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Chapter 5:

~~~~~~~~~ Kurama's POV~~~~~~~~~

// Fox?//

/Yes?/

//It's the toddle that kept me out of their minds.// This rather surprised me.

/Really? The toddler? How?/

/\Just so you know, this toddler can hear every word you say. And this toddler also has a name;

001./\ I literally jumped at this.

"Daijoubu?"(1) Yusuke asked, eyeing Hiei and I. He knew we could talk mentally.

"Hai. I'm fine."

"Hn"

"Are they staying for dinner too, Ku-?"

"Suuichi?" Thank goodness. I wouldn't have to make upsome excuse for interupting Kuwabara.

"Yes, 'kaasan?" I could see worry on her face.

"Your friend... Yusuke... He won't wake up. I shook him to see if he was hungry, and then I

noticed he looks very pale, almost dead." I had anticipated this. I just smiled at her, chuckling

slightly.

"Don't worry 'kaasan. Yusuke's a deep sleeper he'll sleep hinself out then wake up on his own,

there's no otherr way to wake him when he's like this. As for being very pale, it's been a long

day, think of what he's been through. He probably won't wake up for a while." I mentally sent a

mental message to the rest of my team.

/They were looking for Yusuke, they said they wanted to protect him from who ever did this.

They don't have any reikai or youkai, so even if they do mean harm, they won't prove much of a

threat. By the way I only told them my human name, so don't call me-/

// Hn, if the toddler can block me from entering they're minds chances are he can hear us talking

now. By the way, I do not enjoy being called shrimp, Kuwabaka.//

"Don't call me that!" He yelled. The idiot was getting some odd looks from the others. They

didn't here he reason for him saying that. Exept maybe the toddler.

~~~~~~~~~ 001's POV~~~~~~~~

After hearing that I could see I had many things to think about. The one, Suuichi, said his

human name, meaning he wasn't human. The orange haired one had made an orange colored

sword apear from nowhere, then disapear to nowhere; they called it a spirit sword, that in and of

itself was interesting. The short one had said that I could block him out, meaning it was him who

had tried to get into our minds. The fact that Suuichi could communicate with him, and prevent

me from blocking him out of his mind means that he, too, has telepathic powers. I couldn't hear

what they were saying the first time, I'd had to comsentrate on keeping him out. This time,

however, I heard every word. I wonder who these friends of this Yusuke were. I wonder if he has

these powers too. I woder where they got them. There was only one thing I didn't need to wonder

about: they were his friends, and they would and could protect him againt anyone. Even

Blackghost.

~~~~~~~~~~Shiori's POV~~~~~~~~~

"That was very good. You certainly are an excellent chef." I cometed to Shiori's chubby friend.

He's bringing home some interesting characters these days. Oh well at least he's bringing

someone home. I used too worry about him. He never had friends. Then he started bringing home

Hiei, Yusuke, and Kazuma now he goes out more, of course he comes home a little worse for the

wear, but.... oh well. "I'll set some aside for Yusuke. I'm sure he'll want some."

"That's a good idea 'kaasan. I'll get a plate." he replied and immediately got up to do so. I noticed

the two called Francois and Joe were very close; they always knew where the other was. Much the

same as my son and Hiei.

"That's an adorable baby, is he your's?" She looked afraid to answer for a minute, but then Joe

saved her.

~~~~~~~~~~ Kurama's POV~~~~~~~~~

"No, he's my brother."

//Hn, he's an only child, he was raised by soneone he calls'the father'. The toddler's not his

brother.// Hiei must have been reading his mind for his past.

"My mother died a while."

//That parts true, she froze to death on the steps of some huge building with statues of women

with wings. He was still a baby.//

/That sounds like a church. They sometimes raise orphans./

"I'm no good with children, so Francois is helping me." I knew the toddler was listening to Hiei

as though he didn't know any of this.

/\Hiei, how are you able to know all this? 009-err Joe- didn't tell you, and none of us told you; so

how?/\ 009 huh, well that explains the name thing earlier.

//Hn.// Suddenly Francois jumped.

"Oh, um, may I use your bathroom?"

/\She sensed something./\.

"Yes, Suuichi will you show her?"

I smiled at her,"Yes 'kaasan." /I'll find out what made her jump; believe me, it wasn't a need use

the bathroom./

"Daijoubu?" I aked. She looked confused so I said in english, "Are you alright?" The toddler said,

"She's fine, she sensed something. What did you sense?"

"Two things: first, the boy on the couch is wandering around out of his body, from the things he's

saying, I think it's happened before. And there was a huge power surge just west of here out in a

forest." (A/N: I don't actually know whitch way the park is from his house, I just guessed.)

"Here's the bathroom, I'll go find out what it is your -err- sensing. Wait a minute did you say

Yusuke is wondering around?"

"Yes."

"Is he here?"

"Yes; he's been sticking around me. Probably because I can see him."

