Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Youko Kurama: Rebirth of a Legend ❯ My New Mission ( Chapter 1 )

Wingzero: Hehehe. I finally decided to update this fic and my other fic after such a long time.

Kurama: … Am I still going to be coupled with Yusuke?

Wingzero: I could give you Genkai?

Kurama: Erm. I'll take Yusuke.

Wingzero: Wise choice.

Genkai: And what's wrong with being my boyfriend?

Yusuke: Grandma, have you noticed you're old?

Genkai: --U So is Kurama, but you don't see anyone calling him `grandpa.'

Kuwabara: He doesn't look like a wrinkled prune.

Genkai: -.-U Thanks for the comparison, numb skull.

Wingzero: This will have a pair of OC and one from another anime show later on.

Yusuke: Who are they?

Wingzero: Hikari Kitsune and Yami Kurai for the OC. Mirai Trunks from Dragonball Z.

Yusuke: Oh.

Yukina: Couples?

Wingzero: Yusuke/Kurama, Hiei/Botan, Kuwabara/Yukina, Mirai Trunks/Hikari Kitsune.

Shippo: *is sucking on a lolly while holding up a sign that reads `Wingzero does not own Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragonball Z, or Inu Yasha. Now scram you pesky lawyers!'*

Lawyers: *slump away mumbling about not being able to sue someone for copy right infringement*

***Announcement: I was hesitant on updating this because an anonymous reviewer left over a hundred of the same reviews. I wanted to delete the extra ones before I update so please don't send a hundred of the same thing unless you want me to not update soon. ***

Later on Yusuke decided to take a bath. Since he didn't have time to pack any clothing or anything, I loaned him a set of night clothes. Hiei had taken to glaring at the door, still angry at the person behind it.

"Hiei, let's face it," I sighed in exasperation. "You're not going to glare a hole through the wall as hard as you try."

"Whatever," Hiei snorted as he continued to glare at the door. He turned his gaze towards me. "What are you going to do about your ninjin father?"

"I don't know," I said thoughtfully, swishing my tail back and forth. My golden eyes stared towards the ceiling. "Of course I know I can't kill him because of that stupid rule. I could make it look like an accident, but everything would end up to me."

"You could get some human to do your dirty work," Hiei shrugged. His brown eyes glanced over towards the window, where he shut the blinds abruptly.

"I don't know many humans who are willing to do it," I said after thinking who I could ask. Then again, it wouldn't be right, because I still would be behind it though indirectly. On the other hand, if I asked a human to stay around or stick around that human, he would have to defend himself and me so it wouldn't count against me. Not to mention, he could say he was using self-defense. "I think Kuwabara or Yusuke might do it."

"The ape?" Hiei snorted with slight amusement in his voice. "I wouldn't count on him."

"Is it because he likes your sister?" I asked him. There must be that twinkle of mischief in my eye, because he scowled at me.

"Fox, don't even go there." He crossed his arm and glared at me before turning towards my bathroom door.

Finally the bathroom door opened and Yusuke emerged with his hair wet and my night clothes on him. "So what were guys talking about?"

"This and that," I teased him.

Yusuke raised a brow but said nothing. He took a seat at my desk chair while I had my bed. "That's real helpful. Do either of you know how to calm an angry woman down?"

"Does it look like I know?" Hiei growled. He sat in the darkest corner of my room.

"Don't look at me," I said with my hands up in defeat. "I have yet to anger any woman."

"You've never made any woman angry?" Yusuke gasped out loud. His jaw literally hit the ground in shock.

"Not to my knowledge," I admitted sheepishly. "If I so happen to offend the opposite gender, then it must have been while I was really young."

Yusuke went into panic mode; well, it wasn't life or death situation type. "I think I'm in for it. She's not the type of person who you can send flowers to and ask her to forget about it."

"I suggest sitting down and having an adult conversation with her," I suggested, only to receive a blank stare. "Meaning don't yell, accuse her of something, or bring up the past. Above all, listen to what she has to say without interruptions unless she doesn't allow you to speak."

"I suppose that would work," Yusuke said, scratching the side of his head. "Well if it doesn't, then I can always buy her something. What do girls like?"

"Idiot," Hiei muttered under his breath.

"Flowers, chocolates unless they're on a diet, plushies, dolls, make-up, picnics, clothing, or something romantic if you're dating her," I ticked off the list. I received shocked looks from the both of them this time. "What?"

"How do you know these things?" Hiei voiced their question before Yusuke could ask.

