Chapter three: Transformations and the meeting

Together they walked back out to the field. Kohaku stopped at the tree line while Sai and Lexi continued on to the center. The sun was reflecting off the lake, going down and turning the sky pink and blue. Just as the sun was going down, the wind picked up and blew their hair everywhere.

Kohaku watched in amazement as her friends were lifted into the air, pale blue light glowing around the clearing. As the light grew brighter, Sai's hair grew down to her knees and her incisors grew sharper and went down past her bottom lip. Her eyes became solid black, staring around blankly. Lexi's teeth grew to sharp points just at her bottom lip as her eyes started to glow the color of blood. As the transformation was beginning to complete, the light got too bright for Kohaku to look at.

She closed her eyes and turned away. When she opened them again, Sai was walking towards her holding Lexi in her arms as the child tried to regulate her breathing. She wasn't used to energy change.

Kohaku walked towards Sai and met her in the middle. She grabbed Lexi and gave Sai a guarded smile. "Here, Sai. Let me take her. You need to rest." Kohaku said, a little scared of what her friend had become. She knew Sai was a vampire because of their conversations, but she had never actually seen it before this. Sai nodded and they headed back to the house.

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It was dark. Possibly around ten o'clock now. All Yusuke wanted to do was go back to bed with his wife. But no, "Pacifier Breath" was upset about something in Makai. "It's always something in Makai! Man, sometimes I wish I never would have got hit by that car. Then none of the shit would happen." Ring Ring. The communicator was ringing.

"Yusuke, where are you?" Kurama's voice asked.

"Hn. Probably too stupid to figure that one out, Fox." Hiei. Of course.

Why did I have to get stuck coming to Makai on a Friday night? Now I have to spend my night with Kuwabara and two demons. There are plenty of things I can think about doing to Keiko right about now. Yusuke had a goofy grin on his face that made Kurama sweat drop.

Okay, maybe I don't want to know. Kurama thought. "Yusuke. YUSUKE! Snap out of it! Where are you?" Kurama tried again.

"Huh? Oh yeah! I just stepped outta the portal by Northwest Makai." Yusuke replied.

"We'll be there momentarily." With that, the redhead shut the communicator and relayed the information to the fire apparition standing next to him. "Hn. Baka. Doesn't he know the baby put a portal next to his apartment complex?" Hiei asked with a smirk.

Fifteen minutes later, the four reikai tentai were at the coordinates Koenma sent them to. A little girl screamed in pain somewhere. I know that scream, Hiei thought and took off running. By the sounds of it, it came from the back. He thought while running, not the least bit concerned by the blood and corpses everywhere. There. Something caught his attention. Or rather, someone.

She was standing in the middle of the courtyard, holding her injured side. The moonlight was filtering down on her, making her skin glow. Her knee-length black and silver hair was swirling around her, mixing in with her purple ki. "You will pay dearly for that, my dear." She growled out charging at the demon holding a limp child up high for her to see.

"You want her? Come get her." He laughed while her threw the child in the air. "NO,LEXI!" The woman's aura changed. Now resembling that of Kurama's when he was changing to Youko.

'Hiei, where are you?' The fox's worried thoughts in his head

"You will beg for death to come when I get through with you. No one puts their hands on my daughter." She growled out low in her throat. Without thinking, Hiei ran forwards and caught the girl and calmly replied to Kurama, 'In the courtyard.' He looked down at the unconscious child in his arms. She had long black hair pulled back into a ponytail. Some loose ebony locks dancing in the wind. She was wearing a black tank-top and a knee-length red skirt.

He was looking her over for injuries when something caught his eye. Gently, he set her down beneath the tree and, very carefully, tugged at the silver chain around her neck, revealing the little black gem. Hiei gasped.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" A very peeved female voice sounded … right behind him.

"Hn. I was checking her for injuries," he stated flatly, keeping the emotion out of his voice. Turning around, he saw the woman from before. She can't be much older than Yusuke. She's so small, too. Hiei thought. He stood up slowly and their gaze met for a moment. Those eyes! They're the same as Lexi's. Sai thought. I. I know those eyes. They're-

"Hiei. Hiei. There you areoh, My Lady. I'm sorry I didn't see you there." Kurama looked between the two. "Did I interrupt something?" Kurama asked with a blush.

"NO!" Both yelled, jumping back and looking at Kurama like he was crazy. "Kurama, you might want to check on the child. She's unconscious." Hiei stated

"Kurama?" Sai asked in surprise. "As in Youko Kurama?" Shocked, she looked over to the redhead.

"Yes. In a past life, I was known as Youko Kurama." He stated calmly. "Why do you ask?"

"Because," She stated flatly. "He's my brother."

"WHAT!" Now it was the boys' turn to be surprised. "Ummm. Ma'am, I've never seen you before. How could you possibly be my sister?" Kurama asked with a blush.

"Oh, sorry! This isn't my natural look! Hang on a sec." She chirped. A wind rushed up and she started glowing with an unnatural blue light. Her hair shrank back to it's natural shoulder-length cut. Her incisors decreased in size and silver fox ears appeared on the top of her head. Nine long silver tails curled around her waist. "Heh, heh. Sorry I can't go to my preferred form right now. But this is how I was born. Except my hair is really all silver." She told them after the transformation was complete.

"A-Angel!" Kurama stuttered at the shock of seeing his 'little' twin sister again. Angel? Hiei thought. Why is that name so familiar?

"Ha! I am hardly an Angel. I go by Sai now." She said with a smirk. All the time, Hiei had been staring at Lexi. Or more specifically, the necklace she was wearing.