The gang looked at Koenma, with a grim look on their faces, unsure of what to say. What could you say in a situation like this? Yusuke looked from my emotionless face to Koenma's concerned face. "so what do we do?" Koenma leaned back in his chair "I don't know, there is no exact time these symptoms will hit. It could hit as soon as next week or as far as next month. No one knows how long the symptoms will last either." I looked at him "Do you have anything that will get me out of this form at least?" he put his hand on his chin thinking. Please say yes, please say yes! "hm…I do have something …it won't help you with what's to come but you will be out of that form" I nodded, yes anything was better then this. I loved my demon form but being a puppy gets tiring real quick "give me it" he nodded and called an ogre in. Not even A second later He came running in with a vile in his hands, He handed it to Koenma then left. Koenma poured it into a dish and gave it to me and nodded. I looked at the liquid and frowned (well as much as a wolf can) 'I'm going to have a big fear of liquids after all of this especially from viles'. I turned and glanced at the gang who looked unsure, and gave a small smile. I then drank it all, I felt my body go numb the there was a puff of smoke and everyone waited for the results.
*no ones POV*
When the smoke cleared they all saw a small child where Amaya stood. She wore Black jeans and a black tank top that said 'cute but dangerous' and black sneakers. She looked to be about 2 or 3 years old. The gang looked at Koenma confused...there's a small child here...and where is Amaya? He looked at the vile when an anime vein appeared on his head. He turned to the Ogre "YOU IDIOT YOU MIXED THE VILES UP, THIS IS THE WRONG ONE!" the ogre stepped back in fear. "B-B-but sir I swear I didn't know, it was right where it always was" he stuttered. Koenma took a deep breath "Your punishment is 3,000 spankings" The gang sweat dropped at the punishment but didn't say a word, i mean come on.. spankings? then Two ogre's came in and dragged him out. Koenma sighed and threw the empty vile in the trash. "never send ogres to do anything…the vile that I gave her changed her but instead of changing her back to her normal state she's a mere child….it will last about 2 or 3 days…then She will be back to normal" They looked at the small girl. Amaya looked around as tears weld up in her eyes, unsure of where she was, then she started crying. Yusuke plugged his ears "ow damn it….but we don't know anything about taking care of a kid" He walked over to her and yelled "Hey stop crying!" Amaya stopped crying and looked at him then screamed and ran behind Kurama holding on to his pant leg. well if a big man came over and yelled at you wouldnt you scream and run to? "The girls will be coming over tomorrow they will help you take care of her, you guys can manage 24 hours taking care of a child" Kurama looked down at the small child and picked her up. She hid her face in his chest, holding on to him for dear life. Holding the small child was new to the fox, afterall he was used to holding treasures that he stole, regardless he was willing to try and help. "she doesn't know who we are though, how are we supposed to take care of her if she's afraid of us?" Yusuke asked taking a small glance at Amaya, who looked at him then hid her face again. This was getting more aggrivating by the minute "she will open up in time, when she turns back her memory will come back to. In the meantime go back and try to bond with her" the gang nodded and left the office. silently praying for no more suprises.
Back at the mansion the gang stared at the small girl in Kurama's arms. "So uh….what do we do?" Kuwabara asked walking closer to the child to get a better look, Amaya looked at Kuwabara for a second then started crying. Kuwabara Yelped in surprise and Yusuke started laughing "wow Kuwabara your face even scares little kids" He glared at Yusuke "shut up Urameshi your face is uglier" he shouted Kurama sighed "will you two stop it, your yelling is making it worse" they stopped, after a moment Amaya stopped crying and Kurama set her down. She looked at him afraid "its ok they won't hurt you" he said with a smile. She looked at him unsure but not crying. She looked at Yusuke, who gave her a smile, then she turned to Kuwabara who was glaring at Yusuke still. Then lastly her gaze fell on Hiei who was in the windowsill looking out the window, she walked over and looked at him. He turned his head and glared at her. He had no idea how to deal with a child. Amaya stared at him a little longer then smiled. She turned to Kurama when he walked out of the kitchen and gave her a small cup of water. She smiled as her little hands reached out and grabbed it. Kurama smiled at her then turned to Yusuke and Kuwabara. "You both have dishes to do" he said sternly as they grumble and walked into the kitchen. Haha sucks for them! Kurama looked at the small girl, who was now watching tv, and sighed then turned to His short tempered friend. 'Hiei' he thought, said fire demon turned, 'what is it fox?' Kurama sat on the couch staring at Amaya. 'What's going to happen?' Hiei scoffed 'hn for once the fox doesn't have a plan?' Kurama chuckled 'I guess not….my specialty was creating strategies, outwitting my opponents and stealing…..not taking care of a child' Hiei rolled his eyes 'children are nothing but nuisance, annoying little pests...I hate them' he thought bitterly, they stopped their conversation when they heard a sob.
