I'm very sorry I didn't put this on the first page, but that's alright. You obviously care for this fanfiction if you've come this far ^_^. I thank you for that.

Disclaimer:

I do not own the Yu Yu Hakusho or its characters. They are (c) to Y. Togashi. However, I do own the characters: Amber, Kat, Kate, and Yen.

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"Oh, they're alive alright.." Kate jumped down, amazingly landing on her feet, unharmed.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Kat. Kate stamped her one foot angrily.

"I'm worried bsick/b about those two, and they're in there playing tonsil hockey!" she nearly shouted. Kat laughed at this, surprisingly Hiei and Yusuke did, also.

"Maybe it's a 'Kuronue's out of my body' party and we missed it." Yusuke shrugged,"Sounds like they're having fun anyway."

"Okay, off of that subject, really." said Kat,"We have more important things to do.."

"Like what?"

A trash can fell over. Kurama's trash can.

A young brunette appeared. Her hair was just above her shoulders, her eyes were the lightest shade of blue, with rather pale, peach skin. She wore a navy blue cloak along with a hood, which covered the top of her head and shadowed most of her face, making herself greatly resemble a mage.

"Who are you?" Kat took a defensive position. The brunette bowed her head for forgiveness.

"Please forgive me, Miss Kat." said she. Kat blinked, utterly confused.

"Are you...?" Kat took a step forward, as Hiei stook a protective one as well,"Yen?" The girl nodded.

"It is I." Yen smiled. Yusuke's face was bright red.

"It is I..," he mocked her. Kate kicked him.

"Shut up!" she mumbled, and then quickly greeted Yen with a smile,"He's just being himself. You'll see a lot of that."

Yen laughed.

"Hm, well, I see I'll have fun coming along with you then." she held out a hand for Kate to shake.

"Of course." Kate shook Yen's hand, still smiling.

"WHAT?" Hiei asked, enraged,"ANOTHER GIRL TO LOOK AFTER? I don't think so."

"Hiei, I am well aware of the tornament and the purpose for your entering it," Yen fixed the garbage can she knocked over,"I just want to come along, to help, you know?"

Hiei shook his head.

"Why does everyone want to help? No. Abolutely no---"

"Yes, of course you can come along, Yen. No harm in that." Kurama smiled, interrupting Hiei.

"Hn. Stupid fox." muttered Hiei. Yusuke looked at his watch.

"What time is it?" he asked, still staring at his watch. Kat store at him with pity.

"You should know, your the one who has the time on their rist." said she. Yusuke poked at his watch.

"Yeah, but I think its broke.."

"Why do you think that?" Kat asked. Yusuke looked up.

"Because if it were the right time, that'd mean we only have about 3 minutes to get to the boat that takes us to the tornament.. remember when I said you guys were late coming here? Well, I meant it." Yusuke shrugged,"But it's wrong. Right?"

"So that was the important place you had to go to.." thought Amber, just arriving, thinking back to when the two had first met. Kurama dared to look down upon his own watch, and Yusuke, for the first time in many, many years.. Yusuke was right.. they had three minutes. Why did he have to be right today?

"RUN!" shouted Kurama,"It's only a short distance away, we should make it in time!"

The five nodded, oddly enough in unison, and ran off down a slender alley way, supposedly a short cut, according to Kurama.

"Are you sure this way is faster?" Yusuke asked, directly behind Kurama, panting. Kurama nodded.

"Certain." he replied. Not looking, the kitsune tripped over a black cat, falling flat on his face. Amber helped him up, to discover that there now was a fork in their path; Which way they would go, was undecided, for Kurama and Amber, that is. Hiei, Kat, and Yen ran off to the left claiming that their way was faster, as Yusuke and Kate ran off to the right insisting that btheir/b way was the faster way. Kurama looked down at his watch.

"1 minute and 43 seconds," said Kurama still panting,"We'll split up, you go left, I'll go right." Amber nodded, and the two were off.

***

As Kate and Yusuke were running, a torrent of black cats crossed their path, not allowing them to get to pass.

"DAMN CATS!" Yusuke shouted at them,"GO EAT SOME MICE OR SOMETHING!"

"We're not going to make it!" said Kate worriedly, attempting to jump over the cats, failing each time, getting more and more scratched each failure. Yusuke pointed ahead of him.

"Yes we will!" he grinned,"We just have to jump."

"What do you think I've been trying to do this entire time!?" she snapped, lifting up her sleeve to show scratch and bite marks. Yusuke shook his head in disgust.

