AN: And so we begin the second exciting saga. I'm excited. Are you excited? I think I may just wet myself from how excited I am. XD

BUT, as we shall start anew, a fresh Disclaimer is in order: I in no way shape or form, except wishful thinking, own any character, place, tree, or sweet ass fighting move from YuYu Hakusho except those that I dreamed up in my ever twisted mind. May we all fear what I come up with next.

Full Summary That Doesn't Fit in the Little Box: With a (literally) reborn Eris, the YuYu gang has babysitting duties and all the joy that comes with it. Maybe more so, as she gets under the skin of a certain fire demon. But what's with Will working for Koenma? Who's this Heidi girl? Is Kurama really a pedophile??

"Life is better than death, I believe, if only it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it."
—Alice Walker


Cool was the water dripping from the budding leaves of the trees, the wooden skeletons showing signs of life after the cold months of hibernation. Nostalgic brown eyes followed a handsome robin flutter and hop among the youthful greenery in its first stages of life.

The sky had lightened from the murky grey of that early rainy morning. It would leak into silver blue with sunray highlights now that the days were growing longer, the sun no longer clocking out at six.

The coffee brown (with shots of latte) colored eyes blurred, disrupted from their soggy sky and earth watching. A long fingered hand flew to rub the attacked eye, wiping away the excess moisture with sudden fervor.

"GAH! That stings!!"

"Ducky?" A concerned female voice asked, replacing the steady beat of ball on foot that had induced Ducky's nostalgia. "What's the matter? Why are you crying?"

Ducky alternated between blinking and rubbing, trying to get the picture of his crouching friend to focus. "I'm not! Stupid raindrop pelted me in the eye! Damn you water! Why must thee smite mine eye?!"

The girl fell back, laughing, and chucked her orange patterned soccer ball at him, nailing the sitting gangly boy in the shoulder. "Oh don't be such a drama queen! That tree kicked your ass the last time you tried to have a staring contest with it."

Ducky rubbed his shoulder with a pout-glare. "Talk about adding insult to injury…"

"Aww, my poor Ducky-kins." She stood and offered a hand up. "You'd better get up; didn't you just buy those jeans?"

"Yeaaaah…but they make my butt look big." Ducky shrugged, sighing dramatically. "Hey, Alex?"

"Yeah? What's up Duck-man?" Alex pulled on the unresponsive limbs of her friend. "Little help please?? I don't have a desire to be a corpse mover."

Ducky snapped back his arms; Alex fell in a heap beside him. "Du-ucky!"

"Alex, I miss Elf…" The teen pined tentatively; bouncing the dirt-smudged ball between his outstretched legs like a sad child wishing his imaginary friend would come back and play.

Alex took one look at the boy's pouty face and flung her arms around his slender shoulders. "Aww! I know, me too. It's just not the same around this place without Elf's devious mind to lead our mischief."

"Y'know I had this weird dream about her last night." He picked pieces of wet grass off the curved ball surface. "Kind of a memory actually. We were all kids, playing hide and seek here in Elf's yard."

Alex smiled, leaning her head against his shoulder. "Man, those were the good times. Elf ruled at that game."

Ducky gave a lopsided grin. "Yeah, but I'm still the king of freeze tag!"

Rolling her eyes, Alex gave her friend a playful shove. "More like queen! Those were the only times you ever got inbetween someone's legs!"

Ducky pretended to be offended, mouth agape in a horrified gasp and hand on his chest. "That is so not true! Don't you remember—"

"All right I get it!" Alex chortled, pushing herself off the damp ground. "You are such a slut Ducky!"

He gave a sparkling, innocent smile. "You like it. You know you do-oo!" he sang, kicking the ball at her. "You'd so do me! Admit it!"

"Only 'cause you're so adorable when you talk dirty." She pinched his cheek.

"Ow! Hey!" Ducky rubbed the offended cheek. "Damnit woman, be gentle! You'll ruin my face."

