me and examined the mark on Rin's face.
"Eh,just a small bruise. Nothing some healing power won't fix. Let's take her to Genkai's. I have a feeling we have some explaining to do."
"Agreed."

Rin's POV:
I felt myself being led outside, and my blindfold was removed. I squinted at the sudden light, then my eyes quickly adjusted. Shuichi was standing beside three people I didn't recognize, but Shuichi's smile reassured me that these were the friends that helped him.

"Rin, these are my friends Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Hiei. Guys, this is my friend and classmate, Rin."

I shyly smiled and bowed.

"Thank you so much for helping me. I owe you big time."

Yusuke smirked and waved it off.

"Eh, no big deal. We do this stuff all the time. Feel up for a roadtrip?"
"Roadtrip?"
"Yeah. An old teacher of mine has a temple in the wilderness. She may be able to answer your questions about what happened here today."
"I guess that'd be okay. I don't think I have anything else to do today."
"Cool. Well, let's head to the train station and get going."

After purchasing food and tickets, we were soon on a train for the wilderness. Hiei sat beside me by the window and looked out at the scenery as it zoomed by. He saw me looking and narrowed his eyes.

"Got something to say?"
"Just curious about that wrap around your forehead, that's all."
"Hn, what about it?"
"Is it that gruesome that you don't want it to be seen?"

Hiei smirked and motioned to remove it.

"To some, it is. Do you think you can handle it?"
"If I can handle what happened today, I think I can survive this one."
"Hn, your call."

He carefully removed it and I gasped as a third eye opened.

"Amazing. What does it do?"
"Let's just say it's an excellent tracker and enhances my abilities. Speaking of which, what did you do to make that guy scream?"

Kuwabara nodded in agreement, just as curious as to what happened.

"Yeah. I've been thinking about that, too. What'd you do to him, anyway?"
"Look out the window and take a good look at that lake."

I concentrated on the lake, thinking of it creating huge waves. Kuwabara's eyes widened as waves began to form on the water.

"Whoa, and it's not even windy."

Shuchi smiled and looked at the sight before us.

"Amazing. So, you have psychic abilities?"
"Yes. I've had them since I was a kid. No one knew about this part of me because I never told anyone, not even my own family. I didn't want to tell anyone and end up being branded a 'freak' or a 'monster'. After all, people tend to shun things that are different."

Yusuke nodded and returned his gaze to the scenery.

"People do tend to do that,but mostly out of fear."

I bowed and excused myself, going to find the dining car to get something else to eat. Shuichi decided to tag along. We sat down after purchasing chocolate muffins, and Shuichi put a hand on mine.

"I understand how you must've been feeling, hiding your abilities. It certainly does explain your shyness. You just wanted to fit in, live a normal life."
"Exactly. Well with what happened today, my life is now everything but normal."
"I also have been keeping secrets from you, Rin. My name isn't really Shuichi."
"It isn't?"

Kurama's POV:
After explaining my life as a demon and how my soul was transferred into a human baby, Rin remained speechless. I can only guess that all of the information I gave her stunned her a little. She soon regained her composure and smiled at me.

"So, what do I call you?"
"Shuichi either at school or in my home, but Kurama otherwise."
"It'll take some time to get used to it, but I think I can handle it."

Soon, the train stopped and we all walked the long journey up the steps that led to Genkai's temple. After getting there, we saw Genkai was waiting at the front door. She smirked as soon as she saw us.

"So, this is the human with psychic abilities, eh?"
"Yes, Master Genkai."
"To hold off a C-class demon with no prior fighting experience is something rare, indeed. Come on in. I just made some tea."

That's a wrap for part 4. After rescuing the abducted Rin, Kurama reveals his identity while she reveals she has psychic abilities. Part 5 will begin in Rin's POV as she and Genkai have a talk about her abilities. Also in part 5, after seeing Rin test her abilities against Genkai, Yoko comes out to test his own abilities against the young psychic. Stay tuned to see what happens