Silver Youko: Hola everybody!!!!!!

Kurama: You speak Spanish? Since when?

Silver Youko: Since forever! Oh, and for the people who didn't know, I changed some stuff in the first chapter. You know how the name of the other thief with Yoko was Serena? Scratch that. Now it's Silver.

Kurama: Um.....why?
Silver Youko: BECAUSE I SAID SO, DAMNIT!!!!!!!

Kurama: Eep! (thinking) Talk about mood swings.

Silver Youko: Anyways, please do the disclaimer while I'm asking you nicely.

Kurama: Ok! Serena-the-Silver-Youko doesn't own anything except her character, Serena/Silver, and her brain.

Silver Youko: Well, I actually rented my brain out to the villainous dust bunnies bent on world domination, so all I own is Serena/Silver.

Kurama: --U

Italics means telepathy

Ch. 4: But She Was Dead!

Recap:

Kurama had been getting a closer look at the picture of the female kitsune. She had looked familiar from far away, but he couldn't remember from where. After the close-up, he immediately recalled who this girl was.

"Silver!" he quietly exclaimed.

"What was that, Kurama?" Yusuke asked.

"It's.....It's her! No, that can't be! She's....She's...." Kurama shakily spoke. (Hey, you would too if someone you thought was dead suddenly is said to be alive and your new mission! Give him some credit! Ok. I'm done.) He couldn't believe it. It couldn't be his old partner, Silver. It just couldn't be. He must be imagining things. Yes, that's it. He was imagining it.

"I've got to be imagining this!" he thought. "She can't be..."

"Is that...who I think it is?" Yoko mentally asked his red-headed human half.

"I'm...I'm...not sure." He answered.

"Oi, Kurama! Kurama! Are you ok?" Yusuke quickly asked to his silent friend. Kurama said nothing. All he did was mumble something no one could hear, except for Hiei and Koenma.

"Kurama." Koenma said. The fiery haired teen looked up. He looked slightly confused. Koenma then spoke to the others as well. "I guess I forgot to mention their names. The dragon demon is Kirala Dragon. The fox demon is Yoko Silver." Kurama was completely lost. (Yusuke: Well then why doesn't someone find him? Silver: SHUT UP, DOLT!!!) He couldn't believe it. He didn't believe it.

"But that can't be her. She...she..."

"It's her, Kurama."

"NO!" Everyone was shocked by the emerald-eyed kitsune's outburst. Kurama slid to the floor and started crying. His body racked with tears. Tears streamed freely down his face as he spoke yet again.

"It can't be Silver."

"Kurama, I can assure you, that that is indeed Silver and that she is alive." Koenma was growing impatient. Kurama looked up, his face tear-streaked and pale. His voice was as calm as ever. Eerily calm even. It seems that the bandit Yoko Kurama had taken control of his thoughts.

"Koenma, you can't honestly tell me that you think I'm going to believe that that is my old friend Silver. The friend who was always there for me since we were just kits and had promised she'd always be there for me. The fox who was one of the best thieves and fighters that I had ever seen..." he chuckled. "...but still had the heart not to kill unless they deserved it or she was really pissed off. The girl who..." he sighed. "...who was the most beautiful thing I have ever had the chance to know. The one who I loved so dearly, the one who I loved as a sister at first, but then as more than that, more than she could ever know. The one who never knew just how much she meant to me, how I truly felt for her because some damn bastard had killed her before I could have ever told her exactly how much I loved her. The one who...who...who died, died in my arms, telling me to find somebody to love. The one who when I offered to heal her wouldn't let me, told me to just let her be, to let her die, so that maybe I could escape. Telling me to forget about her, making me promise to find someone to love, when the only one I knew that I could ever love was her, and nobody....nobody else." His lip was quivering and salty tears stung at his eyes. "Even though....even though she didn't know that, how it would always, always be true." As he finished, no one said anything. Koenma had his head down in respect. Hiei also looked down. Kuwabara's eyes had welled up with tears. Yusuke looked at Kurama, feeling really sorry for the poor guy. And Botan was biting her lip, trying not to cry, and failing miserably.

"Kurama, look, I'm sorry, man. This has gotta be hard for you." Yusuke quietly said, putting a hand comfortingly on his friend's shoulder.

"But, but that just isn't fair! How could someone kill her like she was just a useless piece of trash! It's not fair! It just isn't!" Botan wept.

"Hn." everyone turned to look at Hiei. He continued. "That's because to that bounty hunter, she was just a piece of trash. They don't care about what's fair, or what the right thing to do is. As long as they get paid a large sum, they don't care. They would even kill their own mother, if the price was right. Bastards." There was a long pause before Koenma spoke up again.

