Aki- Once again, it's my turn!

Shi- We don't own Yu Yu Hakusho,

Kit- Or Sesshy.

Aki- ONTO THE CHAPTER!

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Aki watched Sesshomaru and Hiei run in the door, Mizuki hot on their trail. Sesshomaru went into the bathroom and locked the door, Hiei ran into the attic and locked the hatch after him.

"Way to go. Even I have to give you credit." Aki said with a smile.

"Thanks. Anyways, what's with you meditating a lot now? You didn't do it before." Mizuki said.

"Oh, nothing." Aki answered.

"Aki, we know it's not nothing, with you, nothing is nothing." Takara jumped in. Shuku had fallen asleep and Takara took out the bottle and put it on the table.

"You'll find out soon enough. It's my little secret for now. I'm going back out, this time, make sure that you keep the fighting down." Aki added, she walked out of the temple and went deep into the woods.

"Is it me, or does she seem to know something about something, that we don't?" Mizuki asked.

"Yeah, it seems that way." Takara answered. "But it's Aki, we shouldn't pry." Mizuki nodded. "Why don't we watch a movie?"

"Not She-Ra." Mizuki said.

"No, not She-Ra." Mizuki helped Takara into the living room, and put in a movie, they ended up watching Cars. (We Don't Own That Either.)

"Sheesh, could they make any more noise?" Aki muttered to herself, now she had to start all over again. Even though the meditating was trying on her patience she could feel the results in her curse, she could feel it settling down.

"The noise should not bother you." her grandfather said. He looked just like her father, but older, and wiser, you could see it in his eyes. Unlike most demons from her tribe, his eyes were a green. "You should be able to block it out from your mind."

"Easy for you to say..." Aki muttered.

"Well, since you can do it most of the time, I think it's time we move on."

"To what?" Aki asked.

"To fighting with it, let it be one with you, make you stronger, without letting it control you."

"How do I do that?"

"For each it is different, but with you, I think it would be best for hand-to-hand." he answered. In this form he had his body and was able to touch and feel, the raven would always stay close because when Aki left her grandfahter's spirit would once again inhabit his body. Her grandfather took a stance, one foot behind him, the other in front, one arm up with a closed fist, and the other by his side, that hand was open, it was an odd stance to Aki. "Attack me."

"What?!" Aki asked, slightly alarmed.

"Attack me or else you will never learn to master this curse that has been bestowed upon our tribe."

Aki punched out at him. In the blink of an eye his left arm came up and pushed Aki's arm off course, then he shifted his weight to his back foot and threw Aki into a tree. Aki, still being slightly wounded didn't have all of her lightning quick reflexes back and hit the tree full force. Unfortunatly the tree didn't give way, instead it stood firm.

"Damn old man," Aki said. "You pack a pretty powerful punch don't you?" Aki asked.

"I was once the strongest." he answered.

"Doesn't surprise me." Aki said. "Now, before I attack you again, why are your eyes green?"

"Because, before I died I was able to become one with my curse." he answered. "That is the goal of all the members of this tribe. I am the only one who has mastered it. You are going to be the second."

"Then my eye color will change?"

"Yes, to what color they're supposed to be."

"Well, I suppose it's something to look forward to."

Aki closed her eyes and concentrated. She attacked her grandfather again, this time she was faster, he dodged her punch and Aki brought her arm back, and hit him in the back, he staggered a moment, giving Aki the opportunity to kick him. Her leg was met with his arms. He was kneeling on one knee, and his arms were up, to stop the kick from connecting. He pushed her leg away and went to land a hit but Aki had moved from the spot and was behind him.

"You're getting slow, old man." Aki said, she was behind him now, she round house kicked him, and sent him flying into a tree. Straight through the trunk, and into another tree. The second tree didn't give way, but there was an indent of his body shape.

"I'm not getting slow, you're getting faster." He brushed the dirt from himself. "It seems that you're getting the hang of it. You are truly my granddaughter. My son was an idiot and didn't see what potential you held. I'm sorry that you were sired by such a fool." he put a hand on Aki's shoulder.

"Don't be." Aki said. "It's in the past. Now, since I didn't grow up around my family, where they'd tell the history of the tribe, why don't you tell me?" Aki asked. In truth she didn't want to open her wound more than she had to, small rivers of blood were already starting to fall from the wound.

"Sit down then, I can smell the blood on you." he added, Aki did as she was told and sat at the base of the tree. "Now, long before my own time our tribe didn't have this treacherous curse, we were just like any other tribe, but we were the most powerful, we demanded that other tribes move from the area so that we could inhabit it. Someone, someone with magic, learned of this. They came to our tribe and told us that if we didn't take back our order, then they'd curse us. We thought so highly of ourselves, that we didn't heed their word." he explained. Aki was listening intently. "When we didn't take back our order, they cursed us. They immediatly began to kill everyone, but there was one person who was able to stop and surpress the curse, though if these people ever awakened it, then they wouldn't be able to control it. Through the generations the curse grew stronger, and so did our ability to surpress and control the curse. We also grew stronger, we had to, in order to survive. Some times, when our tribe let the curse go, before they were totally in control, they went mad and couldn't stop killing, and torturing. As in the case with your mother and father. Your brother on the other hand was just twisted. Aki, you are the one that carries all the curses, including your brothers."

