"Excuse me you're going to be doing what?" Kurama and Hiei sighed simultaneously. Raven was not looking happy, her arms crossed in front of her chest. Next to her the young, very petite blond girl looked nervous. She looked visibly unhappy, which Hiei had noticed as well. Her mannerisms were more relaxed then Raven's, yet Hiei had learned how to read them over the time he had known her. Kurama's attention was focused on Raven, her face contorting in anger.

"Sister we told you. We're going to be entering the Dark Tournament with Yusuke and the idiot. I don't see why that is such a hard thing for you to grasp."

"You're both going to be in so much danger! Momo, say something! Say anything!" Momiji looked at both boys, and then Raven. She looked at Raven long and hard, thinking.

"I know you're both going to be in danger. But I know neither of you would do this without a reason. So, I'll go with both of you and watch. Are you in or out Ray?" Her voice tinkled like a small bell, her voice so light it was difficult to hear some words.

"I can't go to all of it. I have Teen Titan duties. I'm needed."

"You can just come on the days we actually fight Ray it isn't a big deal." Hiei smiled slightly at her but Kurama did not look as happy. He had hoped she would go with them.

"I supposed I could go. Will you tell me what days Hiei?"

"Of course I would stupid. I don't want you to miss me kicking ass." She smiled.

"We'll see just how much ass you'll kick. I've been kicking you ass since you were seven."

"I was going easy on you. You're my sister after all and that was just kid stuff."

"If you remember I was also going easy on you. I'm not right hand dominant remember?" He smiled up at her. Momiji noticed that Kurama seemed very distant as they sat in his living room. She smiled up at him.

"Everything alright?" She asked shyly as Hiei and Raven continued bantering.

"Yes I'm alright. I was just hoping she was going to more of it."

"She won't be able to stay away. She'll be there." He smiled.

"She will stay away. I can't imagine her liking carnage."

"She is talking about how she used to fight her own brother."

"I gave you the biggest bloody nose of your life you little brat! You were bleeding in the most epic and profuse way I've ever seen!"

"On second thought…" Momiji laughed at Kurama and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Don't die okay?" She was watching them before they left, but mostly looking at him. She pushed some of his hair behind his ear. He smiled down at her.

"If you cheer me on at all my matches then you won't have to worry. I'll make sure not to die just for you." She gave him a small smile.

"I promise I'll be there for all of them. And Hiei's too." He smiled.

"You won't have to worry too much about either of us I'm sure."

"Please you two flatter yourselves. Hiei is too cocky for his own good and you take too long to figure out the other person's weaknesses, making you the most injured."

"Assessed our weaknesses? Perhaps you should be our backup fighter."

"If it comes down to it you can count on me." He gently grabbed her hand. She looked very worried, more so than normal with those two. The other couple, Hiei and Momiji were doing about the same but without touching. He was pretty much trying to not tell her she was stupid for worrying. Words were not either of their forte, unlike Kurama and Raven. Raven gently touched his face.

"If you die I'll figure out a way to bring you back just so I can beat the living hell out of you."

"That's a promise." As they left on the boat, Momiji got a devilish grin as she looked at Raven. She cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted with all her power.

"Kurama you better come back alive because Raven says she wants to make some beautiful babies with you!" He smiled and waved, yelling back, "Now I'm going to have to single handedly beat everyone in the tournament!" Raven turned a scarlet color, looking down at the little imp of a girl.

"You really are perfect for my brother after all."

"I just thought I'd help you out. I know you can't show much emotion but anyone with eyes can see the sexual tension between you two."

"There is no sexual tension of any kind. You are deluding yourself."

"No I most certainly am not. You are."

"You are here already?" Hiei looked at his sister as Kurama stepped into the ring. She slowly took her hood off. She looked at Kurama's back long and hard, hoping he knew she was there.

"I promised him I wouldn't miss a single fight of his or yours."

"Getting rather attached?" He snickered.

"Be quiet. I just like him is all. He's a good friend."

"Momiji wasn't joking when she said you wanted to get with him. Keep it in you pants."

"I do not think of him like that." Momiji laughed, her normal innocent laugh behind them. He was in the ring with some very ugly demon named Roto, and they were about to commence. She was so nervous for him but she suppressed it, knowing he could handle it. She hoped. She knew his weaknesses, and she worried that many of the demons could exploit them.

Don't die okay?

Don't worry I'll be perfectly fine. And we can make some beautiful babies.

A joker till the end. Please just stay safe.

Of course. Don't worry.

She couldn't help but worry. The demon was talking, and she couldn't hear what exactly. She walked closer, trying to hear. Then she realized that the demon was threatening his mother. Out of all things he picked, it was that. She could feel his anger from where she stood, but she also felt so much anger she could have exploded. The ground underneath her began to shake, and she looked at whoever was touching her.

"Control Ray." Hiei looked at her cautiously.

"They're using his mother. Out of all the dirty low life tricks they could pull." She cringed as the demon punched and pummeled Kurama. She wanted to interject. She wanted to kill that demon. She noticed he had thrown a pebble at him, hoping that was part of his plan. She was having a difficult time controlling her anger.

"You should get down and clean my boots. Then I'm going to decapitate you."

"If you dare do that, even for your mother Shuichi I swear to God I will end you!" Her anger flared, darkness swirling around her. Even Hiei could not calm her.

"No I refuse. Go ahead press the button."

"See you're no better than the rest of us! You can look down on me all you want but in the end all you think about is yourself." No you insolent demon he is more caring than you could ever be even with thousands of years of practice. She couldn't help but seethe.

"Push it!"

"I will!" He reached down to push it but he froze. A plant grew out of him, causing him to fall dead. Kurama smiled. She knew then what the pebble was, merely a distraction. He had used the Death Plant and she couldn't help but smile. He quickly stepped down and smiled at her.

"See? Piece of cake."

"Let me heal your lip. I have some medicine with me." She reached up to touch it and it instantly healed. She gasped, confused.

"I guess you do have some ice apparition in you after all." He smiled down at her.

"Nothing I was conscious of that's for sure. Or able to control."

"Well thank you anyways." She smiled up at him.

"Glad you killed him. It was pretty awesome when he asked if you believed in mercy and you said no. Then it ripped him apart! I was so happy you kicked his ass. I was so angry I thought I might explode the whole arena."

"I'm glad you were so concerned for me."

"Well if I remember correctly I do need someone to 'make beautiful babies with.'