"Takara was murdered by these beings!" Hoshimi struck their necks even tighter. "Along with several others from our world! They enslaved us and pitted us against each other. We became objects to them nothing more. I won't let them get away with it!" The two were turning blue. She despised merciless killings. Slaughtering those who were innocent or undefended made her blood boil. "I was fine being chased for my locksmith skills but then I stumbled upon their games. The cries of my fellow demons, the countless bodies, the enslavement! I can't let them get away with it. They must suffer!"

"Think about your freedom," Koenma placed a hand on her to try to comfort her. "If you kill them, I will be forced to take you in. I could not bear the thought of doing that to you. Hoshimi. Please!"

Hoshimi let them drop to the ground. She turned away in anger. Koenma let out a sigh of relief. Freedom was more important to her then her revenge. She could not give that up.

"Now, you will grant their wishes," Hoshimi was standing next to the floating demon. "Hand over the island and all information to them." She threatened them. Gondawara and the bearded man searched around for paper and started to write down a contract for them. Kurama watched her as she flicked her tail back and forth. She wanted to exact her revenge but glancing at the three young men she watched over, she did not want them to lose any more family. The three brothers had gotten past to be by her side. She apologized to them that she couldn't keep her promise. They hugged her, glad that she was safe.

Koenma took the papers and handed it to Jin and Toya. The group looked it over and nodded that it was correct. They all signed it. Jin looked over to Hoshimi. Gondawara and the bearded man waited for their sentence.

"My wish will be granted by Magnos," Hoshimi looked to him. The brothers started to look somber. She tried to sooth them that she would be back after a short trip and not to worry. They had been under her care for a while and couldn't bear the thought of her leaving them. Her promise was to their sister Takara, the oldest of the group. The raccoon demons were after Hoshimi but had gotten caught in Sakyo's trap. Hoshimi had tried to save all of the demons but couldn't.

"I have agreed to be the wish granter for the tournament," Magnos informed them. "Hoshimi has granted me solitude in one of her many homes for the years in between. I will show only for the tournament; you have my word." The two went through the floor again. The three bothers stayed somber. It may be a long time since they will see their adopted sister again.

"It seems like everything is fit into place, except what exactly we are going to do with them," Yusuke smirked.

Koenma looked over to them. "As leader of Spirit World and overseer of the Human World, they will be taken into custody and will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives." The two sighed in relief. "You may think you are free for now but I'll keep you hidden from Hoshimi and you'll work in your imprisonment to atone for the sins that you have committed." Jorge had two other ogres with him. The three hauled two humans away.

Magnos took Hoshimi to the bottom of the stadium. "If I am to grant your wish, I must see your truest form."

"I don't think we are far enough away," Hoshimi looked around. "I hope I don't draw too much more attention." Hoshimi closed her eyes. She transformed into her truest form. Wind gusted all around them. The stadium started to shake as if an earthquake was happening. Lightning struck around.

"What's going on?" Kuwabara rattled.

Kurama was aching and trying not to transform into the demon side but it couldn't be helped.

"It's Hoshimi," Hiei informed. "She's transforming again. What we are feeling is her demon energy. This is her fullest potential." He watched Kurama slowly transform. Kurama was fine but her fox demon energy had made him snap into his fox demon form.

"It's intimidating and making me want to run away," Suzuki tried to steady himself.

"You're not the only one," Jin had a hard time floating even.

"Her energy was the same as Reizan's when he was in his prime," Koenma was holding onto the floor.

Magnos smirked. "Now to gaze upon the magnificent Hoshimi in her truest form." He slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were glowing yellow. "Such a beautiful sight to behold. I am lucky to be the first in many years to see you in this form. I will grant your wish." His eyes glowed brighter, covering her in the golden light.

"Kurama!" Toya saw him transforming.

"It's due to Hoshimi," Hiei grabbed Kurama. "Her fox demon presence caused him to transform."

Kurama had fully transformed. His slanted golden eyes shimmered as he smiled. "Let me go. I must find her."

Toya froze part of him to keep him in place. "You can't. You'll only ruin it for us."

Kurama broke free from the ice. Hiei struggled to keep him there. Yusuke and Kuwabara joined in on stopping him.

