I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I only own Hope and Kayla and Mamoru and any other original character I create.

Story start

Kurama sighed and rested in the living room as I looked through his whole cabin. He yelled at me not to go in his room and of course that makes me want to snoop around in there even more than I wanted to before.

"You never tell someone not to do something, because then they really want to do what they've been told not to do," I told Kurama as I started using my claws to unlock his door. He locked a few minutes ago and I was trying to pick the lock. If I had to I could burn the door down.

"Master, I have a better idea," Mamoru said.

"What?" I asked curiously as I stopped trying to unlock the door.

"Turn yourself into fire and slip under the door without burning the door," Mamoru said.

"Good idea," I thought with a smirk. I concentrated on my form and slowly changed into fire. I breathed in deeply as I made the temperature disappear from the fire. I smirked in the fire before letting all of myself become fire. I quickly slipped underneath the door and became solid again when I was inside the room.

I smiled when I smelled the flowery scent of the room. It was not something a girl's room would smell like. The flower smell was throughout the room but in a soft way. A warm and fox smell filled the rest of the room. I slowly crept around the room and looked at the desk and the dressers. I really wanted to go through Kurama's drawers but I'm not that mean. I may want to ring his neck right now, but I'm not going to go through his private drawers.

"Aw be a little more nosey," Mamoru teased as I walked into Kurama's closet.

"Nice clothes," I whispered with a small whistle.

"Hope, are you alright?" Kurama called out and I held my breath.

I quickly stepped into the closet when I heard Kurama sigh outside of his door. I turned my body into dark fire and took out all of the heat as I became one of the shadows in the closet. Kurama opened his bedroom door and stepped inside I smiled when I noticed he kept his lights off. I slowly slid through the closet door and slipped out of his room in my fire form.

I sighed when I sat down on the couch in the living room. "So close," I whispered.

"Hope you should learn to take away your scent when you sneak around in your fire form," Kurama whispered from the entrance to the living room. I jumped in fright and then sighed.

"Dang it," I whispered and then went to run away. However, Kurama was faster and grabbed me in his arms.

"It's not nice to snoop," he whispered and I swallowed nervously before trying to fight out of his grip.

"Kurama, open the door," Yusuke's voice yelled outside and I sighed in relief.

I went to struggle out of his hold on me again, but instead of heading to the door, Kurama kept his hands around me. "Let go," I whispered angrily.

"You should learn to behave Hope," Kurama whispered and I felt his claws trace down my stomach.

"Yes master, you should behave," Mamoru teased and I glared at the floor.

"You are not my master, ever. I use to think you were pretty cool, but you just seem like a power loving jerk right now," I yelled and used my wings to throw Kurama off me.

I glared at Kurama and his eyes were turning back to their green color. He seemed actually sorry for his actions.

"I'm out of here," I said and I flew out a window. The glass cut my arms a little bit, but I could deal with that pain.

"Hey, Hope where are you going?" Kuwabara yelled from the front lawn.

"Far away," I yelled before flying far away from the cottage. I felt the collar around my neck shocking me but it was not a bad shock to make me quit flying.

"Koenma is going to kill us," Yusuke yelled annoyed before I was too far away to hear them.

I flew for hours until I stopped at a small lake in the mountains. It was chilly tonight, but my inner fire helped warm me up. I glared at my reflection with the collar around my neck. "I'm not going to lose control. This isn't needed," I said angrily before grabbing the collar. I yelled at the pain of the shock. I gritted my teeth and kept trying to tear off the collar.

Tears slid down my cheeks as I felt the electricity flowing through my body from the collar. My head was hurting worse than I've ever felt before.

"Master, stop," Mamoru yelled as I kept struggling with the collar.

"No, I want it off," I thought since I could not use my voice from the pain.

"Hope," a woman's voice yelled fearfully and I looked up from the water. I saw Botan standing to my side at a distance. She looked relieved to find me, but fear ran across her face when she saw my bleeding hands and my convulsing body as I tugged on the collar non-stop.

I hissed at her and yelled, "Get this thing off me or stay away from me. I'm no one's pet."

"Hope, calm down. Is it Mamoru?" Botan asked as she slowly approached me.

"No, it's not my inner dragon. This is my own anger," I roared at Botan. The woman flinched back a bit and then I growled when a portal appeared beside her. Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara stepped out of the portal.

I stood up shakily but stood up nonetheless. "Stay away from me," I growled out as I tore my hands away from the collar. I gasped at the feel of pain in my body as I made my muscles keep me up.

"Hope, I apologize," Kurama whispered and I growled at him. My mind was only focusing on my anger and the pain in my body at these people. They did not give me a chance to prove that I can control myself. They just put in a stupid collar and wanted me to do as they say.

"Apology not accepted," I yelled and went to fly away but my wings would not work. "No," I whispered and started backing away slowly since my muscles would not cooperate well.

"Hope, please I'm sorry," Kurama said louder this time as he walked towards me. I shook my head at him and growled.

"I belong to no one," I yelled as I felt the collar starting to shock me again when I grabbed it.

"Get this off me," I roared in pain as the collar gave a particularly strong shock.

A large amount of black fire appeared behind me and Mamoru made his first appearance for everyone to see. "Get this off of my master now," Mamoru yelled at the people before me. I shivered from the pain and felt tears falling down my cheeks, but they were not normal tears. My tears were now blood from all of the pain that has been racking my body.

I gasped and fell back into Mamoru's front leg. He held me stay up but it was very hard to keep steady.

"Get it off her now," Mamoru roared fiercer than I thought he could. I could sense the clouds turning black and swirling in the sky dangerously as fire started swirling around Mamoru and me.

I shakily touched Mamoru's muzzle and soothed him. The clouds were still black, but the fire disappeared.

"Hope," Kurama whispered as he slowly approached me. I glared at him as he quickly took the collar off my neck. Mamoru growled at Kurama and he quickly backed off.

"Stay away from my master," Mamoru roared at the others before picking me up and flying off. I gave a sad glare to the others before relaxing in my dragon's hold and falling asleep while flying through the air.