- For I am pursued day by day, forbidden even among the forbidden. -


"Kurama!" Shuichi screamed out his name as the red head pulled the younger stepbrother away from the ice barreling down, placing his own body in the direct path of the ice.

The yell was proved unnecessary as a barrier of tall grass suddenly erupted up to freeze instead. Shuichi looked over toward Kurama as a blade of grass grew from his elder stepbrother's hands to the size of a sword's blade. The younger boy suddenly blinked, as Kurama looked over at Shuichi with a look in his eyes the younger did not recognize on his stepbrother's face.

"Shuichi," Kurama said hurriedly in a fierce whisper. "I want you to go back home. No arguments. Understand?"

Shuichi immediately closed his protesting mouth to argue going home and nodded his head.

The red head breathed out, looking very much relieved. "Good. Tell mother not to worry about me. If…." Kurama stopped slowly, taking a good look at the younger, more innocent, face peering expectedly up at him. "Well…keep taking my half of the Monday paper and feel free to read yourself." Kurama gave a brief warming smile. "If I'm not around, as Yusuke any questions."

Shuichi suddenly frowned. "If your not around…? You have these freaking awesome powers," frantic motion to the grass blade sword Kurama held, "you can't mean that you are going to d—"

"Go home," Kurama interrupted firmly if not a tad sharply. "Now."

Several seconds passed silently behind the wall of frozen grass as the two stared at each other. One intimidating, the other confused with worry. The smaller form attacked Kurama with a jump to give a fierce hug.

"If you die, I'll kill you."

Kurama grinned at Shuichi's words. "That would defeat the purpose. Now get going."

Nodding once more, Shuichi took off running away from the park onto the road of human civilization past the outer edges of trees. The wind blew sharply across Kurama's face, red bangs needling his face as he stood straight to watch the younger boy disappear from view. If this is it, Kurama thought almost finally in his head, I am sorry mother. "But mother doesn't need two dead sons."


"Shiori? What is it?"

Shiori stopped to glance over at her husband from the front door. Worry filled her mothering eyes. "I'm not sure but I just became cold for a second and I'm positive something is wrong."

His shoulders relaxed with a smile. "Don't fret about it. I've had those before and I think most people do."

"I think its Shuichi."

"Shuichi?"

The front door slammed open to a frantic kick off of shoes and a second slam of closing as a smaller form raced for the stairs. Both parents jumped at the sound, turning toward the cause of it.

"Shuichi!" The form halted, turning around to face his dad. "Don't slam doors like that. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Looking…for…something," Shuichi panted out as his feet inched impetuously toward the stairs.

"Alright. Don't run now. I'm sure whatever your looking for isn't going to run off unless it smelt your pile of dirty clothes in the corner."

The preteen rolled his eyes. "I'll bring them down dad, don't bug me about it. Can I go now?"

"Shuichi?" Asked his stepmother.

"Yeah?" And then it looked like the younger boy remembered something. "Oh yeah, K-Shuichi said not to worry about him."

"Where is he?" Shiori asked slightly worried anyway.

Managing a shrug, the younger Shuichi answered. "Dunno. When I left he was with some friends. Um… I think something to do with the pair arguing earlier. Can I go now?"

"Go ahead," Shiori replied and Shuichi made a bolt upstairs forgetting everything his dad said about not running. She smiled as her husband made a slight clucking sound over his son.


Leaping up and over to slide down the frozen grass, Kurama held his grass blade on the ready for the fight that had already begun. Or to what little part of it had started. Mikko was holding her own with the wind against Akuna. More or less it looked like Hiei was loudly arguing with the smaller Forbidden Child once again, claiming Akuna was his for the eye she stole. Then without pausing, he turned to snap at Yusuke as the Spirit World Detective tore past after Kuanja. Taking in Yusuke as the distraction, Kuwabara and Jin both side tackled Kuanja; Jin flying from the top and Kuwabara running from below. Kuanja wouldn't be held down by the likes of them however, and the two bolted off of him before becoming completely frozen.

