I'm so excited! My story is almost finished. I've been thinking however and this might take two chapters, or this will probably be very long. On to the story!

STANDARD DISCLAIMER!

In case anybody wants to know any Japanese, here's what the names from the story mean.

Kai- many things, but my friend Kristen uses the meaning 'meeting'.

Maruhi- circle of fire

Yoimaru- good circle

Hiko- fire child

Maboroshi- illusion

Yokoshima- evil or wicked

As for Leeoyasha, Auzrieal, Shamii and Furnico, I haven't a clue as to what they mean. ;)

Kyomon Hougyo- Millions demise

Kieuseru- Die


Sesshoumaru's prov.

Sesshoumaru was angry, but as usual hid it well. He stood outside of Koenma's office, wondering whether or not to knock. He held no respect for the brat who dared called himself a ruler, but didn't like the idea of barging in not knowing anything except what the note had told him.

He had gotten back from visiting Rin to see if she was doing well in the human village he had set her in to find a note scribbled messily on the counter

Gone to Koenma's to pick up Maruhi. Back later. Dinners in the stove. Love, Shamii/Yoimaru.

He decided on barging in. Inuyasha stood in front of Koenma's desk. Since going back to his own time, his appearance had changed back to normal. Right now he had a child on each leg, one sitting on his head, two clinging to his hair, one swinging on his neck, and two hanging casually from his arms. To say the least, he was having trouble moving.

Inuyasha looked relieved for once when he saw Sesshoumaru. He told the kids in a hurried voice, "Look! It's Uncle Sesshoumaru!"

Immediately the kids hurtled towards the poor dog demon, nearly knocking him over. He had never understood why Inuyasha and Auzrieal had so many kids.

"Don't you have more somewhere?" he asked, almost forgetting his original mission.

Inuyasha turned to face his brother. "Yeah, the other 11 are with a babysitter who was paid for 20 minutes." Sesshoumaru winced inwardly. 18 children; his brother was insane.

"Why are you here?" Inuyasha asked, slowly turning to face Koenma. Sesshoumaru was trying to detach the monsters from his hair. "Retrieving my wife. You?"

"Same."

Both brothers now looked at Koenma expectantly for the answer. Koenma nodded and began the process of the paperwork for Inuyasha to get Auzrieal out of jail and Sesshoumaru to retrieve Hiko, because otherwise Yoimaru would never leave.


Kai and Kurama's prov.

"Well this is not exactly how I pictured our first date." Kai said with a tired grin. Kurama chuckled.

Hiei, Leeoyasha, and Auzrieal were all sleeping peacefully on different spots in the room. Kai assumed that Maruhi had entered Furnico's ground because their pain had subsided enough for them to rest.

She leaned against the wall while sitting next Kurama and put her head on his shoulder. His green eyes widened, but he did not move away, partly because he didn't want to disturb her after their hard work and partly because he like the feel of her head on his shoulder.

"Not to be pushy, but you said you would answer some of my questions?" he said gently. Kai hesitated, but then her golden brown hair bobbed up and down slowly.

"Can't hurt now. What ya wanna know?"

"Hiko is Maruhi, the Legendary Demon?" he decided on the most prominent question in his mind. Kai managed a weak laugh and nodded.

"Not to be sexist, but I was always told that Maruhi was a man."

Now Kai's laughter was a bit stronger. "Yeah, that was said by men. They couldn't accept the fact that all three divine beings were female. Quite a shot to their egos."

Kurama wondered at the word 'divine', but decided to wait for the rest of the answer.

"Who exactly is Maruhi?"

Kai thought a moment. How was she supposed to sum up a person as multi-faceted as Maruhi?

"Well, she was human once, about 2,000 years ago."

She would've gone on, but Kurama blurted out at the moment. "2,000 years old! Most demons don't live past 6 or 700."

Kai lifted her head off of his shoulder to look at him with a mischievous grin. He missed the warmth of her head.

