Chapter 4: Dragon of Ice

Couplings: Hiei x oc, Kurama x oc, Yuusuke x Keiko, Kuwabara x Yukina.

Warnings: Cursing, violence, romance, some sexual scenes in later chapters ( one would normally thing that would be included in romance and the R rating but oh well) Randomness and insanity, adding of fantasy element, and adding of original characters. MUCH KUWABARA BASHING.

Flamers: I accept helpful criticism; anything else will be torn apart and feed to my kitties.

Disclaimer: I no own yyh so you no sue.

Please ask me for permission if you would like to use Kit or any of the other original characters. Also please ask if you want to use any of my concepts (dark shaemans, chaos mages.. ect). I'll more than likely say yes, but I would like credit for my ideas.

Special Thanks to Kat Reverie and Ocaria Iel

{ } -telepathic thoughts

Also I have a beta-er now, so thanks goes to A Little Bit Disturbed for fixing all my huge grammar issues each chapter.

Also and Sorry about taking so long to get this done, I'm not going to give reasons per say why or give promises for the next update, because quite frankly I hate breaking promises and that's all I end up doing when I promise certain dates for updates.

The tiny, crimson-haired girl let out a small groan, then slowly opened her eyes to the not-very-bright surroundings. Kit still felt as if she could use more sleep, but that was a common feeling for her; a common feeling and a need she rarely, if ever, listened to. There was still a great deal of pain in her arm, something that might become an issue later if she was required to fight, and she had a VERY strong feeling that she would need to fight again.

She glimpsed ahead of her, not quite sure of what her head was resting on and still too tired to notice. Ahead of whoever was carrying her was her dear cousin and Kuwabara arguing about something entirely pointless that Koneko couldn't have cared less about. It was stupid and knowing those two it was probably to a point, perverted.

"Still tired?" Hiei's voice brought her out of her thoughts. She raised her head, the realization that she had been resting it on his shoulder finally coming to her. She considered answering him honestly. Telling him no, she was still tired as all hell and wanted to go back to sleep, was extremely tempting, but the thought of Kuwabara teasing her about being useless, and her own stubbornness and pride caused her to be dishonest.

"No." He looked down at her non-believingly, but with as bad as she had lied, even Kuwabara wouldn't have believed her. "I'm awake enough to be able to handle myself in battle, and I've had enough sleep to last me until I get back to Ningenkai. "

"I should put you down then." She blinked rapidly, it registered then that Hiei was carrying her on his back, and probably had been doing so for a while. She silently began to wonder if she was heavy. He must have read her mind, for he answered that question almost immediately.

"You hardly weigh anything." There was a tone in his voice that said he hadn't believed that people could weigh as little as she did. "But carrying you will become an issue if I have to fight."

"Uh..yeah...putting down is good," she stumbled over her words, almost choking on each one for some strange reason. There was also a peculiar blush covering her face, and she had no clue why. She almost jumped when she heard Kurama clear his throat. He had been behind them the entire time, but even with her enhanced senses, she didn't even realize that he was there until he had purposefully made noise. For a second, she wondered if it was because of her lack of energy or another reason that she didn't pick up on.

"Yuusuke? Kuwabara?" The two boys turned to face them. "Kit is awake."

"Stupid pip-squeak. You slept a long time," Kuwabara growled and glared at her. She returned the glare with her fierce, emerald green eyes.

"Screw you too, Kuwabaka. I'm far more useful than you. At least at my weakest I can still fight better then you," she said, carefully getting off Hiei's back and standing on her own two feet. She was surprised to find that she could keep herself upright. A few minutes ago Kit had felt number then numb. Perhaps the nap had actually done something good, for once.

"Watch your mouth, brat." He looked very proud of himself about something. Kit didn't even bother to ask what that something was, she knew from experience with 'the moron' that he would tell her anyway. "While you were sleeping your life away, I the great Kuwabara, destroyed a St. Beast."

She smiled sweetly, and it was a very sarcastically fake, sweet smile at that. "Oh, how wonderful! Would you like a cookie?" She paused when she noticed that he was not wearing a shirt and barely managed to repress the shudder she got at the disturbing sight. Then she noticed the large scratches across his chest. "And besides, from the look of you (not that you normally look any better, of course) you had a very hard time of destroying that particular St. Beast."

"WATCH YOUR MOUTH!!!" he snarled at her.

"Make me, moron!" Was the equally harsh reply he got back. The tall ningen glared down at the tiny hanyou, who glared back with much more ferocity.

"Kit-san and Kuwabara-san," Kurama's voice finally reached the two arguing combatants. He'd probably been calling them for several minutes but neither had noticed. "Perhaps we should work together on defeating the rest of the beasts and then you may continue your argument."

