A/N: Boy, I updated faster than usual! And this chapter's longer, too! You guys sure are lucky! This chapter just seemed to flow to me. Enjoy!

Kurama and the Amulet of Truth

Everyone arrived back to Koenma's office without incident, except for Kuwabara getting left behind and it was only when Yoshimi asked why there were only five people in the group that anyone remembered him.

When they were all safely seated in Koenma's office finally having retrieved Kuwabara, Koenma started the explaining.

"Now I know all of you are very curious as to why certain things happened, but there are other things we must get to first," he stated. "You all must know that when Tomayo was sucked in to the black hole, the amulet went with him." Various nods and grunts acknowledged the statement. "But the other part, the part he was searching for, is still in demon world somewhere. It's too powerful just to leave lying around up there, so we must send someone to find it."

"But we just got back!" Yusuke exclaimed. "Now you want us to go again!?"

"Let me finish!" Koenma exclaimed. "I am going to give you a break, since you just got back from a mission. But at the end of this week, I want you to be ready to leave."

"Now that's more like it!" Kuwabara said.

"But I'm afraid I can't let you go back to the human world just yet," Koenma said.

"Why not!?" Yusuke asked, getting annoyed at Koenma.

"I'm getting to that, Yusuke," Koenma said, getting annoyed as well. "We can't get a portal out of here until the end of this week, and by then you'll need a portal to demon world to find the amulet. So you're stuck here for a while. But I think you'll find spirit world has every thing you will need. We have an arcade and training room in the basement, as well as a swimming pool. There is a garden out back, and each of you has your own room, decorated just the way you like it."

"How do you know how we like to decorate our rooms?" Yoshimi asked.

"I just do. Now hurry along I have work to do. Oh, Kurama, Yoshimi, I need to talk to you."

The others left to go do various things, while Kurama and Yoshimi stayed seated.

"There are a few things I need to talk to you two about," Koenma said. "First of all, you are positive you know nothing of the amulet's location, Yoshimi?"

Yoshimi shook her head. "I have no clue. I don't even think Kaori knows."

"Hmm. In that case, we'll have to research its properties, which might have some correlation with its location. Kurama, could I get you to do this?"

"Yes of course. I'll get started right away," Kurama said getting up.

"Good," Koenma said. "Here is the key." He handed Kurama a strange key that looked very old and have runes carved on it. "Be careful," Koenma whispered so Yoshimi wouldn't hear. Kurama left the room.

"Now Yoshimi," Koenma said, turning to face her. "I bet you're wondering how you got those powers in the fight with Tomayo even though you didn't transform into Kaori." Yoshimi nodded. "Well, the same concept as Kurama's powers. Even though you are in human form, you are not completely human. So the powers that you accessed were part of your demon heritage of Kaori." Yoshimi nodded, signaling that she understood. "You're going to need to learn how to access these powers regularly, because demon world is dangerous."

"So I've noticed," Yoshimi mumbled under her breath. To Koenma she said, "When do I begin training, and who will train me?"

"You can begin your training right away, like I said, the training room is in the basement. I can get someone to show you there right now. Ogre, show Yoshimi to the basement."

"Right away Koenma, sir," George said, escorting Yoshimi out the door.

"But who will train me?" Yoshimi asked, but Koenma couldn't hear her.

In the library, Kurama was trying to find a book on the amulet, but wasn't having much luck. If it's so famous, they must have a book on it somewhere, he reasoned. I'll just have to keep looking.

As he was searching, his mind started to wander. I wonder why Koenma warned me to be careful, he thought. I haven't seen anything dangerous. Kurama got up and decided that he was going to look in a different section of the library for the book, since they seemed to be arranged in no particular order. As he walked farther into the library, the book shelves seemed to grow higher and higher, until the only light was from an occasionally table lantern. Kurama sat down at a table with a lantern, deciding he had to start somewhere. He started scanning the titles, finally selecting a book that looked good to him. "Hmm, 'History of Ancient Makai Artifacts.' I guess it's a good place to start," he said aloud to himself, pulling the table lantern closer to him so he could make out the words.

Kurama had been reading for a while when he felt a prickly feeling on the back of his neck, like someone was watching him. He raised his head and looked slowly around. There, on top of the book case, was what had been watching him. Kurama couldn't tell what it was in the darkness, but didn't want to disturb whatever it was by taking a closer look, so he walked over to another table and sat down. He opened up the book to the table of contents and began searching for the amulet. He found a chapter on old amulets of Makai on page 800 and turned there.

Kurama once again felt like he was being watched. This time, he pulled a rose out of his hair, ready to turn it into his fabled rose whip if he needed to. The feeling faded, and Kurama returned to his reading, setting his rose back down on the table. He began reading where he left off.

