Ghost from the Past ch. 2

HL: second chapter

Disclaimer: same as last

Kimiko went to her room and sat on her bed putting her face in her hands as she looked up she saw her guitar sitting there against the wall. She picked it up, grabbed her pick, and started playing a slow song on it, as she did however, a knock came to the door, so she stopped playing, got up, and opened the door slightly. Mrs. Hiroshi smiled at her, "You have visitors," she said as Kimiko opened the door sighing, "joy." She said as she headed down the stairs she saw the same group she had seen earlier in the window. Akara and Karin were standing in between Hiei and Kuwabara again since they were still glaring daggers at each other, Yusuke stood when Kimiko approached them holding out his hand, smiling while saying, "Hi, I'm Yusuke Urameshi," Kimiko took the hand and shook it, "Kimiko Hiroshi," this apparently struck a nerve in Dove, because she moved closer to Kurama, "the others are Kurama and Dove," Kimiko twitched slightly at this, "Akara, she's a ice, water, and a wind demon, Hiei's a fire demon, the doofus he's glaring at is Kazuma Kuwabara, next to Kuwabara is his younger sister Karin, and last but not least is Karin's partner Kelly." Yusuke finished pointing to each as he named them.

Kimiko nodded a slight 'hi' to them as some smiled in return, she looked back at Kurama and Dove saying quite dryly, "Nice to see you again, Kurama," Dove growled balling her fists as Kurama placed a hand on her arm, "I see you and Dovelin are still together, shame really, does she give you a run for your money?" "Why you…" Dove went to step foreword but Kurama tightened his grip on her wrist, "Back off Kimiko," Dove hissed as Kimiko crossed her arms smirking slightly, "Make me Dovelin, your still the stupid blonde I knew," Dove had about had it with Kimiko as she ripped her wrist away from Kurama and went to go foreword, Kelly, Karin, and Akara stepped in front of her.

Kurama sighed shaking his head as Dove growled at Kimiko trying to get to her through the three girls that blocked her way, "What's wrong? Little Dove can't even get past three demons? No surprise there," Kimiko said her smirk growing slightly, "Shut…UP!" Dove said sending a shock through the floor and up Kimiko's body who yelped. Kurama grabbed Dove's arms and pulled her back as she strained to get away Kurama pulled her closer to him and rested his chin on her shoulder, "Dove, chill out," he whispered as Dove growled again, "no way, she's going to try to take you away from me again like she tried to long ago," "that was centuries ago Dove, relax." Dove relaxed slightly, but not enough. Yusuke sensed the tension between the two femmes and so did the others, "We better get going, uh, see you around Kimiko," he said walking out the others following behind him as Kurama went to walk out Kimiko grabbed his wrist, "Kurama…" "Kimiko, let go, Dove's a bit more upset than I expected her to be," He said not turning to face her, "Kurama!" Dove called from outside as he looked out the door, "Let go Kimiko, face it, I have Dove, and always had her," He said looking at her from the corner of his eye. Kimiko let go of his wrist as he walked out she lingered in the door way thinking to herself, I'll get you back Kurama, even if that means killing Dove.

Akara sat on the couch as Hiei sat next to her, he put his arm around her back as she cuddled against him resting her head on his shoulder. Dove laid on the floor as Kurama walked in closing the door she got up, and ran to him, flinging her arms around his neck, catching him off guard making him slam into the door from the force, Hiei chuckled, "What do ya know, even fox boy gets caught off guard once in awhile," he said as he ran his fingers through Akara's hair as she cuddled closer to him, Kurama picked Dove up as she squeaked, then put her down on the couch, sitting next to her. Yusuke sighed, knowing he was going to regret asking, but he was going to ask anyway, "How do you two know Kimiko?" He flinched seeing Dove's glare aimed at him, "My cousin. She always wanted what I had, including Kurama," she said growling slightly again, "the wretch went as far as getting Kuroune to kill me, saying that I'd had a run in with demons, but Kurone was no fool, he wouldn't kill me, sure he tried, but fear was written on my face, then he couldn't do it. Mostly because Kurama would kill him in turn, it's something we like to call karma." Dove finished as Akara stared at her, "I'm your partner and you never told me this?" "Well, I was, but you know, you and Hiei were always bickering like little school kids.." "WERE NOT!" Both yelled at the same time.

Kurama chuckled as Dove rolled her eyes, "Yeah, okay." She said as Akara glared at her. Yusuke stretched then yawned, "I better get going before mom goes flip on me," he said standing as Kelly, Karin, and Kuwabara did the same, "Yeah, best we get going too, we'll see you guys 'round," Kuwabara said walking out after Yusuke, "See ya at school 'Kara and Dove," Karin said waving as she followed the other three into the rain. Hiei waited till they were around the corner and out of sight before jumping up, "YES! Their gone!" He said as Akara cackled running upstairs, Hiei close behind her. Dove laughed as Kurama smiled shaking his head as Dove stood, "I better get the food ready so I can call them down in five minutes just to aggravate them," she said smirking as she walked into the kitchen, Kurama stood and followed her as she ripped the lettuce for the salad, he wrapped his arms around her waist resting his chin on her shoulder again, "Have I told you that I love you lately?" Dove rolled her eyes at the male kitsune, "Yes Kurama, you have, now be a good boy and get me some tomatoes," Kurama let go of her waist and got the tomatoes sliding them down on the counter, Dove lifted her hand, then they came down on the case, "thank you."

