Kurama woke up a few minutes later and saw the fuzzy image of a giant
peering down at him. He was lying in the giants' hands. He was back in his
human form.
"Hi Dabora." He whispered before falling unconscious again. Hiei was next to him also unconscious, but still alive. The Giant was with a girl demon and a boy demon. They brought Kurama and Hiei into a cave and tended to their wounds.
"Do we know them, Kilami?" (Ke-la-me) the giant asked a demon girl next to him.
I don't know. They look familiar. We must know them, otherwise they wouldn't have called out your name. All of our friends know to call your name if they need help. Do you know them, Vence?" the girl yelled to the boy demon.
"no. but I have the strangest feeling that we have met them before." Said the boy.
Back with Yusuke, Kuwabara and Trixy.
"KURAMA! HIEI!" Yusuke yelled.
"ONNI-KUN!" Trixy called.
"FOX! SHRIMP! ANSWER US!" Kuwabara yelled.
"IF YOU CAN HEAR US, GIVE US SOME SIGN THAT YOUR ALIVE!" Yusuke yelled. The calls just echoed off of the canyon walls.
"Botan. Try that mirror that Kurama gave you." Yusuke instructed through the radio.
"Why?" asked Botan.
"Hiei and Kurama fell off of the cliff. We need to know if they are still alive." Said Yusuke.
"Alright." Botan said.
"Kurama." She said to the mirror. The mirror remained the same.
"Kurama." She said again louder and more clearly this time. The mirror did nothing. Suddenly, the image of a cave showed in it. she saw Kurama and Hiei lying in beds of straw and three demons were speaking a strange language. The girl was placing a cool wet cloth over Hieis' forehead.
"They are alive. Some demons are helping them with their wounds." Said Botan.
"Good. Keep us updated. We are going to search for them." Said Yusuke.
"ok, but do not hurt the demons. They are helping Kurama. Thank them if you find them." Said Botan.
"got it." said Yusuke.
"they are alive in a cave with a few nice demons who are helping them. Let's go find them." Said Yusuke.
Kurama and Hiei:
"hey, look! They are waking up." Said the girl.
"Huh? Vence? Dabora? Kilami?" asked Kurama.
"How do you know us?" asked the boy demon.
"Oh, I am surprised with you, Vence. You don't remember your old leader? It has only been, what? Twenty two years?" asked Kurama with a sly smile.
"Kurama? No. it cant be. You don't look like Kurama." Said the Giant.
"Convince us." Said the boy demon.
"ROSE WHIP!" said Kurama. His trademark weapon appeared in his hand.
"ok, so you can do the rose whip. If you are really Kurama, transform for us." Said the Girl demon. Kurama tried to get to his feet and fell back to his knees. He got up again and shook is head. He put his hands on his chest and closed his eyes. He opened them again and they glowed green. His hair began to blow up as a strange wind entered the cave. Kurama slowly rose into the air, the wind swirling around him. He slowly moved his hands off of his chest, cupped them and brought them in front of him. A ball of green light shined through his clothes, which were slowly changing to the white uniform of Yoko Kurama. He quickly pulled his hands apart and there was a shower of sparks from the ball of light. A thin line attacked to the ball of light and wrapped around Kuramas' neck, turning the ball of light into a necklace. A light began to glow in the other three demons' chests too. He raised his hands up into the air and the wind became stronger. Delicate flowers were beginning to form below him. There was a glow from the plants, then the light exploded, engulfing Kurama in it. the light vanished and the wind ebbed away. Where Kurama had been, Yoko Kurama now stood.
"Still don't think I am Yoko Kurama?" asked Kurama.
"KURAMA!" the three demons yelled. They ran over to Kurama and began hugging him.
"I missed you all too." Said Kurama.
"Kurama? Where are we, how did we get here, how did we even survive the fall, why did you yell the word Dabora, why are you in demon form, who are they and why are they attempting to strangle you?" Hiei asked.
"in a cave at the bottom of the canyon, Dabora, Kilami, and Vence brought us here, Dabora caught us, I yelled so Dabora would save us, to prove I am Yoko Kurama, My old gang, and they are hugging me, not strangling me." Kurama answered.
