Hey everyone well um I really don't have any new news to report so I'll get right to the thanks list and then the story!

THANKS TO ALL OF MY REVIEWERS!

Sam: Aren't you going to name all your reviewers?

Kurama: That would be a first.

Soul: No.

Sam: Why?

Soul: Because it is hard to keep track of reviews for 9 stories! Unless you all want to do it!

Kurama and Sam: No thank you

Soul: (Smiles and looks at Hiei standing by the wall.) Hiei thank you for volunteering!

Hiei: Nani?

Sam: Okay this is going to end bad anyways let's get onto the chapter!

Chapter 3: Kuroi Bara

(Can't think of any good chapter titles right now!)

The next morning Hiei woke up to the suns early shine threw the open window. He stood up and noticed Ash was still asleep.

He walked quietly out of the room and into the dining room where Kurama sat silently at the table looking down at his glass of water obviously in thought.

"What are you doing up?" He asked sitting across from his fox friend as he looked up to him. "I've been up all night." He said just as Ginsei jumped up into his lap.

Kurama gently started stroking his own little fox, "why?" Hiei asked watching Kurama closely it was as obvious as a semi coming straight at you that he was in deep thought about something or another.

"I need to ask you something."

"Okay."

"Why did you hurt Ash last night?" Hiei sat now himself in thought then finally he came to the conclusion that Ash must have told him the previous night.

"I don't know… how did you know?" Hiei questioned changing the subject a bit. "She said your name last night when we asked what happened but never said anything more about it I finally came to the conclusion you had done it." He explained.

"I don't know I faintly remember the incident anymore." Hiei explained himself as Kurama stopped and listened to him. "Have you talked to her about it?" He asked as Hiei started wondering why he was prying so much.

"Hai but not much she didn't seem very upset about the incident but about Ryu being out she was."

"Well when she walked in the door she seemed very shaken up about it all I wouldn't be surprised if she had lied to you about it." Hiei shot the fox a death glare at this.

"Don't you think I would be able to tell if she was lying to me or not?" The fire demon asked strictly.

"I don't know would you because right now I think she is hiding a lot from you that you've been being very blind to." Hiei instantly stood straight up slamming his hands on the table.

The little fox jumped out of Kurama's lap and onto the table growling at his master's friend. Kurama on the other hand sat there looking at Hiei as if nothing had even happened no sign of fear on his face or in his aura.

"If my hands weren't on the table I swear I would kill you." Hiei said in a deathly tone.

"I'm sure you would."

"You don't know what you're talking about." Hiei said trying to get his opinion threw to the kitsune.

"I don't think you do either." By this time Hiei's hands were literally shaking with the urge to spill Kurama's blood. (Jeez such friend-like thoughts ne?)

The two stayed that way for a few minutes neither daring to move anything. "You don't know anything about this situation."

"Trust me I wish I didn't." Kurama opposed as Hiei literally started to lightly smolder. (That can't be good.)

Suddenly Hiei's eyes shot away, "I need to kill something." He said before flitting away without another word. Kurama let out his breath finally relieved that that whole situation had finally ended.

Just then Ash walked into the room a slightly confused look on her face. "I could have sworn I felt Hiei's energy out here was he?" She asked looking around then at Kurama.

"Hai."

"Where is he now then?" She asked sitting exactly where the fire demon had been not two minutes ago. "He suddenly had the urge to kill something." Kurama explained leaning on his right hand.

"Again?" She asked in a half joking way smiling at him as Kurama returned the smile. 'I just hope I'm wrong about all of this.' He thought silently in his mind.

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Meanwhile with Ryu he chuckled slightly in the same spot he had been in all night. He had been inconspicuously observing Hiei as well as everyone in the temple all night and day.

"That's right Hiei don't get your anger up this far… at least not yet." He said silently watching the screen closely for any and every piece of information he could get.

Right beside him Shinku still sat in her same spot also watching the ongoing video that played on and on memorizing every piece of information she could focusing mostly on the little things.

Shinku's P.O.V

(Savor it now I tell you now Shinku's thought's are the best thing I can do and there won't be a lot of this; at least not yet.)

I watched closely digesting all of the activity going on in the temple, taking note that Ash could be humorous in most situations and seemed to always wonder where her so called mate the forbidden child was.

