T R O U B L E

The next day everyone was walking fallowing Kurama's heart crystal, but there was a lot less tension in the group. Yokia was still walking beside her father and stared at him and smiled, "You know what daddy?" he looked at her for a second, turning his head her way, "You look just like the disguise you used to spend time with mom at school. Jennah and Kuronue told me everything," Yokia smiled as she held her hand to her mouth and giggled a little.

Hiei looked at Kurama with an eyebrow raised, "Were you disguised because of her? Or because you didn't want anyone to know that you were a demon?"

Kurama looked at Hiei, "It was so that Nakada wouldn't know who I was. She and I had…well," Kurama stopped talking for a moment and looked at the ground, "Let's just say something happened to me the night before the disguise was made,and she was scared of me after words."

"Did you scare her because of the curse Kelsey had put on you?" Daniel asked, knowing fully well it wasn't.

Kurama sighed, "No it wasn't. There once was a time where I kept my anger and hatred bottled up deep inside me that, it somehow became alive. When I found out that I was getting to close to your mother…I asked it to become one with me again and it did. I was angry with your mother for some things and for many reasons I shouldn't have, but I was. One night, the night before I got a new disguise, the anger and hatred I felt towards your mother for some reason kept on rising."

Flashback

Nakada had her hand on the doorknob when she heard the same thing in his voice she had heardon the second last day of staying at the hotel. She turned around and looked at Yoko's back. She felt like she was in a room with a stalker or predator and she didn't like that.

She became unbelievably cold when she was feeling a bit warm just a second ago. She looked all around the room for the source of the disturbance but she couldn't find it. But she knew there was something inthe room that wanted to do something evil to her, "Are you all right Nakada?" Yoko had somewhat gotten control over his anger and he looked at her.

His eyes widened when he saw Nakada was rubbing her arms as if she was cold, "There is something evil in this room Yoko and it's after me. It's close Yoko."

Yoko appeared in front of her and put a hand on her forehead and she flinched, "Nakada you are so cold and your shivering like crazy. Come outside and warm up, it is a rather warm night," she nodded and she took his offered hand, she drew it back quicklyas if burnt when he touched his handand screamed.

He covered his ears and closed his eyes when she screamed, but when he opened them he saw Nakada kneeling on the ground no longer shivering but holding the hand he had taken close to her, cradling it. The thing that worried him the most was the confusion and fear in her eyes as she looked at him. He looked at her with confusion in his eyes as he got up and started to walk toward her, "Stay away from me!" she said as she stood up and leaned against the wall beside the door.

He stopped and looked at her hurt, "Nakada I would never hurt you…what's wrong?"

Nakada saw the hurt in his eyes as his ears flattened to his head, but she didn't take any chances with him. The way her body reacted was to show her that there was danger around. And when the danger touched her she would burn. She looked at her hand and saw the burnt mark his touch had made when she had willingly taken his hand. She wasn't cold anymore because she realized where the danger was coming from, "Are you sure you would never hurt me Yoko? Because the danger that I felt was coming from you." He just stood there confused and hurt. He tried to go to her again, "I said stay away from me!" she moved to the door and placed her good hand on it.

End Flashback

Everyone looked at Kurama, none of them knowing what to say. Caralama took up the courage and walked a little faster until she was beside her father and took his hand. Kurama looked down, shocked, and saw her holding his hand tightly with her head on his shoulder, "I doubt mom let you have a chance to explain what happened, or why you were like that."

Kurama looked at the ground as he held his daughter's hand firmly while the other was still holding the heart crystal, "I couldn't tell her either way. The curse Kelsey had put on me was in the way of that information, it I told her about my hatred she would wonder why I did that. I could never lie to your mother, she always seemed to know when I was lying to her."

Caralama smiled, "Mom told us the reason to that," Kurama looked down at his golden haired daughter, "She told us that when ever you lied to her, your left eat would always flick."

Kurama stared at his daughter with wide stunned eyes and everyone behind them who had heard laughed uncontrollably and Hiei smirked, "You never noticed that fox?" Hiei asked walking up beside Caralama.

The fox shook his head as he stared at the heart crystal that continued to get brighter as they neared the spot where Nakada was sleeping. "I never noticed that before, no wonder your mother seemed worried or looked like she didn't believe me when I told her a lie."

"Why would you tell mother a lie anyway…father?" Daniel asked from behind Kurama.

"To keep her safe, not to get her worried, and, in the beginning, I didn't want to die. As time went on I found out that I didn't want to die without first finding out if she really loved me."

