Disclaimer: If I did say I owned YYH, would I be sued or something? Well, let's not find out…

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Kurama walked down the sidewalk of Norsanu, a demon city. Actually, the city itself was in Japan, but it acted more or less like a demon city. Few humans actually lived there and those that did knew about demons and were at least as powerful as them. Normal humans didn't last long in a town where bar brawls usually caused the bar to erupt in a ball of flame.

Suddenly out of nowhere, he found a hand grab his arm, stopping him suddenly. Kurama was jerked around to find himself face to face with a rather large coyote demon.

"Hey, kid," the coyote growled at him. "Why don't you hand over all your cash and jewelry and I might just let you live."

The fox was infuriated. 'How dare this scum touch me!' he thought and was tempted to rip off the coyote's arm just for fun. Although it was what a normal demon might have done, Kurama had more self-restraint. He tried his best to remain calm and remind himself that the demon had no idea who Kurama was.

Instead, Kurama settled for frightening the demon out of his wits rather then permanently injuring him. Without any warning, he suddenly let go of his shields. The fox's demon power suddenly exploded, skyrocketing like it never had before. His aura suddenly blasted into a huge fireball of green and made the coyote demon jump back quickly, his hair sticking up on end like a dog's would.

"Never," Kurama growled, "underestimate a human again, do you understand?"

The demon, although probably aware that Kurama's ki was not that of a human, was too scared to say anything. "Yes, sir," he stuttered. "Right away, sir," he muttered as he ran with his tail between his legs to the nearest alleyway.

Kurama laughed a little to himself as he watched him leave, then put his shields back up again, making it appear more like he was a human, but less like he was a weak one. The shields weren't very strong and a capable demon would be able to break them without too much trouble. But then again, Kurama had never been officially trained in his human form to handle shields or any other kind of ki manipulating. All the more reason to get himself a capable trainer, and so he started off once more in the direction he was heading, ignoring the stares of the few demons who had witnessed the coyote incident.

Feeling a little better, Kurama started off again, walking down the blocked sidewalk. At the end of the corner, he found what he was looking for. It was a large, dome building, with a mixture of dark blue and black colors. Outside a crowd hoarded around the entrance, some not even bothering to hide their demon forms, making them an odd color array of skin color, bright blue, browns, reds, and just about every single shade of green.

Walking up to the door, he pushed his way past a few people, who completely ignored him, totally intent on whatever was going on inside the building. When at last he reached the front, which was rather quickly thanks to his small size, he stopped a moment in the entrance to observe the entertainment.

The inside of the building was huge, with a large audience of people seated around a square like platform in the center. It was an arena, that much was obvious, but the oddest thing was what was going on in the center.

Two demons stood there, both in true forms and watching each other wearily. The fight had just begun and the two opponents observed the other, looking for an opening. Suddenly, the smaller demon moved forward quickly, drawing a huge blade from the sheath on his back. Several demons cheered, thinking that the smaller demon was going to get a good hit, winning the fight quickly. All of the sudden, the large demon jerked the side, dodging the blow. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he pulled an energy ball, and as the small demon stumbled from his miss, jammed it into the small demon's head.

It was over in a flash. The small demon's head burst, splattering blood everywhere, letting the big demon leave without a so much as a scratch. The large demon lifted his arms to the crowd in triumph and victory. Kurama snorted, 'He couldn't look more like an oaf then he does right now.' The crowd didn't seem to mind though, as they cheered loudly.

 The announcer came on then. "And here we have Ranu with a stunning twelfth victory!" The crowd cheered loudly at that, and the demon, Ranu, lifted his hands into the victory sign.

'He's a good then,' Kurama thought. 'Even if these fighters aren't very good, twelve wins is impressive.'

Then the fox shook his head. 'I'm not here to watch fights,' he thought, pushing through more of the crowd.

He headed for one of the back doors leading up to the balconies. He pushed it open, passed several more demons, and headed up a small flight of stairs.

