"Im..sorry, but I don't believe I can be of any service" Kurama finally replied. Before Cheza could respond Kurama spoke again, "If you don't mind me asking, why are you trying to find him..I believe he died ages ago" . "Suppose..he is alive…where do you think I could find him?" she asked avoiding his question. Kurama was very curious at this point, why was she trying to find him? How did she even know of his existence? "Its hard to say…tell me..why are you trying to find him?" Cheza knew she couldn't avoid the question, "A friend of his needs his help" her answer was very vague, Kurama hadn't a clue as to who she could possibly be talking about. "A friend?" he said raising his eyebrow. Cheza was trying to get him to talk, she figured eating away at his curiosity would get him to admit he knew more than he was letting on. "He told me Yoko Kurama is the only one that knows how to bring him back". Kurama rummaged through his memories, who could she possibly be talking about? How could he be able to bring someone back? Back to life?back..back from where! "Hey Cheza!" the two looked up to see Kuwabara running towards them with a big goofy grin. "My Yukina is having a sleepover tonight, she wanted to know if you wanted to join her and the girls!" Cheza blinked, "whos..Yukina?" "Only the sweetest, prettiest girl in the whole wide world! Shes MY girlfriend!" Out of nowhere the crimson eyed guy Cheza had come to know as Hiei appeard, "tell me how does it feel to live in a constant haze of stupidity" . A startled Kuwabara jumped, "I hate it when you do that!" Hiei glared at him, "baka"

"SHUTUP HIEI!Anywho..Boton..Yukina..and Keiko will be there! " Before Cheza could accept…or not accept Kuwabara pulled her forward, "Come on! My sweet is waiting!" Cheza could see Hiei clinch his fist..he looked pissed off…well..more pissed off than usual. "WOOF WOOF WOOF!" Alice got to her feet running after Kuwabara and Cheza who were now walking down the road. Hiei stared over at Kurama, "Do you have any idea what that baka ningen was talking about?" Kurama had sensed Hiei not to far away, he figured he had been listening in on their conversation. "I haven't the faintest idea…"

Alice began panting heavily, the three had been walking for at least 20 minutes up a pair of never ending stairs. Cheza looked up at the night sky, there was a full moon out. If demons were real, were werewolves?..ghosts?…all the magical creatures she had read about as a child? Her thoughts were interrupted ,"Genkai is away on business, but this is her place" Kuwabara said as the three finally made it to the top of the stairs.

(5 minutes later)

Kuwabara shut the door after Cheza and Alice had entered, "Yukina! My love!" Cheza heard the sound of footsteps, and her gaze fell upon a pair of familiar crimson orbs. Cheza figured Yukina must be Hiei's sister, which explained why he was pissed when Kuwabara introduced her as his girlfriend."Hello there, you must be Cheza! Nice to meet you!" the girl said smiling sweetly."This is Yukina!" Kuwbara said enthusiastically. Yukina bent over petting Alice, "hello there…aren't you adorable!" Alice wagged her tail excitedly, "Woof!" more footsteps were heard , Kieko and a blue haired woman appeard. "Hey Cheza!" Keiko said with a smile. Cheza watched the blue haired women gasp"I love your eyes their so pretty! ". "This is Boton" Keiko said. "Nice to meet you!" the bubbly blue haired women chirped. Cheza smiled"Nice to meet you to"

Kurama tossed and turned in his bed, he just couldn't sleep. He couldn't get his mind off of Cheza. He replayed their conversation over and over in his head, but he just couldn't figure out what "friend" she had been talking about. He sighed heavily his eyes closed shut, a million thoughts racing through his mind. About 20 minutes had passed, Kurama's mind had wandered off to the other day when he had swore he had sense Kuronue's spirit energy. Old memories flooded his mind, he thought back to that heart wrenching scene…Kuronue's death. Why did he have to go back for that stupid pendant!

