"You such an idiot, Kurama, foxes aren't pack animals," Akita said as he appeared in Genkai's yard before them, "we don't need a posee egging us on as support like some kind of dumbass heard of wolves." He glared at all of them who were sitting in Genkai's living room.
Kuwabara turned around and shouted, "Hey, we're not just some cheerleaders standing on the sideline, you know!"
Kurama ran outside to confront him and said, "You know strength lies in numbers, Akita." He pulled a rose out of his hair as everyone gathered around him.
"A group makes a larger target," Akita said, "means it's easier to hit and take down. 'The bigger they are the harder they fall,' as they always say." He took out his own rose from his hair.
Yusuke said, "Damn, that was a good one. Quick, someone think of something snappy to say back to that." He started trying to think hard wondering what a good comback would be.
"We're not here to crack jokes, Yusuke," Kurama said as he turned his rose into a whip instantly.
Akita said, "Rose whip!" He whiped it around in a circle and caused the ground in front of them to crack open. They all moved out of the way in time.
Hiei jumped up and drew his sword, only for Akita to swing his whip back around and cut it into pieces. Then turned to Kuwabara and stung him with the end. "Kuwabara!" Yusuke shouted as he fell to the ground.
"He's not dead," Kurama assured him, "he's only been stung with the end of the whip. Akita, I never knew you to be merciful."
"Niether were you," he replied, "but we're in living world. Spirit world is watching me as I speak. If I kill a human, then I'll be stuck here just like Hiei is over there. I'm not stupid enough to limit myself like that." Hiei glared at him.
Yusuke asked, "You mean that's why you don't go back?"
Hiei looked away from him. Akita said, "That's a yes, obviously. As for you, I'm surprised demons from the other world don't try coming over here in droves to kill you. Toguro wasn't as tough as they get, you know. Then again, no one cared about the Saint Beasts."
Kurama said, "So, you've done your research." He swung his rose whip around only for Akita to counter.
"That's what good foxes are supposed to do," Akita replied, "if you had done that maybe you would have realized the SDF was looking for demons that day."
Hiei lunged forward, readying another attack just as Kurama had him occupied. Unfortunately, Akita saw it coming and whipped his whip around, cutting off Hiei's jacket and throwing him off to the side in time to counter another one of Kurama's attack.
"Damn this guy's good," Yusuke said as he readied his spirit gun, "Spirit gun!"
Akita cut it in half with his rose whip and they all watch Hiei narrowly dodge half the blast by stepping backwards. It zoomed back them both and hit the forest behind them all, breaking trees in it's wake. "Would you aim better?!" Hiei demanded.
"It's not my fault, Hiei!" Yusuke shouted, "He cut it in half! No one's ever done that before! Who the hell is this guy?"
"A singular blast is easy to dodge," Akita said, "is that all you have?"
"Kai, ju, so, ni!" Genkai chanted, and threw talasman cards at him.
Akita jumped up and away from them as they landed on the ground in front of him, throwing his whip to the side. It turned back into a normal flower. "So some humans do still know that trick," he said, "interesting."
Yusuke asked, "What the hell just happened?"
"Those things will wear off soon," Akita said, "And I'll be back when they do." He disappeared into the forest.
Kurama said, "Those cards and chant ward off fox spirits from demon world."
Yusuke asked, "Then where the hell was that before?" He stared at Genkai.
"They were buried in my junk pile," she said, "spirit foxes don't spend much time in human world anymore."
Kurama said, "That'll only ward him off temporarily. We'll need a plan before he comes back."
"About that," Genkai said, "I have an idea, that's why I warded him off. We should have Kuwabara be part of this too. Even he can be useful sometimes. How long should that be?"
"Less than an hour," Kurama answered.
"I have to find a few more things," she said as she went back inside.
Hiei looked down at his tatered jacket and then over at his broken sword, "Now I need a new sword and a new jacket." He threw off the torn clothing he had on.
"About that," Yusuke said, "where do you get new ones? Unless you're saying that's been the same jacket the whole time, then I'll be really confused."
"Hn," he said, "like you need to know."
Yusuke asked, "Kurama, haven't you ever wondered?"
"Me?" he asked, "I've only wondered where he keeps all of his belts and where he gets new ones."
"Would you stop staring at me?!" Hiei demanded, "You're all acting like children."