"I am Kilami, light mange, I am part butterfly demon and part fairy, my spirit animal is the butterfly." Said the girl demon. She was about the a year younger than Kurama. She had beautiful pastel colored butterfly wings. Her skin looked like flawless porcine, with beautiful long locks of golden blonde hair hanging down over her perfect blue eyes. She wore a one strapped top piece that was white, and her bottom piece was a white skirt that was higher on her left hip, and was slanted so that the right side stopped an inch above her knee. She had pointed ears and wore a flower that was splashed with several bright colors in her hair. She was about the same size as Yukina as well. She looked like a fragile rose, which is how Kurama would have put it. she had long thin legs and gentle curves. She also had long thin arms and thin fingers with sharp fingernails. Two long intenna sat on the top of her head. Her face was soft and she wore a pair of strange white boots. She carried a shaft full of arrows in her back and a bow to fire them with. If he didn't know any better, he would have mistaken her for a life sized porcine angle. "Trixy is prettier." Hiei thought to himself. He mentally kicked himself "What am I saying? Do I really think that. Oh, who am I kidding? I have a crush on Kuramas' little sister. Oh if he found out, I can't imagine the look on his face." Hiei thought.
"I'm Dabora. Part Giant, part troll. I can control thunder and lightning,. My spirit animal is the bear." Said the giant. He had to sit down, because if he stood up, he would have to bend over to keep from hitting the roof of the cave. He was a good twenty feet tall. Very muscular. He had a messy tuft of brown hair and gentle chocolate brown eyes. He wore only a white pair of pants.
"and I am Vence. Wind mange. Wolf demon. And my spirit animal is the wolf, but you probably knew that." Said the boy demon. He had two brown wolf ears sitting on top of his head. He had dirty, unruly brown hair that was pulled back into a pony tail held by a strap of animal hide. It looked like otter fur. He had two white fangs peeking out from his upper lip. His eyes were gray.. He wore thick black padding that acted as armor over his chest. He wore a pair of fur shorts and had armor made of wood on his shoulders. He had fur shin pads on and his feet were bear. He carried a sword at his side and he had a bushy brown wolf tail. He had sharp claws and looked strong.
"I never knew you had a gang, Kurama." Said Hiei.
"We were all outcasts. Nobody cared for us, and then, one day, Kurama and Kuroneue came and invited us to join him to become famous criminals that no one would dare cast away, and so here we are." Said Kilami.
"I am Hiei. fire mange, the forbidden child, fire demon with some blood of an ice demon, spirit animal is the Dragon.
"Hey, you should join the club! You had it worse than we did! Kurama use to tell us, if he ever met the forbidden child, he would ask him to join us." Said Dabora.
"The other forbidden child is waiting safe in the spirit." Hiei began.
"Kurama? Kurama? Can you hear me? Please be alive." said Kuramas' mirror.
"Botan, this is Kurama." Said Kurama. Botan screamed when she saw Kurama in his Yoko form.
"Oh, you scared me. Are you alright?" asked Botan.
"Yes. We are both fine. Tell Yusuke to keep heading north for a fourth a mile, then turn northeast and about another quarter mile is the castle. I will meet him there and bring some help." Said Kurama.
"Got it. you be careful Kurama." Said Botan.
"Hey, I'm a three hundred year legendary thief, I will be fine. Everyone will run away if they see me. Especially with my gang." said Kurama.
"What gang?" asked Botan.
"Don't tell the others I said that. I want it to be a surprise." Said Kurama.
"Ok. Good luck." Said Botan.
"Kurama, we are good now. We are sorry. We will not steal anymore." Said Kilami.
"Good to hear." Said Kurama.
"Don't try and convince us, oh. Good to hear? Your not mad?" asked Kilami.
"Nope. I work with the spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi. I was afraid you would be mad at me." Said Kurama.
"In that case, lets go!" said Vence.
"Who is up for a race with the forbidden child? He is faster than me!" said Kurama.
"I am. Let's make it a race to the castle!" said Kilami.
"Wait! One thing first. Hiei, will you join the gang? You have all of the requirements. A spirit animal, you are a mange, a powerful demon, an outcast, you have a criminal record, and you know the silver kitsune well as a partner." Said Kurama.
"Me? Well. I guess. I'm in. I belong with a group of people who don't belong." Said Hiei with a smirk.