His eyes snapped open, it finally hit him ,Kuronues pendant! He once again replayed his conversation with Cheza, "He told me Yoko Kurama is the only one that knows how to bring him back" she had found Kuronue's pendant! He remembered going back the next day to where he had last seen his fallen comrade, he searched everywhere for that pendant..but he hadn't found it anywhere. Kurama quickly got out of bed, grabbing a pair of pants and a shirt.

It was about 3 in the morning when Kurama finally made it to Genkai's temple. He knocked on the door, and awaited for someone to answer. A few seconds passed and the sound of footsteps approaching the door could be heard. A sleepy looking Kuwabara appeared, "Kurama? What are you doin here?" "I need to speak with Cheza!" he replied. "Your to late" Kurama spun around to see Hiei covered in blood,cuts and bruises seemingly occupying nearly ever square inch of his body. "Hiei!" Kurama ran over to him, but Hiei shoved him back. "Im fine fox, the ningen has been taken" Hiei spit blood out of his mouth, " An S class demon has escaped with her to the Makai"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~20 minutes earlier~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

Cheza yawned as she walked outside, Alice had been wining at the door wanting out. Her eyes followed Alice as she pranced around sniffing at everything she saw. She turned at the sound of leaves crunching off in the distance, but saw nothing. She sighed and turned back around to see Alice's eyes fixated on something behind her. Before she could turn she felt someone push her to the ground, the sound of metal clanking together filled her ears. She quickly got to her feet to see Hiei. He looked at her for a second before turning his attention back to an extremely tall guy in all black. Cheza could tell this guy was no human, his features were human…except for his eyes. Those eyes struck fear in her heart, they looked so cold..lifeless. There was no white in his eyes..they were pure black. She watched as their swords clashed again, they were moving so fast she couldn't even keep track of where they were. Cheza waited in silence for what felt like hours..finally, her eyes caught site of Hiei. Blood was flowing down the side of his face, he was breathing heavily. Out of nowhere the strange demon man appeared slamming Hiei into a tree. A second later the demon was behind Cheza. " I believe you have something I want" the demon whispered in her ear. His voice sent chills down her spine. "Later Koorime" Hiei forced himself to get up, leaning on his sword for support. He growled in frustration, the demon was too strong for him. He himself was an A class, no doubt one of the strongest..but this demon…he was an S class..the most powerful of all. A portal appeared and the demon man grabbed onto Cheza's arm pulling her through. In an instant the portal was gone and the faint sound of crickets chirping was all that was heard. Alice's ears flattened and she began to wine. She ran over to Hiei who collapsed on the ground and nudged him. There was no response, a few minutes later she sat down beside him and waited for him to awake.

Yusuke awoke to someone continuously knocking at his door. He looked up at the clock, it was 4 in the morning. He groaned, forcing himself to get out of bed. He opened the door to see Kurama , "Yusuke! a demon has taken Cheza! Yusuke yawned, "let me go put some pants on and we'll go see if binki-breath knows how to find her" "Theres no time!" Kurama replied, grabbing Yusukes arm and yanking him through a portal. The two appeared in Koenma's office. Boton and Kuwabara were standing in front of the spirit rulers desk with worried expressions plastered on their faces. Koenma's serious expression vanished as his eyes fell upon Yusuke. He began to laugh hysterically, "Nice tidey whities Yusuke!" "SHUT UP Keiko picked these out! " Yusuke retorted. Yusuke had on a pair of pink boxers with hearts all over them. "We need to find Cheza now!" Kurama interjected. Koenma abruptly quit laughing, "Im.. working on it Kurama..all we can do now is wait" "Well work harder!" Kurama growled, his eyes flickering gold. Yusuke looked at him with a puzzled expression, "Jeese Kurama, you have a crush on this girl or something?" Kurama glared at him, "You don't want to get on my bad side Yusuke"

He was NOT going to let Kuronue down this time, he would do everything in his power to bring his old friend back!