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Chapter 9

Hiei stood in his full feet on the ground as he watched the direction where Shuichi crashed. He got alert: he suddenly was able to feel a rising demonic energy!

And it was approaching him!

Shuichi was walking back to where Hiei was until he stood a few feet in front of him with his fists tightened. His uniform got a little torn and had a slight trail of blood running at the corner of his lip. He had a deadly and serious look on his delicate face. His eyes had a golden color that the moonlight in the night sky provided an effect. "You leave me with no other choice," he said void of any emotion.

Hiei readied himself. He took his distance; there was something stirring inside the red head Spirit Detective. It was the demonic energy itself!

"You were being a pushover for a long time...Time to show some backbone."

A mysterious and commanding voice said in Shuichi's mind.

"I'm giving you a chance to surrender," Shuichi offered the chance to Hiei to retreat.

"I'll pass. Let's see what you are really capable of now that I've angered you," Hiei said eagerly and also in a stubborn way. He was actually looking forward for the Spirit Detective's powers and capability in a physical fight, which it seemed promising and worth the trouble.

"Very well then."

Hiei didn't say anything else as he took the initiative by running towards the passive looking Shuichi. He and Shuichi were exchanging punches and kicks. Hiei noticed Shuichi's newfound speed because it was nearly matching his own inhuman speed, which he wasn't doing much effort.

The two of them kept going as they moved in different directions around the park…

Hiei jumped back as so did Shuichi, still facing each other.

"You are not bad. Can you do any better than this?" Hiei asked with interest with a pleasing smirk on his face. The human was able to keep up with him. Now it was time to take him seriously into a considerate fight: "Any weapons or special ability in your arsenal?"

Shuichi looked thoughtful for a moment. One of his hands went through the back of his red mane. He held his hand into a fist when he found what he was looking for. He used his energy onto the closed fist. He afterwards, released his hand, and pollen went around in the air, which it spread throughout his surroundings.

As he watched Shuichi carefully, Hiei noticed something that captured his undivided attention. Better yet, he felt quickly and very familiar with what Shuichi was currently doing…His instincts told him immediately that Shuichi's ability was to create and manipulate plants at his commanding will as he able to sense his surroundings being awaken by the demonic energy. That demonic energy and unique ability belonged to none other than Youko Kurama.

Hiei didn't want to believe it, yet he was able to easily envision Kurama before him…He couldn't help but to give in to the reality. Before he could actually question himself about the uncanny connection between the demon Silver Fox and the human Spirit Detective:

'Hiei! Can you hear me? It's me, Shuichi!'

Shuichi's voice had spoken inside Hiei's mind.

'Are you not fighting me right now?' Hiei responded to him in his own mind.

'I'm afraid to tell you that it is not I whom are you fighting. Somehow, my body has been possessed. I am fighting you against my will!"

'But how? The demonic energy?'

Yes, I think it must be. Please stop my body and help me get back to normal!' Shuichi's voice was this time in a plea.

Hiei wanted to ask right away to Shuichi about Youko Kurama... However, he had pressing matter at hands with the possessed body. 'All right but it is going to hurt,' he said by agreeing to help out Shuichi.

'Whatever it takes… Please make it quick, Hiei! I barely made it to pass you the message,'

Indeed, Hiei sensed that Shuichi's voice was fading out of his mind...He thought of ways to stop Shuichi's body without actually doing heavy damage. The Jagan eye could be extremely helpful in this type of situation. Then again, Hiei stubbornly stuck with his primary purpose, which it was fighting.

Suddenly, Hiei was able to feel a cut on his right cheek and it began drip in some blood. He saw that Shuichi-Kurama was in a pose as he concentrated an amount of demonic energy. There was an incoming wave of razor sharp rose petals. He stood there on his spot in a concentrating spot with the flying rose petals…

All the razor sharp rose petals were gone in flash and fell down on the ground in pieces. Hiei had taken off his black cloak off and had taken out his own sword at the same time to cut the rose petals in a series of flash cutting slashes.

'He is not as strong as Kurama's S class level. He is perhaps a D class... I can stop this zombie,' he thought as he readied himself in a fighting pose with his sword in hand to Shuichi-Kurama's possible and predictable attack pattern with plant manipulation.

GENKAI'S TEMPLE:

Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan were sitting by the long stairs of the temple. Unknown to them, there was a short and elderly woman watching them from a distance inside the temple. She had her hands united and behind her back. She also had a contemplative gaze and it was fixed onto Yusuke.