"Alright, one big jump. You leaped 15 feet in the air before, you do the height, and I'll do the across thingy."

"The width?"

"Yeah, whatever," Yusuke jumped forward, as Kate leaped off the ground, ending in success. The two gave each other high fives, although wanting to do something more, but there was a time crisis that they had to deal with. As they turned to the ship, Amber, Hiei, Kat, and Yen had appeared also, waving their hands to urging them to run faster.

"COME ON!" Kat shouted at them.

"We're coming! We're coming!" Yusuke shouted back, stumbling over rather large rocks on the way. None the less, he and Kate finally got there.

"Hey, where's the fox?" asked Hiei curiously,"Wasn't he with you?" He gestured his hand torward Amber.

"He said to split up, he went right, and I went left."said Amber,"I hope he gets here soon.."

"Yeah, and hope those damn cats don't come after him.." Yusuke shuddered,"Cats.. evil.."

Yen walked over to Kate, rather slowly, and whispered something in her ear.

"So Yusuke still has his little episodes?" asked Yen. Kate nodded grinning.

"Afraid so."

***

Kurama looked down at his watch. 30 seconds until the ship would leave. His eyes burned deeply with tears.

"I..,"he store down at his hands, seconds racing by. His precious time was being wasted. He was undecided. If he were to run now, he wouldn't make it.. so why should he try? His mother's life was lost.. He had done all he could, she would never come back..

***

"20 seconds..," muttered Hiei,"He won't make it."

"Don't doubt him."said Amber calmly,"He'll come." Amber put her hands into her pockets, and store up into the sky, trying her best to form a smile. iPlease.. Kurama.. don't make me a liar../i

The ship's horn blew a warning; Yen rose her head, so that her neck was completely vertical, seeming to 'sniff' the air. She then rose her hand well above her head, creating what seemed to be a magical vortex just above her palm. Yusuke blinked, his eyes narrowing due to the bright magenta color that the vortex had created.

"What is she doing?" Yusuke asked himself aloud.

"She's summoning Kurama." Kat grinned,"One of the many spells I admire. The Spell of Summoning.."

***

Kurama sighed, and looked down upon his hands, which were now, somewhat florescent.

"What is this?" he asked himself,"Of what magic...?"

Almost immediatly, he appeared next to Yen, who's hand was still held high in the air. Amber smiled.

"I knew you'd come." she hugged him. He returned her smile.

"Yen?"he asked. Yen turned to him smiling, her face telling a story of its own, beyond the smile. The vortex in her palm disappeared, allowing Kurama to see her faded skin; Transporting a person takes a lot of energy out of someone; Anyone. Her pleasant smile could not hide that.

"I'll need to rest." she spoke softly, or, to her, as loud as she possibly could at the moment. The ships horn blew once more.

"Time to get on!" Yusuke grinned, forgetting that they needed their fourth and final team member.. Kuwabara.

"Wait, Yusuke," Kurama put a hand on his shoulder,"We need to wait for Kuwabara."

Yusuke shook his head, and turned to Kurama, lifting his hand off of him.

"No. You don't. I do. Get us a space up there. We're doing this tornament for you, Kurama," Yusuke nodded torwards the ship,"Get in there."

The ship's horn blew once more, signalling that it'd be leaving in about 30 seconds. A large 'splash' could be heard beside the ship.

"What was that?!" asked Amber, running over to the ripples in the water, seeing an orange-haired-male,"Who are you?" she offered a hand.

"I'm the mighty Kazuma Kuwabara!" said he, once he stepped onto dry land. Hiei smirked.

"Figures." muttered Hiei.

"So.. this is Kuwabara?" Amber chuckled to herself. Kuwabara lifted a brow.

"What have you been saying about me...!? Shorty! I iknow/i it was you!" he accused Hiei. Hiei's eye twitched at the nick name 'Shorty'.

"Do me a favor and shut. Up." said Hiei tonelessly, his eye brow raising after each pause. Kuwabara stuck his nose high in the air.

"Fine." said he proudly.

"Show off.. Yusuke, your whole little generation of spiritual energetic people are show offs.." Kate sighed. Yusuke shrugged.

"Ah well," Amber smiled,"I better get going, um.. Kurama, I don't believe I ever got to use your rose.." The two blushed.

"Oh, right,"he handed it to her,"You sure you can handle it?"

Amber nodded.

"I'll be okay."she nodded, holding the rose close to her face, mumbling words not native to their present country.

"Hey, what's she doing, Kurama?" asked Kuwabara curiously. Kate and Kat nodded.

"That's what I'd like to know." said they.

