(Thanks for the reviews especially Minakara who has given me two reviews. Yay, someone likes my story  So just for you I'm going to try and get the ball going on this story and get into the action. Standard disclaimer bc I'm tired of going through the whole blah, blah blah jazz.)

The further Hiei and I wandered into Kurama's mind the stranger it got. Of course along the way we saw the usual carnivorous plants that Kurama loved to summon but also some new ones that not even Hiei knew what they were. On a positive note none of them attacked us but it was a little bit unnerving having them watch us so closely. We came to a cliff that overlooked a dense forest. Horrible, inhuman screeches echoed throughout.

"Kind of reminds me of Genkai's dark forest." I said quietly. Hiei grabbed me around the waist and jumped down to the ground. Hiei advanced closer to the forest while I just stood there staring straight ahead. Something was telling me not to go in there.

"Are you just going to stand there all day?" Hiei asked after he noticed I wasn't following him.

"It's not safe in there. My instinct tells me we're no match for whatever's in there." I explained.

Hiei sighed impatiently.

"There's no other way around and I'm not going to carry you through the tree tops unless you want me to break my back!" He snapped. I crossed my arms huffing.

"HEY! That's really no way to talk to the chick who's going to have a baby for you!" I snapped back. Hiei cocked his head and looked at me.

"I ALREADY told you to forget about it! Remember?"

"Oh, I, uh, thought that it was just part of my dream." Giggled nervously. "Gomen na. Ha ha. My bad." I said completely embarrassed and maybe feeling a little disappointed then again maybe not. I began to walk towards him into the wooded area.

'Whatever you do don't look back Keaka-chan.'

I whirled around spinning on my heels.

"Yoko?" I whispered but didn't get a response.

"What are you mumbling?" Hiei asked pulling on his end of the bond.

"I thought I heard, nothing, it's nothing." I muttered and walked ahead of him replaying what Yoko said. Was it really the fox? Or was it just my imagination? I had no clue so I simply pushed it to the back of my mind. We walked on in silence not saying much mostly so I wouldn't piss him off anymore then he already was.

"Huh?" I looked up. Was it raining? I touched the top of my head to find it slathered in warm sticky liquid, spit? God I hoped that was what it was, I still do. Hiei looked up as well and that's when we saw a most horrific beast. It appeared to be a giant arachnid. It's bright red eyes gleamed menovolently down at us as it twitched ready to pounce.

"AHHHH! Spider!" I shrieked. (Spiders and snakes are my weakness)

"It comes!" Hiei yelled unsheathing his katana.

"SPIRIT BOW!" I yelled producing my favorite weapon.

The beast jumped down and landed directly in front of us. It stood up on its haunches mouth opening wide to expose billions if not millions of sharp teeth, obviously not a spider. It's saliva dripped to the ground as it advanced slowly towards us.

"What is that thing?" I asked glancing at Hiei. He was crouched on the ground, sword drawn ready to pounce.

"I have no idea. It's probably something that Kurama had to fight at one time in his life." He said launching himself into the air at the creature bringing his sword down hard on the back of it. Nothing! No blood, not even a gash. Hiei somersaulted in the air and landed on the other side of it. I looked at it with disgust.

"I've faced much worse than just you! Purifying arrow!" I commanded. The bright arrow appeared in my hand. I drew it back on my spirit bow knowing that if this was a demon it didn't stand a chance against a purifying arrow of this magnitude. It flew up in the air drooling hungrily at it glared down at me. I adjusted my aim as it's shadow fell over me and shot. The arrow sped to the creature that would surely end its life in mere seconds.

"Enough!" A familiar voice called out. I turned to look at the direction it had come from directly behind us the way we had come.

'Don't look back whatever you do!' Yoko's words rung in my head. I looked up expecting to see the creature but it was gone. I spun around searching for it, where had it gone? Hiei came to stand by me.

"Did you hear that Keaka?" He asked quietly. I nodded.

"Yes. It sounded like Kurama." I said unsure.

We stood staring at the direction the voice had come from expecting to see him emerge but nothing.

"Come on." Hiei said. I sighed turning around.

"AHHH!" I screamed directly in front of me was a pair of glistening green eyes. I fell down hard and looked up.

"Kitsune?" I said getting back up. Kurama glared at the two of us as if dazed but completely alert. His solemn face turned into a wicked smile that I had only seen once before and didn't like it.

"Who are you?" Hiei commanded. The doppelganger did not answer his question.

