pure-thornless-rose: Hey there! p-t-rose here!
Blizzard: And Blizzard too! Here's chapter four... FINALLY.
p-t-rose: This one's a long one just to let ya know... and sorry it's been a while since the last chapter.
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p-t-rose: Oh, and I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho nor its characters. I have, however, created Destiny, Blizzard, and Destiny's parents out of pure imagination... so, sorry guys... you're imaginary...... at least you're real in this place... ehh-heheheh.


Hope in Destiny

Chapter 4: Training with the Past

By: pure-thornless-rose

It's morning already; the sun was shining through the curtains and onto her face. Destiny arose and decided to take a shower. She then changed into her uniform, ate breakfast, and then headed for school. She was in a good mood today, especially since she knew her parents were still alive and well. She also had many thoughts that went about in her mind, questions she asked herself as well. Questions about her dream or if it had any connections to her. Also questions about what Koenma said: a long story with a connection with one of the four guys. The dream also felt more like a memory... almost as if it did happen.

But some of this slipped her mind when she spotted all four of them walking to school. Yes, all four of the boys going to the same high school... Yusuke and Kuwabara had somehow managed to graduate junior high as Suichi was already in high school. As for Hiei... Koenma placed him in school too since he didn't want a dangerous A class demon running around the human world. Poor Hiei, he didn't want to be put under 'human world education facilities' and be stuck with these so-called 'class work' and 'homework'. He had other things in mind... and plus, he hated the school uniforms and having to wear them. Anyway, they saw her and she ran across the street to join them, smiling the whole time.

"Hey guys!" she greeted them, "How's it going?"

"Hi Destiny," Kurama smiled," We're good... How's your back?"

"Yeah, you lost a good amount of blood back there," said Yusuke, sounding a little concerned. Kuwabara agreed, noticing how she didn't seem like she was ever injured.

"I'm okay I guess." She smiled, making the three of them relieved. "But Munoto was clearly stronger than I though, maybe I need to train some."

"Some?" Hiei came in with a half smirk, "Hn."

"Hey I did last a long time before I had enough cuts –plus that last one- until I lost all that blood," she retorted, "we're training after school anyway..."

"Oh yeah..." Kuwabara said with a goofy smile across his face, "Heh, I'll beat the crap out of all of you!"

"Humph, sure..." Destiny said sarcastically, nodding along, "sure you will..."

"Hey... what was that supposed to mean?" he fronted her.

"Oh nothing..." she said coolly, pushing him away lightly. "... Arrogant baka" she added to herself. But he heard. Yusuke and Kurama chuckled and Hiei smirked.

"I heard that." He was in her face again.

"No you didn't..."

"Yes I did!"

"No..."

"Yes. I. Did!"

"Then what did I say?"

"Uh... um..."

"Exactly! There, I prove my point. You didn't hear what I said. So you better back off and take a chill pill..." They crossed their arms across their chests and looked away. Destiny stuck her tongue out at him triumphantly. The others seemed quite amused by what just happened. Things went silent for a moment. "I bet you wouldn't last 2 minutes when I fight with you."

"You wanna bet?"

"I'm up for it."

"Then what are you betting on?"

"Uh... I got nothing..."

"How about if I last those two minutes, you give me a kiss... and if I don't..."

"You wear a sign around your neck saying 'I couldn't last two minutes in a fight with a girl' at school tomorrow... all day."

"What?"

"Oh, come on... the kiss will be painful enough."

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"Grr, is it a deal or what?"

"Deal." Then they shake on it to make it final. (Hey what happened to Kuwabara's honor code?) Afterwards, they were suddenly at school. Destiny had no problems throughout that day, especially from Jon or his gang. Classes went by easily for her too, but they didn't get boring. She was also still getting re-accustomed to her new life in Japan. Soon, school was over and she met up with the guys to see where they will train. Today (and maybe forever) they will be training at Destiny's house. The reason being that her parents know them and their job, they would allow it and understand why, the back yard was large enough, and no one can see them. So they met by her house, she was waiting for them on the front yard with Blizzard.

"What are you four doing here?" Blizzard questioned them.

"Blizz, I told you already. We are training today." She stood up, stroking his head. "Hey guys. Let's head to my back yard. My father said it would be okay to train there, I asked him this morning."

"So, you ready Destiny?" Yusuke asked, somewhat excitedly. "You do have that bet to complete and your back is still bandaged."

