I don't own YYH or any of it's characters. I only own Mikai.

Okay this chapter has major spoilers and does mention something of sex so just skip that part okay? It's just a little mention of it so hang tight. This chapters really long and was a pain since I had to wait forever to see this episode. Anyways read and enjoy

So much had happened in Kurama's life in the past few months. His Mother and Father were off on their honeymoon and while he was at not at home like his family thought, but in the Makai. He had to repay his debt to Yomi. Kurama had been forced to go.

He stood there, atop a small cliff, looking over the Makai, which he once called home. He hadn't gotten a good view like this for one thousand years. He remembered his few seconds here, in the Makai, when he was battling Sensui. But then he barely had any time to stop and enjoy the sights.

As he began to walk, so many things ran through his mind. Why did Yomi want him to come to the Makai so urgently? Was he hiding something from him? He had to be, there was no other reason that Yomi would call the reincarnated Kurama back to his homeland.

All of Kurama's thoughts were broken as three armed warriors appeared before him, running towards him with their knifes drawn. Kurama attacked, using his plants of course, killing each one without an issue.

"Yomi, I know you're here," Kurama hissed.

Yomi appeared from the bushes beside the red head with a smug look about him. There was, though, a smile written across his face. "I'm glad you've accepted my invitation Kurama," he said gently.

"Why have you invited me here? This is the kind of greeting you send?" Kurama asked now very irritated.

"I just wanted to see if you were strong enough to be among me," Yomi said as the smile stayed on his face.

"So you were testing me?" Kurama asked. As Kurama studied Yomi, he discovered something about him. He seemed so calm, not like he once was a thousand years ago.

"You've changed," Kurama accused.

"I can say the same for you."

"Sir!" a short demon said as he ran over to the two and stood by Yomi's side. "It's time for your meeting with your military commanders regarding the unification of the Makai."

"Very well Yoda." Yomi sighed. "Kurama, come."

Yoda looked on at Kurama in disgust. His ki level was so short that he dare not waste any of his breath on him. The three of them walked onto the destination where Kurama had been heading to, Gandara.

Kurama had been in Yomi's little meeting of generals, Yomi sometimes asking him for his own opinions on how he should move his own army out to fight Raizen and Mukuro. Kurama being there did anger a few of Yomi's generals who did not agree with the way Kurama thought, or didn't like the fact that his ki level was so low. Now that the meeting was over, the two were walking down a hallway, Yomi promising Kurama something that would convince him to help him in his little war.

"I think Shachi is planning to kill you," Yomi said in reference to one of his generals who had shot a death glare at the red head.

"How can you tell?" Kurama asked confused by the fact that Yomi was now blinded and that he could see.

"After being blinded, I've become much stronger," Yomi explained as they continued to walk down the corridor. "Although unable to see, I can sense many things: temperature, pressure, one's state of mind, the mood in a certain environment. Kurama, I can guess what will happen in six months from now." Yomi smiled. "Yusuke Urameshi has been training to become the new leader of Raizen's army. I've been informed that your partner Hiei, who has gone to Mukuro, has increased his powers remarkably in a short period of time. Do you believe that in six months Yusuke, Hiei and you will become seconds-in-command to your kings? The key elements in each of the three armies?"

Kurama stood there looking on at the blind man, not giving an answer.

"By the way there's someone I want you to meet," Yomi said as the idea hit him once more. "Come."

Yomi led Kurama down to a large underground cell, which was closed off, from the rest of the world with heavy doors.

"He took me forever to catch, but I caught him. The demon that blinded me that is."

Kurama twitched, hearing those words and looked away. Yomi felt Kurama's hesitation and smiled to himself.

"What's wrong? Why don't you take a look?" Yomi asked almost mocking the red head.

All of the doors opened, and showed the horrible condition in which the demon was in. both of his hands were bound to the wall, as Yomi's facial expression changed once more, to a more devilish smile.

"He's starting to decompose," Yomi said as he walked over to the assassin, causing him to wake.

"Please kill…me…," the demon begged. "The…pain…it hurts."

"You've suffered enough." Yomi sighed. "But do tell me one thing, who sent you out to kill me?"

