Thank you AnimeGmr101 and Katara Melody Cullen for your reviews! I started this chapter out back in Cheza's time so you can see how Kurama has taken Cheza's sudden disappearance!
Two months after Cheza's Dissapearance (back in Cheza's time)
"Mr. Hiei? Have you spoken to Kurama recently? I've been very worried about him." Hiei stood leaning against the wooden railing of the porch that wrapped
around Genkai's temple, while Yukina sat waiting patiently for his response. Truth be told Kurama had not contacted him in over a month nor had he contacted
anyone else that he was aware of. Every week or so he would go spy on the fox, he too was worried about Kurama. Hiei had quickly realized his friend's
mental state was quite unstable at the moment. The fox had withdrawn himself from not only his friends, but from his human mother as well. The fact that he
had up and left his mother's home without a word was quite unsettling. No doubt his mother was worried sick about him and yet Kurama didn't appear to care
at all. Hiei had attempted to gain entrance into Kurama's mind in attempt to see what was going on in that head of his, but Kurama had shoved him out with
such force he had a migraine for hours!
The fire demon had taken it upon himself to contact Keiko and talk (really threaten) her into calling Kurama's mother and making up some story to cover up his
sudden disappearance. When Keiko mentioned how sweet it was for him to go out of his way to help the fox, he threatened to kill her if she spoke a word
about it to anyone. Keiko of course knew he would never follow through with such a threat and instead found it amusing.
" You needn't worry about Kurama." Hiei finally replied. The sound of nails clicking against the ground echoed around them and the two turned to see Alice in
the doorway. The husky had not been acting like herself either. Alice made no attempt to acknowledge either one of them as she trotted out the door and sat
down beside Yukina. "Mr. Hiei, would you please do me a favor?" Hiei's red eyes locked onto Yukina's, "What is it?" Hiei couldn't deny that he was curious what
she wanted from him. "Could you please go check on him, no one has heard from him in quite some time. " Hiei remained silent once more before nodding his
head, soon disappearing in a blur leaving behind Yukina and Alice.
"That stubborn ass might not show it, but he cares about Kurama and no doubt has he been keeping an eye on him this whole time." Yukina turned in time to
see Genkai taking a seat beside her and Alice. "You think so?" Genkai nodded, "hmp! I know so."
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Hiei frowned, he couldn't locate the fox anywhere. Hiei knew if Kurama did not want to be found, he wouldn't be. "You won't find him here." Hiei quickly spun
around, having not sensed the owner of the voice approaching. Hiei quickly relaxed when he realized who it was. "I take it you know where he is then, bat"
Kuronue crossed his arms, " He is no longer in human world. "
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Youko's golden eyes settled on a hot spring in front of him, his muscles ached and his mind remained in turmoil. Leading Youko to come to the conclusion he
needed to relax. The fox had taken over Shuichi's body in attempt to gain control over him. Shuichi was not in his right state of mind, he needed his demon half
more than ever right now and Youko would not fail to be there for him. Youko sighed as he entered the water, closing his eyes his muscles instantly relaxed. He
frowned when his human half began to yell in his head, stating there was no time for a break and that he needed to keep looking for Cheza. Youko put up a
barrier to keep Shuichi's voice out of his head. Did Shuichi think he did not care about Cheza? Of course he did! Even more so now that she was carrying his
offspring! He had been looking everywhere for Cheza since the night she disappeared, he even went so far as to threaten to kill Koenma if he didn't do
everything in his power to find her. What more could he do besides continuing to aimlessly look for her. Youko feared they would not find their beloved Cheza
alive, he did not even want to think about how mentally damaging such a thing would be for his human half. Yes, Youko cared deeply for the girl and would be
extremely upset if he found out she was dead, but he would be able to keep his emotions under control unlike Shuichi. Indeed Shuichi had almost as much
control over his emotions as the fox himself, but when it came to Cheza or his human mother he lost that control at times.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\back to the future!/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
" I'm coming to! I don't care what you say!" Daisuke practically screamed at his father. Youko frowned, "It is much too dangerous, I need you to stay here and
protect Stella and the others." Daisuke frowned as he unclenched his fist, "Fine…" he grumbled. Yukina smiled while holding both Taya and Stella's hands,
"Please be careful you two, we will be here waiting for you when you return." Hiei nodded. The two made their way to the pair of wooden doors leading to the
castle's main exit. As the exited they took site of the massive army before them. Awaiting their every command was not only Mukuro's men but also Yusuke's.
