Okay, okay, before anyone goes crazy on me, I'm sorry for not updating sooner demo I have a VERY good reason! Listen: my computer crashed on me!! A lot of my folders got deleted, including the developing chapter of "Please, Don't hurt me" AND the sequel of "Death is my Heaven"!!! Not to include the underdevelopment of the pervious chapter 8 of this story! (Childhood friends, ne?" has been updated prior though! ) But I know that I still had to rewrite this chappie so…is did! Enjoy!

Warnings: um…Kurama might be a little OOC in this but maybe not. (just a LITTLE! Some people might not even notice anything wrong!) Depends on how you look at it. Plus, it's actually pretty cute! ; Oh yeah, and Jin might be a little "loonier" than usually but that might be a good thing!

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Let's do the recap, shall we?

Youko snarled and anger and bared his fangs and claws at them. Kurama took a seed form his hair. "You want to say something else, pathetic ningens?" Youko snarled at the same time Kurama had said, "You want to say that again, you guys?"

The two silenced.

"Good." the two replied in unison.

Turning back to Kurama, he frowned. "Where is she?"

Negi tugged on his dad's tail to get his attention. "Daddy, mommy's mad at you again."

Kurama and Youko turned to little Negi. Negi sweat-dropped but smile innocently. "In fact, she's mad at the BOTH of you!"

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She waited…and waited…

But the air still stayed silent and still. Shifting her position on her bed to sitting up, the young, blue haired girl sighed. Maybe they'd forgot about her…? Yep, that seemed to be the case. Usually, since she was always cooped in her room, the other ferry girls would send in the younger ferry girls-in-training to keep her company.

No one has showed up to see her in 3 days.

Maybe they were all busy? Yes, that must be it. They were all too busy training and delivering souls. Without her, she must've burdened everyone with the extra load to carry with one less ferry girl. Darn. She was getting in the way…great job, Botan.

A sudden motion shook her out of her daze as she heard the door opening. Instantly, she perked up. She can't let others see her so down, can she?

She heard her guest entering and closing the door behind him. Apparently, there were two visitor who came to see her.

"So it's true, isn't it? You'd lost your eye-sight because of Kurama-kun? My, my, how sad. I though that he was a good fellow and all this happens…tsk, tsk, you know!"

Jerking her head up to the voice, Botan gasped. "J-j-jin?"

The jolly elf chuckled and gave out a laugh. "Yep, yep, it's me and Touya here, too! Hinageshi told us what happened so we thought that we pay you a visit!"

A genuine smile played her lips as Botan got up and ran over to him. Reaching out to find his position, she hugged him happily. "You don't know how good it is to hear you…to have you here. It's all been way to quiet around the palace!" She pouted as she pulled away, wagging her finger. "My, they don't let me do anything around here! I think that I'm going to go insane just sitting here by myself, day in and day out, listening to nothing but darkness!"

A second voice suddenly piped out, chuckling. Touya moved next to Jin and smirked.

"We see that you are still the same old Botan…have they been treating you right?" the blue haired boy asked. Botan blinked, her pale, purple eyes sparking with question.

"Why yes, they have. Why do you ask?"

"…Because…" Touya trailed off, looking at Jin smirking. Botan quirked an eyebrow in question. "Because we're busting you out of here."

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Youko frowned, an uneasy expression on his face. "What do you mean she's mad at me, Negi?"

Negi smiled innocently, his ears twitching around his head. "Oh, you know, daddy. She MAD. Like the time when you were in your room and I suddenly heard all those screams and yells at night." Negi smiled cutely. "And then you came out of your room the next morning with those scratches all over your body. Wow, she must've ruffed you up good! I was so surprised when you actually fought mommy…and lost!"

Yusuke and Kuwabara both turned a deep of red, trying their absolute hardest not to laugh out again, which, wasn't so hard at all. Youko and Kurama flashed them a death glare, which effectively shut them up again. Youko sighed kneeling down to Negi's level, patting him fondly on the head. And he smiled. "On the contrary, your mommy and I were making you a little sister. You know, the one that you wanted so badly?"

Negi smiled. But then pouted. "But then how come I couldn't help you?"

At that instant, Yusuke and Kuwabara exploded laughing their head off. They were about to fall down onto the floor when suddenly Youko ran up and pinned them both to the wall behind them, a rose whip centimeters form their throats. They blinked. When did the kitsune did that? Was he really that fast? Wow, his reputation surly suits him. His speed was incredible! Kurama sighed, leaning against the wall behind him.

"Another word out of your pathetic mouths and I will not hesitate to cut you both in half and feed you to the nearest carnivores tribe in Maikai, understood?" the gold-eyed demon splat deadly. Yusuke nodded slowly, sweating uncontrollably. Kuwabara on the other hand fell unconscious, falling against the kitsune and falling asleep. The demon smirked satisfyingly, letting go of the spirit detectives and walking back over to Kurama. Yusuke and Kuwabara both landed on the floor silently.

