AG310: hello my lovely fans. Here's the next chappie!!

KURAMA...8

KUWABARA...3

HIEI...8

YUSUKE...18

MEET THE FAM!!

"'For now get your rest and dimwit over there will see you out in the morning,'" mimicked Shotoyami as she entered the room. She rolled her eyes plopping in the chair beside the bed. "I'm not staying here."

"Baka onna," came Hiei's voice.

"Heh. What's up Shorty?" Shotoyami smirked. If she had to stay for a few more hours might as well make total hell. Starting with Shorty, here. He was kinda...cute. In his own devil looking, kill anyone who dares defy me, gothic looking kinda of cute. She'll have to try someday.

"If you value your tongue you will respect me, onna," Hiei said coldly stepping from the shadows.

"'Resect'? What's that? I haven't had respect since the day I was born." Shotoyami propped her feet onto the bed tugging at the jacket sleeves. "Green isn't really my color but it'll have to do."

Hiei eyed her cautiously, narrowing his eyes. "Onna, what are you doing?"

Shotoyami glared at him. "Plotting how I can castrate and drown every male in sight by midnight tonight." Hiei blinked a couple of times. "I also am trying to figure out that old lady. Um...Genkai. Spirit energy my ass." She snorted and looked out at the setting sun. "I hate Christmas," she mumbled. "Too many bad memories."

Hiei looked at the sad expression that came across the girl's face. It held so much pain. A troubled past is not to be proud of that he knew only too well.

"It's not nice to stare Short Stuff," she said not looking back at him. "Pretty Boy needs to lower on the rose scent. It's killing my nose." Actually it was driving her crazy. Roses were her favorite flower and basically the scent had an adverse affect on her. It made her...giddy. She rolled her eyes heavenward and shook her head. "Lord, give me strength."

"You pray?"

"Oh, yes. Its my favorite hobby next to making men eunuchs," she said sarcastically. She turned and faced him, crossing her arms. "What? You like me or something?" Hiei raised a questionable eyebrow. "Don't flatter yourself, onna."

"Hmph. Whatever Short Stuff. Just beat it." She took out her book and began to read. Hiei glared at her and left.

"Damnmit grandma," bellowed Yusuke at the table. He placed his hands into his hair and banged his head on the table. "I am going to die young."

"Dude, you need to chill," said Kuwabara drinking a soda. "She beat you to a pulp because she thought you saw her naked while changing her bandages. Any female would have probably reacted the same way in that type of predicament."

Yusuke lifted his head from the table and stared at him blankly. "..."

Kuwabara looked up and grinned. "Hey this book is pretty good!" He placed the book down and did a goofy laughed. "Who knew books were so...'educational'."

Yusuke did an anime drop. He was reading? "Y-your reading?"

"Yeah!" he laughed goofily. "Ma made me do it. Something about how am I going to get into college or get a decent job." He lifted the book back up. "Hey Urameshi...what does 'anomomous' mean?"

Genkai placed her tea down into the black saucer. "Dimwit, although she may not look it Hywein is incredibly unstable. Her temper is so high and the pain..." Genkai looked into the cup and sipped again at her tea. "She's lonely and hurt. Something happened to her long ago to make her this way."

"How so?" said Kurama walking in. his cheek had regained its original soft color. His cheek still stung though.

'What an arm,' said Youko.

'Yes indeed,' said Kurama. 'She would make an excellent addition to the team.'

'An excellent partner.' Youko grinned mischievously. 'My partner. Together we'll solve the mysteries of the bed and pleasurable positions.'

'Youko, this is no time for your pervertedness,' Kurama said coolly.

'Right,' snorted Youko. 'And you're not attracted to her.'

"I don't know but be careful," she warned eyeing the three. She got up, placed the dish in the sink and left.

Yusuke looked at Kurama and smiled pointing to his once red cheek. "I believe that was her way in saying hi."

"Hate to see how he saws bye," mumbled Kuwabara.

Kurama sat down at the table with a glass of milk. Kuwabara sat on his left an empty chair on his right. Yusuke sat in front of him. "She seems...nice." He usual cool, calm voice wavered a bit as a flash of gold entered his eyes.

'Nice?' questioned Youko. 'She's better then 'nice'.

'Youko,' warned Kurama.

