Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho is a property of Manga Artist Yoshihiro Togashi and Anime Director Noriyuki Abe, I have no rights to it and I don't plan on wanting them, the artwork for this Fanfiction belongs to Azuki Shibakawa. Please don't copy the information. This work is T rated, but it is a Romance along with an Adventure. English is only my second language, so forgive me if there are any mistakes, I will update every week so bear with me and I hope you'll like this story.

Here is a dictionary:

Reikai-Spirit world

Makai-Demon World

Miyuki- Beautiful snow

Setsuna- Calm Snow

Sakuraso- Primrose

Honou- Blaze

Chapter 3

What is going on?

The bus ride passed mostly in silence, with an exception of Botan braking into light sobs, and Kurama trying to comfort his wife the best he could. After getting home, calling Yusuke and explaining the whole situation, Botan got too tired with worry for her kids, so Kurama knew they both needed some relaxation. He walked to the coffee maker and turned it on placing some ground herbs into the filter to brew a calming remedy. "Honey?" He asked, trying to be optimistic. "Maybe it won't be so bad… I mean… every kid dreams of magical parents."

"Yes…" Botan smirked. "And every teenager thinks it's insane," she added opening the kitchen cupboard to take out two mugs. "You do realize that I'm not afraid of their rejection, my greatest fear is… that they will see themselves in a different light."

"Hm, I don't think that's going to happen dear. If anything they should be proud of being different," Kurama retorted pouring the herbal brew into Botan's mug. "After all, they'll get powers and abilities, normal kids can only dream about. "True," Botan agreed still feeling miserable, "but these abilities would have to be used in the most frightening way…"

"Just bad timing, that's all," Kurama smiled. "We will be fine. I'll train Kuronue well, I promise." He rested his chin on Botan's crown and kissed her forehead.

"He is only fourteen Kurama!" Botan shivered. "Yusuke was well trained at his age, and you were sixteen, in your human form, when the first dark tournament occurred," she spat, "Yet you still barely survived with Youko's powers chipping in, if it wasn't for his spirit energy the fight with Karasu would've killed you!" She cried, "It is a nightmare, I can't wake up from." Botan lowered her voice, realizing she had been screaming at her husband without him being at fault, she sighed and walked towards the window. "I'm sorry," she said meekly, taking a sip of her tea, "looks like I really need to calm down. I don't mean to be mad or mistrusting, it is just the fact that our son doesn't have those abilities…"

Kurama listened patiently, his mind doing cartwheels, until Botan's words sank in and his face melted into a sly smile. "Well then," he said bringing Botan to attention, "how about Youko, training our son, in that case?" He smirked. Botan blinked at her husband. "Do you think it's possible?" She asked hopefully.

"Sure," Kurama chuckled, "we'll just have to make sure that our training is somewhere in the mountains, where no eyes can see us." Botan smiled lightly. "Like Genkai's compound?" She suggested.

"Exactly!" Kurama agreed and came up to her. "Feeling better? "He asked smiling at the blue haired deity.

"Yes." She leaned into him, "this thing is excellent, we should have it all the time after a stressful day," she nodded at her cup. Kurama smiled knowing full well that his wife was still worried sick over everything and simply did not want to show it.

Three hours past and Sakurasō got home finding her parents at the kitchen table, looking grimmer then a storm. 'O.K?' She thought, 'what did Kuronue do this time?'

"Mom, dad! What's up?" she asked a bit fearful, but Botan just smiled. "Hi dear, how was school?"

"Fine…" Sakurasō replied with a questioning look.

"Why won't you get ready for dinner, we'll talk when your brother gets home." Botan said biting her lip.

'Aha, now I know that this idiot done something stupid, and I have to sit here listening to a lecture that he is responsible for.' Sakurasō confirmed her suspicion, when a front door clicked and Kuronue stumbled in throwing his book bag on the floor. "Man this day sucked," he muttered, "I think our teachers are out to kill us, this way I won't be able to see Setsuna any time soon…" He trailed off suddenly seeing his frowning family. 'What the?' He thought 'Something must have happened?' Kuronue stepped back.

Kurama smiled at his worried kids, "please sit down, both of you." He motioned them to the living room couch. "We need to talk to you about something that you might find very unusual." He said anxiously.

"Unusual huh?" Kuronue uttered, 'It's not about us. It's about them.'

"Does this have anything to do with you two not being human?" Sakuraso asked, thinking of exactly the same thing as her brother.

Kurama and Botan were completely taken aback "You…you know about this? How?" Botan piped eyes wide.

