Chapter 9

Game Master and Kuramas Pain

*Allies POV*

It has been so long since I had seen everyone. Well okay maybe not that long but long enough to the point where I missed everyone.

I even missed every one's favorite short asshole. Yes, I mean Hiei and I've noticed a change in him. He's not as cold as he was before. At least to Mina. But that's not surprising considering those two fucked.

I'm still shocked about that. When Kurama told me I was wondering if his old age was finally getting to him. He didn't like that comment from me but he didn't reprimand me for it either. I was so happy to finally see him again and Mina and hell even Yusuke.

No I haven't found out who my brother was yet but it's only a matter of time before I will. To reunite any family that I still have would be great. Mina is basically my sister. We have this saying that 'Our Moms couldn't handle us as sisters that's why God made us best friends'. You know I don't know what I believe in but I know that I was destined to meet Mina that day and become best friends with her. I was destined to find Kurama and fall in love with him and he with me. I know I am destined in life to find my brother.

I know I am also destined to avenge my father's death.

All that happiness and overbearing feeling of love left my body as we walked into the cave. It stunk of decay and death and Kurama and Hiei informed us that that was the smell of demon world. But I could smell an even worse stench.

The scent of Shinobu Sensui. The man personally responsible for the destructive of my life and taking my father from me. I could feel my fists shaking and my claws grew along with my fangs. My claws dug into my fist making me bleed and Kurama grabbed my hand to calm me down. I know I was in my demon form at the moment and I knew it was likely because of my anger. I calmed down but remained in my demon form. Kurama kissed my forehead and nodded. He knew my anger. He knew what I was feeling and I could see it in his eyes. His eyes were turning gold from him reacting to my anger. I took in a deep breath and let it out before we continued walking to catch up with the others.

"So hey Takahashi, did you miss us?" I rolled my eyes at Yusuke. Of course I did. I love California, but Japan is my home now. My mate is here, my best friend is here, and my long lost brother who I need to find and all of my other friends are here. I love Japan.

"Yeah I actually did. Even a brat like you Yusuke." I laughed and he growled

"Wanna say that to my face Takahashi!?" He looked me dead in the eye. Oh Yusuke, you never change.

"Shut it fool." Hiei hissed and Mina rolled her eyes at him.

"Shut up Hiei." She said and walked ahead of him and he went in front of her.

"MAKE ME WOMAN!"

"HIEI I WILL BURN YOU!" She yelled at him and she got into his face and then they both turned a tad pink and looked away from each other. I never thought the day would come when I would see Hiei turn pink.

"Seems the sexual frustration between them is only increasing." I whispered in Kuramas ear and I giggled softly and that received death glares from Hiei and Mina but I ignored it.

"Yes, it's almost as bad as it was with us." Kurama whispered in my ear and he light nipped my ear when no one was looking and I blushed bright red and just kept walking. I could practically hear the smirk on Kuramas face.

"Jeez Kurama not even an hour and you're already making Allie red." Mina laughed with Yusuke and I just flipped them off and kept walking. We eventually came upon a door and it looked familiar honestly. Like something out of a video game it was really weird. I looked around. Thank god Kurama has those lamp weeds. I realized I really need to start training with my demon powers. I can control a bit of nature but I haven't come close to being able to do a lot like Kurama. It actually kind of sucks actually. Anyway Seaman, or should I say Mitarai informed us that this door in front of us shouldn't even be here.

"I know I've seen this door somewhere before I just can't remember where…" Yusuke wondered and I nodded.

"I've seen it too…it's like weirdly familiar…" I mumbled and I touched the door.

"Be careful fool, we don't know what lies behind it." Hiei spat.

"I got it!" Mina jumped up and she held up a finger. "It's the gate to goblin city!"

"goblin city?" Hiei wondered annoyed. But what's new? Hiei is always annoyed or pissed off.

"It's a popular arcade game." Kurama pointed out and I nodded.

"I actually played this recently too." Yusuke and I said at the same time. We looked at each other for a moment and shook our heads. So fucking weird. It's like he is the male version of me sometimes. Anyway we knew the rules for Goblin city. We walked back, thank god for Kuramas seeds, and we grabbed Kaito and Genkai to help us with this. Despite Genkais age she's actually really good at video games and plays them frequently and I'm not surprised that Kaito plays this either.

The kid still creeps me out and he stares at me a lot. Kurama on the other hand gets a tad possessive. Which Kuramas form of being possessive is staring at Kaito with a menacing smile on his face while his arm is around me which in turn makes me as red as his fucking hair and in turn with that I receive a comment from Mina and Yusuke and they both laugh and I growl at them.

"You know you two really shouldn't talk. Yusuke we all know what you and Keiko do in your spare time and Mina need I remind you of?" As my eyes drifted to Hiei. Hiei blinked confused obviously not previously paying attention to us and I ducked as Mina threw her shoe at my head while her and Yusukes faces were red. I giggled at them before receiving glares from Genkai and Hiei.

"Fools.." Hiei spat as he stared at me and I stuck my tongue out at him.