Alex put her right foot on top on the ball, pulled it back, and popped it into the air to juggle with. "You're not fooling anyone with that damsel in distress act." She winked at him, keeping count of juggles between words.

"I—one—know—two—you—three—like—four—it—five—rough—sixth…"

"Oh dear, you've found me out." Ducky's deadpan sarcasm gave Alex the giggles, making her miss and need to start over. "Can't get anything past you, can I?" Ducky mused.

"You can try," Alex puffed, concentrating on hitting the ball just right. "I have a mind like a steel trap—you bastard!"

Ducky laughed at her as he stole the ball away, prancing across Eris' deserted front yard.

"Du-ucky!" Alex whined, chasing after him.

"Sorry to interrupt your frolic-fest," a gruff voice cut off their happy playtime. "But I need to talk to Elf. Now."

Ducky skidded to a halt, Alex bumping into his back. "Why should she talk to you?" Alex said, eyeing the unwanted intruder suspiciously. "I can't believe you're even trying Max, you got your ass handed to you."

Max glared at her and advanced slowly with his hands deep in his pockets. "Why don't you keep that nose of yours out of other people's business? Or maybe I need to demonstrate what'll happen if you don't?"

"What do you want, Max?" Ducky stepped in front of Alex, voice far from its usual perky and teasing quality.

Max stopped just short of an arm's length away from them. He grinned, letting out an obnoxious snort. "It's been a few days; I was being considerate in letting her have a while to cool off. I've decided to give her another chance after she apologizes."

"What?!" Alex shrieked, coming out from behind Ducky. "What sort of idiot do you take my cousin for?? She's not a love sick puppy anymore!" She poked the bigger teen in the chest, digging in with her nail.

Max grunted and shoved her away; Ducky steadied her by the shoulders. "Who said you could touch me? You ugly wench, I oughtta—"

"Leave her alone!" Ducky glared over Alex's head at the surly teen.

'Or what?" Max sneered. "You gonna make me, eh queer boy?"

Disgusted, Ducky turned his back and tried to keep Alex from launching herself at him. "Don't you have some defenseless kid to pick on somewhere?"

"Yeah, I think I found him," Max laughed, pushing the slender teen roughly between the shoulder blades. "Come on! Let's play 'Uncle!' Or maybe 'Aunt?' Haha!"

"Knock it off Max!"

"What're you gonna do? Hit me?" He pushed Ducky again. grinding his teeth, the sandy-haired youth turned and pushed back.

Max only laughed at the effort. "Queer boy! Come on Gay Lord, all I felt on that one was the wind from your fairy wings!"

Seething, Ducky took a real swing, summoning pent up aggression to do the job. He was surprised to feel his fist hit its target, square on the chin.

Alex gasped; Ducky was lean, quick, and a lot smarter than he let on, but his only real advantage was the three inches he had over the bully. Max, on the other hand, was more built and hardened with brawl experience. There was really no contest between the two.

When Max spat out red tinted spit, it was all Ducky could do to run for his life. "You little shit…!"

He caught him by the collar and delivered such a punch it rattled Ducky's teeth and set his ears to ringing. Alex's screaming wasn't helping on the latter part.

"Stop it! Stop it right now!" She tried pulling Max off to no avail.

Despite the imbalance, one should never take desperation lightly. There was an unexpected shift in the way Max had him pinned and somehow Ducky knew he'd be able to escape if only he could apply enough leeway.

With a warrior-like cry, Ducky kicked Max off and swooped down on him. Before either knew it, blood was spouting from Max's nose, the sound of the crack still in the water logged air.

Both of them stared at the splatter of blood on Ducky's hand, hardly able to believe it.

"Y-you broge my nose!" Max said through shattered nasal passages.

"Get the fuck out of my sight, you pansy!" Ducky growled out, countenance quickly changing with steely eyes and offensive stance saying he'd do more than break a nose.