"It was…," the demon began. "He...has...sliver hair...and is ruthless…his name is Youko Kurama."

With the end of the demon's sentence, Yomi slammed his foot down onto the assassin's head, smashing it all over the place.

Yomi turned to Kurama only to see that he was clam and cool, just as Yomi expected. "Kurama, you might not believe it, but I understand. I admit, I was stupid, sacrificed too many of our men. Had our positions been inverted, I'd have done the same and killed you without hesitation."

"What is it that you want?" Kurama asked.

"I merely want you to join me and be my second-in-command. I need your strength. In the past, despite my stupidity, I was useful to you somehow. I need your help to unify Makai. I want my dream to come true," Yomi said as if he were lecturing a child about his future dreams.

"And if I say no?"

Yomi paused for a minute and then commented casually, "The human you love is flying on a plane right now. We wouldn't want that place to crash would we?"

"You wouldn't you bastard," Kurama asked urgently, now a bit shaken.

Yomi smirked. "I know all about you and your reincarnation. I know about your Mother, your past fights, everything. You're the one who taught me all of this, aren't you proud of me? I've learned."

"You've learned so much over this time," Kurama said in embarrassment.

"I've impressed you?" Yomi said with a bit of pride in his voice. "Well I may have something else for you that impresses you even more."

A red flag shot up in Kurama's red. What could it be. He already had his Mother hostage in away could he possibly have Shuuichi as well?

"What is it?" Kurama hissed.

"All will be revealed in time," Yomi said calmly.

"Now Yomi you wouldn't want me to be distracted while I'm training, wondering about what it is you may have," Kurama said, hoping to get Yomi to fall into his trap.

"You win." Yomi sighed.

The wall behind Yomi rose slowly as Yomi spoke. "I've taken back that which was once mine. The treasure I had in the first place before the bandit Youko Kurama came into the picture."

The wall fully rose, and Kurama's green eyes widened. Mikai's body was pinned up on the wall with plants surrounding her on all sides. A few of the plants had dug their way under the skin in her arms and were pumping something into her.

"Mikai!" Kurama said as he stepped forward. "Let her go!"

"Not until she's fully healed."

"Fully healed?" Kurama repeated.

"Yes she was wounded in a training battle that I had set up for her."

Kurama looked back at Mikai and the plant and recognized it. He had used it many times to heal himself during his past fights. He had only been forced to use it when he was hurt in extreme cases.

"I caught her running around in the Ningenkai," Yomi said with another sigh.

"Why did you take her?" Kurama growled.

"She'll make a great ally to our side. Not to mention she does belong to me."

"What?" Kurama asked not believing what he was saying.

"Don't you remember? I was the one who first took Senkai from her home, promising that she would grow rich running the thieves that Youko Kurama ruled. But in reality, I wanted her for her beauty and innocence. She was so small, not even having grown her second tail yet. Within the time she spent in the group, I fell in love with her, and asked her to be mine and only mine. We became engaged."

"Senkai…," Kurama said as he looked back up at Mikai's torn body.

"As soon as I thought she was old enough to steal with the group, she did a wonderful job. She was out to protect the gang and even risked for life for me a few times. But everything ended the night that she protected you. After that she began to see my flaws, and all of your little attributes filled her mind. But I did do one thing before she left me for you, I stole her innocence."

Kurama's eyes widened a bit and then turned cold once more. "By force?"

"It doesn't really matter now does it? Everything was fine until the day I became blinded. After waiting for you forever, I soon discovered that you had run off with the young Senkai. Maybe hoping to raise her to be a thief worth having around Kurama? But then again it wasn't a long-lived lesson was it? She had soon disappeared, correct? Then you were killed."

"Everything you want her for now is to help in the fight correct? Or is there another motive?" Kurama hissed, feeling as if Yomi had something else in mind.

"Kurama, this war can cause me to make choices which I've only seen in my nightmares, but right now all that matters is that we win. By any means if necessary." Yomi sighed.

Kurama's eyes traveled back up to Mikai. Her chest was moving up and down, showing that she was still breathing enough to keep herself alive. Her small hands twitched once in awhile causing Kurama's hopes to go up that she would awaken soon.

