kuwa's sissy's name is Shizuru

Chapter 8-

Moving through the corridors of the maze Kurama noted the collection of blood stains on the walls made by a child's hands as well as a beast of some sort.

"Do have a plan to get through the maze?" Yami glanced at the red head in question.

"Not yet… But mazes are simple if you stay alert." Smiling the kitsune allowed his ears move to their natural form. The two fox ears swiveled about like satellites. "My mother created a maze for us to play in back in Makai. Every week it would change and it was never the same twice. So I have grown accustomed to mazes but it's hard if you don't have any clue as to where your goal is but if you do know what direction you are trying to go then it is simple."

Yami stopped and glared at his comrade before stating the question of the moment. "And you know where we are going?"

"Actually yes," Continuing on the path that Kurama had chosen they began to converse once more.

"I am not human per say, so I can hear a hundred times better with these ears and my sense of smell rivals a bloodhound's."

"How are you not human?"

"When we were young we lived on the arched plane where demon gods and their general's dwelled our mother, she was always spoiling us, was a goddess. When we were young a war between the devils of the nether world forced many into battle, our mother was a strategist and was often away on meetings during this time. One day when she left we were asleep not knowing there was an intruder in our domain. While we slept a lackey of a fallen goddess took us, the goddess's name was Altrice. She collected the children of gods like we were figurines. We escaped but were hunted down during the night. We were badly injured and sought shelter in a cave. Unluckily or luckily for us in that cave was a wormhole between Makai and Ningen-kai. I went through first and soon after they followed after me. How ever since I was slightly older and retained more strength so I was able to keep my memories in tact while theirs were either forgotten or pushed so far back into their minds not even their subconscious knew."

"So that explains it. I-" Yami was cut off by the quick word of a now fully transformed Yoko.

"I smell blood… Lots of it!" They raced through the sharp twist and turns of the maze towards the center. The blood on the walls grew in amount staining and dripping on the floors and walls. Reaching the center of the room their eyes widened at the sight.

"Help me… Please…"

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Amane rubbed her eyes as she awakened slowly she felt slightly better as she moved from her brother's bedside. It was that same dream she saw every time she closed her eyes. The children in the maze playing then being abducted this was all she saw wishing the dream would end in another way other than her being pulled from the scene. Amane rubbed her eyes and left to see about getting broth for Ryou.

As she descended the stairs she heard voices Not the normal voices of her friends of her guest but of women… and by the sounds of it very angry women. Yusuke and Kuwabara cowered on the couch as the women screamed at them making threats all while the other's (YGO GANG) watched.

Yusuke Faced a girl with short brown hair wearing a long lavender dress. "Well you could have called Yusuke! Even Kuwabara sent a message with Botan!"

"You Idiot! First you die on me then your gone for months at a time then I have to threaten your principal to allow you in school and trust me I had to dig up things from ages ago! Now you up and leave not even so much as a I'll be back!" This came from a woman with deep brown eyes and long mahogany hair that reached her waist. Her green blouse was buttoned half way and was tucked into a pair of hip hugger jeans. "Then I get a call from Koenma telling me you'll be gone for a little while."

Yukina was busy freezing Kuwabara's feet to the floor while his sister rounded on him. "You Inconsiderate prick you left me with your darling Iechiki with me you know I'm allergic to cats then dad ask me where are you and mother goes hysterical what the hell they had seven mediums tryin'a track you down then that had me look only to find out from Botan you were in domino!"

The last woman stood silently off to the left her soft grey eyes brimming with tears as she twisted her long brown ponytail the purse she wore was dangling around her wrist as she clutched her three Tupperware dishes in her arms.

"Oy! Shiori what's wrong?" Atsuko called as she and Keiko took a pause from their rant's.

"Nothing Atsuko…"

"Oh yer boy… Well be happy he's more responsible than mine he at least called!" Yusuke, who was now nursing a handprint on his cheek, looked to Amane. He begged with his eyes for her to go and get Shuuichi from upstairs.