"Yeah and yeah. But my back hasn't bothered me yet...I mean, it's just a rather large and deep cut fresh from last night... But seriously, it doesn't seem to hurt at all somehow..." She smiled as she continued leading them to the back yard. It was indeed large enough to train in. Then, Destiny continued walking out to the center of the field, eying the 'tree path' up ahead. She felt something was coming her way from that path and narrowed her eyes. The guys noticed this too and stood back, watching with her. Destiny could see a black wolf and a white fox running their way. Suddenly, as they weaved around the trees and stumps, they split up and ran opposite directions with only dust kicking up behind them. Shortly they disappeared and reappeared at opposite ends of the field. Destiny stepped backwards a few feet. Suddenly they charged at each other and jumped past one another, head on. Quickly and while in mid-air, they switched from their full demon forms and landed. They stopped in front of Destiny and smiled, breathing hard. Obviously they were training.

"Mom? Dad?" Destiny was surprised by their entry, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh HELLO DAUGHTER!" Her mother cupped her hands together. "You know a simple 'hi' could have been a better way to greet your parents."

"He-heh, sorry," she smiled and blushed lightly.

"Hi, Des," her father said. He was the only one who called her that by the way. "And... we were training if you couldn't tell what we were doing."

"Well okay but the guys and I start training today." Then she turned around and started walking towards the boys. "Do you want to join us?"

They agreed to join Destiny and the others in training. But right before they began, Botan came in; so, she was to be the referee. The first two up was... Destiny and Kuwabara! They had the deal to settle. Yet before the match, Kuwabara remembered about his honor code; Destiny simply said to forget about it.

"Oh come on! We made a deal and I want to fight you!"

"But I have to stick to my honor code!"

"Fine! Let's just see how long you can last... but you know. Who ever said you can actually hit me anyway? Even if you tried..."

"And what do you mean by that?"

"Nothing really... It's just that even if you did choose to fight back, you will lose anyway."

"I don't care..."

"Ugh! How can you be so stubborn! I want to fight and win because you fought back! Not because of your stupid honor code!" she wailed and shook her fist at him. Then a thought struck her head and she faked a gasp. "Are you saying girls are weak and shouldn't be hit because we're such delicate creatures? I should tell you that most girls are tough too!" She knew this little act might knock some sense into him so that he will fight back. "For example: me! By applying that code on me, you are clearly stating that I too am a delicate, WEAK FEMALE! Ugh! I feel insulted!" She then folded her arms and looked away as if in disgust. She knew that he applied the code for different reasons. Yet she's such a good actress that it seemed that she really felt that way. But her parents knew what she was up to.

"Our daughter can be so convincing at times..." Destiny's father shook his head and smirked. Him and the others were standing away from the argument so Destiny nor Kuwabara couldn't hear this comment. Everyone else did.

"So she's only acting?" Kurama asked. Mr. Akiyama nodded.

"Wow, I thought that's how she really felt." Yusuke commented.

"I guess that makes her a really good actress." Botan said with a cheery smile. "Cause I woud have fallen for it too."

"Well, Destiny knows that Kuwabara's honor code have better intentions than to insult." Mrs. Akiyama said, "She just wants to make the fight fair."

"You must be proud of her," Botan said. They nodded happily with a smile. Then Destiny walked up to Botan. "Do you need anything?"

"Yes... someone to time the fight"

"He'll be fighting?"

"Not quite. But he'll still be in the match."

"What do you mean?"

"Botan, see, before he wasn't going to go on with the deal and just sit this one out. But I convinced him to at least be in the match... as long as he can stick to his honor code and not hit me."

"Oh, well okay then. I have a watch and it will be starting on zero seconds, counting up."

"Perfect." Then she ran into the field and waited on Botan's call.

"Ready? Fight!" They charged at each other and began. Destiny was making most of the moves while Kuwabara dodged of tried some way to bring her down without hitting. During the fight, everyone could see that she lacked brute strength. But what she lacked there, she made up in everything else; like agility or tactics. Destiny fought fist-less also. She disliked making a fist to fight with and instead she would try to outwit her opponent. So in Kuwabara's case, eventually he went down. But him going down doesn't really matter, what does matter is if he went down before the two minutes or after the two minutes.

"Two minutes and three seconds!" Botan announced.

"What?" Destiny yelled.

"Well I went down after the two minutes." Kuwabara said as he stood up. "I win the deal and now you have to kiss me."

"Ehh, you went down anyway... rrr." Destiny growled silently. "I should have suggested three minutes too... oh well..."

"You knew about the deal right?" Yusuke asked her parents. They didn't answer. "So you don't care that she has to kiss this oaf in front of you?"

