" Chiyo's gone?!!!" Yusuke yelled. Hiei and Kurama had gone to find him and tell him the news. Kurama growled and his eyes glowed for a moment. Hiei put a hand on his arm.

" Kurama, killing him won't solve anything." He informed his lover. Kurama sighed and nodded. Yusuke stared at them both.

" Why'd she leave? Did I do something?" He asked, trying not to grab Hiei and shake some answers out of him. Hiei moved away from him, as if sensing the urge the leader was suppressing. Kurama plopped down on the sofa, drawing the fire youkai into his lap and burying his head in his chest. He mumbled something.

" What?" Yusuke sat down across from him, trying to hear what the depressed kitsune was saying.

" She ran away because she didn't want to cause anymore trouble." Kurama repeated, louder this time.

" When did she ever cause any trouble?" Yusuke was confused. For him, Chiyo was a silver haired angel. She could do no wrong.

" Apparently she did for Keiko." Kurama explained without lifting his head from his lover's shirt.

" Keiko? What do you mean?" The raven haired fighter was certain he was missing something and couldn't figure out why they were dancing around the subject. At this point Hiei lost what little temper he had.

" That stupid ningen beat the crap out of Chiyo-chan in a jealous fit!" He yelled at his leader, tired of beating around the bush. Yusuke stood there in shock for a minute.

" No. Keiko wouldn't . . . . . ." He remembered the bossy girl's last words to him. There's some things I need to take care of. How could he have been so stupid? He stood up.

" I'm going to talk to Keiko." He declared, putting on his shoes, jacket and sunglasses and leaving.

He found the girl at home. She answered the door with a smile, as though certain Yusuke had come back to her. At the look on his face, however, she stopped.

" Yusuke, what . . . . ?" She barely got the words out before he interrupted her.

" Keiko, how could you hurt Chiyo like that? She never did anything to you." He demanded quietly. He'd never thought Keiko would stoop so low. Keiko glared at him.

" She took you from me! How could I just let that go?" She explained angrily. Yusuke shook his head.

" Keiko, you lost me as a boyfriend a long time ago, because you couldn't accept me as I am. You kept trying to change me, like I wasn't good enough. But now, now you've lost me as a friend. You betrayed me, Keiko, and I thought I could trust you above anyone."

With that, he turned and left. Keiko stared after him in shock as the door slammed in her face.

Yusuke walked back to Kurama's slowly, deep in thought.

How could Keiko betray me like that? I know she was hurt, but to jump her? I never thought she could do something like that. And Chiyo didn't even fight back. Of course she didn't. Keiko is human. It wouldn't be fair. Chiyo has too much honor.

That made him smile. Everything she did just made him love the kitsune girl more. It was then that he came to a decision. He would go after her. He would find her and tell her the truth. He would bring her back. With this new resolution he doubled his pace back to Kurama's.

He hadn't been back five minutes when there was a sharp pop, and Koenma, in his very adult and sexy form, appeared in Kurama's living room.

" Kurama, I have some bad news." He was holding a video tape. The kitsune looked up.

" I don't have time for a mission right now, Koenma. I have to find my sister." He told him.

" I know, Kurama. This mission is of highest priority, which is why I chose to deliver it to you myself." Yusuke realized just how strange it was for the young Spirit King to come himself. Usually he sent Botan. Kurama sighed and popped the tape into the VCR, pressing play.

The video opened on a club scene. Only the patrons weren't human. They were a mix of Oni, Youkai and Demon. The Spirit Detectives had never seen such a group congregated in one place before. Then it focused on the stage, where a familiar silverhaired kitsune girl stood in front of a microphone.

They watched, awed, as she began to sing. The song was one they'd never heard before.

As she finished the last line, she was suddenly grabbed by two familiar looking Oni's. They dragged her off the stage. Then the tape ended. Yusuke barely managed to keep himself from grabbing his boss's shirt and demanding that he tell him where she was. Kurama, it seemed, didn't have that restraint. He flew across the room, grasped Koenma by the shoulders and shook him, yelling in his face. Koenma merely raised his hand and the irate fox demon flew backwards to crash into the couch.

" Kurama, I know you're upset, but don't attack me again." He looked at the group gathered in the room. The others had come in shortly after the tape had started.

" I told you this mission had highest priority. This is one of our own. Time to bring her home."

Kurama looked up at him. " Thank you, Sir." Koenma smiled. " Yusuke's isn't the only heart she won, Kurama. We all love her."

Yusuke groaned. " Does everyone know?" They all laughed.

" Yes." Yukina informed him loftily. " And you should be glad HER brother isn't trying to kill you every chance he gets." She smiled at Hiei, who actually managed to look a little guilty. Kurama grinned at his mate. " I think his jealousy is cute." Hiei blushed, making everyone laugh. The feeling of camaraderie in the room reassured Yusuke. With his team on his side, they'd get Chiyo back.