'So that's the young man that Koenma had told me about in a message. He doesn't actually remember using his demonic powers on his own. Perhaps I can help him if he wins among the other fighters. The other one is a rookie at using his psychic powers…It won't be too difficult with him since he is learning little by little as my last pupil, Maya Kitajima.'

"Man, who would have thought that the mission was going to be different from what I've expected," Kuwabara spoke from his experience from earlier.

"It was a good thing you two passed the pre tests and move on to the next round of the short tournament. And Rando might have done so as well, which it makes the mission with more progress to capture him," Botan said, recalling the events of the current mission in a summary.

"Whatever. As long as we capture that demon and stuff."

Botan and Kuwabara looked over to Yusuke, who has spoken in a disinterested voice.

"Something wrong, Yusuke?" Botan asked. This wasn't like Yusuke since he showed a different behavior from the current one he was showing since earlier.

"Hm?" Yusuke looked at Botan with a passive yet serious expression. "Oh nothing. Just thinking…well, at least I'm trying to. So you guys say that I actually stopped Hiei at the last mission?"

"Why yes you did. It was all thanks to you," Botan responded to Yusuke's concern in a reassuring way.

Yusuke crossed his arms to his chest. "Something is not right…The injuries that were on my body after I woke up; I remember the burning feeling before passing out."

"You were probably hot from the sun."

Yusuke ignored Kuwabara's idiotic and redundant comment. "Yeah, right…Botan, I remember that something took over me and from that point, I was having a hard time remembering what actually happened from there."

Botan and Kuwabara didn't respond this time to him.

Yusuke felt suspicious of them, including Koenma. The three of them were hiding something very important from him. Maybe Hiei can tell him what actually happened when he pays him a visit to the prison in Spirit World after this current mission… "Fine, don't tell me then. I will figure out everything on my own. So, how are things going on back in the city with the three of us gone for a while?" He said, looking at Botan.

"I was wondering that too," Kuwabara said as he looked at Botan as well.

"Oh! Hiei is helping around with what is he been ordered to even if he doesn't want to," Botan explained as matter of fact. "We are short handed in help, and Hiei chose to work for his freedom and to go back to the Demon World by doing anything as requested by Spirit World at the next day after he was given that choice from Spirit World. Enma approved this with Koenma and the supporting ogres, including George, with solid and informative convincing.

"…I really shouldn't trust that demon with helping around the Human World," Kuwabara commented out of concern. The thought of demons helping around to achieve peace in the Human World was a new concept to him, and perhaps not right.

"That's not all. One of our previous Spirit Detective came back to work for us, and Hiei had been paired up with him to work together," Botan included that piece of crucial information. "His name is Shuichi, by the way. You two will get to meet him once we get back to the city."

Shuichi sounded like a good person from Botan's perspective…Yusuke thought as shrugged his shoulders. "Well, that is new. I must meet this other Spirit Detective. I better get going," he said as he stood up and walked away with his hands inside his pockets.

Urameshi! Where are you going?"

Yusuke didn't respond to Kuwabara's calling and kept walking off to the direction of the temple.

Kuwabara turned to Botan. "Hey, Botan, I think it isn't fair for Urameshi to not tell him anything about what really happened in the previous case."

Botan was worried as much as Kuwabara for Yusuke. "I wish I could tell Yusuke what actually happened on that day but it is from Koenma's orders not to say a word to him until he can receive help from Master Genkai."

Kuwabara raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You mean Genkai? The old, mean but strong lady?"

Botan nodded to him. "She can help seal his demonic energy with her psychic powers," she answered in a simple manner.

"I see. Well, I'll keep playing along until then."

"Thank you very much, Kuwabara," Botan appreciated Kuwabara's total cooperation.

"No problem. It is for the best of Urameshi's sake. Let's go get some rest. We have a long day tomorrow with the second round of the Genkai Tournament."

BACK AT THE PARK:

Shuichi-Kurama used the demonic energy to move the many trees around the park, attacking Hiei with the roots and the branches. He stood in spot on a limited distance. The pollen that he had spread around the surroundings earlier made it possible for him to do it.

Hiei had no problem dealing with the multiple attacking trees since he was burning them to ashes with his own energy. However, they regenerated quickly and his energy was starting to dissipate after going like this for a good hour. He had to come up with another plan to be able to finally stop Shuichi-Kurama.