Shaking his head at the chaos, Kurama sliced his grass blade for Kuanja's neck as Yusuke chased him past once more. But the Forbidden Hunter already had his awareness up and blocked it by raising an ice-covered arm as a shield. The ice continued on past the shield though, traveling the length of the grass blade. Releasing the object, Kurama reached back to pull out the favored weapon from behind his thick red hair.

"Forget it Kurama! This bastard's mine!"

And Yusuke plowed down on Kuanja aiming for a punch. Kuanja still had his guard up though and simply made a crack of air as he disappeared from view. "Damn it!" Yusuke bellowed, spinning around to search for the missing Forbidden Hunter. Hearing a gasp from behind, Yusuke turned to look only finding no one there. Not even Kurama.

"Dat ain't playin' fair-like now!" Jin yelled out with a loud tinkling sound as he finally busted off the incasing of ice around his leg. Kuwabara was still lying next to Jin with his own chunk of ice wrapped thick around his head, torso, and part of his arms. Jin neatly placed a kick for Kuwabara's head, cracking enough for the tall teen to breathe. But with Kuwabara's senses and the time frozen…he was now unconscious. Bravo mister newly sixth strength heightened Kuwabara.

Yusuke and Jin finally spotted the missing demon fox gone human. Kuanja had obviously 'popped' Kurama over to Akuna and was now keeping Hiei and Mikko from Kurama. Kurama's energy was lashing out at Akuna, only having it to be draining from him to be absorbed by her. He cracked the rose whip up and outward for her head from the awkward position of being held up literally by the strands of his pretty red hair. She laughed, the free hand snatching the rose whip seconds before contact to hold it easily without a single torn scratching her palm. She jerked the whip out from Kurama's hands to throw his whip away before reaching back in a motion all to familiar to everyone around…and summoned her own rose whip.

"That…that's impossible!" Kurama spoke in shock as the black pedals from her own summoning fell to the ground. Kuanja grinned from off to the side, sending another ice attack for the two Forbidden Children once again. Yusuke's own mouth however had dropped in shock; Jin's dropping slightly as well. How easily it had been done….

"You know," Akuna spoke fingering the end of her rose whip as she did so, "at first I hated and despised this eye for all the power it drained from myself. Then, I realized what boundless uses I could use it for and how great of a gift it was. This lovely little eye keeps track of things Red. Or should I say, Yoko Kurama? And I've stolen your favorite weapon fox. Thank you Forbidden Child. For handing over the weapon of your destruction," Akuna grinned past all evil. "Your friend."

Crack!

All heard a gut-wrenching yell, each one (except the Hunters themselves) staring with horror at the extent of the damaging pain released onto Kurama's body.


"ARGH!" Danielle scowled at the pencil at hand. "Break why don't you? I'll show you." She sharpened the pencil definitely. "Ha! Can't stop me from sketching! Aw…dang! It broke again!"

Scott looked up in mild interest at his elder sister waging war on a pencil, sharpening the discriminating object once more. She only became frustrated when sketching real life faces instead of the usual manga type characters. He sat up slightly, spotting a bishie type part way done on her paper. Huh. That was manga. What was she having troubles with then? Wait a second….

"Danielle," came Scott's taunting voice. She looked up at him peeved. "Who are you drawing? It's that bishie boy, isn't it? That one you like."

Smack! Scott pushed back at her with a foot after the attempted dodge. "As a friend. How often do I need to say it? I'm trying to figure out how he'd look like with something like…." She went back to work, sketching a tail onto the form only to have the pencil to break again. "Dang!" Tossing the pencil down, Danielle got up from the couch heading up for a drink of water as Scott went back to his game.

Going back over to pick up her sketchbook, Danielle gave a curious look at the paper. A dark mark now had ruined her work, giving the impression of Kurama's stomach to be torn in half by something. That would be some injury. Sighing, she erased the mark, closing the sketchbook for the moment. Now, to play Link if Danielle could make Scott share the game. Thus starting the fight for the controller.


Yusuke, Jin, Mikko, and Kuanja suddenly blinked as one as they watched the scene before them.

"Shit," Yusuke muttered in half awe. "When did Hiei get that fast?" Yusuke blinked in a pause. "Or physical?"

"Akuna," Kuanja breathed in all at once, promptly disappearing.