"I heard girls talking in the hallways," I smiled. Their facial expressions returned back to normal. "The female population in my school tends to talk. I can overhear them with my sensitive hearing. Some of their discussions, I would rather not hear such as their womanly problems."

Yusuke snickered at my unfortunate circumstances. "In these times, I'm glad I don't have sensitive hearing."

"Humans," Hiei muttered under his breath again.

"Hiei, be nice," I reprimanded him. "You two are in the same boat so why not a truce for now, hm?" I glanced between the two of them.

"I suppose I could if he quits calling me an idiot or something to that degree," Yusuke made his demand. He leaned into the back rest.

"As long as I don't have to be all touchy, I don't mind sharing the same space as him," Hiei also voiced his demand.

"Now that we cleared it up, why don't we decide on the sleeping arrangement," I suggested to my two companions and team mates.

"I'm fine right here, fox," Hiei grumbled. He shifted around before he found a comfortable position against the wall."

"What about you, Yusuke?" I turned my attention towards the black haired human.

"The floor is fine with me," Yusuke said as though he was trying to convince me. "Besides, I'm used to it and this is your house. I wouldn't want to kick you out of your own bed." He paused for a second to look around my room. "You can pull off the covers and I'll sleep on that."

"Are you sure about it?" I wanted a confirmation to his answer.

"Of course," Yusuke urged me to use my bed. "It wouldn't seem right if I did."

"Would you quit arguing on who's going to take the bed?" Hiei asked rather pissed off. "Kurama, you sleep on the bed and Urameshi gets the floor. End of story."

"Of course," I said standing up. I made my way to the door, because I needed to get the extra sheets for Yusuke to use. As soon as I opened the door, I found Yusuke standing next to me.

"What are you going out for?"

"I'm going to retrieve our spare blankets," I replied with an amused smile. It was nice to know he cared. For some reason, I thought he thought I was going outside the house. Come on, I wasn't that stupid. Don't even respond.

"I'll go help you," Yusuke said. He fell in step behind me. "You have a nice house."

"Thanks," I said, trying not to blush at his complement. He really did care, at least to the extent of friendship or was it something more? Nah, it was my imagination playing tricks on me. I reached into one of the cabinets and pulled out a thin blanket for him, figuring he wouldn't need a thick one or multiple one.

"Is there anything else I can help you with?" Yusuke asked me.

"I don't think there's anything at the moment," I said thoughtfully. "If there's anything, I'll inform you. Thank you."

"It's nothing," Yusuke said finding his feet more interesting. He scuffed the floor a few times. "Besides, we're crashing at your place. I would feel guilty if I didn't help you in any way. After all, you didn't expect us to be dropped on you. Besides, I don't think Hiei is the type of person to show his gratitude."

I laughed a bit. "I don't think so either. He isn't the emotional type as you have noticed."

"Let's go before Hiei decides to search for with that third eye of his," Yusuke laughed with me. We both entered my room to find the object of our discussion slowly drifting asleep. "You know he looks peaceful when he sleeps." He whispered his comment very softly near my ear.

I nodded my head in agreement. At least this was one of the places Hiei felt comfortable to let down his guard. I quietly sneaked across my room and pulled off the covers so that Yusuke could sleep on them.

As soon as I handed it to him, Yusuke arranged it on the floor in the middle of my room. He lay on his makeshift bed and pulled the blanket over him. I soon followed suit except on my bed. My first instinct was to curl up into a small ball; however when I wake up, I will most likely end up in that position.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~The Next Day~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Just like I predicted, I somehow curled myself into a ball during the night. Surprisingly the other two were awake, but they only whispered to each other. To my shock, they were getting along and having an actual conversation without making rude or sarcastic towards each other. That was it. I must be dreaming.

"No, you're not dreaming," Hiei stated rather bluntly. How on earth did he know I was thinking that unless he was reading my mind again? "And I'm not reading your mind either. Your body language told everything."

"Oh," I managed to say. I turned over to Yusuke, who shrugged his shoulders in response. "Why didn't anyone wake me?"

"You were fast asleep," Yusuke answered nervously while scratching the back of his head and sweat dropping. "We didn't feel like disturbing you."

Hiei gave me the look. He stated that we were going to talk about it later when we have no human company. Also his body language indicated that he wanted to talk to me alone.

"How about breakfast?" I suggested to my two guests. I began sniffing the air to smell what Shiori was cooking for breakfast.