Making his way down long and complicated hallways, Kurama stopped when he at last found room 666. 'Ah,' Kurama thought, 'the irony of it all.'

He pushed open the door quietly and took a step inside. The room was small, with just two chairs facing a glass pane, which overlooked the arena. But, the most important part of the room was what sat in one of the two chairs.

It was a demon, and an odd one at that. He looked a little like a mixture between a kitsune and a squirrel demon, with a slim body and a whiskered nose, which twitched nervously. The demon, which Kurama knew was a ferret, was obviously very worried about something. He watched the fight distractedly, with his tail swaying back and forth and his ears twitching back and forth.

And Kurama knew exactly what worried him. It was himself. He had forgot to mention to the demon that he was the reincarnation of Kurama, not the demon himself. It had been a wise decision, all things considered, but had made the demon relatively nervous. Wouldn't he get a surprise when he turned around?

'It would be wise, though,' Kurama considered thoughtfully, 'to pretend to act the same as my old self. I want to keep my old reputation, and this way he'll still fear and thus, listen, to me.

Doing his best to act arrogant, the kitsune coughed loudly. The ferret jump high up in his seat in terror, then whirled around to face the doorway where Kurama stood. When he saw the young looking human, he looked surprised and shocked.

Kurama, doing his best to give an irritated scowl, looked up at the ferret, annoyed. "I, uh, ordered this room," the demon stuttered. "It's paid for, trust me."

Suddenly, Kurama realized what the other demon thought. 'He doesn't know I'm Kurama!' he realized with surprise, although his face still showed nothing more then annoyance. 'He thinks I work here!'

"I should think so," Kurama growled at the demon, doing his best Youko Kurama expression. "But I doubt it was paid for with legally made coin."

The ferret, suddenly realizing how the other demon was talking and acting, realized the situation. "Kurama-sama!" the ferret said, terrified. Giving a quick bow, stuttered nervously, "I'm horribly sorry, Kurama-sama! I didn't recognize you in your…er… new form."

Kurama did his best to scowl darkly, although he was pretty sure it looked pretty ridiculous on his child form. "I see," he said, raising an eyebrow. Closing the door behind him, Kurama walked over to the other chair and sat down, pretending to watch the fight, slightly entertained. He had, of course, no real interest in the fight, which was apparently going to be Ranu's thirteenth win. He was, in fact, much more interested in the demon watching him nervously from the seat next to him. But he knew Youko Kurama would have taken his time in the deal they were about to have, making the other demon sweat a little just to make him nervous.

Finally, after a few minutes of watching the fight end in silence, Kurama decided impatiently that they had waited long enough. Turning to the ferret, he studied him closely while the other demon sweated in his seat. "You must be wondering why I have called you here today, after so many years. I have a proposition to make for you," he said slowly.

The other demon nodded nervously in understanding. "Yes," he agreed, encouraging Kurama to continue, probably hoping to get out there as quickly as possible.

"You see," the fox continued in an annoying slow pace, as he turned back to look at the currently empty arena. "Eight years ago I placed my self in this human body when I was seriously injured." He did his best to avoid using words like 'killed' or 'reincarnation,' which would make him seem uncharacteristically weak and avoid giving the demon any ideas.

"Unfortunately," he proceeded, "this human body is a good deal weaker then my demon one, and I haven't had the chance to train my ki very well yet." Then he fixed the demon with an icy stare to get his next point across. "This doesn't mean I can be easily beaten." The ferret nodded urgently, worried that the kitsune would get it in his head that he was out to betray him and that Kurama would feel the need to kill him when the job was done.

"So I want you to find a competent teacher to help me train this human body," Kurama told him. The ferret looked at him in surprised but didn't say anything, so the fox continued. "I want a teacher that is good with plant manipulation. I don't care if she's a good fighter, but she also has to be familiar with both demon and human ki. In addition, I don't care if she's a demon or not. But the most important part is she must be extremely talented in self-discipline. That is the main requirement."

