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"So are you serious? Everyone was defeated?" Kuwabara asked in disbelief.

Kurama and Kuwabara were sitting at a train station, waiting for their train to come. It had been two years since they had returned from the Makai, and they were all waiting for Yusuke and Mikai's return.

"Yes, everyone was defeated," Kurama said as he nodded his head. "Everyone fought the best they could though, and that's all we can ask for."

"Huh." Kuwabara took a drink out of his soda. He brought it back down, taking a breath. "Good thing I didn't enter, I know my power limits."

Two girls then walked over to the two, one with blonde hair, and another brown hair. They were talking to one another but once they saw Kuwabara, they stopped talking and walked over to him.

"Hey Kuwabara where are you going?" the blonde asked as he looked at the orange haired boy.

"Private matter," Kuwabara answered as he threw his soda can into a near by garbage can.

The brown haired girls eyes shifted towards Kurama. "Kuwabara, you're not cheating on Reijii are you? Why are you hanging out with another girl?"

Kuwabara twitched. "He's a man! Can't you see that?"

The blonde walked over to Kurama's face and looked at it carefully. "Well he is." She giggled.

"You should tell Reijii that you're swinging to the other side," the brown haired girl teased.

"Oh shut up!" Kuwabara yelled.

A train pulled up and the two girls boarded. They looked back at Kuwabara and began to giggle with each other.

"Tell Reijii we said hi!" the blonde said as the train doors closed, and took off. They two of the boys were quiet for a few seconds.

"Sorry about that," Kuwabara said, breaking the silence.

"It's alright." Kurama laughed a bit. "By the way who's Reijii?"

"My girlfriend." Kuwabara grinned. "We met after I predicted an earthquake in my freshmen year."

"A girlfriend?" Kurama asked. "That's good."

"Kazu!" a woman yelled.

Kuwabara and Kurama looked to the right, where the voice had come from, and saw a young woman standing there. She had dark blond hair, which was tied back into a ponytail with a few strands hanging down in front of her face. Her light green eyes were hidden behind a thin pair of glasses, and she was wearing blue jeans and a light blue shirt, which showed off her well-curved body.

"Reijii!" Kuwabara said happily as he got up and ran towards her. "I've missed you!"

"You saw me yesterday," Reijii answered playfully.

"But still my heart aches for you!" he said as he wrapped his arm around her, and brought her back over to the red head. "Kurama, this is Reijii the love of my life."

"Pleased to meet you." Kurama stood up and gently shook Reijii's hand only to discover that she had a very manly hand shake.

"You're Mikai's boyfriend aren't you?" Reijii asked.

Kurama looked a bit shocked but then he smiled. "Yes if you want to call me that."

"You look like someone Mikai would like." Reijii smiled. "I'm one of her friends from America. I came here after I found out she went to the Makai to wait for her."

A train pulled up, and the three looked at it. They knew that it was their ride so they got on it, found a place to stand, and the train took off. They didn't say anything to each other as they watched the trees outside fly by them.

"The exams to get into High School were hard," Kuwabara said, breaking the silence between the trio. "Man," he sighed, "I thought I would be taking them with Urameshi. Damn it's been two years since I've seen Urameshi…"

"He's still the same," Kurama said as he looked at the orange haired boy.

"You still have some contact with him."

"Going back to the Makai…" Kurama sighed. "I haven't see Yusuke in six months."

"You think he'll come back?" Reijii asked as she looked at the two boys.

"He's just dealing with some business," Kurama answered. "But he's promised all of us that he would come back in two years…maybe with Mikai."

"Have you seen her at all?" Reijii asked.

Kurama shook his head. "I haven't even heard anything about her."

"Damn those two," Kuwabara hissed. "Always stalling out on other people."

The three arrived at a station where they had sat down to get something to eat before they went back on another train to get to their destination. Kurama was sitting across the table from Kuwabara and Reijii who the orange haired boy had his arm around.

