A Glint in the Snow

By: Abby Ebon

Hiei's eyes followed a pacing Kurama, a barely noticeable tilt of his lips told those who knew him of his amusement. Kurama was noticeably ignoring him. Genkai was openly smirking, but her eyes strayed to where the mirror had been more and more often as time went on. Yukina had left for Ma-kai.

"I wonder if I could have gone through?" Wondered Kurama aloud.

"You couldn't have." Hiei answered. Green eyes that were half-golden glared at Hiei.

"How do you know?"

"You're a demon." Kurama huffed and went to lean against the wall. Hiei closed his eyes. At least he stopped pacing…

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Kuwabara frowned as the one who had shot him –Heero, according to Urameshi, watched them. Kuwabara's wound was half healed thanks to his spirit energy, but as far as the others knew he was still suffering from a day old newly removed bullet wound. At least Urameshi wasn't planing to be a doctor.

Yuusuke yawned, patted Kuwabara's uninjured left shoulder, stood and then left the shed-like room. Yuusuke wandered a little ways into the woods so that he was just barely within sight of the building. Then he took out the two crystal-like stones Genkai had thrown to him.

He frowned and rubbed a thumb over one. Yuusuke winced when a spot of blood appeared on his thumb, the crystal absorbed the blood and turned as crimson as Hiei's eyes. Yuusuke's eyes grew wide.

"Oh shit…"

Swiftly pocketing the clear and crimson colored crystals Yuusuke rushed back to Kuwabara to tell him what he'd discovered. Duo's lips were twitching in amusement as he followed the glaring contest of Yuusuke's friend and Heero. Duo was nearly sent off balance as Yuusuke blew past him and broke the glaring contest.

"Kuwabara, what do you sense?"

Heero and Duo glanced at each other, although a normal person wouldn't have heard Yuusuke's words, the pilots were anything but ordinary. Kuwabara's reply was rushed and urgent although neither of them understood what he had said.

Wufei, who was just outside the doorway paused, he knew that Yuusuke could understand them, and he spoke to Kuwabara in the same language then why couldn't they understand Kuwabara?

Wufei took in the sight of the two strangers, Yuusuke was pale, and Kuwabara looked chilled.

"What's wrong?" Asked Duo, his thief-trained eyes saw Yuusuke slip Kuwabara something and Kuwabara slip something of a different color back to Yuusuke. Yuusuke bit his lip struggling with some inward emotion and Kuwabara nudged him in the ribs.

"We need you to come with us, it's a matter of life and death…" Heero's eyes turn to steel and he pulled out his gun pointing it steadily at Yuusuke.

"Whose life? …And what are you?" Yuusuke stiffened but didn't seem afraid.

"Our lives depend on you coming with us, all of you." Heero took the safety off.

"What are you." Yuusuke took a breath and stood.

"I am a Spirit Detective, and part demon, the same as one of you. Kuwabara's human."

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Koenma had sent Botan to get Genkai, Hiei and Kurama. All they knew was that for some reason Koenma had keyed the 'crystals' to take Kuwabara and Yuusuke to Genkai's shrine, sense it would be somehow easier then going to his office. Kurama frowned staring blankly at a wall as if it could speak and was giving him answers to world problems.

"What are you thinking?" Asked Hiei in his gruff way.

"About those things Genkai gave Yuusuke." Hiei raised and eyebrow and glanced at Koenma who seemed uneasy.

"What about them? She said they'd get them back."Kurama nodded, then frowned, a dangerous glint of golden entering his eyes.

"At what cost?"

"What?"

"When Genkai went there she died to come back. I died to get to the human world." Hiei's face grew colder and he eyed Koenma suspiciously.

"Hn."

"Indeed."

Genkai had over heard most of Kurama's and Hiei's little talk. As much as it hurt to admit it they had a point.

"Koenma." The toddler-god looked up, he looked frazzled, Genkai noted silently.

"Yes?"

"What did you make me give Yuusuke?" Koenma gulped up at the old women's stern gaze. But when you asked a god a question they were usually bound to answer. Koenma flinched and turned to look away from Genkai.

"A blood stone." Hiei and Kurama seemingly as one looked at Koenma.

"You fool!" Growled Hiei, disappearing from normal sight then reappearing with Koenma in hand, his fist clenched around the god-lings neck.

"Maybe you Gods can handle blood stones without fear." Hiei shook Koenma and spat the word God out like a curse.

"But incase you've forgotten not even a God can bring back a mortal whose broken a blood stone oath!"

"How long do they have?" Kurama asked- he looked alarmingly fox like.

"Twenty-four hours." Koenma flinched and Hiei dropped him onto the floor.

"They have two hours left." Kurama said dead-eyed. Genkai sighed but her eyes were like steel.

"Koenma if they die, keep in mind that we have more powerful friends then just you." With that the three left him sitting on the floor. Koenma sighed and got back in his chair his eyes sad and far away.

"Come back soon Yuusuke…"

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

After Heero had put his gun away. And Duo had called the other pilots in, Wufei had demanded answers. And still was.

"You're a demon?"

"Part demon, but yea."

"And you want us to go with you?"

" Yap."

"Where?"

"Our world."

"Which world is this?"

"Kaz-Kai."

Dou watched this question-answer session with interest, his eyes following the speaker as one might watch a ball.

"Why do we understand you but not Kuwabara?"

Yuusuke opened his mouth, blinked when his brain analyzed the question then shut his mouth. Then Yuusuke turned to Kuwabara.

"Can you understand them?" Kuwabara said something and shook his head 'no'.

"I don't know…But the only way you'll find out is if you come with us."

Duo felt like laughing. But held back, he didn't want to interrupt this.

"What would we get if we go?" That was Trowa, always the calm one.

Yuusuke frowned tapping this finger to his chin.

"Your all in a war right?"

Quatre nodded and Yuusuke's face broke into a grin.

"I'll help out in your war."

"Just you?" Wufei butted in.

There was a truly wicked glint in Yuusuke's eye.

"A few…friends and Me."

Wufei, Trowa, and Heero shared a look. Yuusuke had spent too long a time on the streets because he knew what a look like that meant.

"Prove it." Wufei dared.

Yuusuke sent a wicked smirk at the five pilots and held his hands a foot apart, his spirit energy formed a silver sphere that illuminated the room.

No one said anything so Duo decided to say the first thing that came to mind.

"Awesome. Can you teach me?"

Yuusuke grinned at the braided pilot and shrugged a shoulder.

"Sure."

Wufei looked at everyone and sighed, then bowing his head coming to a decision then looking back at Yuusuke.

"We'll go with you."

Yuusuke smiled and the sphere went out.

"What would have happened if we hadn't agreed?" Quatre asked. Yuusuke flinched.

"Kuwabara and I would have all our blood sucked into this." Yuusuke flashed a crimson stone at the blond, who shuddered. Trowa frowned.

"How do we go to your world?" Yuusuke chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"Kuwabara says we go outside and break the stones then they should take all of us to our world." No one made any remakes to this doubtful conclusion made by the young Spirit Detective.