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Chapter 7:

-(Hiei)-

'Stupid onna.' He leapt through the forest near Genkai's temple. 'What does she know! She doesn't know what it is to be abandoned!' He took out his sword and started practicing, slashing in the air furiously.

'How dare she! She speaks of me as if she is all knowing! Higher than me- which will never happen. I will not allow it!' His angry and unsettled thoughts continued as he trained, eventually wearing himself out. When he was exhausted, a good few hours later, he leapt up into a high tree's branches to sleep. Dozing off quickly, his katana lay unmoving in its sheath.

'I let her get to me…' were his last thoughts before he drifted away into sleep.

-(Makai)-

"Are you at your peak yet?" The horned demon looked expectantly at the other when he did not respond. "Well? Answer Osamu!"

"Pardon. What were you saying Ichiro." His flat voice angered him slightly.

"Are you back to your S-class state yet! I want to proceed!"

"Patience." Osamu stood, topping off the tall demon easily by several inches, to Ichiro's discomfort. "All will go as planned. I will have my rightful share of the bargain, and you will be satisfied with your own."

"Answer me Osamu!" he snarled out. "Are you ready or not!"

"The medication is successful, as you know. I will remain here to train for several days- less than a week." He raised a defined eyebrow at his companion's protests. "Then I will carry out what you want."

"NO!" Ichiro slammed his fist on the table, splitting it and making it teeter ominously. "I want to advance instead of dallying here! I have supplied you with your money for the medication, now finish your part of the bargain!"

"I will train for four days. On the fifth, I will leave to do the task." His eyes hardened. "That is it."

He huffed. "No longer. You cannot delay."

"I will do things at my own pace. You did not rush to pay for my equipment either Ichiro." He scowled. "Do not threaten me." An even larger dent manifested itself in the wall next to Ichiro's head. This being done, he turned, leaving abruptly.

Shock was replaced with rage. "You'll regret that Osamu. I'll make you pay," he hissed to himself.

-(Friday, three days after Yuki's arrhythmia)-

Yuki attended school the next few days, despite her medical problems (although she did have a note allowing her to sit out gym class). Apparently, all of the teachers liked her. And several boys too…

"Hello there." Yuki looked up in surprise to see three strange boys, all tall and with sneering faces.

"Eh, hello…?" She didn't know why they were here.

"My name's Yori." He jerked his thumb at his friends behind him. "Those two are Daisuke and Goro." The two boys leered in response. "You just happened to catch my attention when you came in a couple of days ago." He grinned, leaning in closer. "So… meet me at lunch today… outside, and don't be late."

"But… um…" They were gone before she could continue. 'Okay…' She shook her head to clear her jumbled mind and hurried off to class, not wanting to be late.

School was, as the rest of the days have been and will be, boring and not taxing at all for her. What made it worse was that she couldn't run around with her heart problem, which made the day even more boring for her.

"Come over here Amaya-chan!" Yuki obediently followed Keiko's voice through the crowd, which she was somewhat better at weaving through. She sat next to Keiko and Kurama under the tree- Yusuke and Kuwabara were skipping school.

"You're allowed to?" Yuki blinked.

"No, but they don't follow the rules…" Skipping class, cutting detention, not handing in homework, blowing off tests, were some of multiple things that the two boys did that the school disapproved. "Wait a minute… I see him!" Keiko dashed off, leaving her lunch behind.

"What?"

Kurama chuckled. "Keiko spotted Yusuke. She's going to go… reprimand him."

"Okay…"

"So, tell me Yuki…" Yuki looked at the redhead leaning against the tree. "What did you say to Hiei that set him off? I haven't seen him once in the past few days."

"…" Yuki's eyes hardened. "After he saw several of my memories, he took me to a void. He told me briefly about his past. He took me from the void, and I became unconscious. When I insulted him, he transported me to an empty room- he wanted to know how he was a Forbidden, how I even knew they existed."

"I told Hiei he was being stupid. I lost control. I told him that he was selfish and not a degree higher than the Koorime who cast him away. We fought as we argued. I passed out afterwards."

"Hm." Kurama stared off into thought. "No one ever has said that to him… but then again…" He glanced at Yuki. "…nobody else was a Forbidden. Especially not a Conflicting."

She nodded vaguely, her look softening. "There are a small number, and I have seen them suffer. Several other specimens in the lab…"

"…I was the only survivor of the tests though…" Her lips twitched. "I never saw their forms… I just heard their voices… their pleas… their screams…" Yuki shuddered. "I don't even know for what reason we were detained…"

"I'm sorry…"

She smiled. "Don't be. It was my father's fault."