The two had combined forces in order to attempt to bring down Sinister and his wicked army. "You guys ready?" Yusuke asked while approaching the two ,
Kuronue by his side. Cracking his knuckles he glanced between Youko and Hiei, who nodded in response.
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"Daisuke! You can't!" Daisuke pushed Stella back in an attempt to get her to release her hold on his shirt. "What does it matter Stella? If mom dies we are all
dead anyways!" Stella's eyes began to water, "Please don't go, I love you too much to risk losing you to" Daisuke's glare faltered for a moment at her words,"
I'm doing what I have to do, don't even dare try to follow me!" With that being said he quickly disappeared in a silver blur leaving his sister in tears.
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Cheza screamed and kicked and shouted as various doctors and nurses poked and prodded her. Some were drawing her blood while others were performing
various tests on her. "I want you to find out why her pregnancy has advanced so much farther than it should have." Sinister had said.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Two days later/\/\/\/\/\\/\/\/\/\/\
"What is this?" Sinister asked while looking at the ogre doctor in front of him. In his hand was a glass filled with a purple liquid, Cheza knew right away it was
the same liquid she had been injected with. "This is what is speeding up her pregnancy and nearly killing her in the process." Sinister snatched the glass out of
the doctor's hand, " A slow painful death sounds more appealing to me then instant death, lets keep our little Cheza alive for as long as possible." Sinister
turned his attention to Cheza who lay on her back, coming in and out of consciousness. "It seems your mate is quite angry with me, he has sent an entire army
after me." The door to the room they were in opened revealing a rather antsy guard, "They've advanced much farther than we thought! They will be here in a
matter of hours' sir!" Sinister grinned, "Is that so?" Taking one more look at Cheza, Sinister walked towards the door, "Keep a close eye on her." The doctor
nodded, "Wait..sir" Sinister noticed the doctor was looking at the glass of purple liquid in his hand, " You want this back I presume?" The doctor nodded.
"Catch!" The doctor barely caught the glass in time as Sinister exited the room along with the guard.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ A few hours later/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
The strong scent of blood flooded Hiei's senses, giving him such a rush he could barely contain himself. The fire demon had gone on a killing spree, killing
hundreds of demons under Sinister's command. Hiei looked to his right catching site of Kuronue hacking away with his scythes and Yusuke taking out hundreds
of demons at once with his spirit gun. He could not find Kurama though, Hiei knew he must have slipped into the castle by now. No doubt the fox was going
after Sinister. Hiei sliced another demon's head off with his sword before plowing forward, he couldn't let Kurama fight Sinister alone.
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Kurama stood with his back against one of the castle walls, remaining silent as possible as three guards passed by. When they had disappeared around the
corner he continued his journey forward, he could sense Sinister's spirit energy radiating from higher up within the castle. Making his way up a set of winding
stairs, he soon came face to face with the demon who had taken Cheza in the first place.
" This is as far as you will go Youko, Kurama." Youko said not a word, instantly pulling a seed from his hair he released his infamous rose whip. "Who are you?"
"My name is Shadou" came the demon's reply. Youko lunged forward as the demon now known as Shadou unsheathed his sword. Swirls of purple began to
circulate around the blade.
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After hearing the sound of an explosion nearby, Cheza had been anxiously trying to free herself from the bed she was now strapped to. She knew Youko was
here and no doubt nearby by the sound of the explosion she had heard.