"You won't be able to get her, she'll hide," Suzuki tried to distract him.

Kurama laughed. "Didn't you hear? She's tired of running. She'll be easy to catch and then-"

"We will not allow you to do anything you may want to her," Chu barreled in and helped kept him there. "She's too important. She's our friend."

Just then as they struggled to keep him in the room, the shaking stopped. Her presence was undetected. Her wish had been granted and she transformed back into her human disguise.

Magnos smiled. "I am happy to grant the wish of the alluring Hoshimi."

Hoshimi rejoiced. "Thank you!" She kissed him on the cheek.

"To have been blessed with a kiss," Magnos flushed.

"Now no one can find me or use me for their selfish purposes by any means and my skills can only be passed through by children," Hoshimi twirled. "I am no longer burdened with wanting to run and hide. I won't have other demons be put in danger because of me. I feel free. Thank you Magnos."

"It will always be my pleasure," he nodded. "Now show me some of your famous hidden homes." Hoshimi explained to him where to take them next.

Kurama and the other demons could no longer feel her presence.

"She's gone," Rinku spoke first.

"Good, she'll be safer that way," Shishi watched as Kurama forced himself to regain composure.

Jin, Suzuki, Shishi, Chu, Rinku, and Toya waved goodbye to the group as they stayed on the island to figure things out for now. Koenma and Botan disappeared to travel back to the Spirit World. The group headed back home to rest before they go back to training. The three brothers had decided to finally go back to the demon realm. It was time to meet up with their family and tell them the news of their failure to catch Hoshimi and the death of their sister Takara.

Genkai headed back to her temple and forests for the time being. Yukina had been staying at the Kuwabara's and Shizura was watching over her. Kuwabara went back to the university prep school to keep up his grades to get into a university. Kurama had went back to home he had been renting, waiting for Hoshimi to come back. Hiei left back to the Demon World to keep training. Keiko headed back to school to study for her practice exams. Yusuke decided to visit his mom for the time being.

It had been a couple months, everything was back to a scheduled regiment. Team Urameshi would visit Genkai when they could. Hiei would travel to the human world to visit Yukina and the rest.

At Genkai's temple, she was listening to the arguments between Yusuke and Kuwabara. The two were arguing about what wrestler was better. Hiei was in a tree taking a nap while Kurama was sitting against the wall reading a book. The group could not feel a presence but could hear the soft footsteps of someone approaching. They all turned their eyes to the direction it was coming from. They waited for whoever it was to come into view.

"What are we looking at?" Hoshimi asked all of them. She was behind Genkai and the rest in her human form. Yusuke and Kuwabara dropped onto the floor for being so surprised. Hiei widened his eyes before chuckling. Genkai gave her a sweet smile while Kurama closed the book. Hoshimi was dressed in a Hanfu with light colors. She was holding a white parasol. Hoshimi let out a giggle. "Don't be so startled, I tried to warn you with my feet on the gravel."

"What took you so long?" Genkai asked.

"Yeah, and how did you know we were here?" Kuwabara got up while pushing Yusuke down.

"Like she would go back to the island when the tournament was obviously over," Hiei closed his eyes and got comfortable again. "You're still an airhead as ever."

"What was that?" Kuwabara shook his fist.

"Oh now, now," Hoshimi sat on ledge next to them. Genkai came over to her. "It took me so long, because I had to redo my traps for Magnos. He's enjoying my tenth favorite home."

"Tenth?!" Yusuke brushed himself off. "How many homes do you have?"

"Twenty," Hoshimi closed her parasol. "And those are just the bigger homes. I have several smaller ones around the Demon world."

"So the one we are in; what number was that?" Kurama asked.

"That was the twentieth favorite," Hoshimi answered. "It was the closest and the easiest. But I am happy that Magnos is enjoying solidarity. He had horrible hiding spots. No wonder the bounty hunters found him. Oh, Shuichi, my apologies for just leaving you to take care of the plants." She looked over to him.

"You need not to worry," Kurama shook his head. "They were not much trouble."

"Wait, you two are living together," Yusuke didn't understand. "Since when?"

