A/N: Thanks again to Kitsune Kagome for the suggestions. Really helped me this chapter, I owe you one.

Only two announcements. One is after fifteen more reviews, I will start answering reviewers. The other is that summer is coming soon, and that means school crunch time. I'll try to get a chapter out this weekend, but I can't say if I will or not. After school gets out, I hope to get two chapters in a week.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yuyu Hakusho, Inuyasha or even most of the ideas for this chapters contents.

Kagome glared at the offered hand with all her might. She really wasn't in the mood for his cool and calm attitude! No, whenever she was mad, everybody had to be in a foul mood!

The man, Urameshi, pulled his hand back and cleared his throat. "Can I please see Yuuki?"

Kagome huffed and crossed her arms. "Only if you take him back."

Behind them, Youko cringed. Souta shook his head. His sister was always one to jump to conclusions. He gave Yukii a sympathetic look and laid back onto the floor.

Yuusuke blanched. "I'm sorry. Did you mean 'take him back' as in perminately or temporarily?"

Kagome pointed a trembeling finger at him. "Don't play with me. You know what I mean!"

Yuusuke supressed the urge to roll his eyes. "Please understand, he will be put to sleep if he is taken back." Kagome didn't move. "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself. After all, foxes are mischeivous by nature. I would feel horrible knowing that I practically murdered an innocent animal who was just acting on its instincts." A flash of emotion crossed Kagome's eyes, and Yuusuke continued. "It's no different then one of us human beings getting mad at another person for insulting us." Now he had her.

Shame and guilt began to well up in Kagome. She lowered her finger. "Well, if you put it that way..."

Yuusuke wasn't quite finished. "If we were to kill anything and everything that acted on it's own instincts, the world would be empty. Even as advanced as we are, we still have the 'fight or flight' instinct among others."

Kagome hung her head. "Alright, alright. I'll give him another chance." Her eyes lit up. "That is, if you and your company help me to restore the things that were destroyed."

Yuusuke agreed after a moment. "Fine. Now may I have some time alone with him to figure out why he became so agitated?"

Kagome moved to the side and waved Yuusuke in, shutting the door behind him. Yuusuke walked into the disemboweled room and nearly tripped over Souta.

"Hey, watch it!" Souta sat up. "People are trying to sleep here!"

Yuusuke narrowed his eyes. "It's not my fault I can't see everything around me! Besides, it's your own fault."

"How do you figure?" was the retort.

"If you weren't laying on the floor, you wouldn't've been stepped on."

"You should've watched where you were going!"

"I can't see everything, I'm not psychic."

"Boys!" Kagome interrupted, stepping in between her brother and her guest. "Souta, you shouldn't argue with guests. Mr. Urameshi, Yukii is on the couch behind you."

Yuusuke turned and scooped up Youko. "Do you mind if I take him outside for a little while?"

Kagome shook her head. Souta glared at both of them.

Yuusuke made his way through the room, opened the screen door, and walked out.

Youko grunted as he was dumped unceremoniously onto the ground. Yuusuke began to untie him, and soon Youko was able to stretch and work the kinks out of his body.

"I don't know what you did, but you had better tell me now." Yuusuke's voice held a cold threat in it, and at the moment, Youko was all too aware of his vulnerability in his fox form. He quickly laid out what happened.

Yuusuke was silent for a moment. "What were you thinking, dumbass!" Youko cringed again. "Do you know what Koenma is going to say when he finds out about this?"

Youko's eyes widened. You're not going to tell him, are you?

Yuusuke snorted. "Of course I am." He crossed his arms. "Just because you lie doesn't mean I do."

But he'll-

"I know. But frankly, I think you deserve every bit of your future punishment." Yuusuke sat in front of the silver fox and crossed his legs. "You didn't have to act like that. That was worse then something Hiei would do, way back when."

Youko closed his eyes and sighed. I know, I know. I already feel guilty about it.

"Much worse."

You don't have to go and rub it in, you know. Youko cracked an eye. I've already been punished by three people, and will be punished in the near future. I don't need it from you.

"What do you mean, three?" Yuusuke gripped his chin in thought. "I can understand the boy and the woman-"

Souta and Kagome, Youko supplied.

"-but who's the third? Unless...you didn't." Youko's ears flattening and his tail ceasing all movement confirmed Yuusuke's guess. "Shit, you did."

Of course, I did. What, you think that I just sat there and plotted my revenge while my other half berated me for something that I had already done? It was all in the past, dammit!

Yuusuke put a hand to his face. "Great. Just great. Now I have to find Hiei! No doubt Suuichi's put up a barrier." Youko nodded in confirmation. Yuusuke glared and pulled out a small device that resembeled a compact.

He flipped open the blue object and pressed a single, golden button. Botan's face appeared in the screen. "What's up, Yuusuke?" she asked cheerfully.

"Cut the crap, Botan," Yuusuke snapped. "I need Hiei here as soon as possible."

Botan's smile faltered slightly. "That bad?"

"Worse."

"Alright. I'll send him over." Botan waved and cut the connection.

Yuusuke attempted to sit patiently, but was failing horribly. Every time he got close to being comfortable, a stone, twig or insect would decide to stick him and cause him pain. It tried his temper to the barest thread, and Youko just sat there, staring at the ground.

Fortunately, just before Yuusuke snapped with annoyance, Hiei chose to make an appearence.