"I know how much you cared for her, Kurama, but you must believe me when I tell you that she is indeed alive. She's in a human form, but unlike you, she's still the same person. She may have never told you this, but she was born with a human form, a demon form, and a full demon form. Yoko had to find a human form for himself, but Silver had always had one, and if she was ever fatally injured, she could just switch into that form until she recovered." Again, silence, until Kurama spoke up.

"So, you mean to tell me she's....she's....she's still alive? Would she still have all her memories?"

"Yes, I believe she would." At this, Kurama grinned. All sadness had evaporated from his mind. Silver! She was alive! And she might remember him! He couldn't be happier. Everyone's mood brightened a little when they saw just how happy Kurama looked. But while everyone was being happy, Kuwabara was thinking. (GASP! Kuwabara? Think? It's a sign of the apocalypse! Run for your lives!) He had been thinking about something that had sounded familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Then he remembered.

"Hey you guys, isn't Kirala Dragon Serena-chan, my true love's, friend? You know, Kila? She said her name was Kirala Dragon, but to call her Kila for short. Remember?" he said.

"Yea, Kuwabara's right! That was Serena's friend! They looked like pretty close friends to me." Yusuke added.

"Hn. So what do you know? The baka actually can think sometimes." Hiei smirked.

"YOU WANNA TAKE THIS OUTSIDE, SHORTY??!!!! HUH??!!!! DO YA???!!!" Kuwabara shrieked.

"No, it would be a waste of my time." Hiei replied. Trying to avoid a fight, Yusuke spoke up.

"Hey Kurama, you were pretty close to Silver and all, right?" he asked.

"Well, yes, we used to live together back when we were thieves. Her room was right next door to mine." the fox stated, trying to get any perverted thoughts out of Yusuke's mind.

"Well, was Kirala friends with her back then or somethin'?"

"Now that I think about it, yes, they were. They had been pretty close, at least as far as I knew." (Yusuke: Well, what if he doesn't know very far? Silver: Why me?!)

"Well, then maybe they're still friends now and Kila knows where Silver is."

"Good thinking, Yusuke!" Kurama congratulated. He couldn't wait to see Silver again! He had never forgotten her and had always missed her, but now they could pick up where they had left off! It was going to be great!

"Well then I think you guys had better get going. Remember, bring them back to me unharmed so I can deal with them. And go to see Genkai. She might be able to help." Koenma said. They all nodded. Kurama would make sure of that. If anyone hurt Silver, he would kill them. And then he fell through the floor with the rest of the Detectives. Well, here, let me rephrase that. They then fell through a portal that was conveniently placed right below them. There? Happy? Sheesh, everyone's a critic... Anyway, they ended up back in the park and decided to go straight to Genkai's. Well, to tell the truth, Kurama had started running at top speed to the old psychic's temple and everyone followed him, since he was already a couple blocks ahead of them and didn't want to get left behind. Even Hiei couldn't catch up, and he's really fast, so Kurama must have been going pretty damn fast. They soon arrived at Genkai's temple and greeted the old hag. (Yusuke: Hey! That's my line! Silver: SHUT UP!!!!!!!) After telling her about their mission and that Koenma had sent them, the old woman spoke up.

"Oh, yes. I'm sure I can help in some way." She responded. "I just need to wait for...Oh, never mind. They're here." Just then the door clicked open and two girls' voices could be heard.

"Hey, Grandma, ya think you could maybe put an elevator in here? I don't think your average human can climb up all those stairs without keeling over halfway up!" the first voice said.

"Don't mind her, Genkai! Someone called her 'Rena' and it kinda pissed her off." the second voice spoke. The voices continued arguing as the figures rounded the corner. There stood Serena and Kila, who had stopped dead in their tracks after seeing the boys.

A/N: You know, I could just stop here and be mean. (looks around nervously at all the people holding up shoes, ready to throw them at her) But I won't! Heh heh! - Onward!

The boys had also stopped what they were doing to look at the girls. Kuwabara was the first to recover, jumping up and going to attempt to hug Serena.

"Serena-chan!!!!! You've come back to me! You knew I'd be here and came to see me!" he bellowed. Then his voice became more timid. "Can I have a hug?" Serena looked at him and blinked. Then she burst out laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Get a load of him! He wants to know if I wanna hug him! HAHAHAHA!!!!!!" she then looked at Kuwabara who was still looking hopeful. "Oh, you were being serious? Well, then, let's think for a moment." She looked in deep thought for about a millisecond before speaking up again.

