Disclaimer: No character is mine, except Sam, Marija, Yoruki and Takashi, you can use them but ask me first!!! Ok? No profit is being made, and so don't bother me and just read it .The words in Italics are what the characters are thinking and the ones in bracket my comments. Y Yusuke, Ku Kuwabara, Sh Shizuro, Yu Yukina, K Kurama, H Hiei, S Sam, M Marija, N Nilce, Ke Keiko. And I would also like to thank a friend of mine, Marija Mangion who helped me a lot throughout this fic and I have to admit that without her help this fic would not be existing since the character with her name was inspired by her. Any comments and dead treats are welcomed

Author's Note : I'm so sorry it took me so long to update!!!! I had loads of problems…first my modem stopped working, then the whole computer…anyway…it's been a real hassle sigh. The good news is that the fic is almost ready…I'll update every week!! Hope you enjoy it! And please review!!!!

Chapter 6

H: oh god! How can this be! I' m a cat!

M: " here good boy! Now you can have a nice long rest"

She left, while Hiei was in a kind of horrified trance.

H: that brat! She must have done this! If I could get my hands…well, paws…whatever on her!

With all his might Hiei managed to stand up, but the hard part was to walk. Marija walked back in and the sight that greeted her was that of a minuscule black cat walking to the edge of the bed surly too big for him. She walked next to him just to see what he will do without disturbing. The cat struggled till the edge but as he was about to bravely jump off the edge his paw got caught up and he tripped. Luckily Marija was faster than him and so she saved him from a deadly fall.

Hiei looked up, then blushed, he was surely too close to her.

H: Hn…what is she doing???!!!

M: " you don't have to do these kind of things! If you fell I wouldn't have forgiven myself Blakie!"

H: she called me Blakie!!

He glared at her revolted. Then she kissed him. Hiei' s anger disappeared.

H: well, at least black is a good colour!"

Sam stood there looking unbelievingly at that block of wood that was supposed to be a kitten by now.

S: " oh! I hope I didn't hit anything"

S: I would be very amazed if it even worked correctly, I won't be too surprised if I find something, which is half kitten, and half what it was supposed to be!

She was looking disappointedly at the closed book when it suddenly opened at the same page as before.

S: " why it keeps opening at this page?"

The image of the pretty youkai with silver hair reappeared in front of her.

S: " I have to talk to Marija about this"

She closed the door and headed downstairs to join the others.

They were still in the pool swimming.

S: " hi, guys"

K: " hey! Joining us?"

S: " no, not now at least. Do you know where Marija is?" Kurama was a bit disappointed.

Yu: " she went inside, I think she said that she found a kitten"

S: " oh thanks"

Sam walked back inside just in time to see Marija coming down the stairs with a black kitten in her arms.

M: " hey, you're coming near us?"

S: " emmm… well.."

Sam looked at the kitten, it looked strangely familiar and she had the impression that it didn't like her at all.

M: " what?"

S: " there is something important I have to tell you."

M: " So?"

S: " I didn't go to eat"

M: " well, go now"

S: " no, you didn't understand. I had no intention of well… eating."

M: " so may I know what were you doing?"

S: " I… I …"

M: " What?"

All this was irritating Marija, she had the nasty feeling that Sam had done another of her disasters.

S: " look, I went upstairs and-"

M: " why did you go upstairs?"

S: " if you let me finish"

M: " ok, ok."

S: " so, I went into the attic"

M: " WHAT??? ARE YOU MAD DOING MAG-"

Sam closed her mouth.

S: " Shhhh….. don't shout or you'll get us discovered!"

M: " don't shout!!! And well about getting discovered you were doing a good job alone."

S: " I know I deserve it"

M: " that's sure"

S: " I …did a spell"

M: " Are you crazy!!!"

The cat was looking murderous by now.

S: " that cat is a bit strange"

M: " leave the cat alone, and don't try to change the subject. "

S: " ok! It was a shifting spell, but I ..er sneezed in the middle and the thing I was supposed to changed remained the same and I have a really bad feeling that I changed something else."

