It could've been hours, maybe even minutes later when the others appeared.

She was collapsed near a big oak tree, clutching tightly at her arm and then, cool delicate hands reached out to her heated skin. Flinching back, the fire demoness moved away. "Don't touch me!"

"Kya!"Hina shouted out.

The dark-haired female's red eyes moved to look at her concerned cousin…or was it her aunt? Blinking harshly through her blurred vision, she tried to figure out which it was.

"I'm doing this whether or not you want me to!" It was Hina. There were times when the Kuwabara temper would show itself. Kya bared her fangs and growled as though she were some trapped animal and managed to sit herself up while snarling, "No!"

Hina's own red eyes narrowed dangerously. She was very ready to force her cousin if she had no other choice and then something hit the fire maiden in the back of the head, effectively knocking her out. Her small body fell back into the waiting arms.

Shocked silence filled the next few moments as everyone stared at none other than Hiei, who now sat with Kya's head in his lap. His eyes remained on her for a brief time before he lifted his head to look up at Hina. "If you're going to do something, now would be the time."

Snapping to, the ice maiden bit her lip as she nervously knelt beside her cousin and gently, she took ahold of the injured arm and let her healing powers seep out.

Kurama and Hanako then knelt beside her as Yusuke and Kuwabara stood back a bit with all except for Yoko, who had silently moved to stand just to the side, a little behind, Hiei, only to look down at the fallen female's unconscious form. There was an unreadable, almost dark expression on his face; his eyes were intensely staring at her temporarily resting face.

Rain was starting to pour down.

Slowly, Hanako placed a hand on the panting ice maiden's shoulder. "You don't have to over exert yourself. We can take her back to the shrine, Yukina could take a-"

"But-"

"-not to mention, there are still us foxes, y'know?"She finished with a small wink and smile. "It's the Darkness Flame. You can't expect to heal it on your own. Besides, if we stay here any longer, we just might get sick ourselves."Hanako had quietly spoken to Hina, who gave in with a grumbled "Fine."

Hiei then gathered his future child into his arms with an uncharacteristic gentleness, and then sped off. The others quickly following.

"Yoko?" Hanako looked up at her older brother with a frown.

His eyes snapped to hers.

"Aren't you coming?" she asked worriedly.

He gave a curt nod and jumped into the trees, leaving a worried sister to follow.

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Kya groaned, growling curses under her breath as she lifted her hand to the back of her head where she felt the dull throbbing aftereffects of being knocked out.

"Finally awake, I see."

Frowning, she slowly turned her head towards the voice.

It was Kurama; he was sitting in a chair with his legs crossed and a book in his hand. He was smiling pleasantly enough.

Gulping, she tried to push herself up when the Spirit Fox sighed. "I wouldn't."

"What?!" she snapped, realizing how dry her mouth was.

"…I wouldn't try to sit up just yet." He smiled at her.

Scowling, she decided to not take his advice and when she looked down, her eyes flew wide and she quickly grabbed the blankets around her. "Where the hell are my clothes?!"

The redhead was toying with a bookmarker in his right hand as his eyes stayed focused on the page he was reading. "Being washed."

Her eyebrows ticked. "Then what the hell am I supposed to wear in the mean time?"

Before she got an answer, the door opened and Hiei slipped into the room, Kurama stood at that and snapped his book shut with a muttered. "Excuse me."

Hiei glared at the fox, but Kurama just pretended not to notice as he exited the room, leaving the two murderous Jaganshi's behind.

Twitching, Hiei turned to frown at the girl, who was glaring up at him…again. He seriously felt like burning down more than just a few things out of frustration, but somehow maintained control as he threw a bag at her head, half hoping it would hit.

Naturally, she dodged. It hit the wall behind her with a small 'whap' and landed on the bed gently.

Only partially relieved, Hiei closed his eyes, restraining from sighing as a still glaring and now suspicious Kya reached behind her to grab the bag since she was curious about what exactly was packed inside.

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"Dammit!" she cursed through clenched teeth. "Fucking bastards!" Oh someone was going to pay. BIG time! She was forced to wear a red tank top, black knee highs and a short black skirt, of all things! A SKIRT!

Annoyed and pissed off, the female Jaganshi made her way through the temple, towards the others. She kept pulling at the hem of the skirt, hoping it would magically lengthen. She soon stomped into the room they had decided to congregate in. She slammed the door open out of pure anger.

Everyone turned to face her.

"Which…moronic….idiot….picked this out?!" She hissed; her eyes burning red, matching the tank.

The guys stared at her with mouths agape.

"K-Kya? Is…is that you?" S'ke stuttered.

The addressed twitched. "Who the hell else would it be?!"

"Oh, my!" Botan squealed. "You are SO CUTE!!"

Kya's eyebrow ticked. "Which one of you conniving winches picked this out?!"

"We all did, kid." Shizuru answered after a puff of her cigarette.

Kya couldn't help but give the female Kuwabara an incredulous look, but quickly roused herself. "And how do you expect me to train wearing this?!"

"Well…think of it this way," Keiko actually smirked, "if you do happen to get in a fight then you'll have less to lose."

Kya just stared at the brunette, almost horrified. 'Did…did she just..?'

Some of the guy's choked at those words.

