Hey, has anyone seen Hiei? I left him alone for a few minutes, and then I can't find him.

Hiei: hiding under the computer desk

Oh, well! In this chapter... Yoko will have another blast from the past and maybe Hiei will tell Kurama that truth of what happened 18+ years ago.

Hiei: muffled sound I'm not coming from under this computer desk.

AH HA! I found ya!

Hiei: Darn... Neither Dragonite Himura nor Drako Konacko own Yu-Yu-Hakusho, because if they did, Iunyasha and Yu-Yu-Hakusho would be one show.

Thank you, Hiei. On with the story!


-Suddenly, the fox's ears twitched to the sound of laughter. "So, you've finally found out your new emotion."

Yoko snarled, trying to find the source of the chuckles.

"Show yourself!" He snapped, balling his fist.

"I'm already in your sights, kitsune." The voice mocked. Yoko looked in one of the trees to see Hiei's smirking face. He wasn't wearing his cape, which was unusual, and his arms were crossed.

"What do you mean... new emotion?" Yoko demanded, narrowing his eyes.

"You love that dragon, Yoko, but you're too blind and proudto see it." Hiei smirked, jumping down from the tree to face the fox.

"What... love..." Yoko gasped. Could he be in love with a creature of bondage-


Kurama once again woke up to another dream that belonged to Yoko. Still... this one didn't seem so horrific. It almost seemed like an awakening... another memory.

What was even weirder was the fact that Hiei was in the vision.

Hiei did ask some strange questions last night... Does he have anything to do with Yoko's dreams? Kurama thought.

With the turn of his head, he looked at the clock and found it to be 4 in the morning. Moaning in frustration, he stood him, putting a hand through his tangled red hair.

I might as well go to the park and get some fresh air. He sighed as he rose from the bed.

He dressed himself in nothing but jeans, a red shirt, and a coat.

Slowly, Kurama's walk in the park began, taking in the cool air of the morning. Then, he saw a black figure resting on a park bench, looking up at the dying stars in the sky. Then, streaks of white hair flew in the air and Kurama knew who it was.

"Ruby..."

The figure jerked... and then rose from the bench and into the light. It was indeed Ruby.

"Shuichi... what are you doing here?" She whispered, looking at Kurama in wonder.

Kurama smiled nicely.

"You first."

Ruby frowned, sitting back down with a huff.

"It's personal." She muttered, sitting back down.

"If it's a problem, it would be better to share it." Kurama replied, trying to help as he sat down next to her.

Giving up, the albino sighed and stated her problem. "Do you ever have the feeling that your family… really is unworthy to you? Like they don't matter because maybe... they're not your flesh and blood?"

Kurama gasped. Ruby had just summed up his feelings for his ningen mother when he was young. In his terrible twos and up he knew he had the heart of a terribly strong demon in him and felt that Shiori was nothing but a servant... but that changed quickly in time with him.

"Once." He answered simply.

Ruby looked at the fox with tears in her eyes.

"I don't know what came over me, Shuichi..." She started. "... I almost killed my own father. Something inside me, filled with so much hatred for him, wanted to kill him. I suddenly snapped out of it my trance and find myself in my father's room over his bed while he's sleeping with a knife in my hand."

Kurama gasped. That's such a terrible thing to do, let alone experience.

"Has this been happening often?" He asked.

"It's been like this since I moved to Kyoto... and even then I've been catching myself for the past half year."

The fox once again gasped.

That's the same time my problem started. Could she be related to Yoko's dreams?

"Ruby... do you also have nightmares?" Kurama asked, looking deep within her eyes.

It was Ruby's turn to gasp, looking at the fox in shock.

"How did you know?"

"Call it a hunch..."

The ningen fell silent.

"Well... I do have dreams... you're probably going to think this is crazy..." But, Ruby fixed her eyes on Kurama's and saw that he was being straight with her. He wouldn't laugh.