Spitting out more mouthfuls of blood, Max gave one last glare and stalked away down the street. "I'll be back, you psychotic freak!"

Alex stood by, mouth agape at Max's so easily retreating back. "D-ducky?"

"Is he gone?"

She blinked, looking from the scary façade of her long-time, pacifist friend to the hard ass bully disappearing around the corner. "Uh—yeah…"

With a monstrous sigh of relief, Ducky fell to the ground, holding his hand. "Son-of-a-goose that friggen HURT! I thought he was gonna kill me Alex!"

Alex couldn't believe how fast he could switch gears and whine; she gave a laugh and hugged him.

"Ouch! Hey watch it!" Ducky blubbered, lower lip stuck out and trembling. Suddenly he screamed, jumping up and running around with his fighting hand shaking out in front of him. "EWW EWW EWWWWWHOOHOO!! I've got blood all over me!! Quick, Alex, find a lighter I need to burn my hand off!!"

Alex sighed. "Oh Ducky…"

An immeasurable distance away, there was a cracking of knuckles and a grin. Flicking wisps of pale hair from blue eyes, a boy in his late teens turned off the viewing monitor with a snap of the fingers.

"Show off." Muttered a blonde girl with her legs and arms moodily crossed as she sat in the corner, looking with a critical eye at the boy.

He shrugged, happily seating himself in top of the control board.

"Very impressive, Mr. Baker."

"Thank you, sir." Will nodded his thanks with an amiable smile.

A haughty snort from the corner; Great, another golden boy…

"Heidi."

The girl sat up, albeit a little reluctantly. "Yes, Koenma, sir?"

"Meet your new partner. William Baker." Koenma smirked around his pacifier. "Do try to get along with one another."

The two teens nodded; Heidi ground her teeth together. The prince must have been on his way to the living world; he hardly ever walked around in his teenage form. She hated him like this. It was harder to yell at him.

She stood, ready to leave and get away from the two of them. "If we're done for today? I have work to do."

Koenma sighed inwardly as she stalked out the door. "Try not to take her attitude personally."

"She doesn't like me." Will shrugged, trying to bite off a hangnail.

"I told you before," The prince smoothed his cape back. "Working for Spirit World isn't easy."

"And like I said before," Will hopped down to the floor. "I'd rather not sit in paradise with a guilty conscience. If I can put my skills out there to help people, I'm obligated to that responsibility."

Koenma nodded, understanding, and motioned for the boy to follow. "Your gifts are impressive. What else can you do? Besides move matter and transfer energy?"

"Slow or speed up time, but that's more of a mental state than anything." Will looked sideways at the prince as they walked through the halls of the Spirit World office building. "You already knew that."

Koenma gave a devious smile. "Of course. Now where's that blasted ogre? Ogre!!"

A blue ogre came running, a stack of papers teetering in his arms. "Y-yes sir?"

"Hello George." Will smiled and gave a little wave.

"What are you doing?! Quit lollygagging around and show Mr. Baker to his rooms!" Koenma shooed the ogre away.

"Ahh! Yes sir!" George dropped the papers and latched onto the sleeve of Will's shirt, dragging him down the hall.

"R-really, you can just call me Will! And this isn't necessary!"

"Nonsense!" Koenma called after them. "And clean up this mess when you're done, ogre!"


"Good morning, Botan!"

"Oh, hello Yukina…" Botan drifted through the temple kitchen, peering under cupboards and into corners.

The koorime watched the odd behavior with a wry grin. "Looking for something?"

"Mhm…!" Botan continued with determination in her set shoulders, crouching low as if to catch a fleeing animal.

"Yusuke's already been through here. Twice." Yukina covered her mouth to keep from laughing; the ferry girl looked ridiculous!

"Sssh!" Botan flailed her arms for quiet. "That's what she wants you to think!"

"Sorry!" Yukina giggled behind her kimono sleeve.

