Disclaimer: Don't own Katrina Kon, or YYH characters and stpryline. I only claim onto this storyline.

Chapter 7: The Communication Mirrors

"Why? How do you know she wants you dead?"

"Is that a trick question? I don't know why, all right?" I say in an annoyed voice. This would be obvious to everyone but him. Jeez.

"What did she say to you?"

"She said she wanted you and told me to quit playing dumb. That I know why she wants you. She knows we're connected, Kurama. There is just no other way. I don't know how she discovered that tasty little tidbit of information, but we're in trouble. I saw that look in her eyes when she threatened me, Kurama. She won't give up easily."

Kurama has that dead, glazed look on his face that shows when he's thinking harder than usual. I'm thinking too. For once.

"You know what, Kurama?"

"What? Found the answer already?"

"No, nothing like that. But exactly how are you and I related? I mean, from what I've studied of genetics, and I got A's in science, a panther and a human cannot have a fox. So how'd you come to be my full brother?"

Kurama's POV:

Damn, she's quick. If she knew...if she puts it all together...because...if she got A's in science, then she'll know that it is impossible...

Come on brain, make up a lie, make up a lie, QUICK!

Back to Katrina's POV:

I watch him and suddenly get the impression that he is doing some fast thinking.

"Oh, uh, well, I am not really sure why I am full fox. You'd think I'd be at least half human, and also half panther instead of full fox."

He's lying. His eyes tell all. But, better let it go. For now, at least. He's pretty honest, so he'll tell me later. But maybe I can weasel it out of him.

"Oh, sorry," I say conversationally. "I just thought you may have had a fox mother, so that's what gave you your abilities. So that was what made us half brother and sister. And maybe your spirit entering her childkind of, influenced, the genetics in favor of her fox DNA instead of the 1/2 panther, 1/2 fox that you should have been."

Kurama enhales sharply. I have him. But then he smiles...what?

"No, that's not right. I was just sort of born freakishly. It can happen, you know. Just like in quantum physics, very rarely, a human can walk through a wall. The same goes for genetics."

OK, now I know he's definitely not lying. He gave me direct eye contact, and he made no nervous actions. But he didreally look worried there for a second.Strange. And what's with the physics thing, anyway? But maybe he just is leaving out some of the truth.

"Well, what do I do with our more immediate problem?" I questioned.

"Oh yeah..." A glazed look enters his eyes again. "Well, here, I can give you this." He takes something from his pocket and holds out a small mirror edged with green metal in his hand.

"What is it?" I take it. Not even he, dense as he is, can miss the disappointment in my voice. I've never seen any less exciting object in my life.

"It's a common tool of the Spirit World, called a Communication Mirror. It can also be abbreviated as a Commir. I have one just like it. One way that it works is that you hold it up like so," he pulled out a look-alike mirror and held it up in front of his face. I imitate him. "Then you just speak into the Mirror and say the name of the person that you are trying to connect to. Katrina." He said very loudly and clearly. To my surprise, an image of myself wells up in the mirror. "Unfortunately, it only works if the other person is looking into their end of the line, so I've figured out a way to fix that issue. You see the green lining?"

I nod. "It looks like it was recently added on."

"Yeah, it was. The lining acts like a telephone signal. It glows whenever someone is trying to reach you. It also heats up slightly, so you'll be able to feel it in your pocket, or wherever you keep it.YOU MUST, I repeat, YOU MUST carry this with you at all times. IfBeauty tries to attack you, at least you can tell me and there is a small...What?"

"A problem has occured to me already, Kurama. Won't she wonder why I am talking to my "reflection" all of the time? She might confiscate it, because she certainly has the right in this damned school. Also, if she attacks me, then will I really have the time to talk to you through my mirror?"

"I was getting to that, Katrina. Before you interrupted. As I was saying, there is a small button on the bottom of the mirror, see? You can press this button whenever you want, and it still will alert me when you are in trouble. The only difference is that my mirror's edgewill glow red. Here is the code: Press the button when you are in danger, and I will get myself or one of my buddies to help protect you. Speak into the mirror itself when you only want questions answered, or to talk about anything. It would be better to talk to the mirror when you are alone, because you'll lose popularity if people believe you talk to yourself. You can't tell anyone"

"Who'd believe me if I did try to tell them?" I ask dryly.

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A/N How soon shouldthis whole thing happen? Hmmmm...thinking is not what I do best. So help me! Please! Also, that quantum physics fact can happen, but you'd have to walk into a wall for almost an eternity to even have a 1 percent chance of it happening. The same is with genetics. That part of my story is true! Hahahahah! but, put it this way, Kurama was not a rare genetic happening. It's genetically probable. What could he be?