'What? All I'm saying is that with legs like hers wrapped around you, you can go all night long without worrying about slippage,' he explained as a wave of 'interesting' thoughts passed by him.

'I really need to find someway to block your thoughts.' "Your wounds would heal in about a day or two, Yusuke," said Kurama ending the conversation with Youko.

"Whatever. Tell me Kurama," said Yusuke leaning closer over towards Kurama. "What you think of Hywein?"

Kurama looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "She seems quite intelligent. Something though is not quite right. If she has as much spirit energy as Koenma claims why can't we sense it."

"She's a girl. A really, really hot girl. And I don't think hot girls should have that much spirit energy." He scratched his head and looked at Kuwabara. The boy had his head back on the chair looking into the sky with the book lying open on his face. A bit of drool escaped his lips as he twitched every so often. "Tell her...Tell her..."

"Tell her what?" Yusuke asked raising an eyebrow. "Tell her...Eikichi won't eat anything..." he mumbled sleepily.

Yusuke and Kurama sweat dropped. "Even in his sleep he talks about that blasted cat," commented Yusuke.

"Hn'. The baka's stupidity shows even in sleep," said Hiei walking in. Yusuke tossed him an apple from the fruit basket in the middle.

"You missed Yukina. Dinner is in the baker."

Hiei said nothing and sat at the windowsill. Night had covered Tokyo in a blanket of darkness with small white dots covered the sky.

"Have you tried to see into her mind Hiei?" asked Kurama.

"Something is blocking my Jagen," he said.

"Then she must be powerful." Kurama tapped his finger on the wooden table in thought. "We need to find someway for her to trust us."

"Trust us? Date me," said Yusuke grinning. "She's a total babe. Anyone with half a brain would know that." He looked at Kuwabara who was reaching into the sky for something and mumbling 'Green things'. "Okay...scratch that. Three quarters of a brain."

Shotoyami starred at the white ceiling as she lay on the rumpled green covers. It was a difficult night. The nightmares kept returning and she didn't know how to get rid of them. She looked to the left on the lamp stand. "7:30," she mumbled. There was a sudden tap on her door. "Come."

A head popped in. "Hello. My name's Yukina," said the voice. The girl walked in carrying a tray of orange juice and some buttered toast. She placed the tray on the nightstand and smiled kindly at Shotoyami.

"Uh...Hywein. Shotoyami Hywein." Yukina nodded. "I've heard that you've had a rough night." Shotoyami shook her head.

"Um, not to be a party pooper or anything but why are you in a house of males. Aren't they like really..." Shotoyami raised an eyebrow in a questioning look. Yukina giggled.

"They are sometimes a handful but I still love them." Shotoyami tilted her head. 'Love them?' she thought. "Whatever. Gelboy really needs to stop starring at me. It creeps me out." Shotoyami was trying to be polite to the girl. She may have a thing for men but she was kind when needed to be. Something her mother taught her from small...mother.

Where was she? How was she? And most of all does she still love her and Touya? Was she not here because Shotoyami had been bad? No. It was because of him. That bastard whom she had once called father.

Shotoyami clenched an angry fist. She would never forgive him for what he did to her family. She would find him if it was the last thing she does and make him pay.

Yukina looked at her curiously and extended a comforting hand. "Don't worry. They only mean well. They are good people. They saved me once and without them I surely would be lost." Yukina smiled warmly and Shotoyami looked at her. "Yeah but Gelboy saw me half naked changing my bandages and what's with the short pants?"

Yukina giggled lightly passing her the orange juice. "I changed your bandages not him."

Shotoyami stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth. "Reffly?" Really?

"Yeah. He looked pretty bad himself but he insisted that I look after you first. And for the pants well..." Should Yukina tell her? "Yusuke had to tear them for me in order to get all the scrapes and bruises."

"Hmmm..." Shotoyami said deeply. A knock came at the door.

"Hywein?" A orange blob popped in. "Yukina!!" Kuwabara ran to her side and grasped her hands tenderly.

"Good morning, Kazuma. Have you slept well?"

"I cannot sleep well knowing that you are not by my side," he said in a 'sexy' voice.

"But Kazuma if I am by your side how will you change for bed?"

"Ahhhhh....that's a good question." Shotoyami sweat dropped. How stupid could you get? "Yukina lets go out!"

