I watched my Yu-Yu-Hakusho DVD for the 10th time today and I figured that I'm going to spell the spirit fox's name 'Yoko' from now on. That's how it's spelled in the DVD, so that's how I'm going to spell it.


3:00pm

"Kurama? Hey, Kurama, wake up!"

Emerald eyes tried to open under the sun's dimlight as Kurama slowly regained vision.

"Good, he's alive."

Kurama eyed Koenma, who seemed to be in his room. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei also, were in his room. He was in his room... in his bed...

"What..." He whispered, holding his head in confusion. He then noticed that Yoko was back in his conscious. The first question that popped into the fox's mind was...

Where's Ruby?

Kurama unknowingly asked Yoko's question out loud and Yusuke answered it.

"Ruby's downstairs, still asleep."

The red-head sighed, his stress disappearing. Then, everything that happened all came racing to him. The vision, Yoko's past mate, Kai, Ruby's relation with Yoko, Hiei's involvement...

Hiei...

"Hiei..." Kurama growled.

As Kurama started to sit up, Yusuke tried to havehim lay back down and relax. The fire demon seemed a little surprised that Kurama had called him out with such hatred in his voice. His usually peaceful and smooth eyes were daggers of death slicing him, but after what he had found out, Hiei couldn't blame him.

"Kurama, it had to be done. Dragons would have continued to be punished and enslaved if I didn't carry it out." Hiei murmured, seeming to be unfazed by Kurama's glares.

Slowly, the fox's rage was gone. Yusuke and Kuwabara learned from Hiei and Koenma about what had happened long ago and completely understood the red-head's rage.

"Hiei, I knew you were a little mental, but what you used to do to those poor women... ah, it makes me sick!" Kuwabara snarled.

Hiei didn't say anything to the ningen, and didn't throw a smart remark at him, either. He, for once, could agree with Kuwabara that the way he treated dragons back then was horribly sadistic, even for him.

Koenma walked over to Kurama, feeling his forehead.

"After being inside someone's flashback, you have a bit of a fever and a heavy loss of spirit energy. You should stay in bed for a while, Kurama." He noted.

The fox was too tired to say anything, so he simply nodded.

"Yoko! Father!" A voice yelled.

Everyone faced the door, hearing heavy footsteps. Then, Ruby showed her face, looking around the room with tears in her eyes. When she lay her orange orbs on the half sleeping red-head, Ruby went into hysterics. With a few sobs, she ran over to the bed, collapsed on her knees next to it, and took Kurama's arm into hand.

"Yoko... I know now. It took me a few ningen bodies... but I finally figured it out. I know now why I felt so close to you..." Ruby cried blissfully.

So, that's why all of those boys were missing from school. Ruby had killed them to see the future. Koenma concluded.

Kurama smiled and opened his eyes to show death yellow eyes. Everyone was a little startled, but Ruby knew those eyes all too well.

"That's my girl. I'm just glad that you weren't dating Shuichi when we first met. It would be very bothering if you were courting your father."

Ruby smiled more as Kurama weakly wiped a tear from his daughter's eyes. She started to sob again, burying her face in Kurama's covered arms. Yusuke-tachi was especially happy to see the two united after the hell that they went through.

"We should leave them." Koenma sighed.

"Keiko wants me down at the mall area, anyway." Yusuke said, walking out of the door. "Hope you feel better, Kurama."

Kuwabara couldn't help but look stupid as anime tears went down his face.

"I can't take it! I should leave..." Kuwabara bawled, running out of the room.

When Koenma looked around the room to see if Hiei was still there, his thoughts were correct when he saw no fire demon. He took one last glace at Ruby and Kurama and slowly disappeared.

After everyone was gone, Ruby had calmed down, standing up. She took the time to look Kurama over, feeling on his forehead just to do so. When Ruby found that Kurama had a fever, she became alarmed.

"Father, is there anything I can get-oh." Ruby stopped short.

Kurama's eyes opened, startled by the abruptly stopped question.

"What's wrong?" 'Yoko' asked.

"Well... it sounds strange calling you 'Father'... because you're only a few months older than me."