"enough dimwits! We kind of have to save the world and we don't need your idiotic bickering and teasing!" Genkai said and we all pretty much shut up at that point.

"Master Genkai is right, let us proceed." Kurama said as he took my hand and we all walked through the Goblin City door.

"Quick question if we only need 7 players then why are we going in with 8?" Yusuke asked and rubbed the back of his neck.

"because there is no way in hell Hiei knows how to play video games." Mina said and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked at Hiei who just like he always does look completely unamused.

Is it bad that while we could be walking to our deaths all I can think about is how good Kurama looks in this fighting outfit?

Anyway as we walked, we realized that Seaman forgot to remind us that the game master was just a little kid. Like 10 maybe even younger. Sensui is recruiting kids kinda young don't you think? I bet this kid doesn't even know no matter what he may possibly die because of this portal. We all could especially with the really high A and S class demons. I don't know if I have the energy to put up another Kekkai barrier. It was too much stress on my body last time and It didn't even work.

What I would give to have just one last day with my dad. Even as I stand here and as we watch Seaman play the stupid tennis game all I can think about is my dad and how he would have handled things. My dad was as strong as a high A class demon maybe even a low S class when he died.

But then Sensui threatened me. A half demon who at the time was only a C class in the ranking system. Sensui was much stronger than me then and so was Itsuki. They used me and my brother, whoever the fuck he is, against him. I clenched my fist and Kurama wiped the tear that I didn't even know that fell. I sighed and looked up at him.

"I'm okay..just.."

"I know don't worry." He kissed my forehead and I felt someone nudge me from behind. I turned around and looked and saw Mina.

"Don't worry we will kill him." She smirked and I smiled.

"fuck yeah we will." I smirked now and we paid attention to the games. It was now Genkais turn. I smirked.

"You've got this Genkai!" Mina and I cheered and she smirked and gave us a thumbs up. So far we had 1 point against the goblin king/game master.

"Yeah show us your skills old lady." Yusuke said and I hit him upside the head.

"OW! TAKAHASHI WHAT THE HELL!?" Yusuke yelled at me.

"YUSUKE SHE'S GOTTEN TO THE END OF THIS GAME MORE THAN YOU! SHUT UP!"

"MAKE ME!"

"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Mina and Genkai both yelled and Genkai started to play. Damn she was actually really good too.

"That's incredible! She cleared out the first level without a single mistake!" Kaito exclaimed.

"Not surprising, Allies dad used to tell us all the time at how good she was at games." Mina said and I nodded. "this level makes me want to play GTA.." Mina sighed.

"you left you xbox back in the us didn't you?" I asked her and she nodded and sighed sadly.

"What the hell is a GTA and an xbox?"Hiei asked annoyed.

"man dude you really live under a rock don't you?" Yusuke snickered and I rolled my eyes.

"Actually Yusuke Hiei lives in a tree." Mina giggled and the rest laughed. Except Kurama did that cute thumb biting thing he always does. Kami I love him.

"You know Mina from what I hear Hieis been staying with you." Yusuke smirked and that room heated up faster than a sauna in Arizona. Not just from Minas anger and embarrassment but from Hieis as well. Yusuke laughed nervously.

"I'm just gonna shut up now.." Yusuke mumbled.

"GOOD!" Hiei and Mina yelled and they crossed their arms and looked at eachother and then looked away quickly. I rolled my eyes and just held Kuramas hand as we watched Genkai dominate her level. She did so amazing it was spectacular.

"Action battle! King of the Mountain! Level 1!" Game master laughed and Yusuke smirked.

"Hey what do you know it's a fighting game when its finally my turn. I'm feeling lucky old lady, I just felt a tap on my elbow." Yusuke walked up to the game board.

"That was me telling you not to be stupid." Genkai said as she watched.

"Hey its me." Yusuke chuckled.

"that's what we are worried about." Mina said and stood against the wall. I couldn't agree more. Yusukes attention span is bad like mine. I can pay attention when its serious however I don't think Yusuke can take much things seriously.

Turns out even something as easy as this Yusuke needs help. But again this ass got lucky. Now we had to fight the game master. Well Kurama and Kaito have to. I play lots of other games.

"Yusuke if Kaito and I don't make you all will need to find a way outside of his territory outside of the game." When those words left Kuramas mouth I made him look at me.

"Don't even talk like that because you-"He grabbed my hand and he looked at me with seriousness in his eyes.

"Allie, we have to be prepared for this. I know you're not naïve." He said to me and I just nodded. There's a chance I could lose any one of them today. There's a chance I could lose my life today.

I made a silent vow to myself. No matter what happens to me I won't let anyone get hurt. Or worse.

"Oh! The master quiz game this is my least favorite quiz out of all of them!" Game master groaned.

"Ha! Good news for the good guys!" Yusuke laughed.

"I'll trust you'll let me play." Kaito fixed his glasses.

"Please go ahead." Kurama said softly. Kaito looked at me for a moment and then I felt Kuramas energy spike and he grabbed my hand. Kaito looked away from me and at Mina.

"Would there be a chance for a good luck kiss mina?" He smiled at her and I felt like got burned from how much energy Hiei was putting off. Mina looked at him and blushed and looked back at Kaito.