They turned their attention to Amaya who was looking at them tears rolling down her face, the small cup now on the floor. "Hate me?" she whimpered, It made Kurama guilty, and even Hiei's eyes softened. They looked at each other confused;how did she know what they were talking about? it was only when Kurama turned his gaze upon the trembling child that he understood. "It would seem she started to pick up telepathy, due to the collar" he mumbled Hiei just stared at her. suddenly the windowsill wasnt comfy anymore, so Hiei got up and leaned against the wall. Kurama sighed and walked over to Amaya, when he went to pick her up she screamed and ran into the corner. Yusuke and Kuwabara came running out of the kitchen "what's going on?" Yusuke yelled. Kurama frowned as he bent down and picked up the cup "Hiei and I were talking telepathically and she apparently heard us when Hiei said He doesn't like kids, now she thinks we hate her" Yusuke looked over at Amaya, who was curled up into a ball. He looked sadly at her shaking form, and slowly walked over. Its not the kids fault, she was hurting by what she heard. He knelt down in front of her, she looked up in fear "hey hey relax no one's going to hurt you, I just want to talk is that ok?" he asked softly. She looked at him then slowly nodded when she decided he was no threat. He sat Indian style in front of her, "what's wrong Kid?" she looked over at Kurama and Hiei, "Hate Me" she muttered it was enough for Yusuke to hear it though. it broke the detective's heart but he would never admit it.
He looked over and them then back at her, and smiled "them? Don't worry Hiei Is a grumpy thing and Kurama is just upset….they don't hate you" She looked over at the two demons. Kurama smiled sadly, and Hiei glanced away, she looked back at Yusuke who smiled and gave her a thumbs up. She smiled and Hugged Yusuke catching him off guard, He hugged her back gently she turned toward Kurama and ran hugging his legs. He smiled and patted her head. She turned to Hiei, who looked at her warily; she walked slowly over stopping in front of him. She stared at Hiei waiting for a reaction. "No Hate?" she quietly asked, Hiei sighed and rolled his eyes giving her a tiny smirk. 'hn no hate' he said in her head, she grinned and hugged Him as well, He stiffened at the contact but then after a minuet relaxed as he looked at her. She let go of him then Yawned, Kurama chuckled and looked at the clock seeing that it was late "looks like someone's ready for bed." He was about to pick her up when she grabbed onto Hiei's pant leg. Everyone looked at her confused and Hiei's eyes widened, Kurama scratched his cheek "um looks like she wants to stay with Hiei" Amaya nodded "stay" she said. Hiei glared at Yusuke and Kuwabara, who were snickering. they will pay dearly if they dont shut up "well she's not going to let go, so Hiei I guess you will have to watch her" Hiei's glare hardened as he looked at Kurama. this was awkward for Hiei, but his pride got the better of him.