Kurama then turned back to the demon, who a moment before had been frowning in thought, but now that the fox's eyes lit upon him, looked up in start. Then, standing up and bowing deeply, said, "I shall do my best, Kurama-sama." At the kitsune's sharp, approving nod, he sighed a little in relief.

"Um, where might I send a spirit once the information has been found?" he asked the fox. Paid spirits were the most traditional form of sending messages in the spirit and demon worlds. 'I don't think it's a good idea to have him send a spirit,' Kurama thought. 'I don't think mother would be happy if she found a see-through person floating around out house.'

Then the kitsune looked up with an idea. "I'm going to give you something called a telephone number," he told the confused ferret. "Because I'm living in the human world, it's the easiest form of communication. Just contact me by that." Taking a piece of paper, he scribbled the number down quickly with a pen from his pocket, and handed it to the other demon, who looked down at the numbers in a mixture of curiosity and confusion.

But, it wasn't a great idea to disobey a thousand year old demon, even if he wasn't in human form at the moment. "Yes, Kurama-sama," the ferret said, taking a respectful bow as he stood by the door. "I'll contact you when I find the information," and with that he quickly hurried out of the door and down the hallway.

Kurama sighed. He had been just about as nervous as the ferret himself, although the rodent demon wouldn't believe it if he had heard it. Waiting for a moment before leaving also, the demon gone human walked down the halls, out of the tournament dome, where Ranu had just made his fourteenth win, and down the streets of the city. Then, as he hopped onto a train, made his way out of the demon city of Norsanu.

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Hey ya'll!

New chappie up! Unfortunately, from here on out, I don't have it very well planned. Hey, I can only plan so far ahead in advance! So, I'm not exactly sure when a new chapter will be up. Monday the 26 MAYBE, but it's not very likely. I'll probably have one up by Tuesday the 27. Sorry it'll take so long, but I don't want to rush or else it'll totally ruin the story.

I had a few responses to reviews…Oh! That reminds me! I wanted to tell everyone that I'm happy to answer questions in my authors notes here, and I actually enjoy doing it! So, if anyone has any questions that are moderately relevant, ask them few reviews! Okay, now that I've said that, here are my responces…

Tatoosh asked me a question a couple of chapters ago, although I'm pretty sure it was rhetorical. S/he asked when he gets the hoard of fan girls. Well, that probably won't be until he's older and going to a new school. On the other hand, I don't think the manga or anime actually SAID that he had a hoard of fan girls, that it's just a fanfic thing. Then again, I can't really read most of the manga, since it's not in English yet and unfortunately, I can't understand Japanese (as much as I'd like to…)

The only other question or thing I wanted to respond to was Keaira, who asked if this was going to be yaoi when Hiei and Kurama meet up again. I'm honestly not sure, because they don't meet again for a while, and like I said before, I haven't planned that far in advance. But, this story is NOT centering on their relationship, or the love relationships of any characters for that matter. I know this is extremely rare in the world of fanfiction, but hey, I'm weird already, just ask Lugiamania. But, if I do add Yaoi, there probably won't be much and I definitely won't be graphic. This is not, and never will be, a lemon. Sorry, I'm just a kid (more or less).

I know I've written a lot in my authors note, but I just wanted to update everyone. In fact, most people probably aren't bothering to read this anyway. I know I rarely do…

Last thing is READ MY NEW YYH STORY!!! Did that get your attention? Good. I was really surprised that you people who like this story didn't all flock to my new one. It's a parallel to this one, only more in Hiei's point of view, centering on his life! Read it, PLEASE!!! I just put up a new chapter in that one too.

That's all for now devoted friends and fans! Chat soon!

'ream Fox (I did that purposely…. Has a nice ring doesn't it, 'ream Fox?)