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Thank you to:

Bar-Ohki: Wait and see.

Gekidoku Hitokiri: No, Eli is not Hiei's brother; keep reading the story to find out, the answer will come eventually.

Imigo: Yes you are smart; you were the first to figure out who Eli really was. Now try to figure out who Snow is.

Sesshomaru42791: Well, your visit to your grandmother's house could have been that bad. Well, I wasn't there, so I don't really know.

BloodMistress: I'm glad you like my story.

Now on with the story!!!

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Chapter 8

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Everyone was now walking through the snow. They got up bright and early because Snow said that it would only be an hour's walk to the castle from where they were.

"Are you sure this is the way?" Kurama asked.

"Certainly, I can never forget were a place like that is." Snow said.

"Guys, I think we have something following us." Eli said.

Everyone stopped and turned around. What they saw a pack of snow wolves.

"Get ready everyone." Genkai said.

Everyone got their weapons ready; Yusuke and Kurama put themselves in front of Eli so they could protect him.

The wolves moved in for the attack. Everyone battled hard and somehow got hurt by the snow animals.

Kurama let out a loud yell when a wolf bit him.

"Kurama!" Eli cried.

The wolf let got of Kurama's arm and jumped onto Genkai. Kurama had a severe ice burn on his arm.

"Flaming ice!!!" Eli yelled.

Fire formed around everyone; to the group, it felt cool, yet refreshing at the same time; but the pack of wolves was letting out loud yelps of pain as they melted.

Kurama rushed over to Eli when the fire faded.

"Eli, are you okay?!" Kurama asked.

Eli only nodded.

Yusuke walked over to them.

"You two okay?" He asked.

They nodded.

"We only have a little more to go before the castle comes." Snow said.

Everyone continued to walk for probably thirty minutes before they finally arrived.

"Whoa..." Yusuke said.

Not too far off in the distance was the castle.

"Are you sure that before a few days ago, there was a cave here?" Kurama asked.

"Yup..." Snow said. "Beautiful, ain't it?"

"It's wonderful..." Genkai said.

"This is the castle from my dreams." Eli said.

"What?" Kurama asked.

"Who goes there?!!!" A loud voice boomed.

"That sounds like Hiei." Yusuke said.

The wind kicked up and it snowed harder; everyone could see that something was forming in front of them.

When everything faded, they could see what formed clearly.

There was a boy that looked just like Hiei standing in the middle of the way to the castle and the group. But everyone could tell that he wasn't really Hiei because he looked all blue. He had blue clothing in the form of Hiei's battle clothing, and light blue hair.

"Who are you people?" The blue Hiei asked.

"Where's Hiei?" Kurama asked.

"You're looking at him." The blue guy said.

"No, he means the real Hiei." Yusuke said. "Our lover..."

"I don't know you people." The blue Hiei said. "But I plan to destroy you all."

"Not unless you get through me!" Eli yelled stepping forward.

"Eli get back here!" Kurama yelled as he stepped forward, but Yusuke stopped him.

"He says he sees this guy in his dreams, I have a feeling he knows what he's doing." Yusuke said.

Kurama didn't want to, but he knew he had to stay back.

"Be careful Eli..." Yusuke said.

"What can a little demon like you do to me?!" The blue Hiei laughed.

"A lot of damage." Eli said.

Eli closed his eyes and began to glow. His body flowed with energy that everyone could feel. His hair turned silver, his eyes turned red, a power stick formed in his hand into the form of a sword, at the top of his head little black fox ears popped out, fangs formed in his mouth, and a silver tail popped out from his bottom.

"Time to battle." Eli said.

The blue Hiei took out his sword and disappeared.

A moment later, Eli disappeared too.

"What? Where are they?!" Snow yelled.

Just then the blue Hiei fell to the ground, Eli jumped down beside him. Eli raised his sword and slashed at the blue Hiei. During that, Eli thought of his dream, he was in his human form when this Hiei killed him; but now he was in his demon form in real life, for the very first time.

The blue Hiei disappeared and left behind a key. Eli picked it up. The key was made of gold and it had a red gem in it.

"Eli are you okay?!" Yusuke yelled as he ran over with the others.

Eli nodded and changed back to his human form; which left everyone a little confused.

"Yusuke, you see what I see, right?" Kurama said.

"Yeah..." Yusuke said as he looked at Eli closely.

"What?" Eli asked.