Kurama watched as Dove ripped the lettuce with such force, it seemed she was pretty mad about something, "Dove, you okay?" He asked as Dove dropped the lettuce then walked over to the fridge again and pulled out onions, dropped them on the cutting board, grabbed the knife then started chopping furiously, "Oh yeah, I'm fine, just peachy," she said through gritted teeth as Kurama sighed, "why do you ask? It's not like I'm jealous or anything about my stupid cousin moving next door to you, I mean, it's not like she won't try to take you away from me again, because I know that she wants you to herself again, she never forgot, nor will she ever…" Dove's voice trailed off as she threw the knife down on the board wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. Kurama frowned slightly, now that he knew what it was, he went over to her to hold he, but she only shoved him away, "Don't, I don't need you to do anything for me right now, just go back into the living room and sit there," she said quite moodily. Kurama bit his lip as he walked back into the living room and sat on the couch sighing again, if it wasn't for Kimiko Dove wouldn't be shoving him away from her. She was fine a few minutes ago, that was, until Yusuke brought up Kimiko as a subject again, he drifted off into sleep, just to take a short rest.

Dove hated being the bitch to Kurama, it wasn't his fault that she was acting this way, Kimiko had always hated Dove since she was born. She hated her cousin, because she was pretty and caught every male kitsune's eye, when she was fourteen-years-old Yoko and Kuroune had stormed Dove's hut and fox napped her, but as the years went on the trio grew closer together, but Yoko and Dove were closer than she was to Kuroune. Dove continued to make the food, when a sudden pain shot up her arm as she went to put the meat in the oven, and she couldn't move it, she tried to pull her arm out with her other hand as she felt the heat travel up her arm she tried to get it out desperately as the oven's heat went up more, flames licked at her arm and hand. Her eyes widened in fear as she screamed out, "KURAMA!" She looked towards the living room hoping he had heard her, as she waited she felt the flames burning her then screamed again.

Akara's head shot up hearing the scream, "Dove?" She got out of the bed grabbing her robe, and ran downstairs to see Kurama asleep on the couch, and saw smoke coming from the kitchen, "KURAMA!" Akara kicked the kitsune and he jolted awake, "What? What's wrong?" "Besides your girlfriend probably being burned to death in the kitchen, nothing," Kurama went wide eyed and ran into the kitchen as Akara held her palm out wind blew away the smoke, and she followed Kurama. The two ran around the corner of the kitchen and saw Dove passed out, but her arm in the oven, "DOVE!" Akara yelled running over to the oven and shut it off as Kurama grabbed the pan, dropping it to the ground then pulled Dove's arm out. Kurama laid Dove on the floor, "What happened to her?" "I don't know, I was sleeping when it happened, her arm must of cramped and she couldn't move it," "Kurama, that dial was turned up to the highest temperature, Dove wouldn't do something that stupid, unless it's Kimiko." Akara said as the kitsune's green eyes looked up at her, "Kimiko wouldn't do something like that to Dove," "Kurama, the girl hates Dove, didn't you feel the tension between them or are you too dense to notice? Look, I'm going to go get some take out, then wake up Hiei, I'll be back, you tend to Dove that's the least you can do." She said grabbing her coat from the living room, then walked out the door, looked to see if anyone was watching, then jumped into the nearest tree then tree hopped the way to the Chinese take out.

Kurama picked Dove up carefully, one arm under her legs, the other just under her arm. He carried her upstairs, laid her down on her bed in the girl's room, went to the closet, grabbed a towel and some ice along with an Ace bandage, when he walked back in Dove had opened her eyes, "Kurama…" "Sh…it's okay now Dove, go back to sleep," "Kimiko's trying to kill me already, not even a week, and she's trying to kill me," Kurama looked at her, her eyes quivering from fear as a tear ran down her face, he wiped it away, then kissed her forehead, "You'll be okay, I promise, I won't let anything else happen to you." Dove smiled slightly, "I'm holding you to that promise Kurama.." she whispered sleepily as Kurama smiled at her brushing a bit of her hair out of her face, "Go to sleep, I'll wake you when it's time to eat," He said standing slightly as Dove grabbed his lower arm, her green eyes wide, he looked at her seeing the fear in her eyes he bent down and kissed her lips lightly, "call me if anything happens, I'll come back up for you." Dove released his arm as she closed her eyes, Kurama slowly closed the door, but as he turned he jumped seeing Kimiko there, "What are you doing here?" He asked as Kimiko smirked, "Seeing if you were busy with Dovelin in there. Relax Kurama, I'm not going to kill her," "Somehow I don't believe you Kimiko Hiroshi. You were the one who turned the dial all the way up," Kimiko gave a cold laugh, "not as dumb as you look are you Kurama? I call you dumb, because look who you ended up with as your life partner, my cousin, the stupid blonde who couldn't even defeat Hiei with her eyes closed."

Kurama clenched his jaw shut, no one talked about Dove like that in front of him, or Yoko if they wished to see the light of day again, "But, it was your choice Yoko, personally, I don't know what you see in her, but it was your choice." Kimiko said shrugging as Kurama slammed her against the wall, "Stay away from Dove, Kimiko, I don't care what you do to me, but stay away from her." Kimiko grinned, "Fine, I'll stay away from Dove, even though I'm going to Yusuke and Kuwabara's school tomorrow," she said as she put her hand on Kurama's cheek then ran it down, "later handsome." She said as she disappeared Kurama blinked then sighed as the front door shut, "Kurama! I got the food!" Akara yelled from downstairs. Kurama ran a hand through his hair then walked downstairs to help Akara with the food.

HL: Oh yeah! Second chapter in one day!

TBC…