A/N - soooooo sorry that I didn't update this until now! I feel so bad. I have been so busy and yeah....sorry! I hope you enjoy this chappy.

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Son Cara - I miss reading your stories. I loved them. Good luck with your new ones.

Kaizan - funny reveiw as always. Thanks

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Chapter again...whatever. I think 9 since I have a prolouge and 9 other chapters thingys or whatever. 9 or 10 - I dunno.





*Kurama*

Kurama blinked and knew that Hiei was contacting him telapathically. 'Yes?' Kurama thought to himself and to Hiei.



*Don't worry about Maria. I can get her...then you get him okay?* Hiei told the small plan to his best friend.

'Thanks,' Kurama said in his thoughts.

"Sarasu, you will never get away with this. ANd don't expect me to be hurting Maria, I would...could never do that,'' Kurama said to his enemy who was standing a few meters in front of him. Kurama glanced upwards and caught a look of Maria. SHe was straining to keep her arms and muscles from hurting, her eyes and hands were clenched in pain. 'For her sake....' Suddenly Hiei was there and he slashed the chains, cutting them in half. He fell to the ground, caught Maria, and ran away once again...in 2 seconds.

Sarasu looked bewildered at first, the angry.

"You are a cheat Kurama. You and your lowzy friends," Sarasu said. He smirked and charged Kurama once again.

Hiei dropped Maria on the floor and then bolted over to a corner before she even had a chance to tell the fire demon thanks. SHe looked up to her right and noticed that Sleeker was there, he winked at her.

"That was something. He must really care for you..that Kurama," he told her. Maria felt her cheeks grow warm as she blushed and smiled up to him. SHe didn't say anything...just let the words sink in.

"Only cowards are cheaters Sarasu, because cowards always look for something to hide behind," Kurama said, his face a blank as his rose whip connected with the villain's sword. Sparks flew...though nobody knew how.

"Only cowards would kidnap a loved one for revenge...only cowards would kill a loved one for revenge," Kurama continued.

The two opponents flew back and and the skidded to a halt.

"So what..." Sarasu said and brought his hand up. A ball of redish-purple light formed and he held it out in front of him.

"This is just a sample of my energy Kurama. You wouldn't want to see it used on someone...but I guess some wishes do not come true," Sarasu said and held his hand out to the right of him. He let the ball of energy go...directly at Maria.

"MARIA!!!!" Kurama shouted, though he knew not even Hiei would be able to get Maria out of the way in time. The ball connected with a red explosion.

Jade, Akio, Ms. Sutana, and Ms Minamino walked down the sidewalk...an expression of sadness on their faces. 'How could this have happened!?' Jade thought to herself as Akio stuck his hand into hers. She glanced down and smiled at the little boy. He was like her own little brother, she loved Akio as the brother she never had before.

"We'll find them Akio," she told him. He smiled a half smile.

Once the light and smoke cleared, it revealed Maria standing with her back against the wall. The green demon Sleeker was on the ground in front of the frightened girl. Sleeker had obviously saved the girl...for reasons known only to himself.

Maria knelt down with tears in her eyes as she took the demon's hand in her own. The demon very weakly opened one eye to look at her.

"Y-you saved..." Maria said but could not finsih.

"Take care Maria. Live your life to it's fullest," Sleeker told her and she felt the grip on her hand weaken into nothing. She felt the tears trickle down her face as she looked over to Kurama. Her love was brimming with anger...he was changing.

"How...dare...you try to hurt her!!!"Kurama yelled as a black and grey energy surrounded him. The energy caused to walls to shake and parts of the roof to collapse.

Sarasu blinked. His stupid Demon servant had saved the girl. The idiot!!!!! Saving a human... Then he looked back towards Kurama and what he saw terrified him. In front of him wasn't the red-haired Suuichi Minamino, no, in front of him was the silver-haired fox demon named Youko Kurama. Youko's amber eyes glared menacingly at Sarasu with a look to kill.

Youko smiled...he was out of Suuichi once more. He glared at Sarasu and smirked.

"You fool. I told your brother this and I am telling you now. I would have thought that you would have known not to corner a fox...we have a tendancy to show our teeth!'' Youko said. He pulled two roses out of his hair. He quickly, with ease, formed a rose whip out of both of them. Now he had a rose whip in both hands, and he was grinning evilly.

"You will die....for Suuichi is not the only one grown attached to the ningens and Maria...so have I," and with that he charged, both rose whips being weilded expertly.

A/N - I hopey ou like this chapter. It is kinda short...but so are my other ones. GO YOUKO!!!!!!!! GO SUUICHI!!!!!!! WOOO-HOOO!!!!!!!