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, and fix them, so bear with me and I hope you'll like this story.

Chapter 7

The Fire Demon

Kuwabara brought both boys to the beach and lined them up in front of him. "To understand your powers you must first understand your energy, and to do that you need to know what kind of energy is out there," he explained walking back and forth, kicking up send. Raizon yawned closing his eyes, "can we skip the lecture please?" He begged. "We are tired, you know."

"Stop complaining!" Kuwabara stomped. "I know you slept in the car!"

"But…" Raizon protested, "I already heard this story about energy and all!" He rolled his eyes, getting utterly frustrated.

"How about you?" Kuwabara turned to Kuronue with annoyance.

"I haven't heard anything." The boy admitted, making Kuwabara smile. "Hey kid," he turned to Raizon "give me a thousand sit-ups, and Kuronue, come with me." The red-head smirked leading the younger boy away from glaring Raizon, who miserably collapsed on the ground.

"Have you tried doing anything unusual with your powers before?" The redhead asked putting a friendly hand on the boy's shoulder. Kuronue was unsure what to say, he already felt like a fish out of the water, and was not about letting this feeling to continue, especially being quizzed, not knowing the subject, never the less he was still confused.

"I did not know I had any powers…"He muttered cringing. "To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if I do have 'em in the first place." Kuwabara smirked, kicking up a huge pile of sand. "Oh I'm sure you have them, you just don't know what they are yet." Usually, all humans have the same basic power, or spirit energy. Demons are different their powers wary, depending on their origin, genetics, upbringing, or surgeries." He's tone changed to sour with the last word as an image of a certain three eyed demon entered his mind.

"Surgeries?" Kuronue brightened up at the idea.

"Surgically obtained powers… I mean…" Kuwabara winced at the boy's sudden enthusiasm.

"Can they get any power this way?" Kuronue piped, as his teacher realized where this conversation was going. "Don't get any ideas, kid… You don't need it." He regarded knowingly.

"But I don't have any power… what if…"The boy shifted.

"Stop it, would ya! You have it. I know it, your father knows it, and you should be confident too." Kuwabara smirked cutting him off and looking up as Raizon ran towards them, stumbling like a drunken idiot.

"Hey I'm done!" He yelled, hoping for some rest, but Kuwabara didn't even blink. "Thousand pushups now!" He uttered disregarding the boy. "How much more of this crap do I have to do? That's unfair!" Raizon moaned, searching the sky for a sign of mercy. "Get going, or I'll tell your father, that you are being a lazy bum, see how you'll like his training." Kuwabara chuckled at the boy's dismay. Kuronue shuttered realizing that he is next on Kuwabara's torture list. "If my dad knows that I have power, why isn't he teaching me?" He decided to switch the subject, getting a silent thank you nod from Raizon, when Kuwabara's attention turned.

"Your father is immensely powerful, if he'll train you in your condition now, you might collapse under the pressure of his energy. My job is to teach you how to handle it."

"Raizon seems to be familiar with this theory of energy, but I'm not." Kuronue continued. Despite trying to help his friend he was also interested in his lesson. "You have a demon, spirit, and… well…" Kuwabara stopped, scratching his head, "I'm actually not sure what type of energy your mom has, but you have it too. Quite an interesting specimen you are… I only know six types of energy…" He laughed.

"What are they?" Kuronue beamed at him not letting his teacher get sidetracked.

"One is Life Energy, it allows your body to stay in motion, and alive, obviously," Kuwabara went on "another is Spirit Energy, like I said before, it's human combat energy. Fighters would use their extra power in battle, or chi sort of like an extra force, but if you add a spiritual awareness too, it can become a weapon. Like spirit gun or sword or ball or whatever you want it to be." He walked down the shore and materialized his spirit sword, stunning the boys.

"Wow!" Kuronue whispered wide-eyed. "Is… Is this real?" He asked trying to touch the yellow light emitting from Kuwabara's hand. "Yep kid, and that's not all, you can manipulate it however you want" Kuwabara chuckled changing his spirit sword into a spear.

"This is awesome! Can I do this?" Kuronue jumped while Raizon gawked at his teacher in disbelieve.

"Your energy is different, it's demon, you will probably manipulate it differently, but I'll leave it to your dad to explain." Kuwabara waved at him, and started walking towards the woods, an idea forming in his head.

"What about other four?" Raizon finally voiced his presence.

"Other four energies?" Kuwabara shrugged, picking up a couple of huge logs from the ground and moving them down the shore. "Well they are unachievable by normal means…" He said, plunging logs into the ground. "There is Sacred Energy, it is an incredible power that only humans can achieve, and it takes over forty years of strict discipline to master, but I've seen a person do it, and it was horrific…" He trailed off rubbing his hands.

"And the others?" Raizon gulped, staring at the logs and knowing exactly why they were there.

"They are sidekick energies. You see…Healing Energy is a type that heals, and that's just it, PK Energy: so telekinesis or telepathy or something-rather fall into that, and Love or Bond Energy, I called it my Red String of Fate." Kuwabara continued only to be stopped by the boys.

"Love?" They exclaimed in unison snickering at him.

