A Glint in the Snow

By: Abby Ebon

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

Genkai chuckled as the old Koorime known as Thawia finished telling her plan to them. Yuusuke glanced at her and then to Kurama and Hiei. Both seemed in agreement to follow through with this plan.

"It's a better plan then sacrificing my brother in training him with time we do not have." Hiei grumbled guessing at Koenma's plans after having spoke with Yukina.

"Yes I admit though I had planted the idea in the god-lings head in the first place." Thawia admitted without any tone of regret. Hiei snorted- he knew the Koorime too well to be surprised by this ones bluntness, as his sister would be.

"Nice way to get rid of the only other male with Koorime blood, eh?" Hiei said softly a harsh growling tone creeping into his voice. Kurama glanced at him but caught Thawia's nod. She knew her plans and plots and wasn't ashamed of them being learned.

"None the less it sounds like a good plan to me." Genkai told them, Heero of course not understanding Genkai decided to question Thawia.

"How do we get to the Nekokikai?" He asked his eyes not betraying any sign of being upset that this woman had planned on trying to kill him. However Duo's glittering eyes promised retribution.

"When you wish touch this mirror and it will take you into Ma-Kai to the entrance of a cave. In the back of the cave is a gate, cross it then you should find yourself on the other side." Thawia explained watching as their suspicions became apparent on their faces.

"That's all?" Kurama asked doubtfully eyeing the Koorime's closed expression. She chuckled shaking her head.

"That's as much as I know young fox." She answered with a nod then the mirror refection went blank.

"That was informative…" Duo grumbled, angry that she had left them so abruptly. Kurama looked at the braided pilot with amusement.

"Indeed it is." Kurama merely stated when Duo looked up at him curiously. Wufei grinned shaking his head, amused that Duo would take an unsuccessful attempt on Heero's life so personally. It wasn't as if the Wing pilot needed any prompting to sacrifice himself.

"Well at least we're getting out of this place for a while." Quatre murmured, Trowa nodding in agreement beside him. Kurama and Yuusuke looked between each other, and Hiei snorted.

"Fools, we are going into demon territory- as human as we look we are demons. If you go you wouldn't live past an hour let alone live see a Nekokikai." Hiei informed them ignoring their outraged expressions and Yuusuke's winch at his wording.

"You forget if we don't go you won't know how to defeat the Mobile Dolls." Wufei was quick to point out, Duo nodding enthusiastically beside him.

"Besides we can take care of ourselves!" Duo announced with a large grin. Kurama raised a eyebrow it was almost as if the pilots wanted to endanger themselves. Hiei grunted and shrugged as if lifting the weight of guilt off his shoulders.

"If you are so eager to die I am not stopping you." Hiei stated cold red eyes studying them for any hesitation. Surprisingly they didn't show any, they were disturbingly like Yuusuke…

"You understand that your spirit energy isn't up to par with them and you would be easily beat by any demon you came up against?" Genkai asked ignoring Hiei's grim statement. The pilots traded glances and Genkai groaned forgetting that they couldn't hear her she motioned for Yuusuke to repeat her words for them.

When he had finished she was amazed that they didn't seem to care. Perhaps they were like Yuusuke who had street fought for so long they didn't care- a type of 'seen it all, heard it all, not impressed with it' attitude.

Genkai chuckled; perhaps these boys could win their war on their own. However she knew Yuusuke too well the idiot boy would insist on keeping his word to go back with them- even if no one else was willing- or could go back with him.

"Genkai, do me a favor?" Yuusuke requested as the boy had used her name and not his nickname for her she paid more then average attention to what he had to say. Yuusuke let out his breath in a rush.

"Stay here with Kuwabara and Yukina." With Yuusuke's words all tangled together it took her a moment to work out what he had said. When she had she wasn't pleased. However she knew Yuusuke would fight better without them there for him to protect. Even though he needn't have bothered to protect her or even Kuwabara though she knew that the human teen had a habit for getting into trouble.

None the less she understood Yuusuke's worry and nodded if only to placate him. After all, the boy would have five others to worry over and protect when they ran into danger. Funny that she knew they would run into danger- after all it seemed to stick to the boy like a bristle to wool.

That and she had no desire to trample all over Ma-Kai looking for a cave. Though there also was the matter of locating the last mirror to the pilot's world. She doubted they would want to stick around later after this battle and perhaps training them with their gifts a little more. Somehow she had the feeling all five of them had something connecting them to spirit energy.

Like that boy Duo, he had the power to call to the dead though it was underdeveloped and would probably have gone unnoticed in his own world. The other, Wufei had speed and sheer power on his side alone.

Yukina had informed her that she thought Trowa had the ability to push his emotions on others. Then thanks to Yuusuke's big mouth as he was talking with Kurama she knew Quatre had the ability to feel others emotions- though why they had compared that ability to Yukina's kindness she couldn't guess at.

Then there was Heero who as a half demon must have some sort of spirit- or demon power. Though what- even she wouldn't predict just yet. Even with their small visit she could tell that they worked well together.

