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"Eino's Kurama?!" Yusuke cried, no horror or any other emotion showing in his face, other then shock. Hiei, too, was looking at Koenma in bewilderment, unable to utter any words.
"Uh huh," Koenma told them, smiling through his pacifier. "After much deduction work, we are finally confident of this fact."
"Wait," Hiei asked suspiciously, half fearing that this entire thing was one whole scam. "What do you mean by 'deduction work?'"
"Well," Koenma told him, shrugging lightly. "There's no actually PROOF that he's Kurama. We haven't found his soul inside Eino's body or anything. But really there's no other possibilities. Think about it: their energy is incredibly similar, not to mention that Eino has youki instead of ki. There's really not that many possibilities when a HUMAN has youki. Not to mention Eino seems to know things that Kurama would have known of. Like, for instance, when he sarcastically told of Hiei's past, and then it turned out to be true. There are really no doubts at all."
"Come on, we've GOT to go talk to Eino … … or … … er … … Kurama… ," Yusuke told Hiei, tugging lightly on the fire demon's arm. Normally this would have been met with a sword to the head, but the black cloaked demon was so dazed, he just fallowed Yusuke, not even coming out of his trance of astonishment.
"Oh, er, boys!" Koenma cried after them, stopping the three spirit detectives to turn around and look at him. "Don't forget that Eino has little, if no, memories that Kurama has. He's a completely different person. You can't expect him to be the same…"
"Oh, we know that," Yusuke told him, trotting off through the palace, heading back to the portal to the human world.
"Why do I feel," Koenma asked Botan as the two watched the three leave, "that I'm making a terrible mistake?"
"Everything having to do with those three," Botan replied smugly, "is a mistake."
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Eino was washing dishes when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Andora, his seven year old sister yelled, pounding down the stairs like a herd of elephants.
"No, you won't!" yelled Canyi, the ten year old, who came slipping and sliding out of the living room, gliding around on her yellow socks, almost crashing into Andora as her sister raced around the corner.
Eino smiled to himself as he scrubbed the leftover pots and pans from dinner, the rushing water drowning out the sounds from the doorway.
"Awww," Canyi whined, sulking back over to Eino. "It's for you, big brother. Some older guy with a big, orange haired man."
'Must be Yusuke and Kuwabara,' Eino thought as he thanked his sister and turned off the running water, drying his hands on a slightly damp towel as he made his way over to the front door.
Yusuke and Kuwabara stood there in the doorway, watching Andora as she proudly showed off some of her yoyo tricks on her new blue yoyo. "And this one's called walk the dog," she told them proudly, letting the yoyo hang in the air for a moment before calling it back to her hand.
"I'm sure they really liked your tricks," Eino told them, cutting in before she could start another. "But I've got to talk to them now. Maybe you could show them more later, okay?"
"Alright," Andora pouted, but obeyed, heading back toward the stairs to her room. "Nice meeting you," she told Yusuke and Kuwabara shyly, before darting around the corner.
"You want to go sit outside?" Eino asked the two of them, turning back around. "We won't be disturbed there."
"Sure," Yusuke told him agreeably. "Cute sisters you've got there."
"Thank you," Eino told him proudly.
Taking a seat on the grass, Eino plopped down as Yusuke took a seat on a stone bench and Kuwabara remained standing, leaning slightly against the bench where Hiei sat, who crossed his arms and legs. Even though he lived in a demon world, sometimes even Hiei felt the need to be slightly superstitious, even though he was on first term names with one of the gods people prayed too. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
"So, what's up? I'm not in trouble or anything, am I?" Eino asked cheerfully, not really believing that at all.
"No, no, nothing like that," Yusuke told him, quickly. Eino, catching the nervousness in his voice, an odd trait for the powerful spirit detective, looked at him carefully.
"What's wrong?" he asked suspiciously, now sure that something was up.
"Er, well, Eino?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes?" he questioned, now becoming nervous himself.
"Have you … erm … that is … do you … what I mean is …" Yusuke stuttered, looking down at the ground, pushing the grass around with his foot,
"What he means is," Hiei cut in sharply, with a quick glare at Yusuke as the spirit detective glanced up at the black haired demon. "Do you have any weird memories. Like memories that don't belong to you?"
Eino looked at Hiei carefully, brows furrowed in an attempt to understand what he was talking about. "No," he shook his head. "I really don't know what you mean."
"Do you remember," Hiei asked, a little more urgently this time, "a red haired boy? He was tall, around 5 feet and 10 inches, and his eyes were a bright green." Hiei started to go off into a daze, and his voice became soft and eyes unfocused. "He was powerful and merciless when it came to his enemies. But he was kind. So kind. His kindness went almost to a fault and got him into more scrapes then he otherwise would have been in. He was soft spoken, and his smile was beautiful. When he smiled at you, it was like the world had suddenly disappeared, and all that was left was that one handsome person, with soft eyes and a smile that would melt even the hardest of ice…."
In a jerk, Hiei pulled himself out of the trance he had put himself into. But someone else had left.
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"Shuichi, where'd you go?"
"I no longer want part of this alliance."
"How are you feeling mother, Mother?"
"Kurama! Why'd you do that?"
"I'll be alright, just give me a moment."
"Just give me one more day."
"Youko Kurama …"
"Shuichi …"
"Kurama …"
"Eino …"
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"Eino!"
His body suddenly jolted sharply, and his eyes lost the glazed look, that it had carried. His eyes blinked once … twice … and finally opened. He was looking around at the sky and all around crowded the faces of the three spirit detectives.
Eino sprang up to a sitting position, nearly hitting the heads of the detectives. He looked around confused for a moment, rubbing his head lightly.
Then he looked up at Hiei. "I don't understand," he asked confused and slightly afraid. "What was that? Why do I have these memories? And who're Youko Kurama, Kurama, and Shuichi?"
All three of them starred down at him, as Hiei told him. "They're all the same person. Kurama was are old partner, the forth spirit detective. He died 14 years ago and you, Eino, are his reincarnation.
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Hello everyone!
I'm really sorry that it took me so long!!! I finished this chapter a few days ago, but because of a major schedule change, I haven't had access to a computer that can put up chapters for a few days. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY!!!!
Plus, it's been the Forth of July, and you know how hectic that can be! I went to the rodeo like I do every year, and that was a lot of fun, like always.
I'll try to get a new chapter up by Thursday, but you all know how unpredictable I can be!
Talk soon,
Dream Fox