Shouting from outside drew them to the window. A pink and red blur flew past, shrieking with giggles. Yusuke streaked after it, a mad grin on his face and arms outstretched to catch the giggling creature. Unexpectedly, Kuwabara jumped from behind a tree, cutting the red lighting off and capturing the toddler in his arms.

"HA! Gotcha!"

"Aww! Unkie cheater!" The little girl pouted, wriggling in the tall teen's grasp.

Yusuke came to a stop, wiping sweat from his brow. "Yeah! Point for Unkie Yusuke, man. You cheater, I found and chased her for like twenty minutes!"

"Hey, the rules are only that you gotta catch her; doesn't say how!" Kuwabara puffed out his chest, proud of his cleverness.

"Why you—"

Eris sighed, bored with the arguing and slipped easily from Kuwabara. Waddling on baby fat legs, unsteady with the new talent of walking, she ambled around the temple yards. Possessing the contentedness of a young mind, Eris found simple enjoyment in watching the bees and dragonflies flit and buzz from flower to flower.

She particularly liked dangling her feet in the koi carp pond, and leaned forward until her nose nearly melded with the surface tension. The water was blissfully cool on this humid day.

Eris splashed among the last carp, reveling in the rainbows that water droplets and sunshine played over her hot wings. The extra appendages were heavy and stuffy, growing almost twice as fast as she. Eris flapped the fiery feathers, shaking out loose ones; the heat was also making her molt uncomfortably.

Recovering from a yawn, Eris' bright eyes detected a new playmate swimming towards her. She admired the way the leg and armless body smoothly cut through the water in a wiggly S.

Curious, Eris hopped into the pond, scaring the carp. Eris stretched out a small chubby hand, using her wings to help stay afloat. "Kitty!!"

She briefly remembered wishing she could swim as good as the 'kitty,' before being snatched from the pond in a spray of water.

Momentarily confused at finding herself on dry land with her pink yukata dripping on her feet, Eris blinked and put up a hand to block out the sun from her vision. A pair of red eyes glowered down at her.

"Unkie Yay!" Eris smiled, bouncing on the tips of her toes and trying to touch his hair.

Hiei's eyes twitched at the nickname, moving away from the persistent girl, and uncrossed his arms to point at the now retreating snake. "That's a poisonous snake, it could hurt you. Don't touch it!"

Eris just continued to smile, and then wandered off without a word, leaving Hiei glaring at an empty space.

The fire demon let out a calming breath, counting to ten in his mind. "Stupid runt. I hate babysitting."

"Wow, I think you're actually warming up to her." Yusuke chuckled, straightening his clothes from the tussle with Kuwabara.

"How could he not?" The latter teen rubbed a bruise on his upper arm, scowled at it, and then smiled when he saw Eris trying to lure a butterfly onto her nose. "Even the shrimp couldn't resist a cute kid like that."

Hiei only harrumphed and turned his sour look on them. "You two were supposed to be watching the runt."

Yusuke clapped him on the back, much to the smaller demon's chagrin. "That's why you're here! To cover for us when we fuck up."

"Hn. Perhaps I'll let her drown next time; I'm curious as to what sort of horrific death the fox would choose for you."

"Who am I supposed to torture?" Kurama appeared, a bush bending its wild branches out of his way as he approached.

Eris squealed and ran to him yelling, "Kamaaaa! Kama's home!" while Yusuke and Kuwabara chose this as the perfect chance to escape.

"How's my Eris doing?" Kurama smiled, dropping the paper bag of groceries to sweep Eris up into the air, careful to avoid her excitedly flapping wings. She had power behind those things, and many of the residents had the bruises to prove it.

"And how is the little one today?"

"Miss you!" Eris hugged his neck, snuggling into his red hair.

"Missed you," he corrected, returning the hug. He couldn't believe that only three days had passed and already Eris was talking. Shina had been right: phoenixes grew extremely fast, especially for demons. Yesterday morning she had still been crawling around in diapers.