"Hey Kurama?" Kuwabara asked. "How is it that you can cross through the demon barrier? When we fought Sensui you couldn't get through at all."

Kurama smiled. "There isn't a barrier up anymore."

"WHAT?!" Kuwabara yelled. "Demons could be running around us right now!"

"Calm down!" Reijii said as she looked at Kuwabara.

"What's all the screaming about?" Shizuru asked as she walked over to the group with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth.

"Hello Shizuru," Kurama said as he looked up at the older woman.

"Hey Kurama!" she said happily. "How's my favorite red head?"

"Be careful sis!" Kuwabara yelled. "There are demons all around us! Get close to me in case we have to fight!"

"Kuwabara calm down!" Kurama said, becoming rather embarrassed. "A verbal agreement between demons that Enki set up prevents demons from coming into the Ningenkai to cause problems."

"That's good," Kuwabara said as he relaxed and sat back down in his seat.

As everyone began to calm down once more, they heard a small knocking coming from the glass window next to them. They looked to see Sotto standing there with a smile on her face.

"Sotto!" Kurama said happily.

The kitten walked away from the window and then seconds later, she appeared next to everyone.

"Hey you guys," Sotto said happily.

"Hello Sotto," Reijii said as she looked over at her. "How's Spirit World?"

"Fine." Sotto grinned.

"Who's this?" Shizuru asked as she looked at the kitten.

"Oh I'm Sotto," she said as she looked at the older brown haired woman.

"She's Hiei's fiancé." Kurama giggled. For some reason Kurama always giggled when he told someone that Hiei was going to be married.

"Hiei's fiancé!" Kuwabara yelled as he looked at Sotto. "You're going to marry Hiei?" He couldn't believe it, Hiei had found someone else he would tolerate and let be near him.

"Yep." Sotto nodded.

"Good luck." Shizuru laughed.

The five of them were now sitting on the train, each of them doing their own thing as they waited for the train to reach their destination. Everyone was quiet until Shizuru began to laugh.

"Check this out," she said as she showed everyone the newspaper she was reading.

There in the paper was a small drawing of a small Hiei with a large head. The newspaper claimed that the picture of Hiei was an alien that the reporter said that he had seen.

"That's Hiei!" Kuwabara yelled. "But I thought he was in the Makai!"

"He is." Kurama giggled due to the picture. "But you see because Enki dropped the barrier between the Makai and Ningenkai, sometimes humans slip into the Makai in order to make sure nothing happens, the patrol picks them up."

"Patrol?" Kuwabara asked.

"It's a collection of demons who lost in the tournament," Kurama explained.

Back in the Makai, Hiei was riding Mukuro's bug like vehicle. He was standing next to another demon who sniffed the air which was running over the both of them.

"Another human," the demon said. "There's another one over there."

"Damn…again?" Hiei hissed.

The two demons walked over to a grassy area and found a human man lying there with a camera in his hands.

"Take him." Hiei hissed.

"Should I treat his injured lung?" the other demon asked as he looked at the three eyed demon.

"No." Hiei looked away. "If he dies, he dies."

Hiei returned from his patrol and walked into Mukuro's room. She was there sleeping but woke up once Hiei entered the room. She watched as he walked over to her table and placed his feet on the table.

"How was patrol?" she asked.

"Boring." He took a deep breath. "I'm leaving."

"I understand." Mukuro nodded her head. "You are free after all."

"I don't know when I'll be back." He stood back up quickly. He began to feel a bit anxious to get back in the Ningenkai where he would be able to see the woman he had been waiting to see for two years.

"Do what you want." Mukuro sighed.

Hiei walked out of the room he had just walked into, and began to walk out of the insect vehicle. He knew that Sotto would be waiting for him, and he couldn't wait to see her again, even though he didn't act like it.

"Hiei will be coming back soon," Kurama said happily.

