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Disclaimer:Oh yeah . . . i have to write a disclaimer. Well i do NOT own YuYuHakasho. This includes Hiei and Kurama. However i do own Maharba and her sister Matari.

Getting to know each other – chip 2!

Maharba had found the perfect tree to climb in. She found a branch to sit down on and looked around. ' I should bring my sketch book next time I'm here.' she thought, ' I could draw something from all this scenery.' She could see Hiei on the bench to her left and Matari in a grass field to her right, . . . wait . . . where's Kurama! She looked over at the rose garden where Kurama had been before. He wasn't there. He wasn't with Hiei of Matari and wasn't in the other rose gardens either.

" Hello!" came Kurama's voice from below her. Sure enough, Kurama was at the bottom of the tree.

' Okay . . . how did he get there when he was there a couple of minutes ago?'

" Hello!" she called back. ' . . . maybe he . . .ohhhhh screw it.'

" What are you doing up there?" he asked.

"Oh . . . nothing really. Just hanging out." she joked climbing down. It took a while for her to get down. She had chosen a VERY difficult tree to climb. She was very good at climbing, which made it easier for than most people.

When she got to the ground Kurama said, " If you fight as well as you climb you'd be a hard rival."

" Okay. What's up?" she questioned.

" Ohhh . . . nothing." he said pulling out a rose.

" Ohhh, really?" she said slyly, pulling out a fire stone.

" Is that a fire stone?" Kurama questioned.

Maharba nodded a little surprised by his reaction.

" May I see it?"

" Sure. But what for?" she said handing it to him.

" I've heard of fire stones before, but have never actually seen one." he commented. " Where did you get this?"

" If your talking about that one it's been in my family so long not even out grandmother knows where we got it." she said. " I've found a cave with tons more up-to-date stones. I could show you it sometime if you like." Kurama handed the stone back to her and were silent for a moment.

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' Guess I can't blame him.' Matari thought. Hiei wondered what she meant by this. He leaned forward as Matari began to hum a tune. ' I don't talk to people unless they know how hard its going to be.' Hiei was confused. ' After all, I am kind of sensitive. I have special needs. Even now tears roll down my face.' tears formed at her eyes. ' Stop it! STOP YOUR CRYING!' she shouted to herself. ' Your too old for that. Ohh . . . damn! I'm always beating myself up . . . I always tell myself " Your pushing yourself too far." but I never listen. Not to mention all the deaths in my family. . .' Hiei gave a small gasp. He hadn't expected so much pain and suffering that she caused herself. ' My dog, grandmother, and father's friends.' she sighed. She continued staring up at the sky. ' Why is this hell hole I call my life so complex, and why will the pain in my heart not heal?' A tear rolled down her face. She rolled up into a ball and began to sob softly. Hiei stopped listening then. He had to think over what he had just heard.

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Maharba and Kurama began to walk through the park together. Kurama pointed out various flowers and their names. Maharba listened intently. Aster, daisy, violet, dahlia, carnations, chrysanthemum, and roses. ( He went into a lot of detail on roses, and yes, all the flowers named are real flowers.) Maharba also began to tell about different fire stones. Kurama, also listened with great interest.

" . . . one of the most powerful fire stones is the blue fire stone." she continued. Kurama looked over at her. He seemed more interested in this stone than the others.

" Does it have certain powers inside it?" he asked.

" Yes, it does. Some of the powers you can get from it are beyond imagination . . . but there is a catch." she said. " Hey! How did you know it had special powers locked within?"

" Well, ahh . . ." Kurama was trying to cover something up. Maharba was almost positive about that.

" Your hiding something. Your acting to skittish and nervous for you not to be." Maharba looked at him. " I'll take a guess and say that your a demon. But not just any demon. I'll say Yoko Kurama lives inside you."

" How did . . .?"

" I overheard some other demons talking in the street. I really must learn to keep my wolf ears out of other peoples business." she said as she grew wolf ears, claws, fangs, and a tail. She walked closer to him. " This is my . . .well . . . lets just say I had some physical changes." she smiled, exposing wolf fangs. " I wouldn't say its my true self, but another form of mine."

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Matari had finished crying and began to look about. This place was so peaceful. Her soul was at somewhat peace. She sighed. She wanted her soul to be at peace and harmony fully, but it seemed impossible for her.

Suddenly something rustled behind her. She got up and bounced back. A demon, she noticed it wasn't very strong because of the small demonic aura it was emitting. She began running toward the forest. ' I'll have the advantage there.' But then, Hiei suddenly appeared.

" Hiei!" she said looking back. Hiei had gone in for an attack and killed it, but there were more coming from both sides of him. Matari grabbed a bow she had brought behind her back. She focused her spirit energy on the place the arrow would have been. It appeared in seconds and she fired it right away. Hiei had already killed the other two demons, but more demons just kept coming. Matari yelled: " Hiei! Get out of the way!" Hiei looked over at her. She moved her head upward as if to say jump. The second he did Matari shot another arrow. Every demon that had been there was gone. When it was done Matari looked up and began to howl.

" Well, this is part of me." Maharba said. Her fangs and claws disappeared. " Don't ask me why, but I like my ears and tail out in the open." she twitched her ears and gave a wave of her tail. They continued walking.

" So you knew I was a demon?"

Maharba nodded.

" I heard about the stones on the demon black market." Kurama said.

" I go to the demon black market once a month. Lets me see whats being sold."

" Some small demons were talking of blue fire stones. Saying how they were priceless artifacts that could bring destruction to the living world."

" That isn't true." she told him. " Thats part of a legend . . . it has been proved impossible. It can however, bring destruction to many countries if used in the correct way. After all . . ." she twitched her ears. They could hear Matari's howling. Maharba listened closely. It was the sort of language they made in case they wanted to have a private conversation. Since Maharba was part wolf demon she taught it to Matari.

Matari told her: Been attacked by demons. Don't know why they did. Thought you needed to know.

Maharba howled back: Be there in a minute. Where are you at?

Matari answered: Where do you think? The field of course!

Maharba grabbed Kurama and dragged him behind her as she ran towards the field.

When she got there Matari was sitting on the ground and Hiei was sitting in a nearby tree. There was no sign that demons had been there. Maharba walked over to her sister.

" How did you fair?" she asked.

" I did better than usual but now my spirit energy is low. I might as well have a sign that reads ' I'm weak. Come kill me.' " Matari answered and then sighed.

" Well your not fighting for the rest of the day."

" Hell, its not like theres much of the day left." she said looking at her watch. It read 11:50 pm. " Its later then I thought it was . . . hey! Why are you half transformed?" she asked noticing the ears and tail.

" Ohh . . . just showing off." she answered smiling.

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