Yay! I finished this chapter! I think I have 2 more chapters to go, -_-;;; but anyways, here you go! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ch. 9

As Seiko, Kurama, and Hiei approached Genkai's temple, they could all feel the aura of a very strong youkai. Hiei and Kurama both sped up and got ahead of Seiko, incase the youkai were to come out suddenly and dash towards her. They screeched to a halt, Kurama took out his rose whip and Hiei took out his katana. Seiko tried to push past them but they held her back with their free hands. This didn't please Seiko at all. She yelled out a jumble of words and started hitting them with her fists, telling them to let her through.

"LET ME THROUGH! MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER!" screamed Seiko. Sweat could be seen coming down her face but she continued the assault.

"No! Stay back Seiko! It could be dangerous, we don't know where or what the aura is coming from!" said Kurama as he tried to calm her down.

Suddenly, Seiko's medallion started to glow. Her eyes started to change to silver and then back to her original color. Kurama stared into her eyes. At first, he saw her normal color, dark blue, but then he saw a flash of silver. This happened a few times until her eyes started to stay silver longer than before. Her hair suddenly came undone from its bind and whipped around in the wind that was coming from Seiko. The raven black hair with different shades of red that Kurama had come to admire, suddenly became a mass of swirling reddish gold. The red streaks seemed to become redder than they were before. Her head looked like it was being set aflame by the fire that makes up the sun. Kurama gaped in awe at her and behind him, Hiei also had his mouth 4 inches from the ground.

"Where is my mother?" asked Seiko, but her voice had changed. Instead of the gentle, sweet sound that sounded like little silver bells tinkling was a voice that sounded far superior, with more knowledge hidden behind it and every word came out with a wave of sensuality.

"S.Seiko?" asked Kurama hesitantly. Seiko opened her mouth to answer but suddenly they heard a loud boom! Seiko turned sharply and ran towards the source of the sound. Kurama and Hiei looked at each other.

"Here we go again.-_-," said Hiei. Kurama smacked Hiei on the head for being so insensitive and started running after Seiko. Hiei sighed and ran after Kurama.

When Seiko finished running up the steps of the temple, everything seemed ok. She looked from side to side but nothing seemed wrong. Her medallion pulsed and tugged her neck in the direction of the training grounds that Genkai usually used to train Yuusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama. She rounded the corner and stopped in her tracks. There on the floor was a very beaten up Genkai, alongside her was an exhausted and equally beaten up Yuusuke. A little farther away was Kuwabara, who had cuts and nasty gnashes all over his body. His blue uniform was all torn and stained with blood. Under him was Yukina, trembling with fright, but not hurt. Seiko turned her head to look at who had done this. There, stood a man.no, a youkai, who was laughing at Yuusuke's struggle to get up. He was maybe 7 feet tall, with muscles that rippled throughout his whole body. His skin was a tan color and his hair was dark blue. His eyes were a yellowish green. His features resembled a human's, except that he had razor sharp long claws instead of hands.

"Foolish ningen, why try to get up? You'll only fall back down; save your energy, I wouldn't want you to die before I kill you myself, now would I?" said the youkai as he lunged forward with his sharp claws aimed for Yuusuke's face. He was suddenly thrown back by a forceful gust of wind.

"What was that?" asked the youkai.

"That would be me, did YOU hurt my mother?" asked Seiko as her silver eyes narrowed. The glare sent fear through the youkai's body, causing him to shudder.

"Who are you and why did you come here?" asked Seiko, her voice still as cold as ice.

"My name's Riuu and I'm here to kill the Elemental and its mother," answered Riuu.

"The.elemental? What's.that?" Yuusuke managed to ask. Riuu gave a roar of laughter.

"You people really don't know what the Elemental is??? I thought you were the Reikai Tentai! Fine! I'll tell you. Legend says that a child was born to a very strong ningen woman, a very unique person. She's mortal but possesses more spirit energy than anybody could ever possibly wish to have. The father of the child is a lord, the ruler of a realm that hasn't been found yet. As of now, 4 realms exist, the Reikai, the Ningenkai, the Makai, and the Netherworld. Well, there's actually ANOTHER realm that exists, but no one has been able to find it, let alone get into it. Anyway, the lord of the realm is said to be extremely powerful and comes from a long line of powerful yet different kinds of youkai. Somehow or another, the two met by chance and the woman became pregnant. The child she gave birth to is the Elemental. It has complete control of all the elements, plus many other powers as well. Such power, must be destroyed! If it were to choose a path of good, it could destroy all evil, it could do it in less than an hour! THAT'S why it must be eliminated!" said Riuu with a growl.

"Then why are you attacking US???" asked Kurama as he emerged from behind a group of trees, followed closely by Hiei.

"That would be because I believe THIS woman right here is the Elemental's mother!" said Riuu.

"0_0" was everyone's expression.

"NANI? That's impossible! Genkai's never been married, let alone had a child! Oh wait, except for Seiko that is." said Kurama.

"Then she's lying. She HAS to be the Elemental's mother, nobody else in this damned world could be!" exclaimed Riuu.

"Shut the hell up you ugly piece of low-life scum, that's my mother you're talking about," said Seiko.

"Keep out of this girl, it doesn't involve you," said Riuu.

"Hn, that's where you're wrong dirt bag, this involves her VERY much," said Genkai as she tried to heal some of her wounds. A medallion under her tunic pulsed and pulled her neck forward, towards Seiko. Seiko's medallion did the same.

"M-mother!" exclaimed Seiko as she ran to Genkai's side and took out her medallion. Genkai pulled her medallion from under her tunic as well. The medallions pulsed and glowed a light blue.

"Don't worry mother, I won't let him hurt you, trust me," said Seiko. Then, she turned around to Riuu.

"I'm gonna make you pay, for hurting Yuusuke and Kuwabara, for scaring Yukina, and for hurting my mother!" Yelled Seiko.