"M'Lord Tharian. We have carved a tunnel from here to the human world," A demon of female features consulted Tharian. She was bowed on one knee, and kept her head low. She was one of Tharian's higher ranked minions.

Tharian nodded, "Good. We'll begin the search. Make sure you set aflame a few buildings. I want a big conflagration for our celebration when we find her." Tharian stood up in front of the rest of the minions; his arms sprawled wide in greeting, "Let the hunt begin!" The flames behind raised high in their blue light, stretching Tharian's shadow across the ground.

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"Be on guard! Koenma has confirmed that Tharian has opened a tunnel from demon world to the human world," Botan told the group of three. Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara nodded in unison. Botan continued, "Demons of low levels should be coming through it. We need to keep an eye on Moira as well. We don't know how exactly to do that yet, so when you devise a plan contact me."

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Selenay and Kurama stood two arms length away from each other, which was the usual length for sparring in martial arts. Selenay's students watched from a good length away. All of them were excited to get to see their teacher spar with Kurama. Selenay rushed at Kurama and Kurama quickly dipped down to one knee and made a move to sweep her ankles out from under her. She jumped backwards, which left Kurama enough time to lunge at her with a punch. To evade the punch, she moved to his left and rolled into him, her hand coming into contact with his chest, making him stumble a few steps back. She looked at him and whispered quickly, "You are holding back."

The students consisted of two girls and a boy. They were both excited as they watched Kurama fight their teacher. They had a hard time keeping up with the two sparring partners moves, though it was fun to watch. The boy even watched wide-eyed and fought his own invisible opponent.

After a few minutes of sparring, Kurama evaded a round kick from Selenay and sent a false side kick to her, making her block in the direction of the kick. He quickly turned the side kick into a cresent kick and sent her crashing to the ground. Before Selenay could get up, Kurama pinned her to the ground and leaned over her to whisper, "Are you okay?" Selenay smiled slyly and nodded. Kurama leaned further down to kiss her,until they both heard giggling. They both had forgotten they were being watched by Selenay's students.

The two girls were giggling behind their hands and watching Kurama and Selenay intently. The boy had blushed and turned away. Kurama quickly got up off of Selenay and Selenay stood up dusting herself off. She put a hand behind her back and a fist to her mouth as she coughed lightly, as if trying to shake off the moment. Kurama gave a small grin. Selenay should have heeded him when he was going to protest.

Selenay began to tell her students that was all the lessons for the day, and watched as her students left one by one. Kurama put an arm around her waist and pulled her closer. "It seems you sent them off for a reason. Did you want to resume where we left off?"

He went to kiss her, but she pushed away gently and smiled, "Thats not why I sent them away. We have guests." Selenay gestured to a pair of black figures in a nearby tree. Kurama was surprised he had missed the signatures of their spirit energy.

Hiei looked down at Kurama and Selenay, and jumped out of the tree. Moira stayed in the tree. "Kurama... Something happened today, I can see it in your eyes." Hiei's eyes came into contact with Kurama's gaze.

"Its nothing to worry about," Kurama replied casually, mentally adding 'yet' to the end of his sentence.

"Hn." Hiei replied crossing his arms. He knew Kurama wasn't telling him the entire truth. Moira dropped down beside Hiei and watched all of them. Selenay smiled and whispered something in Kurama's ear.

Kurama nodded and looked at both Moira and Hiei. "Would you two like to come to the winter festival?"

Hiei cocked an eyebrow. Joining in human traditions was not on his 'favorite things to do' list. "What do you think?"

Kurama shrugged, "I was hoping you would go. Perhaps we could some how persuade you. What if we said you would enjoy it?"

"I doubt it." Hiei replied without a second thought. He would never go to a human festival without a very good reason.

Kurama leaned down close to Hiei to whisper so Moira could not hear him, "Maybe a large group of humans will drown out Moira's aura from anyone opposing her."

Hiei was silent for a moment, and looked into Kurama's eyes as if trying to determine if Kurama's intentions were pure. Hiei must have found what he was looking for because he turned to walk away and replied, "Hn. I'll be there."

Moira looked at Kurama for a moment longer. When Kurama's eyes met Moira's-even if it was for only a moment- he felt like he was being swallowed into a dark abyss. Kurama didn't get the vibe that she was a spy. Instead, she seemed more like melancholy figure, who tried to stay away from the world. Moira turned to leave with Hiei.

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"Come on Yusuke! The parade is going to start without us!" Keiko told Yusuke, grabbing his arm and practically dragging him to the crowd who stood waiting for the parade.

Everyone was wearing a festive kimono in a myraid of colors and patterns. Yusuke nodded and saw Kurama and Selenay. Selenay had taken to her human illusion of a fifteen-year-old girl with black-brown hair and golden-brown eyes.Kurama stood next to Yusuke and Yusuke whispered to Kurama, "Where's the two love-birds?"

Kurama looked around for a moment, "I believe they are coming right now." Yusuke turned his gaze to Hiei and tried to conceal his laughter. Hiei was wearing a black kimono and pulling at it, seeming quite annoyed. Moira walked with him, her hands were tucked into the opposite sleeve and she looked off to the side. Hiei glowered at Kurama and Yusuke when he walked up to them.

"The parade is starting!" Keiko replied pointing down the road. Hiei watched as various dancers and humans dressed in samuraii outfits walks with swift movements and grace. This parade was in honor of the historical event when forty-seven ronin committed suicide to reestablish honor to their shogun.

Moira looked over in the opposite direction. A few moment later, a large explosion and screaming of by-standers could be heard.

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