"You'd know I'll eat almost anything edible," Yusuke spoke up with his sheepish grin. "It has to be better than my mom's cooking."

"Urameshi, frozen dinners are better than your mom's cooking," Hiei commented on the culinary skills of Yusuke's mother.

"You know I'm not going to argue with you on that," Yusuke sighed wistfully. "It's a miracle I lived this long."

"Maybe you have a strong stomach or an immunity to poison?" Hiei said off handedly.

Yusuke started laughing at the fire youkai's joke. "You know I'd like to think the latter. If I can survive my mom's cooking, then I think I can survive being poisoned."

"One would theorize," Hiei continued their polite conversation.

My golden eyes blink with confusion. This was the first time I saw them acting ….. normal towards each other. "Are you sure you two are okay?"

"Of course baka kitsune," Hiei scowled at me, though I knew he was only annoyed. For Kuwabara, it wasn't hard for him to get Hiei very angry at him. I knew it will take me some time for Hiei to become angry with me. I remembered back to when I had helped Yusuke by taking the blow. Hiei became angry at me, because I stole his death blow.

Yusuke was more than willing to give up part of his life so that I could be with my human mother. I didn't know why he would sacrifice it, but then he emotionally told me about his experience with his mother. He had died before and was allowed to be brought back to life only to become a spirit detective. That was history, as in over and done with.

The human male tried to give me those innocent eyes as if saying `Who me?' "There's nothing wrong with us."

My eyes became slits before I changed back to my human form. "Wouldn't want to keep her waiting?" I asked as I walked out of the room.

Hiei was pretty much used to my sudden change in moods. He was my partner after all, not in that way! A confused Yusuke trailed behind the two of us, wondering what was going on or at least I suspected to be the case.

Upon entering the kitchen, we found my human mother finish cooking the morning meal. I took a seat and gestured for the others to take a seat. Yusuke didn't hesitate in sitting down while Hiei edged towards a chair as if it was going to attack him directly. Shiori seemed to be amused by the short youkai's actions.

"Hiei, the chair is not going to poison, kill, or maim you," I sighed in exasperation. "And no it will not strangle, crush, or cause any bodily harm."

Hiei snorted indignantly before taking a seat. Seriously, he didn't trust anything or anyone. Well, he admitted to me there was a very, I meant very few people he could trust, though I don't know to what extent.

"Did you sleep well?" Shiori asked us as a group. She had turned off the stove and was ladling the hash browns onto a plate on the table.

"Yes, thank you ma'am," Yusuke was surprisingly polite. He started to help himself to the food after the cook had taken the last seat for herself.

"Hn," was Hiei's usual response, but it didn't upset her. Probably it was a mom thing or something. Humans were such complicated creatures at times.

Breakfast went surprisingly well, considering who we had at the table. Yusuke was polite enough not to stuff his face and had good table manners. He made a few positive comments about her cooking to make her blush a couple times. Hiei wasn't exactly the conversationalist. However, if either one of us left out or misinterpreted a fact, he immediately corrected. Shiori was very curious as to our many adventures, which left me absent from my home. While we told her about the dark tournament, she became very worried and literally forbade me from participating in another one. I assured her this time it would be different, because I can transform into my youkai form at will. Still it didn't reassure her. Afterwards, Yusuke insisted that he wash the dishes as a way of thanking her for a good meal.

Later in the morning, we decided to take a walk in the park with Hiei trailing behind us in the trees as usual. Of course, we had changed into our day clothes long before then. Earlier I asked Yusuke if he had summer classes or something, but he informed me they didn't on Saturday.

"What do you want today?" I asked the other two.

"I don't know," Yusuke shrugged. "I suppose pacifier breath might have a case for us, considering what happened yesterday."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, a bit worried something happened.

"Hiei told me about your human father yesterday," Yusuke explained. And I didn't hear them converse? It must have been while I was fast asleep. Dang, I must have been really out cold if I didn't wake up while they were talking. "Do you think he's working for someone like the Toguro brothers?"

"I doubt the older brother would bother with weak humans," Hiei spoke up, startling Yusuke who wasn't used to his habits. "We can rule out the saint beasts unless someone resurrected them without our knowledge."

"I think it is possible," Yusuke said thoughtfully after getting over the shock. "I did revive granny, though I don't know why I did in the first place."

"You miss her," I teased him before I stepped away. However instead of swinging at me like some fire youkai he growled.

"Whatever," Yusuke grunted, sounding almost Hiei like.