"Tell me," Kurama said in a low tone. "How much does Mikai remember of Senkai's past?"

Yomi held up a small blue ball. "None. When I captured her I took all of Senkai's memories form Mikai's body and placed them in here, all locked away. They will kept hidden from her for now because of her weak state of mind do to the fight."

Kurama slanted his eyes. There was another motive. If Yomi was keeping Senkai's memories hidden, was Senkai hiding something? What was there that he wanted hidden?

"So Kurama, you want to see your room now or later?" Yomi said with a smile across his face.

"Now," Kurama said hating himself for now working with the demon.

So much was now riding on Kurama's every decision. Mikai's well being and past, his Mother's life, and now with this war set in front of him, every moment mattered. He had to find a way to get through this all and still come out of this with everyone still intact.

Yomi came back to the cell after he had shown Kurama his room and made sure that he was settled in. He looked at Mikai's body as her brown eyes opened slowly.

"So you're awake?" Yomi asked gently feeling her mind set awaken once more.

"I don't feel any better." Mikai coughed.

"Oh you will." Yomi smiled.

Mikai felt the plants around her release her. She jumped down to the floor, catching herself gracefully. She felt her stomach burn, and she fell onto her knees.

"It's still there." Mikai groaned as she fell over, holding her stomach. "It...it won't leave."

"Trust me it will," Yomi said as he kneeled down to Mikai's level and picked up her face.

Mikai looked at the place were Yomi's eyes once were. All they were now were closed blinds to the rest of the world. As she looked on, something caught her attention. In the room somewhere, was the faint sent of Kurama.

Kurama? Mikai asked herself. He's here. I have to find him.

"You're well enough to retire to your room," Yomi said, breaking all of Mikai's thoughts.

"I think I'll bathe first. I need a change of clothing." Mikai sighed as she looked up at the blinded demon.

"Head down to the hidden lake west of here. I'll have someone bring you, your clothing," Yomi said as he stood back up. "Be careful out there. I can't have you dying now."

"Yes...Yomi-sama." Mikai bit her tongue. Using suffixes wasn't something she was used to.

The large lake was hidden away from everyone else. It was Yomi's small place were he could recover from his training without being bothered. The water was crystal blue, but yet somehow a bit murky at the bottom. Small trees, which looked like Weeping Willows, hung from the sides casting a small shadow over the lake.

Kurama had discovered the past by mistake as he walked along Yomi's kingdom boundaries. It gave him an eerie feeling as he walked over to the lake and let one of his hands touch the water. He watched ripples form, and travel away from him, making him feel content somewhere in his heart.

He knew that he had to leave soon. He would have to recruit the demons that he had met during the Dark Tournament. He also had intentions of finishing up some of his lose family ties before he came back to Yomi. He had to come back now, Yomi had Mikai and that was another thing he had to protect with his heart.

Every feeling inside of him broke as he heard footsteps come from behind him, gentle small steps. Kurama turned around quickly, ready to fight only to see Mikai's shocked face.

"Mikai?" Kurama asked hoping that his eyes weren't telling lies.

"Kurama?" Mikai asked back as she dropped her towels on the floor.

The two stood there, hoping that everything they saw was true. Maybe they didn't want to take the chance of having their hearts broken if everything was just an illusion, maybe they both wanted to deny the fact the other was there. But soon, both ran to each other, and embraced.

"Kurama!" Mikai said as she dug her head into the red head's neck and her fingers ran through his red locks, maybe wanting to make sure he was there, or to not let go if he was an illusion.

"You're okay…," Kurama said as he held Mikai close. "You're okay.."

"That's what he wants me for?" Mikai asked gently.

"As far as I know yes," Kurama answered back.

Mikai was insistent on taking a bath, saying that she hated the way that plant Yomi had used on her made her feel afterwards. She was now in the water washing herself with a small bar of some kind of demon fat that Yomi had given her.

Kurama, of course, was sitting on the riverbank turned away from the young lady. At first there was a sight blush on his face from thinking about Mikai naked behind him but it soon faded as they began to talk about Yomi and the war.

"Have you heard anything about Yusuke?" Mikai asked followed by a splash.

"He's with Raizen in his kingdom."