She stopped attempting her escape when one of the doctors from earlier, a purple ogre, approached her. " Please sit still human, you're only harming yourself
and the little humans growing inside you." Cheza glared daggers at the ogre, "Let me go!, Sinister doesn't give a damn about you! Why are you even taking
orders from him!?" The ogre frowned, she was shocked with his reply. "Sinister killed my entire family…my wife..my three children..and then he enslaved me and
forced me to work as a doctor here in his castle. I hated myself for being a coward and never taking action for what he did to me and my family, but what could
I do? I'm no match for him. Now…now there is something I can do." Cheza watched as the demon removed the restraints from her then walked out of the
room. She sat up, confused as to what this doctor was up to. The ogre returned only moments later with a glass bottle filled with a familiar purple liquid. "This
here Cheza will change EVERYTHING." A popping noise flooded her ears as the demon removed the corkscrew securing the liquid inside. "I have made my own
concoction, one that will not do near as much harm to you. You must be prepared when you drink this, for only 20 minutes after ingesting this you will give birth
and it will be the worst pain you've ever felt in your entire human existence." Cheza was stunned at the ogres words, why would this demon ever help her!?
"Why are you doing this for me?" Cheza asked suspiciously. The ogre smiled, "I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for me and my family. Once you give
birth and return to your time, everything that has happened will have yet to happen. My wife and children will still be alive and I will have the opportunity to
rewrite this hell I call a future." The sound of footsteps approaching made the ogre jump and he quickly placed the cork back in the bottle and hid it beneath
her bed. Afterwards he approached Cheza and placed the restraints back on just as Sinister opened the door.
"Master Sinister, so good to see you." Came the ogres greeting. Sinister spared him one glance before approaching Cheza, ignoring the vengeful doctor
completely. "You're mate is fighting Shadou as we speak, I have a sneaking suspicion Shadou will lose. Oh well, that just means he will have to get pass me to
get to you, a task that will be nearly impossible." Sinister began to laugh, but stopped abruptly as a horrible scream reached the three. Sinister frowned, "It
appears my suspicion was correct, though I didn't think he would defeat Shadou so soon." Sinister turned facing the door, his body began to morph into a
mixture of his human appearance and his demon one. His nails grew considerably longer and dagger like while his body grew nearly 10 times larger. His face
began to elongate and take on more of the t-rex like appearance she had seen a few days before. "If the fox somehow manages to make it past me…kill the
girl." Sinister said darkly while eyeing the ogre doctor. " " he stuttered as Sinister exited the room. The ogre took no time to act and quickly ran to Cheza's side,
undoing the restraints once more. "We must act fast and find a way to return you to your world." Cheza nodded as the ogre bent down, retrieving the bottle
filled with purple liquid from its hiding spot.
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The sound of someone clapping caused Youko's ears to twitch, he looked up catching site of the demon he dreamed of dismembering limb by limb.
"Congratulations King of Thieves, I underestimated you. You defeated my highest ranking commander much faster than I anticipated." Youko's eyes darkened,
"Where's Cheza?" Sinister slowly began to walk forward, "Don't worry, she is still alive..for now."
Swiftly Youko pulled a seed from his hair and got into his fighting stance. "Let us begin." Sinister remarked, he too entering a fighting stance. A thorny vine
began to wrap itself around Kurama's arm, the end soon morphed into a razor sharp blade( binding fist of the demonic vine). The two lunged forward, Kurama
successfully slicing into Sinister's stomach. Sinister growled in anger, lunging forward once more. This time Sinister won the exchange, earning Youko a deep
gash on his left side.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/20 minutes later/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
A silver blur passed by two guards patrolling Sinister's castle. Every other guard had gone to fight against Yusuke and Mukuro's army, making it much easier to
gain entrance into the castle. "What was that!?" " Who the hell knows, come on let's get moving." "I don't see why we have to be stuck patrolling the castle. I
want to join in on the action!" the other guard exclaimed while looking out at the massive battle a distance away. "You should be glad you're not out there, it
would mean certain death." Came the other guards reply. Little did the guards know the silver blur they had seen was none other than Daisuke.