"Oh I trust Destiny to come up with something... she always does to get out of sticky situations." Her mother was smirking as if she knew something. "Or she'll alter a plan..."

"He-heh... she'll never kiss this guy. Not on the lips at least if this was a deal," her father said, also with a smirk. Yusuke looked slightly baffled as Botan, Kurama and Hiei understood perfectly. Since her parents knew what was coming up, they walked away to a nearby tree and sat there. Meanwhile, Destiny stuck with the deal and gave him that kiss.

"Mwa! There... happy bonehead?"

"Hey!" Kuwabara whined.

"What? Is it because I called you a bonehead? You got your kiss... were you expecting something else?"

"That was a cheek kiss..."

"Oh. Well you never said WHERE. And plus, that's not you cheek. That is the direct left of your lip!"

"There's a difference?!"

"To me there is."

"You're impossible!"

"No... YOU are impossible."

"You're impossible!"

"You're impossible..."

"You're impossible!"

"You are..."

"You are!"

"You are..."

"You are!"

"You are..."

"You are!"

"No, I am."

"NO! I AM IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT'S FINAL!"

"Oh you are? That's what I thought..."

"Hey!" Kuwabara faced her again as she stood there with her arms folded and blowing raspberries at him.

"Nyaaah... I knew you'd fall for that one..."

"Okay, children! Calm it down!" Kurama stood in between and separated them.

"Hey I'm no kid!" Destiny and Kuwabara retorted simultaneously.

"Ah, it's so nice to see that we all agree on something..." Kurama had a sly look on his face. He walked away as they stood there blinking at what he just did.

"Okay!" Botan stepped up. "Our mini-tournament will continue! And since Destiny won the round... YOU have to go!" Suddenly she pushed Kuwabara and he stumbled off to the sidelines. "Destiny advances to the next round! Who will want to go against her next?" But before anyone could speak, "Yusuke!"

"Uh... okay." Yusuke nodded then stepped up to the center of the field.

"Good... now ready... FIGHT!" Botan yelled and watched them go. This match went for a LONG time since they both fought very well against one another. While the fight went along, the others would sit there waiting for something to happen. So finally, Destiny thought of something and let Yusuke charge at her as she stood there waiting. Then at the right moment, she grabbed him by the shirt and rolled backwards, catapulting him into mid-air. But I forgot to mention that she lined herself up so there would be a tree behind her by a couple of yards. So, Yusuke went flying into the tree's hard trunk. Everyone winced at his impact and Destiny was the first to get to him.

"Ooh. Are you alright Yusuke? I'm sorry about that though," she smiled, trying to hold back from laughing. "But it was pretty funny seeing you fly into that tree... You alright?"

"I'm fine... really, I am." He had a dizzy expression on his face as he stumbled to get up. "Hey Destiny. Can you do me a favor and stand still...... both of you. You're making me feel dizzy by moving around like that...... Err... I said stand still!" He finally snapped.

"Okay, you're not fine at all. You should sit down." Destiny ushered him back to sit under the tree. "Boy you're snappy... I wasn't even moving earlier."

"Hey, both of you said that at the same time!"

"That tree must be hard..." Then she stood up and knocked on the tree's trunk as he shook his head to rid of the dizzy feeling. "Yep... it's hard alright." Destiny turned around and saw everyone surrounding the scene. They all had smirks on their faces; Hiei jumped up into the tree and sat on a branch (typical right?). "Okay so who's up next?" Destiny walked through the group to the center of the field. She looked back and saw Kurama making his was towards her. "Okay. So let's go!"

"Okay!" Botan yelled, "I'm allowing anything this round alright? Ready. Fight!"

Instantly, they begin their fight. With both making the first move simultaneously, they cancelled each other out. Then they begin to spar intensely for a while. Destiny had met her match in fighting. Their fighting styles were similar: fist less with a working mind. So they continued their match, but suddenly Kurama jumped back, pulling a seed from the back of his neck in his hair. It quickly grew into a single red rose until he called out to his Rose Whip. That's when the rose grew into the rose whip. She had seen him fight with it before, so she figured what she was up for. She was nicked plenty of times from trying to avoid making contact from every lash; so she thought of a way to get through this while trying to get around many of his lashes. She began by pulling out her hidden sai swords. Then she started cutting the whip, scissor-style, by laying the blades in a criss-cross position, then pulling them apart. It made that neat metal sliding against metal sound every time she cut. She did this just so she can reach him and land a hit or two to knock the whip from his hand, which became her little goal. Also, since Kurama was standing ground, this made things easier for her. But he saw that she was cutting every time the whip went near her, yet he began lashing some more, making the whip-work more complicated. Then the whip grew some more so cutting it became somewhat useless. But since Destiny never really knew how well Kurama actually fights, she didn't notice that he was also holding back. But she became curious.

