Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Yu Yu Hakusho or anything affiliated with said show. I do however own Jess and her three animals.

'Thoughts'

-Hiei-

&Kurama&

/Youko/


"Shit, I'm going to be late!" A woman with chin length brown hair and hazel colored eyes, yelled as she raced around her room. "Keiko is so going to kill me." She ran around throwing things into her black messenger bag as she finished getting ready. "Now…, what to wear?" Looking through her closet, she found her favorite pair of jeans and a black fitted muscle shirt that had an evil smiley face and said 'I may look crazy, but don't let that fool you. I'm much worse.

"JESSICA, HURRY UP YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE TRAIN." A voice yelled from downstairs.

"I know mom, I'm coming." Jessica said as she grabbed her phone and ran down the stairs. As she ran past the kitchen she said "Thanks again mom for staying here and watching my animals while I'm gone. They aren't comfortable anywhere else."

"It's no problem dear, I love these guys." Her mother said. And then with a hint of playfulness she continued. "Besides these are the only grandchildren I'll probably ever have."

Jess stopped walking and glared at her mother. "You know I have no interest in dating. Besides I'm quite happy here with them." She said as she pointed to the two long haired tabby cats and the Siberian husky sleeping on the floor.

"I know honey. It's just that sometimes I wish you would spend more time around people instead of animals."

"That's one of the reasons I go to visit my cousin mom, you know that. Keiko is going to introduce me to her husband this time and I'm sure she'll find some excuse for inviting people over to her house while I'm there. Anyway, I really need to go. I'll be back in a week." She said as she kissed her animals' goodbye and ran outside to catch a taxi to the train station.

Looking at the animals that were sleeping at the door her mother sighed. 'I hope she can find someone to talk to when she gets there. She really needs to find a human companion.' With that last wish she walked into the living room and got settled in for the week.

oooooTrain Station-With Keiko

Yusuke, who had been watching his wife pace the train station for a half hour, was starting to get really bored. Not that he minded watching her walk around in that light yellow sun dress that seemed to accentuate her curves, but he was annoyed as hell at having to be there. After brushing a speck of dirt off of his green t-shirt he stuffed his hands into the pockets of his faded jeans and sat down with a sigh. "Keiko, can I please go? I really need to train and Genkai's waiting for me."

"Yusuke, would you stop whining already. I told you I have to pick up my cousin." A girl with shoulder length brown hair and soft brown eyes said. "And you better behave, she doesn't hang around with people very much and I don't want you to scare her away." Smoothing out her dress Keiko jumped when she heard a small laugh behind her.

"Ha, as if anyone could scare me cousin."

Whipping around Keiko threw her arms around the girl behind her and smiled. "Jessica it's so great to see you. I've missed you."

"I missed you to Keiko." Jess said as she halfway returned the hug. "And how many times do I have to tell you to call me Jess? You know I hate being called Jessica."

"Sorry, Jess, I forgot. Besides it's not like I see you that often." Keiko said as she led her to where her husband was standing. "Jess I'd like you to meet my husband Yusuke. Yusuke meet my cousin Jess."

"Hey, nice to meet you." Yusuke said as he stuck out his hand.

Jess looked at his hand for a second before giving him a small smile and a nod of her head. "It's nice to meet you too Yusuke."

Keiko, who had seen the disappointment in Yusuke's eyes, mouthed that she'd explain later. Turning back to her cousin, she smiled and started leading her to the door. "So are you going to stay the whole week this time, or are you going to get a call to go home?" Keiko asked smirking.

A few years ago Jess had made up a call about her animals being ill just so she could get out of going to a party. So of course Keiko thought it was her job to remind her of it. It was a longstanding joke between the two cousins.

Glaring at her, Jess smirked back. "You're just jealous that I have the love of two men and you don't."

Sticking her tongue out at her spunky cousin, Keiko continued to tease her. "I'm sure Midori would be very upset to hear you talking about her husband like that. And Layf loves just about everyone."

Glancing over at Yusuke, Jess realized he had no idea what they were talking about and probably thought she was sleeping with two different men, one of them being married. Trying not to laugh at the look of horror in his eyes she started explaining. "We were talking about my animals." Jess said with a smile. "Midori and her husband Shale are my two tabby cats and Layf is my Siberian husky."

After listening to Keiko talk to her cousin about these two guys that loved her. Yusuke was beginning to get a little worried. Then when Jess turned around and explained their conversation he couldn't help but smile. "Remind me never to eavesdrop on you two; I'd end up either going crazy or getting into way to much trouble."

Jess couldn't help it, she laughed. "This guy is perfect for you Keiko. You two make a great couple." Still giggling she continued to follow her cousin to her car.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, Yusuke invited a few of his friends over for dinner tonight so we'll be having dinner around seven." Keiko said once they had gotten in the car and were headed towards their house. "They are two very nice men named Kurama and Hiei. We would have had another guest named Kuwabara, but his wife is in the hospital and he refused to leave her side."

'How sweet' Jess thought rolling her eyes. "So do I have to dress nice or can I wear normal clothes?"

"Oh no, wear whatever you wish. I doubt that they will be dressing up anyway."

Yusuke remained silent for the trip back to their house, but when they arrived he offered to show Jess to her room. "That way you can start dinner honey." He said as he led Jess up the stairs.

Jess followed her cousins' husband up the stairs and down a hallway. She suddenly saw a picture that caught her eye and stopped to admire it. It was what appeared to be a fox demon fighting some rather ugly looking toad demon. The fox demon was silver with wisps of blue energy crackling around him and it had golden eyes. Just as she reached up to touch the fox she felt a hand on her shoulder that made her jump, before turning around and getting in a defensive stance.

As Yusuke was walking down the hall he suddenly felt the girl behind him stop. When he turned around to see why, he saw her staring intently at a picture on the wall. It was the picture that Kurama had painted of himself in true form, and had given it to Yusuke and Keiko as a wedding gift. Coming out of his memories he noticed her hand as it moved towards to painting. Before she could touch it he placed a hand on her shoulder to get her attention. He had not been expecting her to jump and whip around like she had been attacked, and was unsure of what to do when she got into a fighting stance.

Jess blinked a few times and relaxed her body. "I'm sorry for stopping I was just admiring the picture. So which way is my room?"

Yusuke watched her blink several times and then she seemed to relax. Just as he got ready to ask what the problem was she apologized for stopping and asked him to show her to her room. "Umm…yeah…it's this way." He led her down the hallway to a room near the end and led her in. The room was a pale yellow and had a floral theme. "This will be your room; the bathroom is just down the hall second door on your right. Dinner is at seven so you have a few hours before then. If you need either of us we'll be in the kitchen getting dinner ready." As Yusuke got ready to go downstairs, Jess stopped him with a question.

"Hey Yusuke, if you don't mind me asking, who painted that picture?" She asked while glancing back down the hall at said item.

"My friend Kurama. Why?"

"I was just curious. Well I'll see you in a little while." She said as she shut her bedroom door.

With one last look at Jess's door, Yusuke walked down the hall hell bent on finding his wife and demanding answers.

"Dammit." Jess muttered to herself. "I didn't mean to do that, now he probably thinks I'm nuts." She began putting her things away in the closet and then sat on the bed examining the room. 'Geeze Keiko, think you could have put me into a scarier room.' She thought annoyed. 'I can't wait until I get back to my room. It's not so… bright.'

Jess pulled out a book titled And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and decided to read it again while she was waiting for dinner to start.