"Yep," Kuwabara smiled "but don't think of it lightly kids… Look, it's like a bond between you and your soulmate, or a person you love, it doesn't have to be your girlfriend…" He rolled his eyes at them, "it can be your parent or sibling. For example…" He added on his fingers. "My wife and I have this bond, when we can feel each other, and our memories, or pain, on another hand my sister has a power to know what I'm feeling, not to mention your father's friend Hiei, who is a demon, by the way." He turned to Kuronue. "He has a power to know where his sister is at all times, but I think that is because he has a third eye surgically attached."

"Ehh…" The boys squirmed.

"Yeah, my sentiment exactly." Kuwabara shook his head, checking the perched logs for stability.

"What about my parents?" Kuronue asked making the last attempt to divert Kuwabara's attention at him.

"Oh those two have a bond beyond any one of us, they can feel each other's pain, emotion, and… you know… I'll let your dad describe it…" Kuwabara murmured stubbing one of the logs with his fist.

"I guess I have no idea about my mom or dad… What was he like when he was young?" Kuronue continued, realizing that it was his last chance to stop Kuwabara from the grueling training he was about to give them.

"I'd like to know that too, my dad never tells me anything." Raizon asked in an attempt to help his friend, but Kuwabara didn't really care. "Well alright!" He bellowed studying his handy work, "how about some basic training… I'll tell you about your paps while you punch this poll." He motioned at the logs.

"You kidding right? These are not polls they are logs…" Raizon swooned, noticing the ruff texture of the wood.

"Nop!" Kuwabara chuckled. "Punch it until you drop… ha.. ha.. ha…" He added with a smile, watching the boys eyeing their new training equipment.

"Punch! If you want hear the story!" Kuwabara yelled making both teenagers yelp in fear and form their fists. Satisfied Kuwabara set down on the nearby rock yawning. He stretched his legs keeping an eye on his students. "Yusuke and I became spirit detectives at the time, and had jobs like finding demons who got rogue or were thieves, or murderers and bring them to justice in the spirit world… Well sort of… we just had to catch 'em… And… It was my first job, when I met your father, Kuronue. Your dad and his friend Hiei were thieves, known in demon world, and were therefore stuck to do some community service for Yusuke as a punishment, for their latest crime… Your mom as an assistant to Yusuke, always helped us, so she was tracking one of the spies from the City of Ghosts and Apparitions. In the meantime Yusuke and I have just knocked out a few punks who were trying to kill us."

A silver baseball bat flew out of nowhere and dropped a green, trench coated demon on his back. "Botan!" Yusuke exclaimed watching a blue hair deity step out of the corner with a smug look on her face. "I've been trailing this one since yesterday." The girl said satisfied with her expert blow. "Oh! A pretty lady from last time!" Kuwabara smiled. 'Where did she get this bat from?' He wandered silently, reading a small scratched name on its side "Minamino." While Yusuke was getting a briefing from Botan on his next mission, he walked around to greet Botan properly, though the girl was oblivious. "Why don't you look at the boys you knocked out?" The bluetette pointed at a mouth of an unconscious teen, and Kuwabara was immediately overcome with a feeling of nausea, watching a bug crawling out of it. He did not pay attention to anything the girl said thereafter, knowing only one solution: He had to stop this mess from happening and he had to go to the demon city to do it. Therefore he was the first one to jump through the trap door Botan opened, and was followed by Yusuke a minute later. They would both be dead within minutes if not for the bright lights scaring the ground-demons, who were about to eat the boys alive. Yusuke's eyes met his new friend Kurama, and Hiei. "Good timing, but what are you doing here?" He blurted out appreciating their arrival.

"Even this idiot, Koenma, knew that you'll need help," a small demon huffed at him. Yusuke smirked. "I guess Koenma heard me complaining, hey Kuwabara, let me introduce you these guys!" The boy motioned his friend over. "This is Hiei, and this is Kurama." He pointed at the demons before him. "Nice to meet you!" Kurama smiled. "Well I don't know who you guys are, but it sure is nice to have a helping hand." Kuwabara extended his arm. "Helping is not the right word," Hiei winced, ignoring the nice gesture. "As far as I'm concern, we are babysitting." Kurama stopped his demon friend from making any more remarks, and to Kuwabara he seemed like the voice of reason. They followed a path to the demon castle and came through a tonal to an ominous looking gates. "We must take care." Kurama warned searching for signs of danger, which came in all too quickly as a small, purple eye with wings met the group and explained the terms of entering into the castle. Immediately after the boys were standing under a falling ceiling, trying desperately to push it back, in order to not get crushed. "Well, I'm not about to die with you, worthless losers!" Hiei groaned under the weight. "Don't even consider it Hiei!" Kurama yelled cutting him off, while Kuwabara tried to clobber the small demon, and almost releasing the ceiling. "Let's shut up and find the way out!" Yusuke cringed, noticing a lever on the wall upfront. "Hiei! You a lot faster than any of us, I'll hold the ceiling up while you go flip the switch." The demon was shocked at Yusuke's trust in him, so was Kuwabara, but Kurama just nodded and with Hiei's help they were walking out of one trap, only to walk into another, set by Genbu the stone giant.

Next time! Kurama verses Genbu, there will be a battle, so look forward to it. Please forgive me if I'm going through the story too fast: It is Kurama and Botan fanfic, but it is mostly about their kids and their discoveries. Don't forget it is only the first day of training for them and Sakuraso will get her lessons soon. Enjoy my work and I hope you'll review it. Thanks!