"Hiei, you should join me in greeting Yusuke and Keiko new child." Kurama suggests to his friend that sat on the roof of Genkai's temple. Kurama was already headed there and thought that Yusuke and Keiko would appreciate the gesture.

"Why should I go out of my way to see a screaming monster?"

"Because that screaming monster may one day join Yusuke at the head of Tuorin." Kurama knew nothing else would need to be said. Hiei would have eventually come around for his friend or even look after Kiyo, but it would take incentive for the first visit.

"Hn," Hiei grunts before hopping down from the roof to join Kurama in meeting yusuke with Kiyo at the hospital.

"It's her," Hiei gasps looking at the pink bundle in Yusuke's arms. Hiei obviously saw the child's eyes were the same brown as it's mother but this light or something about them screamed out to Hiei in the same way those bright green eyes of the human woman Mindy's had two years ago when he met her.

"Well yeah it's a girl," Yusuke retorts looking back at his one week old baby girl who looked like a spitting image of Keiko expect for his black hair and her slight demonic spirit energy. She was going to be a lively one despite how soundly she behaved. He had expected a screaming pooping machine not this quiet angel he was given.

"I don't believe that's what Hiei ment," Kurama adds trying to get to the real point at hand.

"It's Mindy's soul."

"But when we die-at least most of us- we go to the spirit world and get sentenced to one of the path things. You guys know this as well as I do." For once the detective had a valid point and made sense which not only frightened Hiei a little but made him question his sanity a little, yet he still knew it was her.

"There are many religions and even some demons that believe in reincarnation, but as far as I can tell nothing of concrete. It is rumors more than anything and a sense of deja vu." Kurama never believed much in old folklore, but his friend wasn't crazy, there was an odd sense of familiarity about the child. Yusuke and Keiko would never sense it the way they do as a father and mother always holds a deep connections with their child.

"Yeah well Mindy died the week after our marriage and it's not like any of you really knew her so I doubt my child is some reincarnation of a bad mouthing bisexual American."

.:: 18 years later 2008::.

Kiyo Urameshi bounced down the stairs with her luggage and phone in hand dressed in a simple pair of blue jeans and a plain black t shirt. She was excited to finally be off on her on as she went away for college. She loved her parents dearly but they could be suffocating with all their weird rules. She knew she could see ghosts and weird things sometimes just like uncle and aunty Kuwabara, but even then the rules seemed excessive, especially when her dad went away. Her dad always felt Kiyo should have more freedom and it's not like they didn't train her how to defend herself, but were all the extra bizarre rules really necessary? All she wanted to do was stretch her legs a little, but her parents seemed terrified by the idea like something bad would happen. Just to go away for school she had to fight them only to come to a compromise that she would stay with Uncle Hiei. Not that Kiyo minded that agreement.

"Do you have everything?" Keiko asked for what felt like the hundredth time to everyone else, but they all knew it came from a well meaning place. The years hadn't been as kind to her and the humans of the rag tag team of friends. At almost age 50 greying and wrinkles have started forming more prominently on them. Yusuke peaked at age 25 and hasn't aged a bit since then. Hiei is the same as ever if not a bit taller, though not by much standing at 4'10" now. Kurama, choosing to keep his human body until his brother joins his mother and stepfather in the afterlife, looks as weathered as the others but his soul and demon self are as unchanged as the day he took human form.

"I have the sword Hiei gave me along with pepper spray in case Hiei isn't home for some reason and something happens. 'Always use pepper spray unless the person feels off'," Kiyo repeats the phrase her mother always tells her before her mother could. "I also have most of my closest, my bedding, my laptop, and my toiletries. I'll be fine Mom, Hiei won't let anything happen to me and I don't think there's anything out their big enough and bad enough that Hiei can't handle." Kiyo smiles before quickly hugging her parents and heading out the door.

"You better call us you brat!" Yusuke shouts after his daughter. He knew Hiei would protect her with his life, those two have always had a special connection and Yusuke hasn't seen Hiei care about anyone the way he does Kiyo outside of Yukina.

Kiyo arrives at the two bedroom apartment only to find Hiei waiting for her when she pulled up. She smiles to herself as her favorite person in the whole world stands there waiting for her with his hands shoved in his pockets. Kiyo quickly parks the car and opens the door, she doesn't bother with her luggage or even pulling the keys out of the ignition all that mattered was greeting Hiei.