"Ok. Here's the thing, dumbass. I don't love you. Hell, I don't even like you. Ok, 1, I didn't follow you up here, I live here. Have for 9 years. And 2, NO YOU CANNOT HAVE A HUG!!!!!!! I'D RATHER JUMP OFF A CLIFF AND GET THE FLESH RIPPED OFF MY BODY BY A COUPLE OF MAN-EATING WEASELS (don't own the weasels. Props to Shadow Jaganshi) THEN BE HUGGED BY YOU!!!!!!!" she shouted. As she was shuddering everyone had started to laugh except for her and Kuwabara. Think back to everyone's reaction when Kuwabara had said that Serena was going to marry him and then everyone started laughing back in ch. 3, ok? Take that and multiply it by 1,000,003. Why? Cuz I just like that number. And if you do that, you will get how much everyone is laughing right now and let me tell you something, they're not laughing with him. Kurama was trying his hardest not to laugh and failing miserably. Hiei was laughing so hard he was crying. Yusuke was trying to talk through his laughter saying something about not being able to breathe. Genkai said nothing but smiled. Kila was covering her mouth trying to hold back her laughter. Inside Kurama's mind, Yoko was rolling on the floor, (yes, Kurama's mind has a floor, a very nice one, too. It's got carpeting. mumbles Lucky bastard...) clutching his sides, crying, and laughing so hard that he was silent laughing. (You know, when you laugh so hard that no sound comes out? Well, that's what happens to me.) Even Serena chuckled slightly.

"HAHAHA!!!!! Kuwabara....HAHAHA....you just got dissed!!!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!!!" Yusuke laughed.

"AW, PIPE DOWN, URAMESHI!!!!!!" Kuwabara shrieked. Everyone continued laughing. A few minutes later everyone had quieted down some. Then Kurama had remembered something Serena had said earlier.

"What do you mean when you say you've lived here for 9 years?" he questioned.

"Exactly what I said. I've lived here for 9 years." Serena replied.

"But we've been here a lot and even stayed over night. How could you have lived here for 9 years and never have seen us?"

"Well, in you and the other normal looking people's case, we were probably down at the arcade or were staying at...um....a friend's house! Yea, that's it, a friend's house. In the case of the ugly one, just lucky I guess." Serena smirked. Kurama chuckled. Then he spoke up.

"So, Genkai, can you help us?"

"Help you guys with what? Oooh!!!!! Maybe we can help!!!!! Yuh-huh! Yuh-huh!" Kila said rather excitedly.

"Ok, who are you and what have you done with my non-hyper friend Kila?" Serena asked.

"Oh, I threw her in the basement and hung her upside down from the ceiling."

"And no one told me? Damn! I could have helped!"

"Haha, very funny, you should be a comedian."

"I know I really should."

"Girls, please, we have company." Genkai scolded.

"Fine." they both said. Turning back to Kurama, they stared at him until he felt so awkward that he would have to tell them what he wanted Genkai to help them with. Kurama sighed in defeat, but still wouldn't tell them.

"You two wouldn't believe me if I told you." he stated.

"Oh, I'm sure they would, Kurama. You should tell them." the old psychic declared.

"Kurama?" Serena asked. She had looked a little hopeful but quickly shrugged it off.

"Um...yes, well that would be me. It's...um...heh heh, just a meaningless nickname! That's all!" he sweat-dropped.

"Tell them Kurama. They can handle it." Genkai persuaded.

"But..."

"Kurama, they're not what they appear to be."

"You mean...."

"Yes, Kurama. Serena and Kila are demons."

Silver Youko: BWAHAHA! Cliffie!

Kurama: You're mean.

Silver Youko: Eh?

Kurama: sniff I wanted to know what happened next.

Silver Youko: Awwwwwwwwwwwww, poor baby! promptly huggles him

Kurama: Um...yea, you can....um....let go any time now.

Silver Youko: No thanks, but thanks for asking!

Kurama: Please do the thanks!

Silver Youko: Oh yea! I completely forgot! Thanks to all my reviewers!

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Caraina: Yea, that's kinda what I based it off of! We are such dorks! And one last thing before I move on: GRAY SQUIRREL!!!! GRAY SQUIRREL!!!!!!! Have fun with your lock! - MIP!

Kaoru: I cut down on 'em! NOW BE HAPPY!!!!!

Kurama'sfoxykitsune: Eep!!!! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ON THREATENING ME WITH SHOES???!!!!!! I hope you liked this chapter!

emily: What the hell's a carribeener or whatever it's called? STOP CONFUZZLING ME!!!!!!! grumble As if I'm not confuzzled enough at school...

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