"Yusuke, will you go find out what it is; no one will notice if you go. None of us can with out

alerting 'kaasan."

"He nodded then left. I'll tell you what he says when he gets back."

"I'm going back, they'll wonder what took so long." I went back to the kitchen. No one oticed

when I got back except Hiei.

//Hn, what took you so long, fox?// I couldn't resist the urge to tease him,

/I didn't know you cared./

//Hn, yes, you did.// I smiled.

/True./

//Did you find anything?//

/Yes. She can see and hear Yusuke, he's wandering around out of his body./

//And?//

/And she felt a huge power surge west of here in the park. Yusuke went to check it out./

"Suuichi, Hiei are you two okay? You've been awfully quite during dinner."

"Yes, 'kaasan. I'm fine, just worried."

"I'm sure everything will be fine with Yusuke. We'll get Atsuko back soon." I gave her a sad

smile, a fake smile, but she couldn't tell. No one could, excepting, of course, Hiei.

Just then Francois walked in and I heard the toddler's voice in my head.

/\He said pacifier-breath is coming. Who is that./\

//Hn, you'll find out soon enough.//

/ Hiei, Why didn't we sense them, and why didn't he just show up in the livingroom, like usual?/

/\Ahh, I believe that's my fault. I shielded this place. You might want to find a way to get rid of

her./\

DING- DONG

/\Too late. He's here./\

"I'll get it 'kaasan."

"Hello, Ku-"

"Suuichi. I'm Suuichi." He rised his eyebrow.

"I'm here about Yusuke. But I didn't for get Shiori." He held up a box.

"I didn't either." I hadn't seen Boton there, she too held up a box.

"Come in. We have some other guests, too." When we walked in. Kuwabara was yelling,

"PRESENT TIME!" They all had brought gifts, I didn't know they knew it was her birthday. I

knew Hiei did, But I didn't think he would get her anything. "Why don't you go first, seeing as

how she's your mom." Kuwabara said to me. My gift to her was a necklace with a very small,

living rose that would never wilt in her lifetime. Then Yukina gave her her present, a bracelet with

about twenty pearls dandling off it. Tear gems. Kuwabara's gift was a human gift, but just as

sweet. It was a wooden music box, with rubies and gold encrusting int and spelling her name.

Then Boton, tthen koenma, then I gave her Yusukes gift for him, till all of us had given her a gift

except Hiei. None of us expected him to give her a gift so none of us saw him subltly give her a

small box.

"Oh, Hiei! They're beautiful!I've never seen dimonds like this before." We all looked. In the box

Hiei had given her was a pair of diamond earings. Tear gem diamonds. She hugged Hiei, he

stiffened, but to the surprise of us all, didn't push her off. After a few moments, she realized she

was hugging my friend that doesn't like to be touched and let go. "Sorry, thank you, I just... I

didn't..."

"Hn."//Come out side, fox.//

/Hai./ Then he stormed out.

"It's o.k. 'Kaasan, he'll be fine." Then I ran out after him.

~~~~~~~~~~ Hiei's POV~~~~~~~~~~

"Hiei?" It was Kurama.

"Hn?"

"I'm honored that you would give your tear gems to 'kaasan, I mean tear gems are priceless and

she doesn't know their true value..."

"But?"

"But, where did you get them? I've never seen you cry, I doubt you've done it for centuries. If you

don't want to tell me, that's fine. I think she's glad you let her hug you -"

"Hn, fox." He looked up at me. "All babies cry."

"But you still have them? From when you were a baby?"

"Hn."Probably best not to answer that, besides I could still have the ones from my babyhood, I

kept all my tear gems, like he said they were priceless. If I needed money for something I couldn't

steal over the years, I would sell one or two and buy it.

"Hiei?" Yukina. My sister. "I was wondering if I could talk to you, alone.." Kurama left. "I'm

sorry. If it's not my place to say this, or if offends you if I do..." She looked at me, searching for

aproval. I nodded. "Only Koorime cry tear gems, and you cry tear gems." I looked at her,

surprised. She couldn't have made the connection, could she? "And, well, all these years I've been

searching for my brother..." One half of my brain was frozen in disbelief, the other was rebuking it

for being so. "... and he's been right under my nose, hasn't he?"

"Yukina." I wispered.

"Hasn't he, oniisan?"

"Hai." I looked away.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She pulled my chin so I was looking her in the eye. I remained silent.

"Oniisan, I wish you had told me." Then she hugged me. "I am so happy. I wished my brother

would be like you, turns out he is you." Then she started crying.

"K'so, this is why I didn't tell you: I didn't want to hurt you."(2) She looked at me, surprised.

"These are not tears of sadness, oniisan. They are tears of happiness." Then Kuwabaka came out.

"YUKINA-SAN! Why are you crying? What is something the shrimp did?"

"Hn."

"Yes; Kuzuma-san. Hiei is my brother. I have found him at last."