The Childhood Friend of Kurama Part 8: Pointers and Discussions

It was still overwhelming for me. My childhood friend really being a fox demon, the fact there are three main worlds including this one, my having Spirit Awareness, it all seemed a lot to take in at once. Luckily, I wasn't alone. Koenma had showed me around Spirit World, Kurama and Hiei had given me a little look at Demon World so I can understand life there, and Yusuke was asked to show me how to use Spirit Energy.

"Ready, Ayame?"

"I guess so."

"C'mon. If I could survive training with Spirit Energy, so can you."

"True, but you trained with Genkai. Her training was a lot harder than what you're gonna teach me."

He smirked and waved it off.

"Whatever. Point is you're gonna do fine and I'm gonna make sure of it. Okay, let's get started. Stretch out your right arm, then hold it by the wrist with your left hand."

After watching him make the movements with his hands, I did the same. Yusuke then nodded and looked out to the mountains in the distance. Now I can see why Yusuke likes coming to Genkai's temple. It's very peaceful and there's no distractions out.

"What I just taught you is how to properly hold your arm for the Spirit Gun. It'll take a while for your Spirit Energy to be like mine, but Kurama says you're a quick learner."

"Yeah, I am. Wait, he remembers that about me?"

"You kidding? After meeting with you in town, he told us all he knew about you. Apparently, he remembered everything about you."

I smiled at how thoughtful he was to have remembered the little details about me.

"How nice of him. Okay, let's get back to work."

Kurama's POV:

As I watched Yusuke give Ayame advice on how to position herself for a Spirit Gun, I could see she was picking it up very quickly. One thing I learned about her growing up is that she definitely was a quick learner and managed to adjust to any new situation.

"Hn, seems to be doing well."

"Looks like it. Since this is all new to her, her Spirit Energy will take a while to grow and improve."

"Speaking of Ayame, you never really told me how the talk with her went. All you said was that she accepted who you really are."

"I was trying to find her so I could tell her the truth, but Koenma beat me to it. She seemed to take everything well. The day after she found out, we talked about it some more. The only thing Koenma didn't tell her was how I lived as Yoko Kurama."

Hiei smirked and looked at Ayame, who was socializing with Yukina now that her lesson with Yusuke was over.

"What did he have to say about it?"

"Koenma said how I lived back then wasn't his right to tell. He suggested I tell her when I felt the time was right."

"How does it feel to have her back?"

I smiled big as I recalled how she hugged me a few days ago. It surprised me when she did that, but I was happy all the same that I had her back in my life. Despite everything Team Urameshi and I went through the last few years, she was always in the back of my mind.

"It makes me happy every time I think about it, Hiei. Having Ayame with me again is...it's just an amazing feeling."

Yukina's POV:

Over the few days I've known her, I found Ayame to be a very kind person and fun to be around.

"So Yukina, how does it feel to have your brother back?"

"He's still protective of me, but he seems to be doing better. Still getting used to me calling him 'brother', though."

Ayame smiled and looked over at Kurama. She waved at him and he did the same, a similar smile on his face.

"It's nice to have him back, Yukina. Those 9 years without him were just torture."

"From what Hiei told me about Kurama, he said he thought they were torture, too. When are you going to do more training?"

"Well, Hiei suggested meditating so I can calmly bring my Spirit Energy to the surface. Then when that's taken care of, Yusuke will teach me how to use both the Spirit Gun and Shot Gun techniques."

"And Kurama?"

"He says if he feels like it, he may teach me hand-to-hand combat. It'll be interesting, I'm sure."

I smiled and touched her arm gently.

"I'm sure you'll do fine."

That's a wrap for part 8. Part 9 will be in Kurama's POV after Ayame's training is finished and she joins them on her first case in Demon World. Also in part 9,Kurama gets a closer look at Ayame's loving nature when the team finds an orphaned fox demon baby. Stay tuned to see what happens