Ok, I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in so long. I've been really busy and well, I sort of forgot about this story, but I really hope that there is people still reading this. Anyways, thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far and once again, I'm really sorry for the long wait.

I don't own DK or YYH

Elves Are More Trouble Than They're Worth

Chapter 9

Flashback

"Yusuke, there's someone waiting for you at the front gate," one of Yusuke's classmates said coming up to him, somewhat reluctantly.

Yusuke jumped up and raced out of the room, eager to be out of the school. When he saw who was waiting for him, he stopped in his tracks, shock clear on his face. Rune, Kurama's little brother was standing there smiling innocently at the spirit detective.

"Hey," Yusuke greeted as he walked over to the elf.

Hello," Rune said.

"So, what'd ya come here for?" Yusuke asked rubbing the back of his head. "Hey, do you think we could go somewhere and talk cause..."

"Because you want to get out of school, right?" Rune asked, his smile disappearing into a frown. Yusuke laughed nervously, but Rune nodded and the two walked over to a park a few blocks from the school.

"I wanted to thank you for saving my brother in that incident with the Fore Long Hope," Rune said quietly as they sat down on a bench.

"Hey, it was nothing. You two saved me from Hiei so we're even now," Yusuke said trying to lighten the mood somewhat.

Rune smiled slightly. "Still, I wanted to thank you."

"HEY!" Yusuke and Rune both looked up when they heard someone yell at them. "What's going on here? Not cheating on Keiko now are ya?" Kuwabara asked while his gang came up behind him.

"For your information Kuwabara, we were just talking and Keiko is not my girlfriend!" Yusuke yelled jumping up and shaking a fist in Kuwabara's face.

"Right, then what are you doing with another girl?" Kuwabara sneered out just before he found himself with a bloody nose lying on the ground.

"I AM NOT A GIRL!" Rune shouted at him while Yusuke and Kuwabara's gang all backed away from him, afraid that they were going to get hit as well.

"You're not?" Kuwabara asked, confusion in his voice. Rune just glared at him and then sent him flying with another punch.

"Uh, we'll be going now." And with that Kuwabara's little gang ran away fearing for their lives.

Yusuke came up and then poked Rune in the chest. Rune froze and then slapped Yusuke across the face. "What the hell are you doing?" Rune yelled at him.

"I really thought you were a girl, just a bit flat though. Kurama never told me you were a boy," Yusuke said trying to defend himself. Fortunately for him Kurama came up behind his brother.

"What's going on?" he asked trying to hide the amusement in his voice.

"You didn't tell him that was a boy!" Rune yelled at his brother before storming away.

"Why didn't you tell me he was your little brother instead of your little sister?" Yusuke asked him still holding a hand to his injured cheek.

"You never asked. Besides, you know now," Kurama commented lightly.

"Yeah, after he hits me upside the head," Yusuke growled at him, clearly annoyed with the fox demon.

"Well, at least your still alive," Kurama said before walking away to go find his brother.

Yusuke just stood there in shock. He had absolutely no idea what had just happened. 'Those two are so strange. I don't think I'll ever be able to understand them,' Yusuke thought as he walked away from the park and back toward his apartment.

end flashback

"What should we do now?" Thatz asked. They had taken Kurama and Rune to Spirit World to see if Koenma could do anything to help them. Unfortunately, Koenma had no idea what to do so they just put Rune and Kurama in different rooms so that they could sleep.

"There's nothing we can do but wait and see if they'll survive," Lykouleon said sadly.

"What do you mean 'if they survive'?" Hiei growled at him.

Lykouleon sighed and then with some help from the other dragons he told them about Rune's true identity and how his blood was poisonous. When he finished Yusuke, Kuwabara, Jin, and Koenma were all staring at him in shock.

"So, you mean every memory we have of Rune is fake? That he really isn't Kurama's brother?" Yusuke asked, shock clear in his voice.

"I don't believe you," Hiei growled out.

"What'd ya mean, shrimp?" Kuwabara asked receiving a growl from Hiei.

"I mean, there were people after Rune before so how do we know that these aren't the same people who were after him before?" Hiei snapped at them.

"Yeah, but Rune did seem to trust that guy?" Jin said pointing at Ruwalk. "I actually think that these are the good guys and those guys who were following that one demon named, um, what's his name, are the bad guys."

"That demon you're talking about was named Nadil, Jin," Ruwalk answered, anger clear in his voice as he spoke the name.

"Nadil!?!" Lykouleon, Thatz, and Rath all asked in shock.

"Why didn't you tell us that Nadil had followed us here?" Lykouleon yelled at him.

"Um, whose Nadil?" Yusuke asked, clearly confused.

"Yusuke!" Koenma yelled at him. "I already told you about Nadil and the Dragons. And you Hiei, I already told you that Rune was a Dragon Knight!"

"Um, well I forgot about all that so could you explain it again?"

Lykouleon sighed and they all settled down once more to discuses about Nadil and just what they were going to do to protect Rune and how the dragons were going to get home.

Ok, I know this is a bit of a pointless chapter, but I really have a writer's block for this chapter so I hope you can all forgive me. Anyways, there's probably about two or three chapters left in this story. I hope you all liked, review if you want me to continue.