SilverYouko/standing next to Kurama while food is being thrown in the background/ HI! I'M BACK! SORRY TO ALL ME FAITHFUL REVIEWERS THAT IT TOOK SO LONG!

Kurama: SHE HAD SCHOOL AND HAD A LOT OF EXAMS SHE HAD TO TAKE! GODS, THEY'VE BEEN LIKE THAT FOR 2 HOURS!

SilverYouko: I KNOW! AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MY BAKAS FOR FRIENDS, MARIA AND CARAINA, HAVE STARTED THIS HUGE FOOD FIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE YELLING/gets hit in the head with a ham/

Kurama/gets hit in the head with a cheese wheel and growls/ Will you take them, or shall I!

SilverYouko: BACK OFF, THEY'RE MINE! 0 THAT'S IT YOU TWO! YOU CAN SCREW UP MY SET, INVADE MY STORY, AND HIT ME IN THE HEAD WITH A HAM, BUT WHEN YOU HIT KURAMA IN THE HEAD WITH A CHEESE WHEEL, A CHEESE WHEEL, THAT'S WHEN IT GETS PERSONAL! Grrrrrrrrrrrr... IMA KILL YOU!

Caraina: I told you that you shouldn't have hit Kurama with that cheese wheel! But nooooooo, don't listen to me!

Maria: Well you're the one that hit SY in the head with a ham!

Caraina: But that's cuz I know that she can take it!

Maria: Oh crap, here she comes!

SilverYouko: Kurama, I suggest you go over there, this is gonna get messy.

Kurama/nods/ Right. /does so/

SilverYouko: Well, you two asked for it! Bwahahahahahaha...

Kurama: As much as I hate to interrupt, we have readers who would like to read the chapter!

SilverYouko: sigh I guess you're right. YOU! THE BAKA BLONDE ONE! DISCLAIMER! NOW!

Maria: Serena-the-Silver-Youko does not own Yu Yu Hakusho, Caraina, Kila, or myself.

SilverYouko: On with the fic!

Ch. 6: Admittance of Love or the Gushy Mushy Guh-Mush Chapter

Recap:

"You...you really are Yoko... But...but how? I thought you died!"

"I did. I was able to find a new body and now have a human half and a demon one. Now, if you don't mind, what do you know about Silver? You seem to have done your research." Serena chuckled.

"I can't believe you haven't figured it out yet, Youko. It's me. I'm Silver."

A silence fell over the room as Kurama took in what had just been said. Serena looked at his face. She had always been able to read people's faces, tell how they were feeling and the like. This is what she was trying to do now. She saw that his face held countless emotions. He appeared relieved, yet worried at the same time. Angered, yet incredibly overjoyed. Calm yet...well, you get the idea. She didn't know what was running through his mind at that moment, and looking into it might not be the best idea in the world. She decided to stay silent until he was ready to speak. As if on cue, he began to speak up.

"Why...why should I believe you?" he asked. She chuckled yet again.

"The question is, why should I believe you? You could be lying, I could be lying. We have a lose-lose situation on our hands. Only one way I know of to solve our little 'problem'. But it would have to involve your consent."

"What is it?"

"First, can you transform into your demon form at will?"

"Yes, why?"

"You'll need to. My idea is that we both change into our demon forms. Than we'll find out if either of us is lying. Agreed?"

"Agreed. But who will go first?"

"I don't want to get into a huge argument about that, so how about we both transform at the same time?"

"Fine with me."

"Ok then. On the count of three. One...

"Two..."

"Three!" They both said. After the last words were spoken, both Kurama and Serena closed their eyes and they were engulfed by mist, Kurama's white, Serena's, black with faint swirls of white surrounding the black. A few moments later, two kitsunes stood before the tantei and the other onlookers. The tall male with silver hair and steely, golden eyes, in his usual outfit (I don't know what it's called!), Youko Kurama. Across from him stood a kitsune of regular height for a kitsune, anyways with an outfit almost identical to Youko's, but with black around the edges and modified so it would comfortably fit a girl. She had silver hair with black tips that was tied up in a high ponytail. It looked like it would end in the middle of her back if it was let down to hang loose freely. Youko stood there, staring at his thought-to-be dead partner. Silver opened her black-flecked golden eyes and blinked a few times. Then she started looking at her tail, which had wrapped itself around the front of her legs. She then commenced to examine her ears and newly clawed hands.

