"Hi, I've just got back. Yes, I'm fine. No, I don't need anything. Yes. Yes. I will. You just have fun. I will. Bye." He'd been back for a few hours when he called and straight after he put down the phone the excitement overwhelmed him. He made sure he had all the things he would need for the tournament and then left the house for the week. As he was walking to where he would meet with his friends, and team members, he saw Kensuke. Usually, he wouldn't take any notice; he was just his usual self picking on some unlucky person who had annoyed him in some way. Kurama knew as soon as he looked at him that something had changed. Kensuke had an aura about him that Kurama had only ever seen once on a human, and that was Yuusuke Urameshi. He paused to watch, hidden behind the corner of a building. When he walked away, he was positive. He needed to talk to Kensuke when he returned. He turned into the park and saw his friends, and team mates, waiting for him. It had been so long since he had seen them all it felt kind of refreshing, even if Shishiwakamaru insisted he was only there to go to the tournament, Hiei stayed quiet.
"Hey Kurama! Long time no see!" Yuusuke greeted him with a smile as he aproached.
"I was thinking the same thing." He returned the smile.
"Ready for the tournament?" Jin asked with a grin.
"Why would he have come if he wasn't?" Chuu pointed out.
"Shall we go?" Kurama suggested before an argument could start.
"Yeah!" Jin flew up a little, out of Chuu's reach, and the group of friends began to walk (and float) to a suitable place to enter the demon world where they would compete in the
Demon World Unification Tournament. As they walked they all talked excitedly, Kurama could tell they were all equally excited about the tournament and this relaxed him. Hiei fell into step beside him.
"Have you spoken to Yomi since the last tournament?" He asked. Kurama shook his head.
"I've only been back to the Demon world twice since the tournament and visiting Yomi hasn't been my first priority." Kurama replied. Hiei snorted.
"I guess you stayed in the Demon world mostly?" Kurama asked Hiei.
"Of course. I had to do some stupid patrol duty." He replied.
"Mukuro ask you to?" Kurama remarked.
"Shuttup." Hiei replied sharply. Kurama chuckled.
"Here we are!" Yuusuke announced from the head of the group. They said their goodbyes to Keiko, Kuwabara and Yukina.
"You better win Urameshi!" Kuwabara said as they prepared to leave.
"Nah! I've gotta beat him first!" Jin said with a grin.
"We'll be watching!" Keiko promised as they left.
"Don't break my TV!" Yuusuke shouted back. A few of the group chuckled at this and almost as soon as Yuusuke had finished that sentence they were in the Demon world.