"Well, only this could get you so worried, and since we know that both of us have done nothing wrong, it must be something from your past that you are so upped to tell us about." Kuronue smiled.

"That's not what I meant." Botan stomped. "I mean, how you know about us not being human?"

"Easy," Sakuraso looked at her dad, who was sitting eyebrow furrowed with amusement. "Raizon told us, and you are not exactly great at keeping it a secret."

"How do you mean?" Kurama narrowed his eyes, and Kuronue almost burst out laughing. "Well at first we thought it was all Raizon's imagination," he shrugged going into the kitchen and opening a fridge, "but then we noticed mom never really going to the flower shop for work. Every time we would come there, the shop was closed, but all the plants were well kept, so we got suspicious." He poured himself a glass of orange juice and went back to the couch.

"We knew that dad works for grandpa's company, so when we went out for our little investigation, we did not expect to see him at the shop," Sakuraso continued laughing. "And what did we see?" she asked sarcastically. "You, dad, making withered flowers bloom by one touch of your finger."

"Ha, ha!" Kuronue chuckled, "yeah and when we went after mom, we saw her in an alley, materializing an oar and fly off into the sky! Man that was a day to remember!"

"How much do you really know?" Kurama asked standing up and going into the kitchen for another cup of his herbal elixir.

"We did see dad transform into some kind of werewolf, when he slept once," Kuronue replied, and Sakuraso jumped remembering, "oh yeah that scared the hell out of us!"

"I see, so you know everything, this have gone better than I expected." Botan smiled taking a mug with culming liquid from her husband's hands.

"It doesn't look like they know much, dear, if they just called me a werewolf," Kurama smiled, "but now that we have this problem out of the way we can talk about the tournament.

"Not the dark tournament, right?" Sakuraso asked a bit uneasy.

"You know about that too?" Botan nearly dropped her cup.

"We just know about the tournament dad fought in, when he was young, but may I assume you are talking about something else?" Kuronue stood up from his sit." You are not going to fight again, are you dad!" he spat at his father, but Kurama never moved a muscle "I will," he replied, "and more importantly, so will you."

Sakuraso nearly fell in shock, while Kuronue lowered himself back into a sit and closed his eyes, 'me, fighting, but why…' he thought. "I'm not a fighter dad," he said slowly, "I assume there is more to the story then we know, right?" He looked at his parents.

"Yes there is," Kurama replied," so right now I want you two, to go upstairs, pack your bags and be ready for a long trip to the mountains, we will discuss everything on the way there." Kuronue stared at them. "What mountains? For what?" He asked in disbelieve.

"For training."Kurama replied simply.

"What about school?" Kuronue asked, already knowing the answer. Botan came out of the kitchen with another cup of herbal tea. "I'm afraid you will have to forget about school this year." She said shaking her head.

"What? But my grades will slip! I'll be forced to repeat the year!" Sakuraso jumped to her feet, "What kind of irresponsible parents are you?"

"Please dear," Botan stopped the girl from losing her mind, "if you study at home you'll be able to take all the necessary exams for next year." She said softly.

"Study how, what home? Didn't you just say we are going to the mountains, and why do I have to go? It's not like you and I will be fighting, mom." Sakuraso pouted, and Botan rolled her eyes back in annoyance. "Honey, we are going to the mountain compound that our family along with Raizon's parents and Setsuna's parents own." She breathed out.

"You will be learning some healing techniques from your mom, while I'll train your brother for the fights," Kurama added, "both of you will have your own rooms to study in, during our stay, and you will not be alone, Raizon will be there with Setsuna and Miyuki, I'm sure you guys won't mind seeing them."

"And is anyone going to ask my opinion?" Kuronue asked with sarcastic tone. "Why do I have to fight?" He stood up shuffling towards the staircase.

"Unfortunately we can't say no to the tournament invitation, because father's and son's participation is required, if we won't show up, you and I, your mom, your sister, along with everyone you love, will be killed." Kurama explained morbidly, "this way we might not win, but at least we'll make sure our families are safe." Kuronue stood there in shock, all of a sudden realizing the severity of this situation. "So I guess Raizon and his father are also invited to this tournament?" He asked miserably.

"Yes." Botan replied and Sacuraso glanced at her. "Mom, you must tell us more than this, If our lives are at stake, I would like to know what we are dealing with," she said calmly.

Kurama looked at his kids, they were both confused and annoyed, not to mention scared half to death, and with so much information to process it was enough for them to start breaking down, but instead they just stood in front of him and Botan, seeking more information, and waiting for answers. He was so proud of them, but knowing it was too overwhelming he replied simply by prodding them toward their rooms and telling them that everything will be explained on their way to the mountain compound.