Yu Yu Hakusho
Fight For Survival
Chapter 24
Sukina and Natsu found
By: Yaiko Youkai
February 13, 2004
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama, Kita, Hia, and Botan have started a search for two young looking demon women by going to Koenma for more information on them. Sukina a young Dragon Demon with long midnight blue hair and amber eyes with black Dragon wings. She is the protector of something Yusuke could figure out what though. And the other young woman was Natsu a Fire Kitsune with violet hair, ears and two tails. Then her eyes were silver.
Yusuke showed ever one a picture of the two young women then they were off to Makai in search of the two young women.
"Now Yusuke exactly how are we supposed to find these women?" Hia asked and heard Kita make a funny noise.
"We're going to Koenma to figure that out Hia." Yusuke said and smiled back to her obviously he hadn't heard Kita make a weird noise.
"Okay." Hia said dismissing her friends little noise as she walked a head of Hiei and little.
Several Minutes Later!
Yusuke, Botan, Hia, Hiei, Kurama, Kita, and of course Kuwabara welcome to your briefing." Koenma said and motioned for every one to sit in front of a large screen. Every one took a seat and faced the screen as Koenma walked around in front of the group.
"Well now you all know why you are here. We're going to find the daughter of a friend of yours Kurama. Sukina one of the last remaining Dragon Demons. Her father was Kuronue." Koenma said and waited for Kurama's reaction
Kurama jumped out of his seat. "Kuronue's daughter!" he said stunned as he went through all the information so far in his head and the picture of the two young girls they were looking for appeared on the screen.
"Yes Kuronue's daughter. The young girl in the picture with here is Natsu a fire Kitsune and Sukina's protector. Natsu is older then Sukina and is the one we should look for because she will be easier to find." Koenma said.
"I don't care which one we look for but Sukina is gorgeous." Kuwabara said.
"Watch it Baka!" Kurama growled at Kuwabara. "Don't you even think about it." He said in an annoyed tone as he growled again.
"Touchy, touchy she's not your daughter!" Kuwabara said and crossed his arms as he sat between Hia and Yusuke.
"She's as good as!" Kurama said threateningly as he grabbed Kuwabara's shirt collar and pulled him out of his seat. "Don't you even think about coming on to her!" he said annoyed as he growled again.
"Calm down Kurama this is Kuwabara we are talking about here. He comes on to every pretty girl he sees." Yusuke said and smiled.
"I don't care!" Kurama said shoving Kuwabara back down in his chair as he walked away from the group.
"Uh...this may be a stupid question...but who's Kuronue?" Hia asked.
"Kuronue was my partner and best friend before he was killed..." Kurama said as he leaned against the wall behind every one and looked at the screen at the two young girls.
"Kuronue sealed Sukina's power until she was of the age to take a mate of her choice. And now she is of age and the seal must be taken off. But Kuronue is not here to take it off so we must take it off for her. She looks human and we can't detect her in anyway. Until the seal is broken she is just a human to us so it's an old fashioned search for the girls in the Human world." Koenma said.
"Just wonderful. You don't know at all what these women will look like..." Yusuke said and slumped down in his chair. "You have to make every thing hard for me don't you." he whined.
"You have Kurama's help Yusuke. And it's not like your looking at every Human woman just the 17 to 18 year old females." Koenma said
"So these girls are our age." Kuwabara said confused.
"Yes well I know Sukina thinks she is that age but really they are older. They just can't remember it." Koenma answered.
"Do to their powers being sealed no doubt." Kurama said still standing by the wall staring at the young women on the screen.
"Of course. You know how Kuronue did that Kurama. He sealed your power once if I'm not mistaken." Koenma said.
"Don't remind me...I don't know how I made that man loose his temper but he did." Kurama said.
"I don't know about you Kita but I feel like I've skipped a few chapters in a book." Hia said and turned around to Kurama.
"Okay Kita, Hia to make a long story short I was once a very ruthless demon and my partner/ best friend was Kuronue a Dragon Demon. he had a daughter I didn't know about and now we are trying to find her." Kurama said then looked back to the screen. 'How could I have not know about her...' he wondered as she continued to stair at the screen.
