"I had some weird visions about my past." I said, holding up the phone.

"Really? About what exactly?"

"The first encounter."

"Hmmm... To be honest, I have no idea what that means," the person on the other end sighed.

"... I saw my father." I really wanted to tell him that.

"What? Really?"

"Uh-huh, but it was only a flash, no details."

"I see... Uh, I got to go, but whenever you will need me, just come. Ok?"

"Yeah... No problem." I looked around for the 6th time.

"See you then, Detective," the person snickered.

"Oh, just shut up!" I shouted, but smiled. This conversation made me feel better. Kage really was a great friend...

No, partner. He was just a partner.

"Kikyo?"

"Yeah?"

"What did Koenma said about this?"

"Are you crazy? Of course I didn't tell him! I didn't tell anyone! Beside you and Inuko."

"Maybe you should. I mean, they are your team now."

"Maybe... I'll see. It's just that... I don't trust them yet."

"Yet. It's hard to gain your trust, Kikyo..."

"Is that bad?" I pretended to be angry.

"Not really," Kage laughed "Just... Give one of them a chance. You'll open up eventually."

"Hell no," Shit, Hiei entered the room. He narrowed his eyebrows and stared at me suspiciously. "Uh... I got to go, bye!" I ended our talk and turned to the fire Youkai.

"Hn. Who was that?" he asked icily.

"Not your business." I said calmly, feeling the nervous feeling growing inside of me.

The next thing I felt was the wall touching my back and Hiei's katana near my throat.

"Who were you talking to?" he repeated his question even more coldly than before.

"Mind your own business, Hiei!" I shouted getting angrier within seconds.

"As a teammate, you are my business!"

"Get away from me!" I struggled, but he was stronger.

"NOT until you tell me who the Hell was that!!"

"What? Jealous?" that was an excellent move. Hiei blushed faintly and loosened his grip, but still looked very mad.

"Hn. What if you were contacting a Criminal?"

My muscles tensed slightly, I had to think fast. "WHAT IF I WAS NOT?!"

"You were a criminal!"

"So were you!"

"I'm not anymore! I quit a long time ago!" he yelled, his eye twitching in anger.

"Suuuure you did!"

"SILENCE!!"

We froze. It was Koenma who shouted. Hiei finally got off of me.

"The bull demon you caught told me some interesting things... Kikyo." Koenma's hard gaze landed on me.

"Meet me in my office. All of you." he finished with a stern voice. I knew that it was serious.

I, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama were sitting on the couch while Hiei just leaned against the wall, his arms crossed. The whole Team Urameshi was waiting patiently while Koenma was reading something, the stern expression plastered on his face. After a short while, the Ruler's Son looked up on us.

"The thief escaped from the Makai about a week ago. He's a wimp, he told us everything. Someone sent him here to assassinate a certain dog demon..."

Everyone's eyes landed on me and I felt like a freak. But then a lot of things made sense. I knew very well who sent him after me...

"Unfortunately, he didn't tell me who paid him," Koenma said, looking to the side.

"The Gray Neko..."I whispered bitterly.

"WHAAAT?!!" Koenma jumped in his seat, widening his eyes.

"Huh? Who's that?" Yusuke asked cluelessly.

All of a sudden, Kurama began to shake and a blue light surrounded his figure. The light was very bright and I had to close my eyes. What was going on?

"K-Kurama...?" I called out.

"Oh, nooo!" Kuwabara whined.

The person sitting next to me was no longer the nice, polite red headed Kurama. His hair was now silver, his eyes turned to a deep gold color and two foxy ears and a fluffy tail appeared. Yusuke pulled me away by my arm. I was too stunned to do anything.

Kurama turned into Youko.

Youko stretched, yawned and looked around boredly.

"Aaah, it's good to be out again," he stated. The voice changed also; it was deeper and more... sexy.

And then, Youko spotted me.

"Oh?" he raised an eyebrow, smirking sexily.

"Youko, please..." Koenma started pleadingly, but no use.

"Not right now, Koenma... I spotted an old, hot friend." Youko stood up and shoved Yusuke out of the way, standing right infront of me. "Hello, sexy,"

I recovered from my shock by now.

"Hey, Youko," I said emotionlessly. "What's up?"

"Wait... You two KNOW each other?!" Kuwabara asked, gaping at us. Yusuke and Koenma looked suprised as well and Hiei just stood there, pretending not to be interested. But I knew he was.