"Why would you wish to out to the garden." Kazuma hung his head. "I mean on a date."

"Dates aren't very sweet to my taste. They're all prunie and purple. Oh! Excuse me Hywein. I need to prepare for lunch later, nice meeting you." Yukina got up and walked out the door carrying they tray.

Shotoyami sipped her juice and starred at Kuwabara with narrowed eyes. "Where's Gelboy?" she threatened.

"What do you have against guys anyway?" said Kuwabara at a safe distance.

"Disgusting pigs. They have no honor. All they want is sex, sex and you guessed it sex."

"Hey! We're all not like that. Urameshi just got the crap beaten out of him because of your short temper," he huffed. "He saved your life. I would expect you to be more grateful."

Shotoyami rolled her eyes. "Puh-lease." She swirled around her juice. "He probably did it just to get my number." She took another sip. "What?"

"Your mean, you know that?"

"Like I care," she mumbled. "Now if your not going to allow me to beat the crap out of you I suggest you leave." Kuwabara stood from his seat and walked to the door. Placing a hand on the frame and looking back he said, "You know Hywein, I may not know what's going on with you but I know this. We are not the enemy. Whatever happened tonight happened. You may not be able to forget about it but you have to move on." And with that he left.

Shotoyami looked at her glass placing it down. Standing up she tied her hair in a tight ponytail with a green scrungie she found on the desk. She walked over to the full-length mirror in the bathroom and sighed. It wasn't her fault she was like this. She was basically always alone and those closest to her heart were usually always taken away or hurt her.

Was it time to forgive and forget. Shotoyami raised a clenched fist in anger and shattered the glass. Blood trickled down from her fist as she stared at her reflection in the shattered pieces.

No it wasn't. The wound was still too fresh to forget. How could she forget her father and his accursed family?

She was torn...inside and out. She felt deserted as she walked out of the room. The halls were bright as the morning sun peeked through the windows.

She sighed. She didn't feel well. Her cut hand was in one of the pockets wrapped in spare bandages. She did feel different after that night though. Stronger and yet weaker at the same time. Invulnerable and yet vulnerable

"Hey," came a familiar voice.

Shotoyami scoffed and rolled her eyes. Pasting on what she hoped was a smile she turned and spoke, "Hi Gelboy."

Yusuke sighed placing his hands behind his head. "Can't you say my name?" He looked at her hurtful. "I did save your life after all."

Sure go with the guilt. "Fine. Yusuke. There. Happy?" she raised an eyebrow following him to the front door.

"Very," he smirked. "So..." he began trudging down the steps. "How 'bout that number?"

"Look, boy. The only reason why your not eating my fist right now is because I'm tired." Shotoyami lead him down the road turning left.

Yusuke just stared at her back. Why was she so pissed at men? "Hey, I'm sorry about before. We just got off on the wrong foot." He quickened his pace till he was right in front of her walking backwards. "Let's start over."

Shotoyami narrowed her eyes. She grabbed his shoulders hulting and pulled him close to her face. "I would love that," she whispered seductively.

Yusuke's eyes grew big. "Really?" he whispered. He couldn't take his eyes off of her full lips and hazel eyes that seemed to hold him in some sort of trance like state. 'Maybe just one kiss.'

Shotoyami smirked and pushed him to the side into a hotdog vender. "Sorry, Gelboy," she laughed. "But I'm not into relations." Before he could recover Shotoyami had already sprinted off in the distance.

Lilie sat in the front room as Touya played. "Cheekmate!" he cheered. Lilie blinked her purple eyes and looked at the board. "No far!" she exclaimed placing a sky-blue strand of hair in the back of her left ear. She crossed her arms and pouted. "I just let you win."

Touya laughed getting up and moving towards the Tv. "Nuh uh. I beat you fair and square." He turned the set on and switched the playstation on. "When is Yami coming home?" he asked sadly.

"Soon," she said placing the game up. "She just needed some time to think."

"Do you think she'd leave me?" He turned his back to her sitting down. "Everyone else has."

"No, no, Baby," she whispered kneeling down at him. "She'll never leave you. She just has some...problems to straighten out." She ruffled his pitch-black hair playfully.

"Hey!" His dark chocolate eyes sparkled at his placed a chocolate hand on Lilie's shoulder. "No touch hair."