"Come closer, Hiei. we have to give you your proof of membership." Said Kurama.
"Hi Dabora." He whispered before falling unconscious again. Hiei was next to him also unconscious, but still alive. The Giant was with a girl demon and a boy demon. They brought Kurama and Hiei into a cave and tended to their wounds.
"Do we know them, Kilami?" (Ke-la-me) the giant asked a demon girl next to him.
I don't know. They look familiar. We must know them, otherwise they wouldn't have called out your name. All of our friends know to call your name if they need help. Do you know them, Vence?" the girl yelled to the boy demon.
"no. but I have the strangest feeling that we have met them before." Said the boy.
Back with Yusuke, Kuwabara and Trixy.
"KURAMA! HIEI!" Yusuke yelled.
"ONNI-KUN!" Trixy called.
"FOX! SHRIMP! ANSWER US!" Kuwabara yelled.
"IF YOU CAN HEAR US, GIVE US SOME SIGN THAT YOUR ALIVE!" Yusuke yelled. The calls just echoed off of the canyon walls.
"Botan. Try that mirror that Kurama gave you." Yusuke instructed through the radio.
"Why?" asked Botan.
"Hiei and Kurama fell off of the cliff. We need to know if they are still alive." Said Yusuke.
"Alright." Botan said.
"Kurama." She said to the mirror. The mirror remained the same.
"Kurama." She said again louder and more clearly this time. The mirror did nothing. Suddenly, the image of a cave showed in it. she saw Kurama and Hiei lying in beds of straw and three demons were speaking a strange language. The girl was placing a cool wet cloth over Hieis' forehead.
"They are alive. Some demons are helping them with their wounds." Said Botan.
"Good. Keep us updated. We are going to search for them." Said Yusuke.
"ok, but do not hurt the demons. They are helping Kurama. Thank them if you find them." Said Botan.
"got it." said Yusuke.
"they are alive in a cave with a few nice demons who are helping them. Let's go find them." Said Yusuke.
Kurama and Hiei:
"hey, look! They are waking up." Said the girl.
"Huh? Vence? Dabora? Kilami?" asked Kurama.
"How do you know us?" asked the boy demon.
"Oh, I am surprised with you, Vence. You don't remember your old leader? It has only been, what? Twenty two years?" asked Kurama with a sly smile.
"Kurama? No. it cant be. You don't look like Kurama." Said the Giant.
"Convince us." Said the boy demon.
"ROSE WHIP!" said Kurama. His trademark weapon appeared in his hand.
"ok, so you can do the rose whip. If you are really Kurama, transform for us." Said the Girl demon. Kurama tried to get to his feet and fell back to his knees. He got up again and shook is head. He put his hands on his chest and closed his eyes. He opened them again and they glowed green. His hair began to blow up as a strange wind entered the cave. Kurama slowly rose into the air, the wind swirling around him. He slowly moved his hands off of his chest, cupped them and brought them in front of him. A ball of green light shined through his clothes, which were slowly changing to the white uniform of Yoko Kurama. He quickly pulled his hands apart and there was a shower of sparks from the ball of light. A thin line attacked to the ball of light and wrapped around Kuramas' neck, turning the ball of light into a necklace. A light began to glow in the other three demons' chests too. He raised his hands up into the air and the wind became stronger. Delicate flowers were beginning to form below him. There was a glow from the plants, then the light exploded, engulfing Kurama in it. the light vanished and the wind ebbed away. Where Kurama had been, Yoko Kurama now stood.
"Still don't think I am Yoko Kurama?" asked Kurama.
"KURAMA!" the three demons yelled. They ran over to Kurama and began hugging him.
"I missed you all too." Said Kurama.
"Kurama? Where are we, how did we get here, how did we even survive the fall, why did you yell the word Dabora, why are you in demon form, who are they and why are they attempting to strangle you?" Hiei asked.
"in a cave at the bottom of the canyon, Dabora, Kilami, and Vence brought us here, Dabora caught us, I yelled so Dabora would save us, to prove I am Yoko Kurama, My old gang, and they are hugging me, not strangling me." Kurama answered.