"Well.. I was grounded because I skipped detention, and my father won't be able to handle my running away after my.. my mother passing away and all." Kurama explained,"So Amber offered to help me. I can now, in a way, be in both places." He smiled at her, and just as he did so, her eyes began to glow bright green, her hair grew inches longer, going from brunette, to red head. Her height also changed; She grew somewhat, but no more than an inch. Her new clothing resembled Kurama's greatly, the only difference being that the colors were inverted.

"Good luck." Amber waved to him, walking back to his house. He waved back, walking onto the ship, with the rest of the group trailing behind him.

***

As Amber entered the house, she noticed that Mr.Minamino was no where to be found. She grinned.

"Good. Now.. to get up to m-- er.. Kurama's room.." Amber thought to herself, climbing the stairs carefully, one by one, doing her best not to make any 'creeks' or 'noises'.

When she entered the room, she became over whelmed by the fragrent smell. It was, a very clean, and beautiful smell.

"A nice, clean room," Amber sighed, falling onto Kurama's bed.

There was a knock on the door.

"Shuichi, it's your father, open up." said a strong, male voice; Certainly more stern and stiff than she remembered his voice as.

"Maybe it's just my imagination.. I only heard his voice once, so I guess I'll just have to get used to it.." thought Amber, now walking up to the door. She paused.

"What if it's Kuronue?," she continued to ponder, taking a graceful step backwards from the door, due to that fear,"I.. I must do this. Kurama trusts me with his family, and I must protect him. The very last part of family that he has.."

Her hand slowly approached the door, half of her body wanting to open it, and the other half wanting to leave the door as it was. The knob began to turn from the other side, and she jerked her hand backwards. The door opened rather quickly, revealing a rather tall, shadowed figure.

It was only Mr.Minamino.

Amber opened the door fully, and greeted him with a smile of respect, assuming the polite Kurama she knew would do the same when his father walked into the room.

"What were you doing?" Mr.Minamino asked, looking deeply concerned. She could now understand how protective Mr.Minamino was of his son, and why Kurama was so stubborn to leave. If not answering his door quick enough had gotten Mr.Minamino worried, Kurama leaving for a tornament that may mean risking his life, in a completely different world, would most likely give the poor man a heart attack.

"Nothing, Mr-- Dad," she almost slipped,"Is something wrong?"

Mr.Minamino nodded.

"It has come to me, that you are often.. depressed." Mr.Minamino took a seat at Kurama's desk, where a book lay, the very same book Kurama was reading when the two first met. Amber became somewhat frightened of what was going to come out of Kurama's father next.

"No, I'm very happy." Amber smiled, not allowing Mr.Minamino to speak. He frowned.

"Don't lie, Shuichi, it isn't like you." he continued.

"But I'm not lying, I'm very happy." Amber protested as respectively as she could, keeping a smile on her face. Mr.Minamino stood, his frown still present.

"We're moving. Maybe that'll fix your depression.. we're moving to Japan," he told her, then, seeing her about to protest once more,"I don't want to hear it, Shuichi. We're moving, and that's that."

He left the room silently, Amber's mouth felt quite dry.

"He's.. he's moving.. half way across the world.. but.. why so far.." she walked over to his desk, picking up the book, and a white paper fell out,"What's this?"

It had writing on it; Although very small, it was, indeed, in English.

***

"Well, I see we have cabins this time.."Hiei muttered, amused. Kuwabara walked up to them, an ice cream cone in each hand, licking them both at once.

"Where are our cabin itickets?/i?" Kurama asked the now, very sticky, Kuwabara. Kuwabara's eyes widened, as he slapped himself on the side of the head.

"So that's what I was supposed to get at the front of the ship.." Kuwabara scratched his head,"We can sleep outside, right?"

Kurama heavily sighed.

"Yes. We can." said Kurama, obviously irritated. It was nearly dusk, so the group had to find a spot on the boat to sleep. Quickly. Not all of the contestants had money, so the rest of the boat would be full in a matter of time. Kat pointed to the very front of the boat; A nice, open space. Hiei nodded.

"That's a good spot.. even though we icould/i have had cabins." said Hiei, walking over to their new 'spot'. Kuwabara twitched.

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU TRUSTED ME!" Kuwabara flung his hands into the air, his ice cream landing on a couple of demons. Two, rather loud, roars could be heard from the background.

"Kuwabara!" Kate screamed at him,"I don't even know you for a whole day and you already have me pissed off!"

"Who threw that?" one of the demons roared, turning around, seeing Kuwabara with his hands held stupidly in the air.