"Hiei," Kiyo shouts as she throws her arms around him in a hug. Quirking his lips up a bit Hiei resigns himself to the hug. He will never admit it, not even to himself, but he actually enjoyed these hugs. It wasn't the act of the hug but rather what it meant. Hugs in this culture was a sign of immense affection, but as far as Hiei was concerned it meant that his little hanyo was safe in his arms and unharmed as he breathed her scent in deeply as reassurance that she was ok. It was stupid to Hiei that such an insignificant creature could ever matter so much to him, but she did because she was his insignificant creature.

"Grab your belongings," Hiei orders Kiyo pushing her off of him.

"Oh, yeah," Kiyo let's go of Hiei and quickly grabs her car keys out of the car to begin unpacking. She never asked Hiei to help her with her things not even as she climbed 3 flights of stairs with boxes stacked taller than her. She didn't complain once or gave dirty glares. She knew if she asked Hiei would help her, he wasn't a complete ass holes after all, but he wouldn't lift a finger until then.

"How are you ever going to defend yourself if you can't at least do these push ups? I love you sweety but you're stronger than this. You're a Urameshi! Make that mean something!"

Her childhood probably wasn't orthodox but it made her stronger and independent. A significant other was there to aid not to carry as her mother always said.

Once everything was unpacked Kiyo went to the living room and picked up the phone book that came with the apartment. Smart phones with Internet connections was somewhat of a thing now but Kiyo family wasn't exactly rolling in money.

"Are you in the mood for anything in particular? I don't feel like cooking and it's not like we have any food here yet. I figure we can just order take out." Kiyo walks over to where Hiei was sitting on the floor. There was scarcely any furniture. Both of them had a bed, appliances that came with the apartment, and then a table for them to sit at. It wasn't much but the bed and table was part of her graduation presents from her family as for where Hiei got his stuff no one had a clue.

"Get whatever you want," Hiei grunts out to Kiyo. Kiyo nods her head before calling and ordering food then heading out to get pick it up in the thought that she would get there around the time when the restaurant was done cooking their food.

While Kiyo was left to walk several blocks on her own Hiei keeps a mental eye on her. She had lived her life without constant watch, she should be fine on her own for an hour.

Kiyo hums lightly to herself. Things were good. She was on her own, mostly, and was starting her life. As far as Kiyo was considered nothing could damper this day.

Crossing the street so wrapped up in this happy day she never realized the car driving too wrapped up in their conversation on the phone. Neither one would notice the other until it was too late.

"How could you not tell me! That's my daughter, after everything I have done for you and the spirit world you couldn't even tell me when my daughter is going to die? You and everyone here has helped us raise her! You've watched her since the day she was born!" Yusuke yelled at Keonma in blind rage. Less than an hour ago Botan, heavily crying, informed Yusuke and Keiko that their daughter was ran over by a car. No one took the news well.

"I was unaware of her death until it happened. I have no control over death." Yusuke never expected that perhaps Keonma would be hurt by Kiyo death. Kiyo has known him since she was born, but human lives are extremely short and Kiyo is only 18. Just a baby, though no one could tell her that.

"How could you not know she was scheduled to die?" Yusuke was still yelling.

"As hard as it is to believe Kiyo wasn't even scheduled to be born."

"What are you saying?" Yusuke's voice drops with disbelief. His little Kiyo, his little baby angel was never meant to live. How could that be?

"Everyone born is written in a book of souls, but Kiyo isn't among that list. Her soul isn't even able to be found. It's as if she was never born."

"The book must be wrong!" Yusuke raised his voice again not wanting to believe what Keonma was saying.

"The book is never wrong. Your friend Mindy had the same phenomenon. With no record of these people outside of fairy tales it is difficult to track other occurrences or even beginning researching the cause. I've tried asking my father, but as expected he refuses to tell us anything." Uncertain as to what Keonma could even say that would change anything, the two just stared on at each other. It wasn't like Keonma wanted to hurt Yusuke who as much as anyone among the Urameshi group was family to him, he just wasn't sure what else he could possibly say to the man that stood before him now. He had no explanation for what happened, but he couldn't let Yusuke go on thinking that he was abandoned by his friend.

"I'm sorry Urameshi."