She said this all very quickly.

M: " take a nice deep breath and repeat all you said slower."

S: " in simple words, the kitten you are holding right now could be anything"

Marija looked at the cat in her arms and then back at Sam.

M: " so you mean to say that I could be holding a tree, an insect, a…. a…"

S: " a human"

Marija exploded.

M: " You mean to say that I could be holding one of our guests right now!!!!!! For heaven's sake do you realise what you have just done???!!! You have let a poor ningen become this and of course he or she realised we are witches!!! And you call this keeping a secret???? I don't know what you have been thinking of !! we are in trouble now just because you are a complete idiot"

S: " I know just stop it ok?"

M: " NO, IT'S NOT OK!!! NOW YOU ARE GOING BACK UPSTAIRS TAKE THAT BOOK AND READ IT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TILL YOU FIND A CURE FOR THIS POOR THING. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AROUD TILL HE IS BACK TO NORMAL OR ELSE I WILL TURN YOU INTO A CAT!!!!!!"

S: " ok got the message"

She grabbed the cat and run upstairs strait away, Marija could be terrible when angry.

H: I knew she was a witch but I never thought Marija could be one too. Leave it till I turn back to normal and this… this….ningen will have a most painful death for what she had done to me

Two hours later……

S: " but there must be something!!!!!!"

She kept re-reading the book all over again but it just seemed there could be nothing to undo a spell like this. Sam had to tie the cat to a chair as it repeatedly tried to scratch, bite or make her fall. The murderous look over his face only increased its intensity.

By now the others were in the dining room eating. Nor Sam neither Hiei was around.

K: " has anybody seen them?"

Ke: " no, I didn't"

Yu: " I am starting to get worried. Do you think we should go looking for them?"

Ku: " no, the shrimp can take care of himself"

Y: " you know anything Marija ?"

Ku: " you talked to her last"

M: " well….em… Sam said she needed to go home urgently"

K: " and she left without saying goodbye"

Sh: " but if she needed to go urgently, maybe she thought it would take too long. I think she did the right thing"

Shizuro was extremely happy, although Kurama wasn't pleased at all.

K: " are you sure?"

M: " yep"

Of course she knew Sam was upstairs in the attic trying to change Hiei back to normal. Yes, it was Hiei the little black kitten, not seeing him around Marija realised that it was probably him.

In the meantime….

S: " YES, that's it"

She found the counter curse but though it was a simple procedure it had to be done by a pure blooded witch, that is Marija had to do it.

S: " kitty you are coming back to normal in no time"

Hiei didn't look excited at the idea. He didn't trust their magical abilities at all and if Marija was like Sam he most probably would be changed into anything else except himself.

Sam rushed down stairs holding the kitten from the back of his neck.

S: " Marija, Marija where are you?"

She entered the dining room. Everybody was looking at her surprised.

K: " you are back already? "

S: " mm?"

She hid the cat behind her back.

Marija pushed her down and whispered..

M: " you had to go urgently home because your mother was sick but it was a false alarm and so you decided to come back."

S: " oh"

Ke: " your mother is ok?"

S: " emm … yes it was nothing terrible"

Sh: " but I think you should have stayed home"

S: " why?"

Ku: " don't listen to her"

Y: " come and eat something!"

S: " not now thanks, Marija I have to talk to you"

She grabbed Marija by the arm and dragged her out of the room.

Y: " don't you think those two are hiding something from us?"

Ku: " yeah they are acting really strangely!"

Ke: " I agree and what do you think Kurama?"

K: " could be"

Y: " what if we go and see what they are doing?"

Ku: " yep, come on"

K: " hey no, it's not good to spy on people"

Y: " who cares?"

And so they went after them upstairs with Kurama and Yukina bringing up the rare trying to stop them. When they arrived Sam and Marija where talking in the attic. They opened the door and stood there listening.

M: " have you found anything?"

S: " yes, but you have to do it. It needs someone pure blooded."

Y: " what are they talking about?"

All: " shhhh…."

M: " I would have done it anyway we really don't need any more trouble"

In the meantime nobody noticed the others outside the door.

