~Forbidden Roses~

"Well you see…"

"YOUR HAHA SISTER IS EVIL!" Kuwabara screamed.

"Ok, can someone fill me in here?" Yusuke asked.

"I saw Kurama and Elvis talking when I came in the room so I asked if I could join in. Elvis said I wouldn't understand what they were talking about since they were talking about fighting and I'm a woman. He also said that I must have been kidding about teaching fighting techniques to others since I'm a girl. Said it had something to do with his code or rules or something, whatever. Anyways so I told Kurama that if he would help me teach the idiot a lesson then I would give him this," she held up a beautiful pendant the glittered in the light. There was a silver fox in the middle with rubies for eyes. Diamond snowflakes were falling from a sapphire sky and the grass was made of emerald. It was quite large and as the pendant turned on it's chain there was a unique signature on the back of it.

"Kurama, put the monkey down." Yusuke sighed.

"I… I can't do that Yusuke"

"Why the hell not?"

"It's just... I need that pendant!" Kurama's eyes were now amber and his hair was starting to lighten.

"Come on man, really? It's just a necklace!"

"It's NOT just a necklace!" Kurama's voice was deeper, it was Youko talking now. "That pendant belonged to my father!"

"I knew it!" Kagome chirped. "I knew you were Youko Kurama! I knew it from the moment I felt you'r aura!"

"Hn?" Kurama had fully transformed into Youko by now.

"Sesshoumaru gave me this pendant because it belonged to my little Shippo! I knew that you'd recognize it if you were really his son."

"You... knew... my father?" he asked, brow raised.

"Mhm! He was the little kit I mentioned when explaining my story earlier. I was told that he had a son, who turned out to be the infamous Youko Kurama. I'm glad I found you!" she smiled at him.

"Impossible," Youko scoffed.

"Oh? Did you know that when your father was a little kit he was completely terrified of catipillars?"

Youko's eyes widened. "How did you?!"

"I told you," She smiled. "Did he ever get over that fear?"

"Hn, he always had mother chase them out of the den." he smirked at the fond memories.

"I see," Yusuke commented, "Kagome, you can't kill… Elvis… He's a part of the team and you'd get in trouble." he said reminding the two of the forgotten man.

Kagome pouted. "B-b-but!"

"Kagome," Yusuke admonished "make the fox put the monkey down!"

"Awwwwwwwww, you're no fun!" Kagome turned towards Youko. "My meanie brother said to put Elvis down." She was still pouted. Kurama's vines suddenly disappeared and Kuwabara fell to the ground. Kuwabara jumped up and ran out of the room. Kagome sighed and handed the pendant to Youko.

"I loved your father as if he were my own son, it's a pity he never knew what a brave little kit he was and how he saved thousands of lives." She smiled and walked out of the room. Youko tucked the pendant away and allowed his other half to regain control as he walked after her Yusuke followed suit.

Kagome sighed when they caught up to her. "You just had to ruin my fun with elvis." She joked.

"Trust me killing the monkey isn't nearly as fun as torturing hi-" he was interrupted...

By Hisui's screams.

Kagome, Kurama, and Yusuke tore through the halls and into the black and silver room. They were shocked by the scene before them.

A furious Hiei was fighting through the many barriers placed up to keep him from stopping Koenma and the man who had tried to bring out Kagome's memories. The man gripped Hisui's head as spasms shook her tiny body. Next to Koenma was a screen. Hisui continued screaming as she transformed.

Hisui's silver hair turned a fiery red. Her tips turned orange and so did the streaks framing her face. Her hair wrapped itself into two buns on top of her head except for the two pieces framing her face. As her tear filled eyes turned towards them pleading for help they saw her pupils had turned orange and her irises turned yellow with red specs and a red ring around them. Her clothes burst into flames. In their place was a long sleeved shirt with the sleeves cut open so the material hung around the bottom half of her arms instead of covering them. On the back of the shirt was a bow with ribbons that, if she had been standing, would have gone down to the ground. The shirt ended an inch above her navel. She also wore a blood red skirt that started two inches below her bellybutton. It was short on the left side but long on the right. She also wore black slippers with black ribbons wrapping up her legs up to her knees. Her teeth turned into fangs that bit into her now blood red lips as she tried to hold in her screams but it did nothing but draw actual blood. Like Kagome's had, her skin glittered as if there were thousands of microscopic rubies embedded in her skin. On her forehead was a phoenix surrounded by fire. As her tiny body seized on the bed they could see glimpses of some kind of tattoo on her back.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? GET THE FUCK OFF OF HER!" Kagome and Yusuke screamed at the same time.

"WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS GIRL AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY" Koenma screamed back so his voice would be heard over the girl's screaming.

Hisui continued to scream. Suddenly her seizures doubled and she started to cough up blood. Hiei's efforts also doubled until he finally broke through. He grabbed both Koenma and the male who had caused Hisui's pain and threw them through the wall and into the hallway. He then put up a barrier of his own before checking on the small figure still seizing on the bed. Kagome, who was now in tears, ran to the bedside. She got on the bed and held Hisui. Hisui had stopped screaming, in fact she had stopped moving completely. Still crying she hugged the deathly still and silent child. She tried to wipe away some of the blood dripping down the girl's chin.

"H-Hisui-chan, come on, please. Come on baby wake up" she pleaded. Hiei was trying to keep from giving in to his youkai rage. Tora, who had been crying for his mother the whole time, was on his shoulder. The cub jumped onto the bed and crawled into Hisui's lap. Yusuke was in the hallway arguing with Koenma and bashing the other man's head in. Kurama was trying to calm their leader down.

"S-she won't wake up!" Kagome sobbed. She turned to Hiei. "Hiei! What's wrong with her?!"

Hiei snapped out of his mental war and looked at Hisui.

"She's been trapped in her own mind. Even if she could wake up, which in this condition she probably couldn't, whatever is trapping her will not allow her to wake."

"C-can you find her? I mean, can you go into her consciousness and bring her back?"

"Hn, first she needs a healer…" He turned and walked through the barrier and through the hole into the hallway.

"If we hadn't been interrupted we might have found out what powers she had! Not to mention that if we got into her memories we could have found out what Kaze's looking for! I mean thi-" Koenma was interrupted because Hiei's hand went around his throat.

"You will NOT touch her again. Does your nonexistent mind understand that? If you touch her again I WILL kill you no matter the consequences." Koenma squeaked and nodded.

Kurama went in to check on Hisui. He came back out a minute later. He turned to a passing servant, "Excuse me but could you please get as many healers as you can and send them to this room. Also, could you find someone to fix this hole in the wall when you are done with the first task? Please hurry, if not helped soon this girl will die…"