"Why not fight me directly? Why let your plants do all the work?" Hiei said in a bluff. "You are a cowardly fool!"

Shuichi-Kurama somehow seemed to listen and the trees stopped attacking the fire demon. He searched on his hair with his hand for another seed…he took out the seed, and it generated into a leaf. That leaf turned quickly into a medium sized shaped sword.

Hiei retrieved for his sword that he had impaled in one of the previous attacking trees. He proceeded to attack the red head human with his sword.

The two of them went into a sword fight by meeting into a clash…Shuichi-Kurama wasn't as good as Hiei at handling a sword but he was good at defense and reflex.

Hiei was getting impatient but he didn't show it. He figured that it might take some time when he could finally land a strike on his opponent.

Suddenly, Hiei felt some cuts on his arms: the razor flying rose petals. Shuichi-Kurama used the opportunity to impale Hiei at his stomach with the tip of the Leaf Sword. He tried to move forward so the Leaf Sword went further on the stomach.

Hiei had sort of thought of a way to break the zombie out of his spell. "I guess I have underestimated you…but you happen to be an amateur!" he grunted of the incoming pain. He used the Jagan eye's power, which it flowed on the sword, and he quickly impaled Shuichi-Kurama on the chest.

Shuichi-Kurama's eyes had wide opened as he lost the grip on the Leaf Sword. His eyes turned from the ethereal gold back to the original green color. "Hiei…Thank you. You saved me once again."

Hiei took away the bloody sword from Shuichi's chest by throwing to the ground, followed by the Leaf Sword. He leaned his body close to Shuichi and held him with one arm to support him from falling. That blow had surely left him weak. "So you are back to your normal self?"

Shuichi nodded. He used one hand to cover his bleeding chest. He used his other free arm to hold himself against Hiei's strong body because he was feeling weak both physically and mentally. Other than that, he was glad that it was over. He rested his chin on Hiei's shoulder.

"What was that all about?"

"I don't know. I wish I could have the answer for you...Youko Kurama must be behind this," Shuichi said softly besides from feeling weak.

Hiei's eyes became wide upon hearing the fox demon's name. So Shuichi actually does know about him. First, he had to make sure for Shuichi to heal from the battle before making him talk. "You better get going back to your home."

"…Wait. I can't go back home looking like this. My mother wouldn't like it when she sees me in the morning."

"I'll take you to your room," Hiei said, and the two of them disappeared in mid air.

In a matter of seconds, Hiei and Shuichi had teleported inside the mentioned bedroom within the Minamino household. They stood still on the middle of the room. Hiei searched for Shiori's energy around the house…He found it on another room where she was actually resting for the next day of routine.

"Your mother is sleeping. Do you have anything to heal up?" Hiei asked to Shuichi as he still held his body close to him.

This time, Shuichi found the minimum strength to get up by himself, and he walked into another direction in the room. "I will get the first aid kit in the bathroom. I'll be right back."

Hiei didn't wait too long for Shuichi's return.

Shuichi was back in the middle of the room with the first aid kit in one hand. He sat down on the floor, followed by setting the white box. He opened it as his eyes scanned for every item he needed to use.

"We have everything we need here…" He said thoughtfully, and he looked up to see the condition that Hiei was in. "You are hurt, Hiei. Let me help you," he offered kindly to the injured fire demon. Hiei was hurt because of him, and it made him responsible for what he had done conscious or not. It was simply not in his nature to hurt others.

"What about yourself? I just have minor cuts. You, on the other hand, are bleeding," Hiei said because Shuichi needed to treat his wound first.

"I'll be fine. Let's get you cleaned up first," Shuichi said almost stubborn.

He was a selfless and caring human, which he put other's needs before his own needs and kind to strangers, Hiei thought. Shuichi was similar as his twin sister Yukina and his mother, Hina, when it comes to caring and treating other's well being. Those were weakness he had to lookout for in his human partner while working together on the following missions.

"Hiei—"

"Lay down somewhere."

Upon hearing that dominating voice, Shuichi did as told without retorting. He moved on until he laid his back against the bed. "Right here?"

Hiei nodded as a sign of approval. He quietly moved close to Shuichi, and used his hands to rip open his tattered school uniform shirt. He then proceeded to take the school uniform pant.

Shuichi was blushing when he was wearing only his underwear. He knew perfectly what Hiei was doing: checking for his physical injuries. Then again, he considered himself modest that he didn't like to show his body to any other soul. He was unlike Hiei, who was self-confident of being shirtless around other living beings like in the moment.

