"Wow.." Yusuke said as he stepped inside the dark, dreary mansion. Every aspect of it made the house appear to be haunted. Vines climbed the sides of the building, and windows looked like they hadn't been cleaned for years and the shrubs looked unatended to.

"Spooky," Kuwabara added. He squinted his face. "I think you have something living in your attic." Krystina shrugged.

"I guess so." The five of them approached the front door, which was amazingly huge. She turned the knob and walked in, the others following her into a large hall. A bright chandelliar hung from the ceiling. She smiled as her shimmering snow-like lavender eyes. Her eyes scanned the front hall.

"I wonder where Tochi is," she said, her voice that was sweeter than the heavens themselves ringing through the empty hall like a choir. A few moments passed as the four looked around blankly.

"Who is Tochi?" Hiei asked. Krystina grinned as she looked at Hiei, brushing a lock of her glossy midnight hair. When she grinned, Hiei's face looked faintly more pink.

"You'll see." She paused, cupping her hands to her mouth. "Tochi!" she called out, her voice echoing through the hundreds of large rooms. Moments passed as her wonderous voice died out, and then a small "mew" was heard. Krystina's eyes lightened up, showing how joyous she was. Hiei caught the joy in her eyes and felt a warm rush through his blood. He glanced off to the side and held a hand up to his forehead to check if he was running a fever.

"What's happening to me?" He thoguht. He looked at Krystina who was looking off in a corner where a small, orange kitten was running over. She laughed as the kitten jumped into her open arms and licked her face enthusiastically, Krystina "Hey, Tochi!". He couldn't help but smile weakly as she did this. "What is it with her?"

Krystina held Tochi in her arms as she turned to the other four. "This is Tochi. He is my guardian." Yusuke blinked.

"Guardian?" He asked. "What's that?" Krystina smiled.

"A guardian, he protects me and aids me in my quest... which I have been failing..." she trailed off.

"Perhaps we could help you," Kurama suggested. Krystina sighed, looking sadened as her eyes begun to fill with cold, glossy tears..

"No... I'm sorry..." She closed her eyes, and looked increddibly frustrated. "You can't..." At that moment, seven tears fell from her face. In mid air, they turned into small, glistening gems and hit the floor with small clangs. Kurama picked one of the blue gems up.

"You're a koorime?" Kurama asked, eyeing Kryistina. She nodded.

"Yes. I'm part koorime, human, youko, neko, fish demon, dog demon, and..." she trailed off in her sentence. Kurama raised an eyebrow.

"Yes?" She sighed.

"Kurama, I'm your sister." Kurama paused, shocked.

"How did you--" Krystina cut him off.

"You smell like my step father," she said. "He was part dog demon, neko and mostly youko. My mother was mostly human, part fish demon and part koorime." Kurama smiled at his new found sister.

"It's nice to have some of my old family reunited. How are they doing?" Krystina paused. She looked completely horrorstuck, as her shining, silvery lavender eyes filled with tears again. She turned around slowly, unable to face him and ran up the stairs. Tear gems fell on them as she ran up. Hiei went to run after her, followed by Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara.

They followed her down a hall, and into another hall, and then into a large room. The room was dimly lit with elegant candles in old fashioned candle holders. Large shelves ran aroudn the room, covered in old-looking leather books with titles in silver and gold. A feather sleigh bed with cream colored sheets was where Krystina lay as they found her, shaking as she tried to hold in her tears. Hiei was the first one to step into her room.

"Please, Krystina, tell us what is wrong," Hiei said as he placed a comforting hand on her right shoulder. She sat up, sniffing once as she looked at him, her eyes perfect and definately not bloodshot or puffy. A tear gem landed on the back of his hand as he looked at her.

"Okay.. I'll tell you what happened. All of it."