Reappearing next to the point where Hiei was pummeling Akuna to the ground, Kuanja jerked Hiei away by the back of his cloak. Whipping around with a snarl and a demented formed face, Hiei simply slammed Kuanja's nose with his fist to follow up with doubling over pain to his stomach before even Hiei's own head had time to register what he did.

"Yeew fwaking Forbbidden child! Yeew roke my dam knose!"

"Follow the plan you idiot!" Akuna screamed at him before Hiei's attention was redirected at her. Whirling around, Hiei pounded his fists down in a fiery fury once more.

Kuanja looked on in pain, half torn between two things for a mere second. He preformed a sudden streak of backflips, landing with extreme precision with each foot on each of Kurama's two wrists. Flinching at the pain, Kurama swung a leg up from where he lay on the grassy ground to only have Kuanja catch it definitely with a single palm. "Hm," Kuanja said softly with a pursed smirk as his gaze landed upon the torn abdomen. The rose whip had slashed from front to back, the stomach cut slightly over halfway, blood seeping onto the ground in a large pool. "Akuna did good work."

"Hey bastard!" Yusuke yelled suddenly, raising his fist up in anger. "Leave Kurama alone!"

"Awe," Kuanja toned dryly. "Is he jealous of the attention or does he care for the little red head? In any case, it makes no difference to me who dies as long as we add another babble to our Forbidden power collection."

Kurama glared dangerously from where he lay, blades of grass sent shooting up for the blue hair above him. Ice barreled down, blocking the growth of the plants. Biting his lip, Kurama swung up his right leg earning the results wanted. Kaunja released Kurama, the red head quickly scrambling to stand.

Yusuke rushed over to Kurama as he nearly fell over once more from the pain in his side. On the other hand, Jin had an arm slung over Mikko's shoulder and was talking softly as her body shook from either fury or from a different unpinned emotion. Off to the side, Hiei continued pounding at Akuna to end it with an enormous punch that sent her flying backward. Apprehensively, Hiei turned to flicker his red depths of his eyes to where Kurama stood.

"Hey Hiei," Yusuke spoke up. "You…being physical…. Okay, that's scary." Yusuke stopped, not sure what to say after that since Hiei hadn't moved since turning around.

"SNAP OUT OF IT!"

Hiei still failed to move. Mikko was shaking harder with her fists clenched and it could be easily seen now that Jin was trying to calm her down with his arm around her shoulder like that. Knowingly, Kurama stretched a warm smile for Hiei to show him friendship was not a bad deal made only for "human" emotions. Alarm spread onto Hiei's face and he jerked back a step before recomposing himself.

"Okay, weird…." Yusuke muttered.

"Mikko Songs!" Came a shout.

All turned to see Mikko flying straight for Hiei with a determined expression on her face. There was a gasp as Yusuke and Kurama's eyes widened. Hiei stared evenly at her as she approached, holding his ground.

"Move it idiot!" Mikko bellowed out as the whirlwind of dust followed up around her with gaining velocity. Upon reaching him, the cloud of dust grew ever slightly, someone being thrown from the area of concern.

"Omph!"

Two forms sat up from crashing into each other. One Mikko and the other Akuna whom had been trying to sneak up on Hiei.

"Ya didn't hafta throw me!" Mikko yelled sorely as she kicked Akuna's knee so that her legs were buckled from under her. "I got bigger fish to fry now!"

"Same here human!" Hiei bellowed, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Mikko tensed up, eyes searching about her. In a move that was almost escaped by the others, she threw her arm outward incased in an armor protection of wind. The black form of Hiei glared up at the equally glaring female staring down at him.

All goggled upon the pair. Yusuke looked down at Hiei to start laughing. "Man Hiei! You got clothslined!"

"You crazy Forbidden Children! Who exactly is your opponent?" Akuna's face shone red as she slashed her sword for Mikko's knee.

Both Hiei and Mikko reacted to the sword being slashed and there was a clang as metal hit metal. Hiei had his sword out in blocking before a stream of attacks and blocks; Mikko had flown upwards and aimed well-placed wind forks at Akuna. Akuna made a move for something in her trench coat, her face widening in shock.

Kurama chuckled from the side. "Looking for that mirror?"

"Bastard Red!" Akuna snarled.

