Note: Noble Kitsune I came up with this story to tell you about Rimu and Youko's partnership and why Youko hates him. I hope ya like it^_^ Thanks for reading my stories!

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Before We Were Friends

Prologue

The Team!

By: Miroke

June 14, 2003

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Three figures sat around a campfire in the middle of a dark forest. One had waist length silver hair and golden eyes, and a silver fox tail and white fox ears. His name is Youko Kurama.

The second has long black hair that goes down to his waist and light blue eyes; he also has two black foxtails and a pair of black fox ears on top of his head. His name is Rimu Hukuma.

The last one is a young woman with shoulder length orange hair and bright green eyes. She has a set of fairy wings and pointy ears. Her name is Yumia Tikaima.

They have all three been a team for two years now and they are getting ready for their next mission which is to steal a magical sword from a Lord named Kuro.

"Rimu can't we please just rest for today and go after the sword in about two or three days?" Yumia asked as she leaned her head on her hand as she lay down next to Youko.

"NO! We are going to get that damn sword in the morning and stop your bitching Yumia you never do any of the work anyway." Rimu said and gave Yumia a cold stare as she cuddled up next to Youko. (Youko and Yumia are very close^_~)

"Leave her alone Rimu if it wasn't for her we couldn't have found our way to the castle in the first place." Youko said as he put an arm around Yumia's shoulder and laid his chin on her head.

"You just defend her so you can get some later on." Rimu said and glared at Youko angrily.

"Shut your fucking mouth." Youko said in a threatening tone as he glared back at Rimu.

"Guys please don't fight I hate it when you do, we're a team we're not suppose to fight." Yumia said sitting up and looking at Youko and then at Rimu. "We'll go get the sword tomorrow and that'll be the end of it, now lets all get some sleep because tomorrow is really going to take a lot of energy." Yumia said and laid her head on Youko's chest and closed her eyes.

"Fine," Rimu said and got up and walked over to a tree and jumped up into it and sat on a limb and crossed his arms and closed his eyes. His two foxtails swished angrily until he slipped off to sleep.

"Yumia," Youko said as he looked at Rimu.

"Yes?" Yumia asked and looked up at Youko.

"Why don't we break our partnership with Rimu and leave him when we get the sword, we can start a life of our own...together." Youko said and looked down at Yumia and smiled and took his hand and brushed some of her bangs out of her eyes.

"Do you really want to spend your life with me Youko?" Yumia asked and smiled at him sweetly.

"Yes I do Yumia, I love you and I will always love you." Youko said and leaned down and lightly kissed her on the lips and then they both laid back on the ground and drifted off into a peaceful sleep both in each other's embraces.

Author's Note: I know it's really short but if I get enough reviews I'll put chapter 1 up which will be at least 5 pages. Please review and tell me what you think.

Thanks for reading,

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