"Did you have fun while I was away?"

Eris nodded, her smile brighter than the sun. "Hide 'n Seek! Hide 'n Seek! Splashy fishies! Unkie Yay save from bad kitty!" She chattered on like a bird as Kurama walked with her on his hip into the temple.

"Here she is!" Botan piped and held up a brush and tote bag full of hair ribbons and other accessories. "Look what Auntie Keiko brought over! Let's play with you hair Eris, and make you all dolled up!"

"Noooo!!" Eris cried, jumping out of Kurama's arms and running to hide behind Genkai. "No dolly! Grandma hide Eris!"

The old master smiled. "Good choice, kid."

"Oh come now," Botan pouted. "It'll be fun Eris!"

"Nuh uh!"

"Yah huh!"

"Nuh uh!"

Botan stamped her foot. "Yah huh!"

"NUH UH!! NO WAY!"

"Give it up, Botan, you can't win against a toddler in a match of stubbornness."

Botan nearly fell flat on her face; red with embarrassment she turned and greeted her boss. "Koenma! Sir! What a pleasant surprise! What brings you to the living world?"

"Wondering where my grim reaper was spending her time ditching her job." Koenma tried not to smile at her guilt, rearranging his tunic to be more comfortable in the unaccustomed heat.

The blue-haired ferry girl laughed nervously. "Oh dear, really?"

He gave a shrug. "Not really."

"Prissy Koko!" Eris bounced out from behind Genkai in favor of hiding behind the prince. He cringed at the name, though patted her head nonetheless. "Actually I was just checking in on our little phoenix girl. She seems to be growing up well, albeit a trifle paranoid. What have you been doing to the poor girl?"

"Nothing!" Botan huffed defensively, hiding hot pink and green pig tail ties behind her back.

"She was trying to play with Eris." Kurama tried to explain with an amused grin.

"Ah. Well then I would be terrified too."

"Koenma!"

"Koko!"

"I meant with her hair." Kurama bit the inside of his cheek from laughing out loud.

"Whatever." Koenma brushed it off, trying to detach the leech from his leg. "Is she always so clingy?"

"Yes!" Was the unanimous answer.

"Nuh uh!" Eris stuck out her tongue, still hanging on Koenma's pant leg.

"Kurama, a little help please?"

Kurama chuckled, kneeling down to her level. "C'mere you! I've got a present."

Curious, Eris toddled back to Kurama and watched in blooming glee as he transfigured a seed into rose before her eyes.

"Boo…!" She cooed, fingering the blue petals delicately.

"Blue," Kurama corrected again, giving the aromatic flower to her. "Special, just for you."

Satisfied with her bribe Eris ran off, entranced with the gift.

"Now, what did you really come here for?" Kurama asked, straightening and watching Eris run back outside, wings flapping to make her go at a hover-run.

"He-ey! Koenma! What're you doin' here?" Yusuke strolled into the room, finishing off a rice ball snitched from the kitchen. "Must be a big mission if you're here personally, Prissy Koko."

Koenma gave him a death glare. "I can incinerate you from here, you know."

"Yeah, yeah," He blew the threat to the wind, licking his fingers. "Whaddaya want?"

"Truthfully, I'm here at the request of someone else. Your vacation is safe for now, Yusuke."

"Better be," the Tantei leader muttered. "So no evil demons bent on multi-world domination or whatever lame plans they're coming up with these days?"

"Afraid not." Koenma smirked. "I'll see what I can find for you."

"Lunch is ready," Yukina bowed at the doorway leading from the kitchen to the temple live in area. Seeing Koenma, she smiled and bowed again to him. "Koenma-sama, thank you for taking time for a visit; you must be incomparable busy with the demon relocations and your new Tantei training."

"Tantei training??" Yusuke raised a disapproving eyebrow. "What's that about?"