"No it's not that…"

Amane watched mouth agape as Yusuke began pleading openly for help from Keiko's assault and Kuwabara began begging Yukina to forgive him. Looking at her friends she moved past the scene to the kitchen. As Amane heated the broth she heard foot steps, turning to see who had entered the kitchen she saw grandpa motou lead the woman with the long brown ponytail into the kitchen and offer her some water.

Amane placed the bowl on a tray and Began her trip to the stair almost spilling the contents several times. The last time she almost crash landed on to the floor. "Excuse me dear," Amane looked up at Shiori, "Would you like me to help you with that tray." Amane nodded as the tray was taken from her and placed in Shiori's hands. As they ascended the stairs Shiori smiled at the girl. "You have very nice hair it makes you look very nice,"

"Thanks. A lot of people think my hair is weird."

"Well it might be because two of my children had the same color hair."

"'Had'? What happened to them?"

"I don't know…" Shiori moved to the bed and smiled sadly… 'They looks so much like my twins.' Placing the bowl on the night stand Shiori watched as Amane opened his mouth and poured a little of the hot liquid into his mouth then rubbed his throat. "Don't do that!"

Amane looked up and moved the bowl away. "Why?"

"If you do it like that he will choke!" Shiori removed the pillow from the boy's head and placed his body in her arms his head resting on her upper arm his back supported by her right thigh and the other hand the bowl of broth was being held up she brought her pinky in the bowl to feel its heat. "This is much too hot! let it cool for a few moments." Amane watched and wondered why she was so good at this posture. As if reading her mind Shiori grinned, "I had three kids two years a part so I learned to feed three unconscious children with bronchitis, fever and chick pox and still come out with a clean shirt."

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Ryou watched as Harruna brought over the apple and cut it into pieces for her brother as she tried her best to make them as comfortable as possible . She stayed at their sides until they woke up and fully recouperated and their punishment was over.

They watched as three trays were slid under the cell door both eagerly rushed to the food. Before they could fill their mouths with the meat, thin gruel, dried fruit and nuts "Harru' and Ryujji, listen eat the meat and save the other things put them in those jars."

"Why?"

"Because if we have food with us we wont have to steal when we leave next week and remember last time that was the reason that we got caught cause we tried to steal from that orchard." Harruna and Ryujji nodded and did as they were told.

Now Ryou had seen the traveling trio meet Koronue, Kurama and Koronue Rob the demon and sprit world countless times of powerful relics. Koronue and Kurama would be the only thieves. Leaving the twins in the den. Ryou watched as they grew older.

The two smaller demons were now nine years old, Harruna grinned as she watched the two older demons running towards the den. "Ryujji, Kurama and Koronue are home."

Harruna retreated deeper into the cave to pretend that she hadn't even bothered to try and leave. Ryujji looked up from the book that was propped in his lap and pointed his index finger at a small stone and began a small chant, as he chanted the stone began to glow and it converted to sand then the sand moved together and formed a sand replica of a butterfly.

"Did you hear me?"

"Yeah I heard you… Why do you do it every day?"

"Do what?"

"Try to leave the den… You know it's not happening…" Ryujji placed the glass butterfly in his sister's palm. "Yoko had this place sealed off you know we cant get out…"

"Yeah but I hate being cooped up in here while they are out there… What if you-"

Ryujji glared at his twin and scoffed; "Yeah and get chewed out again after my rear is red and sore as yours… Um no." Harruna stuck out her tongue out just as the two elder demons walked in.

Koronue waved as he stepped further into the cave and sat on one of the skin rugs, "Hey Tuffy, hey Ry." Koronue let his sythe fall to the floor as well as his hat. Letting his ebony hair pool onto the floor.

Harruna glowered at the demon and pounced on him. "Don't call me that." The nine year old's eyes widened as she was lifted by the base of her tails. She looked over her shoulder to see her brother. "Hiya Bro."

Kurama placed his sister on the floor giving her a chance to tackle him as well, after all greetings were tackled (no pun intended). He sat on his nest like bed of rabbit skins and pulled out two hare's letting each child grab one. "Harruna, Ryujji Tomorrow it's your birthday. So I'll have something special for you…"

"Really!" Both of them exclaimed in unison. "What are we stealing?"

"You'll see…" Kurama smiled as the vision turned dark. "You'll see."

