A Glint in the Snow

By: Abby Ebon

AN: Sorry for the long wait everyone hope this makes it up to you in some way.

Disclaimer: YYH and Gundam Wing do not in any way shape of form belong to me. However anything unrecognized and/or original characters do.

When Duo had dragged Heero away Yuusuke had went to look for Yukina and Hiei. It was easy enough to find Yukina as she wasn't shielding against him. He had a feeling it would be much harder to find Hiei unless he wanted to be found.

"Yuusuke, is something wrong?" Yukina asked when he came in sight of the blue haired Koorime.

"Just that- your brother sure has a way with words." Yuusuke told her annoyed with Hiei. Yukina's eyes widened and she stiffened with surprise.

"You mean Hiei has already told Heero?" Yukina questioned surprised with her brothers rashness. Yuusuke nodded bowing his head to sigh and run a hand through his hair which he had stopped gelling when he had started dating Keiko.

"Yes- and his friends are likely gathered in his room having a 'secrete' meeting." Yuusuke chuckled and Yukina looked him a little worried for the former spirit detective's sanity.

"How do you know this?" Yukina asked curious despite her worry. Yuusuke gave her a quick grin despite his wariness. Yukina seemed to have been just as surprised at Hiei's actions as he had been and things seemed back to normal - or as normal as they could be.

"Nothing is a secrete with Kurama's demon planets in every room…" Yuusuke revealed, Yukina nodded and glanced to the bright little flowers that seemed to have free run of the shrine.

"I had wondered why you let them run so rampant…" Yukina mused aloud, Yuusuke laughed loud and brash.

"Can I ask you something Yukina?" Yuusuke inquired softly suddenly serious. Yukina nodded watching him out of the corner of her eye.

"Where did you go when you left with Koenma?" Yuusuke asked as Yukina turned to stare at him. Yukina sighed though it wasn't unheard of for a demon to lie to a human, and if they got away with it- another demon.

It was almost imposable for a demon to lie to another as their senses allowed them to practically smell lies what with heart rate (however slow) and perspiration (however much- or little of it) to help them.

"I went back to the Koorime- they informed me that I was to identify my half brother then inform them. I am sorry to say I have done both." Yukina admitted and Yuusuke knew this was the truth as Yukina saw it and that she was no longer a threat- though the other Koorime might be.

"You're alright Yukina, and…I'm sorry about how we treated you. You have to admit though you had left with Koenma and Botan- we had to be a little suspicious. As for the other Koorime we'll just have to up security- I have no intention of letting them get their paws on Heero." Yuusuke announced confidently Yukina nodded, she had been loyal to Genkai for so long that even when she had gone back to the Koorime it hadn't felt right.

"I know, apology accepted…" Yukina accepted and Yuusuke nodded and got up heading out to find Hiei. He had a feeling they're talk wouldn't be as pleasant as his chat with Yukina.

Kurama had gone to the kitchen when Yuusuke had left with Duo and Heero to listen to their conversation in case Yuusuke needed him. Yuusuke had guessed this so he wasn't surprised that Kurama had cornered Hiei up a tree.

Though it was funny to watch the two stare at each other, Yuusuke couldn't help his chuckles. The noise attracted the two demons and Kurama shook his head amused and Hiei only glared harder.

"What?" Hiei snapped annoyed that Yuusuke thought the situation humorous.

"Looks like Kurama's already lectured you for me. You could have broken it to him a little easier- I think you made an enemy out of Duo." Yuusuke mused remembering the braided pilot's angry gaze.

"So? Why should I care about that bakas feelings?" Hiei grumbled annoyed with Yuusuke.

"Because- that 'baka' has more stealth and infiltration skills then even me." Kurama admitted with a slight frown.

"How so?" Yuusuke asked doubtful Youko had been a thief far longer then Duo had been alive and even Hiei was carious of how the fox had come to this conclusion.

"When he came into the training room he made no noise I hadn't realized he had come in until he was right in front of us." Kurama admitted.

A hundred explanations for Kurama's behalf from both Hiei's and Yuusuke's minds ranging from he was out of practice to something had distracted him.

However a glance from both of them to Kurama's face and they knew their suggestions had already been thought up and dismissed by the former thief. iei

"I see." Hiei mused as he jumped down from the tree landing between them.

"Aren't you going to go apologize to Heero- your half brother?" Yuusuke teased, Kurama kept his face neutrally blank even as Hiei raised an eyebrow at the former demon lord.

