Well, it's that time again, time for a new chapter. I know that Kurama going off the deep end was rather abrupt, but hey in this day and age everybody is in a rush, so why not lose your marbles that way too, ehh? Quickly, no one wants to go insane over long periods of time anymore, they want to go nuts in minutes nowadays, its cuz of all this new fangled technology, L.O.L. J/k but on a serious note, (yea, rite...) let us play PSYCHOLOGIST, and try to guess Kurama out based on his actions, like it's really possible, behavior is a habit and habits can be broken, don't give me that psycho-analysis bull-dinky, well now that I have finally relieved something off my chest and vented it all out on you, the reader, it's time to get onto chapter 15, which is all about Kurama, and his internal conflict, WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I just don't give a crap, and if I did, I'd give it to you..."- I don't remember, but it was funny... wait, have I said that? I just don't know...
Chapter Fifteen: Mind Games

Kurama had been running for hours now, every once in a while he would look back and check if he was being tailed, by either Hiei, or another dog sent by the spirit world. He could find no presence of either. After another few minutes of running the kitsune had stopped to take a break. He let down his duffle bag an unzipped it to let out a very tired Demi, the imp flew happily away from his portable prison. The yoko had to sit and ponder what had just happened over the last few minutes.

Upon the stump the red haired Kurama thought of his fight with the spirit detective and the gruesome result of said battle. Kurama did not worry about the death of Yusuke, but was deeply disturbed in the fact that he had WANTED to kill Yusuke, no he NEEDED, to see Yusuke's blood and he would do anything to see it. It was as if another had taken over completely, one who did not care about former friends or even lovers, one who just wanted power. It was as if... as if the yoko was truly awakening inside him... The same yoko who had cared for no one other than himself and would kill almost anyone for anything.

So you finally figured it out, eh Kurama? Kurama looked about for the voice that he had heard, Demi was nearby playing with some dirt nearby and acted as if he had heard nothing.

"Show yourself!" Kurama spoke out loud to the forest. Nobody responded but Demi, who had looked up from his miniature dirt monument he was making with the help of a puddle nearby.

Fool, no one but you can hear me, I am you... Kurama looked around.

"Who are you?" the kitsune waited in silence a few seconds before the voice had returned.

You know exactly who I am; I am the you that was locked away many years ago. I am the one you desire to be!

"NO!" he had yelled into the silence, Demi watched nearby stunned, his dirt mound left untouched. "You are vile and despicable; I ca not desire to be you!"

Oh but you do Shuichi, oh you do...you desire the power that we held all those years ago, but part of your mind is still hanging on the thread that you call human emotions! You are letting things such as love and friendship keep you from your ultimate potential...Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, these things are keeping you from me! So I took care of Hiei and Yusuke for you, well we did it together...

"Fiend! That's not what I wanted!" Kurama sat there, on the stump head in his hands, trying to force the voice to leave him be, but it wouldn't.

No Shuichi, it is what you want, it is what I want. We are the same, we want the same things, your human emotions are the only thing holding us back from being reunited again... think about it, think of how strong we will be if were together.

"No, you are wrong. I wanted to obtain the yoko form so I may go back to the makai with Hiei, not to become some ultimate being."

See? Human emotion is blinding you from what you really want! If you wanted to do it for Hiei you would have let him come! You would not have killed Yusuke! You still think of me as an invasion of your mind!

"Finally, you speak something with sense; yes you are an invasion of my mind..." Kurama looked downward "SO BEGONE!"

I am no invasion; I have been here all this time, you just refused to see me. You locked me in a prison where morals and beliefs were the gates of the prison, but your desire to become one with your original form was the key to my release, and your realization.

"You are wrong, I did not want to kill Yusuke... and I loved Hiei..." Kurama's statement sounded more as a plea than anything else.

Again, see? You "loved" Hiei, "loved" him that is what was holding us back! That single emotion of love! But proof of progress you said "loved" as in you did but not anymore... Kurama had no response to this, so the voice continued on. You wanted Yusuke to die too. Deep down you hated him so much, and you have no idea why...lets drop the pretenses once and for all! You are me! I am you! We think exactly the same! Let go of the emotions you hold! You are already halfway there, and we can't turn back now!

"Go away, I plan on..."

Plan on what? Turning me in? Come now. That's not what we want, now is it? Kurama, tired of this game, was starting to give in...

"No, it is not," he resigned the game with a sigh. The kitsune realized that everything the voice said was true, human emotions were holding him back, he did want to see Yusuke dead, and he did want Hiei to leave. Kurama smiled "yes! I am finally complete! Now to ditch this frail body and get my own back!" Demi hid behind a nearby stump. "Now let's see what ingredient four is..." On the map another dot, this one light blue was right nearby. Kurama frowned at the discovery. "What could it be?" He looked carefully at the description of ingredient four... 'An innocent demon's blood...' the newly awakened yoko looked up. "Demi... your assistance is required yet once more in your life..." Demi tried to fly away but was no match for the lightning speed of the great Kurama. His small impish screams could be heard throughout the vastness of the forest as the kitsune extracted what he had need from he imp...

Well you thought he cracked before, well I guess he wasn't fully there yet. Poor Demi, I loved Demi! Wahhh!! DAMN YOU KURAMA! I JUST FURTHERED MY HATRED FOR YOU IN THIS CHAPTER! I TAKE IT BACK YOU ARE NOT KOOL AT ALL YOU MEAN DEMON YOU! Sorry but I really liked Demi the most... oh yea and to give credit to where it is due... I used that stupid verb tensing thing, that used to drive me nuts in a fight, from past experiences, but that is it, that was all I drew from real life, so don't think otherwise! Well if this chapter is crap, tell me cuz I have a different one, but a friend told me that Kurama snapping was to abrupt and to explain it better, so I wrote this one, and pushed up the original chapter 15, which is now 16, just have to type it... but if this chapter is crap tell me, I'll take it out, cuz it is true, one bad apple does spoil the bunch, and my story aint that great to begin with, so I don't need to make it worse... well later man.