Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.

K.H.: Finally, I'm about to reach the end of this thing... I think. Can't wait, then I'll only have one story to worry about writing until I decide to upload another one out of my vast arsenal. Heh, "Rurouni Demon" is the only fanfic so far that I didn't get all good reviews... no biggie. Ok, I'm ending this author's imput thingie right after the next period.
Kurama awoke the next afternoon to the smell of food, most probably lunch. He sat up in bed & glanced around after letting out an enormous yawn. He happens to glance over at the mirror in his bedroom & freezes.

His eyes widen, "What the-...?"

He jumps up & walks towards the mirror to get a better look. He now has red hair, green eyes flecked with gold, and his face is similar to how it was when he was still a human.

Kurama basically looked like a 7ft. tall Shuichi with fox ears & a fox tail. He also still had Youko's claws & clothes, but it seemed that he was reverting to his human identity.

He was delighted by this turn of events & grinned at his reflection, "Seems that I'm returning to my human form."

The now 'hanyou' Kurama turns away from the mirror & his eyes rest on two photos resting on his desk, each in a frame. He had never really bothered to look at them before, with the exception of a few times while thinking of something to write for essays his teachers would occasionally assign him & his classmates.

He walks over to the pictures & studies them a bit. One picture is of his family; Shiori, Hatanaka, Shuichi, and himself.

The next picture is of his 'other family' which is a group picture of Yusuke, Keiko, Kazuma Kuwabara, Yukina, Hiei, Shizuru, Botan, and himself.

He notices various things going on in the photograph, which he didn't really take into account before.

For some examples, Yusuke had an arm around Keiko, who was blushing, but smiling at the camera nonetheless.

A similar event was happening between Kuwabara & Yukina, except that she smiled brightly at the camera.

Hiei looked ready to kill as he glared at Kuwabara, but Shizuru put a hand on his shoulder to stop him from killing her little brother... but she would've let Hiei beat the crap out of him, no problem.

"Those two seem to be getting along nicely," Kurama mused to himself while looking at the ill-tempered fire demon & Shizuru, who could more than likely take out a group of demons if she's ticked.

His eyes traveled to Botan & himself. He had remembered giving her rabbit ears & to his surprise, found that she did it back to him!

He couldn't help but chuckle, "We must be able to read one another's mind."

He senses something or someone & looks towards his window, which the curtains are obscuring the view outside at the present moment.

Someone knocks on his window & he walks towards it, "Maybe it's Hiei, he's one of the only people I know that can reach my window."

He pulls back the curtains & sees someone that he wasn't quite expecting, "Botan???"

He opens the window & pokes his head out, "I wasn't expecting you Botan."

Botan smiles cheerily while floating on top of her oar, "I would've thought that you've learned to expect the unexpected by now! I just came to check to see how my favorite kitsune was doing."

Kurama smiles, "But aren't I the only kitsune you know?"

She blushes a bit, "Well, yes I suppose. Ah, forget it, I was coming to see how you were doing silly! You had to go through quite an ordeal last night, I'm glad to see that everything worked out."

He nods, "Hey Botan, why don't you join us for lunch?"

She floats over a little closer to the window, smiling, "Thank you Kurama, I was beginning to get a little hungry. It's been one soul after another this morning & Koenma is letting me have a small break."

She looks at him for a moment before giggling, "I see you're turning back into a human again, that's great! Did you just wake up or something? You have a bed-head."

He glances downward, slightly embarrassed, "Well, yes. I was up late last night & I just woke up a few minutes before you came. I haven't really had enough time to get cleaned up or anything."

"Obviously. Anyway, I have to go file a report real quick & then I'll be back. It'll give you time to get straightened up a little," she says before glancing back towards a tree.

She smiles & looks back at Kurama, "Looks like a certain little fire demon finally returned."

Kurama smiles & looks at the tree, "Hey Hiei, come join us for lunch."

Hiei drops down from the tree & looks up at the kitsune & the ferrygirl, "What a stupid question, I don't exactly like sitting down to a meal with other people. It's not my style."

Botan grins, "Oh, come on Hiei, it'll be fun! Sitting down to a meal with Kurama's family can't be that bad, stop being such a partypooper!"

Hiei turns away & Botan scowls, glaring at him. This actually scares Kurama to a certain degree. Botan almost NEVER scowls or glares, much less do them both at the same time.

Botan flies down to Hiei, picks him up by the back of his collar, and flies him up to Kurama's window, "Kurama invited you to have lunch & you're going to turn him down so rudely? I don't think so. You're coming with me to apologize & turn him down in a more polite fashion."

Hiei flails, "Let go of me you fool! I'm warning you..."

Botan shoots a death glare at Hiei & he freezes.

She sets him down in Kurama's room & Kurama smiles at him nervously, "Uh, hello there Hiei..."

"I'll be back," she repeats & then glances in Hiei's direction. "Be good Hiei."

She flies off & Hiei glares at her, his teeth bared, "Who does she think she is?! Telling me to be good like she's my mother or something!"

Kurama sighs, smiling gently, "Settle down Hiei. Wait here while I take a quick shower."

The koorime crosses his arms & sits down on the edge of Kurama's bed, "Yeah, whatever. Just hurry up, my patience is wearing thin."

Kurama nods & exits his bedroom.