M: " place him there"

Sam put Hiei on the floor a bit further away from Marija.

M: " When wishes give dark power life

Stark disaster becomes rife.

Danger, chaos, evil rise

Before our unsuspecting eyes!"

M: " Are you sure this is the right spell?"

S: " yes, I think….here it says that it shows things for what they really are."

A blinding flash of blue light appeared and it hit Hiei, for a few seconds nothing happened but then the back paws became feet and the rest legs, the front paws turned into palms, hands, fingers and arms. The body turned into a human one and his fur started to change into clothes. His face slowly turned back to normal as the whiskers disappeared and his eyes turned red. In front of them was now a very angry Hiei, which was ready to strike and kill Sam with one movement.

But Hiei, Sam and Marija didn't notice that outside something was happening too. Kurama and Yusuke were starting to transform into their demon self as well. The spell they used wasn't a counter curse to a shifting spell but a detector of demon disguised.

H: " how could two ningens like you turn me into A CAT?!!"

Something was different in him, it was as if there was something about him they never noticed before. It hit her as a flash, Hiei was a demon, and it was impossible not to notice it now as his you-chi grew bigger and bigger every second.

M: " you're a demon!!"

S: " and he's not alone"

A sudden burst of energy coming from Sam destroyed the door and in front of her appeared the silver hared youkai which picture was in the book and another person who was obviously Yusuke but tattooed and with long hair.

M: " how? But we are surrounded"

S: " why we didn't notice this before?"

M: " they hid their ki "

H: " you are not exactly normal either, witches"

K: " you two are witches!"

S: that voice! It's deeper but it's still… could be

S: " Kurama?"

He looked down.

K: " yes it's me"

S: how can this be? This is just a cruel joke!

M: " you were all demons?"

Y: " not all, just the three of us"

M: " why didn't you ever tell us?"

K: " well you weren't entirely true either, you never told us you were witches"

S: " we are not witches"

H: " so my transformation into a cat was an illusion?"

S: " let me correct myself. She is a witch."

K: " what do you mean?"

S: " well.. it's very simple…."

A sword materialised in her hand. It was more or less like Hiei's katana but it had Chinese writing on both the sides, which could only mean one thing.

H: " a demon slayer"

S: " right"

A tense silence formed between them. None of them expected this of course. Sam was in her fighting position ready to attack.

Y: " you want to fight us?!"

K: " we never did anything to hurt you"

H: " the fact we are demons is enough"

K: " you can't"

Suddenly Yukina made her way in front of Yusuke.

Yu: " you can't do that. They are not evil."

Ke: " she's right"

S: " go away I don't want to hurt you."

Sh: " no, we are not moving from here"

H: " stupid ningens, get out! You can do nothing about this. And after all she has no chance of beating us."

S: " who says that?"

H: " me"

S: " oh really!"

And she attacked. Her movements were very quick but as she was about to attack Hiei, Kurama appeared in front of him. She stopped her sword millimetres from his neck and took a step backwards. She didn't want to hurt him, it was much stronger than her.

K: she could be strong but she will never beat Hiei, and I don't think he will stop once everything starts. I have to save her if it was the last thing I do.

S: " why did you do that?"

K: " stop! We never did anything to hurt you and I'm not starting now. I don't want to! But if you are still determined to kill me, I won't stop you."

Y: " are you mad?!!!!"

H: " Hn… what a stupid thing to do"

Sam just looked at him ready to strike but it was as if somebody had cemented her to the ground.

S: I don't want to hurt him, but he's a demon. I have to do it!

Her hands were shaking.

M: she's shaking1 I never saw her like this she is usually ruthless when dealing with demons but after all they are ok

She approached her cautiously.

M: " Sam, I don't think they are evil "

Sam fell to the ground she didn't have the determination nor the will to kill them, even though they were demons their souls were not evil.

S: " Hn, a demon slayer that can't slay a demon, what a dishonour"

She jumped out of the window and vanished.

Ke: " she isn't that bad"

K: " I never believed she wanted to kill us, we never did anything to hurt her and who knows maybe she considered us her friends."