'Yoko' chuckled.

"It's very complicated, Ruby, but I, your father, am able to switch minds with my reincarnated self. You will know when you are talking to me and when you are talking to Shuichi. Even though this voice sounds like Shuichi..."

Ruby nodded.

"I can tell it's you, Father. I can see it in your eyes. I was asking if you needed anything, because you have a little fever."

"Something to drink would be nice." He smiled.

As Ruby started to leave the room, she stopped at the frame.

"Is something else bothering you?" 'Yoko' asked.

Ruby started to blush.

"Well... my memory of Mother still isn't the best. I was wondering that, after I got this drink, you could tell me a little about Mother."

'Yoko' smiled warmly.

"Of course, Ruby."

She smiled brightly and dashed off. 'Yoko' then let go of control and Kurama's emerald eyes glowed again.

So, there is a nicer side to you.

sigh

Something wrong?

One day, Shuichi... you will feel this way. This is what it feels like to really love someone. To really care for someone.

You seem to be forgetting that I share your feelings. I, also, feel a bond towards Ruby.

Yoko said nothing after that, leaving Kurama to rest up.

5:00pm

"Father..." Ruby whispered, taking a peek in Kurama's bedroom.

Last she left the fox, he was well asleep, but she wanted to know more about her mother. Slowly, she crept over to the bed, whispering her father's name.

"Yoko..."

Slowly, green eyes opened up and Kurama looked at Ruby tiredly.

"Oh... something troubling you, Ruby?" He asked tirdly, rubbing his eyes a little.

Ruby blushed, getting a different reaction from the fox's green eyes. When that face showed familiar yellow eyes, she was at ease, but when Kurama's beautiful emeralds faced her... Ruby's heart skipped a beat.

"Ummm... I was wondering... how you were feeling? You've been asleep for some time now."

Kurama looked at Ruby with a similar feeling in his heart, but he still saw Ruby as his loving daughter. However, Kurama saw that Ruby felt more comfortable in Yoko's presence, and his orbs quickly turned back into yellow depts.

Ruby squealed in delight.

"Oh, father! Are you doing well?" She smiled, sitting next to him.

'Yoko' sighed, sitting up weakly. He cursed his sickened state.

"Sorry I'm so crippled for you, daughter."

Ruby shook her head.

"That's okay. I hope you don't mind me asking, but could you tell me about Mother like you said?"

'Yoko' looked at the ceiling, sighing heavily. Ruby looked hopefully at her father, praying he remembered something about her mother. Then, Yoko looked at Ruby with a blissful smile.

"Your mother... was the most beautiful creature that I had ever laid eyes upon. You, Ruby, have captured some of her beautiful in your gorgeous orange eyes. She had long black hair and exotic black and orange wings. In the time that we were together, I was still cold-hearted and was telling myself that your mother was my property... but as soon as I won the bet to have her, her eyes started to melt away my hard exterior."

Ruby's eyes lit up. Her mother sounded like such awonderful person. It seemed that she had wonderful parents. Then, something hit her.

"Father, if Mother was a dragon and you are a spirit fox... does that mean I am a half breed?" Ruby thought sadly.

'Yoko' put a hand through her hair, calming her.

"Don't think of it that way. Think of it as having two of the most powerful beings' blood racing through your body. However," he started, a seriousness shading his vision, "I must address something to you."

"Hai."

"As long as you breathe, don't mate if there's not an orange moon in the sky." He whispered in a low tone.

Ruby started to blush. Yoko was talking about her love life already, but he sounded dead serious.

"Why, Father? What shall happen?"

"Please do not ask questions. You do have some of your mother's traits, and I just need you to never mate on a day or night that hasn't a full orange moon in the sky."

Ruby sighed in defeat.

"Yes, Father... please, tell me more about Mother. What was her name?"

'Yoko' smiled again, continuing his tales of his love, Ruby's mother...


That's right! You heard correctly. I'm planning to make it roll that way. Still, this plot may roll in different directions. It depends on where my mind makes it roll... but if it's on a roll, than I really can't make it roll anywhere... I'm confused!

Just review, plz. Please?