"He'd better." Sotto puffed up her cheeks.

The group was now walking up the stairs which led to Genkai's temple, the place where they had been summoned to. The steps were still the same as they had been years ago when Kuwabara first walked up them to fight in Genkai's tournament. Everything looked so untouched by time.

They walked up to Genkai's gate and looked around at the beauty. It wasn't long before another woman appeared before them, smiling.

Her short light brown hair, and hazel eyes caught Kurama's attention immediately as he recognized her as being Mikai's friend Yuzu, that he had met back when he had come to the Ningenkai to take a small break from Yomi. Only this time, she was wearing a black shirt and jeans.

"Yuzu!" Sotto yelled.

The group began to walk over to her as Sotto ran ahead of them and greeted her first. She hugged her tightly as Yuzu did the same.

"I haven't seen you in forever!" Yuzu said happily.

"I know!" The kitten pulled away and let Yuzu look at the rest of the group. "Reijii's here too!"

"Hey Reijii," Yuzu said as Reijii waved. "So you guys are here to see Genkai right?" Yuzu asked as she looked at everyone else.

"Yeah," Shizuru answered. "I've never seen you around."

"Oh I'm Mikai's best friend from America. I came here with Reijii to wait for Mikai to come back from the Makai. But right now I'm here helping Genkai keep this place clean," Yuzu explained as she looked over towards Kurama and smiled.

"I have to bring her back. If not for you, then for me. I promise that in one year, I will return with Mikai."

His promise to her and himself. He had broken it two years ago when he had let Mikai go and let her stay in the Makai in order to train. He began to feel empty once more, a feeling he hadn't felt for awhile because he always knew that Mikai would come back, but now seeing her friends who were too waiting for her, made him miss her even more now.

"Hey you guys!" Yukina said as she appeared from Genkai's temple. "Why don't you come in already?"

All of them gathered inside of Genkai's temple, kneeling down in front of her as she took a drink of the tea which sat in front of her. She placed the cup down and looked back at all of them, scanning their faces.

"Now all I need is my two dimwits," she said with a small sigh. "What are those two idiots doing anyway?"

"I don't know," Kurama answered. "I haven't seen either of them for the past six months. Even going to the Makai I haven't heard anything about them."

"We haven't either," Koenma said as he appeared next to the group with Botan.

"Hey what are you doing here?" Sotto asked as she looked at the two. "Even on my day off I can't get a break."

"Genkai called us here too," Botan said as she sat down with everyone else.

"Why are we here?" Kuwabara asked.

"I wanted to talk to you all about my death," Genkai answered, causing the whole room to grow quiet. "We all know that it's going to happen and I wanted all of you to know that I'm giving you this temple. From the stone wall on the east to the beach on the west, this place is yours. It's a little far away from the cities and that's the way I want to keep it. It's a place to hide from demons and train so I want all of you to have it."

"Really?" Sotto asked in amazement.

"Why don't you all have a look around?" Genkai smiled. "Oh by the way Kurama?"

"Yes?" he answered.

"Mikai's clothing is still here from when she stayed up here years ago. I was wondering if you wanted to pick them up before she left."

"I will." Kurama smiled.

Everyone was standing outside, looking up at the bright blue sky, and the trees around him or her. Genkai's temple was going to be a perfect place to live for them, or for anyone who wanted to live there. It held so many memories for them, and they loved being there. Everything would be perfect.

"I've got an idea!" Botan said happily. "Let's go and check out the sunset at the beach!"

"You think we'll make it?" Sotto asked as she looked towards the sky.

"If we run fast enough," Yuzu said happily.

"I hate running," Reijii hissed.

As the group ran down the stairs and towards the beach, Kurama caught Kuwabara standing on the stairs, looking up them longingly.

"What's wrong?" Kurama asked.

