Disclaimer: I Don't own Yu Yu Hakusho Duh!!!!!!! (Means my notes)

This is and AU fic. Kurama and Maya are friends. Shiori never remarried.

This is Tris's bday present! I hope you like it!

Tokyo, Japan. Ningenkai

"And you are…?" Maya asked the girl.

"OH! I'm sorry!" she girl said blushing slightly. "I'm Botan. Botan Minamino."

Maya and Kurama stared at her.

"B- Botan Minamino…?" Maya asked slightly confused.

Botan blushed again.

"I mean Minamino Botan…" Botan corrected herself. "I keep forget that I'm not in London anymore…" she added quietly.

The bell rang interrupting them. Botan glanced at her schedule.

"Um sorry I have to go, I'll talk to you later!" She said as she ran off towards the science lab.

"Wait!" Maya called but Botan was already out of ear shot.

"Forget it, we can catch up with her later." Kurama told her.

"Are you sure…?" Maya asked uncertainly.

"Very. Come on, I don't want to be late." Kurama then walked of towards home room with Maya at his heels.

After school.

"God, that was boring!" Maya complained as she and Kurama walked towards the Minamino house. "I hate watching documentaries…"

"Same here." Kurama said.

"OH! Look it's Botan! We can talk to her now!" Maya said gesturing at the girl across the street.

Botan was staring at the street signs and appeared to be lost.

"OH BOTAN! HHHHIIII!!" Maya said running up to her.

Botan looked up startled.

"Oh hi um…MAYA! Yea, Hi Maya!" Botan said as she remembered the senior's name.

Kurama chuckled, and Maya gave Botan a big smile.

"Ok so let's introduce ourselves once more. I'm Kitajima Maya. This is Minamino Shuiichi." Maya said brightly.

"I'm Minamino Botan!" Botan answered.

"How can your last name be Minamino?" Kurama asked her.

"Um…" Botan said. "Well, my father's name was Minamino Kenji…then I guess my last name would be Minamino as well…"

Kurama's mind raced. What Botan was saying could only have one meaning…

"What do you mean his name was Kenji?" Maya asked confused.

Botan started at the floor.

"Well…he…um…" she stammered.

Kurama looked at her, now he knew he was right.

"He passed away six months ago" Kurama and Botan said together.

Botan stared at the kitsune, startled.

"But, how did you know that…?" she asked him.

"I just…I…Would you mind accompanying me to my house so that we can straighten this out, with my mother I mean." Kurama said in rush.

The girl was still confused, but then realization dawned on her. Botan smiled at him.

"Of course I'll come…big brother…" she said, earning even more confused looks from Kurama and Maya.

"Come on, let's go." Kurama said as he walked up the block. " I live just a few blocks from here."

"You're my brother, aren't you?" Botan asked him.

"That's what I'd like to know" Kurama answered crossing the streets.

They walked in silence for a few moments. They neared the block on which Kurama's house was located.

"Hey! I remember this place!" Botan said. She looked around cheerfully. "OH! And there's supposed to be a Sakura tree right- there it is!" she said pointing at the Sakura tree that was growing near the Minamino house.

Kurama was sure that he was right, he had to be! What other explanation was there?

"This is my house." Kurama said holding the front gate open for Botan.

"Oh My GOD! This is where I'm going to live!" Botan said. "You are my brother!" she said once again.

Kurama unlocked the front door and walked in.

"Kaasan! Kaasan! Where are you?" he called.

"Oh Shuiichi, what are you do- Oh you caught up with him!" Shiori said looking at Botan.

"Yes I did" Botan said smiling.

"Who is she?" Kurama asked gesturing at Botan.

"She's your sister." Shiori answered smiling.

"My what? But how? I have a sister and you never bothered to tell me? What other things are you keeping from me?" Kurama demanded.

"You need to know the whole truth first…" Lars said as he entered the room.

Kurama spun around, he studied Lars.

"Who are you?" he asked, sounding ruder than he intended.

"Shuiichi!" Shiori said sharply. "That's no way to treat a guest! What's wrong with you? Apologize!"

"It's all right, ma'am" Lars said.

"I'd like some answers and I'd like them now" Kurama demeaned.

"You'll get your answers, just not yet." Shiori said as she looked at Botan.

"Why?"

"Sit down, you need to know the whole truth about your father first. The whole truth." Shiori said as she sat down. She patted the spot next to her and Botan sat down.

Kurama sat down across from her.

Tokyo, Japan. Ningenkai 17 years ago.

Shiori raced up the walk away. Sheets of rain pelted down on her.

