Disclaimer: How sad! This is the last time I have to write one for this story!!!

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When Hiei and Kurama stepped into Koenma's office, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan, Koenma (naturally; it IS his office), and surprisingly, Eino, glanced up at the doorway where the two entered. While their glances were intended to be only that, they turned into hard, long, and shocked stares.

"Oh my goodness," Botan gapped. "Hiei, is that KURAMA?!?!" The other's shocked expressions seemed to ask the exact same question, only all of them were completely and utterly speechless.

Hiei smirked at the rest of them, a rare expression for the usually solemn fire demon. "Kind of," he said. "Why don't you show them, MIDO?"

Kurama smiled softly, then embraced himself in a light that formed around him, completely clouding the other's vision of him. Then, the fog built of light, slowly disintegrated, leaving only a young, brown haired teenager in its place, smiling the exact same soft grin that his predecessor had worn.

If at all possible, the rest of the group gaped even more, as Hiei's smirk transformed itself into a grin.

Eino was the first to find his voice. "MIDO?!?!" he gaped, at a complete loss. "What-," he began. "What-"

"What in the seven hells is going on here?!?!" Yusuke shouted, as blunt as always.

"Everyone," Hiei began, feeling as though he would burst with happiness. "Meet Mido slash Kurama."

"What!" Koenma yelled. "But I thought Mido-"

"Allow me to explain," Mido smiled, taking a step forward and looking around the room. "I am Mido, Eino's friend, formally known in my past life as Kurama."

"But what about Eino!" Kuwabara stuttered. "He's the one that has Kurama's memories."

"That's because he is the descendent of an energy stealing demon," Hiei spoke up. "But because he's only part demon, he's powers are different. He still steals energy, but only subconsciously."

"What does that have to do with the memories?"

"Like I said, his powers are different. In addition to stealing energy, Eino also takes some memories, apparently the kind that are mostly connect to Mido's energy. Remember you said that Eino was never very fond of his father, even though his father never did anything wrong? That was taken from Mido, since he carries such a displeasure towards his own father."

Eino cocked his head to the side, deep in thought. "That makes sense I suppose," he said finally.

"So let me get this strait," Koenma demanded. "Eino's memories aren't his own, but stolen from Mido, who took them from his past life as Kurama." He raised his eyebrow, skeptical.

Mido shrugged. "I know it sounds far out," he told them, "but it's true."

"I'll take your word for it," Koenma said, sighing heavily.

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Ring around the Rosy

Pockets full of Hosey

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"Hey, Kurama?" Hiei began, as the two lay stretched out on a couch in Kuwabara's house, resting after the long, hectic day. Mido was back in his Kurama form, his red hair spread out on the brown pillow like a fan.

"Yeah?" the fox asked.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" Kurama puzzled.

"For rejecting you. For saying that I didn't love you," Hiei told him, doing a remarkable job of keeping himself calm.

Kurama smiled gently at his black haired friend. "That's alright," he told him. "I understand. You can't help who you love."

"No," Hiei said, shaking his head. "You don't understand. That's not what I'm apologizing for."

"What do you mean?" Kurama frowned.

"Because I do love you. I was lying." And with that, he swooped up the red head in a passionate kiss.

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Ashes, ashes

We all fall down … sometimes.

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THE END

And there you have it folks! The end of my beloved story! It's so sad!!!! *bawl bawl bawl*  But at least it ended well, and it was the exact length I wanted it. I was also incredibly surprised at how close Kisaru was to the truth! Heck, she practically figured it out! Geez, the whole point was to NOT be obvious!!!

It's possible that I'll make a sequel, but I'd like to know how many of you are interested, so if you could let me know through reviews, that'd be great. Unfortunately, I have absolutely, positively no idea what the sequel would be about, so if I end up making one, it might take a few weeks for me to start the first chapter! So stay tuned, and keep checking my stories!

I'd also like to take this chance, to advertise my other stories. Fox Child is my main story, and updated more then any of my others. Fire Thief, Fox Child's parallel, will be updated soon, I just have to get an idea or two of where to go from there. Suggestions would be appreciated! Email me with ideas, for either the sequel to this, or Fire Thief. Remember that Fire Thief is a parallel, which mean it cannot alter Fox Child's story line. In other words, Kurama won't reappear for at least a few chapters to come. I do not want Fire Thief, or Fox Child for that matter, to focus on Kurama and Hiei's relationship. They are for single characters.

In addition, I'd like to let you all know that I've been planning a new story line for Kurama/Hiei, so keep checking in! The first chapter will probably be up within a week, k?

As a final note, I'd like to thank all the people who reviewed this story and any of my others!

A final love and kisses, loyal fans, and keep checking my stories for new stuff!

Dream Fox