"Are you holding back on me, Kurama?" she shouted over, still dodging and cutting.

"No!" he hesitated with his answer. Though he was holding back, he didn't want to say anything.

"Okay then...! But if you are..." Suddenly she ducked then somersaulted aside. "Don't! I mean it when I say 'give it your all!' Okay?" Then, she cut again, noticing that Kurama listened and made things harder. Shortly, he lashed one more time before he pulled back and began to charge with his rose whip at hand, dashing past her. Her guard was on high as she switched to the defensive side and stood her ground, watching his every move. He began lashing at her while running around. This made it less possible for her to get his whip away from him. But it would go on this way for a while, with him dashing around her and striking the whip; she would then slice the whip before it made any contact. This repeated over and over. Until one sword was knocked off from her grip. As she reached for her weapon, Kurama lashed again and the whip wrapped around her wrist. The thorns pricked her skin, causing her to drop the other sword. Suddenly, it squeezed and lifted her up by the wrist, twisting her around so that it wrapped itself around her waist. Then the whip tightened around her.

"Will you forfeit now or will you forfeit later?" he said with a grin.

"Very funny. But how will never do?" She began to squirm but the whip only tightened its grip. "Ow! Let go of me. Right NOW!"

"Sorry, but never sounds fine by me," he replied, grinning again. She yelped from the prickling of the thorns. Only one hand was free since the other was still wrapped. But it was useless to try to reach for her other hidden weapon, a wakizashi (like a small katana), it was covered with the whip.

"So... are you going to just let met sit here while you wait for me to give up?"

"No.........well...Maybe...............Okay yes, I will. But... letting you hang there like that WILL waste a lot of time..."

"Yeah... it WILL won't it?............ow, ow, ow. Make your stupid decision already okay?! Or are you doing this on purpose?!"

"So I'm back to no, I won't let you just sit there until you give up."

"Ow, ow, ow, owie........rrr. AND..."

"So I'll just have to force you to quit or win this myself." Suddenly the whip wrapped her up a bit more and squeezed harder and tighter. Destiny let out a short scream. That was when she began to glow a white shade. The glowing then became slightly blinding, until it ended. Everyone stopped what they were doing and just stared at Destiny. Since Kurama was blankly staring at her, she took advantage of this and pulled out the hidden wakizashi from the loosening grip of the whip. She continued on like her sudden glowing hadn't affected her in any way, then she cut the whip and fell, landing on her feet. She straightened up and noticed everyone staring at her.

"What is everyone looking at?" she asked slightly irritated. "What the... my voice. It's changed!" She noticed her voice had changed; it was slightly off to a different sound. "La, la, la, la, laaa." She tested her voice. "Okay, what's going on?" She looked around and noticed she was wearing different clothing. She was wearing looser clothing and was able to move more in them, she also had a red sash tied around her waist. As she tugged on the sash, she was looking down and noticed a long, bushy tail that was waving left to right. She caught it and felt that it was her tail; it had brick-red fur with a white tip. Then something buzzed by her ears and they twitched. She felt around and found two fuzzy and pointed ears. She didn't see them but they were also brick red with white tips. "What happened to me? Why do I have a tail and pointed ears?"

"You're in your demon form, Destiny!" her mother yelled.

"My demon form?" she yelled back, "Well let me take myself out for a test drive..."

Then she turned back to Kurama, who was awestricken from what he saw. The love he had long ago when he was Youko Kurama was back, Destiny. Well, Youko Destiny. He began to remember the night he left her, the night he died, he had vowed to return to her one day that night. He remembered everything; from the moment he told her to stay behind for he didn't want any harm done to her; to the moment when they spoke their last words together. He remembered other memories. He even remembered the night they first met.