Lilie laughed getting up. "Alright. Make sure you finish your assignments then get ready for dinner."

"'K." Lilie excited the room with a heavy sigh.

"Is everything okay?" came a calm voice. Lilie looked up and smiled. She wrapped her arms around his waist and placed her head in the crook of his neck. "Jackie...I'm worried about Shotoyami. She seems to be getting worse and I fear that something has happened to her. I can sense it."

He held her tight wanting more than anything to protect her from what was in stored for them. His dark brown eyes stared at the vase she had delicately painted. "She'll be fine." He nuzzled her neck and he could fell the tension leave her. "She's stronger than we think."

"Yes," she said slowly. "But she also is the weakest."

"Puh-lease," came a female's voice. Jackie looked up at the front by the door. "Get a room you two."

Lilie released Jackie with much of his protest. "Syno! How's it hangin'?"

Syno walked over to the couple. "Nothing much." Hershort, curly purple hair was in two ponytails and her crystal blue eyes examined the two. "You two need a room if your going to be all lovy dovy," she smirked.

Lilie blushed as Jackie crossed his arms and hn'ed. "Oh, that will be the door. Shotoyami?"

Everyone turned and saw a caramel like girl standing at the front door wearing a green jacket. "Hey guys! Sorry to worry you but I meet...some interference."

"And would he be one?" asked Jackie coming up from behind.

"Shit," she cursed silently to herself turning around. "Urameshi," she said through clenched teeth.

"Hey," cried Touya happily running from the front room. He stopped short and starred at Yusuke who only grinned. He smiled back and hugged his elder sister. "Shotoyami, is he your new boyfriend and if he is am I going to be an uncle?"

Such an innocent question. Shotoyami blinked and flushed slightly. "No." Short and simple. She had on 'I'll get you' look.

Touya ignored her as if she was some sort of fly. "Why?" He walked over to Yusuke. "He seems cool enough. Unlike that Andre fella. I didn't like him." Shotoyami's eye ticked as her hands twitched slightly. Why were little brothers such a pain in the ass.

"Go inside, Touya." It was command not a suggestion."

"Why? He's cool." He extended his hand and Yusuke took it. "Name's Touya. I'm ten and in the fifth grade."

"Name's Yusuke. 17. Grade eleven," Yusuke said still smiling. So this is her brother? Maybe he has a chance.

"Cool! Yami's in the same grade but she's 16. Her favorite color is orange. Favorite flavor orange and favorite fruit orange. She loves to draw and hates math. She's mentally disturbed and cries when reading romance novels."

"I DO NOT!!!" fumed Shotoyami as she was held back by Jackie and Syno. "WHERE THE HELL YOU GET OFF TELLING HIM THESE THINGS. HE'S A JERK. A PIG HEADED-"

"Shotoyami," gasped Lilie opening the jacket. "What happened?" Touya stopped talking to Yusuke and stared at his sister.

"Your hurt! It's my entire fault! I wasn't there to help you!!"

"Come inside," Lilie instructed.

"No," Shotoyami said defiantly.

"Jackie."

Jackie grabbed Shotoyami around the waist applying enough pressure to keep her securely on his shoulder. "Let me friggin go!!" she screamed punching him in the back. Jackie applied more pressure causing intense pain to shot through Shotoyami. "Damnit, Jackie."

"Shut up. You're injured."

"I am not." He plopped her on the couch as Lilie came back with the first aid kit.

"Well, whoever aided you we owe them our thanks. You would've died without proper treatment." She looked at Yusuke and smiled. "Thanks."

"Why you're thanking me? I didn't do anything." He leaned on the door framed with his hands in pockets.

"Qualifying that you're still in one piece when you arrived here and haven't been castrated yet by her-"

"Ow. Damnit Lilie." Shotoyami hissed as Lilie applied alcohol to the wounds.

"I sensed that you helped her. Shotoyami may be a pain in the ass but she knows when to be courteous in letting her prey live." Yusuke wasn't sure if he should take that as a complement. "Um, thanks?"

"How rude of us." Lilie stood up and tossed a shirt a pink shirt to Shotoyami who cursingly placed it on. "I'm Lilie Drema. That's Jackie Toneto and she's Syno Moritoka."

"Yusuke Urameshi." There was a knock on the door and Syno answered it.

Three boys followed in after her. "They say they know you Urameshi."

