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"Hiei's telepathy"

"Hiei's thoughts"

Kurama's thoughts

Youko's thoughts

Karein's thoughts

(Authors Note)

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Chapter 5

"Well… you can transform… or try to," Kurama answered.

"Okay, how?" Karein asked determined.

"Are you sure about this Kurama?" Yusuke asked gently, worried about the girl.

"She should at least try," Hiei said agreeing with Kurama.

"What if she isn't a demon?" Kuwabara asked.

"She is," Genkai answered simply.

"I think we should leave the decision to her," Kurama said looking at Karein again.

"I want to try. Then if I am not a demon I can go back to my life like it was before," Karein said quietly averting her gaze from those around her.

"Very well, child. Since Kurama is the only one who can transform well I believe it would be best to have him go through this with you," Genkai stated.

"HEY GRANDMA! What about me?" Yusuke said angrily.

"I said WELL," she stated.

"I transform just fine," Yusuke retorted.

"Kurama, please begin," Genkai said ignoring the punk.

"Okay, it is very easy. All you have to do is concentrate. You have to really focus the first several times though, so if you don't get it this time, that doesn't mean you are not a demoness. Are you ready?" Kurama asked her.

Karein nodded, "What am I supposed to focus on?"

Kurama laughed, "Focus your energy… close your eyes and think about being a demon."

Nodding again Karein closed her eyes. She tried to focus on being a demon, but she wasn't sure what kind of demon she was. She really hoped she would look normal. Maybe then she would be accepted, not that she expected to be, but she could always hope.

That's when she felt her body getting warm, really warm. She wasn't sure what to think about this, but something told her to keep concentrating on this sensation. Then her body started to feel prickly. (A/N: like when your leg falls asleep… lol just in case anyone was wondering.) Once her body stopped tingling she opened her eyes and glanced up at Kurama. His eyes were slightly wider than usual, and his head was slightly cocked to one side. When her eyes met his, his eyes widened even more.

Before her eyes Kurama once again changed. She watched wonderng if that was what she had looked like. She watched in wonder as all those beautiful red locks turned silvery white, and those green eyes that looked so much like hers turned that beautiful golden color.

"Well my dear it seems that those blue eyes are more heart-wrenching than the green ones were. And I will stress that you are a demon… a fairly powerful one, at that. I must wonder, as I'm sure Shuichi does as well, what it is you can do," Youko said smoothly.

"What do you mean?" she whispered quietly.

Then she gasped. That was not her voice. She didn't know whose voice that was but it was not hers. She was not going to panic though. She was sure this was all a dream, a really weird dream.

"Onna, that was your voice… you are a demoness. If you have a hard time believing me then you should look in a mirror. I believe you will see that the changes done to your body are… drastic changes from your normal look."

Karein nervously reached her hand out for the mirror Yukina was holding out for her. She held it up and looked into the mirror. It was all she could do to not faint again. She knew that she would never go out when she looked like this. Her normally dark hair was white blonde, much longer than she normally kept it, and curly. Her normally olive skin tone was pale, almost as if she does not get much sun, and then she noticed her clothes.

The gauzy white dress was only covering the most sensitive parts of her body, while leaving nothing to the imagination. It was clingy, and showed the tattoos she just noticed. They were Japanese characters. They meant earth, fire, water, thunder, wind, lightening, plant and animal.

But these changes were the least of her concern. She looked back into the mirror, and noticed her eyes. She now wished she had her green eyes back. Her new eyes were the strangest thing yet. Somehow they were bright and pale at the same time. And they were no longer green, but blue. And she looked as if she was wearing makeup. Her eyes were delicately trimmed in a light pale blue, and her eyes were framed with long lashes.

Once again she looked up at Kurama, only this time she looked distressed. She did not know what had happened to her. She only knew that she was very different. And she had always tried so hard to fit in, and now she was even more different than she had been before.

"You guys have a new member," said a voice Karein did not recognize.

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Author: Wow… that one was… interesting. Poor Karein.

Hilu: Who came in?

Author: I can't tell you until the audience is gone. I don't want to spoil anything for them… but I will tell you later. Maybe I will get lots of reviews…

Hilu: Why don't you ask them to review and then tell me who came in?

Author: Okay. Please review people! Ja ne!