"Raizen…," Mikai said in a low tone. "He's not going to last much longer. A pity."

Kurama almost turned around but stopped. "You talk as if you know him."

"Senkai did." Kurama heard Mikai stop moving. "You've never seen Senkai's full power in this life time, or mine Kurama. Raizen is the reason for all of my powers. Do you think...when Raizen dies...my power will leave?"

"No," Kurama answered. "You're powers now are based off of what Raizen gave you. You know have your own powers on your own levels." Kurama paused until a thought passed over him. "How did you remember? Yomi told me he took all of Senkai's memories from you."

"Hey," Mikai said as she wrapped her wet arms around Kurama's neck from behind. "I'll show you."

Kurama blushed to think that maybe Mikai was naked behind him. he wanted to turn around and face her, but that would betray everything that he had been taught since childhood. Instead Mikai walked in front of Kurama, and Kurama saw that she was fully dressed in her old clothing.

"Stand up," Mikai said gently.

Kurama did as told. He watched as Mikai walked over to him nose to nose. She reached to his sides and grabbed his hands.

"We can't let anyone see this," Mikai whispered.

"See what?" Kurama asked wondering if she was talking about them two or something else.

"This."

Kurama felt a small round object fall into his hands. As his eyes traveled down to it Mikai turned around quickly to hide it.

"Kameda," she said with a slight laugh.

Kurama looked up, over Mikai's shortness, and saw Yomi's servant, Kameda standing there with a stoic look about him.

"What are you two doing out here?" Kameda asked.

"I was just bathing," Mikai said quickly.

"I was out training when I came across her," Kurama lied.

"I'm here to give you your new clothes Mikai," Kameda said as he walked over to her with a bundle of traditional Makai clothes in his hands. "I expect to see you back soon." He warned as he walked away.

"Tell Yomi-sama I'll be in soon!" Mikai yelled.

The two of them waited until Kameda was out of sight. Mikai waited a few more minutes before she turned back around to Kurama.

"Look at it," she whispered.

Kurama looked down into his hands, at the round object that he was hiding. It was the same small, blue ball that Yomi had shown him earlier, the one that held Senkai's memories.

Bewildered, Kurama looked back up at Mikai. "How did you get this?"

"That's one problem with Yomi, he makes copies of everything and can't keep track of them. I still am a bandit ya know," Mikai said with a smile.

Kurama smiled. As his smile slowly faded, he reached down and pressed his lips against Mikai's gently. Mikai blushed slightly, and pushed her mouth against Kurama's back. The two stayed like that for awhile, Kurama wanting to pull Mikai to him, but couldn't because of the blue ball between the two, and Mikai wanting never to move wither the war was coming or not.

But ever so slowly, Kurama pulled away from Mikai, knowing that something had to be done about Senkai's memories. Once his face was completely parted from Mikai's, he smiled to see the blush on her face heavy.

"Anyway," Mikai said as she walked away from the red head. "I need your help."

"Anything," Kurama said as he watched Mikai step back into the water. He blinked in confusion a few times as she turned to him.

"I need you to come in here with me," she asked.

Kurama walked into the water, feeling how cold it was. How Mikai could have taken a bath in this was beyond him, but he walked in it until he was knee high and next to Mikai.

"Yomi comes here because the waters here are able to replenish Spirit Energy quickly. It heals minor wounds also," Mikai said as she looked back up at Kurama. "I'll need all of the energy I can muster. Kurama, right now you and I don't have nearly enough Spirit Energy to do what we have to do, so that's why I brought you here."

"Mikai what do you need me to do that requires so much energy?" Kurama asked as he reached down to her sides and grabbed her hand.

"To open the ball and restore all of Senkai's memories into me, I need someone who was there. Someone like Youko Kurama," Mikai said as she looked into Kurama's green eyes. "I need you to turn into Youko...Kurama...please?"

Kurama hesitated for a minute. Thinking about it was really wise to do this in an area so open like this. He, personally, didn't want to turn back into the silver haired demon do to all of the emotional stress it placed on him but then again, doing all of this was for Mikai, and there might be something in her past that would help for or against Yomi.

"Okay," Kurama said gently. "I will."

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