"Yes, 2,000. I'm the same age as Maruhi you know." Kurama's green eyes bugged out uncharacteristically.

Kai laughed. "What's the matter? Knew I was old just not that old, huh?"

Kurama looked a little embarrassed. "Well, yeah." Kai giggled. "Yeah, I get that a lot."

"Back to Maruhi, to put it in short, after her mother committed suicide, she went to live with her father, High Priest Karsona Hikai, and his new wife, Aiky, Yoimaru's mother. When she was 17, a demon name Sagameskii came and killed Hikai, who Maruhi was planning on killing anyway. But then she made a mistake; Sagameskii killed Ranhi, who was Maruhi's older brother that she loved dearly. She also led the band of demons that killed Aiky."

Kai paused to take a breath and watch this sink in. When Kurama looked ready for the next part she started up again.

"She turned Maruhi into a Jagan demon, and since Maruhi was originally supposed to be born demon but was accidentally sent into a human body, she also became what she was supposed to be then, a fire wolf demon. That is pretty much all I can tell you without invading Maruhi's very personal memories."

Kurama nodded. Now to the next topic of his question. (Me: that sounds wrong, but I don't know why…)

"What do you mean when you say 'divine'?" Kai took a deep breath.

"There are 3 sources of power from which everything is born: The parent power- Ultimate source, and the two child powers- Source of Good and Source of Bad. Basically when a demon reaches power to which can no longer be rated on Koenma's scales, they are summoned to these powers and offered to become Divine."

"Divine demons are immortal unless killed by A. a blood relative, B. another Divine, C. themselves, or D. one that is blood bonded to them. There are rules of course, like you basically have to live in hiding, with the exception of Yoimaru since she is the Queen of Demons. Enter the use of Maruhi's aliases."

"Oh." Kurama was amazed at all of this new information. Still, questions persisted in his mind.

"What is blood binding?"

"On very basic terms, an ancient ceremony where the Divine or another strong demon shares blood with another. Exactly what it says it is."

Kai got up and started to pull down the back of her skirt. Kurama sat in shock, while Youko had a field day whispering perverted things in his ear.

There was a symbol on the very low part of her back; a diamond with an X through it and several circles combining to look interconnected.

"It's Maruhi's symbol, proof that I am in fact blood bonded to Maruhi. Leeoyasha and Hiei have one too, though Hiei's is probably faded now. You're supposed to renew your connection to Maruhi every 6 months or so."

Kurama nodded. Kai started to pull up her skirt to her waist again, and Kurama had to resist the urge to stop her. "Damned Youko." He thought furiously to the fox demon inside his head.

"Who is Furnico?"

Kai growled. "Furnico was Maruhi's training partner and Sagameskii's daughter, the second demon in history to become Divine."

"What does she have against Maruhi?"

"Well, for one thing, after 40 years of training, Maruhi killed Sagameskii and took all of her skills. For another, Maruhi was always stronger and more independent; not to mention that Sagameskii favored her over her own daughter. And as an added bonus, Furnico is just a downright bitch."

Kurama was taken aback. After all, this was the first time he had heard Kai curse. Oddly enough, it didn't bother him.

"Any more questions?"

"Just one, probably something I should know. Could you explain the whole Shamii/ Yoimaru thing?"

Kai laughed. "Yeah, believe it or not, I'm also her best friend."

"You must have a hard time finding Christmas gifts for all of your friends." Kai laughed harder. "Nonsense. The easiest to please is Leeoyasha. Give her a pair of green and white striped socks and she's happy as a clam."

Kurama laughed. "As for Shamii/Yoimaru, basically they're the same person, only Shamii is the lesser form."

Inuyasha busted through the door, followed by Sesshoumaru, and both stopped short when they saw Kai and Kurama sitting on the floor together.

"I don't even want to know…" Sesshoumaru began shaking his head. Kai smirked.

"Heya, Fluffy!" Sesshoumaru winced. "Don't call me that!" Inuyasha grinned, then went and sat by his wife. Sesshoumaru looked around. "Kai, where is Yoimaru?" he said, worried but didn't let it show.