"Go on..."

"Well... this is how it usually goes..."


This woman was sitting on some moss, holding an egg close to her being. She looked like an eagle watching over its egg, only... she had dragon's wings. Soon, this man with long, silver hair came to break the silence. His face held annoyance.

"I thought you wouldn't find me." the woman wouldwhisper, looking down.

"I guess you forgot about the bond we share. It was easy for me to track you." the man wouldhuff.

As the man neared the -I'm guessing- dragon woman held the egg closer to her, as if the man would snatch it from her.

"Leave the egg." He commanded.

"Never! It will not leave from my sights."

"I thought we talked about this the day after you laid Ruby..."


"And that's when I usually wake up. It startles me... because I don't know those two... but in my dream, the man said my name and it sounded like I was in the egg that the woman was holding."

Kurama looked at the ground. The dream that Ruby just explained to him was the same one that Yoko had once. And the silver haired man sounded a lot like Yoko himself. Why was Ruby... having a connection with Yoko?

Suddenly, Ruby stood up, looking at the sky. Her and Kurama had been talking for so long, dawn was already upon them.

"I guess I need to go back home. Father and Mother will become worried." She whispered.

Kurama stood up also, facing her.

"Your mother?"

"Yes. My father is married to a new woman. Her name's Chi-Li and she's a very nice person..."

"What about your birth mother?" Kurama asked.

"Well... my father doesn't say much about her, but claims that she died in a river rafting trip and the body was never found. I know I should respect my parents, but I don't feel... that child-parent bond."

Then, Ruby started to cry, looking at the ground with shame.

"...I feel like I was adopted into an unworthy family, but everyday, my mother and father struggle to support me. I'm such an ungrateful child."

It was then that Yoko awakened and, on reflexes, embraced Ruby and let her cry on his shoulder. Kurama was shocked at what the spirit fox did.

Yoko...

Shuichi... I feel... right around this girl... but I don't know why...

Do you love her?

... no...

You don't have to be ashamed about it.

It's not shame... it's the truth...

And then, Yoko left and Kurama gained control over the body once again. All the while, Ruby was looking up at the fox in wonder.

"Shuichi... your eyes... they changed color..."

Slowly, Ruby placed a hand onto Kurama's cheek. Kurama was startled that Ruby had seen him like that, but was even more startled at Ruby's next words.

"They changed into the same color that man in my dream had..."

That proves it... Ruby is dreaming about Yoko... Kurama thought.

Ruby jerked her hand away and started to blush slightly.

"I've said too much. I must go. I'll see you Monday." Ruby smiled weakly as she walked away from the dazed fox.

She walked further and further away until Kurama stopped watching her. The fox then sat down on the bench and closed his eyes.

Yoko, we need to talk.

I know you're there!

NANI?

What's going on, Yoko? I want an explanation now!

NOW!

You ask too much of me, Shuichi, but... it seems that I feel a strange bond with that ningen girl... but I don't think she's a ningen at all.

She's not human? Is she a demon?

Iie, Shuichi. She's neither human nor demon.

Then... what does that make her? I've never heard of a creature that doesn't go in the class of demon.

Kurama knew he was asking too much of himself and cut their conversation. He sighed as he made a decision to get ready to go to Koenma's. It was better to ask him about this dilema than letting it work it's way into something worse.

Then, in the shrinking shadows of the slowly lighting park, Hiei showed his face once more looking rather worried.

I think it's time that I told him. Ruby will just have to find out on her own.


Hiei: I'm so mysterious...

Just the way you are and the way I like. starts singing in the tune to McDonalds I'm lovin' it!

Kirby: Let's go to Mickey D's!

HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

Kirby: Blame Pui... he made me...

OO;;

Hiei: that's too much information!

Kirby: Oh well... LET'S GO TO McDonald's!

Okay, and please review in the mean time.

Kirby: Please! And give me money while you're at it. I want lots of fries smiles