AN: Hello all! Quick thanks to everyone who subscribed to my story or commented on it. Keep the reviews coming they really help fuel me! Oh and I'd like to apologize for taking so long to update, I feel like the amount of chapters that are on the internet are kinda getting out of balance with the chapters I have left that aren't posted so I wanted to get at least one more chapter done, if not mostly done, before I updated. Thanks again to everyone who reviews I look forward to seeing your comments and remember feedback and ideas are more then excepted. I'm getting to a point in the story where I need ideas to kinda help the romance move along so if you have some super neato mood setting ideas let me know.

Important! Before I forget Terryal is more talkative in these next few chapters so you're really going to get a feel for her character. She speaks in a sort of overly polite way and you'll notice she'll occasionally use a word out of context. This is due to the fact that her translations from her native language to English (or Japanese technically since they are in Japan) don't quite fit or because her at home customs basically chose a word that we wouldn't normally use to describe something. You'll understand more as your read on. You should know that when she uses the word "Fate" she's referring to her tattoos, she will seldom refer to her village as her village it is simply Home, and she is religious in her own way but this does not necessarily reflect my beliefs and I'm not trying to force anything down anyone's throats that's just who she is and how she was raised.

Yu Yu Hakusho and all its characters are property of Yoshihiro Togashi

Timid Terry is Terribly Nosy

The sun was shining and the air was filled with the smell of new flowers. Spring was here, the season of new beginnings and the morning of the New Life Festival. Terryal watched her friends and family parade across the grounds making the final preparations.

"Svein, why do I need to take part in the New Life Festival? It's an evening meant for all who were given life in the same year as I to take part in making a new life with their destined mate. However I will be unable to find my mate here. It will just result in disappointment for me." Terryal asked turning her head to face the older boy sitting next to her.

"Dear sister," he chuckled ruffling her hair, "You know not what The Creator has in store for you for the elders refused to read your Fate as they did mine. You are the wisest and most charming girl in the village; there is no doubt in my heart that you will find a mate on this night." He reassured as he showed of his white yet strangely fangless teeth.

"But brother, I was born with two sets of fangs!" Terryal insisted, proceeding to prod uncomfortably at her pointed canines and the teeth next to and behind them, which were also oddly pointed. "It is common knowledge amongst our people that if one is born with two sets of fangs then they are destined to find love with one not of this clan."

Svein's kind expression turned annoyed, he sighed and scratched his barely there fuzz of black hair. He hated how his sister bought in to the traditions of his family; he hated the idea that all life was pre-determined by a creator. He wasn't sure he even believed in a creator however he'd never say this thought allowed.

"Terryal you've studied for much of your life to someday take the place among our eldest as our next oracle. Surely you have developed knowledge enough to read and comprehend your own Fate, you can find out if you truly will find love tonight." Svein said, attempting to calm his sister.

"I know the heart of my other half but neither his face nor location. However Fate tells me that it will not be home where I find him." She replied with despair as she traced the swirling lines of tattoos on her right arm. She looked at her right arm daily, staring at it intently willing her mind to understand the complex language that resided in the pictures displayed on her body. The swirls and curves that swooped around her arm formed a dragon spitting fire that curled into a barely discernable heart. Other smaller patterns danced across her arm as well; smoke spewing from the creature's nose, cloud-like puffs that floated across the body of the majestic reptile and more. Hundreds of smaller swirls dips and turns making strange shapes and designs that one couldn't even begin to describe. It was a wonder that mere genes could produce such a spectacle.

"S…vein…" muttered a weak voice from Kuwabara's back.

"Hey guys I think she's wakin up!" Kuwabara announced while craning his neck in an attempt to peek at the stirring girl.

With a grumble and a groan Terryal woke to find that the sun was slowly rising however it was still very dark so it must still be incredibly early. It took her a moment to get her mind on her bearings and then it hit her faster then a charging chimera. Everything that happened last night, the memory she was reliving moments before vanished into thin air and reality was thrust back upon her and she shot up, letting go of the warm object she was slouched over only to fall backwards and almost off it. However luck seemed to be on her side lately and she was caught, strong arms held her back up while the body holding her legs kneeled down and placed her feet on solid ground.

"Are you alright?" asked a kind yet somehow terrifyingly familiar voice.

