Hey guys! Sorry I haven't written in a while. My computer crashed over the holidays, erasing all of the chapters I had worked so hard on. Well, at least a little hard. So this chapter is version no. 2. Hope you like it!

Kurama and the Amulet of Truth

Yoshimi's week in spirit world passed very quickly. With all her training with Genkai, and her sleeping in between, she didn't have much time to thing about anything else. But some times, in that lingering period right before sleep, she thought about Kurama, and how she stood with him. She was still indecisive about her feelings for him, but she thought that she could probably work it out within herself. Just as long as it didn't get in the way of their mission.

On the night before they were to enter the demon world in search of the amulet, Yoshimi decided to take a walk in one of the gardens of spirit world. The air was crisp and refreshingly cool, and the scent of roses wafted through the air. Roses are Kurama's flower, she thought. I wonder if he has ever been in this garden before. Just as she was thinking this though, she felt a presence. She turned around to see Kurama watching her.

"I'm sorry for startling you, Yoshimi," Kurama said. "But I just was going for a walk in the garden as well."

"Yes, it is a nice night for a walk." Then silence the quite was heavy with unanswered questions and mysterious longings. It was Yoshimi who broke the silence.

"What's demon world like," she asked, truly wonder, yet at the same time, avoiding other questions.

"Most parts of demon world are forested," Kurama said. "Excepting the periodical outposts, where demons go to hang out and fight each other. It isn't a very pleasant place to be." He smiled grimly. "It's been a very long time since I've been there." He paused, and stared away into space. "A very long time." He said quietly.

Yoshimi nodded, and they sat in silence for a while. Then, feeling awkward, she said to him, "I had better go to sleep early tonight, because we have a big day tomorrow." She smiled wearily. "Good night, Kurama."

"Good night, Yoshimi," Kurama replied, as she went to go to bed. "Good night."

Yoshimi woke early the morning of their department to spirit world. She lay there, wondering if her mere one week of training would be enough to sustain her in the demon world. She grimly decided it probably wasn't, and resolved to stick close to Kurama.

She got out of bed, took a shower, got dressed, and bade her room goodbye as she left to eat a quick breakfast before assembling alongside everyone else in Koenma's office.

"When do we go?" she asked, eager to be away.

"In a minute, as soon as Kuwabara and Yusuke arrive," Koenma stated. Yoshimi looked around, realized that Kurama and Hiei were already here, and sat down in a chair, waiting for Yusuke and Kuwabara.

It was not long before they arrived, though. They both burst through the door to Koenma's office, as if they had been racing there.

"I got here first, Urimeshi," Kuwabara bragged.

"No you did not!" Yusuke exclaimed heatedly.

"It doesn't matter who got here first, now shut up," said Yoshimi, feeling rather tense this morning. Kuwabara and Yusuke both gave her what's-your-problem looks, before settling on Koenma.

"Okay," Koenma said, settling down. "You all know what you're supposed to do." Various nods from around the room. "It would be best, due to the vastness of the demon world to go in two groups. Yusuke and Kuwabara are one group, Kurama, Hiei and Yoshimi are another group. Any questions? No? So you'll start in two different areas were received hot-spots on." Two portals opened up on either side of the room. "Yusuke and Kuwabara will go through the one on the left, and Kurama, Hiei and Yoshimi will take the one on the right." Yusuke and Kuwabara hurried into their portal and both tried to squeeze through at the same time. Hiei walked quietly into the portal on the right, but Kurama hung back, and gestured for Yoshimi to go first. She hesitantly walked into a world that her conscious self barley could recall.