The fire maiden leaned against the wooden frame of the door, her hand going to her forehead where the black cloth hid the Jagan.

"And we thought it wouldn't hurt for you to wear a little color. Too much black isn't a good thing, even for Hiei." Botan voiced out.

Kya sighed. "The red is pointless when my eyes are blue, which would be the same if my eyes were red and my shirt blue."

She was actually stared at.

"Then…keep your eyes red." S'ke spoke out.

"And waste my Spirit Energy?!"

He shrugged. "Why not? You just have to stay annoyed, at least."

Her brow ticked and she glared at him.

"See?" He grinned.

About to nastily retort, she suddenly gave a gasp and gripped at her right arm. Cursing some more, she turned abruptly to them. "How long was I out this time?"

"Two days." Hanako answered, returning to her chess game with S'ke…who was badly losing.

"T-two days?" She spluttered out, then something sort of hit her and she looked down at her arm, it wasn't bandaged, which showed off the dragon twirling her arm, and it…she gritted her teeth.

"Before you get too angry with Hina, you should know that we all helped heal your arm." Yoko spoke from behind her, making her give a start and turn to face him.

"Why the he-"

But Yoko interrupted her by whispering softly in her ear as he passed her. "Maybe you should ask your father."

Her red eyes widened as she froze at his words. "Why…what would he have to do with it?" She managed to voice out. She sounded more desperate than anything.

Slowly, the white fox turned back to her. 'Like I said, 'ask your father.'

Quickly, she looked away from him, her eyes more bright than normal. And then two little bodies flung themselves at her.

"Kya's awake!!" Koen smiled happily, having jumped on her back while Koeta hugged her legs form the side. "Finally!"

"Uhh…"Kya blinked from one to the other, and then sighed softly.

"Kya?" They chimed.

"Yes?" She asked, distractedly.

"You look pretty!" Koeta grinned.

She swallowed a lump in her throat and looked away.

"Most people say 'thank you' to a complement." Yoko stated as he walked away.

Kya's brows knitted as she watched his stiff back and then pulled the monkey named Koen from her shoulders to the floor.

"Hey! Hey! Kya, make us something!"

She blinked at them. "Haven't you eaten already?"

They glanced at each other. "…Yeah."

"Then…no…"

They pouted, making her brow tick. "I said 'no!'"

"Why not?!" They asked in unison.

"Uht…be-cause….I need a shower!" She blurted out, the twins blinked at her, but then she was quickly gone from sight.

"O-kay." The others sweatdropped.

Yoko closed his eyes just as the pair of mismatched gendered twins went to him. "Kya's not mad at us, is she?"

Before the male fox could muster up an answer, Botan suddenly threw herself at them with tears in her eyes. "No, of course not! Why on Earth would she be mad at you adorable things?!"

"That's right!!" Koenma popped up just as suddenly, and just as teary-eyed.

"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM, PACIFER-BREATH?!" Yusuke shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the Spirit World Prince.

"DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT!!" Kuwabara shouted in unison with Yusuke.

"Sheesh. You two are always so noisy. I used the door, of course." Koenma answered.

"LIKE HELL YOU DID!!" They shouted at the same time.

Yusuke continued. "WHERE I COME FROM, RANDOMLY POPPING OUT OF THIN AIR IS NOT USING THE DOOR!!"

Koenma sighed. "No need to get all technical, geez."

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Kya was leaning against the closed door with furrowed brows and tightly shut her eyes. 'What's wrong with that fox, now?' She thought to herself as she let out a deep breath and opened her sapphire eyes to frown at the mirror above the sink. She saw her arm and experimentally flexed it. 'Why do they care so much? What's so special about….me?' She wondered, then decided to let the thoughts go for the moment and stripped of her clothing to step into scalding hot water that was just right for any fire apparition.

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"Anyway, Koenma," Kurama sighed after the yelling was finished. "what are you doing here?" The Spirit Foxes nerves were basically fried and even his patience was starting to run thin. Maybe it was just because of the extra amount of homework, or the fact that his future children were here, or because of the unstable unsteady relationship of the two Jaganshi's, or the fact that everyone was constantly gathered together in one place or maybe it was because he had helped heal the stubborn female fire demon, who was obviously displeased about that simple fact, or maybe it was everything combined together in one giant big piled up massive headache? Either way, he wanted answers and he was going to get them one way or another.

"Err…" Koenma nervously backed away from the steaming redhead. "W-well, I just wanted to check up on everyone's…progress…"

Kurama sternly stared at the Prince.

"Err…" Koenma nervously tugged at his shirt collar. "I heard there was another run-in with Takaru."

"Yes." Hina sighed. "And Kya used the Darkness Flame…again."

"Ah." The Prince gulped. "I see."

"Speaking of which," Yusuke started, "What are we going to do about him?"

"Well, that's…he's not really ours to take care of…"

"WHAT?!" Yusuke and Kuwabara shouted.

"Daddy's right!" Koen suddenly defended before anyone could jump in. "Takaru is Kya's to take care of!"

The Spirit Detectives stared at him, and then glanced at each other.

"Hey, um…kid…" Yusuke crouched down. "Could you tell us about Kya's Mom?"

"NO!" He shouted as he and his sister ran to their older brother.

"Damned brat." Yusuke grumbled.