I don't own YYH or any of it's characters. I just own Mikai, Sotto, and Kith.

Okay, here ya go another chapter. I hope you enjoy and a little secret will be reveled in here which will tell everything of something hidden in the past. Well enjoy

For the next few days, everyone kept to himself or herself and did their own thing as they waited for the tournament to come. Kurama hadn't seen Mikai in the time of everyone's silence and hadn't even seen Sotto around either. Kurama didn't even seen Mikai or Sotto the morning of the tournament, but he did meet up with Yomi.

"Ready Kurama?" Yomi asked as he looked in the direction of the red head.

"Yes," Kurama said not worried about the tournament. As he looked at the blind demon, he noticed a smaller demon standing next to him who was glaring up at him.

"Ah yes Kurama meet my son, Shura," Yomi said as he pushed his son forward to meet Kurama. "Say hello Shura."

"So who are you?" Shura asked as he looked at Kurama.

"His name is Kurama," Yomi answered before Kurama could. "He is my second in command when it comes to my army."

"He doesn't look very strong," Shura answered as he looked up at his father.

"Looks aren't everything," Kurama said with a smile.

"Only weaklings say that!" Shura said as he stuck his tongue out at the fox. Kurama laughed a bit as Yomi placed his hand on his son's shoulder.

"Respect Shura," Yomi said.

"Can we go Father?" Shura asked as he looked up at Yomi. "I want to get to the tournament as soon as possible."

"Fine." Yomi moved his head back upwards to face Kurama. "We will see you there."

"Yes." Kurama nodded.

"Good luck." Yomi turned his back and began to walk away as Shura shot a glare towards Kurama as they walked.

I hope everything goes well. Kurama thought as he began to walk towards the place of the tournament.

Millions of demons had arrived at the place of the tournament. They all stood looking at the enemy, comparing themselves to everyone. Yusuke of course didn't care and was found stretching.

"Yusuke," Yomi said as he walked up to the young prince with Shura by his side, Mikai and Sotto who was looking around.

"Yomi," Yusuke answered as he then looked at Mikai. "Hey Mikai how are you?"

"Fine Yusuke." Mikai smiled. "You?"

"Mother, Father?" Shura asked as he looked up at the two. "Who this is?"

Did this kid just call Mikai, Mother? Yusuke asked himself as he watched Mikai react to Shura calling Mother out.

"This is Yusuke," Yomi answered. "The one who proposed this whole thing."

"He isn't every strong is he?" Shura asked.

"What?" Yusuke hissed.

"Yusuke meet my son Shura," Yomi introduced. "Or rather our son." Yomi added as he moved his head towards Mikai who laughed nervously.

"Where is he?" Sotto asked as she looked around.

"We'll find him," Mikai whispered. "Don't worry about it."

"Mikai," Yusuke said as he stood forward a bit. "is this kid your s—"

Shura pulled away from the group and pointed to his father, causing Yusuke to stop in the middle of his sentence.

"If you go easy on me during the tournament I'll never speak to you again father!" Shura yelled and then ran off.

"Shura wait!" Mikai yelled as she took off after him.

"Hey wait for me!" Sotto yelled as she too ran after the young prince.

"Mothers." Yomi laughed. "They're so protective. Anyway good luck in getting into a group, Yusuke. We don't want you getting knocked out early now do we?"

Yomi walked away from the heir leaving him with questions that he couldn't answer.

What was up with that Shura kid and Mikai? Yusuke thought as he looked in the direction that they had taken off in. Is that really her son? But with Yomi of all people? I thought she was with Kurama.

As Yusuke went back to stretching a bit, Koenma, Botan, and George appeared at the top of the stands in their disguises. Koenma looked over at Yusuke and saw that Kurama and Hiei were walking up to him.

"Sir where's Mikai?" Botan asked as she looked at Koenma. "Isn't she supposed to be here?"

"I don't know where she is," Koenma answered. "But that's not who I'm looking for…" Koenma began to look around the area carefully.

"Who are you looking for sir?" George asked.

"Sotto," Koenma answered. "She's bound to cause problems here."

"Why is that?" Botan asked as she too began to look around.

"Mukuro might not like her. And knowing Mukuro, she'll get rid of anything that bothers her or gets in her way."

"Gets in her way?" Botan repeated as she looked back at the Reikai prince. What could that kitten do to get in Mukuro's way? Botan thought.

"I haven't seen you guys in forever!" Yusuke said happily as he looked at Hiei and Kurama. "So what have you been up to?"

"Skip the pleasantries Urameshi," Hiei hissed as he glared at Yusuke. "I'm just here to make sure that I win rule over the Makai."

"You and every other demon here!" Yusuke yelled as he got in Hiei's face.

"I'd be careful if I were you! Everyone wants to knock you out first and it would be a disgrace if the man who organized this whole thing got knocked out in the first few rounds," Hiei argued back.

"Well at least I don't have to stand on a phone book to fight!"

"You're starting to sound like Kuwabara!"

"HIEI!!" a female voice yelled as Hiei twitched. Everyone looked behind him to see Sotto standing there with a smug look on her face. She ran over to Hiei and hugged him tightly as he blushed slightly. Yusuke and Kurama held back their laughs as Sotto rubbed her face next to Hiei's.