"I first met Genkai when I came up the stairs with Urameshi. It was our first case together…I fought Rando, and then we went on to fight the four Holy Beasts, then we went to save Yukina, and then the Dark Tournament. Then…Urameshi left…to the Makai. To think everything began on this one staircase. It's all happened so fast."

"So much has happened," Kurama said as he too looked up the stairs. "And it's hard to remember everything."

"Come on Kazu!" Reijii yelled.

Kuwabara turned away from the staircase and looked down the stairs at the woman he loved. "I'm coming my love!"

"Speed it up!" she yelled back.

The waves of the ocean hit the beach softly as everyone ran towards them and began to play in the water. Kurama and Shizuru were both sitting on a log they had found as Shizuru smoked.

"I found a starfish!" Kuwabara said happily as he held up a large red starfish.

"Look at these shells I found!" Botan said happily.

"Ya know if you throw the shells back into the ocean they'll grant your wish in gratitude from putting them back in the ocean," Sotto said as she walked over to Botan.

"Really?" Botan said happily. "Let's try it!"

Botan handed shells out to everyone around her, and turned around towards Kurama. "Do you want to try it Kurama?"

"Sure." He smiled and walked over to Botan. She handed him one and he took it and stood next to everyone on the beach.

"One, two, three!" Botan yelled as she, Kuwabara, Yuzu, Reijii, and Yukina threw their shells in. They hit the water and sunk down to the bottom of the ocean.

"Hey…" Kuwabara said as he looked at Kurama and Sotto. "Why didn't you throw yours?"

"We wanna do something." Sotto said as she took a step backwards with Kurama. "The further away we are from the water, the more of a chance or wish has of coming true!"

"I wish you would have told me that!" Reijii yelled.

Sotto and Kurama stepped back as far as they could and looked at each other. They nodded and placed their hands backwards ready to throw. They then pushed forward, and their shells landed in the water, and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

"Yes!" Sotto cheered. "It worked!"

"Hey did any of you make a wish for me?" a familiar voice said.

Everyone grew quiet as they turned around and saw Yusuke standing there with a blue bag hanging over his shoulders. He grinned as he looked at everyone standing there.

"Yusuke!" Botan yelled.

"You stupid asshole!" Kuwabara yelled as he ran over to Yusuke and caught him in a headlock. "What took you so long to get back!?"

"Cut it out!" Yusuke yelled playfully as he moved around in Kuwabara's arms, trying to break free.

"I told you not to come back until you were the King of the Makai!" Kuwabara kicked Yusuke.

"Next time." Yusuke grinned but as he looked back at everyone else, he lost his smile and stopped playing with Kuwabara.

"What's wrong?" Kuwabara asked as he looked at Yusuke.

"I need to talk to Kurama," he said seriously.

"In two years…I promise."

Kurama stepped up and walked towards Yusuke as he did the same. Yusuke reached down into his pocket and pulled out a small necklace with a small crystal on it. He handed it to Kurama as small beads of water formed under his eyes.

"Mikai isn't coming back," Yusuke said gritting his teeth, and hating himself for saying anything.

"W-What?" Kurama asked not believing what he had heard. "What do you mean?"

"We were training…" Yusuke sniffled. "When she fell into a spell. It's called a Rajon hole. It traps you forever…and places you in a new world…there's a ten percent chance that Mikai will show up in the Ningenkai unharmed."

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Yusuke and Mikai were fighting a horde of demons, and the demons were pushing them farther and farther away from each other until Yusuke couldn't see Mikai anymore.

"Mikai!" he yelled as he kicked a demon out of his way and ran until he could see her. She was standing near a black hole placed in the ground as a demon kicked her near it.

"Mikai watch out dammit!" he yelled as he ran over to her.

The demon kicked Mikai in the leg, and she fell back into the hole, something slipping off of her wrist as she did so.

"MIKAI!" Yusuke ran over to the hole, kicking demons out of his way. He reached the edge of the hole and saw Mikai hanging on to a nook she had found.