Kurama suddenly gasped from the pain rushing through his body. Akuna grinned wretchedly as she continued her swordplay with Hiei. "I was at the Dark Tournament. I know all the tricks you used Red."

Kurama gasped for air, eyes wide, feeling the growing inside of him. Panic, worry, fear, and relief unbeknown, apprehension, uneasiness, plants…. "Someone…. Kill her!"

"DIE!"


Shiori frowned, looking at the plants upon the windowsill. "That's odd. What caused them to whither like that?"

Shuichi pounded down the stairs, racing out the door. "I'm gunna check something quick! See ya!"

She blinked as the door slammed shut, looking back over at her own son's flowers. Rubbing at her head she murmured to herself, "Maybe I should take a nap and rest."


"Hum…who do I got next?" Botan flew on her oar, pulling out the next book. "Huh? This can't be right…."

"Actually…." Came a voice. "It is."

Botan's head snapped up to see the all-famous red head. "Kurama! How…? But…that dream vision can't be right! Forbidden Children can't die! So neither could you!"

Kurama peered down upon the scene below him with sad eyes as he witnessed all below in shock. "I guess it doesn't surprise me so much…. I have cheated death before. Perhaps it is the way it is to be. You did have a book on me for today Botan."

Botan appeared speechless.


Silverwing013: We shall pause for people to cry. And attempt to kill me. Several times.Promptly runs. Here's the rest of the chappie!


"Kurama!" Yusuke screams. "No!"

The teen races to the still form of Kurama, small vines peaking out of places such as his ears and mouth. Shaking the silent form, Yusuke howls that its not possible for the sly fox to be dead. Jin hovers behind him, trying to comfort the spirit detective without any result. Mikko had paused her attacks from above, staring wide eyed at the once alive red head. He had only tried to get close to her because she used to be close to Hiei but…. An image flashed through her mind of a younger red headed Jin with a sword plunged through his chest, an injury at the time she had believed him dead but now knew to survive thanks to the passing Shinobi. "Not again…. Killed because of me…?"

Hiei stood stock still, Akuna grinning like a Cheshire cat beside him. "Serves the sly Red right."

He took a half step forward, sword dropping to the ground. "Kurama?" He questioned silently out loud as if testing it.

"And mostly because you're more than a partner to me. Your more of my—"

"More than a partner…." Hiei turned. "YOU! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! SUFFER MY WRATH!" White ribbon streamed onto the ground in a flourish. Hiei smirked wickedly with full force. "BLACK DRAGON HELL FIRE!"

"Take cover!" Jin shouted out to his sister with a pull at Yusuke.

Kuanja took charge, running forward toward the black flames, long forgotten by most of the others. "Akuna!"

Kuanja tumbled free of the blast, Hiei looking more demented than before. Akuna stood unscratched. Kuanja however, was knocking on hell's doors soon. His whole body had been charred from the attack and could not move from his spot on the ground.

Akuna sneered from where she stood, only slightly burned. "Kuanja, you loving fool! I thought that damn problem was solved when we became demons!" She spat the ground.

"Cold…." Jin mentioned from where he stood.

"No colder than Hiei at times!" Mikko shouted. "But deserves to die properly!"

She dove down, fast enough to equal any still standing, a whirlwind of a tornado was produced around Akuna. Jin stared in slight awe from the side. "But even Mikko Songs knows dat's not enough from da first time…."

"Yusuke! Shoot!" Came the call as the tornado turned to its side so that it was possible for Yusuke to shoot directly in the eye of the storm. And directly at Akuna being held in there by Mikko keeping clasp on the Forbidden Hunter.

Yusuke looked down at Kurama before making his firm decision. "You bet!"

"No!" Jin shouted, throwing his arm out. "Urameshi, dat'd kill her!"

"Akuna? Hell Jin! That's who we're all after here!"

"No! Me sister! Mikko Songs!" Fear was almost bluntly obvious on the mop red head.

Yusuke stared. "Oh," he said blankly.

"Forget it!" Hiei yelled from where he stood, wrapping the cloth back up around his arm. "I hold no qualms in killing either!" Tugging his sword from the ground, Hiei plunged forward into the depths of the windy mess.