"Leave. You are unwelcome in this place." His face returning solemn. I took a step back frightened. I was used to Kurama's eyes being so full of energy and life but this things eyes were glazed over and dead. It looked at both of us with those dead eyes sending chills even down Hiei's spine.

"And if we refuse?" Hiei asked clutching the hilt of his katana until his knuckles turned white. The look-alike didn't say a word only reached for his hair producing the rose whip swinging it at us. We jumped away barely getting the spirit cord out of the way.

"That was close." I muttered Hiei and I landed on the ground back to back just as we had done so many times before. Our weapons ready we charged at this thing. It evaded our attacks easily as if knowing what we were going to do before we even thought about doing it. Hiei had managed to knick its arm but that was about it, it didn't even bleed that much.

"Tired?" It said indicating our heavy breathing. We watched it out stretch its hand towards us and mutter something under it's breath. The ground began to rumble and quake under our feet. Before we could move we snagged in a tangle plant of some sort.

"Don't even both to struggle it will only make it worse." The thing said. The plants grip tightened on us constricting our movement but more importantly our breathing. The summoner walked towards us commanding the plant to lower me down to where he stood. He stroked my cheek and twisted a finger in my hair.

"Yoko promised me once that he would let me have you just once. Like a fool I believed him. Damned selfish fox kept you all to himself while it was because of me he fell in love with you in the first place." It said. The plants grip loosened a little allowing me to talk if I wanted too.

"Who are you?" I forced out of my oxygen-deprived body. I looked up at Hiei who had already passed out and was turning blue.

"Don't you recognize me Keaka?" It asked.

"Well you sure as hell aren't Kurama!" I snapped. It smiled that wicked smile making me sick.

"Your right I'm not however I have learned a thing or two from the fox. After all I have known him my entire life." It said dropping the hint. My eyes widened.

"Oh my god..." I whispered. It only nodded.

"Yes that's right my dear girl. Minamino Shuichi at your service." Shuichi said. I looked back up at Hiei becoming fearful.

Kurama had told me of the few times he let Shuichi take control of his body feeling sorry for him, wanting to make it up to him for virtually stealing the poor kids body. Each and every time however Shuichi caused chaos. The last time when Kurama 'awoke' he said he was lying in bed next to some girl from his school. When the girl woke up she told him they were dating, Maya I think her name was. Kurama erased her memory so she wouldn't remember being with him. Shuichi didn't know how to behave being locked away in the back of Kurama's mind so regretfully Kurama had to keep him there.

"I don't know what Kurama has told you Keaka but it's all lies! He took advantage of me before I even knew what was happening. How could I of? I was just a fetus! That bastard took it all away from me but I'll be damned if I just stand by and watch anymore!" It snapped.

"How?" I asked tears starting to fall down my face. Shuichi looked at me his face softening as he wiped away my tears.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you Keaka. Please don't cry my sweet love." He whispered gently very Kurama like.

"That's why Kurama's been acting so strange since the shock treatment. It's been you not him." I said huskily. Shuichi smiled warmly and nodded.

"Yes Keaka. That's my smart girl. Took you a little while but you figured it out. When they shocked us Yoko fell into a deep sleep and I found myself free of his bond. It was amazing to be out and about! Finally I got to feel the breeze on my skin and the warm sun on my face but most importantly I felt you. It was overwhelming." He said sighing.

My attention turned back up at Hiei whose spirit energy was very faint, I felt myself growing weaker as well.

"K, I mean Shuichi-san. If Hiei dies.." I started. Shuichi snorted.

"What the hell do I care?" He asked angrily.

"If he dies then I do too!" I snapped at him. Shuichi looked up to Hiei and back down at me.

"You're lying." He said.

"There's not time to explain Shu-chan but believe me. If you truly..love..me then you will believe me." I reasoned trying to paste a fake smile on my face. Shuichi weighed what I said and sighed releasing us. He caught me in his arms while Hiei fell heavily to the ground. I got away from him running to be Hiei's side.

His side of the bond was so weak it flickered.

"We have to go back before it fades completely." I said sadly. Shuichi ran over and grasped me by the hand roughly pulling me up.

"Just him. Not you! You stay with me!" He yelled in my face. I brushed my hair away from my face becoming angry.

"We can't break the bond or else we'll both die!" I screamed. Shuichi produced a dagger looking plant and cut through Hiei's and mine spirit rope quickly binding his light pink one to my fading blue.