"It's been a long time since I've been in this form. I almost forgot how I looked like in it." she turned and looked at Youko and gasped. "It...It really is you. But..." Before she could finish her statement, Youko had run to her and had engulfed her in his arms.

"Silver...I missed you..." he softly murmured, tears gently spilling from his eyes. Silver eyes had gone wide at this sudden attack of affection, but then slowly, she found herself hugging him back. Youko pulled her closer to him, so their cheeks were touching.

"I...I missed you too, Youko." They were so close that she couldn't tell if the wetness on her cheek was from his tears, or hers. He sighed softly.

"All I want to know is why? Why did you take that arrow for me? Why did you leave me?" At that, Silver broke away from his embrace and turned so her back was facing him, while she looked at the pretty little speckles on the floor. Believe me, she had been enjoying herself, even if she had no idea what the hell was going on. But she didn't think she could look him in the eye and tell him why. It's not like he loved her. Well, not the way she loved him. Right? Meanwhile, Youko's eyes became filled with sadness as she broke away. Why had she broken away? Maybe he was wrong. Maybe she didn't love him that way. Then she spoke, taking him out of his train of thought.

"Do you really want to know?" the pain and sadness could be heard in her voice. To all the ones with sensitive ears in the room (Hiei, Youko, and Kila) it felt like a wave of ice fluttering over them. Youko nodded his head.

"Yeah. Yeah, I do." She took in a deep breath and exhaled deeply.

"Fine. I'll tell you." She walked over to Youko straight in the eyes. "It's because..." She knew that she needed to say this, needed to get it off her chest, but she felt like she couldn't. She was amazed at just how courageous she was being and quickly lowered her eyes, but they didn't stay that way for long, much to her dismay. Youko lifted her chin up so she would be looking right at him. Staring her straight in the eyes, he softly spoke.

"Because...what...?" She closed her eyes and wished at that moment that she would fall right through the floor. Or at least that he would have stopped looking at her. When she reopened her eyes, however, instead of meeting nothingness, as she had hoped, she met a pair of golden eyes, staring straight at her.

"..." she said her answer softly, hoping he would have heard so she could leave and get over this as fast as possible.

"What?"

"..."

"Sil..." he said, using the nickname he'd given her so long ago. (Got the idea from Rosa-chan! Thankies!) "I can't hear you. Please tell me." She pushed away from him.

"IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, ALLRIGHT!" she yelled, (Whoever did not see that coming has got to be preeeetty dense...Anyways!) eyes brimming with tears. Tears of sadness or of love or of joy, I cannot say. All I can say, is that as soon as the last words were out of her mouth, everything stopped. Everyone was silent, and was staring at the two kitsunes in the middle of the room. Youko's eyes became wide with shock. He couldn't believe it. She...loved him? Words cannot describe how happy he was feeling right now, but the happiness hadn't reached his brain yet since he was still too shocked.

"I...I gotta go." she whispered. With that she ran away from the crowd and down the stairs. Now Youko had just tuned in on what the hell was happening in the world outside his mind, just early enough to see his old partner begin to rush down the many flights of stairs that lead outside the temple.

"Silver! Wait!" But it was too late. She was out of earshot. He would have to go look for her. And that's exactly what he did. He followed her down the stairs leaving the others blinking in confuzzledom. Kila was the first to finally speak up, jumping out of her seat and calling down the stairs.

"ABOUT TIME, SILVER! TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH TO TELL HIM!" Huzzah. The sweat drops are back. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun... Silver, having the sensitive fox ears of which she has, screamed back.