Youko stood in front of Kurama, arms crossed. "So…is that troublesome Hiei here in this time as well? Or is he not born yet, small little thing."

Hiei growled, pulling out his Katana and aiming it at the youkai's throat. "If you are in such a rush to die, I could kill you right here, right now, kitsune."

Youko scoffed annoying, turning his head towards the fire demon. "I guess you are here…how amusing. And please put down you katana, it's disrespectful to point things at others."

Negi jumped up and down, "Yep, yep, that's what mommy always says!"

Hiei smirked at the younger child and turned back to Youko, grinning waywardly. "I'm sure she did with this baka for a husband."

Kurama frowned, not liking the ways things were going. "Hiei, don't you think you should shut up now before you really cause more trouble?"

Youko ignored his human self, narrowing his eyes at Hiei. "Yes, and what I that suppose to mean?"

Hiei huffed mocking. He turned to gaze at Kurama, his eyes smiling. 'I just find it amusing that that ditzy girl actually left Reikai just to live with you in a runaway life,' he replied, telepathically. He laugh as eh saw the ningen narrow his eyes at him in anger. Taking his sword, he pulled it back in it's covering. "Its nice to see you again…" he smirked at Youko, "the great, infamous…Youko Kurama."

Youko grinned evilly. "Nice to see you know who I am. Anyways, back to business." He turned back to the red-haired boy. "I had came here from the future, though the time portal to kill Koenma and get my wife back. Now, where is my wife and why is she 'mad' at me? Or, most likely, you?"

Kurama frown deepened. Folding his arms over his chest, a deep haze covered his intense, green eyes. "Ko-en-ma."

The ears on his head flattened against him as Youko growled inwardly. That damn bastard! Nevertheless, he shall get his revenge on the puny, chicken, no-good prince if it's the last thing he ever do. He clenched his hands together into tight fists. And suddenly, he chuckled, humouredly. "That stupid, pathetic brat think he can keep her away from me? I will destroy him first!"

His frown deepened, green eyes focused on his demon self. "Hai, as will I. We both have the same goals I see but I assure you, you shouldn't et your hopes up and think this way. Botan isn't coming back to the future with you or Negi."

It wasn't a surprise to him that .05 seconds after he'd finished his sentence, Youko had him pinned to the hard wall behind him, his claws clutching at his collar. Negi blinked.

"I don't understand. Why isn't mommy coming back home to us? Daddy? What is…um… daddy talking about?"

Youko's eyes darkened, pushing Kurama to the wall. "Explain or I shall kill you, and I will guarantee that your death will be slow and the most painful experience you had ever experienced, ningen!"

Kurama returned his glare evenly. "YOUR Botan may have died back in YOUR time but this Botan HERE in THIS world belongs here with us as MY mate." He ignored the deadening glared the kitsune was giving him. "Even if you do attempt to bring MY Botan back to your world, I assure you, she WON'T go. She's loyal to her friends and she WILL stay here in this time whether you like it or not and WE, as in me and her, will get married and have our own child. However, you will have to either cope with YOURS Botan's death or somehow, miraculously, bring her back to life because I assure you," he grabbed the clawed hand around his collar, slapping it off of him, "this Botan is staying with ME!"

Immediately, both of them took out a seed form their hari and focused their chi into the small thing.

"Rose Whip!"

Youko held his tool tightly in his hand as Kurama did the same. Both glared at each other, a deep death glinting in their eyes.

Suddenly, Youko huffed amusingly, his whip disintegrating back into a seed. Kurama face fell slightly as he watched the kitsune placed the seed back into his long, silver hair. Smirking, Youko cocked his head slightly to the side.

"You think that you know her but you don't. you have no idea what the future will have in store for you, ningen. And I guarantee you that if you only knew what I had to overcome to get my one true mate, Botan, to love me, you would back up and give up in a heartbeat. Who are you? No one but a weak ningen name Shuuichi Minamino. Yes, you are regaining and absorbing Youko Kurama's power but you will never be the one true person that Botan will love because you don't realize the sacrifices you have to make. And that would be giving up you human life, your you mother, your friends…except," he pause dramatically, pointing to Hiei, "this baka who you would probably be seeing fro he rest of your life."

Hiei's eyes narrowed, "Watch it."

Ignoring him, the kitsune continued. "You don't have the nerves to make her happy. What makes you think that she will wait for you, only to have you shun her and end up with some other pathetic ningen in the end?"

"What are YOU to tell me about MY feelings?!" Kurama roared as he took his whip and angrily lashed Youko with it. The kitsune smiled, then disappeared in a second--just like that. Kurama's eyes widened in shock.