"Well I guess we better get on with it, eh?" Yuusuke muttered breaking the silence that had enveloped the group. He sighed then touched the mirror the Genkai had set down on the floor when Thawia had gone from it.

Hiei made an agreeing noise though his focus was on the pilots. They seemed eager to get things underway. As Duo was practically bouncing off the walls, Wufei and Heero glowering at him, and Quatre chuckling. Trowa didn't do anything though a glint in his eye revealed that he was amused.

Yuusuke wished they would have taken Hiei's warning just a little more seriously as he knelt and to touch the mirrors surface. There wasn't a flash of light, nor did Yuusuke get sucked into the mirror -much to Duo's disappointment.

Yuusuke was simply gone- from being in the room to not. Heero was next, and then Kurama, Quatre smiled at Trowa as he went through, and Hiei smirked when Trowa shut his eyes tightly before joining their companions.

There was a brief glaring contest between Wufei and Hiei over who was going first. Before Genkai tired of it and pushed Wufei toward the mirror, her glare alone was enough encouragement for him to go. Hiei smirked amused, but he too bent to leave all the same.

After unpleasant tugging of their atoms in all directions that left a sick feeling in their guts the group came to stand next to a cave on a beach.

"Well while unpleasant that was easy." Kurama mused brushing a hand through his hair and coming out with several seeds. Hiei grunted softly eyeing the odd expressions on four of the pilots faces.

Duo blinked and the beach was now a forest and he had the strangest urge to leave and that there was something very important for him to do elsewhere. He moved to leave when Heero's hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"What is it Hee-man?" Duo asked confused as to why the normally stoic pilot had stopped him from going…going somewhere…

"Where are you going Duo?" Heero asked, Duo made a vague gesture away from the cave.

"Away from the cave Hee-man, I gotta do something…can't remember what though…" Duo scrunched up his face in a glimpse, trying to figure out where he was going- what he had to do. He couldn't think of it though all he knew was that he had to get away from here.

Heero allowed worry to show on his face for a few moments. Near by him Quatre shook his head he was dizzy and he felt like he needed to go lay down somewhere- but not near here…

Trowa rubbed his eyes he was sure this place had been a beach and then it had changed to a forest…and now it was a swamp. He spotted a large cat lying near by and blinked wondering why it seemed to be urging him to follow it.

Wufei shook his head feeling the urge to leave but no he couldn't he had come here to find the Nekokikai to get them to join their side and get rid of…get rid of someone, but it was a cave they were supposed to go to wasn't it? There didn't seem to be a cave here only a swamp, maybe it was somewhere else? He'd have to go find it….

"Kurama. Urameshi, there is something wrong with them." Hiei suddenly interrupted, eyes narrowed as the four seemed to be fighting themselves, part of them obviously wanting to leave and the other- the real them, fighting to stay near the cave.

"I don't see the cave…" Wufei muttered looking around them, his features twisting between determination and confusion.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Quatre murmured rubbing the bridge of his nose. Duo looked worriedly at Quatre then puzzled as his turned to look into the distance away from the cave.

"What's happening to them?" Heero demanded, bringing a reluctant-yet worried Duo to Quatre's side. Trowa shook his head as he kept looking at something only he could see.

Wufei groaned and sat down muttering about being lost.

Yuusuke and Kurama looked between themselves and Kurama turned back to them kneeling where Heero had gathered them. Looking into their eyes and seeing that they were glazed he cast his gaze along the now swampy landscape.

"A powerful demon illusion, atop a plant that casts doubts and urges human minds to leave an area." Kurama answered Heero, who watched as his fellow pilots struggled with themselves.

"Great, how do we stop it?" Yuusuke asked warily glancing around at all the varied plant life as now they were in a jungle.

"You could ask that cat…" Trowa muttered staring at the suddenly visible creature.

It was indeed an impressive size but they got the impression it was young yet, its fur was a tawny gold with strangely bright sky-blue eyes. Hiei and Kurama shared a startled glance for they knew that the animal was a demon- and both would recognize its blue eyes anywhere.

"That's no cat Trowa…" Yuusuke whispered watching warily as the cat approached Trowa and rubbed against the tall pilots arm. Yuusuke's words startled him into moving away from the cat.

"What is it then?" Duo demanded, watching as the cat circled the eight and came to a stop in front of Kurama and Hiei. Heero noticed that once the cat had appeared his friends had stopped trying to leave the area around the cave.

"A Nekokikai demon… " Heero answered for them as before their eyes a soft blue light surrounded the cat and grew bigger till it stood a little above Hiei's height then abruptly the light ceased.

Now a youkai with the appearance of a young man stood before them, wearing light blue robes with silver trimmings. He had the same tawny gold hair looped into a pony tail at mid waist. The same bright sky-blue eyes peered curiously out from messy golden bangs.

"Hello Kori." Kurama murmured warily, for both Hiei and he knew this demon very well. In fact he had helped them steal the four items that had led him self and Hiei to meet Yuusuke. Though Kori had left after getting them, he hadn't wanted them- only to enjoy the challenge and thrill of stealing them.

AN: I think we are nearing the end of this tale. I hope you all have enjoyed it!