"Cough cough..."

"What?"

"Cough...cou-"

"Yes I know what you said. I meant, what do you want??"

"Geez, don't get your panties all up in a hole. Just maybe I found an answer to your question-"

"Um, who are you anyway?" Kurama was sitting under a tree reading and watching Brittney play on the beach with Ashlynn and them. They were trying to get Hiei in the water. Veronica was just staring at them with her sunglasses on, but Kurama somehow didn't think she was awake. Inuyasha was sitting in the water, Sango and Kagome splashing him, making him annoyed, very annoyed. After a while he chased after them, bumping into Ashlynn, knocking her down. She then yelled his name and chased him with a katana that appeared out of thin air.

"Don't youkos have better memories than water youkais?" The sound of the girl speaking sounded a bit muffled, like she had something in her mouth. Kurama looked all around except up. He was puzzled. "Up here stupid!!!" and the girl threw an acorn at him. Kurama rubbed his head.

"Hey, who--Nia??" Yes it was the water youkai, Nia. She had an ice cube in her mouth because she didn't do too good without water for too long. Kurama chuckled. "Did you come out of water just to see me?"

"Shaddup...I came to tell you your answer..."

"Answer about what?"

"Answer to what you asked..."

"I haven't asked anything though..."

"Yes you did."

"No I didn't..."

"Uh huh."

"Nuh uh..." Kurama yawned and relaxed a bit. The hot weather made him a bit sleepy. He took a sip of his water...an awful long sip.

Nia sighed with frustration. She didn't really hide it either. "Fine if you don't want your answer I'll go answer someone else's question, like, how to make a portal to get certain people back to their land..."

Kurama spit out the water. "Were you eavesdropping on me, Nia-chan???"

"Don't call me that, and no, I wasn't. Just when I was off to the market, I heard you under the tree by your house...no biggie..."

"Do you often come by my house??"

Nia ignored that question. "Cough, cou--"

"Okay okay, well, tell me then. How will you find this portal??" Just as Nia was about to open her mouth, another peircing scream was heard. Kurama looked at his group of friends again. Veronica wasn't there...

Hiei ran towards the house, then swerving behind it. Veronica lay there, and another pair of mice scurried away from the scene of the crime. He glared at them then back to Veronica.

Ashlynn had followed him. But she hadn't seen the mice..."What happened? Did you see??"

Hiei hook his head, picked Veronica up, -throwing her on his shoulder- and walking off.

Ashlynn studied the area a bit then was surprized by Koenma -usually it's the opposite way around...-.

"What are you doing??" Koenma looked curiously at her. Ashlynn let an akward silence loom, then answered his question.

"Nothing." Then walked off.