"Maa-maa! It's not a new Reikei Tantei…more of a spiritual retrieval team in need of power control." Koenma laughed nervously under Yusuke's scrutiny. "Boton, I'd appreciate it if you'd hang up the Gossip Queen title!" He murmured out the corner of his mouth.

"Ah! Forgive me, I shouldn't have said anything…" Yukina bit her lip.

"No need to worry. Please, let's talk in more…" He scowled at the immature Yusuke sticking his tongue out at him. "…Confidential quarters?"

"Hai, of course. I've prepared a room. This way." the small Koorime maiden inclined her head and walked through an opposite door with Koenma after her.

Wordlessly, Genkai raised herself and followed. At the doorway, she turned back. "Kurama."

Puzzled, Kurama and Yusuke exchanged looks. With a shrug, Kurama followed the beckons into a small simple, yet graceful tearoom flooded with the afternoon light from a panel-less window; a formal tea set was placed on the low table of polished-to-a-gleam oak. Four places sat ready and set.

Tensely, Kurama sat after both women and the prince were seated. "What is this about?" he asked quietly, watching Yukina prepare the tea with sure hands, crushing the fragile leaves and checking the pot's temperature.

"Genkai and I have been discussing things, certain…possibilities." The Koorime poured the sweet smelling tea for Koenma, who accepted with a gracious bow of the head.

"Concerning?"

"Eris-chan of course." Yukina repeated the gesture with Genkai and Kurama before serving herself, biting her lip again. "It occurred to me that with Eris-chan…as she is, she may not grow up to remember her real family."

His spine stiffened with realization; how had he seen that himself?

"Genkai agrees," she went on, covering his hand with hers reassuringly. "You have to do something or else she won't be fit to return home."

Kurama lowered his head, eyes boring into the dark wood of the table only to see the reflection of his own eyes staring back. "But how? How am I to help when I have no way of doing so?"

"Bring something back that might trigger the old memories. Only her body was burned away, the soul survives and carries life with it." The gravelly voice of Genkai spoke around the rim of the ceramic cup. Kurama found himself looking to the blue cranes between the leathery fingers as if they held the way among their feathers.

But as the crane patiently stands still in the bog before striking the fish, so would he have to wait for the answer.

"Go where and bring back what?"

They were being careful about voicing their ideas. Yukina looked nervously about the corner of her eye at Koenma; apparently this was the first time the women had discussed between anyone but themselves.

Koenma licked the sweet tea from his lips and folded his hands peacefully in his lap. "If I am not mistaken, you mean to send Kurama to Eris' home and bring back someone rather than something, and you wanted me here to ask permission for a portal?"

"Yes! Oh please Koenma-sama! I'd love to have Eris-chan here but not under such selfish circumstances…"

"Fine with me," The prince smiled at the happiness shown by Yukina's ruby eyes, but held up a hand to continue on with his piece. "On one condition." He turned to Kurama for this.

"You must bring two. An Alexandria Juliard and a Duckington Bunnell."

Kurama's brow furrowed. "Alex and Ducky? Wouldn't her mother and father be better choices?"

"No good," Koenma shook his hand impatiently. "Eris' parents are away on a visit to her brother, transporting them here would attract more attention and paper work than I'm willing to deal with."

"Alex and Ducky are busy with school, more people would look into their absences."

"You let me take care of that," Koenma looked rather pleased with himself and gave Kurama a golden brown wink. "This isn't far from what I myself had planned…"

"You'd also been concerned?" Yukina asked.

The prince took his time answering, savoring the fragrant stress relief the tea provided. "Eris would definitely have grown up with a memory overwrite. Yes, I was concerned."

Genkai nodded her head in satisfaction. "So a few more brats around my retirement home should kick some recollection into her?"

"Probably."

"Probably??"

"There are no guarantees in life." Koenma stated firmly. "I'll have a portal open early tomorrow morning. Take Yusuke's communicator with you; call, and Botan will put another one through once you have her friends with you."