Chiyo woke up in darkness. She didn't know where she was, or how she'd gotten there. She raised her hand to rub her eyes and heard the clinking of steel. Chains. She was chained to the wall. Her mouth was dry, and she could taste blood. She'd been beaten. She pulled herself to her feet. Well, that was something. At least she could stand. Nothing to do now but wait. Fortunately, or unfortunately, she didn't have to wait long. She heard the sound of a key in the lock. The door opened and a familiar looking Oni stood there. Her mouth opened in shock. Lucas? Lucas was dead, wasn't he? As the Oni came closer, she noticed subtle differences between him and Lucas. His hair was white instead of blonde. He was taller, and broader in the shoulders. He also wore a crown. He did, however, have Lucas' lecherous expression. She leaned back against the wall. He just kept coming closer, until she had nowhere left to go. He leaned close to her. She could feel his rancid breath on her face.

" Miss Kurama, You came back to us at last. We were wondering when you would get tired of living among worthless ningens and halfbreeds." Something inside her rose up at that and her eyes flashed brightly. How dare this pathetic excuse for a demon insult Yoko, and Hiei, and Yusuke. He would pay for his words. She spit in his face and he recoiled.

" Ah, struck a nerve, have I? Oh, that's right. Your brother is living with a ningen wench, isn't he? Well, not for much longer. And he can thank you. Isn't that sweet?" He told her, wiping his face.

" If you even lay one finger on Shiori, I'll - -"

" You'll what? Spit on me? You can do nothing. I will destroy everyone you care about and you will be left to stand trial alone."

" Stand trial?" She asked, confused. The Oni stared at her.

" Remorseless bitch! You will stand trial for the murder of my son!"

" Lucas? I didn't. . . " She stopped. If he knew who had really killed Lucas, he would go after Yusuke relentlessly. His mother, Keiko, all his friends would be hurt or killed in the process. She would rather die here than let that happen. She gazed at him defiantly.

" Lucas deserved to die."

" Silence! Do not speak his name, you Blood Traitor to the demon race." He slapped her viciously and she fell to her knees. He spun and left, slamming and locking the door behind him. Chiyo let her tears fall now. Before her she saw blood. Shiori, Yoko, Hiei, Yusuke, everyone would die. Just for being important to her. Better she just take her own life now. But that would not save them. She sat up. She could see Yusuke now, the way he had looked at the tournament. She had gone to watch it. That was how she had found her brother. Yusuke had beaten Tokoguro and stood over him, beaten and bruised. She had never seen so much blood. He had been spurred on by the threat to his friends. She nodded to herself. He had not given up and neither would she. She grasped the chains in her hands and pulled, wrenching them out of the wall. The guard heard the noise and went in, unlocking the door. She wrapped a chain around his neck and snapped it. Stealing the keys from his dead body, she unlocked her manacles and left.

Yusuke and his friends arrived at the Oni hideout to find it in utter chaos. They fought their way to the throne room to find the Oni king on the ground before Chiyo. Her eyes glowed and in her hand was a chain. She was using it as a whip. They had never seen her so angry. She was no longer Chiyo, but had become fully Chiyoko, The fox demoness.

Kurama's eyes widened. He'd never seen his sister be so vicious. She was so intent on beating the Oni mercilessly, she hadn't even noticed them arrive. Suddenly a voice cried out in the room.

" Chiyo!" Yusuke was running across the room. That voice permeated the fog that was Chiyo's mind and she came back to herself. Her eyes returned to their former glittering gold and the aura of power around her dissipated. She stared down at the Oni and realized what she had almost done. She had almost killed him. She thrust the chain away just as her strength gave out. Yusuke caught her as she collapsed. She sobbed into his chest and he just held her.

The Oni laughed maniacally. The others prepared to fight, but there was no need. He was dying.

" Too bad you didn't save the ningen!" He laughed, as his life left his body. Chiyo's head shot up.

" Mother! Yoko, Mother is in danger!"

" Yusuke, can you - -"

" Just go, Kurama. I'll look after her."

Kurama nodded and he and Hiei left. Yusuke picked up Chiyo, knowing she didn't have the strength to walk.

They arrived back at the Minamino residence to find Hiei outside, looking somber. Chiyo was frightened, certain her brother had not arrived in time. Yusuke asked the youkai what had happened.

" She's alive. We made it just in time." He saw Chiyo's face.

" She will be fine, Chiyo."

The kitsune girl sighed in relief. Her family was safe. It was only then that she allowed her body to do what it had wanted to do since Yusuke had picked her up. She fainted.

" Chiyo!" Yusuke yelled. Hiei just laughed.

" Do not wake her. She is only resting." He informed the leader, who relaxed, relieved. He carried her inside and put her down on the bed. He took up the spot next to her. He had something to tell her when she woke. The others left the two alone.

Chiyo regained consciousness several hours later. Night had fallen, but Yusuke still sat in his chair awake. She reached out and touched his hand. He covered her hand with his own and smiled at her, making her heart pound against her ribs.

" Yusuke . . ."

" Chiyo, I am so sorry. I have been an absolute idiot my entire life, and it always intensifies around you."

" Yusuke . ."

" No, let me finish. Every time you touched me, or smiled at me, I couldn't think. I could only feel. That's why I pushed you away.

" Yusuke."

" But I don't wanna push you away anymore, Chiyo. I want you to be with me always. I've never had feelings this intense before and it took me a while to figure out how to deal with them. I know you probably think I'm an idiot, but Mmmph!"

Chiyo had sat up, reached out, and pulled him into a deep crushing kiss. When she released him, he was breathing hard. She smiled at him.

" Yusuke, you talk too much."

He just chuckled and leaned in to kiss her again.