"Good point, Kurama." Yuusuke agreed and shuddered when Kit turned her glare to him. "I forgot what a scary person Kit is when she wakes up. Kuwabara, hurry up and find that door."

"I already found it, Urameshi. I would have told you if the pipsqueak hadn't of interrupted." He crossed his arms. "It's the second door from the right."

"I suppose you have a small use, then." The small hanyou clearly was being mean and sarcastic with the comment.

"We don't even know if it's the right door, it could be a trap." Hiei finally said something, having been quiet through out the argument.

"Listen, RUNT!!!" Kit rolled her eyes as she recognized Kuwabara going into one of his speeches...one of his very bad speeches. "You're just going to have to trust me this time. I know there's something big behind this door; something evil..something scary," he slowly pressed his hand on the door, opening it very slowly, but then ruining his moment of grave seriousness when he screamed very loudly and girl-ishly.

Everyone sweat-dropped heavily when they saw a tiny, gray mouse looking up at the very large ningen.

"Kuwabara, it's a mouse," Kit said dryly and then brightened up.

"I HATE MICE!!!"

"It's a mouse."

"But look at it! It's terrifying!" The mouse squeaked and looked up at him.

"I think it's kind of cute, actually." She commented as the mouse scurried off.

"CUTE?!! THAT MONSTER WAS NOT CUTE!!!" he yelled. "What the hell! Are you insane?!"

"You can't not have just noticed," both Yuusuke and Kit replied, sarcasm dripping from their voices.

"Look, baka! Let's just go." She shook her head. "Honestly! Being afraid of mice!" she could be heard muttering as she walked through the door.

Kit followed behind the rest of their little group as they walked into the next room. They had been through the pathway Kuwabara had chosen without any trouble and had thus entered the next room, where Kurama had indicated there was another Saint Beast lurking. The problem she was having was that she couldn't see him. She looked around carefully, her cat eyes looking for any subtle movements, but all that she could see was the mist caused by the complete and utter coldness of this room.

"HEY!!! SAINT BEAST!!! SHOW YOUR SELF!!!" One could always count on Yuusuke to yell those kinds of things while almost everybody else was on their guard. This time it actually worked.

The cold mist disappeared, replaced by a tall youkai with blue skin who stepped forward. She couldn't help but be amused by his clothing. Blue dragons were practically sculpted on them.

Then she stopped thinking and looked around wildly. Koneko acknowledged Kurama verifying the tall youkai as Seiryu, but there was something else, something coming towards them from behind. Hiei must have noticed her looking around wildly for in the next instant his telepathic voice filled her head.

What's wrong? She frowned deeply.

I can feel a weakened youki heading towards us. From behind she replied quickly.

"It seems we have an unwanted guest." Seiryu's cold voice snapped her attention back to him and then the door was thrown open behind them. Kit turned to look at what had entered and her eyes were met with the sight of a very large, very singed, furry neko youkai.

"BYAKKO!!" Kuwabara yelled, identifying him for her. He must have been the St. Beast that the idiot had 'destroyed'.

"Seiryu..help me...please," the giant cat pleaded, while his ally regarded him with coldness.

"Mato torei-ken." Kit's eyes flew open as she watched him punch and freeze the giant tiger, then killing him with a single kick. She tried to say something, but found she was speechless. She had never really seen someone treat their allies with such coldness and cruelty. They were fighting on the same side, it just didn't make sense,

"You rotten, fucking bastard!!" She mentally thanked her cousin for voicing her opinion along with his. "How the hell could you do that to your own friend!"

"Byakko was merely a weapon and a pathetic one, at that. He was of no more use to us, so I disposed of him." He even smiled while he said this. Kit gritted her teeth, her hands clenched into fists tightly enough the her knuckles were turning white. Her eyes had small black flecks swimming in them.

{Calm } Hiei's voice snapped her out of it, her eyes returning to their normal brilliant green shade as she finally became aware of what was going on around her. She hadn't even noticed herself falling to a trance. Had the trance been completed, her magic might have taken over. She shuddered again; things would have taken a bad turn if that had happened.

"Yuusuke, control yourself. Save your anger for their leader." Hiei stepped forward, his crimson eyes calm. "I'll take this one."

"Uh sure." Kit watched as her cousin gave a little nod. He was an idiot, but he was smart enough to see that Hiei was going to fight Seiryu whether he agreed or not and had wisely chosen not to get in the way.

"So you are first, Hiei. A pity." Hiei ignored the youkai's words, grabbing his cloak by the neck, then throwing it off and over Byakko's frozen head. "Odd. I expected you to be ruthless, like any decent youkai should be."

"This is interesting." Kit looked up at Kurama.

"What do you mean?" she asked, her eyes showing her confusion.