Daisuke cautiously made his way deeper into the castle. The smell of Youko's blood filled his senses and he quickly followed the scent up a flight of stairs. It
didn't take him long to find his father who was currently still battling it out with Sinister. It also didn't take him long to catch the scent of Cheza nearby. Hidden
behind a stone pillar, Daisuke peeked out from behind it watching his father's battle unfold. He was battered and bloody, but not yet down for the count.
Sinister looked to be in much better shape, but he too had suffered a large amount of damage. Daisuke's eyes widened as Youko's golden eyes looked directly
in his direction. Sinister took notice and he too looked over. "What's this? Another silver fox?" Sinister grinned as he turned his attention to Youko, "This must
be your son. No doubt he has come to rescue Cheza." Daisuke darted forward while Sinister's attention was turned to Youko. He quickly found his way to a
wooden door at the end of a long hallway, behind this door was his mother..he could sense her spirit energy. Sinister's grin grew wider, " I don't think so kid."
A ball of energy formed in Sinister's hand, Youko expected he was going to attack Daisuke but instead he threw the ball at him. Youko dodged with ease but
was taken aback when four orange see through walls surrounded him. "Don't go anywhere now, we shall continue this after I kill your son." Sinister remarked
before running off in the direction Daisuke had gone. Youko threw a haymaker at the wall, but it was no use. The barrier Sinister had put up was much too
powerful for even him to break through.
/\/\/\/\meanwhile…/\/\/\/\/\/\
Both Chez and the ogre doctor jumped as the door to the room they were in suddenly burst open. Fear flooded Cheza, had Sinister killed Youko!? Cheza's
fears came to rest as a silver blur shot forward towards her, Youko had made it. Cheza stiffened as she realized it was not Youko who had entered the room, it
was her son. Daisuke glanced between her and the doctor who was currently injecting her with some strange purple liquid, "Mother we don't have much time
he'll be here any second!" The ogre cursed as he pulled out the needle in Cheza's arm. "I was able to open up a portal to take Cheza back to her time, it is
located at the very top of the castle, you must take her there as fast as you can!" Daisuke nodded and picked Cheza up in a blink of an eye. Seconds after they
had taken off, Sinister had entered the room. His eyes narrowed as he locked onto the shaking ogre who was still holding the needle he had injected Cheza
with. Sinister looked down at it then back up at the ogre, "You think you can betray me and get away with it? I will slice your head off for this just like I did to
your little boy." Upon hearing Sinister's words, the ogre stopped shaking. Anger had taken over where his fear had left off, "You bastard! You think you can get
away with destroying my life!? My family!?" Retrieving a surgical knife from nearby the ogre ran forward towards Sinister. He managed to embed the knife in
Sinister's abdomen before succumbing to death.
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Daisuke set Cheza down after finally reaching the top of the castle. Looking down below, Daisuke took site of the massive battle going on below them. Just like
the ogre had said, a swirly blue portal was indeed there. The portal was not on solid ground though, Cheza would have to jump off of the castle and into the
portal much to her disliking. "Mother you must hurry, we don't have time. Jump! Now!" Cheza nodded before hesitantly climbing up onto the stone castle railing.
Cheza began to shake as she looked down, taking note of just how high up she really was. "NO!" Daisuke screamed. Cheza turned her head just in time to
see a ball of energy coming right at her. It did not hit her though, someone had blocked it. Horrified Cheza watched as her son fell to the ground, a bloody hole
now in his stomach. Tears flooded her eyes, she quickly turned her head back to the portal. She had no time to contemplate she had to jump right then and
Sinister could react she leapt from the castle roof, disappearing through the portal. Sinister ran after her and he too jumped off, but the portal disappeared
before he could make it through in time.
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After slicing clean through another demon's head, something caught Hiei's attention. Someone was falling rapidly down from the castle towards them. Was it
the fox? Cheza?" The earth shook once the body finally made contact with land, and in a black blur Hiei approached the body that now lay still, it was neither
Youko or Cheza…it was Sinister's mangled body.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Back to Cheza's time once again!/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Yukina sat quietly sipping tea on the back porch when two figures appeared off in the distance. On closer inspection the ice maiden was able to make out the
two figures as Kuronue and Hiei. A smile graced her lips and she stood up waving her hand at the duo. Once they approached Yukina was quick to ask Hiei if
Kurama was okay and how he was doing. He then proceeded to inform her of Kurama's brash trip to demon world and how they were leaving soon to find him.