"Right… " Yuusuke stated dryly as they walked to the shine heading to see Genkai, and to get her views on this new development.

Genkai however was so distracted when they came to see her that she didn't notice them come in. She was staring and occasionally mumbling into the mirror that Botan had once given Yuusuke back in his spirit detective days.

Suddenly she looked up her face haggard and worried and their appearance did nothing to improve the hopelessness in her eyes. Yuusuke walked up to her but his focus was on the mirror after glancing at each other Kurama and Hiei followed him.

"What's wrong Grandma?" Yuusuke asked then he caught sight of the mirror. It showed Mai-Kai lower class demons scattering in fear of three large metallic robots.

Yuusuke's eyes widened he had never seen anything like them in Mai-Kai and he knew nothing that large and mobile existed in the human world.

"What is that?" Hiei asked behind him the objects were much larger then the approaching patrol unit the only defense- which was no more then a distraction to machines as the lower class demons scattered.

"No one knows..." Genkai answered saddened by the destruction, the current Demon Lord System was likely in ruins and any treaty they had had was void. For they knew that fear and the need to survive would override the lower class demons intelligence.

Their worst fear was coming true- Earth was in danger of demon invasion. Suddenly the mirror flickered and a demon the likes of none of them had ever seen before. He had silver hair and bland brown eyes, he smirked baring deadly looking canines.

"My fellow demons, as you have failed to neither prevent my attack, nor even defend against it. I proclaim myself Demon Lord Rius of Mai-Kai…"

"What!" Yuusuke shouted outraged. Hiei resisted the urge to reach for his sword. Kurama though turned and found himself surprised that the pilots were also there watching the mirror with tense frames.

"Those things…they looked like Gundams." Quatre whispered wide eyed. Trowa glanced up at Kurama and something in the human's eyes chilled him.

"So they do. Then that must mean someone other then us is here who knows about Gundams." Wufei suggested, unlike Hiei he hadn't bothered not reaching for his sword as it was in his hands.

Kurama noticed with a little amount of amusement that Wufei rubbed the hilt every so often as if to release nervousness.

"Not necessarily it could be that Rius has a human inventor with an over reactive imagination." Duo said yanking a little on his braid thinking, he seemed to be doing quite a lot of that lately he thought to himself with a wry grin.

"What type of demon is he?" Trowa asked intently as he watched Rius babble on, as somehow the mirror had been muted. Kurama and Hiei both paused and gradually both came to the same conclusion. Neither of them knew what type of race Rius came from.

"I do not know." Kurama answered Yuusuke jerked with surprise then looked back to the image of the demon.

"So we are dealing with an unknown enemy I do not think this is much different then any other situation we have been in." Yuusuke said remembering the tournaments he had been in- there had been no way to tell their opponents strengths or weaknesses until in the ring.

"Those machines are weak like OZ Mobile Dolls. A Gundam could run them through no problem." Heero suddenly spoke up after studying the images. Trowa nodded slowly, and Quatre grinned, and Duo startled Hiei, Kurama, and Yuusuke with his murderous grin.

"They are going to meet Shinigami soon then." Duo stated calmly chuckling softly.

"Have you all forgotten? We are in another world; our Gundams are back in our world hidden at the safe house." Wufei told them and watched as their spirits sunk. He realized then that they needed to get back to their world and finish the war.

"Maybe I can help…" A voice spoke all of them had been distracted while trying to brain storm ideas for defeating the Mobile Dolls.

An old woman in appearance looked back at them impassively from the mirror. She Hiei and the others recognized as Koorime. She grinned crookedly at their expressions chuckling softly at their suspicion.

"What's your idea?" Genkai asked raising an eyebrow doubtfully. The old Koorime chuckled.

"Rius is from a people believed extent but I have found the hole where he crawled out from. The only problem is I do not know how his people will like his attempt to become Demon Lord of Mai-Kai and I am not about to risk my hide to find out." She explained watching their suspicion turn to guarded acceptance.

"Let me guess." Hiei spoke up watching as the Koorime scowled at him.

"You will tell us where this place is and you want us to come back with his people to defeat him so he does not conquer your people or force you to accept their ways." Hiei finished with a glare equal to the old Koorimes. She nodded slowly accepting Hiei's version.

"Yes, do you accept my proposal?" The Koorime asked, watching as one by one all of them nodded seeing no other way.

"Good, here is what we shell do…"

AN: Did you really expect me to tell you my 'master' plan? Lol well now you finally know why I've been dawdling on the old Koorime.