The first they met wasn't exactly a happy meeting. Youko Kurama and Kuronue were leading another raid in the Makai. But one thing stopped that raid from being successful. This something was planned by a small, secret group of powerful demons that despised Youko Kurama; they wanted to end him and his notorious ways. The leader picked out an innocent, beautiful, yet powerful female for this plan of his. She also had to have distaste for bandits. This female ended up being Destiny (youko). She was well known for many things, like her beauty, intellect, and power; furthermore, she didn't like bandits... why? Her mother was killed by a group of them when she was young. Anyhow, she was practically perfect for this plan. So soon, she was cornered, captured (which wasn't easy), and taken to the leader. Then the leader somehow persuaded her into joining him and his little 'association', then telling Destiny of his plans. But when he told her, he never made it sound like he was using her. If he ever did tell her in that way (and using her was his true intention) she would have found a way to leave the group because he knew that females, such as Destiny, hate to be used as an instrument to cause a downfall of any sort. (Think of her as someone who believes that females aren't always the weaker gender and shouldn't be taken advantage of for that reason) Anyway, the leader asked Destiny for her help into stopping a group of thieves and bandits that was lead by Youko Kurama from raiding a castle. "You will fight with Youko Kurama, kill him or don't kill him, it doesn't matter to me. You just have to slow him down while we take care of the rest... But killing would be a better option... it's you're choice though." She agreed. Though she didn't see why he wanted her and only her to fight just Youko Kurama and him only, he's the one who hated the fox, right? And plus, she wasn't the type to kill. At least he gave her a choice.

Soon, the night of Youko's raid came along and battles broke out. Destiny found the kitsune.

---Flash Back---

"So... you must be the legendary bandit... Youko Kurama." Destiny said coolly, stepping up to face him from a distance. She had a smirk on her face with her honey-gold eyes fixed on his.

"It's me alright..." He said emotionlessly. He was studying her and her physique. He saw a pretty, young, female kitsune; with long brown hair, honey-gold eyes, brick-red tail and ears with white tips. She had a lean build, so he assumed she was the agile type; she was also calm with her words, she must be the confident type too, but not cocky; she didn't seem to have any weapon in sight, so he assumed she had one hidden, or not, she might just be able to fight real well. "You're Destiny. Am I not right?"

"Oh, you're right." She stepped closer. "But... I am also ANOTHER reason why this raid WILL NOT be successful." Her hands were hanging to her side, ready to pull out her hidden weapon, not just yet though.

"Oh are you sure about that?" He didn't let her appearance fool him.

"Listen I'm not the cocky type... I just know that this place is already surrounded with guards and traps are set all over. So your little raid will definitely not be happening." She stepped closer. "And I'm also here... slowing the progress down... see? I'm at it right now."

"Then I guess I'll just have to keep you from doing that." Then he moved into a fighting stance, transforming a rose he suddenly had into a whip, yeah, the thorny one. He began to whip at her, but she dodged it. Their fight had begun. It was quick, but it lasted long. At one point, Youko was able to catch Destiny with the whip and she was wrapped up in it with the thorns puncturing her everywhere. But one hand was free, he didn't notice though. The whip lifted her up and took her closer to Youko. "So why would a pretty kitsune such as yourself be here to stop me? You're helping THEM aren't you?"

"I'm actually one of THEM..." She glared at him as she hung there, hiding her free hand.

"Well then you're wasting your time, especially with them. Females like you should be off doing other things." That remark made her furious. This fox was practically telling her that she, as a female, shouldn't have a place in battle. That's when she reached for her hidden weapon, her wakizashi, and cut the whip(What a coincidence, that sounds familiar doesn't it?). She dropped and landed before him.

"And what did you mean by that?" She asked, grinding her teeth. Then they began fighting again. It was more elaborate this time, especially since she was very upset and was trying to prove his remark wrong. The fight continued for several more minutes; both inflicting serious damage on the other. But by the end of it, both had severe injuries and were exhausted. The leader and his group were retreating just as the bandits were. Destiny was too injured to join them immediately so she tried calling out for some kind of help. The leader approached, but he sneered to her, saying that they have no more use for her anymore. That's when he left and abandoned her, this was part of his plan, but she didn't know that of course. So she sat there, feeling betrayed and angry. Youko Kurama was still there too. He stood up and approached her, limping. "What do YOU want?" She questioned, glaring at him, still sitting on the ground. He just stared down at her, with pity in his cold eyes. She saw the pity but didn't say anything. Then, Kuronue appeared.

"Youko Kurama, what are you still doing here? Everyone else left." He was still approaching the two. That's when he saw her. "Oh, who is this, kitsune?" Then he realized that these two were fighting earlier. "Ah... the girl. It looks like you two put up a good fight..."

"You catch on pretty quickly. But I HAVE a name, you know..." Then she stood up slowly, holding her injured right arm. She was still holding onto her wakizashi with her right hand but pointing her weapon at him didn't happen. It would have hurt just to do so. Then Youko Kurama turned around to leave. Kuronue then had an idea and stopped him.