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Amane sat immobile as she and Shiori talked while watching Ryou's chest rise and fall gently with every breath he took. "You know I every time I look at you I cant help but think that I've seen you before… What school do you go to?"

"Domino high,"

"Oh," Shiori's down cast eyes brought a small pain to Amane's heart. But before she could open her mouth Shiori explained. "My husband was a straight and simple bastard. I had twins and he took them from me, of course if you are in high school then you would be to old to be them, on in four days they would be-"

"Amane," Amane turned and stared at her father, his blue hair thinned and his body tanned he stood tall with hard gray eyes. Shiori watched as Amane stiffened and stood never glancing at the man.

"Hello Father,"

At Amane's cold emotionless tone Shiori brushed herself off and stood hen slowly raising her head she gasped Abruptly racing over and slapping him across the face. Amazed at how this mild mannered sweet woman could turn so …violent. "you evil bastard!"

"Shi-Shiori?"

"YOU EVIL EVIL BASTARD!"

"Not that I don't disagree with you… But why do you hate him" Amane questioned.

"They are mine aren't they? Aren't they!" Shiori spun on her heel and moved to her wallet pulling out a picture of herself, Ryou, Shuuichi, and Amane. "MY TWINS! She handed Amane the picture, "Amane Irene Bakura and Ryou Erris Bakura born on march 7th. This picture was taken on your fourth birthday. Your favorite color was lavender and your brother's was blue. Your favorite icecream was chocolate chip cookie dough and Ryou's brownie alamode. Your greatest fear when you were four was the 'evil' birthday clown, Ryou was always afraid of the dark. You were always the more aggressive one ready to fight for any reason."

Amane stood in shock she only told this woman that her name was Amane and that she went to domino high never any thing else, and the fact that Amane's little family traveled so much ruled out the possibility of a stalker. So this woman had to be the one. "So you are… My mother?" Amane saw the woman nod as she gave her father another black eye…

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"Help me…Please" Kurama gazed at the six year old who lay crumpled in a puddle of blood retreating best he could into the fetal position. His rich blue garments were stained with blood both new and old, his many articles of sliver jewelry clanging together. His silver hair turned brown and matted with blood. His body and face covered in cuts bruises and deep flesh wounds. Silver tears slipped from his eyes that were beautiful orbs of liquid emerald. "He took Diabound away from me and he took Myu too! He killed her! He killed her! He's gonna kill me too!"

Kurama reached down pulling the small boy into his arms as the silver wolf ears that sat on top of his head swivel about in anxiety. The small clays grasped the shirt as the pup tried to make himself smaller and less noticeable. "Now who are you talking about little one?"

"Zorc…" The boy's body was shuttering and he was radiating fear. "He made me do bad things to the light… When I said no he'd do them anyway and tell me to listen to the screams… then he's do what he did to the light to me n' Myu…"

"Okay who is Myu and who is Diabound?"

Bakura stilled and breathed deeply "Myu is my puppy she's tall and I can ride on her back, Diabound is the second Guardian of to Kuru Eruna mommy gave me him for a present."

Atemu was shocked to see his older brother …not …so …older…"Okay so what happened." He caught sight of a small silver ring with a Sapphire stone set in the shape of a panther on the boy's left hand.

"Diabound he tried to protect me but he was taken from me and put away…" A short gust of wind blew and Bakura's shutters began to wrack his body. "He's coming…"

A dark figure emerged from the maze his leathery black skin that crawled with scars and oozing welts with glowing purple eyes and a demented grin. The limp body of a pharaoh hound was clutched in his left talon like claw. Giving a quick squeeze to the corpse blood and entails splattered everywhere. "So little child you found help…" he beast's grin turned wider, "Thy will die too and stay here forever just like you… Well I was thinking of finding you a playmate anyway…"

Atemu's gaze was locked with Zorc's s they glared each other down. Atemu stood trying to find his voice but wasn't able to do so before a heated kitsune shufted from his position holding the child to s fighting stance the little price behind him. "YOU FEIND! THIS IS YOUR DOING?"

"Why yes don't you think it's very nice." Zorc's grin became wide showing many glittering ivory teeth dripping with ectoplasm.