"I am Kilami, light mange, I am part butterfly demon and part fairy, my spirit animal is the butterfly." Said the girl demon. She was about the a year younger than Kurama. She had beautiful pastel colored butterfly wings. Her skin looked like flawless porcine, with beautiful long locks of golden blonde hair hanging down over her perfect blue eyes. She wore a one strapped top piece that was white, and her bottom piece was a white skirt that was higher on her left hip, and was slanted so that the right side stopped an inch above her knee. She had pointed ears and wore a flower that was splashed with several bright colors in her hair. She was about the same size as Yukina as well. She looked like a fragile rose, which is how Kurama would have put it. she had long thin legs and gentle curves. She also had long thin arms and thin fingers with sharp fingernails. Two long intenna sat on the top of her head. Her face was soft and she wore a pair of strange white boots. She carried a shaft full of arrows in her back and a bow to fire them with. If he didn't know any better, he would have mistaken her for a life sized porcine angle. "Trixy is prettier." Hiei thought to himself. He mentally kicked himself "What am I saying? Do I really think that. Oh, who am I kidding? I have a crush on Kuramas' little sister. Oh if he found out, I can't imagine the look on his face." Hiei thought.
"I'm Dabora. Part Giant, part troll. I can control thunder and lightning,. My spirit animal is the bear." Said the giant. He had to sit down, because if he stood up, he would have to bend over to keep from hitting the roof of the cave. He was a good twenty feet tall. Very muscular. He had a messy tuft of brown hair and gentle chocolate brown eyes. He wore only a white pair of pants.
"and I am Vence. Wind mange. Wolf demon. And my spirit animal is the wolf, but you probably knew that." Said the boy demon. He had two brown wolf ears sitting on top of his head. He had dirty, unruly brown hair that was pulled back into a pony tail held by a strap of animal hide. It looked like otter fur. He had two white fangs peeking out from his upper lip. His eyes were gray.. He wore thick black padding that acted as armor over his chest. He wore a pair of fur shorts and had armor made of wood on his shoulders. He had fur shin pads on and his feet were bear. He carried a sword at his side and he had a bushy brown wolf tail. He had sharp claws and looked strong.
"I never knew you had a gang, Kurama." Said Hiei.
"We were all outcasts. Nobody cared for us, and then, one day, Kurama and Kuroneue came and invited us to join him to become famous criminals that no one would dare cast away, and so here we are." Said Kilami.
"I am Hiei. fire mange, the forbidden child, fire demon with some blood of an ice demon, spirit animal is the Dragon.
"Hey, you should join the club! You had it worse than we did! Kurama use to tell us, if he ever met the forbidden child, he would ask him to join us." Said Dabora.
"The other forbidden child is waiting safe in the spirit." Hiei began.
"Kurama? Kurama? Can you hear me? Please be alive." said Kuramas' mirror.
"Botan, this is Kurama." Said Kurama. Botan screamed when she saw Kurama in his Yoko form.
"Oh, you scared me. Are you alright?" asked Botan.
"Yes. We are both fine. Tell Yusuke to keep heading north for a fourth a mile, then turn northeast and about another quarter mile is the castle. I will meet him there and bring some help." Said Kurama.
"Got it. you be careful Kurama." Said Botan.
"Hey, I'm a three hundred year legendary thief, I will be fine. Everyone will run away if they see me. Especially with my gang." said Kurama.
"What gang?" asked Botan.
"Don't tell the others I said that. I want it to be a surprise." Said Kurama.
"Ok. Good luck." Said Botan.
"Kurama, we are good now. We are sorry. We will not steal anymore." Said Kilami.
"Good to hear." Said Kurama.
"Don't try and convince us, oh. Good to hear? Your not mad?" asked Kilami.
"Nope. I work with the spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi. I was afraid you would be mad at me." Said Kurama.
"In that case, lets go!" said Vence.
"Who is up for a race with the forbidden child? He is faster than me!" said Kurama.
"I am. Let's make it a race to the castle!" said Kilami.
"Wait! One thing first. Hiei, will you join the gang? You have all of the requirements. A spirit animal, you are a mange, a powerful demon, an outcast, you have a criminal record, and you know the silver kitsune well as a partner." Said Kurama.
"Me? Well. I guess. I'm in. I belong with a group of people who don't belong." Said Hiei with a smirk.
"Come closer, Hiei. we have to give you your proof of membership." Said Kurama.