"Oh Hiei I've missed you so much!" Sotto said as she pulled away from him for a minute. Hiei stuck his hands in his pockets and looked away blushing.

"So who's this?" Yusuke asked as he poked Hiei in the face.

"Don't touch me," Hiei hissed. "This is Sotto, my fiancée."

Yusuke's mouth hit the floor as he looked at Hiei and Sotto. Kurama giggled a bit and smiled. He stepped up closer to the group and looked at Hiei.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Kurama asked.

"There are demons out there who hate me," Hiei growled. "I couldn't risk telling anyone at the time were I was being hunted down."

"When was that?" Yusuke asked as he picked his chin up off of the floor.

"Back when Mikai first came in. I was being hunted by a certain group of demons and I didn't want to go and open my mouth," Hiei answered. "I still don't want people to know so don't go around telling people."

"What so that means she was with you through the Sensui incident?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes."

"I'm Sotto," she said as she stuck her hand out to Yusuke. "You're the ex Spirit detective Mikai told me about right? Yusuke Urameshi?"

"Yeah that's me." Yusuke shook the kitten's hand. "So how do you know Mikai? I've never heard her talk about you before."

"I met Mikai back in Japan when you off being trained by Genkai because you won that tournament against Rando. She and I lived together because both of my parents had died. I'll never forget everything Mikai did for me back then." Sotto's ears wiggled.

"But Mikai never mentioned anything about you to me when I met up with her later on," Yusuke said.

"Well I worked in Spirit World for a long time and only came down to Japan once in awhile ya know to help Mikai on her missions and such. And then…I met Hiei."

"You met Hiei before Kurama met Mikai?" Yusuke asked keeping the questions going hoping to answer a question buried within his own head.

"Yeah, Mikai met Hiei way back."

"So that's why you always acted so friendly towards her," Kurama said as he looked at the shorter demon.

"Anyways!" Sotto said as she laughed a bit. "I just came over here to tell you to be careful." Sotto reached down to Hiei's level and kissed him gently on his cheek.

"I want to talk to you later," Hiei said as he looked into Sotto's eyes. "After the primaries come and see me in the room where Mukuro is staying."

"Sure!" Sotto turned around. "Good luck you guys!" She yelled as she began to run into the crowd disappearing.

"Way to go Hiei," Yusuke said as he hit Hiei in the side with his elbow. "You got a nice lookin' one."

"Shut up," Hiei hissed as he blushed once more.

"So do you have a ring?" Kurama asked.

Hiei looked down to his right hand. "Yes. I keep it under all of my finger wrappings."

"Aw so it doesn't get lost?" Yusuke teased. The blush on Hiei's face became a deeper shade of red due to the fact that Yusuke had figured out the meaning of wrapping his hand up besides the fact that it hid his tattoo of The Dragon of the Darkness Flame.

"Kurama?" Hiei asked as he turned to his old friend. "Will you hold my ring for me while I fight?"

"As long as you're not fighting me, of course." Kurama smiled.

Everyone was now looking up at the large screen placed in front of them, looking to see which demon drew what. All ordinary demons feared getting Yomi or Mukuro in their groups, while some couldn't wait to get Yusuke, Kurama, or Hiei so they could kill them quickly.

"We have an announcement!" Koto yelled into her microphone after everyone was done getting sorted into their own fighting groups. "Mikai the reincarnation of the fox demon Senkai, has entered the tournament as a fighter! And she's been placed in group 1! Good luck to her but let's get this thing started!"

"Senkai's here?" a demon next to Kurama whispered to another. "Shit I may as well just drop out right now."

"Is she really that good?" the other demon asked.

"She used to run with Yomi and Youko Kurama. I mean how much more power can you have? I also heard that she slept with Raizen a few times before he past away."

"Really? There should be more demons like her around here." The demons broke out laughing as Kurama glared at them both.

"If you two want to keep living then you'll hold your tongue around me," Kurama said in a low tone as the two demons faced him.

"Oh crap its Kurama!" the demon said as he backed up. "Come on, let's get out of here!"

Both demons turned their backs and ran as fast as they could away from the red head. They knew who he was, and knew too well what someone like him could do to simple demons like them.

I'm sorry to say that I too am a demon like them. Kurama thought. Mikai never told me that she was going to fight…I wonder why.

"Are you ready?" Yomi asked as he moved his head towards Mikai with a smile.

"Just don't hurt Shura too badly," Mikai said in a low tone. "I'll see you after my fight."

Yomi listened and waited for Mikai to leave the room. As soon as her heartbeat was out of listening range, he smiled. "Everything is going according to plan."

"Welcome back ladies and gentlemen!" Koto yelled into her microphone. "As we've just seen in these fights we've got a lot of great fighters out here today! So far everyone has finished their fights expect for Mikai, Chuu and Yomi!"

"How do you think she's doing?" Touya asked as he looked at Suzuki.

"Mikai is doing fine," he answered as he watched her hop around avoiding another demon on the large screen in front of them. "She doesn't even look like she's trying that hard."