"Why, of course... Kikyo is the best female thief and I'm the best male thief. Isn't it ironic?" the fox purred, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"I was the best female thief, Youko." I corrected, pushing him off of me.

"Don't tell me you're a Detective now..." he stared at me waitingly.

"Like I had the choice!" I snapped, looking down and feeling my face flush. In the corner of my eye, I could see Koenma smirking.

"Oooh, you poor thing... Here, I'll comfort you..." Youko purred in my ear.

"Get lost!" I growled, punching him lightly in the stomach and, for safety, standing behind Yusuke, who was now cracking up.

"Why did you get out, Youko?" Koenma asked.

"Well, I've heard the name of the Gray Neko," the fox thief said lazily.

"And...?" Kuwabara motioned him to continue.

"And I've remembered that a small group of fox demons, including me, were fighting the Gray Neko band. Along with some dogs..." Youko's gaze landed on me and everyone followed his example.

"You two fought in the Gray Neko Rebellion?" Koenma asked, stunned. I and Youko nodded.

"The dogs, the foxes, the wolves and some other demons allied together and fought a gigantic army of Cats Neko's and their allies." I explained, seeing Yusuke's and Kuwabara's dumbfounded faces.

"B-but why?" Urameshi asked.

"We had our reasons," I ended the topic.

"Any ideas why the Gray Kitty is after you?" Kuwabara turned to me. I shrugged.

"Nope,"

"Okay, Kikyo - you need to be careful-"

"No worries, I'm here to protect her." Youko interrupted Koenma's sentence and hugged me from behind.

"Oh please! You better protect yourself and leave me alone!" I said, annoyed by his perverted personality.

"You're cute when you try to insult me," he purred in response. My tail twitched in great annoyance.

"Ekhem!" Koenma interrupted before I had the chance to hit the perverted fox. "As I was saying... Kikyo, be careful. Team Urameshi, your training will start tomorrow, so prepare yourself. I guess that's all... Goodbye."

Before entering the purple portal which was leading back to the mansion, Youko blew me the last kiss and 'transformed' back into Kurama. My red-head teammate explained that he's a reincarnation of Youko and all that junk, then he started to apologize for every bad thing Youko did.

"He didn't do... Well... Stop worrying, Kurama! I know how to handle him!" I said, trying to make him feel better. I think it worked.

Inuko and the girls made a delicious supper for us. My little friend knew me too well, the hot meat was... Uhhh... 'Delicious' is not the proper word to describe it. 'Heavenly delicious'... Ah, much better. I ate faster than Yusuke and Kuwabara and that made everyone stare. But the best was just coming up...

Inuko and Yukina brought a dessert. Which just happen to be my great weakness... Even bigger than fresh meat...

...Chocolate...

Vanilla-chocolate ice cream with lots of toffee on top, chocolate decoration around the plate.

Damn you, Inuko! I was really close to drooling, but my pride stopped me. I'm glad.

I jumped on the ice cream like a wild animal. Like a stray dog, which didn't eat for weeks.

"Inuko-chan, you were right!" I heard Botan squeal in the background.

"Yes, chocolate is one of the things that make Kikyo feel better." Keiko nodded, watching me in amusement. They talked some more, but I was too busy fighting with both, Yusuke and Kuwabara, over the last bowl of ice cream. I won.

Later, the girls wanted to watch a movie. They wanted a sweet romance, so I suffered a lot. But then, Yusuke picked a horror movie, "Freddy vs Jason. Keiko was holding her boyfriend tight, Kuwabara was hugging Yukina (at that point, Hiei kept glaring at the dolt), Botan couldn't stand it and ran away (I bet she went to Koenma, heh), Kurama seemed unaffected by the violent murder scenes, Inuko was lying on the couch, her head on my lap, with a curious expression on her face. I, as well as Hiei, held a blank look, smirking occasionally.

Later that night, Inuko came to my room. I was already after shower and in my night clothes (simple blue shorts and a matching top). I was thinking about that weird flash of past during the mission and about Kage; his words were echoing in my head:

"Give one of them a chance. You'll open up eventually"

"Kikyo-san?" Inuko whispered shyly.

"Yah?"

"Can I sleep here again?"

"Sure... Goodnight,"

The girl fell asleep with a smile on her face and I watched her. I had a really weird feeling that something bad is going to happen... Something really bad...