"Not happening Kaito just go win." Mina looked away and Hiei calmed down and then blinked. Almost like he was surprised at himself for acting that way. Kaito calmly walked up the to the game board and Game master was just laughing and giggling like little kids do and I got this uneasy feeling in my stomach.

"He just said this was his least favorite game and yet he's still cheerful." Kurama said and I nodded. Mitarai said something about Sensui not letting Game Master use his powers. But why...it makes no sense. Wouldn't he want to test his powers? And if this is the first time he has really used his powers then why did they choose Goblin city of all games?

Anyway getting back to the game. Kaito was doing pretty well, showing how easily he knew all the questions and all the answers before they were even finished being shown on the screen. But Genkai and Kurama pointed this out.

The kids not scared. He is about to lose to Kaito and he acts like nothing is wrong. This kid has a trick up his sleeve but I don't know what yet. None of us know yet.

But out of nowhere before even the question is shown he answered it correctly. As we heard the ding of the buzzer and the screen said that he was right my eyes widened.

"This brat…he memorized the order in when all the questions are asked and all the answers..." Mina mumbled.

"Oh fuck…" I mumbled. Kaito wasn't gonna win this if the little chicken shit memorized the order. Eventually Hiei walked forward.

"What are you doing?" Mina asked and he turned around to face us.

"I'm going to turn this game off."

"Oh and how you see a power strip somewhere?" Yusuke chimed in.

"Hiei don't be stupid you're gonna end up losing your sword again like back at the house with Kaito." Mina said to him and I think it actually may have hurt Hieis pride. But that's the thing with Hiei even though it may have hurt him inside it's just going to give him even more of a reason to do what he is about to do. But like we all said Hiei attacked the monitor. It was slashed for a moment before going back to normal. At which point Hiei just sat down.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Mina exclaimed and Hiei looked up at her.

"I have about as much interest in video games as I do with puppies and could care even less." He crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "Wake me up for the end of the world." Mina growled at him and then Thorn went and sat with Hiei, which made Mina blush and she walked back over with us. I sighed and held Kuramas hand which I could feel it shaking. I got confused and I felt a shift in his energy. I looked up at him and he gave me this look like he was about to commit to something he didn't want to do. I just held his hand. I was worried but I didn't know exactly what was wrong and he hadn't told me yet.

"What is it?" I whispered and he looked to me.

"When we were in the house with Kaito we all had to follow the rules of his territory including himself." He calmly explained.

"Yeah and what's your point fox boy?" Yusuke added paying attention which caused Genkai and Mina to pay attention as well. Normally I would say something about Yusuke taking my nickname for him but I didn't care right now.

"If the rules of goblin city follow then, Amanuma must follow the rules as well as the role of the goblin king." I listened intently and I thought about the end of the game and my eyes widened.

"If we lose we can choose to keep playing otherwise we die, but if we win, the game explicitly depicts the death of the goblin king." He said solemnly and as Kurama walked up to play Sevens with Amanuma it all made sense to me and the rest of us.

The only way we could win was if we kill Amanuma. And that's just what Kurama was about to do.

I could feel that he hated this, he didn't want this to happen but it's come down to the fact that we have no choice. This is the second time Sensui has tried to make us kill and this time it's a young child! This scumbag! This asshole! If anyone deserves to die its him! He tricked this poor kid.

And Now as this kid begged Kurama to stop the game and I saw the expressionless look on his face, I could still feel the pain in his heart. Even his Yoko side didn't feel too right about this.

"Rejoice for the Goblin King is dead, and Peace has returned to the town."

As Amanumas body fell to the ground those words just kept relaying in my head.

The Goblin King is dead.

Dead.

DEAD.

No, I know who will be dead. And his name is Shinobu Sensui. As the territory came down Kurama walked ahead of us and I ran to catch up to him. I grabbed his arm and he looked at Mew, who was on my shoulder, and I and his eyes were gold. I didn't say anything but I did give him a sympathetic look and I held his hand as we walked ahead together.

If there's one thing you don't want to do, its piss Yoko Kurama off.

And Sensui did that and more.

"is he gonna be okay?" My ears twitched and I hear Mina whisper.

"I haven't seen Kurama like this since we took on those stupid Ninjas." Yusuke whispered back.

"You forget Kuramas killed many in his day, his name is still feared all throughout demon world. It's nothing for him to kill one human child." Hiei said coldly and Kuramas energy spiked. I know Kurama wasn't exactly an angel back then.

But people change. Human, demon, or spirit world occupant. They all change either for good or for bad.

"yeah Hiei but he's not like that anymore." Mina said and that was the end of their conversation. Mew jumped up to Kuramas shoulder and she nuzzled his face and he had a soft sad smile.

"I know you've changed…you'll always be my fox no matter what." I whispered.

"just.." He whispered back. "Just promise me nothing's going to happen to you." He looked at me with sad eyes and I nodded.

"I love you Kurama I'm not going anywhere." I whispered back and we all walked forward in an uncomfortable silence.

But we all knew this was going to be a battle for the ages.