"Kurama you'd have the best chance at recognizing her then the rest of us so where should we start?" Yusuke asked as he stood up.
"I can't recognize her I've never met her I just found out about her." Kurama said defensively as he stood up straight.
"You knew Kuronue. You could sense part of him in her. So yes you could if you'll try." Koenma said.
"I'll try but I haven't been around him in over 17 years...he died remember Koenma." Kurama said.
"I remember." Koenma said then walked back behind his desk leaving the others to talk about it.
"Koenma what is it that she protects?" Kurama asked as he walked away from the others.
"She protects what you two stole from us." Koenma said and Kurama's eyes-widened with realization. "So if we find that jewel we've found Sukina?" He asked as he looked back at the screen.
"Yes. That is one of the most powerful jewels ever, the Tenki Jewel. We must get it back from her. That's another reason I want you to find her." Koenma said as he watched Kurama stare at the screen.
"Agreed that makes her a very big target." Kurama said then looked over to Kita and the other. "Come on lets start looking for her." He said and started for the doors.
"Kurama I suggest you try for a little while to remember Kuronue." Koenma said and Kurama nodded knowing that he ment remember his senses from so long ago.
Later That Day!
"Okay Yusuke. I know she's close but I can't tell exactly where she is..." Kurama said absolutely annoyed. They had been looking all day and it's getting dark.
"Give it time Kurama you'll get it. We'll try again tomorrow get some rest every one." Yusuke said then turned to go towards his and Botan's home with his mother.
"This is so frustrating..." Kurama said as he looked around him to all the people walking by.
"Come on Kurama let's go home and rest. If you can't find her no one can." Kita said placing a comforting hand on his back.
"Yeah come on Kurama we're all wore out." Hia said and smiled at him. Kurama looked at Hia a little strangely. "What?" Hia asked a little uncomfortable with him looking at her like that.
"Nothing...never mind. Let's go home." Kurama said and glanced at Hia again.
"Okay he's strange now..." Hia said under her breath and followed after Kurama and Kita. "Coming Hiei?" she asked once she realized he wasn't behind her. She turned and looked at him waiting for him to walk back with her.
"No I'm fine." Hiei said then turned and walked away from her.
"Fine be that way." Hia said knowing he didn't really want to be around her. She crossed her arms and started to follow Kurama and Kita.
'I'm just trying to protect you, Hia…I'm sorry if you don't understand that.' Hiei thought as he walked away from Hia and the others.
"Trying to protect me my ass." Hia said angrily, because he keeps avoiding being with her at every chance he gets.
Hiei spun around and looked at Hia confused. 'Did I say that out loud? No…I couldn't have…could I?' he thought confused as he watched her walk away from him.
"What are you talking about Hia?" Kita asked as she looked back at her friend.
"Didn't you hear him?" Hia asked very annoyed.
"He didn't say anything Hia. And I have better hearing then you do." Kurama said as he looked back at her too.
"So. 'I'm just trying to protect you, Hia…I'm sorry if you don't understand that.' That's what he said." Hia said in an annoyed tone.
"I'm sorry Hia he didn't say that. Or anything else for that matter." Kurama said then opened the door to the apartment and let the girls in then walked in himself.
"Then how can I quote what he said then?" Hia asked very annoyed by this point.
"I have no idea what you're quoting but Hiei didn't say it. I didn't hear anything like that spoken around us back there." Kurama said as he looked at her funny again. 'Even now Sukina is close and these two are the only one's who have been with us all day.' He thought as he glanced between Hia and Kita.
"Well I'm going to go to bed since I can't get Hiei to stop avoiding me." Hia said then spun on her heal and went into hers and Hiei's bedroom.
"Okay that was weird." Kita said as she walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Yeah. She'd have to be a demon to hear his thoughts like that. Cause I bet you anything Hiei thought that." Kurama said as he walked into the kitchen and sat down beside Kita. 'She's have to be a dragon demon more precisely.' He thought and looked towards the door.