"With Maruhi, fighting Furnico." Hiei woke up and sat with his back leaning against the wall, on top of the bed.

Sesshoumaru eyes widened slightly, but he nodded and then went to sit next to Hiei.

"How is it that every time my wife goes to visit your fiancé, she ends up in trouble?" He said, cocking an eyebrow.

Hiei squirmed uncomfortably in his seat, but did not answer. "Fiancé?" Kurama asked, confused.

"Yeah, a long time ago. Thought we weren't anymore since she supposedly hated my guts, but according to Yoimaru she still wears the ring." Hiei yawned.

He winced as slight pain ran through his veins and gave his fingers a shock. The pain won't go away until either Furnico or Maruhi was dead or seriously injured. Hiei gulped, hoping that it would be Furnico.

Hiei looked around the room. Sesshoumaru was next to him, staring at Inuyasha, who was whispering to his sleeping wife. Kai and Kurama were sitting together against the far off wall, both with their eyes closed, but not really sleeping. Leeoyasha and Auzrieal were both still out of it. Being stronger than him, Maruhi had given them the bulk of the pain.

Hiei closed his eyes and opened his mind to Maruhi's, wanting to see what she saw…


The Divine's prov.

Maruhi and Yoimaru stood in an ancient battle field stadium. Or, better yet, what was left of it.

Before she knew what hit her, a blast of energy came and slammed into Maruhi's mid-section, knocking her off her feet. Blood came to her mouth and she began coughing again.

"I see my poison worked. Lovely to see you again, Maruhi." Furnico stepped out of the shadows. Long black hair fell in silky waves against a satin black dress with a slit clear up to her hip. Black boots were fastened up to her knees and dark maroon gloves with the finger part cut off were on her hands. Long nails the same shade were clenched into fist as deep plum eyes glared at the smirking Maruhi.

Yoimaru hurried to her younger sibling and healed her quickly. Then she stood back up, her short frame trembling. She may have been the Queen of Demons, but she rarely actually fought. Without really thinking about it, she reverted to her original form, Shamii. Dark auburn hair, darker than Maruhi's but still the same shade, hung down just a little longer than Auzrieal's. She was taller than Maruhi, about 5 foot 2. A blue kimono was very conservative on her well shaped form.

Maruhi looked at the two before her as she stood. "Oh, what the hell," she thought, also letting illusion go to her human form. Her hair was shorter than in her demon form, about the same length as Leeoyasha's. She was by no means skinny, but muscled from hours of training had kept her from looking overweight, despite her frame. She had what would have been called 'baby bearing hips' in the 1800s and her top half wasn't exactly petite either. She wore a shorter green kimono, now with a little blood on the collar. Brown red eyes were a trait from her late mother.

"Well, let's get this show on the road. You wanted me and now you have me. The question is, can you handle it, little Furnico." Maruhi taunted.

Furnico glared at her, and then smirked as she raised her hands in a V shape above her head. Around her, thousands of demons came out of the walls and moved to encircle the two sisters. "Hope you don't mind; I've invited a few friends of mine."

Shamii looked around nervously. "What are you gonna do? There's millions of them!" she asked Maruhi hurriedly. Maruhi tilted her head. "Isn't it obvious what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna kill them, then their master." She said simply.

"You're insane, you know that." Shamii replied, unconsciously placing her hands on her hip. "Most likely; more importantly, I'm serious." Maruhi grinned.

"Not to interrupt, but as I recall, you were the one who quote 'wanted to get this show on the road'." Furnico said with faux innocence and plenty of sarcasm.

Maruhi glared at her and then Furnico dropped her arms suddenly. The masses of demons came rushing at the two from all sides. Luckily, they weren't a fast moving blob of killers.

"Okay Maruhi, don't panic." Shamii whispered. Maruhi looked calm as ever. "I'm not." Yoimaru looked at her, black eyes wide. "That makes one of us." Maruhi threw her head back and laughed, despite the demons being almost on top of them now.