"WELL, I KINDA DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE HELL HE WAS! LEAVE ME BE!" And now everyone is even more confuzzled. Hooray! (cough) Anyways. Realizing what she had just stupidly done, Silver ran even faster down the flight of stairs, but before she went silent, as so he wouldn't find her, she yelled back to Kila, knowing she had called out so Youko would have a better chance of getting to her sooner. "KILA, IMA KILL YOU, YOU SON OF A BLUE BADLY INJURED RACCOON!" So she went silent. And she kept running. She had always told others to never run away from their problems, but to face them with courage. But now all she had to say to that was screw it. Screw it all to hell and back again.

"FIRST OFF, I AM NOT A SON OF ANYTHING! ESPECIALLY NOT A BLUE BADLY INJURED RACCOOON'S!" Kila shouted. Getting no reply, she sighed and went back to her seat.

"Son...of...a blue badly injured raccoon?" Yusuke questioned.

"Long story. Don't ask. It will disturb you immensely."

"Right. Lost my interest." Meanwhile, back with our two kitsunes, Silver had found some way to climb up to the highest branch of one of the tallest trees in the middle of Genkai's woods and the tree is a little over 50 feet tall, which was kind of a miracle, since she's never been able to climb a tree in her life and that she's afraid of heights, but you'll find out about that later. She had done her best to curl up in a little ball. Holding her knees and putting her head in her lap, she cried. Cried about Youko, and about how freakin' scared she was. She hoped that Youko wouldn't find her. Anyways, let's go to our loveable fox-boy, shall we? He was still looking for his fox. That's what he'd been calling her since the 'incident', or so he had dubbed it. He had finally found her, after thinking she had been dead for nearly 15 years, and he loved her. He needed to tell her that. Now.

'I won't lose her. Not again.' he thought to himself. After what seemed like hours, he was in the middle of the forest. He stopped for a moment and leaned back against the trunk of a tall tree. Not because he was tired, but because he was thinking on where she could've been. Suddenly...

"GODDAMNIT, LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU FRIGGIN' GRAY SQUIRREL!" He quickly turned around and looked up into the branches of the tree, only to find Silver trying to smack away a gray squirrel who seemed to not want to leave her alone. Quirking an eyebrow at this, he then remembered something. If Silver was still the same as he remembered her...

'Then she's still afraid of heights!' he thought. "SILVER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE!" he shouted, calling up to her in the tree. She looked down and rolled her eyes.

'Wonderful. Just what I needed right now...' "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOTHING!"

"HOW CAN YOU BE DOING NOTHING! AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS!"

"I AM!"

"THEN COME DOWN!"

"LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" she screamed as she kicked the squirrel into another tree branch six trees away from her. The squirrel shook its head and then went all rabid. It started jumping from tree branch to tree branch.

"Oh...hell...HEY...UM...YOUKO!"

"YEA!"

"HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT CATCHING STUFF!"

"OK, I GUESS! WHY!"

"CUZ YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET SOME PRACTICE!"

"WHAT!"

"CATCH!" Just as the freaky rabid gray squirrel was about to lunge on her, (yea it's pretty damn fast) she jumped off the branch. Screaming bloody murder, she tried and aimed herself right above the silver kitsune she used to know.

"I SWEAR TO GOD, YOUKO, IF YOU DON'T CATCH ME I'M GOING TO BASH YOUR HEAD IN SOOOOOOOOOO BAD! AND THEN, THEN I WILL KILL YOU! OMIGOD, I'M GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEEE!" she screamed. Remember, folks, the girls deathly afraid of heights. Anything higher than climbing a ladder scares her half to death. She was almost to the ground.

'Aw, well. I've led a good life. I guess.' And when she thought the moment of impact was coming, she fell into two strong arms, that she remembered from so long ago. Youko stumbled back to lean against a tree from the impact of the fall, Silver still in his arms. He looked down at his old partner, to see that she was shaking and was clinging onto the front of his shirt. He smiled and sat on the ground, leaning up against the tree trunk.