"Hiei!" Jin screamed out. He didn't hold it a dear wish to loose his sister once more to this Forbidden junk.

Blood spilled in all directions from the whirlwind, Jin and Yusuke holding up an arm to block some of the mess flying out. "Who'd he hit?" Jin frantically searched to spot who was spilling out the blood. Another spurt of blood spilled out of the whirlwind again, larger than the one before, Hiei's form flying out to crash land.

"Stupid idiot!" Came Mikko's voice from the center before a frustrated scream.

Akuna jumped clear out of the tornado mess laughing, spotting Hiei to laugh more. "There is a blasted reason why I never wanted this sword to strike at me stupid Forbidden!"

Hiei straightened up from where he stood, Yusuke staring in shock at the totally transformed form of the old three-eyed, short half-fire, half-ice demon. Because that wasn't what Hiei was anymore at this point. How in the three worlds did all of this happen, Yusuke wondered. First Mikko, some dream visions, a half-brother Jin, Hiei in love, losing powers, Kuwabara surpassing his sister, Kurama telling a family member, and lastly…Kurama…dieing? And what was it all leading up to? A dream vision of death made by Kuwabara?

Gazing with serious deep chocolate eyes past all the drooping black hair, no trace of white, Hiei seemed to be a human with one single meaningful purpose. The purpose failed to tell Yusuke though as the detective continued staring with a now staring Jin as well. He stood tall, staring at Akuna with hate combined with an itch of sadness flickering through the chocolate, not the usual red, irises. Not to mention that Hiei had lost the third eye, appearing more human than before, as well as the new height advantage. The disadvantage? Regular, ordinary, average, mundane, run of the mill human spirit senses.

With a smirk and a small chuckle only Hiei could pull off in any form, he looked at the Forbidden Hunter. "You do know that I stole that sword myself not too long ago. Why would I steal it without knowing the drawback?"


"Oh no. Hiei! There's nothing certain up in Spirit World right now!" Kurama yelled down below.

"What Kurama? What is it?" Botan seemed to grow panicky, looking down at the fight and back up at Kurama.

"He's realized what I realized not to long ago. It is no wonder that the dream vision will definitely come to pass now. I only wish that Hiei did not realize this with trying to deal with his emotions lately. He's become as brash as Yusuke at times when he deals with them."

Kurama became quiet, not saying anything more as he watched the scene below him with the accuracy of a hawk's eye. Botan watched as well, curiosity driving her to the edge of worry of what was to happen.


Akuna appeared confused. "Then why would you let me swipe it through you? Human is not an advantage here Forbidden Child."

Hiei almost seemed to laugh at this. "But in my case Akuna…it is!" And he ran as quickly as human speed would allow him to at the Forbidden Hunter. Which, I am sorry to say to the human readers out there, really isn't that fast at all.

"Hiei! That's just a suicide run!" Yusuke yelled in shock. "What the hell are you doing!"

Hiei continued running, Akuna raising the sword all too easily for the plunge on a now regular weak human.

"IF I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE, THEN NEITHER WAS KURAMA! FINISH IT DETECTIVE!"

Yusuke's eyes and mouth widened. Jin's mouth opened wide as well as the sword swung down. A small voice seemed to whisper in the distance, "Then neither was Kurama?"

"And either way, it works in my favor," Akuna stated, walking to where Kuanja's body lay. "Thanks fool. I guess it will come in handy." She dug under his shirt, pulling out the orb stolen from up in Spirit World. "And where do you think your soul is going Forbidden?" Akuna sweep the orb a couple feet above Hiei's body. "There we go. You're not going anywhere now."

Yusuke, Jin, Mikko…they all gaped.

Hiei finally did something that was so purely good and…. Hiei did something good? Yusuke's brain was in shock. And that bitch just trapped his soul. Something good?

Jin, however, was worrying about something else completely. He was only a wind master. Even when they were kids Mikko Songs had the advantage. How was he supposed to keep her from dieing like Urameshi's friends? This was insane! Aye hafta keep her safe! How can I keep Mikko Songs safe? She's me little sister! This IS insane!

"And he still is an idiot," Mikko summed up. "You have to kill the Forbidden Hunter before you die. Not let them kill you so easily."