"I suppose we can drop by Koenma's office," I suggested to the others. "Maybe we should pick up Kuwabara along the way."

"That big ape?" Hiei snorted and glared at Yusuke's back. "Why would you want him along?"

"He could be a distraction for our enemies?" Yusuke said off handedly. "He does have a high spirit awareness."

"Fine then as long as he stays out of my way," Hiei went back to hopping in the trees.

"I had wanted to ask you a few questions," I said, walking besides Yusuke. He turned his attention to me. "Since when did you and Hiei start getting along? No offense, but you two seemed to be either at each other's throats or ignoring each other."

"We had a long talk before you woke up," Yusuke answered with his usual grin. "No, it wasn't the emotional types. You know Hiei doesn't like those, but we were discussing our situation. I mean there has to be someone pulling the strings. Isn't there?"

"I would think so," I said thoughtfully. "My human father could not have known my past life; let alone my human one. He wasn't around if you were wondering."

"My pops was never around," Yusuke said, very annoyed. "He left me with an alcoholic mom."

"Which would explain some of your behavior," I observed. He grunted in reply but said nothing else. "Speaking on which, where does Kuwabara live?"

"He lives not far from here," Yusuke informed us as he turned the corner and walked down the sidewalk. "It's going to be hard to get him away from here without something good, especially if Hiei's coming. No offense!"

"I know those two don't get along," I said wistfully. Sometimes, I wish they did a little more than barely tolerate each other's presence. No, I wasn't going to force them to be friends, but I wanted them to treat each other like team mates.

"Assuming Koenma doesn't have the information we seek, then where do you propose we go?" Hiei asked after jumping down. He walked on the other side of me, away from Yusuke.

"Maybe to Genkai's," I suggested. It would be an ideal place to train without being noticed. Plus my human father wouldn't think of looking for me there. Then again, we have to protect my human mother from danger. She will be a vulnerable target on her own. "But first we go back to my place and get my mother. She will not be safe within the walls of our home."

"Human weakness," Hiei grunted, causing the both of us to glare at him.

"Yeah, the first thing we need to do is make sure your mother is safe," Yusuke confirmed my decision. "Then we go meet up with granny. Why do you want to head to her place?"

"It kills three birds with one stone," I replied with my knowing smirk. My two companions gave me confused looks. "First of all, we know Kuwabara will come once he knows Yukina is at Genkai's place and that it is one of our destinations. Second, hardly anyone goes in the general area so it would be a good place to hide my mother until we can find a decent place. Third, it provides a place for us to train without any distraction."

"I never thought about it that way," Yusuke blinked his eyes.

"Since when did you ever think?" Hiei said sarcastically.

"I bet you never thought of it in the first place," Yusuke replied with equal sarcasm. The remark made Hiei look everywhere but at us. "Thought so." After walking a few minutes, Yusuke stopped in front a door and knocked on it.

"Hold on Urameshi, I'm coming," a familiar voice called out. If you haven't wondered, he finally was able to distinguish our energy signatures. The door was yanked open and his face appeared from behind it. His beady eyes went over to the two of us. "You brought them?"

"They are our friends," Yusuke said, then he glanced over at Hiei. "One of them at least. We were heading towards Koenma's, because we have a case."

"Why should I bother?" Kuwabara snorted.

"I thought you were bored this summer," Yusuke said, completely caught off guard.

"Well, sis decided to stay for awhile," Kuwabara said, motioning back into the house. "Besides, I need to take care of my little kitten."

"We are going to head to my place and then Genkai's afterward," I said with my calm voice. "We'll tell Yukina you were busy…"

Before I could even finish the sentence, Kuwabara jumped in. "Why didn't you say so? Of course I'll come!"

I glanced over to Yusuke giving him `I told you so' look. "In that case, you might want to change into more suitable clothes." My eyes surveyed his night wear, which consisted of kitten pajamas. He seriously was obsessed with cats.

"Right," Kuwabara said, blushing a bright shade of red. He immediately rushed back into his house to change into something.

"Hey sis, I'm hanging out with my friends!" The other red head called out to his sister.

"What time are you coming back?" A female voice called from somewhere within the edifice.

"I don't know!"

"If you don't plan on being back for dinner, then at least call!"

"Okay! Please watch over Eichikins (sp?)!"

"Fine!"

The tall human came bounding out in his daytime attire, apparently very eager to meet with his future or current girlfriend. "So what are we waiting for?"

"Idiot," Hiei mumbled under his breath, though no one except me heard it.