Please don't let them be home, please! She prayed as she unlocked the front door.

"Kenji!" She called. "Kenji! Are you home?"

Shiori didn't hear the silence she had been praying for, instead she heard something that almost made her heart stop. She heard a baby crying. Taking off her wet dripping jacket, Shiori raced up the stairs. She walked into the bedroom, the crying had gotten louder. Shiori walked over to the crib and reached down to pick up the crying child.

"Oh my baby!" She said hugging him. Baby Shuiichi looked up at her with big green eyes. He started squirming and crying again. Shiori then realized that he was soaking wet. Then she saw why, the window was open all the way and the rain was soaking the floor and the crib. Shiori rushed to change Shuiichi's wet clothes. Bits of his crimson locks were in his eyes.

"Sshh. Sweetie, don't cry." Shiori pleaded as Baby Shuiichi continued to cry. "Sshh…" she rocked him back and forth.

Finally, she had changed his wet clothes and had him wrapped in blanket. Now instead of crying, Shuiichi was hiccupping. In mid hiccup, he yawned. Shiori walked down stairs and sat down in the rocking chair. She noticed that the fire was still burning. She continued to rock the baby in her arms. Baby Shuiichi yawned again. He took a hold of a lock of his mother's hair and put it in his mouth. He chewed on it for a few seconds before pulling it out his mouth. Shuiichi stuck out his tongue and made a noise that sound like a whine. He touched his tongue and whined again. Shiori smiled at him, she pulled the piece of hair out of Shuiichi's mouth. He laughed, and pulled at the blanket around him. Shiori re-wrapped the blanket around him. She stroked his cheek and Shuiichi grabbed her hand. He hugged it and closed his eyes. A few moments later he was fast asleep. The front door opened, and Shiori got up. She gently placed Shuiichi on the couch. She turned at glared at the man who was standing in front of the door.

"What is wrong with you, Kenji?" Shiori demanded, glaring at her husband. "How could you? How could you leave a nine month old baby home all alone? And in the rain! Where were you?"

"Shiori, it's over." Kenji said softly, his green eyes were full of pain and regret. "What's over? Why aren't you answering my question?" Shiori asked feeling confused.

"Us, we're through." Kenji said.

"What-why?" Shiori asked in a shocked and pained voice.

"Sit down" Kenji said as he pushed Shiori back into the rocking chair. He kneeled down in front of her. He took her hands in his own. "Do you remember, that year in college, when I went to London as a part of that Study Abroad program. Do you remember that year?"

Shiori searched Kenji's eyes for answers to her unspoken questions. She found answers, but they weren't what she was expecting. Her eyes shined with unshed tears.

"Well, do you remember?"

Shiori nodded, it was all she could do. She was afraid to talk, for she knew she would start crying if she did.

"Well, when I was there…I met this woman…Ami…But I knew you were waiting for me here so I left her there…and…I met her again…a couple of months ago…and then I realized that our marriage might have been a mistake." Kenji explained.

Shiori pulled her hands free of Kenji's grasp.

"A mistake?" Shiori asked, her eyes narrowed. "Four years together was a mistake? You think Shuiichi was a mistake? Is that it?"

"No, it's…it's just that…I'm sorry" Kenji said as he got up and walked towards the door.

"I'm going to get my things." Shiori said as she picked up Shuiichi and walked up the stairs.

Kenji rushed after her. Shiori was taking Shuiichi clothes out of the closet.

"Shiori, you should stay here. I'll leave. This is Shuiichi's home, it's the only home he's ever known. I'll leave." With that Kenji left the room. A few seconds later Shiori heard the front door closed.

"Then your father married Ami and a two years later Botan was born." Shiori finished.

Kurama started at his mother in shock. His head was spinning.

My father abandoned me as a baby. I'm in high school, and I just met a strange girl from London who claims to be my sister. I go home and find out that she is my father's child with another woman.

That was his life in a few sentences. His focus turned to Botan.

"Why is she here?"

"Do you remember when I told you about the car accident?" Shiori prodded gently. Kurama nodded. Six months ago he'd learned that his father died in a crash. At that time he hadn't cared; it wasn't as if he knew his father.

"Ami was also involved in the accident. Botan's been staying with her mother's sister. But when she lost her job, Botan couldn't stay with her. So I took her in…"

END! Happy Birthday TRIS! (Chrissy, Dh). HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YAY! We're 15! W00t! I want to say I love and thank you for everything you've done for me! I'm glad we're friends!

Thanks to Soph and Chrislea editing this and thanks to oOKeairaOo for looking over it! Thank you all!