"He wanted it finished, I'll happily comply! Spirit Gun!" Yusuke screamed out.

If anything, Akuna seemed bored at this action, merely raising her palm outward to absorb in the spirit blast. "Do you ever learn? Rose Whip!"

She raised the whip for striking, while Yusuke and Jin received surprising help. Ice raced up her legs, freezing the black rose whip held in her hand. "I am…no fool…. Akuna…. Do you not realize…I became a demon…for one damn reason…?" Kuanja's face seemed pained.

"Love is for fools. And fools are betrayed. I pity you Kuanja…we both fell into the same trap. Lured into a sense of comfort, feeling safe…but it is something never to be!" She's just like him, Mikko yelled inside her head. Just like him! She barreled herself down, snitching Akuna up like she was a mere weight of a feather, a whirlwind around the pair once more, wind sharp blows slicing through the both for blood as it blew about.

"Mikko Songs!"

She ignored the shout. "Yusuke! Shoot! Finish it! Hurry!"


Kuwabara's unconscious body twitched, shifting forms to a complete stranger before standing.

"Stupid human boy. At least he is slightly stronger than last time," a growling deeper voice spoke. It sighed. "Lets see how my weaker Forbidden Hunters are doing. Kuanja seems to have grown his human love once more since me being gone."

The form wandered to where the remains of the battle lay, taking in the view. "Hum…surprising. Akuna died before Kuanja. Pity." He kicked her head and shrugged. "Nothing lost."

He examined the battle scene more carefully, taking in the remains floating in the air. Sniffing as well as if to smell out the answers. "Yoko died first…by his own plants! I like that death scene. Then…Hiei died next…as a human? Surprising…I would have thought Yoko would have his demon strength drained of him. He enjoys the humans more than that Hiei. But then…Hiei has fallen for a half-bred human." He scoffed. "Disturbing how demons have fallen around that Yusuke human. Despicable really. How can they live with themselves?" A cruel laugh. "Well then! Death!" This statement seemed to make him laugh harder.

"Nekoyami…."

The person seemed to be surprised. "Well, well. I told you to rid all human feelings when I purged through that soul of yours. You're begging Kuanja. I don't stand for my Hunters to beg," the voice said coldly as a surprising object twitched delightedly behind the form. A coppery tail.

"No…! Nekoyami…. Akuna…she…sh—"

"She's dead," he spoke down on Kuanja. "Just like you."

He placed his palm facedown on Kuanja's chest, pulling out what he was most famous for messing with. Kuanja's soul. The orb shone brilliantly for less then a second. And then it was crushed it between this new demon's fingers. He leaned over and did the same to Akuna's soul, crushing it as easily as Kuanja's own, hers shone with a faded dimness of a stony gray.

"To easy," he scorned. He whipped around. "You! Step out before me! You seem all too familiar…."

Jets stepped forward from behind the trees. "Release Kuwabara Nekoyami. Even I know he won't stand for this much longer."

Nekoyami laughed. "Who says Kuwabara is in charge anymore human?"

Jets paled slightly at this statement, opening his mouth to be cut off.

"But your not a mere human now are you?" Nekoyami cocked his head. "Ah yes…I'll help you out…it deals with me anyway. Council Member Number Two is none other than the third Forbidden Hunter Haru. And…he was the one to kill Vita. I told him to." Nekoyami smirked, crossing his arms across his chest.

Jets stared at Nekoyami blankly. "Take that message to the grave with you. I am merely an apprentice of a priest living nearby. I have noticed you for a while now feller."

Nekoyami laughed. "Killing me would kill the human boy as well! We have company now. Kill you later human."

Nekoyami's form shifted, slumping to the ground as the unconscious Kuwabara. Jets walked forward, checking over the taller human teen. "Someday…someday your justice will be served. Plan on it!" Jets looks over at Yusuke on the ground, knocked out from his own shot being blasted back at him in a last ditch attempt from Akuna. But the last fire from Yusuke had nailed the Forbidden Hunter as well as Mikko. Jin had flown off. Why? The orb had been blasted away by Mikko's wind…with Hiei and her own souls inside of it…trapping Kurama's as it had blown off. No doubt Botan was after the orb as well.