Kurama on the other hand was worried about her his slightly tense voice that his so called friend Hiei had failed to spot. I knew I had to memorize all of this so Master Ryu could use all this later on.

But also because it was my very existence resting on the line, if I failed to complete any task that my master has assigned me to do he would not think twice about killing me.

I had heard stories and even witnessed master's bloody and merciless murders. Then he would always have a second person to be his second in command.

I blinked once at the thought of what he did when found out Kianna had been taken from him when he came back from the appalling spirit world prison.

He went on a killing spree for the first few hours taking a total of 482 lives. (One word: therapy. Okay I'm going to stop with all of these little mini A/N's.)

I did not want to die but then again I suppose I was in a worse state now then death itself. Stripped of all emotions and forced to watch murder after murder and suicide after suicide.

I was only 6 at the time and had to witness all of this I suppose you could say it had a very dramatic effect on my soul. I was gifted now with what Master told me was uncontrollable power that he could help me control.

But what I didn't know when he told me this in my old home was that when I agreed he killed all of my family members and forced me to watch it.

He stripped me of every emotion I had and now I could no longer feel happiness, sadness or even shudder at the memories nothing but he assured it was for my best and I believe him to this day.

(Just so you know if this is confusing you her past will become clearer later on!)

Suddenly his voice came knocking me out of my light thought. "Shinku do you think we should make an appearance yet?" Why was he questioning me this? Normally I couldn't make plans so why now, I couldn't say anything about it though.

"I think you already have." I said looking up at him from my cold spot on the ground. "Explain." He said never looking at me. I pointed to the red head the used-to-be infamous thief Yoko Kurama now Suiichi.

"I think he has suspected your presence within Hiei." He smirked at this maybe he had overlooked it knowing I would pick it up. "Very good now explain your reasoning." He ordered of me as I let my arm fall back into my lap.

"It is not like Hiei to hurt his mate without reason he is very honorable remembering back to when you took control of him before to get Ash he did the same thing it only seems logical that he could have come to that conclusion." I explained.

"Very good now I think it is time to raise your power even more." He said standing up as I stood also. I was an ice demon naturally but with the different intense training sessions he put me threw I could successfully use just about any type of power. (Such as fire, water, and psychic, that type of thing.)

I followed behind him as we walked out of the room into the dark and yet cold hallway. "This will help you to summon any type of power you wish. With this you will be unstoppable." He explained taking a door into a large stairway that was instant access to any floor in the castle.

I said nothing about it but followed up the many stairs until we were at one of the higher levels. Entering in we were brought into a long dark hallway with many doors on either side with different gold name plates on them with words like 'fire to ice' and 'water to ice' on them.

I knew exactly what this place was it was where Master Ryu kept all his magical items used to help s demon use different types of attacks.

I had tried at least half if not more of these because for a while now he has been making me use them to try and strengthen my power and make it easier for me to switch my types of attacks.

We entered a large door at the end of the hall that had no gold plate on it. Nothing was in the room mostly but in the middle of the room on a large stone cylinder slab sat a black rose with a matching thorny stem.

"Go ahead Shinku take it." Master ordered of my stopping just in the doorway. I walked calmly past up a step next to the stone and without hesitation reached out for the rose.

Once my paper white skin touched the stem a black flame started to be emitted from it but it didn't burn me at all. "Perfect." I heard Master say from behind as I turned slowly to him.

"Shinku my dear you are simply perfect and nothing less now that you have the Kuroi Bara (Black rose.) your power will be like no others." Master Ryu said obviously pleased with my ability.

"Thank you master." I said stepping off the one step as he watched me intently. I moved back to where he was standing all the while keeping the Kuroi Bara very close to me.

"Well then we should be getting back and seeing what more things our happening with our fine occupants." Master Ryu said turning and leading the way out of the room.

I followed close behind the whole time wondering with a blank look on my face what would happen in the so close future. The very thought of what was in store for me would have made any normal human or demon shudder.

What I hated the most about what I sensed would happen to me in this so close future was that I somehow knew that it would involve more killing.

A/N: Well did anyone like, dislike what? I didn't have any ideas for what to say with Ash, Hiei and the rest of them so I decided to talk about Shinku a bit more. I like adding all these different OC's but I promise there won't be any more of them coming in.