Hiei took Shuichi's expression as either shy or self-conscious…Either way, he closed his face in to lick the cut that was located in Shuichi's chest, near the heart.

Shuichi was blushing madly now, as he tried to hold back. He had Hiei licking slowly the blood away from his almost fatal wound. He never had such contact with another being. He was pure and he liked the sensation it brought him.

This almost took some time for Hiei to clean away the blood…

Then, Shuichi closed his eyes when he felt Hiei's tongue on his left nipple and around the pectoral area as it cleaned the blood away. He wanted to lose himself at the sensation by making sounds with his mouth. He was yet to take sexual education on his next year of school…Shuichi wouldn't say it out loud but to him, Hiei was an attractive demon.

Shuichi's eyes went open when he heard Hiei's words:

"I don't know how to use those human things. It was the best I can do. You can cover that wound of yours now."

Shuichi did as told as he took the remains of his uniform to keep the wound pressed with one hand. He tended to use the first aid kit with the other hand until he was able cover it with bandages.

"Thank you for cleaning my wound. I shall teach you next time how to use the first aid kit," Shuichi said he saw Hiei sitting across from him and licking the minor cuts in his own arms. "Um, let me help you now?"

Hiei stopped licking the cuts in his arms to look to Shuichi. "It is not necessary but I won't stop you."

"Okay…" Shuichi smiled for no reason. Was Hiei beginning to accept him or he was starting to get used to him…? Either way, he approached close to Hiei until his body was facing him. "Does blood tastes good?" he asked with a curiosity.

"Why yes but that's just my opinion."

Shuichi blushed again... Instead of taking a cloth from the first aid kit, he approached very close to Hiei's cheek where he had a line cut with blood dripping. He shyly placed his tongue on the cut and gave a slow lick. When he took a partial amount of blood in his tongue, Shuichi closed his mouth to savor the blood…The demonic energy inside him reacted to the fire demon's blood that it made Shuichi to actually like the taste. It made him want more blood.

Hiei was unfazed with Shuichi's current action. He couldn't care less whether he chose to not to use the first aid kit and lick away his blood.

Shuichi went on to lick more of the blood that was on the right cheek until it was clean. His eyes scanned for more blood on Hiei's body and he licked on the forehead, the remains in each arms, and finally the chest area.

"Do you have any more cuts on your legs?"

Hiei shook his head. "I don't think so," he said before he took off his boots from both feet. He stood up on his feet and was taking the three belts from his black pants off. "I will go get a splash of cold water on my body."

"Go ahead and use my shower. Do you know how to use it?"

"I will figure it out myself."

Shuichi blushed than ever before: Hiei was not doing…? His thoughts were confirmed when Hiei's pants were now on the floor, and was fully undressed before him. He made his way to the bathroom and left the door open. Hiei was really an attractive demon despite his height and personality, he thought. He stayed on the spot so Hiei could have his privacy.

When Hiei came out of the bathroom and back into Shuichi's room, still naked:

"Here. Use this to dry yourself up."

Shuichi had a large white towel in his hand that he offered to Hiei. He was wearing shorts this time. He turned around so Hiei can dress with some privacy.

Hiei took the towel and dried his entire body with it. He took his black pants off the floor and he put it back on, along with the three belts. When he was finished, he asked the following: "Do you happen to know anything about Youko Kurama?"

"…I don't know much about him but I feel that I have."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes…" Shuichi turned around to face Hiei. "This is my major reason to work again for Spirit World as a Spirit Detective. Maybe I can find clues about Youko Kurama along the way... All I know that he is a powerful demon from where you and he are from. I also get sometimes memories in my mind that involves you two."

What Shuichi was saying seemed very interesting to Hiei. "I'll help you."

"Really?" Shuichi raised an eyebrow. "Before I let you do that, then answer me this: what is Youko Kurama to you? The memories that I have gotten so far is of the beginning were not good; Kurama seemed ruthless…"

"Kurama and I didn't get along at first, but then I became his partner in crime for a long time," Hiei explained his relationship with the youko to the red head human.

"Is that all? I also recently had a very personal memory of you and Kurama…You two; um…were very involved with each other," Shuichi said with an embarrassed blush. He was able to recall that memory one of two lovers alone and together.

