Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or Sesshomaru

Slowly, everything around me started to lighten, as if I was being pulled out the darkness that surrounded me. Soon, my vision began to clear and I saw the ceiling above me. As I sat up, a wave of nausea overcame me.

"Don't move yet." A young man's voice said as a hand touched my back.

"Who are you?" I looked up.

It was the young man from before. Now I got a chance to really study him. He looked young, not older than twenty. His long brown hair was in a high ponytail and he wore what looked like battle armor. I noticed right away he had purple stripes on the side of his face and pointed ears like that man, Sesshomaru.

"Relax." He said, trying to make me lay down.

"Who are you?" I persisted, not allowing him to push me down.

"Now I know I don't get my stubbornness from Father." A small smile crossed his handsome features. "I am Alejandro, Prince of Demon World."

"You're a demon?" I gasped, trying to get away from him.

"Mother." He sighed.

"She doesn't remember you, pup." Kurama's voice came from behind me.

I stopped where I was. Glancing back, I saw him standing in the doorway. In an instant, I decided that I'd rather take my chances with the demon Alejandro than with him.

"What are you doing here traitor?" Alejandro's voice was dripping with rage.

"Do not threaten me pup." Kurama started to walk closer to the other man. "You are nothing, now step away from her so that I can remind her."

"You will do no such thing." Alejandro got in front of me and glared at Kurama.

"What the hell is going on?" Yusuke's voice echoed through the room as he threw open the door.

"Goodbye Kyoko, remember, your pup won't be able to protect you next time my mother wants to find you." Kurama whispered before turning and walking out of the room.

"What the hell was that about?" I asked, staring at the spot where Kurama had been.

"It is a very long story." Alejandro sighed.

"Well then maybe you should explain it." Yusuke growled. "Since no one else seems to know what is going on."

"Alright." Alejandro glanced at Yusuke. "But do not insult me again. I know that you want to know what is going on and I am willing to tell you. This started many years ago, when my grandfather took a second mate. Her name was Inari, and she gave birth to Yoko Kurama a year later. Inari raised Kurama to hate my mother and since then, he has always taken pleasure in trying to kill my mother. That is what he came in here to do."

"But then, she's an incarnation, her soul would just go back to her other body." Yusuke pointed out.

"My mother's body disappeared after Inari stole her soul." Alejandro whispered. "No one knows what happened to it."

"Kurama would never try to kill anyone." Kuwabara said. "He's a good guy, I mean, he used to not like humans but now he's changed. Besides, this Kyoko lady is a demon."

"Grandfather is a pure blood fox demon." Alejandro looked at Kuwabara. "However, my Grandmother was a half-breed."

"Half-breed?" Kuwabara sounded like he'd never heard the word before.

"So Kyoko is half-human?" Yusuke looked unsure. "I thought they couldn't live that long."

"It is a known fact that half-breeds do not live nearly as long as pure blooded demons, take Inu Yasha for example, my uncle, only lived to be about 500 years old. However, mother is only a quarter human, so she will probably live for 2,000 more years."

"Wait a minute, how long do demons live anyway?"

"Grandfather is about 7,000 years old, but he is a powerful demon. Most other demons live to be about 6,000 years old."

"Whoa, so wait a minute, how old are you?" Kuwabara looked accusingly at Alejandro.

"I am 91 years old." Alejandro smiled. "Of course I am the oldest of Kyoko's children."

"That's impossible." Kuwabara gasped. "You look like you're our age. And that guy, Sesshomaru, looks like he's twenty or something."

"My father is about 600 years old, so he is relatively young. The reason I look so young is because I am very young. Demons age a lot slower than humans so I won't look like I'm twenty or thirty until I'm about 500 years old."

"I wish humans looked that good when they were that age." Kuwabara muttered, plopping down on the floor.

A small smile came onto Alejandro's face. Then he looked backed at me. There was something about him, as if I knew him, but I just couldn't place him. It was starting to frustrate me, especially because a part of me wanted to know him.