Terryal looked up to find none other then the red headed beauty that smiled in the face of death. Her eyes widened and she backed away only to bump into the tallest member of the four man group she had seen attack the camp of her captors. She wanted to be grateful but the images of their laughter at the carnage and their cold calculating faces as they took down their prey kept swimming to the top of her mind so instead she clamed up and said nothing.

"Ah, well…perhaps we should introduce ourselves." The redhead continued calmly seeing the fear in the young girl's eyes and deciding to continue down the polite route. He proceeded to introduce himself as Kurama, the tallest as Kuwabara, and the third Yusuke. He mentioned a fourth named Hiei but stated that he was a bit ahead of them hiding in the trees keeping an eye out for potential danger. Terryal appreciated the kindness he showed but she couldn't bring herself to trust the boys. The only words she could think to utter were-

"What are your plans for me, now that I am to remain with you?" she asked timidly.

"We're takin' ya to the human world for a little R&R" Yusuke answered with a grin.

She stared at him, taking in his words and wanting to believe them, but she had sensed demon energy erupt from this boy before so why he would want to take her to the Ningenkai was beyond her knowledge.

"You are demon as I and he," Tarryal commented, her eyes flickering to Kurama. "What would you desire with the Ningenkai?"

"We're goin there cause its home." He replied as if it was the most obvious of answers. "See we were sent to find you, by the brat upstairs Koenma." He gestured his thumb upwards, "Gotta keep you safely hidden with us in the human world for a little while."

"You follow the commands of Lord Koenma?"

"Y'know I thought you would've heard of us. At least Urameshi with him being a spirit detective and all; guess you aren't all that famous." Joked Kuwabara elbowing his brown eyed friend, who merely glared at him in return.

"I was forbidden to have knowledge outside of what was relevant to our village," Tarryal mumbled feeling slightly embarrassed, she felt herself calming slightly around the boys.

Terryal found that she could sense nothing but truth in their words, though she was still skeptical of their intentions after seeing their strength and brutality. However she knew that even though she felt uncomfortable with her new situation there would be no struggling from her, clearly she was meant to be saved by these boys, and what that meant for her she still had no clue.

After the pleasantries they all agreed it was best to continue since they had already been up all night and were close to the portal. Yusuke was determined to get back to the hotel and get some sleep, Kuwabara being the gentlemen that he is, had offered to carry Terryal seeing as how she was a lady who had been through a lot. However the demon girl had declined as respectfully as possible and spent the remainder of the walk attempting to keep to herself physically as though everyone in the group was contaminated. With this spare time though she had attempted to sneak unnoticed into the minds of the detective and his two visible companions; she had discovered early in her waking that someone had kindly removed the power inhibitor from her head so she felt the need to take the opportunity to learn from about the young men.

Much to her surprise digging in the minds of the boys was difficult. Her family lived with their minds open, should one psychic wish to know what was bothering another all they had to do was look; she had never experienced a world where one blocked their thoughts from another until she left the village. But with the team it was a totally different case from all the other demons she's seen, not only did they block their mind from outside tampering, they guarded it like it was the most precious of gems. Breaking into Kuwabara's mind was somewhat easy but he was spiritually aware enough to notice her quickly and boot her out. Yusuke would build one wall after another after she broke one down and when he was finally annoyed enough with her antics he glared at her which made the psychic deicide it was better to leave the detective alone. Last was Kurama, and honestly she was impressed that she was even able to make it in his mind but once inside he turned to her with a smile that was surprisingly sinister. It didn't reach his eyes but what did shimmer in them was something stronger then mere annoyance.

"I'd appreciate if you'd stay out of my mind Terryal. I'm not sure what the custom is where you were born but we consider it very rude."

"Do you not share your lives with one another?" The demoness inquired.

"Hell no! That'd just be gay," Yusuke scoffed without even thinking, Terryal looked confused but she never got to ask further because they had arrived at their destination.

Hiei dropped from a tree near the portal which caused their newest female companion to jump and emit a small peep like sound. Yusuke found it amusing but Hiei just glanced at her in a way that clearly showed that he thought her to be a nuisance. Kurama took a moment to quickly explain to Terryal that she needed to use her psychic techniques to make her appear human to those around her. With that being said, everyone paraded through the portal Hiei leading the way.