Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Lost and Found ❯ A Little Help/3 Months-Jan. ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4= A Little Help/ 3 months- January

Kurama quietly covers the mess she made that morning. She couldn't wait till the morning sickness passes and all she had to worry about was the cravings. She pulled the bear fur she had made around her shoulders and walked back to the cave, coughing. She needed medicine, she knew she was sick but she could do nothing. She could go someplace warmer but she would risk being caught by the slave trains. Anyone would love to have a silver youko with crimson streaks in their fur.

Going to the traps she collected the unfortunate animals and went back to the cave but as soon as got in she fainted.

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Rui walked out in the snow and enjoyed the cold. Being a Koorime she loved this time of year, when the snow falls and covers the land, but in the Glacier country it's like that all the time.

She sighed. Yukina would love to walk in the snow with her, so would Hina. She raised Yukina since the tiny Koorime was a newborn, since Hina killed herself for the banishment of her son. Rui hoped that the Forbidden Child had forgotten where he came from but a few hundred years later he returned and asked for his sister. When she told him that Yukina left to find him and showed him Hina's grave he left and she'd never seen him again. Everyday she prayed for the twins' safety and she hoped her prayers were answered.

She walked through the snow and walked to the mountain range near the border. Animals ran around playfully around her feet and birds of all colors flew around her head. She giggled when a rabbit rolled down a snow dune.

"Careful, little one," she said picking the tiny animal up and petted it. A yelp was heard and turned to see one of the foxes dart into the foothill, followed by the other animals. Rui was curious on what could have caught their attention and followed them. Pulling back some bushes she spotted red silver hair and rugged brown clothing in the snow.

"Oh my!" She ran to Kurama and checked her over. Rui could tell that she was very sick and three months along. Wrapping Kurama tightly with the bear skin she picked the fox up and carried her to the city. Walking though the back streets she managed to get to her house undetected. Closing the door she called to her servants and ordered them to get the house Healer and to not tell any one. The servants ran to do what she asked with no question.

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Kurama wake feeling pleasantly warm and clean. She hadn't had a bath in three months and almost forgot what clean felt like. Opening her eyes she saw a white marble ceiling and a bright light. She shut her eyes tightly against the brightness and put a hand over her eyes.

"I cast a spell in the room to make it warm for you," said a voice in the corner of the room. Kurama sat up a little to see Rui looking at her. "I know how people like you hate the cold."

"What am I …...?"

"I found you in the snow. If you stayed out there much longer you would have been dead, you and your baby."

"The baby! Is my baby all right?"

"Yes, the baby is well. I was lucky I found you in time. I quickly brought you here and had my Healers heal you but you will have to stay in bed for a few days. Please don't leave my house for any reason. Why are you here anyway?"

"I had nowhere else to go. Plus I was running from someone. I knew he wouldn't find me here."

"Care to tell?" Kurama shook her head.

"All you need to know is that he didn't want me anymore."

"If that is what you wish. Will you tell me about yourself? Like your name? I'm Rui"

Kurama tensed. Should she tell this stranger her real name? Hiei told her about Rui. She was the one who tossed him away. And left him, but was also the one to tell him about Yukina. Kurama decided to give Rui her name.

"My name is Shuichi."

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Over the last few days Shuichi had gotten used to being in the Koorime house. Rui had had a bodyguard stay with her all the time and a spell was put on her to look like a Koorime. Her hair had turned from silver red to sky blue, like Botan's, and her eyes changed form gold to deep sea blue. Her guard's name was Tina and she was bound to Shuichi's will and obeyed her with out question.

"Where did you come from," asked Shuichi one day. She knew her body guard wasn't a Koorime because she didn't have the shades of blue in her hair and eyes. She had blonde hair always tied in a braid and blue eyes. A sword was present at the woman's hip and a dagger. Plus the fox had sensed spiritual energy from her not demonic.

"I came from America, Ms. Shuichi," said Tina. "My parents were farmers. When I was thirteen I stumbled upon a portal here and wondered around, trying to find a way home. I was found by the Koorime one night and took me to a prison camp with some others to work in their mines for Ice Crystals. I got into a lot of fights and the Koorime saw potential in me and made me a guard with some other luck ones. I never let down my superiors."

Shuichi nodded, listening to the woman. She didn't flinch at the use of her human name. She had started to think of herself that way. Over time Rui taught her about the Koorime so Shuichi could blend in more. Word was spread that a cousin of Rui's named Shuichi who lived in the outskirts of the city came to visit and was expecting her first child. People came to see her and she told a few white lines about her life outside the city. No one questioned. Shuichi loved being there but she knew she had to be careful and not tell the truth. And as much as she likes being there she missed her friends and family. Especially Hiei.

`Forget about him,' she thought. `He`s gone.'

`He was mine,' growled Youko.

"He didn't want us remember?'

"He loved us!"

`If he loved us why did he send us away?'

"We misunderstood. We need to go back!'

"Too late.' And she shut the fox out.

*TBC*

I am evil! I made Kurama live with the Koorime! Now Hiei will never find the fox. Or will he? To really find out why Kurama calls himself by that name just keep reading! It's in there.