The sound of clapping broke you out of your trance. You followed the sound until you saw a small green frog standing on his back legs holding a cane.

"Manipulating the water to surround your enemy and then freezing it." His voice was rough and throaty. "An excellently executed water technique. And I should know since I am a water saga."

"Y-You're a frog." You managed to say, despite your surprise.

"I AM A POWER WATER SAGA!" His throat patch inflated with air. "I have trained some the most power users of water!"

Even if he trained some great water masters, he looked like a frog to you. You decided to keep that thought to yourself though, since he appeared to get very upset at the f-word. He calmed his self down and his patch deflated slowly.

"I have been watching you ever since you entered the forest." He said as if nothing happened. "Of course you didn't notice, because I am a great saga skilled at the art of pursuit without detection." You didn't have the heart to tell him you noticed present, but neglected to look at the ground for the pursuer. "After what I just saw, all my doubts about you vanished. Not many nymphs also have the ability to manipulate water as well as you just did."

"I am not a nymph." You interrupted. "I'm a demon."

"Yes, yes of course." He scoffed at your comment. "I meant it in terms of a young beautiful maiden that sings. In your case, you read emotions and that allows you to communicate with plants and other such things that would be unable to speak otherwise. You can also use your singing to manipulate others to do as you please. Others may not be able to see it, but as a great saga, I perceive things ordinary mortals cannot."

You shook your head. He was clearly full of himself and only speaking to hear him self speak. You didn't need this. Turning around, you walked away to continue your training.

"Wait!" He called as he hopped in front of you. "I just offered to train you and you are walking away! I am a great saga, no one walks away from me!"

"Listen." You bend down to his level. "I am irritated and hungry. I do not want to listen to your nonsense about training me. You have nothing to offer me. That water hocus-pocus was a fluke. I could never do it again."

The frog faced the stream and pulled out two orbs of water each containing a fish. He smirked at your drooling expression.

"Allow me to treat you to a meal fit for a great saga, as I myself am, while I explain my intentions further." He released the fish from the orbs and they flopped on the ground helplessly.

At least he told the truth about the meal. As you sat around a fire eating the fish, the frog began to reveal his plan.

"You see I retired quite some time ago." He said soberly. "Before, I had a great many pupils, but no one as great as Mayuri. As a cat demon, she had trouble with control water, her element. It is difficult to control something you hate. However, once she combined her ability with something she loved, singing, the results were astounding. Every technique she excelled at. It was amazing…" He trailed. For a moment he smiled at the fond memory, but then he regained his stolid expression. "When I saw you, you reminded me of her. Then I watched you and came up with a very strange thought. I ignored it until I saw you beat that demon." You looked at him curiously. "But you say you've never used water before? They must have thought being a siren would be easier for a female than a male. They should have asked a great sage like myself which to pass on."

"Who?" You questioned. "Who are they? What do you mean by 'easier for a female than a male' and skill to pass on?"

The sage gave you a peculiar look. He seemed to be carefully thinking out his answer. You tried to read his emotions, but your efforts were futile. His barrier was much stronger than Genkai's. Biting your lip you wondered just who this strange frog was. He knew more about you than he was letting on. Although his secretiveness annoyed you, you knew if you spend more time with him the answers would eventually slip out.

"Never mind." You waved him off. "What exactly do you want?"

"I want to train you." He said firmly. "I need some more excitement and you need a way to get stronger. Or that's what you told the red-haired gentleman." You winced. He witnessed your argument with Kurama. "As a great saga, I can travel freely between the demon plane and the human world. I would take you to the demon plane to train."

"I will train with you," You reluctantly agreed. He was offering everything you wanted. How could you turn down such an offer? "But I have some ground rules first. I want to return to the human world after each training session and you have to wait until I finish my training with Genkai. She is my primary teacher and I am still receiving lessons. Also, you must promise not to lie to me about anything."

"On my title as a great saga, I will comply with your wishes." He bowed. "However, once the training gets more intense, I don't know how often we can return."

"If I finish my training with Genkai by then, it won't be an issue." You brushed off his comment and stood up. "I better head back now. By the time I get back, the sun will be setting. This is the last place I want to be when that is happening."