Hiei had left his cape at whatever dwelling he called home, revealing what lay underneath. His crisp, black, sleeveless shirt sat tucked into his black breeches, which were, in turn, held in place with four white belts. His black boots made no sound as he strode over the yard. His way of entry was seen only by the fact that the dirt in front of the fence held two prints on it, as if someone of average weight had leapt up as high as they could and decided that they needed to make a bigger impact.

Hiei stopped just in front of Yuusuke. His eyes flickered from the fox to the detective, and he blinked slowly. "What happened," he demanded.

Yuusuke narrowed his eyes and stood up with as much grace as a newborn colt. "I'm not in the mood for any of your shit today. Kurama and Kurama had a fight."

Hiei lifted an arched eyebrow.

"Yeah. The tempermental side snapped and the brainy side put up a barrier." Yuusuke walked over and lifted Youko by the scruff. The fox didn't even twitch. "Think you can do a patching job with them?" Yuusuke tossed the animal over to Hiei, who caught him easily.

"Of course." Hiei lifted Youko to face him and glared.

Suuichi felt someone testing his walls again. When would they get he get the message that he wanted to be left alone? It annoyed him to no end. After all, Suuichi was just trying to help his counterpart. Hell, he was the one who had had his body taken by a vain dog in the first place! The least Youko could do for him after all of Suuichi's sacrifices was listen to him once and a while.

But it seemed that was too much for the fox spirit to handle. After he had snapped at Suuichi, who had bourne the brunt of the youko's fury for most of his life, Suuichi had gotten fed up. He was just trying to help.

So, Suuichi had flung up the most potent sheild he could concoct and used only his will to keep it up. Youko had tested it a few times before Suuichi had flung all the hurt and anger he felt at the spirit. That had shut him up for a while, but he had tested the walls again. And again.

This most recent time had Suuichi at the end of his patience. He gathered up any spirit energy he had accumilated over the past few days, balled it up, and let it fly.

Needless to say he got a big surprise when it was all absorbed and flung back at him twice as fast.

He sat there in a dazed conciousness as he tried to puzzle out where Youko had come up with that particular trick.

:Oh, stop it. You know he's too damned weak to do anything like that.: The voice vibrated in Suuichi's non-existant skull.

Damn. I'm in trouble. Suuichi ran a spiritual hand over his spirit face and groaned. Just leave me alone Hiei.

:Yes, you're in trouble and no, I won't leave you alone. You need to be clued into a few things, topmost being what's in store for you.:

Suuichi cringed as Hiei continued. :For letting Youko get into trouble, Koenma is putting you on paperwork duty as soon as you change back. He didn't say how long. Second, for making me travel down here to drag your sorry ass out of this second-rate sheilding job, you also get the pleasure of training with Genkai.:

Suuichi's 'eyes' widened. Where does she come into play with all this? And when did Koenma find out about the situation!

:Koenma found out as of about five minutes before I left, and you're being sent to Genkai because you need to brush up on your skills. You've become way to lazy, fox.:

Hey! I couldn't help it that that woman lured me into a trap. I thought she was injured and weak!

Hiei swatted Suuichi with the help of his jagan.:You should've known better. If anything, you should've taken another of us with you. Never assume that your opponent is weak. That's the last thing you think about, if ever at all. You're supposed to be the smart one. You're supposed to be the one with the most common sense. As far as things go, you were. I guess something happened a way back that made you into a pompous egotistical bastard.: Hiei stared at his teammate.

Suuichi opened his mouth and closed it many times, his mind going completely blank. It didn't help that Hiei had a point. I guess I wasn't thinking, he said finally.

:You weren't, and now both of you pay the price. Don't blame Youko for your own faults.: Hiei dropped out of Suuichi's mind and looked at Yuusuke. "Done." He tossed Youko back to Yuusuke. "Make sure that boy in there realizes that foxes need to be let out once and a while."

Yuusuke nodded as Hiei seemed to flickered out of existance. He turned back to Youko, who was hanging upside down. When he flipped the fox rightside up, his ears were quivering and his eyes were glossed over. Yuusuke stiffled a laugh.

What's so funny? Youko blinked, which caused Yuusuke to break into laughter.

I'm also curious as to what can make you snap so fast.

"Hey! You're back, Kurama. Kurama's." Yuusuke took a deep breath and smiled. "You fixed things?" Youko nodded and Suuichi sent an affirmative. "Alright, then let's get this over with. I'm hungry and I have a date tonight."

Yuusuke stepped onto the stair outside Kagome's home. "Look, just make sure he's allowed outside often. And tell that other guy in there that he has to treat foxes like royalty or face the consequences." He held up a scarred arm. "I had to learn the hard way, too."

Kagome winced in sympathy at the sight of the mangled scars. "Right. Thanks so much."

Yuusuke nodded. "We'll send you some money to help pay for the damages in a few days." He turned and walked away.

His outer appearence was calm, but inside, his head was whirring. He couldn't wait to tell his other teammembers about the look on Youko's face.

As he pictured it again, he began to laugh. The only other time that he had seen Suuichi with that face was when the police academy had visited and had brought a sample of marijuana to show the classes what it looked like. Suuichi had been visiting on a school assignment. With such a sensitive nose, he had started acting a little tipsy from the fumes.

And Yuusuke had it all on tape. He had forgotten about that.

As people stared at him for laughing in the air, he wondered how he could use the tape as blackmail material.

End Chapter
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