"May we call you by your name? Yuki?"

"Yes. I trust you." She got up, brushing her skirt off. "But since I have given my name to the ningens as 'Amaya' I will have to go by that in front of other humans. Kind of like you, Shuiichi and Kurama." She smiled at him.

A hand grabbed her upper arm, and yanked her backwards. Yuki yelped as she looked into Yori's eyes. "Didn't I tell you to see me!"

"Let me go!"

He laughed. "Not on your life-" He was cut off as a form plowed into him.

"Jeez Keiko! I said I was sorry about cutting! You didn't have to hit so hard!" Kurama bit on his thumb in laughter. Yusuke had been slapped by Keiko, and had stumbled backwards into Yori, sending both boys crashing to the ground.

"Oi! What's your problem!" He struggled to untangle himself and stand upright.

"Sorry bout that."

"Watch it next time."

Yusuke's eyes glinted dangerously. "I don't like your attitude. What's your name?"

"Yori," he responded, thrusting his chest out proudly.

"Hunh. You're the new kid in the neighborhood." His arm shot out, grabbing Yori's shirt. "Then I'll tell you once. I have my reputation at this school, and I don't intend to let it slip."

"As if you- Hey! Get back here!" Yori had noticed Yuki creeping away. A jerk from Yusuke brought his attention back to the punk.

"And that's one of my friends. You touch her in any way, you get the pulp pounded out of you, and not by just me. There are others out there who look out for her." He leaned in closer to whisper in his ear. "So don't make any moves you'll regret." Yusuke shoved him away.

"Bast---," Yori spat out. "You'll pay for touching me."

A punch landed on his face, easily sending him to the ground. "Don't think so. I run things around here." Conveniently, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Yusuke disappeared into the crowd with a devilish grin.

Kurama helped her up. "Are you okay?"

"Fine." Yuki stared after Yusuke. "He didn't even expect thanks."

"Yusuke's not really a demanding person." He smiled. "Let's go." The two left, hurrying to not be the last in the rush to the hallways.

After school, Botan picked her up, still wearing her cheerful grin, there to take Yuki to Reikai. For more testings.

"Yuki?" They had just arrived in Spirit World.

"Yes?"

"Koenma wants to talk to you before your tests. He said it's important."

"Okay."

"Ah, thank you Botan. You can leave." Botan bowed after leaving her to the little ruler.

"You wanted to speak to me?"

"Yes." He fiddled with his fingers. "Your recent medical problems are due to your conflicting powers. As I have been informed, you are half ice demon, quarter water and quarter electricity."

"I believe so."

"You have shocked your heart out of beat. You were also shocked when you were washing your face, no?" She nodded. "But the strange thing is-"

"I didn't shock myself in the shower the day before," she monotoned.

"Yes. I have a theory, but do you want to give your thoughts?"

She thought for a moment. "I'm a Forbidden. Water and Ice against Electricity. I'm also a Conflicting." Yuki hesitated for a second.

"Maybe… maybe since my powers haven't really been decided, and I haven't had any training, I keep on switching through elements at random times."

"So when you were showering?"

"Ice or water, since I didn't use any hot water. And that morning, I suppose I was electricity."

"It could be." Koenma twirled in his chair, deep in thought. "But I thought that perhaps the medication you were on caused your powers to disfunction properly. That and the fact that you never have trained."

"It could be both," Yuki said respectfully. "But why would they keep me in a lab to have me not function correctly?"

"I don't know." They both were silent for a moment, thinking about the circumstances.

Koenma rose with a sigh. "Thank you for your time A- Yuki."

"Thank you." She stood as well.

"Now, we're just going to give you check ups on your health. See if your heart is regular, sicknesses, etc. We think you in perfect health, minus your arrhythmia, but just to make sure. We'll let you know your results in a few days. They are extensive tests. You will probably be considerably weakened, so I'll send either Kurama or Hiei. Jiro is out on Reikai business." Yuki nodded.

After the tests, which consisted of shots, blood and DNA samples, and other such things, she was ejected from the room, stumbling slightly.

"Yuki?"

"Kurama," she gasped out, bumping into him and leaning on him. "Tired." She blacked out.

: End Chapter

Insaneningen14: Kurama is meant to be brotherly to her, as Yusuke is. (you'll find out about the relationship with Yusuke and Yuki and Jiro later) So, no relationship between any of them except that of siblings and family ties and such.

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