"Tsk, tsk, suck behavior. How rude, Shuuichi." Youko suddenly appeared behind him, idly running his long, pale fingers through his blood-red hair. The ningen side growled inwardly, shoving away from his demon self and turning quickly around to glare at him. He bared his teeth.

"Don't you dare--!"

"Dare what, Shuuichi?" Youko cut him off calmly. "There is nothing you can do about. Admit it: in your heart you know I'm right. You don't dare go against me; you ARE me."

Kurama smirked cockily. "And you are me."

"And my name is JIN!!" a third voice suddenly popped out of nowhere. Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and Youko all quickly turned their heads around to the door and, not much to their surprise, was Jin, hands behind his head, chuckling softly with his eyes closed. "Heyo everyone! We were all in the neighborhood and though that we would stop by, you know?"

Negi blinked. "Who are you?"

Instantly, the jolly elf was at the little kitsune side, shaking his hand energetically. "Hello! They call me Jin! The master of the wind, you know! You must be Negi! Negi, Negi! Yep, Botan told me about you and I must say, you really are the cutest little thing--AH!"

Within .01 seconds, Youko and Kurama had the elf pinned up against the wall. The red-hair demon gulped nervously as each persona held him strong by his arms.

"You, demon," Youko growl lowly, "How, when, and where did you spoke to Botan?"

He smiled nervously. "I, um…gee, I would probably think better if you both let go of me, you know?"

Yusuke, Hiei and Negi gazed randomly at Jin's feet. They were several inches off of the ground. They all sweat dropped.

"Um, Kurama?" Yusuke called nervous, slinking slowly up to his friend. "Maybe you should put Jin down…before you both break him, you know?"

Jin smiled. "Yep, yep, I agree unless you wanna see me go boom like in you match with Karasu where all of those bombs boomed in your face, I suggest you put me down now, you know? …please?"

Youko's eyes shined over. "Not until you tell me, demon, where. Is. My. Wife?"

Jin's eyes widened. "Good jolly, you have a wife?!"

Everyone sweat dropped.

"Wow, wowers, I didn't know that you had a wife! But then again, Mr. Youko Kurama, how is it that you and Kurama are two separate beings now?"

The room fell silent. A tumble weed rolled across the floor with a suddenly wind.

Kurama head hanged low so that no one could see his face. "You…you're just realizing that now, aren't you, Jin…?""

"Yep! But anyways, if Youko Kurama is married, how come I wasn't invited to the wedding?"

Youko and Kurama both let go of him as he landed on the floor with a light 'thump.' He blinked, looking up at the two and smiled. "Wow, thanks you for letting me go, you know!"

Both personas slowly turned around to face Yusuke and the others, their hair covering their eyes, making them look even more scary. [a.n. Can' t you just see it? ;] "You're…you're not worth hitting…" both croaked out slowly.

"Hitting that thick head won't do you any good," once again a new entered the building. "We're always hitting Jin on the head, nothing will happen."

Yusuke turned towards the noise. "T-Touya?"

Smirking, the ice demon entered the building. "The one and only. It's nice to see you all again." Youko glared. "Well, most of you." He returned Youko's glare. "I happened to noticed that Youko and Kurama are separated. I assume that you aren't around here? From the future perhaps?"

Everyone gawked at him. Jin frowned. "How did you knew that, Touya?"

Touya walked over and smiled. Without warning, he punched Jin on the head. Frowning, he crossed his arms. "IF you were LISTENING to Ayame, she explained to us before we went to visits Botan, BAKA!"

Kurama head shoot up as he turned to Touya. "You--you saw Botan? And Hinageshi told you about Youko?" He froze, eyes darken ding. "Demo…that means…"

Touya nodded in affirmation. Youko huffed amusingly.

"So that little brat knows I'm here, does he? Well, I guess I'll have to deal with him now."

"No, you won't."

Youko's eyes widened as his face blanched. The same thing seemed to happed with Kurama as well. Yusuke gasped, Hiei smirked, Jin cheered and Touya huffed amusingly. A single form was huddled at the side of the entrance way of the home. Kurama and Youko blinked.

"Botan?!"

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Okay, okay, that's all everyone! I hope you all iekd this chapter! Once again, sorry about the late update but, like I said, my computer crashed down and…oh well, that's all over! my poor stories that got erased…) I promise that tehg next chapter will coem out soon and, dum dum dum, finally, ACTION!

Now, once again, thank you to all those who review! I love you all!

Okay, lets me start this by thanking all those who replied to the a/n that was once chapter 7:Kitsune-0503, Runaway Kogoro, Tailchaser, what a scene, Darling Chii and animegirl007!!YEAH! You all the greatest! [replies were on chapter 6]

Okay, now to those who replied to the REAL chapter 7...thank you so much!

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