I shook my head in frustration. Those two were going at each other again. If only they would tolerate each other like Hiei did with Yusuke, but it was different. At least Hiei had respect for Yusuke, which Kuwabara plainly did not.

Hiei and I led the way while the other two of our party remained in the back. Yusuke filled Kuwabara on our self-imposed mission and Kuwabara as always seemed to grasp the general ideas of it, though I wasn't exactly how sure he grasped the urgency of it. The fire youkai seemed to be in his own thoughts. It might involve one messenger of the spirit world with blue hair and a perky personality to match.

As for me, my thoughts constantly went back onto the attack my human father made on my mother. No doubt, she cannot be safe in our own house, considering the fact there were youkai backing him up. I hardly can believe that the youkai would involve ninjin or humans, because we normally thought them as inferiors, but then they did make good spies in the human world, where most of us could not tread lightly.

A sudden surge of power caught my attention rather abruptly and vanished without a trace, leaving the four of us confused. What was that and how could it have so much power? That was a question for another day. My mind wanted to reason that, but deep down inside, I knew it was tied into my predicament.

"What was that?" Yusuke was the first of us to voice the silent question lingering in our minds.

"I can not locate it with my third eye," Hiei scowled. His third eye was in use as the headband that he normally wore over it was off. "Caution dictates we must move swiftly and quietly before they know of our plans."

"Agreed," I said hastily, not wanting an argument from the other two. "We split up. Hiei and Yusuke will go ahead of us to Genkai's. I'm sure there will be several youkai or ninjin to intercept us and I don't want to lead them where we are hiding my mother. Kuwabara and I will go to my house."

"Hold on there, Kurama," Kuwabara said with uncertainty. "How do you know if the surge of power was an enemy?"

"For once, the ape has a point," Hiei sarcastically commented while crossing his arms over his chest. "You're becoming too suspicious."

"Look who's talking," Yusuke snorted at the shortest one. "But he does also have a point. We do not want a gang of youkai tailing us back go grandma's. So we'll just have to split up and clear the path."

"Why on earth would you pair Urameshi up with Hiei?" Kuwabara inquired as if the answer was blatantly obvious.

"Because we need one ninjin and one youkai to be in each pair," I explained to the somewhat dense spirit detective. "You and Hiei do not interact well, but he manages to tolerate Yusuke's presence so it would seem prudent to pair them up. Plus, I have more patience with those aren't as quick as others."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Kuwabara narrowed his beady eyes at me.

"You can take as you like," I replied with my ever so calm demeanor.

"We're wasting time here, fox," Hiei reminded me of our urgent plan. "If you want to keep your ninjin mother out of their hands, we must act swiftly and decisively."

"Of course," I said before we parted our ways with Kuwabara a few steps behind me.

As we heading in our separate directions, I wondered what was that mysterious power surge and if there was any connections it had with the youkai backing up my ninjin father.

Hopefully, I will find out without losing my mother. Otherwise,

someone will pay dearly.

Wingzero: Well, that's all folks. Another update for my first Yu Yu Hakusho fic. Hm. You're probably wondering what was that power surge.

DS: Yeah.

Wingzero: I will tell you it's from one of the three I mentioned in earlier notes.

DS: --U That doesn't help a bit.

Wingzero: *shrugs* Anyways, I'm into these books: the Forgotten Realms series. I like Drizzt.

Legolas: *sulks* What about me?

Wingzero: I still like you too. *hugs Legolas to prove her point*

Legolas: *gasps for air* I … thinks…. a…. little…… too…… much…….AIR!!!

Wingzero: You know that gives me an idea. I wonder what would happen if those two ever met. *lets go of the wood elf*

DS: You still have to finish these. *points at Wing's unfinished fics*

Wingzero: Then it will be added to the stack of fics I want to start.

DS: *sighs* My aibou has too many fics she wants to do.

Drizzt: And not enough time.

DS: O.O How did you get in here?

Drizzt: *points to Wing* She invited me.

Wingzero: Ah, I see you've received my message. What about the others?

Zaknafein: Son!! *huggles Drizzt a little too tightly*

Drizzt: *nearly faints from the sight of his dead father coming back to life again*

Zaknafein: *releases his son*

Wingzero: *huggles all three elves at once*

Elves: Need air!!!

DS: I think she is obsessed with elves at the moment so I suggest running.

Drizzt: Why?

Wingzero: *is playing with the wood elf*

Drizzt & Zaknafein: *run for their lives*