"Dragon demon. I know. She is what you're thinking. And I'm her friend of course." Kita said and looked down at the table.
"Why all the run around then? Why didn't you tell us before hand that you two weren't humans?" Kurama asked slightly confused now that he knew Hia was the Dragon Sukina and Kita was the Fire Kitsune Natsu.
"Well she doesn't know, and I didn't want to ruin her life since her father died and can't take the spell off." Kita said and sighed.
"We can take the spell of for her." Kurama said then looked towards the door.
"Yes but what will she know?" Kita asked and waited a moment. "Absolutely nothing. She knows nothing of behind a demon." she said and frowned as she looked towards the door.
"Her powers are all ready showing. If we don't take it off it will. Either kill her or take her powers away completely." Kurama said worriedly.
"If we take if off she can't be here around all these humans with Dragon wings. Plus she'll be completely confused." Kurama said sadly.
"She has us to help her. Better confused then dead. Wait…do you want me to call you Kita or Natsu?" Kurama asked.
"Kita in this form and Natsu in my other form. I'm sorry I wasn't honest with you. But I was trying to protect her." Kita said grabbing her hand and squeezed it slightly.
"Well I know you were Kuronue's friend and partner. He told me to find you if anything happened to him, but I never expected to fall in love with you." Kita said, and blushed a little and looked back down at the table.
"Well you did and so did I!" Kurama said then leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips.
The Next Day!
"Hey come on lets get started!" Yusuke yelled as he beat on Kurama, Kita, Hia and Hiei's apartment door.
"Go where?" Kurama asked as he opened the door to look at Yusuke.
"To find Sukina and Natsu of course. You feeling all right Kurama?" Yusuke asked as he looked at his friend a little funny.
"Sukina and I haven't gone any where Yusuke." Kita said and yawned. "Come on Kurama lets go back to bed. Bye Yusuke." She said and shut the door.
"Okay…did she just call herself Natsu?" Yusuke asked slightly confused.
"Yes I think she did. And she called Hia, Sukina I believe…" Botan said as she stared at the door wide eyed. "Uh we need to find out before I report to Koenma today about Progress…" she said as she looked over to Yusuke.
"I don't care about dipper boy I want to know what's going on." Yusuke said as she started knocking on the door again.
"Oh come on they said bye to you Yusuke." Came Hiei's voice from the other side.
"Hiei open up." Yusuke said annoyed.
"All right, all right." Hiei said annoyed as he opened the door. "What?"
"Where is Sukina and Natsu?" Yusuke asked as he looked over Hiei's shoulder into the apartment.
"You've lost it Detective." Hiei said as he moved to shut the door.
"Hiei that's not nice. Let them in." Hia said as she put a hand on the door to stop it from closing.
"Sukina?" Yusuke asked once he looked at Hia.
"What?" Hia asked confused as she looked at Yusuke. "You know I'm Hia…why did you call me Sukina?" she asked.
"Where's Kita or Natsu what ever?" Yusuke said annoyed as he just walked into the apartment.
"Yusuke calm down I said Sukina and my self were fine. Chill out." Kita said as she walked back into the living room.
"What's going on?" Hia asked confused as she looked around at every one.
"Hia you are Sukina. The dragon demoness we've been looking for." Kurama said as he walked back into the living room and stopped right beside Kita.
"What wait just a minute. I'm human. I'm not a demon." Hia said confused and defensively since Hiei was looking at her with hurt eyes because she hadn't told him.
"I am the human form of Natsu, Hia. Listen I know this is hard for you to believe but you are Sukina. Your father erased your memory until the spell was taken off so it would be easier for you to fit in. I should have told you a long time ago…but I was afraid to since your father had died." Kita said sadly.
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Authors Note: Hahaha…how will Hia take the news? I'm so mean. Anyway hope you like this chapter and I've all ready started on the next chapter so you won't have to wait so long. Sorry for that…^_^;;