Koenma's words had a tone of finality; Kurama bowed his thanks and gratitude to the prince. "I am in your debt—"

"Ah go on." Koenma grinned, and set his attention back to the women. "On to further matters then?"

"Hai. Kurama, you are dismissed."

"Thank you, Master Genkai." Kurama rose from his place with a lighter heart.

AN: Awwwwww what a cutie she is. Isn't she? Save your teeth for the next chapter, it only gets sweeter. Woot! So. How do you like? Intrigued you are, yes? You better be!! This just might possibly have more twists than the first book. Keep your seatbelts on, and popcorn nearby for chapter two!

Footnotes:
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Review Replies from Chapter 22 of RTR Book One:

Renara: Neener neener neener!! I fooled you!! Watch as I invoke my Victory Dance! Bwahaha!

The Fire Youkai Paige: Thank you! As mean as it sounds that was exactly the reaction I was going for. Thanks for making me happy. Tehee.

Sun Priestess: Another victory! Yeah! Point for me! XD And do I ever have twists brewing…

Spatial Monkey: WOOT!!11one

FluffysBijin05: One day?? Wooow someone was bored. Heh. I actually only had it planned for her to become a wolf, because the whole 'human-to-demon' deal is so over done, but I needed a way for her to be able to come back. So voila! Phoenix baby. I do imagine her as a very beautiful wolf. I lurve wolves to no end. They're second only to foxes. XD Thanks for the great review!

Polaris-fire-star: I thought it would be a good present. Tehees. And yes, Alex is not going to be happy. One bit.

Crystalkioku: Was I fast enough? Do I get the cookies?? Huh? Huh? DO I??? Aaaaand I can't tell you that yet. That would ruin all the fun. GRRR fluff! Yay smut!! KIDDING!! Kidding. Maybe.-giggles-

Sakura-chan: Thanks and late Merry X-mas to you too! Hehe

Soccerchic91588: YAAAAAAY!! I inflict conflicting emotion in people!! Hahaha. And yeah, be nice to your 'puter. Otherwise it may just give you the blue screen of death just to piss you off.

Hikari Yume: ANOTHER point for me! To tell the truth it seemed way unbelievable to me and I felt I needed to make it sadder. Good thing I'm lazy and didn't mess with it. Heh.

Lady-of-the-Dragon-Flame: DUDE! That would be sweet ass! Go! Now! Do! Feed my ego! By all means have at them. They need a little exorcise now and then XD Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Silver Spear: I hate how that always happens when I start a story. The protagonist always comes out like a Sue, but then my style gets funky as more ideas roll around in my head. I plan on rewriting those first few chapters sometime in the distant future because some of the stuff I thought was a good idea is just dumb. Can't answer some of your questions because that would give away plot points in this story, but the age difference I'm not worried about. This is set maybe 6 months to a year after the last episode, where I think Kurama is either 17 or 18. Eris is getting close to her 17t birthday. Plus when you're a demon, age really doesn't mean squat. lol

Insaneningen14: Jeez, I dunno if I could keep going after this one! lol It's awesome you want more though. Thanks for the review!

Kitsune Kit: Yes. I am a busy leeetle bee. I've actually got a headstart on chapter two. Ssssh! Don't tell! Hehehehe.

Rebell: Thanks!! My mind is drifting into Writer's World as we speak, so the next update shall be a bit sooner than this was.

Lala: That was what inspired the phoenix thing, but I really didn't wanna rip JKR off and have people pointing it out. I liked mine better anyway. Ssssh!

Neko-tsuin: Will do! Thanks for the offer, I'll be sure to look you up if I get fed up with seeing all my stupid mistakes. Oh wait I am. lol

Ladyblabbermouth: Oooh I'm scared. Heh. You can't kill me though, or else you wouldn't know how this one ends silly!

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