This took longer then I planned. I was having a little trouble starting the chapter but I finally got it down. Hope you enjoy it cause I like the way it came out.


Inazuma awoke early the next morning, before the sun even began to rise. The night before was long and sleep still lingered in her blue eyes but she shook it away and crawled out of bed. Sweat soaked her body as she remembered what she had dreamt. Blood. Battle. Jin and Touya laying on the ground, eyes empty and staring with pain still in them. Kurama leaning against a tree, clutching a poisonous wound on his chest. Chuu kneeling over a limp Rinku. Suzuki holding Shishiwakamaru as life left the samurai's body. Yusuke pulling out a sword from Kazuma's chest, tears streaking his face as he fell beside his friend's dead body. A bloody Hiei holding a wounded Yukina. Tears were on both their faces as he told her a story, the story of his life, and confining in her his secret. Inazuma's body laided in the center on the battle field, her sword clutched tightly in her hand, blood of Takanashi covering it. Shaking her head, she pulls herself out of her visions.

'I will not allow them to come true. They will be prevented. A battle is indeed on it's way, but I will not lose my friends.' she smiles slightly. 'Friends...hmm...if they see me as that, then I am happy. I will protect them. It has only been a week, but they have grown on my heart...that is rare. I have not been that close to any person since...Raizen.'

She stood up and made her way out of her room, her kimono from the previous day still on. As she wandered down the hall, talking reached her delicate ears.

"WHAT?" yelled two women in unison.

Inazuma's hand flew to her ears and her head pounded.

'Too early for this.'

She went to the first room, Kurama's. Opening the door, she found the kitsune telling his mother the truth about him. Shock was all that was on her face. Inazuma watched as Kurama finished and looked away from his mother, fearing rejection. Shiori gazed up at her.

"What your son says is true. He was once the most infamous thief in Makai, the world you are in now, but do not fear him. He has changed so much since his rebirth as Shuichi. He will not let any harm come to you...and neither will all of us." she bowed to them and made her way out the door, but saw Shiori, out of the corner of her eye, take her son into her arms.

With a smile on her face, she made her way to Yusuke's room. Atsuko sat in a daze on the bed while Yusuke kneeled next to her on the floor. Both turned to the door as Inazuma walked in.

"Who are you...really, Kita?" Atsuko asked her long time friend.

"I go by the name of Inazuma and I am advisor of Makai. I also spy for Koenma, prince of Reikai."

"How did you...go to Ningenkai?"

"I am sure Yusuke told you about Raizen." Atsuko nodded. "Well, he wished for me to watch over his desendants. I have been guarding your line for...close to 200 years. I watched each person in turn...and when you were small, I watched you as well. It was my duty to keep an eye out for the Ativism of the Mazoku. Yusuke was an exceptional child, even at a young age he showed displays of Reiki. I had to keep an even closer watch on him by order of Koenma. When he died, my watch over him was suspended and expelled. He had to grow, in power, with the help of others, not myself."

Yusuke and Atsuko sat in silence for a little, just watching Inazuma.

"So you had to guard the Urameshi line?" Atsuko asked.

"That is correct."

"Can I see this...Raizen man?"

Inazuma looked away.

"He has been dead for 4 years, but, yes, you may his grave. Yusuke?"

"Of course."

Inazuma turned around and walked out of the room, bound for downstairs. Upon entering the meeting quarters (the living room, to be exact), sh found Kazuma sitting on the couch.

"Kazuma-san, up so early?"

"Hmm...ohh, Inazuma. Yes, I couldn't sleep. Guess i'm worried."

She sat beside him.

"Worried about Takanashi?"

"Yeah. That bastard kidnapped Yukina and could have endangered her, even killed her."

"Then I guess it's good that Chi saved her, right?"

"Yeah. That woman was scary. I thought she had betrayed us."

"She would never. Like you, she has an honor code. Stick by those you trust until the end and repremend the evildoer's faults, basicly, payback."

"You know her well?"

"Yes, very well. She was an assasin once, but I was sent to track her down. Her and I fought for two days straight before we called a draw. After that, we became close friends. That was when Kori joined us."

"You're a fighter?"

"One of the best, though I haven't had a decent battle in many years."

"How many?"

"Hmm...close to 365."

"Wow! You're old!"

Inazuma got a sweatdrop.

"You have no idea. Hey, what do you say to some training?"

"I don't fight girls, no offense."

"Not fighting, improvement...on your part. I fear that we are all going to need it."

"Alright. Why not?"

The two of them stood up and Inazuma led the way to the fighting fields behind the castle. On the way, they passed a tall statue of a eagle with a sword in it's claws.

"What's that?" Kazuma asked.

Inazuma kept walking past it, but turned her hand to glance at it.