"Hey, can we keep her?" he whispered to Youko Kurama.

"Why?"

"Well... she's strong and she could really help us out on a raid...err... next time though..."

"Didn't you see the girl and I were fighting? She wanted to stop the raid!"

"Well, people change. She might hate you now, but eventually she'll warm up."

Youko Kurama then began mumbling. "Fine... we'll take her in... But it won't be my fault if she turns on us!"

"She won't turn on us..."

"Heh, good luck. I'm going ahead..." Youko Kurama began walking ahead, still limping.

"I'll catch up with you shortly..." Then he turned back to Destiny and smiled. "Hi, I'm Kuronue."

"So?" She gave him an attitude with the non-optional glare; she made sure that he knew his presence wasn't welcome.

"Uh... Well, you're going to need to remember that since we're going to take you in as our own."

"Is this a pity offer? Cause I don't need YOU to pity ME and I'm NOT going to come with you."

"Well you're a little stubborn. I just want to help... (sighs) You're going to hate me even more for this." Then he picked her up abruptly and slung her over his shoulder. This took her by surprise. He knew about her wakizashi but he figured she wouldn't try anything harsh... well, not yet at least. She was too busy yelling at him.

"Hey! You are going to put me down! Ugh! Let go of me! NOW!" She was beating his back with her fists. But he didn't care, nor did he put her down. As she continued with her demands, Kuronue caught up with Youko Kurama. She was still yelling by then, but she stopped immediately when she remembered her wakizashi was still at hand. Kuronue noted that she suddenly seemed to have given in. But he was wrong; she was about to stab him in the back and was already positioning to do so. "He-heh..."

"Oh no you don't... give me that." Youko Kurama saw her and snatched the wakizashi using his rose whip.

"What the... Hey! Give that back!"

"See Kuronue? She's a little backstabber." He began to smirk, amusingly dangling her weapon before her. She just gave him an evil glare and ignored the dangling wakizashi. She knew about the little game he's going to play if she ever reached for it.

"Thanks." Then they continued into the forest, with Destiny beating on Kuronue's back. "Your name's Destiny isn't it?"

---Flash back over (pretty long huh?)---

Of course, the raid wasn't successful because of what Destiny said. The castle was surrounded with guards and the leader and his 'association' was there; then there were traps all over the place, so the thieves couldn't get in. And because of all this, the bandits moved on, with Destiny as a new member; sort of. She wasn't happy for a few days, but she did consider the fact that she did make friends with Kuronue (somehow) and a young water demon named Marina (what a coincidence, no? and yes, she's a girl). She helped Destiny get better from her injuries. As for Youko Kurama, she and him weren't exactly the best of friends; more like, still enemies. He didn't even know why he let Kuronue talk him into keeping Destiny and taking her in as one of their own. 'She's going to be a real pain in the tail to have around...' he constantly thought. But it wasn't Destiny's fault she was having a bad few days. She was still upset that the leader just abandoned her like that; she was also upset with Youko Kurama for taking her weapon and not giving it back... after a long time.

Meanwhile, the leader would send a spy to check on Destiny and see how things were going along. He was hoping that since Destiny and Youko Kurama were from the complete opposite sides of the spectrum, even though they had several things in common, they would fight and argue constantly. Then soon, both will finally snap and they'll fight once again. But this time, with a victor. He was hoping that the victor would be Destiny. Unfortunately for him, the two only argued constantly, they never started a fight to kill the other. It was obvious that he didn't know that Destiny wasn't the killing type; she didn't kill unless it was necessary or if it was for the sake of her life... but she never told him that. Then, as things turned for the worse for the leader, over time, Destiny and Youko Kurama began liking each other... soon they fell in love. His plan had backfired. Especially when she began helping with the robberies. He should have seen this coming, but he didn't.

As for the Youko Kurama and Destiny... they grew to be very close to one another.


pure-thornless-rose: Well that conludes another chapter of Hope in Destiny! Did you like it?
Blizzard: I did... except the deal part... if Kuwabara suggested the kissing and I was there the moment he said that... I would have bitten him so hard in the--
Destiny: ahem...
Blizz: Eh-heh... leg?
Destiny: That's what I thought...
p-t-rose: Anyways... Kurama's still in the middle of his match with Destiny, see who wins their round. See ya soon in Chapter 5! Please review too, okay? I need to know what you think! Bye-Bye! .