"hn" he said causing Kurama to smile. Hiei gently picked up the small child and walked towards the stairs "Hiei!" Kurama called causing said demon to stop. He glanced over his shoulder at the fox, who was wearing a smirk. "Keep her in your room, She won't want to be alone, wolf demons are social demons" he said with a tone that caused Hiei to want to rip out his voice box. Hiei growled as he walked upstairs carrying the now sleeping girl. Walking into his room he placed the child on the bed, He went to walk away to the windowsill when he felt a small tug on his sleeve. He looked and saw Amaya had a part of his sleeve in her tiny fist, He wanted to glare at the child but for some reason couldn't bring himself to. He tried to pull away but Amaya held on tight, He let out a soft growl of frustration slid into bed next to sure to put enough space in between them as if she would kill him if he got to close. Ha thats a funny thought, The Great Hiei master of the Jagan and wielder of the dragon of the darkness flame, afraid of a mere child. It was almost laughable. She snuggled up next to him, wanting to be close. The corner of his mouth twitched up, wanting to smirk at the sight. He sighed closing his eyes and laid on his side, subconsciously wrapping his arm over the girl protectively pulling her closer to him. This girl was different, He wanted to protect her from some reason as if He felt a connection with her. Heh Maybe The Cold hearted Hiei Jaganashi, the demon who murdered in cold blood and loved it, was becoming soft. And deep down that scared the fire demon. He was the forbidden child, A cursed demon, He didn't deserve to care or be loved by anyone. He has been without compassion his whole life, He knew nothing about showing it let alone returning it. Hiei shook it off getting frustrated at the idea of becoming weak, he tightened his hold on Amaya a little bit, unknowingly making a silent promise to protect this girl no matter what.
*Kurama's POV*
I chuckled when I saw Yusuke and Kuwabara laughing like crazy. ah let them enjoy themselves while they can...they'll be dead anyway when Hiei gets ahold of them. why deny men on death row a last laugh right? "man that's great…..I think I busted my gut" Yusuke said leaning against the wall for support. "yeah my ribs are killing me" Kuwabara agreed, now on the floor holing his sides. I smirked, lets give them a friendly reminder "its best not to say that in front of Hiei though, he might kill you…remember what happened when you teased him last time?" they both froze and paled. Yeah I thought they would remember "How can we forget he literally burnt our asses" Yusuke said Kuwabara nodded, "yeah he burnt my favorite pants" Yusuke rolled his eyes. Yeah they teased Hiei when Amaya was sleeping in his lap, calling her Hiei's girlfriend and said it was soooooo cute that Hiei was growing a soft spot. Needless to say the fire demon did NOT take the joke very well and punished them. Then all of a sudden Yusuke's pants rung. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the communicator. "yo Koenma what's up" he said now bored out of his mind. Well his attention span is questionable, Koenma looked up from his paper work "yusuke I have something to tell you, apparently there wasn't a mix up, the vile I gave Amaya was to turn her back, that is her human form, my potions still in effect." I raised an eyebrow, wait a minute that doesnt make sense "excuse me Koenma, but if that is true why doesn't she remember us?" Koenma looked over "apparently that's from reverse black death, in order to make sure no one can get out of it they altered the potion, If they tried to take anything to help it reverts the mind to that of a child, it also made it easy for killing them, it only last maybe 3 days, like I said enough time to kill them, then she will revert back." Yusuke sighed "man this shit is aggravating!" he yelled everyone nodded agreeing with the annoyed boy. Koenma looked at everyone "where is Amaya now?" I smirked "she's sleeping with Hiei, she didn't want to leave his side" He opened his mouth but then closed it and held his hand up when Yusuke and Kuwabara started laughing "never mind I don't want to know….just keep an eye on her….good luck" with that the screen went black. I sighed and looked over to the two. "man who would've thought Hiei would give in so easily" Yusuke said as he looked toward the stairs. Kuwabara laughed "yeah the runt actually has a soft spot" I shook my head, causing Yusuke to smirk "oh common Kurama you cant say you don't see a change" I smiled "yes I suppose its true, Hiei is changing, He would have pushed a child away or killed them if he was how he was when I first met him. He's opening up slowly, but he's afraid of that. He's had a rough past and doesn't want to get hurt anymore" the two boys nodded. "but-" they looked up at me, while I look out the window "lets not forget that Amaya has had a rough time too, she lost practically everything, maybe this is what they need, someone to lean on each other and to confined in each other, after all A wounded heart tends to be attracted to other wounded hearts" The room went quiet, anxious of what the future held.