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Chapter 3

"To talk to a child, to fascinate him, is much more difficult than to win an electoral victory. But it is more rewarding."

Colette, 1873-1954

"Are we there yet?" Minna asked, trying desperately to ignore the pounding in her feet.

"Not quite, Minna." Boton said calmly. They had been wandering in the hallways for some time and Boton still couldn't remember which room was Minna's. Boton suddenly gasped and smiled. She picked Minna up and ran through six flights of stairs and eleven hallways until they were back in front of Koenma's office. Minna looked at Boton oddly.

"Do we have to talk with Koenma again?" Minna asked, landing softly on the carpeted floor.

Boton laughed. "No, silly. Your room is right here!"

Minna stared at Boton as she walked to a door ten feet from Koenma's office and opened it. Minna gasped as she looked through Boton's arms and into her room.

"It's Minna's room!" she laughed. "It's just like at Mama's and Papa's house!"

Boton smiled as she watched the little girl prance around the room. A sudden voice behind her made her jump. She turned to find Kurama looking at her gravely. Boton looked at him questioningly but he only frowned deeper.

"Koenma would like to speak to you about little Minna," he said, glancing at the little girl. Boton's eyes widened and she nodded slightly, trying to understand just what Koenma would want to talk with Death about the tiny girl.

Boton silently entered the room and waited for Koenma to notice her. Koenma massaged his temples for several minutes before noticing Boton next to the door. He motioned for her to shut it and sighed deeply.

"Boton, I have a situation."

Boton nodded. What did any situation have to do with Minna?

"First off, however, do you recall an old nursery rhyme that's often told to children?"

Boton thought for a second. "Yes, Sir. Many. What relevance does this have to Minna? Do you want me to sing to her or something?"

Koenma ignored her last question. "The relevance that this has to Minna is huge. Now, do you remember a certain rhyme that is called "Dark and Light, Black and Silver?""

Boton gasped. So that's the relevance it had to Minna. "But Koenma, Sir—I mean…it can't be! It's just not possible! How could Minna be—"

"'How can she not be' would be the more appropriate question. Everything points to Minna. The necklace, her family's death…even her name, even if it is a different spelling. Everything, Boton. She is the one that is referred to in that rhyme.

"However, I do not intend for that rhyme to become an epic history of our time. We will do everything possible to avoid that, understood?"

Boton nodded, tears coming to her eyes as Koenma continued talking.

.:Minna's Room:.

"What's your name?" Minna asked the kitsune. She looked him over repeatedly, taking in his blood red hair and emerald eyes.

The kitsune smiled. "My name is Kurama. Yours is Minna, isn't it?"

Minna nodded and smiled. "Do you want to play with me?"

Kurama smiled. "Sure. What will we play?"

Minna put her index finger to her chin and thought. "Ummm…how about dollies?" she asked, eyeing Kurama's reaction. He smiled and nodded. This puzzled her. Boys were not supposed to play dollies. Her cousins never had. She thought again.

"No…how about house?"

He nodded.

"Hopscotch?"

A nod and a grin.

"Tic-tac-toe?"

A grin.

Minna was getting frustrated. What didn't the fox want to play?! "What don't you want to play? Boys aren't supposed to like the girly stuff."

Kurama looked surprised. So that's what Minna had been doing. Trying to find his dislikes…how odd…or brat-like.

"Do you like swordfights?" Minna asked, looking at Kurama with one eye closed, as if inspecting him.

"I'm not much of a swordsman," he smiled.

"I didn't ask that. I asked if you liked it," Minna said, both eyes open. Kurama was amused. He had never met a little girl like this before. Then again, it isn't exactly the pastime of thieves to baby-sit, now is it?

"Not really."

Minna's eyes widened. "Why not? If you work for Koenma, you have to fight. What do you fight with if you don't use a sword?"

"I use a whip."

"What's it made of?"

Kurama pulled out his rose and handed it to her, making sure she was careful of the thorns. Minna looked at it closely. She smiled and touched the petals one by one, silently saying small words to herself. Kurama raised an eyebrow at her and continued watching. She touched all of the petals and then kissed the petals and handed it back to Kurama.