"Yes, that was part of the long term partnership with him. He was a seductive and affectionate demon that craved for individual attention after being alone for a decade. I couldn't help but to fall for his charm, wit and allure after we learned to get along."

"A lover and a partner, huh? Then that makes him very important to you?"

Hiei didn't want to think about Kurama on that level; Yukina and his deceased mother came before the fox demon. "Perhaps…I must find him to get answers for the betrayal he had done to me and another demon during the theft that occurred on Spirit World."

Shuichi believed what Hiei had said so far that he felt that he can trust him. "All right. We will work together to find clues that would lead us to Youko Kurama. I wish to meet him myself; somehow I feel very connected to him."

Hiei now thought that Shuichi is the vital link that would lead him to Kurama sooner or later. He must watch out for him as well because he had a feeling that it wasn't going to be an easy task. "I'll see you in two days. If you have thought of more clues of Kurama, let me know right away, all right?"

"I will."

Then, Hiei was gone in mid air.

Shuichi felt very tired from the events of today. It was time for a relaxing shower before bed. There was no school the next day, which it was good for him to think.

GANDARA CITY, DEMON WORLD:

"Well? Any recent news or movements from Mukuro?" Yomi inquired to the General of the Gandara Army, Shachi, as he stood outside in the balcony of his castle. He had his united by his back.

Shachi stood behind the Demon Lord, preparing himself to give out his oral report. "According to the recent information that has been gathered so far, I believe Lord Mukuro is secretly training his potential heir, who is currently mastering a power that is from the depths of Limbo. If he is able to master that powerful technique, then he is able to proceed to the next phase of training."

"That is interesting…" Yomi was intrigued even if he didn't . Mukuro's heir immediately posed future danger to him… "What about our major threat?"

"Lord Raizen is still standing on neutral ground like it has been for 500 year. However, his son's power had taken surface. I was able to feel his tremendous amount of energy the other day. He, however, have no experience handling such dangerous power."

Yomi furrowed his eyebrows. "Hmm…I didn't know Raizen had a son. That is also interesting."

Shachi believed it was the time to ask the most important question to the Gandara Demon Lord: "Well, Lord Yomi? Who's going to be your heir?"

Yomi expected this question from the General. He sighed before he replied to him: "I rather not share information with anyone yet."

Shachi raised a careful eyebrow. Before he could ask Yomi for a concrete answer, a soldier came into the room to inform the following:

"Lord Yomi, you have an audience with the Demon Osteopath. He is waiting for your presence in the Grand Hall."

Yomi turned around and he nodded to the soldier, and the soldier left the room. "Good timing. I've been expecting him for some time now. Shachi, I believe that will be all for today. I want more information of Raizen, Mukuro and the chosen heirs. That also includes any other casualty that could pose as an opportunity or liability."

Shachi kneeled before Yomi and bowed his head down. "Yes, Lord Yomi."

Yomi walked back inside the large castle to make to the large hallway. He found a presence that stood in the middle of the room. "Hello, Shigure. It has been a while. How have you been?" he greeted with courtesy.

Shigure looked at Yomi. "So you are actually the Demon Lord of Gandara City? That's a fancy title. You sure can be modest sometimes as not telling anything."

"It is best sometimes not to reveal my full identity during my travels. Anyways, I'm glad you could make it to my castle because I needed to speak to you."

"What is it?"

"Let's go to my office."

Within a minute or so, Yomi had made it to his private office with Shigure following behind him.

"How is Youko Kurama faring?" Yomi asked directly now that the door in the office was closed.

"Oh him…He's doing quite well." Shigure crossed his arms to his chest, "After being kidnapped by three low rank demons, that is. Don't tell me. Your exclusive and brilliant idea?"

"Yes, guilty. I need him to get here as soon as possible. I can't have Kurama in the Human World any longer," Yomi confessed with all honesty.

"He chose to be there."

"Now, I'm afraid that I have begun to realize that," Yomi said with concern. "I had spoken to him once, and he said he was leaving the Human World once he had reached the maturity of recuperating his powers. His human parents had very much influence on him that he became very attached to them. I need him here."

Shigure crossed his arms and had a frown on his face. "I believe his weak goody-two-shoes identity is an act," he said slightly annoyed.

Yomi raised a fine eyebrow in confusion when he heard Shigure's comment. "You mean he is deceiving everyone in the Human World? He sure has fooled me," he said, hoping that was the truth about Kurama.

"It is time for me to clear up that mass confusion that is running in your heads."