"LET ME GO!" I screamed getting away from his grasp and ran over to Hiei, my little fire baby. I held his head in my arms and cried hard sobs racking my body.

"Gomen na Jaganshi. Gomen na." I cried over and over again until he disappeared completely.

"There, there don't cry Keaka-chan." Shuichi said wrapping his arms around me in a hug. I let my body become limp.

"You killed him. You killed one of my best friends." I said weakly.

"Awww, don't you worry about that dirty little demon. It's over not only that but deserved to die, all demons deserve to die." He said darkly. I pushed away from him abruptly pushing him over.

"Where is Kurama?" I demanded. Shuichi looked up at me surprised but smiled and stood up.

"Don't worry about him Keaka. Now you and I can be together." Shuichi consoled. I shook my head.

"I would never want to be with you! Your heartless." I hissed at him. Shuichi seemed somewhat taken aback but quickly regained his composure.

"Perhaps seeing that dirty beast will make you happy?" Shuichi reasoned. I nodded a little too quickly for his liking I think. He sighed.

"Close your eyes." He said. I stared at him un-trusting but was about to do anything if it meant seeing Kurama. I shut my eyes and felt myself spinning but only for a moment.

"You can open your eyes now." Shuichi said. I reopened them to find myself in what appeared to be a dungeon straight out of the Makai. Shuichi unlocked a heavy wooden door walking into the room.

"I thought it fitting for him to live in the same place he trapped me for so long." Shuichi stated. Hesitantly I followed him in holding my breath against the smell. My eyes adjusted to the dim light rather quickly and that's when I saw him, my sweet kitsune sitting against the wall. His hands were bound at the wrist with thick chains that were covered in crudely made talismans to keep him from breaking his bonds. His head was bent down as if he were sleeping with his long silvery hair lying on the filthy ground. Shuichi leaned against a wall and crossed his arms.

"He enslaved me in here for nearly twenty-seven years. What do you think of your fox now?" He snapped. I ignored him running over to Yoko gently holding him. I held his hair back smoothing it out a little smoothing him with soft kisses on his cheek and forehead.

"Yoko, its me Keaka-chan. Please wake up. Come on kitsune, let me see those gorgeous golden eyes." I pleaded quietly rubbing my fingers gently over his ears. They didn't even twitch.

"Don't bother he can't hear you." Shuichi said sounding angry most likely from the attention I was giving Yoko.

No sooner did he say it that Yoko's breathing changed. My breath hitched a little as his ears did twitch a little under my administrations. One eye slanted open and then the other. I sobbed roughly.

"Hey kid." Yoko whispered straining himself to speak. I held him tighter to me and reached up to the rip the talismans off of his restraints.

"K-Keaka behind you." Yoko forced out. I looked up to see Shuichi clenching his fists and trembling with anger.

"You...are...MINE!" He screamed slapping me hard and pulling me away from Yoko. Shuichi tossed me aside and kicked Yoko in the side.

"You had your chance! Now it's my turn fox! You hear me? It's my turn damn it!" Shuichi screamed like a mad man.

"STOP IT!" I yelled producing my spirit bow ready to send Shuichi straight to hell. Calmly he turned around to face me.

"Well apparently you would kill me in less than a heartbeat but if I die then he goes with me." Shuichi spat out quickly. I breathed heavily feeling for the first time in my life defeated. My bow and arrow materialized as I made my way back over to Kurama.

"No I don't think so. You had time to say your good-byes. Be grateful." Shuichi said pulling me away from Yoko and squeezed my arm hard.

"You wait Minamino. Just you wait. I'm going to make you pay for hurting her." Yoko said calmly grinning that cocky little grin showing off his fangs. Shuichi breathed heavily.

"Shut up." He said quietly almost the way a child would and slammed Yoko's head into the brick wall. I screamed as the blood splattered against it and Yoko fell silent again unconscious.

"I have heard enough out of you." Shuichi said pulling out a plant that looked like a hypodermic needle. I struggled to get away but he was physically stronger than me and overpowered me. He got me to the ground and straddled his legs sitting on top of me.

"Don't worry my sweet girl. When you wake I'll be right there next to you and this incident will be gone from your memory." He whispered plunging the plant into my neck.

"I won't forget about this Shuichi. You...under...estimate...me."

(Okay so how was that? I don't even know what I'm doing with this, just letting it flow so if it doesn't make any sense or sucks awfully please do let me know.)