"So what you are telling us," Daniel said while his cold eyes were still planted firmly on his father's back, "Is that you would have let mother get hurt." Kurama stopped for a second and everyone, but Kurama, looked at Daniel, "That is was would have happened," Daniel explained, "If mother had told you she loved you and you died, with a happy smile on your face because you knew she loved you, you would have been hurting her. If you could do that all over again knowing that you could hurt mother because of your greed, would you have done that again?"

Kurama stood there with all eyes on him with his head tilted to the ground with his eyed tightly closed, "I don't have the answer for that at the moment Daniel, but once I do…I'll tell you."

Kurama started walking forward with everyone behind him and Daniel gently poked into his father's mind to hear him think. Even if by dying words.

(New chapter because it is almost over and the last chapter was to short)

I'm Sorry Father!

The next day

The night before everyone had seen the rest of the movie, everyone was anxious because the heart crystal was glowing brighter with each passing step. Yoko decided to stop and looked around at the place they were in. His eyes lit up when he came to the realization of where they all were, "Could she be here of all places?" he asked himself.

"What was that dad?" Caralama asked walking up to her father. She looked around and saw trees all around them, like they had for the last two days.

Yoko didn't answer her and bolted off into a direction through the trees. Everyone looked at the direction the fox had run off, "Do you think he finally knows where she is?" asked Kuwabara.

"There's only one way to find out," Yusuke said as he and everyone else ran off into that direction.

"HEY! WAIT UP FOR ME YOU GUYS!" yelled Kuwabara as he ran after them as fast as he could.

Yoko ran as fast as he could in the direction he was sure Nakada was in. Could she be there? He thought to himself with high hope in his heart as he neared his destination. Of all the places to go…could she have possibly gone there? Yoko stopped running when he reached tothe destinationhe was running to, his eyes widened at what he saw.

The others finally were able to catch up with Yoko and were surprised at what they saw. Yoko was sitting on a bed of vines and leaves with his heart crystal out of his heart and over the chest of a woman. The woman was asleep on the bed of vines and leaves; she looked like she was dead more than anything. Her hair went down to her waist in long ice blue strands and her skin looked so pale and soft. She wore an ice blue dress that went down to her feet and were held up by thin straps over her shoulders.

The four children looked on as they watched their father, none of them speaking. The silence was finally broken by Daniel and everyone was surprised by what he said, "…Mother?"

Yoko looked up from his work to look at them and smiled as he nodded. He turned his head back to his mate and continued to hold his half of the heart crystal over Nakada's chest. Chuu whistled, "Sure did find yourself a good catch their mate."

After Chuu had said this, a pink light came from Nakada's chest and a voice was heard, "Sometimes…I feel like I was the one who felt lucky." They all looked at the Sign and saw that Yoko's half of the heart crystal was now joined by another half to make the heart crystal whole. Then the maiden sat up and looked at Yoko with warm, ice, blue eyes and smiled, "I have been waiting so long Yoko," she said as her hand touched his cheek and he leaned into it. Nakada smiled and leaned in closer, wrapping her arms around her lover as he did the same.

They separated and Nakada looked at her four children and smiled, "You have all grown up so well Daniel, Jason, Caralama and Yokia, I am very proud." The four children went over to their mother and father and they embraced each other.

"I think we should leave them alone for now mates," Chuu said as he started to turn around and leave.

"Aye," Jin agreed, for once not saying too many words, as he turned around and left with the others.

Caralama looked up at her mother, "Why did you come here mom? It's not even that far from our home."

Nakada looked at her daughter and smiled as she leaned against Yoko, "Because, this is where I first met your father, a long time ago."

Yoko smiled and looked over at a tree that he remembered very well and pointed it out to the kids, "That is where I first met you mother and whereshe almost made me become deaf."

"I was more surprised than anything though," Nakada said with a laugh covering her mouth, "But I did scream pretty loud."

Daniel looked at his mother and his father together, they looked so happy with each other. He looked at his siblings and saw that they were smiling as well that they were all together despiteof what had happened. He looked at his father and smiled a real actual smile as he closed his eyes and remembered everything beforehis fatherhad died. Daniel opened his eyes and looked at his father, "Dad," everyone looked at Daniel, "I…I'm sorry for the way I treated you, do you forgive me?"

Yoko stared at his son and smiled as he placed his hand on Daniel's head, "There is nothing to forgive, I would have done the same. Lets face it," everyone looked at Yoko, "You have my quick temper and that is what got me your mother. Maybe you will be just as lucky," Daniel smiled and laughed, as did everyone.

"Well, isn't this a happy familyreunion," they all turned around to see all the Dark Signs behind them, with Kelsey and Seifer in front.