"You devour souls?"

Atemu watched as some thing began to move appearing on the fiend's shoulder. "He's not alone,"

"Where?" Kurama's eyes darted to the beast's shoulder. "We'll make it fast then."

"I've got this fight." Atemu placed his hand in his pocket drawing out the Egyptian gods. "RA! OBILISK! SLYPHER!"

Before any further movement or words could be formed the gigantic creatures had materialized blocking the corridor. Zorc let out a feral growl as he mowed down slypher, dragging his sharpened claws along the serpent's body.

"Sword's of revealing light's"

Blades rained from the sky pinning zorc in place his chest exposed. The duel monster's readied them selves for an attack when a cry was heard from the small wolf pup. "Wait he still has Diabound!" Bakura ran forward to his paralyzed captor ans began hacking away at the beast left hand.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

"The ring! The ring is Diabound!"

"You can leave the ring!"

"NO!" the swords began to flicker signifying the last few seconds before they disappeared. Just in time did the pup retrieve the silver ring with the sapphire bull set in it. Ra and obelisk let their attacks free; once they hit Zorc his black skin began to decompose soon turning his once body to nothing only a twitching claw.

The little boy slipped the silver ring onto his index finger of his right hand. Ands grinned "Diabound!" on command a large shadowy figure began to appear, this creature was massave with a light demonic aura, the creature's bulging mucles seemed to tear at the pale gray skin, It's upper body half was a cross between a bull and a Minatare large angelic wings arched high above it's head and it's lower body llike that of a serpent that danced in mid air. "They set us free," Bakura turned to the two hero's and smiled "Thank you from both of us!"

The walls of the maze began to tumble and out of nowhere the large claw began to move crossing the little boys back leaving four ragged gashes before they disappeared.

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With a jolt Kurama was returned to the real word with a small bleeding boy in his arms. "Oh no," as he came to his right state of mind he noticed the boy wasn't breathing."

"Kurama," The green eyed boy looked up seeing Koenma hovering before him with a girl of nineteen behind him she held a child in her arms. "This is Kyorin, She wanted to ask you for a favor."

She stepped forward and bowed her pointed ears held alert her tail swishing softly behind her, she had beautiful green eyes and pointed features. She wore robes of lavender and gray. "I can only thank you immensely for rescuing my boy from that hell. And I know that I shouldn't ask you for anything but I want to let my sons actually live a life and not a horrible nightmare." She let tears fall from her eyes as she sighed trying to bring up the right words. "I want to ask you to care for my sons, Tsukairi and Bakura. If they recived another chance." She stopped all of her movement knowing his answer would be n-

"Alright I have to ask my mother, though once she saw then she wouldn't say no..."

Kyorin's eyes began to sparkle with sheer happiness as she pulled the red head into a warm hug. "Thank You!" she pulled back with a smile on her face and turned toward the once-pharaoh "I forgive your mother for everything she explained it to me and she also asked that I tell you she sends her love."

Koenma glanced at his pocket watch and cleared his throat "Alrigh Kyorin are you ready?" Kyorin nodded and pushed her ghost of a son forward into his his brother's body. Then she watched as the small boy glowed a bright white that healed every wound and every hurt cleansing him of all filth and blood then finally separating his one body into two identical bodies. Then the light began to concentrate on Bakura's chest into a smaller version of the millennium ring and on Tsukairi's wrist as a silver bangle with the sennen eye engraved on it. Then he noticed the ring with the sapphire panther was now on Tsukairi's index finger.

Then it clicked. 'Who are you bound to little one?'

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OK. That took a while I had accidentally deleted it at first so then I had to retype the whole thing… Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Oh and thank yous"

Ryou moon: for your review I noticed you had a similar story going. I do hope you continue it and just a tip add a little more clear with your description if I didn't know who Koronue was I would have been confused because you jumped from him to Yoko when describing them… Any who I like E

Kitsuneyouki45; Thank you! I feel so special...

artemis: :YOU FREAKIN' ROCK!

I cant believe only 4 chapter's left! I love this story and I don't want it to end, but it's all good! I have other fic's and I'm already planning a sequel with Hiei as our star!