Yomi and Shigure looked immediately to the direction of the door where Shunyin stood. He was leaning against with his arms crossed.

"Kamui, when did you get here?" Yomi asked because he never sensed the Demon Hunter's spiritual energy or heard his movements.

"Through the door," Shunyin simply retorted.

Yomi sighed. "Your lack of manners is just appalling," he said. He was certain that Shunyin used stealth or teleported quietly inside the room when either Shigure or he was distracted speaking.

"Thank you for reminding me that every time, you highness. Anyways, I'm the reason why the two of you are assuming much about Shuichi and Kurama. Now if you guys are kind enough to go to the basement of the castle, I can explain everything there," Shunyin said before disappearing in mid air from out of the office to the lower level of the castle.

Shunyin's words left Yomi in wonder…"Where are you going, Shigure?" Yomi asked when he noticed that the demon surgeon was already making his way to the door.

Shigure stopped his steps and gave a smirk. "I suggest we follow this guy. He has something very interesting to say," he said with apparent interest.

15 minutes later, Shigure made it first to the basement of the castle, followed by Yomi. Indeed, Shunyin was expecting for their presence as he stood in the middle of the room.

"Kamui, I expect a good explanation from you to make us come down here," Yomi spoke, being highly skeptical.

"Oh it will be so you have to bear with me," Shunyin said with a promise. He moved to the side to show what was behind him: a large capsule machine that lied horizontally on the floor. "Gentlemen, may I present you Youko Kurama…in the flesh!" he announced with his hands directing the capsule machine.

Shigure moved forward to inspect the capsule…His eyes couldn't believe what he was witnessing as they went wide: Youko Kurama was actually inside the capsule in a deep slumber. "Unbelievable!" he was surprised.

Yomi approached quickly and stood next to Shigure. He turned to Shunyin with a frown: "What is going here? Kamui, this isn't funny. I demand an explanation," he said being very displeased because Shunyin held zero respect for the dead.

"That's Kurama's corpse. All these years, I kept his body from decomposing with my spiritual energy. After I shot down Kurama 15 years ago during that hunt; his spirit had escaped into the Human World shortly after his body had deceased. He somehow managed to merge his spirit and powers with an unborn human baby that Mr. and Mrs. Minamino were expecting. Eventually, Shuichi, the human host for Kurama's power, was born."

"So I take it that Shuichi is Kurama's human identity?" Yomi asked after hearing the long explanation.

"Or the fact that Shuichi Minamino is really Youko Kurama?" Shigure then asked.

"Yes…but not anymore. I made possible for Shuichi and Kurama to officially become separate beings. It wasn't easy- it took all of my spiritual energy during the last year. I had to borrow the energy of the Power Sphere to give the project completion. First, I had to keep Youko Kurama's body healed and intact. Second, when Kurama had reached maturity and domination last year, I made him simply Shuichi by erasing his memories of his past life as a youko and disabling the use of his energy, weapons and techniques. And last but not least, everything that I disabled within Shuichi, it will make Kurama wake up from the death anytime now. The borrowed power from the Power Sphere facilitated me the process of merging Kurama's spirit back to his body."

Everything was starting to make sense to Yomi, which he could only ponder some more. His short trance of thoughts was interrupted when he heard Shigure making another surprised noise. "What is it, Shigure?"

"Kurama is now breathing, and he's slowly restoring the color of his skin," Shigure pointed out to the now living and unconscious body of Youko Kurama.

Shunyin was observing Kurama's body…He will have to check on the vital signals and pulses in a few minutes once Yomi and Shigure were out of the room. "Hmm…this is going much better than I originally thought. Kurama is eager to be back alive. Now it is up to him when he chooses to literally wake up from the dead on his original body."

Yomi couldn't believe that he was going to see his old partner again any time now. He could definitely wait for his awakening. Then, he had to make the following question: "Kamui…when Kurama wakes up, what will happen to Shuichi then?" he asked because he had developed an interest on the red head human.

"Good question," Shunyin said, without taking his vision off the youko. "That is why I am putting Shuichi to various tests on the Human World, so I will appreciate if you stop making kidnapping attempts on him. I'll also let Shuichi have a portion of Kurama's powers, making as strong as a D class demon…that's all I can say for now."

A/N: Okay, so Shuichi and Kurama are officially different and separate beings, and they have to meet face to face one day. Hiei is also cooperative with Shuichi so that can happen. What will happen next? Reviews please!