"What are you going to do if you have to fight her?"

"I'm not going to throw everything just because she's a close friend." Suzuki crossed his arms.

"That's good." Touya smiled.

"And Mikai has just cleared her preliminary battle! Which means that she will move on to fight another round but against whom? Now sit back as we watch Chuu, Yomi and Shura battle their own way out!" Koto yelled as Kurama let out a sigh of relief.

She's made it. Kurama thought as he looked back at the screen. But this also means that I could have to battle her later on.

"So how is she doin'?" Yusuke asked as he walked up to the concerned head.

"Fine really," Kurama replied as he looked to his side as Yusuke walked to his side. "Are you worried you may have to face her?"

"Nope I look forward to it really." Yusuke smiled. "I hope I do get to battle her! I'm gonna get back at Senkai for the time she beat the crap out of me."

"Oh," Kurama said in a low tone as he looked back to the screen. Chuu was now fighting but Kurama wasn't giving the blue haired man the respect he deserved. His mind was now somewhere else, thinking about what would happen if he had to fight Mikai. Would he be able to hurt her?

"Hey…," Mikai said gently as she walked into the room with the two other boys. "How's Chuu doing?"

"He'd better be doing good," Yusuke answered as he turned back to the screen.

"Well," Mikai corrected as Yusuke growled.

"What are you my English teacher?"

"I will be if I have to!" Mikai yelled as she shot a glare towards Yusuke. "You never did well in English class anyways!"

"Only because I had you as tutor!" Yusuke yelled back as he got in her face. The two's eyes met in a dead stare full of hate as Yusuke's cheek twitched.

"Mikai," Kurama said gently as he turned around to the two, somewhere inside hating himself for breaking up their little fit. Partly because the small fit was just a cover up of how much they had really missed each other over the past few years and weeks.

"What?" Mikai asked, not taking her eyes away from Yusuke's.

"Shura and Yomi are fighting now," Kurama finished.

Mikai broke away from Yusuke's eyes and walked closer to the screen so she could get a better view. Kurama stood there, by her side as she watched the one person she had to look over as a mother in her life. He was surprised at how quickly she had changed from a playful mode, to a motherly mode within seconds.

She must care for Shura deeply. Kurama thought as he looked at Mikai.

"Calm down he's gonna be fine," Yusuke said as he walked over to Mikai and hit her gently on the back, expecting to get a hit back but got nothing. Disappointed he focused back on the battle at hand.

Sotto was unaware of the battle going on the large screen and could really care less for it. She was a fighter, but only when she had to be. She couldn't enter a tournament just for the fun of fighting; she needed something to come from it such as money or food. Besides that she didn't want to rule the Makai, what would she do with it? But as for now, all Sotto wanted to do was find her short little demon and spend some time with him.

Where is he? Sotto thought as she looked around. She was walking down a long hallway that some random demon said Mukuro could be found. She looked around in the blue hallway and spotted a small door to her right.

That's gotta be it! The kitten thought happily.

Sotto peeked her head into the room to see Hiei sitting down in the corner of the room, and an orange haired woman standing next to him watching a screen placed in front of her.

"How do you think this will turn out Hiei?" she asked. Not looking away from the screen.

"I don't care," Hiei hissed.

Who the hell is that!? Sotto thought as she puffed up her cheeks. And why is she acting so relaxed around him? I've never seen anyone act that way when Hiei's around…unless she's known him for a while now.

"HIEI!" Sotto yelled as she stomped into the room.

"Sotto?" Hiei asked as he watched his fiancée walk into the room with her cheeks still puffed up. He blinked a few times as the kitten stood next to him.

"And who is she?" Sotto asked as her eyebrow twitched.

"Who is this?" Mukuro asked as she too looked at Hiei, not feeling any kind of threat from Sotto's ki level.

Hiei stood up. "Sotto meet Mukuro, Mukuro meet Sotto."

"Sotto?" Mukuro repeated as she looked at the kitten. "And who is she to you Hiei if I might ask?"

Hiei blushed a bit and broke his eye contact with the older woman. "A fighting partner," he lied.

"Oh." Sotto coughed as she too looked away. "I…uh…just came here to see how you were. Okay? Good luck in the rest of your battles." Sotto smiled a fake smile, which hurt her to commit to.

"I don't need luck," Hiei hissed as he sat back down onto the floor and relaxed. "You know that."

"Right," Sotto hissed back as she turned her back to the shorter demon. She took a deep breath of air and walked towards the door, leaving the two alone in the room.

"Does she mean something to you?" Mukuro asked as she looked at Hiei who now had his head tucked into his chest.

"She's a fighting partner," Hiei repeated. "Nothing more."

"Huh." Mukuro turned away from Hiei and looked back at the screen. She knew something was up, Hiei was horrible at keeping secrets as she could tell. She would learn Hiei's secrets, whether he liked it or not.

Sotto lend on a blue wall, further away from the door, which led to the room with Mukuro and Hiei. Her fists were in small balls at her side as she gritted her teeth together.

"I hate living in secret like this," she whispered to herself. "I hate it."

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