Y: " so you were sure she wasn't going to attack?"

Ku: " she could have killed you! Do you realise that"

M: " I wouldn't worry much about that. She was never going to attack"

Y: " and how do you know?"

M: " her hands were shaking"

Ku: " so?"

M: " Look, I know the fact that you are demons and she is a demon slayer makes this situation a lot more complicated but I know her and she is not bad! She knows you are good and this is the first time in my life I saw her shaking. Forget about all this and try to enjoy your vacation after all you are still guests here if you want to stay."

Yu: " Of course we want to"

Ke: " where did Sam go? Do you think she will come back?"

Kurama looked anxious.

M: " I suppose she went home, but I don't know if she's coming back"

K: " emm… Marija will this spell last for long?"

M: " oh, sorry about that. But I think it was lucky Hiei is a demon or else he would still be a kitten."

H: " what?"

Ku: " you know you were cute as a kitten, much more than when you are normal"

Yu: " Kazuma that's not nice"

Ku: " I was just saying the truth"

Yu: " don't listen to him Hiei"

Hiei saw her smiling at him then looked at Marija, blushed and then vanished in a displacement of air.

M: " give me a sec, to find the counter curse"

Something happened then which was not exactly what they wanted. Kurama and Yusuke were back to normal but from outside they could hear a cat and they had a very nasty feeling it was Hiei. Kuwabara burst out laughing.

K: " I want to go and talk to Sam."

M: " yes, it's a good idea, this is her address"

She wrote something on a piece of paper and gave it to Kurama. At that moment Kuwabara entered

with an enraged Hiei in one hand.

M: " let me deal with Hiei's problem in peace thanks"

And she sent everybody outside.

M: " oh, and by the way ask Nilce to prepare dinner, I'm starving"

In the meantime Sam was back home in her room. There was a knock at the door and her sister Joanne entered the room.

J: " so anything new ?"

S: " my life is miserable"

J: " I asked for something new"

S: " thanks you are really encouraging "

J: " oh, come on! What could be that terrible to bring your mood so down?"

S: " it's a long story"

J: " it happens that I have nothing to do right now"

She closed the door sat comfortably on the bed and waited for Sam to start.

S: " Jo, why I have the impression that you are making fun of me?"

J: " what makes you think that?"

S: " the fact that you are sitting there as if I was going to narrate you a novel"

J: " nothing, it's just that usually it's the opposite way round so it's something new. Come on start!"

S: " you know that Marija has some foreigners at home?"

J: " yes you mentioned it… once… or twice… a minute for nearly a week"

S: " well, they are demons"

J: " even that really cute, gentle, generous, kind, sensitive guy named Kurama ?"

S: " how can you say that you don't even know him?"

J: " I am just quoting you"

A smile spread over Kurama' s face as he heard what they were saying. He was on the next door roof, because he wanted to talk to Sam but her sister came in before him and so he had to wait outside and even though he tried not to eavesdrop but it was stronger than him.

K: " maybe she likes me"

In the meantime Sam was blushing furiously.

S: " forget what I said. Let me continue"

J: " ok, ok"

S: " well, I wanted to try a simple spell today so I went upst-"

J: " what??? Do you-"

S: " I know, I know. Marija spent half an hour lecturing me."

J: " continue"

S: " I managed to do it but instead of turning a piece of wood into a cat, I turned one of the guests into a kitten. His name is Hiei"

J: " oh dear"

S: " you can scream that! But ….em … when I noticed I went downstairs to look for Marija and she

had the kitten in her arms."

J: " you were really lucky to find him immediately "

S: " I know. So I spent nearly all afternoon reading to try and find a counter curse."

J: " but…"

S: " how do you know there's a but?"

J: " I just knew it"

S: " oh! But… the spell wasn't a counter curse but it made demon disguises useless and showed them for who they really are."

J: " yes, and?"

S: " he turned back to normal. Then I felt that there were two extremely high auras outside, and

when we destroyed the door we found two other demons."

Sam was looking extremely sad by now.