"Well, I didn't drop you, so I guess I just skipped my head bashing, huh?" she looked up at him and smiled slightly.

"For today at least." he smirked. She was still shaking but slightly less than before. He held her just a little tighter and just a little closer to him.

"You know what you just did was really..."

"Stupid. Yea, I know. I kinda figured it out on the way down."

"That wasn't what I was going to say."

"Oh really? Do enlighten me, oh wise one."

"I was going to say that that was very brave of you."

"How do you figure? I was screaming like a little girl!"

"But you did it, knowing that you're afraid of heights and what might happen."

"You really think so?"

"Yea."

"Mm-hmm. Am I supposed to be flattered?"

"It would help." She chuckled at this.

"Well, I see you're still the same..."

"Oh? How so?"

"...You're still a pervert."

"Ouch. That stung."

"Shut up." she giggled. They were engulfed by silence for a few moments after that before Youko spoke up again.

"I think we should head back to the temple. They're probably getting worried." he started to get up but Silver just clung more to his shirt.

"Don't leave. Please...just stay with me..." she whispered. He complied and leaned back against the tree trunk.

"For as long as you like, Sil. For as long as you like..." he tenderly spoke, absentmindedly stroking her hair. Silver was confused, though. Why was he being so nice to her? So she decided to ask.

"Hey, fox-boy..." she said, using her nickname for him.

"Hm?" he replied, while still stroking her hair.

"Why are you being so...well...nice to me? You were never like that before. I was just treated like everyone else. Why the change?" The silence returned as Youko stopped stroking her hair and looked away. "Well? I'm waiting." He rolled his eyes as a small smile played upon his lips.

'Same stubborn Silver...' he thought.

"You don't have to tell me. It's ok. I just wanted to know. That's all." she spoke bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Huh? No, I just needed a second to get my thoughts together. I can tell you know, if you still want to know, that is."

"Yea. I still wanna know."

"Well, I don't know how I could put it into words..."

"Take your time." she told him. He looked down at her and golden met golden as he stared into her eyes, which showed understanding and caring.

"I can't put it into words..."

"Oh. Well, that's all right."

"You didn't let me finish."

"Oh. Sorry."

"It's all right. What I was saying is, that I can't put it into words, but I can show you..." And with that he closed the gap between their faces and kissed his old partner. He had been waiting for this for a long time, and now, he didn't have to wait anymore.

SY: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Ugh, I cannot write romance chapters...

Caraina: I thought it was very good. (tied to a chair with vines)

Maria: Me too! (also tied to a chair with vines)

Kurama: BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! TT

SY: Hush, Kurama! You will when I put the next chapter up.

Kurama: (pouts) Fine. (poofs into Youko)

SY: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! (points accusingly at Youko) IT'S YOU! YOU'R BACK!

Youko: What? What did I do?

SY: Um...I forgot. -UUU

Youko: UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

SY: And now I thank me reviewers!

RoseFire-shadow666: Haha! That was soooooo random, RoRo! Well, I updated! Hope ya like it!

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Kaoru: CAUTION! CROWBAR WHACKING IN NEXT CHAPTER! BE HAPPY! Glad you like, buddy! -

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Caraina: Tis a shame. I WANTED TO SEE THE POEMS! (pouts) Mean... Glad you liked! See ya at school!

ReKo-KiTsUnE: Yes, the conveniently placed brick wall is our friend! - Here's my update! Enjoy!

Arya: Thanks! I appreciate it!

Youko's Water Vixen: Thanks! Love the giant paper plane! Way cool!

SY: Well, I think that covers it! I made it 2 pages longer then usual for sapphirestar11 since she WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE! (death glare)

Youko: Please review.

SY: Yes, listen to the fox! For he be smart! (cough) Rarely. (cough)

Youko: (growls)

SY: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! (glomps Youko) Bye all!

Youko: See ya!