"'The amulet of truth is very powerful, gifted with the ability to prevent lies from being told in its presence,'" Kurama read aloud. "'It must have spirit energy to anchor it, or else it floats to the highest spirit energy signal.' Hmm…That means it could just be floating aimlessly about Makai, but more likely it was drawn to someone with a high spirit energy signal. In that case, it is most probable that we start looking in the places where demons lurk." As Kurama finished this statement, he felt, for his third time in the library, that mysterious prickle on the back of his neck. Since he had found the information he needed, he decided to return the book to its shelf and leave the library. He put the book back from where he had taken it, and started walking down the library aisle.

As Kurama started walking, red eyes peered at him from the shadows above the shelves. He kept on walking, looking straight ahead. One of the pairs of red materialized into the form of a bat and flew at his head. Kurama quickly summoned his rose whip and cut the bat in two, but other bats, terrible misshapen and deformed, flew at him. He was able to fend off the bats and run out of the library at the same time. As he ran, the shelves seemed to get smaller and smaller until finally, Kurama was able to see the light from overhead. The bats flew away from the light back into their darkness, and Kurama quickly went to the door and exited the library.

George talked all the way to the training room. Yoshimi was barley paying attention, too focused on the question of who was going to be training her.

"…and I have been working for Lord Koenma ever since," George was saying, but Yoshimi wasn't paying any attention to the blue ogre. Why wouldn't Koenma tell me? Yoshimi wondered. Was he afraid that I wouldn't like who ever it was, and wouldn't go train? But I don't know anyone in spirit world.

"We're here!" George said, scattering her thoughts. "I have to go back to Lord Koenma now. Hope you have a good training session!"

"Bye, George," Yoshimi said. She was apprehensive at who would be behind that door. Well, I have to go in there sometime. And if Koenma commissioned them, they can't be that bad, can they? With that, Yoshimi opened the door.

Genkai looked up as Yoshimi entered the room. Except that Yoshimi had no idea who Genkai was yet. "Another kid to train," she said, but slightly kinder than usually. She could tell that this girl was apprehensive. "I suppose Koenma wants to train you to go on another one of his missions, correct?' Yoshimi nodded. "Alright then, I'll teach you the basics first. But I warn you, this training is going to be hard since you have to be ready at the end of this week." Yoshimi nodded again, and then smiled. This was an old lady, how hard could it be?

Kurama was in Koenma's office, explaining to him what he had read in the library. "I see," Koenma said, stroking his chin. "So you think the amulet was picked up by some low-class demon who had no idea what it was? Hmm, but then it could be anywhere!"

Kurama shook his head. "Not necessarily. It could be possible that a stronger demon found the weaker one and killed him for the amulet. And then maybe an even stronger one killed him. We should probably investigate the strongest demons of the demon world."

"Do you know how strong those could be? Some A or S class demon could have the amulet!" Koenma exclaimed, standing in his seat and putting his hands on his desk. "It would be too risky! But I need the amulet back! Hmm, very well. Kurama, you can go now. I'll call you if I need you." Kurama nodded at Koenma and left the room.

Yoshimi was tired out, not only had the training been harder than she expected, the old lady had made her tap into her spirit power on the first day. She was sluggishly moving toward her room, when she realized she had no idea where it was. She sighed, but then spotted Kurama a ways up the hall.

"Kurama! Wait up!" Yoshimi shouted, her weariness forgotten for the moment. Kurama stopped and turned around.

"Oh, hello Yoshimi," he said, smiling. "What can I help you with?"

"Do you by any chance know where my room might be?" she asked panting.

"Most of the guest rooms are down that hall," Kurama said, pointing. "I can take your there, if you would like."

"Umm…Okay!" Yoshimi said, glad of having an excuse to spend more time with Kurama. After that business with Tomayo, she had really grown closer to Kurama.

"So, what did you find out about the amulet?" Yoshimi asked, trying to start a conversation.

"Nothing we didn't already know. But I have formulated a theory about where the amulet may be."

"And where is that?" Yoshimi questioned eagerly.

"In the hands of one of the most powerful demons," Kurama stated grimly. "But lets us not talk of that now. How did your training go with Genkai?"

"How did you know about that?" Yoshimi asked. "Koenma didn't even tell about my training with you in there."

"I figured he would want to train you, and Genkai was the obvious choice."

"Oh," Yoshimi said. "Well my training was pretty hard. It has to be if I have to be ready by the end of this week."

"This is your door, Yoshimi," Kurama said, as they stopped in front of a door labeled "Yoshimi." "Have a good night. Oh, and Yoshimi," he started to say, almost as if and after thought.

"What?" Yoshimi said quizzically.

Kurama blushed and turned away. "Nothing. Hope you sleep well." Then he walked off.

That was weird. I wonder what he was going to say, Yoshimi wondered. Then she opened the door to her room and went inside. It was decorated exactly as she would have done it herself, exactly as Koenma had said it would be. Its walls were light purple, and the bed was done in purple with a purple mosquito net. There was a dresser and various other items of furniture in the room, as well as a bathroom off to the side.

Yoshimi went into the bathroom and got ready for bed. As she lay there, she thought about what Kurama had been going to say to her. What was he going to say? Does he feel the same way I do? I can't decide if I like him just as a friend, or something more… And with that, Yoshimi fell asleep.