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Cheza's back hit the ground knocking the breath out of her. Cheza found herself staring up at numerous trees and a rapidly darkening sky. She assessed it
was around 6 or 7 pm and that she was now in the woods surrounding Genkai's temple. How had the ogre known to send her she hadn't a clue, but she was
grateful nevertheless. A sharp pain caused Cheza to scream in agony, that's when she realized at least 10 minutes had passed since she had been injected
with the purple liquid the ogre had administered to her. Panic took over her as it hit her that in less than ten minutes she was supposed to give birth. Panting
heavily Cheza attempted to get to her feet only to fall back down and feel an even more intense pain than before. Trees began to blur and the sound echoing
around her began to drown out as her vision continued to worsen along with the intense pain in her abdomen. Once more she tried to get to her feet, knowing
that she had to get help. Before she could collapse once more she felt someone pick her up, her vision was to blurry to make out who it was by this point. Had
Kurama sensed her and come to her rescue?
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Yukina stood looking out on the front porch of the temple. Her hand placed on her belly, she glanced down at her midsection. Her belly had grown quite large
since the last time she had seen Cheza. Her thoughts drifted to the mother to be. Was she still alive? Was her unborn baby alright? She snapped out of her
gaze upon seeing Hiei running at full speed towards the temple. Yukina took site of a nearly unconscious Cheza in his arms. Yukina quickly ran over to him once
he reached the porch. "Cheza!"
Hiei sat her down on the porch as Genkai appeared in the doorway after hearing the commotion from inside. Quickly, Genkai reached her side and scanned
over the girl's body. "What's wrong with her?" Hiei asked. Genkai remained silent for a few seconds before finally replying, " She is in labor." Hiei stiffened as
Yukina gasped. How was it possible for her to be giving birth so soon!?
" Yukina, bring me some towels. Hiei, I need you to find a way to contact Kurama and fast!
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Youko let out a frustrated sigh as he felt a familiar presence in his mind. Could he not have a moment of peace? He decided to let his friend enter his mind this
time, just in case he had news that Cheza had returned. The fox soon found that Hiei was not one to disappoint. "I suggest you get to Genkai's temple as
soon as you can fox." "and why is that?" Youko had replied within his mind. "I have found Cheza." Youko's eyes widened, "Is she alright!? Has she told you
where she has been!?" Hiei disconnected from Youko's mind causing Youko to frown. Was he being serious? Or was he just trying to coax him into returning
the human realm. No..Hiei was not one to play games, he had to have found Cheza.
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Kurama took off in a full run after reaching the top of Genkai's stairs. He took site of Genkai who stood on the porch smoking a cigarette,it appeared as if she
had been waiting for him. "Where's Cheza!? Is she alright!?" Genkai exhaled a puff of smoke before replying, "It's nice to see you to Kurama. She's inside."
Kurama began to walk forward, but stopped as Genkai made a strange comment to him. "Oh, and by the way congratulations." A look of confusion spread
across his face, he decided he would ask her later what she meant. Entering the temple he quickly locked onto Cheza's spirit energy. He approached the room
that belonged to Yukina. The door was shut so he knocked, the door soon opened a crack and one of Yukina's eyes became visible. The eye that he could see
widened, "Kurama! You got here much sooner than I thought you would." He noticed she kept looking back at something behind her,perhaps she was looking
at Cheza? She opened the door wider allowing him to come inside. Entering the room his eyes instantly landed on Cheza, who lay fast asleep. A strange
gurgling noise caught his attention, he turned catching site of an old wooden crib. What was a crib doing in here? Maybe Yukina was preparing things for her
baby early on? Then what was it that was moving inside the crib? Maybe Trouble? No..that didn't make sense.
Yukina smiled as she approached the crib, " There is someone..two someones I think you will want to meet…"