Something about his hair changed when he went back into his human form. He still had long black hair, but there were red highlights all over it and there was a starburst of white hair in the front; just like Hiei's starburst.

"We'll see if we can find a mirror in the castle for you to see." Kurama said.

Everyone continued on towards the castle.

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When the group arrived at the door, the gem in the key started to glow. Eli walked up to the door and put the key into the hole; when he turned it, the key disappeared and left the gem behind; the door swung opened.

"Do we go in?" Touya asked.

"Of course." Kurama said. "I know that Hiei is somewhere in here."

Everyone walked in and the door closed behind them. They saw that the walls had torches of blue flames, which lit everything for them.

"Where should we look?" Snow asked.

"I think we should follow what the gem says." Eli said.

Kurama looked at the gem in Eli's hand and saw what he meant.

"Look, the gem has an arrow pointing somewhere." Kurama said.

Genkai took the gem from Eli and started to walk in the direction that the arrow was pointing; everyone else followed.

Everyone followed until the arrow on the gem disappeared and the gem glowed bright.

That's when Yusuke noticed another key floating up high in the middle of the room they were in. It had a blue gem.

"Hey guys look." Yusuke said pointing up.

"How are we going to get it?" Kurama asked.

"Like this..." Yusuke said.

Yusuke walked over to a huge statue in the middle of the room and slowly began to climb up it.

"Yusuke be careful!" Kurama hollered.

"Aren't I always?" Yusuke called down.

"No!" Everyone yelled back.

Yusuke huffed and continued climbing up the statue. Once he got to the top, he tried to keep his balance as he stood up.

Everyone held their breath as Yusuke stood.

Yusuke realized that he wasn't going to be able to get the key like that. He looked at the key as if it was the only thing standing between him and Hiei. So he looked down at everyone.

"Guys, I have to jump!" Yusuke called down.

"What?!" Kurama yelped. "Yusuke no!!!"

Yusuke pretended he didn't hear his lover and jumped up. He snatched the key; he felt like he was flying, until gravity gave in. Yusuke was falling and he didn't know what to do; but Jin came to the rescue.

Jin used his wind powers to make a mini tornado that made Yusuke float to the ground.

Kurama was the first one to Yusuke. Instead of hugging or kissing Yusuke; he gave the poor boy a swift slap to the face.

"Yusuke!!!" Kurama fumed angrily. "What in the world were you thinking?! Are you deaf?! Didn't you hear me?!"

Yusuke didn't know what to say or do; he just gawked at Kurama as he held the place where he slapped him.

"Oh, you bastard!!!" Kurama yelled, with that, he stormed back the way they came.

"You gave that poor boy a big scare." Genkai said. "We'll wait for you while you go get him."

Yusuke nodded and went to go find Kurama. When he left, Snow turned to Eli.

"Come on little one, we need to find you a mirror so you can check out your new look." Snow said.

Eli held onto his hand and they went off with Kuwabara following close behind.

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Yusuke walked back to go find Kurama. He didn't think that if he jumped that he was going to scare Kurama so badly; not to mention himself. He looked around and prayed that nothing bad happened to Kurama. After a few minutes, Yusuke heard sniffling.

"Kurama?" Yusuke called.

"What do you want Urameshi?" Kurama snapped.

Yusuke flinched when Kurama called him by his last name; not even Kuwabara called him that anymore. Slowly he sat beside his redhead and put his hand on Kurama's hand. Kurama yanked his hand out of Yusuke's grasp and turned his head and pretended he didn't see him.

"Kurama, I'm sorry..." Yusuke said. "I wasn't really thinking straight when I jumped."

Kurama kept his head turned and didn't say anything.

"I was thinking that the key up there was one of the only ways to get Hiei." Yusuke said.

Kurama turned to Yusuke.

"I love you, with all of my heart Kurama." Yusuke said. "I'm so sorry for scaring you like that."

Kurama kissed Yusuke deeply. When the kiss broke, Yusuke had a grin on his face.

"So, I'll just say that you accepted the apology." Yusuke said.

Kurama chuckled and nodded.

"Yes, I accept." Kurama said.

"Alright, then lets get back to the others." Yusuke said.

Yusuke stood up and stuck out his hand for Kurama to take. Kurama held on to Yusuke's hand as he stood up and they both went back to the others.

To be continued...

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What else awaits the gang?

What was the change of Eli about?

Will they find Hiei?

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