Here we are. Back again. I have six reviews for this story so far. Yay! That's a good start. Three reviews per the two chapter I have. Well, here's another chapter. I'm leaving for vacation again, so it's probably going to be somewhat short..

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Koenma left his father's chambers slowly. This was impossible. Completely and totally impossible. How had he missed this all these years? Koenma sighed, shifting into his teenage form as he headed for a portal to the house. This did answer a few questions about what was going on…

The portal opened into the kitchen of Midnight's house, and Koenma stepped out, almost appearing out of thin air. Kat had just come back into the kitchen to grab a box of ice cream to split between Hiei, Yukina and herself. The cat demon let out a startled yelp as she turned around and Koenma was right there.

"Dios mios, Koenma. What the hell are you doing here?" She snapped, holding the spoons she had in her hand like a weapon.

Koenma looked at Kat with a frown. The woman looked a little out of it, and extremely tired. "I'm here to check in on all of you, and I have some information for Kurama and Midnight. Where are those two?"

Kat sighed. "They're in one of their rooms. Midnight's sick…" Kat said slowly, looking at Koenma with a frown. She narrowed her eyes. "What's up Koenma? Tell me. Now." Something was seriously wrong with the prince of death. His hair was mussed up like he'd been running his hands through it, and he looked tired.

"Well… You know how we've been wondering about why Keiko is sick?" He asked slowly.

"Yeah."

"She's part demon."

Kat stared at him blankly for a few seconds. She blinked before, "WHAT?!!??" … "You can't be serious."

Koenma just nodded slowly. "I wish I wasn't, but the doctors in spirit world ran extensive test of her blood, and found traces of demon DNA. It's wolf. We're still working on seeing how much it's effecting her, but it's obviously enough to let her get sick." He muttered.

Kat nodded darkly. She crossed her arms a bit, falling back into a chair. "That's… Not good." She said slowly, jumping up out of her chair quickly. "We need to find Botan. And Kurama. That will make it easier to study this. It means that so far no full human has fallen ill." She said, grabbing Koenma's arm, running out of the room.

Botan looked up curiously as the door to the study opened. Until Kurama came down to watch over everyone, she didn't know who would be coming up. She blinked at Kat. "Well, hello Kat. It's good to see that you're alive. And Koenma."

"Yeah, I know. Since Midnight's sick, I'll have to start coming up more often." She murmured, before shaking her head. "More importantly, we have news!" Botan gave her a curious look.

Koenma nodded. "Yes, we have news. If you'll step out for a moment please…?"

"Most of us here are demons, Koenma. We're going to hear you no matter if you're in here, or out there." Dream was curled over Dusk's chest, her body between his legs. It wasn't sexual in any way. It was just easier and more comfortable to lay that way.

Koenma sighed, and Kat shrugged. "The kid has a good point. They're going to hear anyways, and them knowing won't make a difference." She murmured. "I'm going to go tell Yukina and Hiei. And get that sweet snow." Kat muttered, smiling at the room. "Y'all better start getting well. Or else." She said seriously as she backed out of the room.

Koenma frowned as he watched her go. He finally just shook his head, looking back at the room. "Well, you see…. Keiko's part demon. A wolf to be a little more exact. It's not directly from either of her parents, but it's somewhere in her recent family tree." Koenma trailed off, waiting for the reply from the room.

It was silent for a moment… And really didn't get much louder. "You've got to be kidding me." Botan said quietly. "How could we not have known that?"

"That's impossible. I've known her my whole life." Yuskue said quietly, his eyes wide.

Keiko was just staring at Koenma. "How would I not know that? I know both of my parents' parents. Well… My great grandfather disappeared when I was young. But… This shouldn't be possible."

Koenma shook his head. "I know it shouldn't be possible. We should have noticed it before, but if it was from your grandfather, we probably just didn't have it in our system."

Keiko nodded. "Alright. What type of demon?" She asked slowly.

"It's wolf. We're trying to figure out what's going on here. The demon obviously isn't dormant since you're getting sick, but this is the first time it's showed up. And, it wasn't obvious in her blood. Our scientist used some pretty extensive testing to get these results." Koenma said slowly. Keiko was taking this really well. Being around Yuskue and the rest of the gang seemed to buffer the effect of this new information.

Yuskue shook his head, sitting up a bit. "Are you sure Koenma? There hasn't been some sort of mistake?"

