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"You know an…old friend of mine." The boys looked at her oddly. "Where can I find Kurama?"
"WHAT?!" They yelled in unison.
"Boys! Calm down, please!" The teens looked at her in shock.
"H…how do you know him?" Kuwabara asked timidly.
"Lets just say he's an old acquaintance of mine." She smiled sweetly. "Look. You don't have to bring him to me now okay? I want him to see me."
"Uhh…let me get this straight. You want us to get an old buddy who happens to be our friend and bring him to you?" Yusuke said to the ruby eyed women.
"Right. The Dark Tournament is coming…" Nari began.
"What the hell?! How do you…" They cut her off mid sentence.
"Stop yelling!" Nari glared at both boys and they immediately froze. "As I was saying before being so rudely interrupted…The Dark Tournament is coming up and my team is the guest team of the year. Bring Kurama with you and Let me know you're there. But come only for the semi-finals and the finals. Understand?"
"How do you know your team will advance that far?" Yusuke asked his teacher. Nari laughed a little.
"Oh don't worry about that. I trust my team to reach that far. But will you do this for me?" The boys looked at each other and nodded.
"We'll talk it over with our friends and tell you tomorrow." Kuwabara told her.
"O.K. Now run along. I know you have places to be. And, thanks." Nari bowed to her students and watched them leave the building. She smiled to herself and sat on her desk. "It's okay. You can come out now. They left." A door slid open from the back of the room and a tall black haired man stepped out. A mask covered the lower half of his face and his eyes shown an eerie purple.
"Do you think he'll come?" The deep voice questioned her.
"Yes Karasu. He'll come." Nari smiled.
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Kurama and Hiei sat at Genkai's with Keiko, Botan, and Koenma. Genkai stood at the door, leaning against its frame.
"Where's Yusuke?" Kurama asked Keiko softly. She looked up from the book she was reading.
"Our new teacher wanted to talk with him and Kuwabara. I hope they're not in too much trouble." Keiko sighed and resumed reading.
"Those idiots love to cause trouble. It's in their nature." Hiei told the young girl. Kurama hit Hiei softly on the knee.
"They've been behaving well for the past year Hiei." Kurama smiled sweetly to Hiei and received one back, slightly. He turned his head away from his lovers face when he heard the shouts of Yusuke and Kuwabara coming to the temple.
"Sorry about the wait. We had a nice chat with our teacher." Kuwabara said while he and Yusuke sat down on the temple floor.
"Okay…I'm gonna get right to the point. Our teacher," Yusuke pointed to himself, Kuwabara, and Keiko. "She is asking about you Kurama." Kurama raised his eyebrows. "She says she knows you as an old friend. Since she said 'Kurama' when she spoke it must have been when you were a demon."
"And another thing was she felt very similar to your ki signature. Did you have sex with any humans and then they had kids?" Kurama fell over at Kuwabara's question.
"Ahem…well, actually I never had any female lovers. And I never went to humans." Kurama blushed bright red. Hiei looked at him amused. He put a small hand on Kurama's knee.
"Well…did you have any connections to humans?" Kurama shook his head.
"Not that I can recall. I did have some demon female friends but nothing close to a relationship." Kurama pondered fro a bit and then gasped in shock. "No…it couldn't be her."
"Who?" Hiei asked his lover.
"The only ones that I can think of are my sister or her daughter. But Nao died 25 years ago and her daughter Sakue lives with her twin brother Hiroya somewhere in the Makai." Kurama felt his eyes begin to water at the thought of his sister. "I have to go. I'll see you guys later." Kurama walked quickly towards his house. Hiei stared at his love and got up to follow.
"We'll talk later." The others watched as he ran to Kurama and put an arm around his waist. They walked to their apartment and sat on the couch. Kurama sat in silence, a distressing look in his eyes. Hiei got up an kneeled in front of him.
"Talk to me fox. What's wrong?" Hiei looked into his lovers tear-filled eyes.
"I-I couldn't save her Hiei." He put his head down. "25 years ago Nao and I were fighting a very powerful demon. He was an S class. We fought for hours until the final attack was sent at me. Nao jumped and pushed him out of the way. They fell into a hole and never came back up. There was nothing I could do to save her Hiei…" He began to sob. Hiei held him close and tried his best to comfort him.
"It's okay fox. You'll get through this. I'll help you…I won't let you be alone." Hiei whispered into the demons ear. Kurama looked up from Hiei's now soaked chest and smiled sadly.
"I know. I love you." Kurama kissed his lovers lips in a chaste kiss.
"I love you too." Hiei kissed him back, showing his fox all the love he held for him.
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"I'll call Hiei later to give him the other details. I hope Kurama's ok." Yusuke said to everyone after explaining the situation. Kuwabara nodded.
"Yeah. I'll go home and see if I can get out of school for a few days. You should to Urameshi." Yusuke slapped his forehead.
"Dammit. My mom won't like this. Oh well. I'm not going to be fighting this time so it won't matter." Keiko grabbed his ear and pulled hard.
"What do you mean? It does mattered stupid. How do you think I fell?" Yusuke yelped and rubbed his sore ear.
"Oy Keiko. Of course you feel bad about me going but…I won't fight. Ok?" The brunette looked at her boyfriend and smiled.
"The only way you can go is if go too!" Yusuke sighed in defeat and allowed her to join him and his friends to go to the Dark Tournament. Koenma and Botan agreed to go as well. But Genkai wanted to stay at the temple and work with her new students.
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Kurama lay staring at the ceiling, Hiei silently on his now bare chest. The hone rang and Hiei picked it up.
"Yes?" Hiei sniped.
"Hiya Hiei!" Yusuke spoke loudly into the phone. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"What do you want?" Kurama looked at Hiei and giggled.
"I just thought I'd explain what's going on to you guys. Ya mind if I come over?" Yusuke questioned the fire demon.
"I guess. We need to get dressed so don't rush over here." Hiei hung up the phone. "Yusuke's coming over. We have to get up now…" Kurama leaned over and kissed Hiei softly.
"Alright." Hiei sat up and climbed off the bed with Kurama in suit. They dressed quickly and when they finished the doorbell rang.
"Hello Yusuke. I'm sorry about earlier." Kurama apologized.
"Ah no prob." Yusuke came in and sat on the chair. Kurama and Hiei sat on the couch next to each other. "Ok. I'll tell everything Nari, my teacher told me…" Yusuke explained the Dark Tournament and how they had t be there during the semi-finals and finals only. Hiei looked at Kurama for any sort of emotional reaction but he never faltered and small but sweet smile.
"I understand. I'll be there. I'm very curious as to who wants to meet me this badly." Hiei nodded in agreement.
"Well…I'd better go. I'll see you guys sometime soon right?"
"Of course. And if not we'll meet at Genkai's before we leave for the tournament." Kurama spoke with kindness even though he felt sorrow in his heart. Yusuke waved goodbye and went home.
Okay. That's enough. Why is Yusuke's teacher working with Karasu who is supposed to be dead? Who is Nao and why was she killed so easily? Find out next time! REVIEW PLEASE!!!