"Mikai come on! Pull yourself up!" Yusuke yelled as he dropped his right arm down towards her. "Come on I'll help you!"

"Dammit Yusuke!" Mikai yelled. "I would if I could!"

She reached her left hand up towards the black haired boy and he saw that it had been dragged against the rocks around her as she fell. The skin was torn as she was bleeding badly.

"Come on!" Yusuke yelled as he stretched his hand down further.

Their hands met and Mikai's left hand grabbed onto Yusuke's right but she had a hard time holding onto him because of the blood. She grabbed his hand with her other hand also only to feel herself begin to slip.

"Dammit don't you fall!" Yusuke warned.

"Go back Yusuke," Mikai said with strain behind her voice. "Go back to the Ningenkai."

"I'm not going without you!"

"You have too!" Mikai yelled. "You have to go with or without me! You have to tell everyone not to wait for me!"

"Don't talk like that!" Yusuke yelled.

"Don't be stupid," Mikai said with a laugh as she began to slip. "Go back…you ass."

Mikai's hand slipped from Yusuke's, and she fell backwards into the black hole. Yusuke watched as she fell backwards and called her name over and over again but nothing happened.

I've got to get her! Yusuke thought as he began to slip in. I can't leave this place without her!

Yusuke was about to slip in, he was going to fall towards Mikai and try to bring her back but he felt something kick him out of the way, and he rolled away from the hole. His face hit the ground over and over again. He looked towards the hole and saw it close.

"Dammit!" he yelled as he stood up.

"Good she's gone." The demon laughed.

Yusuke felt something rise up in him, something that pushed him forward and when he came back to his senses, all of the demons around him were dead.

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"No," Sotto whimpered as everyone looked back at her. "No…Mikai has to come back…I don't…I can't…"

The only family she had was gone within a matter of minutes. Once again Sotto would be alone and she would no longer have her sister to play around with or talk to about her problems. Her small family was gone, and she was left alone just as she was years ago.

"MIKAI!" Sotto cried as tears fell down her face.

"Sotto…" Botan walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her. "It's okay…everything will be okay!"

"Mikai…" Reijii puffed up her eyes as they began to burn. Kuwabara come to her and wrapped his arms around her, allowing her to cry on his shoulder.

"It's okay Reijii," Kuwabara said gently as tears began to fall from his eyes. "It's everything…will be okay."

"Mikai…" Yuzu fell onto her knees. "Mikai…you can't be gone! You just can't be!" She brought her hands to her face as she began to cry.

"I found this near the hole." Yusuke looked at the necklace. "I thought you should have it."

Kurama took it and looked down at it. It was the necklace he had given Mikai when they were in the Makai. It was supposed to remind him of promise that he made her but now it only reminded him of her being gone.

"There's still a chance," Kurama said as he looked up at Yusuke. "There's still a chance that she'll came back…right?"

"Just a ten percent chance." Yusuke sniffled as a small tear fell down his face.

"Then I'll wait." Kurama slipped the necklace into his pocket.

"Kurama you can't!" Botan protested. "It's not fair to you and your future!"

"I promised Mikai that I would wait as long as I had to for her," Kurama protested as a small tear fell down his face. "And I'm going to keep my promise to her."

Yusuke looked at Kurama, and Kurama at Yusuke. At that moment they both found each other at fault. Kurama blamed Yusuke deep within his mind for not watching Mikai and Yusuke blamed Kurama for being stupid enough to wait. Yusuke also seemed to be a bit restful towards Kurama for falling in love with Mikai for if she had never fallen in love with her, Yusuke would be the only one who would be getting hurt at the moment.

Yusuke was the first one to look away. He walked over towards Yuzu, the only one who didn't have someone to comfort her, and wrapped his arms around her.

"Tell me your name," Yusuke asked as he squeezed her.

"Yuzu…" She sniffled.

"Yuzu," Yusuke repeated as he held her tightly.

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