"Quite sure Yuskue."

"The labs in the Spirit world are the best. They don't make mistakes." Botan said gently. "And Yuskue, you lay back down right this instant." She snapped. The spirit detective glared at her, before laying back down on his little group of pillows. He reached out, grabbing Keiko's hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.

Keiko smiled at him, before looking back at Koenma. "Thanks for telling us. You should probably pass this information along to Kurama and Midnight. They've been working their tails off to find a cure for this. I'm sure knowing I'm part demon, was weird as that is to say, will help them narrow down the search."

Koenma nodded. "I'll do that now. You all get some good rest." He said, nodding at Botan too, before leaving the room to head upstairs to talk to Kurama and Midnight.

::Downstairs, w/ Kat, Hiei and Yukina::

Kat came back down the stairs with her tub of ice cream, and three spoons. "I have big news!" She announced, nearly bouncing as she headed into her room.

Hiei glared at her from where he was sitting up in his bed. "Neko, stop bouncing. Please. And hand over the sweet snow."

Kat's eyes narrowed. "Why aren't you laying down?" Kat growled, pulling the box of ice cream just out of Hiei's reach.

"He refused to continuing laying down like some injured animal." Yukina said quietly from the extra bed that had been dragged into the room.

Kat's eyes narrowed. "Bad fire demon. Very bad. No sweet snow for you." She said, sitting next to Yukina on her bed, helping the smaller girl sit up a bit. "Yukina and I will just share the yummy ice cream as I tell her my very, very interesting news."

"You wouldn't, neko." Hiei growled.

Kat just laughed, offering Yukina one of the spoons. "Oh yes, koi, oh yes I would."

Yukina just laughed. "It's so sweet that you two are together. I'm very happy for you."

Kat grinned. "Why thank you Yukina. And I have even bigger news now too." She said with a grin. Hiei was glaring daggers at her as he tried to get out of bed.

"Neko. Stop. And Give. Me. The. Fucking. Sweet. Snow." Hiei growled.

Yukina ignored him, grinning at Kat. "What's your big news, Kat?"

"Keiko's part demon. A wolf actually. Koenma came by to tell us that." Kat said brightly. Yukina and Hiei were giving her identical blank looks. Hiei covered his quickly, but he'd stopped his attempts to move off his bed. Kat just nodded looking between them. "Yep. I didn't actually get all the details, but somewhere in Keiko's family, someone was a demon."

Hiei actually smirked a little bit. "Hn. Too bad. That was something to hold over Yuskue's head that his human girl friend could nearly knock him out with a slap." He said, glaring at Kat. "Now do you want to give me some of that ice cream?"

Kat blinked, somewhat distracted. "Wha…? Sure. Wait… No! Bad Hiei. You were using my distraction to your advantage. Bad!" She said, very seriously. Hiei gave her a dull look.

"Kat, you can give him the ice cream now. I'm done." Yukina said gently. Kat sighed, looking between Yukina's gentle look, and Hiei's mild glare. Yukina smiled. "Plus, I know you want to cuddle with him, no matter what everyone is saying about you being at risk of getting sick."

Kat laughed, crawling off Yukina's bed. "True, very true. I don't see what everyone's so worried about. I haven't gotten sick yet." She said, as she helped Yukina lay back down. "You should probably get some sleep dear. I'll make Hiei sleep too after he gets so dessert." Yukina just nodded with a smile. Kat smiled back at her, before crawling carefully into Hiei's bed with him, curling up next to him, and offering a spoon.

Hiei glared at her for a few seconds. Kat pouted a little bit, still offering him the spoon, but now adding the box of sweet snow to the mix. Hiei's glare continued for a few seconds, before his gaze softened. He leaned down to kiss Kat's forehead, taking the spoon from her. Kat sighed, leaning against his arm. "I can't wait until this is over. I hate having you all sick." She said quietly.

Hiei looked down at the top of her head with a small frown. There was something a little bit off about cat at the moment. "We're going to be fine Kat. Don't worry about it." He said, giving her a small squeeze. Kat just nodded, sucking in a big breath of air. Hiei frowned as he watched her. "Neko, what's wrong?" There was a fine tremor going through her body as she seemed to be trying not to shake. Hiei didn't like that. "Kat." He said quietly.