"She likes you. She says that you've been in many battles and used her to win. Is that right, Kurama?" Minna looked at Kurama with curious coal-like eyes. Kurama nodded and was about to explain when Boton entered the room. She had tears in her eyes. Kurama stood and walked over to her.

"Boton—"

She sniffed. "Koenma wants to speak with you, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara. Now. I have to go get the other two. Would you be a dear and get Hiei for me?"

"Of course. Boton, are you—"

"I'm fine." She sniffed and closed the door behind Kurama, leaving Minna alone in the dark, her odd eyes a darker black than the darkness itself.

.:Koenma's Office:.

"Where is Boton?!" Koenma said irritably. A vein began to twitch on the toddler's head and he began breathing hard. "I send her off to get those two idiots—"

"PRESENT!" Kuwabara yelled as he kicked the door open. He was grinning and looked around at the familiar faces. "Hey, why's everyone so glum? Boton was almost crying when she came to get us and now Koenma looks like his dad died or something."

The vein began to twitch in Koenma's forehead again. "As much as I would like to hurt you for being so stupid as to think that my dad would actually die any time soon (or any time at all, for that matter) I'm going to restrain myself because this is a very important situation."

"Oh, Sir! Do you have to refer to this as a 'situation'? It makes it sound like we're all going to die if we don't keep Minna under control!" Boton squeaked from the doorway.

"Who's Minna?" Yusuke asked, turning to Koenma.

Koenma sighed. "Boton if you would rather leave—"

Boton was gone.

He sighed. "Right, so—"

"You didn't answer me, Pacifier-Breath! Who's Minna?!" Yusuke demanded.

"I am."

Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma all jumped nearly three feet into the air. They all stared at the white-haired coal-eyed six year old and breathed very hard. Koenma put a hand over his heart and looked at Minna.

"Minna, could you go and play in your room?" Koenma asked, sighing as he regained control of his heart rate. Minna knotted her brow and looked at him as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"No. You're talking about me. I want to know why."

Yusuke kneeled down to her eyelevel and looked at her. "You know what? A kid about your age killed me because he didn't listen. Do you want to kill someone because you didn't listen to Koenma?" He smiled painfully.

"How is anyone going to get killed in an office?" she asked, her head cocked to one side.

Yusuke sweatdropped. "Just get out, kid!"

"I'm not a kid!"

"You're right," Yusuke said, picking her up by the back of her blue dress, "you're acting like a baby. Now, scoot."

"NO!"

A black light emitted from Minna and engulfed the room, leaving Yusuke on the ground twitching. She kicked him as she walked up to Koenma. She stood on her tiptoes and looked at him.

"I have a right to know. Really, who else has more of a right to know about myself than I do?" she asked, her black eyes narrowing dangerously. Koenma looked scared for half a second before his eyes hardened considerably. He transformed into his teenager form and picked Minna up. He walked her into her room, set her down, and locked the door. He came back into his office and became a baby once more.

Yusuke had recovered a bit and was now sitting on the ground, trying to move his legs without much result.

"Now, then. To business—"

"Is she really that important?" Hiei asked, looking towards the door. "Is she really that dangerous?"

"She could be. It depends on whether or not you four respect my directions. Hiei and Kurama, you both know the rhyme of "Dark and Light, Black and Silver", I presume?"

Hiei and Kurama nodded while Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at him, very confused.

"She is the one that story describes," –Hiei's and Kurama's eyes widened—", and the proper force needs to be applied so that one of two things do not happen. One: she turns out to be a normal demon and helps to save the world with you four. Two: she could become super powerful and ultimately destroy all three worlds. I'll let you guess which one I really don't want to happen."

"Or," Kurama said, "option three: she becomes a powerful demon and saves the world. The best of both worlds."

Koenma looked at Kurama with narrow eyes. "I'm certain that it won't happen like that, Kurama."

Kurama glared at the prince and stomped out, leaving a very surprised group behind.

A/N: sucky ending. XP. oh, well. This one was longer! lol.