alrighty didey...need to 'splain stuff. This fic is one of those special fics where you can take the relationships either way. Yaoi or not. Like my other fic Three Tests, it will have two sequels. One Yaoi, and one not. Okay then...

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I HAVE THE YUYU HAKUSHO CD!! *skipping with joy*

Kurama yawned, and stretched his arms. He was on the fourth and final watch of the night. At least 12 people had to be up and watch out for demons. Hiei had taken 3rd watch, and now Kurama was taking his turn. He looked over at where the demons were, and wondered if they had guards as well.

His thoughts dwelled on his mother who thought he was away for a business trip. He hated to deceive her, but he couldn't tell her he was going to war to fight demons, now could he? Kurama had his own place with Hiei, now that he was 17, in his human years. The Youko side of him grew impatient and popped out more often. There was one good thing Kurama was grateful for, his Youko side loved his mother. just as much as he loved her. It was very confusing to have another subconscious trapped inside your body.

Hiei and Kurama where always together so they figured it'd be okay to live together. They had become best friends no matter how much Hiei denied it, so it just made since for them to live together. Hiei was always doing stupid things, taking on demons to calm his mind, but sometimes they were too much for him. There had been many occasions when they had to rely on Kuwabara's spiritual awareness to track him down.

Hiei and Kurama did not work, there was no need, Hiei could force tears and they sold the gems which provided them with more money than anyone could dream of getting in a year. Kurama was sworn to secrecy, and promised not to reveal the secret. He'd often wondered though, what'd be like to "accidentally" spill the beans to Kuwabara and Yusuke...

Kurama knew Yusuke had at first worked with Keiko, but got bored with the noodle business, and opened his own Dojo at Genkai's place, and though Genkai wouldn't admit it, she loved having the children there.

The children would always greet her with a hug, and they respected her with the tough love she gave them. She went easy on the 10 year olds and under, but if you were older, the had to endure what Yusuke had taught them. She did not work with them all the time though, only when Yusuke had to go on a mission.

With Yusuke away, Kurama was almost certain, all the children were worried about him.

Kuwabara went to college, and he'd decided to become an English teacher. He told Kurama of how the teacher's treated all of them bad, and Kurama was appalled to hear what this teacher called Mr. Akashi had done to Kuwabara when he was just 14. Kurama asked him why in the world would he want to become a teacher, when his teachers were so cruel. Kuwabara laughed and said, "I want to make sure my students know that though there other teachers may not be kind, but at least one can."

Kuwabara always said what he felt, though he didn't know it. He was doing what he always did, told the truth. He said very wise things, at times. Yusuke and Kuwabara lived together so that Kuwabara wouldn't have to pay his own way, for he had to focus all his attention for his studies. Kurama and Hiei had often wondered if they loved each other. Though...Kuwabara and Yusuke probably wondered the same thing about him and Hiei.

He looked up at the sky. There were no stars, only a pale moon. "How do we survive all this...Mother...I'm coming home..." He closed his eyes and looked around him. Hiei was wrapped up in his cloak, eyes closed. Most of the others had been given blankets and were snuggled in them.

His eyes rest on two young humans, and a demon. One was a girl with a black braid, and the boy had shaggy brown hair. They were curled up on a demon. He had his arms protectively around them, and they all slept peacefully. Kurama had seen this team before. There were eight in all. Now only three remained.

He shifted his eyes to the beasts Boeton had brought them. There were only four, but they were large. They resembled a dragon, except completely covered in white silvery fur. They were meant for surprise attacks on the enemies. Their wings were like the inside of a clam. smooth and a creamy white. Their eyes were strange. One eye was gold, and the other silver.

Kurama had been amused to see several people giggle and pet them, for the beasts were very friendly. It made Kurama feel better to see people smile. Kurama had been greatly amused to see Hiei go up to them, and stroke them. Hiei had smirked and told Kurama, "The bests may look all cuddly and nonsense like that, but they are very powerful."

Kurama wasn't sure what they were called, but he'd laughed as he heard young humans and young demons try to come up with names for them. His favorite was the Furry Dragon's.

No one had ridden one yet.

The creatures the demons used, were for demons who couldn't who fly. Spies had seen the demons gather these beasts. They were actually a lower type of demons, that was as mindless as a troll. They had no thoughts, except to obey their masters, and to kill. Kurama knew the names of these creatures, they had been dubbed "Venom." To touch their skin unprotected, meant for a dreadful poison to enter your skin.

Kurama snapped out of his thoughts as he heard sound. The other guard closest to him was moving about as well. Something was wrong. Kurama stiffly waited hand glowing ready for an attack.

A young teen emerged, he blushed and whispered, "Sorry I was taking a leak." Kurama blinked and burst our with laughter. The other guard was laughing as well, and the bumbling teen went off, heading back to his sleeping bag.

Kurama finally stopped his chuckling and looked up at the stars.

He felt an eerie feeling brush over his skin. Like something was going to happen to him. He sat there and wondered what could he be feeling. Something cold had gripped at his heart, and was letting it self be known. It warned Kurama something was to become of him. Maybe not soon...but eventually. Something was coming for him.

Kurama wasn't worried what it was.

He was worried when it was coming.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~la...luv this chappie...okei

PREVIEW FOR NEXT CHAPTER: Okay, the heat of battle is on again.Yusuke swipes a Furry Dargon to face the demons. But in the end, he plummits for the ground....why? You'll have to read to find out.