Ok, sumimasen for the long wait! On with the show...

I am truly not making any money off of this, I really don't think that any of us are, I'm just a poor college student that is bored and somewhat imaginative. So, read, and Enjoy!

Notes: Sometimes it will be point of view, sometimes it won't, depends on where the story takes me, I will write and update often, since I know what it is like to be in the middle of a really good story and to just be left hanging.

(Words with a day will be journal entries made by the character, and I think in this story each character will have his own, maybe. Words with ** means they will be personal thoughts. Also, I may throw in song lyrics so beware of those.)

Glass Vase

Chapter 11:

You gave me this ::

Made me give ::

Your silver grin ::

Still sticking it in ::

You have soul machine ::

Soul machine ::

The longest kiss ::

Peeling furniture days ::

Drift madly to you ::

Pollute my heart drain ::

You have broken at me ::

Broken me ::

All your mental armor drags me down ::

Nothing hurts like your mouth ::

-Bush, Mouth

*May the fates have mercy on their souls. And Lord Enma help Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei. Because they will need all the help they can get.*

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Meanwhile, on the top of Mt. Fuji, the four boys were training hard. Yusuke was sparring with the ever graceful Kurama while a clumsy Kuwabara was training his spirit energy. Meanwhile Hiei was off to the side, performing a graceful kata on his own; while Genkai was meditating on a low platform.

Her eyes opened slowly, and regained focus. She examined the scene, and then let out a low breath. "Alright, that's enough for today. It's nearly sunset, dinner should be ready soon. You will have a chance to eat and bathe before going to bed, now let's get going, I want to see you all at the temple in half an hour." She said, before her small form darted from sight, down the side of the mountain.

"Hn." In a gust of wind, Hiei and Kurama were gone as well.

"WHAT?!! Genkai wants us down there in 30 minutes?! It took us an hour to get up here Yu-" Kuwabara was left talking to no one. Yusuke had started to run down the mountain the moment the old hag had stopped speaking. "YUSUKE YOU BASTARD! JUST WAIT UNTIL I CATCH YOU, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY LEGS TO RUN ON!" Screamed Kuwabara to Yusuke's small form, already half way down the mountain.

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28 minutes later...

"Where's (gasp) Yusuke?! (gasp)" Asked an out of breath Kuwabara.

"Kuwabara-kun, are you alright? You seem to be out of breath." Asked Yukina, bringing in a tray of tea. She set it in front of Kurama, Genkai and Hiei.

"AH, YUKINA-SAN! I am only out of breath when I am around you, for your beauty takes my breath away." Said Kuwabara, who was now kneeling in front of Yukina, holding her delicate hands in his large clumsy ones.

"Hn." Hiei grunted. Ignoring the disgusting scene in action a few feet from him. *If I could only pull out his voice box, then all this nonsense would cease. But I don't, if only for Yukina. Hn, would she only realize she's far better than him.* "Weren't you looking for something?" He spoke, to stop the love-fest going on.

"Oh Yeah... WHERE'S THAT BASTARD URAMESHI!?" Screamed Kuwabara at the top of his lungs. "He left me alone on the top of the mountain after all of you had left, now I'm looking for him so I could break his legs."

"He's in his room." Spoke Genkai from her seat at the head of the table. An amused smile crossing her face.

"Hai." He said, and left the room in a cloud of dust. As the dust settled and everyone's eyes could focus, they could faintly hear noises coming from the direction of Yusuke's and Kuwabara's room. You could hear Kuwabara screeching, Yusuke laughing and cursing, and the occasional grunt or broken object. Then silence.

"Do you think they killed each other Obaasan?" Asked Yukina innocently. Looking faintly worried over the state of her Kuwa-chan.

"Hm, I'm not that lucky child. They'll be alright. They are just being stupid and fighting like 4 year olds. Which reminds me..." Genkai got up from her seat and walked to next room. "Don't just sit there, Hiei, Kurama, come in." She called from the room. The room was dark and large, illuminated only by very few candles and the static from a television set. "Please, sit."

They did so. And watched Genkai dig through something's, but produce a videotape. She waited there for 5 seconds, holding it in her hands, as Kuwabara and Yusuke came into the room. Yusuke had dirt all over his face, and Kuwabara had a bruise on his left cheek. "How did that happen?" Asked Kurama, pointing at the bruise.

"I was rubbing Urameshi's face in the dirt, when he elbowed me and I fell back.." And he paused for a few seconds, when seeing the puzzled looks on their faces and Yusuke's grin he added, "he kicked me in the face." Hiei stifled a laugh. "Shut it Midget!"

"Enough, now all of you, you have to see this. It's a videotape sent from Koenma this afternoon." With that said, she popped it into the VCR, and sat back with the others.

The screen flickered, and an adult version of Koenma appeared. After the initial shock of seeing him out of his baby form, and Kuwabara's outbursts of 'It's a giant Koenma!', they watched attentively.

"Yo." Greeted Koenma, "I bet you are all wondering why i sent this tape instead of coming there myself. Well the answer is quite simple, I am stuck in the Reikai researching everything I can on the escaped convicts. We have now confirmed their identities; they are Higashi, Minami, Nishi and Kita. And as you can tell by their names, they are no ordinary demons. We don't know exactly what they are, either demons or... gods."

"GODS?!" They all yelled in unison.

"Yes, gods. They have been on earth, or the other planes of existence since before the first human, we think. At least 10 millennia's old each. And each... each has an elemental power, North the earth, South the winds, East all the waters, and West the fires of the worlds. That's all I can tell you for now, I hope I have been of some help to you." The screen went blank.

*Gods? We're up against Gods?* Kurama thought silently. Then walked out of the room, Hiei soon following. He walked towards the back of the temple, secluded and quiet. "How'd I know you'd follow me?" Kurama spoke softly, not turning.

"Hn, I didn't hide my youki, if that's what you mean." Hiei said, jumping down from a branch. He walked up to Kurama and stopped within arms reach. "What has you so worried? The tape? Means nothing."

"Sort of. I mean, what if we don't make it, I know we have had our narrow escapes from death before, but what if we don't make it this time; I just found you. I don't want to, I'm not willing to loose that." He spoke softly.

"Hn, sentimental fox. You won't loose me." *Do I mean that much to him? Don't get you hopes up, he means as a friend.* He took another step. Kurama turned then, eyes full of worry and unshed tears. He threw himself upon the Koorime, and entangled his arms around the small frame. He softly began to cry. *The fox, is crying? No, not 'the' fox, 'MY' fox, Kurama is my fox, always will be.* He thought with a smile, and hugged his kitsune tight. "You won't loose me Kurama, and I won't loose you. I'll make sure of that." With that, he kissed his beloved's neck, cheek, and finally lips. He gently wiped away the tears with calloused fingers. "Let's go to our room. We need our sleep and rest for tomorrow." With a nod, they went to their room, hand in hand.

To Be Continued................................

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