Just a reminder. Laylen/Hana and Kurama/Yoko are the same people, just in different forms. Thanks. Oh and this is the chapter where we see who the bounty is.
Disclaimer: I don't own YuYuHakusho
Chapter Six
"I want to thank you Kurama." Hana said several weeks later.
"For what?"
She smiled. "For coming with me to Demon World. I know you're busy and stuff. But it's really nice of you."
He took his hand into hers. "Anything for you."
Fang barged into Baedden's chambers. "Our bounty is here in the Makai, and really close."
"How do you know?"
"I told him." A vixen entered.
A smile came to Baedden's face. "Ah, Zara. What a pleasure it always is to have you around."
"Baedden." She acknowledged, sitting on his desk. "That thieving kitsune is here, and so is Hana. Talk about a two for one deal." She looked over to the cell. "Hello little Makoto." The small fox youki glared at her. She rolled her eyes. "You can go with your sister to the market. Not like you'll be important later."
Makoto sat on the provided bed. "Laylen will come to get me. She won't do what you tell her."
"It's been twenty-four months kid. Your sister isn't coming for you." Zara spat.
"Don't tell the boy that. She'll come for him. There's no other choice." Baedden signed some papers. "We had a deal. She had thirty months to get what was wanted in the market." He stood. "Shall we get started by helping her?"
The gardens of Eden were beautiful like always. It was one of praise in the Makia. Placed on the outskirts of a small trade town.
Kurama stopped in front of the little cottage. "This is a beautiful place."
"Thanks. The nimphs and fairies keep it looking this way."
He walked with her up the path. "Who lives here?"
"Now a days just the keepers of the gardens." Hana opened the gate doors and walked to the back.
"It's...beautiful." Kurama looked around. It was a peaceful place. "How'd you realize this was here."
Hana smiled. "It belongs to me." She twirled. "Well not really. It was where my family lived a while ago. Now the keepers watch over it."
Kurama looked at her.
/Why would someone want to leave a place like this/ Yoko asked.
/Maybe she wasn't happy./ Kurama replied. He noticed several dark areas. "What happened?"
Hana looked at him with half covered eyes. "I was afraid you'd ask me that."
He followed her to a swing.
"It was before we met, about two years and a couple of months ago." She looked up. "There's a trade town a few miles from here. Anyone who lives near one knows that it isn't the best place to be. Apparently someone got dropped out of their money and blamed my father for it. But it wasn't just any one demon. It was a bounty hunter and we paid for someone elses mistake."
Kurama glanced at her. "Fang?"
Hana nodded. "Him and a couple others killed my parents, then they took my little brother Makoto."
"I sorry." Kurama simpathized. "What did you do."
She looked at him with scared eyes. It was something she didn't want to tell him.
"Hana?" He was getting worried.
She rested her head on her hands. "They said that they wouldn't hurt him, or me as long as I did want they asked. They wanted me to join them."
Kurama moved away slowly. "Did you?"
"Only for a while. I ran away after I found out what they were really after."
"That's when you met up with the group." He was standing now. Getting the feeling that there was something more. Also feeling watched.
Hana nodded, realizing that he was up. "Is something wrong?"
Within moments, small bombs were thrown at them. Kurama grabbed Hana's hand and move out of the way just in time. When he got up, he was in fox form. "What's going on Hana?" She looked around, shrugging. He took her arm and jumped the fence. "Come on. We're under attack." He ran fast, manuvering around the firearms.
As fast as they hit, the bombs stopped. Yoko continued to run as clearing came into view. Still in her human form, Hana took it as a break and a good sign. That was until laughter rang through. Almost like a surrounding format.
This is larger in KB then the other chapters. I'm not sure if it long enough to everyone's likeness, but I wanted a semi-cliff hanger.