"Shuichi-feller," Jets turned. "It is all right to come out. Your stepbrother will be fine."

Shuichi rushed forward to the older teen from the trees. "But…but he's…he's…! And I just finally…found out…."

"Don't worry! Kurama-feller will be fine! Think of it like a coma Shuichi-feller. I can feel it in my bones that he'll be back. My bones never lie to me because they are part of my body. Do not worry. They will all be back before you know it."

"At least…at least those two…demons…will never harm someone again! Serves them right!" Shuichi spat on Akuna's body, scurrying away, noticed it didn't move, and let out a fearless cry of, "HA!"

Jets laughed under his breath at the younger boy's actions. "You okay now?"

Suddenly embarrassed by his actions, Shuichi turned his head away from the older boy. "Yeah…. But…what do I say to his mother?" He turned around with panic. "Jets…he's the biggest mama's boy I have ever met! He never goes anywhere without telling her! Even in just leaving the room to go to the bathroom!"

Jets laughed out loud. "Not surprising! Don't worry about it Shuichi-feller. Go home. I'll cover that base. You cover the base of the newspaper business on Mondays. Okay?"

"Yeah," Shuichi agrees. He had stopped questioning long before this about Jets knowledge about Kurama after the simple explanation of that Jets was a friend of his.

"Good," Jets ruffled Shuichi's hair. "Kurama-feller will be pleased. What's wrong Shuichi-feller?" Jets questioned the look on Shuichi's face.

"That. Stop calling me feller already."

Jets laughed, leading the boy out of the forest. "Awe! Come on Shuichi-feller! It's part of my delightful personality!"

"What's so delightful about it?" Shuichi complained.


"One?"

"Yes Number Seven?" Came the grumbling answer.

"Dream vision…fulfilled." The solemn reply.

There was a pause. "Oh goody," came back sarcastically. "Here comes the fun part."

"Yes. The ball has finally spun into motion. Plan is in full swing. Met you up at Hope's office in a short moment."

"Of course. May Vita bless our luck."

"And Fate be strong."


- Even in death. -


Silverwing013: Thus ends the lives of the Forbidden Hunters and their part of the story. Thus begins the treacherous road of the past for our characters dancing upon the edge of waiting to dive right back in with the fellow living.

Icedragongurl16- love the threats. I think I'll hear worse this time however. So far, I have seen one English muffin. And my little cousin ate it. So…no attacks. I was working on it but the only time I get is on the weekends now and that has been where all the grad parties have been. Leave me be. It will be updated to the second part soon (as in before the end of summer). Sorry. I am busy. And I don't know how college will be…. Yeah. But I really want to finish this one since I have it done in my head. I now know 1/3 of it is done.

Kiwadoi Seitsu- Hope your hand is no longer green, really do. Yes I updated. Go me! That is an achievement with my busy life this summer. Babysitting every day from like 6:30-5:30 or 6ish most the time. And going to the swimming pool with the chlorine and sun and nice water with the kids…I get mondo tired from that! Well, my body feels it. Know what I mean? Take a long siesta.

HieiFan666- Yeah, I'm that bad to getting to this stuff lately. Read above reviews for my reasons why. It is good in my mind that you do not know who Seven is quite yet, but hey! Seven gets brought up in this one from Nekoyami for some stupid reason. Sorry, no fluff. Hiei isn't really flexible enough to even try to get along with Mikko, make sense? He's really stiff about these things and I want him to loosen up (might take a while) instead of snapping. I guess I feel off about Hiei fluff considering his personality. Mikko, however, will be easily prone to fluff after getting over what I call her stubborn streak. It is awesome for her because if she doesn't get close to someone, how can she get hurt or how can he get hurt? The only huge drawback, how can they be happy with the other?

Silverwing013: That's it for now. Now, I know there are more people reading this out there. I have stats and am not afraid to use them. It would be kindly appreciated to hear ALL of my reader's comments instead of about 3.16 of them. I am serious. That is the percentage. I calculated from all people hitting only my last chapter, not my whole story. And the stats are off on the beginning of my story since the stats came around…chappie seven.

See all of you back for the next installment of the Forbidden series, The Forbidden Past. Chao!