An: Well here's the next chapter. I have up to chapter 12 writen. So yay for me! Also, I have the next chapter for Banana peels are in fact dangerous written, it's just that I am being stupidly lazy. On a completely different note, If you are seriously bored and have money to spare, I suggest you buy the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. It is seriously an awesome book. I love it to bits.

P.s: I am kind of curious as to who everyone thinks Kohana will end up with. So yeah, I will never tell, butI am still curious.

I hope you enjoy this chapter. The next one I think is my favorite.

We wear the mask that grins
And lies.
It hides our cheeks and shades
Our eyes--

-We wear the mask.. By Paul Dunbar.

Kohana successfully made it to dinner without breaking down. No one even noticed her distress.. Or so she thought. Hiei actually knew all about the emotional battle she went through everyday. But how could he help her when he couldn't even really help himself? Kohana sat down in between Yusuke and Yukina and stared intently at the food in front of her.

"Who made this?" Kohana asked Yukina.

"I did! Do you like it?" Suki replied proudly. Kohana didn't know why, but she didn't even really like nor trust this person. She seemed so self involved to Kohana. 'I bet she put poison in this or something.' Kohana thought as she poked her food and watched Kurama eat his. She turn to Yusuke and put some food on her fork.

"Try this." She and he looked at her oddly, but complied to her strange request.

"It's good." He said and went back to shoveling food into his mouth. Kohana looked down at her new watch and waited for 5 minutes. 'I heard most poison takes up to 5 minutes to work.' She got bored and one minute and went back to staring at her plate.

"Why did you get him to try it?" Suki asked. 'What a stupid question' Kohana thought.

"To make sure it's not poisoned." Kohana said dully, and looked sharply at Yukina who was about to eat some food off her plate. Yukina looked at her and slowly put her fork down. There was an awkward silence as everyone gawked at her. Kurama cleared his throat.

"So how did you pay for your purchases?" He asked politely while eyeing his girlfriends unreadable face.

"I had some money left from working for Genkai." Yukina answered as she set down 2 plates of something she made for herself and Kohana.

"Pay?" Kohana asked as she hungrily ate the food on her plate.

"You didn't pay? And if you thought the food was poisoned why did you give it to me?" Yusuke asked.

"Umm.. No I didn't 'pay' -what ever that means- and I read in one of the books Kurama lent me, that around 500 years ago queens would get their dogs to try their food first, to make sure it wasn't poisoned. If the dog didn't die in 5 minutes, they would eat. You didn't die, so I don't know what you are getting all upset about." Kohana replied, not really seeing the big deal.

Kohana really didn't know anything about money or shopping. Everything she did know about the 'outside' world, she learned from Ryoichi. He never really saw the point in telling her about either subjects. Yusuke choked on her answer.

"You stole everything you got?" Yusuke burst out laughing and patted her on the back. "Good job!" Kohana merely grinned back as if she intentionally meant to steal.

"Wow, I guess that just proves that even children can steal more then candy." Yusuke muttered and went back to eating.

"Perhaps, maybe next time we should accompany you the next time you go shopping Kohana. I could also lend you some money so you can actually pay for you items, instead of merely stealing them. How ever unintentional it was." Kurama said while smiling fondly at Kohana. A little to fondly for Suki's tastes.

Everyone thought that Suki was upset about the fact that her little sister thought she was trying to poison her. But in reality she really didn't give a rats ass. She was however upset about how much attention Kohana was getting the last 2 and ½ months. It never a cured to her that the main reason they were paying attention to Kohana was because she was her sister, and they wanted her to feel welcomed. Kohana looked at Kurama straight in the eyes, and again got the feeling she did the first time she looked in his eyes.

"I can get my own money." She said stiffly while darting her eyes away from him.

"I still can't believe you stole all the merchandise. I mean you are just a little kid." Yusuke said, really shocked. Everyone nodded their head - excluding Hiei and Yukina. Yukina was worried about how her friend was acting. She knew something was up, and she had to find out so she could make her feel better.

"I know! Kohana why don't you and I have a sleepover tonight in my room!" Yukina asked, but Kohana could hear the desperate tone underneath the cheerfulness.

"Of course. Why not?" Kohana replied. "I think I will go now, and wait for you in your room." She said as she stood up and walked out of the room. Yukina nodded her head and continued eating her supper. Everything was silent until the phone rang.

"I'll get it" Suki said quickly and ran to the phone in the other room.

-Kurama's P.O.V-

I sat there silently eating my supper staring at where Kohana was just, moments ago sitting. I couldn't get what Hiei had said out of my head.

"Kohana bought the book for you." Did that mean she thought about me? Did she really think I wouldn't like the book just because she gave it to me? If anything.. I like it more.

-So you like this little girl?- came a voice in his mind.

"No Yoko, I don't like her. I am just nice to her because she is Suki's sister."

-Good keep it that way Shuichi. Suki is our woman, why would you give her up for a pipsqueak?-

"I wouldn't! Like you said, she is a child. It would be unnatural to have feelings of that sort for her. Also, she is taller the Suki, so you shouldn't call her a pipsqueak."

-I can call her whatever I like. Just keep those feelings of yours neutral. We don't want to lose Suki for something like that.-

"Don't worry Yoko. I don't like Kohana like that."

I mean, how could I? She is just a child. There is a law against feeling like that towards her. Yeah, I don't like her like that. I mean… I love Suki, not Kohana. Yup.

-end of Kurama's P.O.V-

Hiei laughed silently as he left Kurama's mind. 'Won't he be surprised when he finds out how old Kohana is.' He thought to himself as Suki returned from talking on the phone.

"I am so sorry, but I have to leave. The girls need to have an emergency girls night out. I will be home around midnight." Suki kissed Kurama on the lips quickly and left.

"So do any of you have plans tonight?" Yukina asked out of the blue.

"Yeah we have to meet up with Koemna, apparently there is some big mission we have to go on, even though we are on vacation." Yusuke said, it was clear that he was unhappy about this.

"Are you guys ready to go yet?" Boton asked as she walked into the room, making Yusuke and Kuwabara jump.

"How did you get in here?" asked a completely freaked out Yusuke.

"Suki let me in as she left.. So are you ready or what?" Kurama looked at Yukina apologetically.

"Sorry, we have to go. If you leave the dishes out I can clean them when I get home." Yukina just smiled at him and shook her head.

"It's ok, I can clean them right now. Have fun!" She called out to them as they left the room.

-At Koenma's Office-

"Oh good you are all here." said a tired looking Koenma.

"I guess you are all wondering why I called you here while you are on vacation." He looked around, expecting Yusuke to go off on a tangent about how it's his vacation and he isn't working no matter what. After a couple moments of silence he assumed no one was going to interrupt.

"I need you to protect Kohana." Yusuke looked at him like he was retarded.

"That is what we are doing. Why else would she be living with us?" Koenma shook his head.

"Well I mean really protect her. She is in great danger. A powerful demon named Tanaka is after her. She could be kidnapped at any moment." He said and continued to stamp papers.

"Then why didn't you just come to us! She could be getting kidnapped as we speak!" Kuwabara yelled. Koenma appeared to be unaware of the outburst.

"Oh, well then we will check on what is going on then." He said and a floating T.V appeared in front of them.