J: " and you found out that Kurama was one of them."

S: " yes…….. but it didn't end there. I tried to attack …. I mean that's my job…I'm a demon slayer I have to kill demons. I couldn't"

J: " why not?"

S: " I just couldn't hurt him…hurt them. I think I started to consider them as friends"

J: " mmm…"

S: " I know, I should have attacked but instead I lowered my sword and came here."

J: " Sam, you have to know one thing about your job"

S: " what?"

J: " not all demons are bad! I mean you can't just go and kill everybody. Your job is to defend the Ningenkai by killing those demons who want to destroy it. But you still have to be very careful because good demons are very rare after all."

S: " but how do you know who they are?"

J: " you are still young, you still have to learn a lot "

S: " thanks but I asked how will I recognise the evil demons"

J: " you will learn by experience. I have to go now there is someone else who wants to talk to you."

S: " what do you mean?"

J: " look out of the window."

Joanne left the room and Sam looked out of the window only to see Kurama standing there. He was the last person she expected to see.

S: I didn't feel his ki. That's why she was saying all that stuff about him she knew he was here

She opened the window blushing slightly.

K: " hi!"

S: " hi!…… what are you doing here?"

K: " I wanted to talk to you"

S: " I don't wanna talk right now especially -"

K: " with me?"

S: " no, it's just I have a headache. But if you insist, talk come on"

K: " why did you leave like that?"

S: " I didn't want to stay around-"

K: " demons?"

S: " NO! people I nearly killed. I thought you didn't want me around, I mean…you are demons I'm a demon slayer. And why are you here if you know all the answers?"

K: " no, no sorry. "

S: " it's ok. But if that's the only thing you wanted to say, you can go"

K: " no, I wanted to ask you to come back"

S: " come back! Why should I?"

K: " why not? What's the problem?"

S: " I AM A DEMON SLAYER! Kurama don't you understand?"

K: " no, I don't! is it so terrible to befriend with demons? I mean you had no problems with us when you didn't know what we really are!"

S: " but now I know, that's the difference"

K: " how can you be such a hypocrite? I thought you were different from the others. How would you like it to be feared by ningens and hurt just because you are different. Knowing that you can never be what you really are. And that you can never be loved… why as if it was my fault I was born as a demon. "

His hair turned slowly silver and his eyes flashed yellow. He was back in his demon form.

K: " look at me! This is who I really am. What difference does it make if my eyes now are yellow

and not green my hair is silver and not red, am I still not the same?"

S: " ……"

K: " TELL ME!!"

S: " Kurama go away please"

K: " why?"

S: " just do it."

She crossed her room and went towards the door. When she opened it four people came tumbling down in front of her: her mother, father and two sisters Jacqueline and Joanne. She didn't seem to care much about them because she just kept going as if she couldn't even see them. Everybody stood up looking after her stunned and in silence. Kurama walked towards the window.

Dad: " wait a minute. Let me arrange that spell"

He said something in a strange language and Kurama turned back to normal instantly.

Dad: " give Marija this and tell her that all the ones who have to do with the spell must be in the same room forming a circle."

K: " thanks"

Then Sam's father turned round and walked outside with his wife and Jacqueline ( she is the oldest one ). Joanne closed the door behind them and looked at Kurama.

J: " don't worry she will change her mind soon enough."

K: " why is she so stubborn?"

J: " it's not that. It's just that she doesn't want to suffer again."

K: " what do you mean?"

J: " she hates all demons because they were the ones who killed her mother."

K: " her mother isn't…."

J: " No, but she doesn't know."

K: " what?"

J: " you see Sam is adopted. When she was about two years old her mother came here and gave her to us. She had been attacked by a group of demons and although she escaped they injured her badly and was slowly dying, she said that they wanted Sam and that at all costs we had to protect her. Sam was with her when the attack happened and I think that although she was extremely young she still unconsciously remembers what happened and that's why she hates your race."

K: " I don't want to make her suffer"

J: " I know. Don't worry let me talk to her."

K: " thanks. "

Then he left without saying another word.