"What did I do?" Hiei demanded as he jumped through Kurama's broken window, "Why is your window broken?" He looked around and found small pieces of glass as Kurama turned to face him.

"You broke the window and then demanded to know about the artifacts of darkness," Kurama explained calmly, "I should be thanking you however, without you my mother wouldn't be alive right now."

Hiei said, "You're not making any sense."

"You stole the artifacts of darkness with me," he said, "and then you tried to kill Koenma's spirit detective. Don't worry, he's fine, thanks to me. What I don't understand is why you'd do any of that when you were trying to find your sister all this time."

Hiei glared at him as he thought, Did all of that really happen?

It's been 5 years to the day now, Yukina thought sadly as she looked out her window several months later. She heard Tarukena left again but she didn't dare hope for any sort of escape. She wouldn't know where to go or who she could trust even if she did manage to leave.

She played with the birds in her cage until Tarukane started walking toward her again. This time he had an extra scary guard with him. She made the birds fly away and froze the cage around herself to be cold and emotionless. The taller man force her cheek to start bleeding without even touching her. Don't move, she said to herself, don't show anything.

"That won't work," Tarukena said, "we've tried every form of torture but the girl won't cry."

Suddenly, she heard birds coming toward her. "Stay away!" she shouted as she rose from her chair. Her concentration was broken, which meant the ice she created disappeared instantly.

"Brother," the taller man said.

"Of course," the smaller man replied as he reached up and grabbed them.

"No!" Yukina pleaded, "Please, spare them." They didn't do anything wrong! she thought.

Instead she watched as they were squashed to death before her eyes. She screamed and cried after they were gone. Tearstones filled the floor. Taukena happily picked them up and left her there alone. I can't keep living like this, she thought sadly.

The next day, she noticed more movement than usual outside on the ground below. "How odd," she said out loud.

Guards approached her cell along with Tarukena and the large man from before. "What do you want now?" Yukina asked.

"Come with me, you little brat," he demanded as he opened her cell.

"We're leaving?" she asked as she stood up.

Guards stood all around her as they took her out of the cell. As they walked down narrow halls and around spiraling staircases she suddenly heard a voice in her head. "Yukina?" it said, "Is that you? Are you there?"

"Who are you?" Yukina asked.

"I'm the mighty Kazuma Kuwabara," he replied happily, "and with my shiney sword I'll come and rescue you! Then maybe we can go on a date, okay?"

"No!" she said, "You have to stay away!"

"WHAT?!" he shouted in pain.

"No one must come near me," she saidly, "You'll get seriously hurt, maybe even die. They've hired terrible guards."

He replied, "We already took care of all of them."

"No," she said, "the worst ones are standing right in front of me. It's better if you stay away!"