She shook her head, letting her hair fall in front of her face. Hiei persisted, giving Kat small squeezes and nudges. She finally sighed, shaking her head. "Fine, fine. I'm scared Hiei. Really, honest to god scared."

"It's just a sickness. Kurama's an expert with finding cures, and he's got a thousand years of experience of his side. And with Midnight working with him, they're sure to succeed."

Kat shook her head. "I just got Midnight back. I can't handle being this scared. I can't loose her again. I can't. And you and Yukina… I care about you all way too much to loose any of you now."

Hiei paused, and frowned looking down at her. His frowned deepened as he thought about what she'd said. "Kat… Is Midnight sick too?" He asked slowly. Kat nodded against his shoulder and Hiei swore mildly. That really wasn't good. Kurama wouldn't want her still working on finding a cure, but Hiei had been around Midnight enough to know that she wouldn't go out without a fight. He sighed, wrapping his arm more securely around Kat's shoulders, resting his head on top of hers. "It's going to be fine Neko. I promise. I'm not going anywhere, and Midnight's too stubborn to let anything happen.. And no one is ready to leave just yet, so don't worry about it." He said seriously.

Kat just nodded. She really wanted to take comfort in what Hiei was saying, but she was still scared of losing them. Hiei sighed, tipping her face up to kiss her lips lightly. "Don't worry. I'm not going to risk getting you sick by kissing you, but you can't worry."

Kat gave Hiei a dull look. "Fine. I won't worry. Much. But I can't help but worry a little."

Hiei shook his head. "That's better than nothing I guess."

Yukina smiled a bit as she listened to Hiei and Kat's gentle banter. She wasn't quite asleep yet, but Kat and Hiei needed some time to just be together, and they weren't disturbing her. It made the little ice maiden happier than anything to know that they were both happy. She didn't know Hiei well, but she did like him, and seeing him happy was just so nice! Even if she couldn't find her real brother, she could consider Hiei a brother. As aloof and dark as he was. Yukina drifted off to sleep with a smile on her lips.

::With Kurama and Midnight::

Midnight glared at Kurama. Kurama had insisted that she stay in bed. She could go over her notes, and what not, but if she had to get out of bed to do any of this, she wasn't allowed. And the new information about Keiko was so super important, that Midnight really wanted to jump out of bed and look at some of the test results and run some of her own. But Kurama wouldn't let her.

"I have to get out of bed eventually." She said flatly.

Kurama shook his head. "No you really don't." He paused. "Well, you've got to use the restroom and bathe, but those activities have to be supervised. You can't over work yourself while you're sick."

Midnight snorted. "I'm not that sick. It's better if I over work myself now that I'm not very sick, instead of me trying to do stuff when I get really sick."

"Not going to happen." Kurama said firmly, still shaking his head. "I'm not letting you put your health at risk." He said flatly.

Midnight rolled her eyes. "It's my health! Why can't I put my own health at risk?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Because you're sick and not thinking clearly. You would do the same thing if I was sick."

"No I wouldn't. You wouldn't be on bed rest."

"Liar."

"Am not."

"Yes, you are."

"Are not."

"Midnight, stop arguing."

"And what if I don't want to?"

"I could gag you?"

"I…" Midnight paused, giving Kurama a serious look. "You wouldn't.

Kurama nodded. "Oh yes I would. Continue arguing and see what happens." Midnight frowned, watching Kurama. Part of her told her mind that Kurama was very serious, but she didn't know for sure. She finally sighed.

"Fine. You're being mean." Midnight said, crossing her arms.

"And you're being extremely mature." Kurama said, raising an eyebrow at Midnight as he turned to look at her fully. "Acting like a child isn't going to get you out of bed." Midnight stuck her tongue out at him. "I rest my case."

Midnight threw a wadded up piece of paper at him, before turning back to her notes. She was actually going through and changing quite a few things. Now that they knew that Keiko wasn't completely human, it narrowed down the search of what this virus effected. Kurama watched her for a few moments, before sinking into his own thoughts, going through his notes. The two sank into companionable silence.

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Yes… Keiko is a demon. Don't ask me why I decided to do that, but it adds to the plot. This chapter was fairly pointless, but it's an update, and I felt like adding it before I left. Seven pages is pretty decent I think. I love you all, my dear reviews. Please review, now that I hope you've read and I'll update more when I get home. Kisses!!

Alena