"Enki's resting place. He died the year before last of unknown causes. His wish was for Yomi to take control of his land and he complied for he had become friends with the joyful, red giant. Koko was devistated, she had loved him very much. She now lives in a retreat several hundred miles for here."

She continued walking, but Kazuma could have sworn he saw her wipe her eye. They came upon a large field several minutes later and, also, found a small child in it. He looked over at Inazuma and smiled.

"Zuma-sama!" he shouted as he ran to her and lept into her outstretched arms.

"Shura! My are you up early. Did Yomi put you up to training this early?"

"No. I wanted to make my dad proud by how strong I have gotten. Why are you out here?"

"To train. Care to watch?"

The child nodded vigourously and hopped out of Inazuma's arms, making himself comfortable against a tree trunk. Kazuma walked to the center of the field with Inazuma.

"Now...Show me you Tameshi no Ken." she commanded.

Kazuma nodded and pulled out a hilt. Sending his Reiki into it, it morphed into a 3 foot yellow sword, powered completely by Reiki.

"Make it more defined."

Kazuma focused to try and make it look more like a real sword, but failed and called it back.

"I can't." he sighed.

"Never say can't. I want to teach you something. Sit."

They both made themselves comfortable in the tall grass.

"What I want you to do is focus on your Reiki. Imagine it surrounding you."

His body vibrated with energy and a yellowish aura surrounded him.

"Now...I want you to concentrate all of this energy into your mind. Using your mind's eye, create a box with a lock that can only be opened by you. Place your energy into this box and seal it, but make it easy to access just in case you need it quickly."

His eyes squinted as he followed her orders. Energy began to focus on his forehead and the aura began disapating. Wearily, he opened his eyes to find Inazuma smiling at him.

"Very good. It would take a normal person, be it ningen or youkai, a while to do that. I am very proud."

"Thanks."

"Now, what you just created is a reservoir of energy, a chosuichi no reiki. What it does is hide's your energy, but also keeps it. Calling upon the lock, you can open it and withdraw however amount of reiki you need. There is also a way to link your rei ken to it and not use a lot of energy. We will wait on that. It takes a great deal of energy to do that. I can teach you another little trick if you like."

"Really?" he asked, very excited.

"Yes. Now stand like this."

She spaced her feet 2 feet apart and bent her knees, the right one more bent then the left. Placing her left fist against her waist, she placed her right fist up against her chest. Kazuma followed suit.

"Remove some energy from your reservoir and send it to your right fist."

She demonstrated and a pale green-yellow energy eminated from her fist.

"Draw it back."

She leaned backwards, dropping her left arm into a defensive block away from her body, and pulled her right arm back.

"Throw it."

She punched forward and the energy flew out of her hand in a large, 5 ft. sphere and launched at the trees, stopping just short of them. The energy swirled around and went back into Inazuma's body.

"Cool. So it's just like Urameshi's Rei Gun, but improved?"

"Basicly. Now you try."

Kazuma did the same thing that she did and lanched a slightly smalled sphere at the trees. It also stopped just shy of the trees and went back into his body.

"Why does it do that?" he asked.

"It does not want to hurt the trees. Come on, lets get back. I smell breakfast."

She turned around and began heading for the castle, Shura and Kazuma following close behind.

"How well can you fight?" Kazuma asked her.

"I defeated Raizen in his prime...if that gives you an idea."

"Basicly, you defeated Yusuke at his fullest."

"Kind of. Raizen was a lot more powerful, but, alas, I cannot reach that level again."

"Why?"

She drew up the sleeves of her kimono and showed him metal gauntlets.

"These hold my energy and cannot be broken. I wear them to keep my youki under control. If I do not, I am rather dangerous. Raizen, Yomi, and Mukuro created them after an incident many years ago."

"When?"

"Remember Japanese history, The fall of the feudal era in 1868?"

"Yeah."

"Well after a mass killing in Makai, I kind of made my way to Ningenkai and took out the rulers and such." she scratched the back of her head.

"You what?"

"Hey, it turned out alright, correct?"

"Yeah."

"Hn."

She continued her walking. They entered the castle to find Kurama, Yusuke, Shiori, Yukina, Atsuko, Keiko, Hiei, Mukuro, Yomi, and the others sitting at the dining table. Breakfast was spread out.

"Eat up." Yomi said as he served himself.

Everyone dug into their food except for Inazuma who excused herself. Exiting the castle, she went to the gardens and sat in a tree. A rustle of leaves was heard above her and a figure dropped onto her branch.

"Inazuma."

"Kori. What brings you here?"

"Need a vacation?"

Inazuma smiled.

"I would love one."


Stay tuned for the next chapter...might have it out today?

-UtsukushiiCho