Haha here is chapter twelve folks... listening to Linkin Park while typin' this story, so maybe it influenced my story a little, you know weird depressed music....BWAHAHAHA! Well any ways how 'bout them Red Sox, huh? First time the won the World Series in almost a hundred years (not really but 100 seems more exciting then 80 something). College plans have been put on hold cuz instead I plan on traveling after high school, who knows where, but that's what I'm gonna do hee hee hee, travel then college, can't get any better than that. Now I just have to wait a few more months before I can sign up...Well enough of my banter, and on to chapter 12!

"Let's get a homeless day parade started!"-Pat (In Boston last year as he rolled nickels down the road, it didn't work, maybe we should have tried quarters... well there's always this year...)

Chapter Twelve: Operation San: The Heart

Arriving at the shrine the shrine maiden took a look at the returning demons and backed off to a corner. "You are evil! What did you do to Julius?!" Hiei smirked.

"I kicked the crap out of him, that's what I did to him." The shrine maiden seemed to try to press herself into the wall as she pointed to the blue imp, Demi, who was happily flying around the room, humming as he went along.

"And what in the seven hells is that?!" It was Kurama's turn to smirk.

"An imp that I saved from being killed by its own kind." The shrine maiden looked fearfully around the room.

"But it's a demon, why would you save a demo..." Hiei gave the girl a look that could kill the un-dead, fire burned in his red, gleaming eyes.

"WE are demons!" Kurama placed the Belmont down in the center of the room, as he was starting to wake from his "nap". The kitsune looked around.

"Where is the exorcist...?" The shrine maiden had made her way to the center of the shrine to care for the wounds of the badly hurt Julius.

"She had to leave, urgent business." Hiei and Kurama both looked at each other.

"SHE?!" they simultaneously. The maiden looked up from the Belmont who now had his eyes ajar. She frowned at their surprise.

"Yes 'she'..." The red haired kitsune looked to the fire apparition.

"Well that definitely confirms that she wasn't Suzuka..." Hiei smirked.

"Yea, not only is he gay, he's sexist too, he thinks he is so much better than women, you would never see that clown dressed up like one..." The yoko frowned.

"But why then did we sense his energy when she was near?" The maiden got up quickly, as if she suddenly remembered something.

"Suzuka?! My Lord mentioned that name before she left... said she had unfinished business with him..." Kurama and Hiei looked at each other yet again; both were contemplating the possible connections between the woman exorcist and the clown oni. Kurama was the first to speak.

"Let us not worry about it for now; Suzuka is trying to help us remember?" Hiei grunted.

"Help, yea, sure..." the black aired youkai still thought about how Suzuka was trying to hurt them somehow. The kitsune smiled his special smile.

"Come Hiei, we must leave at once; the third ingredient is waiting for us... in Tokyo." Kurama turned toward the shrine maiden, and gave her a bow from the waist. "Thank, ma'am, for all you have done. The shrine maiden smiled.

"It was nothing." Hiei snorted.

"Of course it was nothing, that's exactly what you did." Hiei walked out to the stairs, and started to head down to the base of the shrine. Kurama looked to the shrine maiden.

"Please forgive my partner, he is not very patient," Kurama offered the maiden a small smile. "Thank you very much for everything. But I think I must go now." The maiden bowed deeply.

"Farewell," The kitsune walked to the stairs and followed Hiei to the bottom, behind him; Julius' muffled voice could be heard.

"Who am I? What am I doing here?"...

!#$&()

At the base of the shrine, Kurama had caught with the black haired youkai. "Hiei, we don't have far to go for the third ingredient. It's in Tokyo city." The fire apparition glanced back to his kitsune lover.

"What is the third ingredient?" Kurama looked down to the ground and said something that the fire youkai couldn't understand. "Kurama, you must speak louder in order for me to here you. My ears aren't as sharp as yours." Kurama repeated his sentence, a little louder.

"A new born human child's heart..." Hiei was stunned by his partner's sentence, but maintained his calm attitude as he questioned the choices of his formerly moral companion.

"Are you going to carry this out?" the youkai asked cautiously. Kurama looked up at the question and gave a smile so sinister that even Hiei staggered back at the unusual sight.

"Of course, why not? We already got this far, lets not back down now." The black dragon had no response for the now un-moralistic kitsune. Behind the red haired fox, floated Demi, laugh manically. Was the imp some how controlling him? No, Hiei knew though it wasn't Demi controlling Kurama. So what was it? Maybe it was the yoko's past life resurfacing after being dormant in his human body. Or maybe it was the thirst for power that was now ruling Kurama's judgment...

I'm not a perfect person - There's many things I wish I didn't do - But I continue learning – I never meant to do those things to you – And so I have to say before I go – That I just want you to know – I found a reason for me – To change who I used to be – A reason to start over new – And the reason is you... (The Reason, Hoobastank) L.O.L, I like that song, talk about a smart way to trick the cops huh? Look at the ruby they stole, all for that girl. Hehehe. In case you haven't seen the music video for that song, it's about a group of thieves that stage a robbery, or at least that's what I think there doing... well any way back to our story that I ended very abruptly, and for just cause. Well any ways, is Kurama going insane? Should Hiei question the morals of the yoko he loves so much? FIND OUT ON THE NEXT YUYU HAKUSHO! Woohoo...