She grabbed Shamii's arm and then flew up into the air a couple hundred feet. It looked like a massive black army of ants. "Can you fly?" she asked Shamii. Shamii, also deathly afraid of heights, clung to Maruhi for dear life and fervently shook her head.

Maruhi sighed and used a small portion of her energy to make her sister hover a few feet away from her. Shamii started to turn a nasty shade of green.

Maruhi started to power up for Kyomon Hougyo, a new power she had picked up from a Demon Lord who had gotten fresh. Shamii's eyes bugged out, and even though she worried that if she opened her mouth something other than words would come out, yelled out to her sister.

"Maruhi, are you sure you wanna use that attack. First of all, you've never used it and don't know how much energy is required. Second, I know attacks like that one, and you can't stop until either you're dead or the enemy is."

Maruhi shrugged off her sister's warnings without much worry. She had always thought Shamii was too much of a worry wart to actually listen to half the time. Maruhi should've listened this time. (I could end it there, but I'm not that cruel :D)

Maruhi let loose a load of energy, all bright red that came flashing down on the demons. A large puff of smoke from the dusty ground came up even to where Maruhi and Shamii were floating. After a few moments and some loud coughing, the dust cleared.

The floor of the once an arena was now flooded with black bodies from which a putrid smell was drifting. Maruhi felt her stomach lurch, having a very sensitive nose.

The good news was she couldn't see Furnico anywhere and it was obvious that none of her soldiers would live to tell the tale of the fight. The bad news was that Shamii had been right and the attack had zapped pretty much all of her energy. She would need Shamii's help to get back.

With no energy holding them up in the air, the two began free falling from the sky, earning high pitched screams from Shamii; Maruhi was sure she'd be deaf by the time she slammed into the ground.

Fortunately, the horrible smelling demons made for a better cushion then the ground, though their hard armor did give a few bruises to both sisters.

"Think you can teleportate these bastards to a wasteland somewhere?" Maruhi called over to her sister. Next thing she knew, the hard ground was underneath her, dust now on her kimono.

"That's gonna be hell to get out." She mumbled to herself, seeing black spots at the edge of her vision.

"You killed my army! Well, at least you had the common courtesy to clean up after yourself. I'll admit it, I underestimated you, gakuto," Maruhi winced. "Damn her, she's not dead!" she thought angrily. Gakuto, or student, was always what Sagameskii had called her and it always pissed her off. She would kill Furnico just for calling her that if it was the last thing she did!

"Never the less, my army accomplished their mission, to weaken to you to the brink of oblivion." Furnico's evil smile even sent shivers down Maruhi's spine.

"KIEUSERU!" Furnico yelled as her out of her out stretched palms came a neon purple lightening came flashing at Maruhi, knocking her a easy 50 feet above the ground before she fell in a twisted heap. Smoke rose from her body and her once beautiful kimono was now in tatters. The smell of rotting flesh was faint in the air, but there.

Shamii rushed over to her sister's body, trying to heal her with every bit of priestess in her-half priestess, remember her father?-, but to no avail. Maruhi wasn't breathing.

Shamii started to cry as Furnico came over and kicked Maruhi's body. She laughed cruelly and looked down at Shamii. "Pathetic, the both of you. You have no right to call yourself a ruler. I bet you wouldn't even kill me now, just because it would be against the law."

Furnico took off all of her weapons and threw them away from her, to exaggerate her point. Shamii's tearstained face looked up at her.

"Go ahead and kill me, little girl. I have no weapons; just take one of Maruhi's daggers and slam it into my heart." Furnico taunted. "Or are you afraid you'll get arrested. I had a right to kill Maruhi by law, since she was the one who killed my mother. You however, have no such right with me."

Shamii tried to blink to keep the tears at bay, but more just kept coming. "You haven't a heart!" she yelled at the creature in front of her. In all of this commotion, she hadn't noticed the faint energy traces coming from her sibling.