"For a while now," Hiei teased. "If you actually thought about others you would know."

Kurama closed his eyes. "I can't live with my family forever." Kurama defended the two of them.

"It still look you a long time to come back," Genkai wanted to know what had happened to her. "Was there a problem with the arrangement?" The group looked between Genkai and Hoshimi.

"I have placed it in your room," Hoshimi confirmed. "There was no problem. I made sure it looked exactly like the one you use to wear."

Hiei and Kurama figured out what they were talking about. Genkai had asked Hoshimi to get a replica outfit made of one from her younger years when she was with Younger Toguro. Even though Genkai became a master, she wanted to be sent to the Spirit World in that outfit.

"I hope it is to your liking, it was all from memory," Hoshimi hoped it was.

Genkai closed her eyes. "It will be."

"Oh, speaking of the past, whatever happened to Elder Toguro?" Hoshimi wondered. "I never got a chance to ask Koenma."

"He's in his own personal Hell," Yusuke answered. "All thanks to Shuichi."

Shuichi waved his hand. "It would be thanks to the Sinning Tree. That was the only way to keep him from causing harm."

Hoshimi blinked a couple times. "He is incapacitated. That's a relief. I heard he had become a demon with immortality and could change shape at will. Okay. How about Rando?"

"Yusuke defeated him," Kuwabara spoke. "He tried to become Genkai's disciple but Yusuke beat him in the end only due to the help from me."

"Hey, who was about to die?" Yusuke teased him.

"Really?" Hoshimi was getting interested. "Alright, what about Suzaku and the rest of the Saint Beasts?"

"We took them all down," Yusuke stretched. "Man, just thinking about it, we beat up lots of demons."

"Hell yeah we did!" Kuwabara smiled.

"How did you get mixed up with raccoon demons?" Yusuke wondered out loud.

"Yeah, we felt your power when you transformed back the island, you could have wiped them all out," Kuwabara added.

"The Demon barrier separating the worlds at the time held me up," Hoshimi explained to them. "I was being pursued that I could not find a weakness quick enough. I had to go with this form. I usually stay in the other form, but it wasn't weak enough for me to pass through, that's how this form came about, but it wasn't weak enough either. I had to lower everything I had to sneak through. Once across I kept running, but it was more of just traveling around the whole world. In this form, like my demon form, I do not age quickly once hitting my prime. I decided to come back to the place I came out of when I heard from other demons about a strange hole that had humans baiting demons. I was curious about this and decided to go find these humans. I went in by this human form only to find a horrible site of demons being tortured by these humans. There was a raccoon demon, Takara, who was struggling in the chains. The three brothers were all locked up in another area. I remembered them, they were ones who were after me. I spoke to her since she was the only one conscious enough to speak. She told me everything about this foul scene and how she followed her brothers to save them. I started breaking free of cages with her brothers first as she had begged me to. The humans had other demons to be their guards. They had sensed what I was doing and-and called the humans. I couldn't get her to her in time. I couldn't save Takara." Hoshimi gripped her dress. She knew what it was like to lose family and those close around her. "After saving most of the demons as I could, I stayed with the three to get them back on their feet. I started the florist shop but haven't left. I made a promise to Takara to avenge her and stop them from continuing on. When word came out that Kurama was still alive, that also kept me from leaving. It's hard to keep up appearances when you don't age the same. I stayed with them until I finally decided that I would stop running and face my guilt and fulfill my promise. Enough about me. Tell me your stories. I want to know Team Urameshi." It was a somber story for all of them. Genkai had filled them in about how the Black Book Club had gotten their demons and that Sayko was the one who was creator of that blood bath.

Yusuke and Kuwabara started to tell her how everything came about. Kurama and Hiei interjected when they could. Genkai added her comments when necessary. It was entertaining for Hoshimi. She enjoyed their company. The group's conversation headed towards the next Demon King Tournament. They were only a few weeks away. She was interested in going.

Genkai expressed her good luck wishes to them as they headed off to the Demon World. She would have liked to be there but the miasma would degrade her breathing. Hoshimi had hooked up her television to get the Demon World and Spirit World Broadcasts. The human world had gotten some channels but not all.