Seifer smirked, "To bad it will be the last time they ever see each other," he chuckled, "Alive that is." The Dark Signs raised their hands and a dark ball of energy appeared in their palms and shotat the little family. Yoko pushed his family away…but didn't get away from the blast in time himself.

Daniel looked back at his father with shock and he heard his siblings yell for their father while his mother just sat their shocked. Of their own accord Daniel's legs ran back to his father and saw his body there in the centre of the black circle. Daniel hurried over to him and kneeled beside his father and held his head against his shoulder, "…Father?" he said uncertain.

Yoko slowly opened his eyes and looked at his son with a smile, "H-hey Claws," he said with some force. Daniel smiled at his father but something didn't seem right. Yoko took a breath, "I-I have…to tell you something. You asked me…if I had another chance…would I have let…myself die happyand hurt your mother." Daniel looked at his father shocked that he would be saying something like this now. Then he remembered when the subject had been brought up.

Flashback

"Why would you tell mother a lie anyway…father?" Daniel asked from behind Kurama.

"To keep her safe, not to get her worried, and, in the beginning, I didn't want to die. As time went on I found out that I didn't want to die without first finding out if she really loved me."

"So what you are telling us," Daniel said while his cold eyes were still planted firmly on his father's back, "Is that you would have let mother get hurt." Kurama stopped for a second and everyone, but Kurama, looked at Daniel, "that is was would have happened," Daniel explained, "If mother had told you she loved you and you died, with a happy smile on your face, you would have been hurting her. If you could do that all over again knowing that you could hurt mother because of your greed, would you have done that again?"

Kurama stood there with all eyed on him with his head tilted to the ground with his eyed tightly closed, "I don't have the answer for that at the moment Daniel, but once I do…I'll tell you."

Kurama started walking forward with everyone behind him and Daniel gently poked into his father's mind to hear him think. Even if by dying words.

End Flashback

Even if by dying words. Daniel looked at his father, not sure in knowing what to do, but Yoko began to talk again, "I would have done the same thing," Daniel looked down at him with shock. "The reason is…I told your mother to kiss me…in a way to prove she loved me because the cure was in her kiss. Also…I never would have been able to marry her…be with her…or be able to have you and your siblings ever. My choice was notmade out of…greed Daniel, my choice was so that…I…could…be with…your….mother...and...with you..."

Yoko went limp in Daniel's arms and slowly his lids fell over his empty golden eyes. Daniel looked at his father and shook him a little, "Father?" he shook him a little again ignoring the evil laughter of the Dark Signs, "Father please wake up," tears were falling down from his eyes and onto the fox's pale cheek. "FATHER NO!" he said and dove his head onto his father's chest.

Everything seemed to go still for a second, like time had stopped. A light enveloped Daniel and the body of his father, the light began to spread until there was nothing but the light. Nakada recognized this light, and some how…so did Caralama.


Nakada bolted up from a white-sheeted bed and looked around her. She looked around her and saw her friends as well in beds on either side of her and her brother beside her as well, but…something looked different about them. "Nakada?" she looked the door on the other end of the room and saw her mother standing there with tears in her eyes.

"Mom?" Nakada asked with confusion. She looked around again and something triggered her memory, "Where's Yoko? What happened to him?"

Susan looked at her daughter and sat down on her bed, "Hunny…what are you talking about? Who is this Yoko?" Nakada looked at her mother with wide eyes. Susan then looked like she understood, "Nakada…that was all a dream…none of it was real. You and your friends were in an accident and have been in the hospital in a coma for three months. None of it was real sweetie, I'm sorry."

Nakada stared at her mother and felt like her heart was breaking in two. None of it was real? Yoko never existed? No one I saw was real?

"The doctors are still trying to figure out why you, your friends and your brother look like the way you do now though." Nakada looked at her mother and then at herself, holding some long silver blue tinted hair in her hand. Her hair looked like the colour of the sea on a bright day. Nakada couldn't take it anymore as tears fell freely down from her eyes and held onto her mother, feeling like she just couldn't live anymore.


Sorry sorry sorry sorry! I am so sorry that I haven't written in a long time! But there was school and mind blocks and feeling like I didn't want to write at all. I also have the sims and they can be so addicting!

OH! A Shoulder Monkey, I know I'm a little late but happy birthday! I was planning on finishing this story for you but well .

Anyway don't worry about the story for those who are reading, there will be sequel! But a little warning for those who are reading...male pregnancy has polluted my mind so there will be male pregnancy in the other story.

Yusuke: Whose going to be the unlucky male?

Me: You will have to find that out later. And the chapters will be longer as well! I promise!

Yoko: It had better now be me who gets pregnant-.

Me: Well we are just going to have to see about that aren't we. Until then!

JE NAE !