"I will leave you now Mother." Alejandro stood up. "You need to rest. Inari's attack really hurt you, especially your human body."

With that, he walked out of the room, leaving me with Yusuke and Kuwabara. Both of them stared at the door for a moment.

"That guy was weird." Kuwabara broke the silence.

"Yeah he was." Yusuke agreed.

"Do you think what he said was true?" I questioned, looking up at Yusuke.

"I don't know we'd have to ask Genkai." Yusuke sighed. "Grandma would probably be thrilled to tell us how good she used to be."

I let a small chuckle escape me at that. Just then, there was a commotion outside the door. Both Yusuke and Kuwabara stood up, and I tried to follow, but Yusuke kept me down on the futon. The racket stopped and it sounded like someone was walking towards the room. Yusuke and Kuwabara both got into fighting stances.

The door was pushed open and there stood Inari. She smiled when she saw Yusuke and Kuwabara in their fighting stances. With a flick of her wrist, they were thrown against the opposite wall. Behind her I could see Alejandro on the floor, all bloody and his clothes were all torn up. It looked like there had been a fierce fight in there.

"What the hell do you want?" I growled, trying not to let fear creep into my voice.

"You know what I want." Her voice was filled with venom as she crossed the room.

She stood over me and I felt the room get colder. Trying to show her that I wasn't afraid, I pushed her away and stood up. Suddenly, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck and a strange warmth engulfed me. I felt powerful. Inari stepped back; there was a flicker of fear in her eyes.

Without warning, Inari was thrown back through one of the walls. She looked up at me with a mixture of fear and anger written all over her face. I smiled, though I didn't know why. Something was going on and I didn't like it.

"It seems that you are not totally powerless." She spat, standing up. "But I'm not someone who is easy to kill."

With that, she threw something on the ground and blue smoke engulfed her. Whatever she threw down made me start coughing. When the smoke finally disappeared, Inari was gone. I made my way over to Yusuke and Kuwabara to make sure that they were okay.

"What happened?" Kuwabara sat up, holding his head. "I remember that noise and the woman coming in here but that's it."

"Did she hurt you?" Yusuke looked at me anxiously.

"No," I sighed. "But I have no idea what happened."

Behind me, I heard someone moving. It was Alejandro; he had gotten up from the hallway and now sat next to me. He looked worse than he had when I'd first seen him. All of his clothes were torn and he pretty banged up.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"I'm fine." He sighed before looking me over. "When Inari came in here, what did she do?"

"She flicked her wrist and then Yusuke and Kuwabara were thrown to the other side of the room." I explained.

"What happened after that?"

"Well, she got in front of me and I pushed her away so that I could stand up." I stopped for a moment. There was no way that they were going to believe the rest of the story. "Then suddenly, the room got cold and just as suddenly, I felt a warmth come around me and she was thrown through that wall. She got up and then disappeared."

All of a sudden, Alejandro's expression got very serious. His eyes seemed to stare into my soul. Then, he spoke.

"That is very interesting."

"What are you talking about?" Yusuke made Alejandro start, as if he hadn't realized that he was in the room.

"You can probably still feel it now." He said.

"Feel what? That power? Isn't that Inari?"

"No. Inari is not that powerful. I'm not quite sure what is going on, but we need to get her out of here." He nodded towards me.

"To where?"

"Demon World."

"What?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

"If I'm right then you could be a danger to yourself and the humans here." He looked directly at me.

"Right about what?"

"You just have to trust me."

"If she's going, so am I." Yusuke interrupted him.

"Hey, I'm going too. You can't get rid of me that easy Urameshi." Kuwabara growled. "I'm not missing any fight."

"Well then, it's settled." He smiled. "That is, if you want to go. What do you say?"

"Why not?" I sighed. "At least then I might be able to figure out why Inari is after me."

"Good, we'll set out in the morning."

A/N: And there is chapter 3. Do not expect the next chapter for at least a month. (I haven't finished it and Jen needs to beta it.)