"Wait, so I even have yours?" Aki asked.

"Yes. You're goal is to harmonize all these curses, and control them to your will, not their will. If these curses had their way, they would consume you and you'd become a mindless killing machine, and since you are a full demon, you wouldn't die unless you were killed. That is not something that I will let happen. Since I was the last guardian of this necklace, I have entrusted it to you, for one reason, and only one reason."

"What's the reason? I'm the last living tribe member?" Aki asked.

"No, because you are the rightful heir to this necklace, through out the generations our tribes girls have all tried this on, but it didn't fit on their necks as it does for you. This necklace is a tool to help harmonize these curses. That's all for today. I will tell you what else you need to know some other day. Now go, get something to eat, and rest, you're going to need it, tomorrow I'm not going to hold back."

"Same here old man." Aki said with a small glint in her eyes, her grandfather's body disappeared and his soul went back into the raven, the raven lightly landed on Aki's shoulder and she walked back to the temple where she knew food was waiting. Before Aki walked inside the raven flew off to go find food.

When Aki walked in Takara and Mizuki were passed out on the couch, Skuku was starting to wake and Takara was still out cold. Aki, took the bottle from where it was on the couch's arm and stuck it in the baby's mouth, she quieted and Aki raided the fridge.

"Where have you been?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Outside." Aki answered. Sesshomaru sat down at the table and watched as Aki raided the fridge, she pulled out some steak and A1. After throwing the steak in the microwave and getting a steak knife and a fork Aki waited over by the microwave, waiting for it to warm up. "So, how'd you like Mizuki's pissed off personality?" Aki asked as she sat down and started to eat.

Sesshomaru was silent and Aki rolled her eyes. "Fine, don't answer me, but just remember, I may be the only one who can save you from her. After all, neither of them would mess with me." Aki said.

"We'll see." Sesshomaru said, then he noticed something. He looked closer.

"What?" Aki asked.

"There are flecks of color in your eyes." Sesshomaru answered.

"Yeah, it's called the iris." Aki said.

"No, they're not just red." Aki's head shot up.

"What?" Aki asked.

"There are flecks of silver in your eyes." Aki was up and running to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror. He was right! "What's the big deal?" Sesshomaru asked as he walked down the hall.

"It means that I'm actully getting some where with my training." Aki answered. "I'm going back out." Aki added, Aki didn't even bother finishing her steak before she left the house. Sesshomaru watched her go and decided to follow her. "Where are you, you infernal bird?!" Aki growled to herself, the raven landed on her shoulder.

Yes? her grandfather asked.

"I want to train more."

No, you're tired. Go rest.

"No! Train me! I want to be able to have a different eye color instead of this red one! I'm sick of just looking at someone and having them flinch because my eyes are cold and red!" Aki growled at her grandfather.

You're not going to listen are you?

"Not a word."

Fine then. The bird left her shoulder and landed on a branch. Her grandfather appeared and was in his fighting stance. Aki took one of her own, then she decided to go on the offensive.

"You're goin' down old man!" Aki said, her tone was playful, but she was also dead serious at the same time, she was going to have a new eye color, and she wasn't going to have to deal with people looking at her like she was a monster. Aki jumped to avoid an attack from her grandfather, as she came down she drop kicked him.

"Who is that?" Sesshomaru asked. Time seemed to freeze. Aki stopped her attack, and her grandfather looked at Sesshomaru, both demons were looking to Sesshomaru, suddenly her grandfather disappeared and Aki and Sesshomaru were left alone.

"That was my grandfather." Aki said. "He's the one who was teaching me to control my curse."

"Where'd he go?" Sesshomaru asked.

"He's only able to appear when I'm alone." Aki answered, suddenly the raven landed on her shoulder, Aki looked at it out of the corner of her eye.

You have mastered it. the crow said, Sesshomaru heard it too.

"You mean that I don't have to worry about the curse getting out of hand?" Aki asked.

Yes. Now, since I am done, my time here is short. This raven will remain loyal to you, if you need anything from me, tell this raven and he will come tell me. I will send Aetwen back with advice or the answer to your question. Good bye for now, granddaughter. The raven turned to Sesshomaru. Take care of her Sesshomaru.

"How could I do anything else?" Sesshomaru asked. The raven seemed to smile at that. Then Aki felt her grandfather's soul depart from the raven. "He seems like a good man." Aki looked at Sesshomaru with a smile, her eyes were no longer red, they were now silver, they looked like liquid moonlight.

"He is." Aki said. Then Aki's eyes closed and Aki started to fall forward, she had pushed herself a little to hard and now she was sleeping. Sesshomaru caught her before she hit the gronud and took her back to the temple to rest.

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Aki: All done!

Shi: Jeez Aki!

Kit: She's always the fastest one with TST.

Aki: and I'm damn proud of it!

Shi: You're too proud Aki.

Kit: You'd think so.

Aki: Stuff it will you?

Shi and Kit: With what?

Aki- MARSHMALLOWS!

Shi- I can live with that.

Kit- So can I.

All- Well, come back next time!