Furnico smiled a truly disgusting sight to behold. Shamii couldn't control herself. She grabbed one of Maruhi's daggers and pointed it at Furnico's chest.

"You're wrong about one thing. I do have a right to kill you. Technically you killed my mother and my father. I have every right to kill you."

"Then do it." Furnico hissed in her ear. But Shamii couldn't; she just was not a killer. Funico cackled. "I knew it; you're just as pathetic as you're sister."

Shamii's eyes darkened. No light reflected in her black orbs. Yoimaru had taken over. And unfortunately for Furnico, Yoimaru was a killer.

She slammed that dagger as well as several others that she materialized. Furnico screamed and pushed herself away from Yoimaru. "How dare you…" "No, how dare you!" Before Yoimaru could do anything else, Furnico disappeared, leaving only her blood on the ground.

Yoimaru about started to follow her energy trail, when a low grumble came to her ears. "Leave her be. We'll get her next time." Yoimaru whipped back around to find Maruhi's famous smirk back on her face, though a bit pained.

Yoimaru scampered over to her sister's body again, back to Shamii in a heartbeat. "But…how?" was all she could manage.

"How about heal now, questions later?" Maruhi murmured. Shamii quickly obliged. Maruhi sat up and took a deep breath.

"When I go into energy less state like that, I draw energy from all of those to which I am blood bonded." She stated. "Oh."


Hiei's prov.

Hiei was the first to sense it, the end to the pain. Kai and Auzrieal jolted awake, Auzrieal accidentally smacking Inuyasha in the head. "Oh, I'm sorry honey…" "Apologize later, now we need to leave." Hiei said rather harshly, but didn't wait on a reply and immediately transported him and Sesshoumaru to the battle field.

Kai, Auzrieal and Leeoyasha also followed, Auzrieal taking Inuyasha and Kai taking Kurama. They found two tired Divine demons. Hiei looked around but didn't see a dead third.

"Did ya get her?" Kai asked anxiously. Maruhi sadly shook her head. "Oh well, there's always next time." Auzrieal helped Maruhi stand up while Sesshoumaru basically lifted Shamii off of the ground.

Hiei looked at Maruhi with concern, but she waved him off with a grin he couldn't help but return. "So what have we learned today?" Inuyasha asked, not expecting anyone to answer.

"Not to wait until the first date." Kai answered as she kissed Kurama briefly on the lips, before pulling away, both of them blushing. Leeoyasha and Maruhi started to giggle. Hiei grinned at Kurama, making him go brighter.

"Well, anyone else?" Inuyasha said eyebrows rose in surprise at Kai, but a grin playing on his lips.

Maruhi looked sheepishly at Hiei. "That forgiveness should come easier when you your self aren't the picture of perfection." Hiei's grin got wider and surprised expressions covered everyone's faces.

"So let me get this straight. Auzrieal and Inuyasha are away from the kids and not sucking each other's faces off, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha aren't trying to kill each other, Kai kissed Kurama, and Maruhi is actually forgiving Hiei without killing and bringing him back to life first?" Leeoyasha said in her stage voice, most serious. "This can only mean one thing…" she continued. "The Apocalypse is coming!" she yelled dramatically as the others started to laugh.

Maruhi started to walk off when Hiei caught her arm. "And where do you think you going, onna." Maruhi mock glared at him.

"Anywhere I please dansei." She shook off his arm and continued in the same direction. Hiei stuffed his hands into his pockets and started to follow her when a familiar voice was heard.

"Hiei…?" Murkuro was stepping up to him and he could make out Koenma, Yusuke, and Kuwabara standing with the others. Murkuro's face was serious as ever, but her eyes asked the question.

Maruhi stopped walking and turned back around to face Hiei. The two were about the same distance from him, forming a right angle. Her eyes asked the same question.

It was time for Hiei to decide who owned his heart…


The End…until the Epilogue that is…