"Hiei. Well he's just as Seiryu said; ruthless or he was." He gave her an odd smile. "But it seems as of he's...upset by Seiryu's actions." She looked back towards Hiei and the back to Kurama.

"I would describe that more as pissed off than upset," she commented and turned her attention the fight.

"I'll crush you, little one." Seiryu smirked, then put forth his hand. Hiei's hand went behind his back where his katana was sheathed, which he wrapped around the hilt securely. "DIE!!"

"HOLY SHIT!!" Kuwabara said, as seconds later Seiryu fell to the ground in pieces. Kurama just gave a simple smile. The small hanyou that was standing beside him only shook her head at Kuwabara.

"SUGOI!!" Yuusuke said. "That was amazing! I wish I could kill things that fast."

"How many times did you cut him Hiei?" Kurama asked him, smiling as he walked over to where Hiei was, Yuusuke and Kit following him.

"Only sixteen."

"Damn! I only counted about eight or so…. Hey Kit did you catch all of them?" Yuusuke asked her and she shook her head.

"No, I only saw a few more than you," she admitted and smiled at Hiei. "You're pretty fast. Faster then most of the warriors I've met, in fact." He looked at her oddly, and it must have meant something because a low growl omitted from Yuusuke's throat.

"This is not good. Next time I fight you I'm screwed." He tried desperately to change the subject.

"Perhaps." Hiei looked away from Kit and walked off to retrieve his cloak.

"That's weird. I was sure he'd have agreed." Yuusuke watched him walk off.

"He's going through a tricky change. I think he's beginning to like you, Yuusuke," Kurama said, an odd smile on his face. "And you too, of course, Kit. I think perhaps in more ways than just one."

"Huh?" The small hanyou stared at him in complete confusion.

Tadasuke rubbed his swore head with his hand. "OOOUUUCHH!!! I don't like the Ningenkai. Too many random girls hitting people," he muttered to himself. "I don't even know how long I've been out cold for and I still haven't found Kit." He had been wandering around Tokyo forever. He had utterly no clue where he was, but at that moment the only thing he wanted to concentrate on was finding a bagel. He was hungry and he really wanted a bagel! But he knew had to find Kit first. An old friend's safety was far more important then a bagel. He stopped outside a school.

"So this is a ningen school, huh?" he scratched his head and winced. Something else caught his very easily distracted line of sight. A large group of people were heading towards the school, and all of them had the most peculiar blue colored skin.

"I thought only some youkai had that shade of blue skin," he murmured to himself, trying to think, which was hard especially for him. He was jerked out of his thoughts at the sound of a scream. He looked and noticed the blue-haired girl who had hit him with the shiny baseball bat swinging it desperately as another group of the strange blue skinned ningen's attacked her. He quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his hand gun, aiming it at the ground, then shooting. One of them jumped and look towards him with an angry look; but then again, they all looked rather angry.

"HEY, GIRL!!! RUN!!!" he yelled at her. He was rather surprised when she ran towards him and grabbed his arm.

"You can't shoot them!" she said, causing him to pale. She must have seen the magic of his bullets which meant that she wasn't a normal human.

"Why not? They're attacking, aren't they?" he asked, thinking it was the obvious answer. Then he realized they were heading away from him and towards the school.

"Where are they going?" the blue haired girl asked, her pink-violet eyes confused. He was confused too. He shrugged causing her to look up at him; her eyes went wide when she noticed his dark skin and pointed ears.

"Wait a second! You're a dark elf! No wonder you aren't infected by them!!" she exclaimed loudly. He blinked for several minutes, trying to understand.

"HUH?!"

"Guess you really don't know what's going on, do you?"

"No clue."

"First off, what's your name?"

"Tadasuke, Tsuchirei Tadasuke."

"Tadasuke, come with me and I'll explain, but I need your help." He nodded, agreeing.

"Sure I guess." He scratched his head again and followed the girl as she ran into the building.

"Wait a second. What's your name?" he asked, running after her.

"Botan," she called back.

Kuwabara stopped in his tracks almost causing Kit to run into him.

"What the hell are you doing, baka?!!" she yelled, almost losing her balance on the stairs.

"I just got a strange feeling," he whispered.

"What do you mean, Kuwabara?" Yuusuke looked back at them.

"I don't know. I think something bad is happening in the Ningenkai," the large idiot replied, making Koneko freeze in her tracks. She had no idea how long they had been there, and there was no way to tell what could be happening back home. Her thoughts traveled and she cursed at the same time as Yuusuke.

"Keiko…" he whispered after he had finished cursing.

"Let's hurry, Yuusuke. We're almost there," Hiei suggested, looking back and forth between the two cousins, who nodded.