"Yeah. He's Shuuichi Minamino."

Kurama bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet the friends of Miss Hywein."

"Hiei Jagenashi."

Hiei crossed his arms turning his head examining the room. "Hn'n."

"And He's Kazuma Kuwabara."

"Hey! You guys don't look like male killers," he said stupidly. Yusuke knocked him in the back of the head. "Ow."

"Shut up."

"Pleasure to meet you all." Lilie bowed. "Sorry if Yami was a little rude."

"Rude. Dude she said she was going to castrate and drown us all!" exclaimed Kuwabara freaking out.

"That just means she likes ya," said Jackie smirking. He placed his hands into his jean pockets.

"Hate to see what she does when she doesn't like somebody."

"Anyway," said Syno changing the subject, "thanks for helping her. Touya bed."

"Aw. But they're so cool," he said trying to stall for time. He wanted to meet Shotoyami's new friends. Maybe one of them will get her to finally forget about her past.

"Bed!! And take Trey." Trey was Lilie's little brother. Sometimes Shotoyami watched him when Lilie had to go to her after school job. He was three.

"Fine." He walked over to Shotoyami and kissed her on the cheek. "Night sis. Glad your home."

Shotoyami gave a genuine smile that could melt even the coldest hearts. She wrapped her arms around her little brother and whispered, "Buenas tardes mi hermano." Good night my brother.

Her brother smiled and did the same for Syno and Lilie. "See you in the morning amigos," he said running upstairs.

"You speak spanish?" asked Kurama.

"Yeah," Shotoyami said tiredly. Why was she so tired? She stood up only to fall face first into the ground.

Lilie gasped running towards her fallen friend but was shot back as a pink aura surrounded Shotoyami. The room's temperature instantly fell. Frost appearing on the walls.

"It's happening," whispered Jackie.

"I got the tingling feeling again," Kuwabara said. He rubbed his arms.

The tv clicked on. For a few moments an electrical sound was heard as sharp as a hawk's talons. The lights flashed on and off as the couches shook.

The kitchen cabinets opened, closed, opened...

Inside the kitchen, dishes, pots and pans began to shake wildly on the shelves, and some flew out crashing to the floor.

The bookcase beside the wall banged repeatedly against the wall. One of the books was flung from the shelf, then two more, then three more until all twenty books lay in a pile on the floor.

On the wall beside the bookshelf, a poster up of the tournament arena a few days earlier was torn down the middle.

The tv ceased searching the channels and ended on long screech. The boys covered their ears as the glasses in the kitchen cracked by the intense volume.

The screech faded after a moment, but the couch Shotoyami once sat on began to bounce up and down.

The kitchen cabinets slammed open and shut with more force than they had done earlier.

Other objects began to move too. For several minutes the room seemed to have come to life. The books that laid on the ground floated up and encircled the group. They fell with a thud.

And then it all died as the pink aura vanished

Silence returned as with the warmth in the room.

AG310: there the next chappie. This one truly sucks. Votes still on.

Suntiger: I love Shotoyami too. She's the main character for a novel I'm writing.

Kurama/is/hot: thanks for the ridden writer's block. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt me .

Tara: Yusuke, Kazuma and Hiei are not ignoring her. Yusuke is just Hormone Crazy, Hiei is Mysterious and Kazuma is Eikichi.

Kitkat: A dream come true. STUPID YOU FIC RULE!!

Kura and Rika: Glad someone likes Kazuma. I think his honor code rules!!

Masked wolf: you need to get out more. Once two weeks ago on Saturday, I finally saw Yu Yu Hakasho after two months of no tv. I saw Kurama and scream "Oh my gosh its Kurama!!! He's so hot!!!" So I can sense how you feel.

Silver Ivy: Yeah its different but who cares . I have no clue what I'm typing....SUGAR RUSH!!! BWAHAHAHA!!

Psycho Dragon Lover: there's more to Shotoyami's past. Her trust in men is extremely low. She has two exceptions though her younger brother Touya and her best friend Jackie.

Stargazer1590: I loved your review!!! Thanx so much!! Sniffsniff It meant so much to me.

OH YEAH BEFORE I FORGET!!! I REVISED CHAPTER 4 AND FIVE. TELL ME HOW IT IS IN THIS REVIEW PLEASE.