"Yes, yes." The frog nodded. "I will met you here tomorrow. I will know when you enter the forest, as I am a great saga, so it doesn't matter what time your primary training finishes."

Before you got out of his sight entirely, you attempted to read his emotions one more time. He must have let his guard down, but it wasn't much. You barely heard, 'That will give me time to research.' But then the signal was hit with some inference and it was silent again. Sighing, you resigned yourself to not knowing what he was thinking. Not that you would completely accept this. You decided to keep a close eye on him at all times and never trust him until he proved otherwise.

When you entered Genkai's temple, Genkai watching TV and drinking tea like nothing was out of the ordinary. She merely raised an eyebrow as you walked in.

"Kurama is waiting upstairs." She sipped her tea. "Also, I won't be here to train you tomorrow. It seems the idiot needs my help."

You knew it was useless to argue with her. If she wasn't going to train you, then the great saga would. The only thing that concerned you was Kurama's presence. You entered your room silently. The tension was thick.

"Why are you here?" You asked when it appeared Kurama wasn't going to break the silence anytime soon.

"I forgot to tell you something in the forest and…" Kurama stepped closer, and then took a step back. He seemed nervous. "First, I should apologize. I was so surprised when I saw you in the woods that I overreacted. Training is important if you want to go to the demon world. You're right about that. I'm sorry I offended you. It's just that if something happened to you again, the guilt would be unbearable."

'Again?' You thought. 'Does he mean if I got hurt again after the incident in the park?'

"I accept your apology." You replied. "I shouldn't have been so quick to snap. But," You gestured to yourself, "A lot has happened today and that didn't exactly help…"

Kurama nodded slowly. Nervously, you played with your fingers waiting for him to respond. You glanced up at him only to see him looking at you with remising smile. He seemed to be looking at you as if you were the woman he thought you were in the forest earlier… Part of you wanted to pretend his longing gaze was meant for you, but the other part of you knew better. A sharp pang of jealously hit your chest.

"What else did you need to tell me?" You prodded, trying to escape his gaze.

"After tonight," He stepped closer, "I might be different."

"How so?" Your ears perked up. "What do you mean?"

"The others and I have encountered an…" He paused as he searched for the right words. "An unusual enemy. The possible consequences are still unknown…"

"No!" A strange presence took over your body and you tightly embraced Kurama. A strange feeling of apprehension and dread covered your body. It took a lot of prying and reassuring you barely understood before the odd feeling released control of your body and you loosened your grip. But before it left completely, you whispered, "I can't go through that again."

"I will be safe." He said again as he smoothed your hair. "I don't think my life will be in danger. It will just be more difficult."

"I wish I could help fight." You mumbled.

"You just stay here and out of trouble." Kurama replied. "That's all you need to do."

A silence took over the room. Slowly, you released Kurama and took a step back.

"I should go." Kurama opened the door. "Before I left, I just wanted to let you know about the mission."

"Just visit me as soon as you finish." You smiled. "By the time you come back, I'll be ready to go to the demon world."

Kurama chuckled and he left. You smile faded as he shut the door. Whatever compelled you to hug Kurama was something so powerful that even with your memory gone your body knew what you would do if you had your memories.

'The sooner I get my memories back.' You flopped onto your bed. 'The sooner this all makes sense and everything becomes normal again. I can't stand his strange looks and my body acting on it's own much longer...'

With Kurama…

As Kurama shut the door, he knew he couldn't deny it much longer. Jun was the Jun he knew long ago. The demon that was once his wife was still alive. But how had she found him and why did she come here? After this mission, Kurama would go back to the demon plane and search for the answers.

Author's note: Some of you have wondered where this story takes place during the Yu Yu Hakusho series. The answer is simple. Kurama found Jun after the dark tournament. So the mission Kurama is about to embark on is the Sensui battle arch. Hopefully, this puts everything into perspective and doesn't mess up the plot. ^.^'

Also, I'm terribly sorry for how long it took the last one to come out. Winter break has started. I have ample time to write so that will put me back into the swing of things.