A week after the two lovers "came out" life was getting back to normal. Kurama's fan girls still cooed and loved him, even more so now that it was a "forbidden love" so to speak. Somehow being unobtainable made him even more loved, but as he thought of it he only shrugged it off with a laugh. He had a lover, and was never going to let go of him.
It was a shortened day so the gang got out early, and headed for yueske's. Tired of meeting at kurama's they had decided to harass him at his place instead. However, and unexpected guest was waiting for them there.
"Is that Hiei?" keiko noted looking ahead towards yueske's. indeed it was the short black haired demon standing irritated on his front lawn.
"well Urameshi, you've had your fun. Now we must introduce the boy to Koenma. He's getting impatient and I don't want to cover for you anymore."
"Akira hasn't fully recovered yet." yueske retorted.
"I don't care, he's going to meet Koenma in an hour, that's that."
"Hiei…"
"Its not my orders, boton figured it out and told him. Apparently the little pipsqueak is livid."
"fine, an hour…" Kurama sighed and turned back to the not shockingly very confused Akira.
"Kurama, what's he talking about?"
"Well remember when I told you about how we are spirit detectives. Meant to keep demon and other like things inline and out of human knowledge?"
"I remember you mentioning that… and that your really a demon your self, or something…"
"Well Akira, Koenma, despite looking like a baby most of the time, is our boss, and he's been looking for a powerful, but mysterious energy source for a long time now."
"Energy source? Me right?" He said with a sigh, looking down at his feet.
"Yes, you. We were the ones meant to find the source, it just so happened we were looking in the wrong places, but now that we found it, you, we must tell Koenma. "
"So he can use me like some tool or weapon." Akira snorted and turned away.
"He said he merely didn't want the power to fall in bad hands."
"I know what'll happen, as soon as you take me there they'll send you all away then lock me up somewhere and say they relocated me again."
"No love, even if they try I wont let them! I will never let you go, to be used like some soulless tool. If I have to die protecting you I will never let it happen." Kurama said wrapping his arms around Akira and holding him tight to his body.
"All right ten, just, don't leave me…"
"Never."
"Okay that's enough love birds, we gotta get ready to go." Kuwabara announced throwing a paper wad from his bag at them.
"Alright!"
An hour later they were ready, aside from the very nervous Akira, who clung to Kurama's arm.
"Its all right love, relax a little." and with a smile they were off to Koenma's to check in with the boss.
As soon as they were in koenma's office they were confronted.
"why havent you checked in? where have you been? Where's the power source? And who's this you brought with you? He asked almost all in one breath.
"I thought you said boton told him?"
"she only said you found it, nothing else." hiei finished with a huff.
"are you going to answer me?"
"keep your diaper on Koenma, the boy and the power source are one in the same."
"wait, you are telling me that this pale boy is the power source we have been detecting?"
"yes, and that he is responsible for that large power flux a couple weeks ago."
"interesting, very interesting, well then that makes more sense."
"what do you mean by that?" kuwabara asked puzzled.
"well we have a visitor, she says she knows what the power source is, but would not explain it until it was found. She's been protecting it for sometime now, but decided to let us in on it."
"who is she?" kurama spoke up, still with Akira attached to his arm, however with a lighter grip then before.
"oh excuse me." he said switching to something to contact her.
"Zeta, would you please come here, the energy source has arrived."
After his announcements, the one known as Zeta walked through the doors. A tall lean looking creature. Covered from head to toe in robe, she had no scent no aura, no way of detecting or identifying her in any way. They could not even tell what sort of being she was.
"Hello there little Akira, no need to be so frightened, I will not harm you." she said in a honey sweet voice that made him feel calm. "I have been watching you, yes, I've known all along, but they needed to find out on their own." she said.
"Zeta, what have you seen?" Kurama said, keeping Akira close to his body.
"Just about everything, and I know you two, are deeply in love."
"And what of it?" Akira said defensively.
"And nothing, it was bound to happen. It was known before you to met as you are."
"as we are?" kurama repeated.
"yes, let me explain, from the beginning. Many centuries ago, there was a war that ravaged, beyond demon and human eyes. Shadow creature would come from depths unknown to terrorize and carry out evil deeds. But for one angel, an archangel, there was nothing to truly stop them. They got so bad and thick as the war went on the angel and her disciples began to get over run. They simply couldn't keep up with the evil, it was too much to bear. So the archangel, came up with a bold plan, that would keep the monstrosities at bay for centuries, but at a price. She would have to sacrifice her body.
Having no other choice she implemented her plan and the creature vanished, never to be seen by demon or human, but the angel was gone as well. But not her spirit. It existed still, unattached and floating, waiting for the foul beasts to rise again. And as she predicted they did indeed rise, and she would have to come back. However she needed a body, and found a family, who had knowledge, though not much but still some, of her epic fight. In the woman's belly was a child, weak but full of life, it was then she decided this child, would be her vessel, no, her powers vessel, and save the world from the foul creatures, once again. Akira, you are that child, and you have the spirit of the Archangel inside of you now. She is your guiding light. But she is also your burden. I know you have been in pain most of your life, and I have done all I could to keep you safe, until you can use your power, and use it well."
"so, you're the one who has moved me?"
"I am afraid so, but now you see, you have friends to aid you, ones who can truly help. And a love, to stand by your side." she said smiling at Kurama.
"wait a minute, you said they were meant to be together, and you knew they would be!" kuwabara blurted out.
"I did say that, that is another story. You see, I did not know who you were at first, but as I watched you transform it became clear to me." she said talking to kurama.
"you are Yoko Kurama, a fox theif, or were. But when you were very young, you met the archangel."
"I would have remembered that!" he protested.
"No, you wouldn't, the archangel was skilled and powerful. You two were in love, deeply in love, but the archangel, knew, it could never last, after all, you were a demon and she, your very opposite. She knew she may eventually have to sacrifice herself at that time as well, so she did possibly the most painful thing she had ever thought of. She wiped you clean of all memories of you and her, and returned you to the spirit world. But she never stopped loving you, and she took that love, to the grave."
"I, understand now, you had to move him to find me, because we still loved each other, all the way through time, even through we didn't know it. And when we were reunited, we could fight the shadow together, like we should have back then." Kurama said, thoughtfully.
"Yes, kitsune, yes." akira thought, looking down at the gound, drinking in his history, his truth.
"So, what do we have to do?"
Wasn't that splendiforus?I was thinking of working som sweet yaoi lovin in the next chapter, but you gotta ask for it!! woot!!