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�� Warnings : uncomfortable flash back, mentions of rape.� Thank you all for waiting patiently for me to
get back into the swing of writing! I hope you continue to enjoy the last few
installments of this fic! There are only a few more
chapters to go before the ending and I hope it lives up to everyone
expectations!� Be ready for some
surprises!

�I�ve changed back.�� Kurama repeated,
not really believing it.�
�� Yea,�
Yusuke smiled.� �How bout that?� Although Hiei
didn�t want to admit it, you scared the shit out of him.� He found you in the tub, where you fell
asleep, and brought you back here.� When
he came back in you were doubled over and moaning, yet wouldn�t wake up.� Shura calmed him
down a bit when he said this happened the last time you changed over.� He said that Yomi
was afraid that he killed you.
�� He almost
did.�� Kurama
answered.
�� You were
awake for the last one right?� Shura said that the spell eventually will put you in a
trance.�
�� Eventually
being the operative word.�� Kurama agreed with a shudder.� �It was the single most painful experience of
my life.� I�d rather birth a pachyderm than go through
that conscious.� The first time, incase Shura hasn�t indulged you; I hadn�t been in the best of
health.� I had been refusing food and
from what I had been told I was completely anemic.� That time I was out for six days I believe.�
�� Yusuke
nodded.� �Shura
did tell us about that.� He said that
once you woke up Yomi forced a tube down your throat
and force fed you.�
�� I bet he
didn�t tell you that I was strapped to the bed for that.�
�� Yusuke
gawked, his eyes bugging out of his head.�
Kurama snorted his amusement and
continued.� �He really hadn�t needed
to.� I was so weak that I couldn�t put up
much of a fight.�

!@#$%^&*()

�� Kurama
groaned inwardly when the door knob started turning.� Yomi entered, his
eyebrows rose in surprise to find his prisoner sitting up on her bed.�
�� My, my.�� He half gasped, �Are we feeling better my
little vixen?�
�� Kurama
could feel a growl well up in her throat yet successfully kept it at bay.� Yomi had proven
that he didn�t need provoked to deal out drastic punishment.
�� It would appear so.�� She answered evenly.
�� I do hope you�re hungry.�� He snapped his fingers and three servants and
two guards entered.� Yomi
knew that he didn�t need the numbers or excess force to control his captive pet
but he felt the point still needed to be proven.
�� Yomi, I
can assure you that this is highly unnecessary.�
�� I�m afraid I don�t agree.� The goat
purred.� �I still have a point to prove.�
�� More of a point
than this?�� Kurama
snapped, her growl threatening to break loose, gesturing her newly acquired
anatomy that she refused to look at.
�� Yomi
simply smiled.
�� Are you going to lie back or do you
still needing some more persuasion?�
�� The vixen sucked in a deep breath,
steeling her for the procedure to come. The servant who had control of the long,
slender tube, Kurama found, puts on a show for his
master.� His hands were rough as they
tied Kurama�s wrists down and shoved her head back.
Yet when inserting the tube, the hands were gentle and their form perfect, he
proved to be quick and efficient.� By the
time Kurama gagged, her eyes watering
unintentionally, she was being ordered to exhale. Turning her head away she
coughed, not wanting to meet anyone eyes as she waited to be untied.
�� Leave us!�� Yomi snapped.� Instantly they were alone in the room.� Refusing to look at her captor, Kurama stared at the skin of her arm that was pulled back
above her head.� Sometimes it was hard to
remember that Yomi was blind, his attention was
focused solely on her, every sense studying her entire being.
�� The bed shifted as Yomi sat next to the bound vixen.� He hadn�t touched her since he changed her
gender and she wasn�t too thrilled that he wanted to start it up again.� A warning growl, high and soft, rumbled in
her throat as large, calloused hands pushed up her barely there shirt and
stroked her stomach.
�� Oh come now,� Yomi chuckled as she
tugged on the restraints.� The growl
deepening and her struggles strengthened.�
Kurama didn�t want Yomi
to know that this female body terrified her.�
His heavy body moved on top of her as he shoved her weakened,
malnourished body down to the bed successfully restraining her struggling
further.� Desperately trying to ignore
the hands groping the new contours of her body the vixen tried to think of
something, anything other than what was happening.� Usually, Yomi
wanted an active partner; today he just wanted her warm flesh.�
She
tried to be positive after he had exhausted every possible escape route he
could possibly think of he started realizing that it wouldn�t be long before
his friends started wondering where he had gotten to.� They all know that he had gone to advise Yomi.� When he didn�t
show back up for work they would probably get a hold of his mother, who was
already worried no doubt.
�� Kurama was
jolted out of her thoughts when Yomi ripped the
clothing from her body.� He completely
shredded the garments in the process and kept her hands and legs bound to the
bed. Biting her lip, the vixen tried to keep silent as her new body responded
to Yomi�s questing, raping fingers.� This body was just as new and sensitive as it
was scary.
�� Who would have thought,�� Yomi
whispered, his hot breath against her cheek.�
�I would be able to take the virginity of the infamous Youko Kurama.� Tell me pet, to whom did you give your human
virginity to?�
�� The vixen felt a deep pang in her
gut as she always did when she thought of her lover.� She had given her human virginity to Hiei.� Not because of
any mushy loveydovey nonsense but because he was
attracted to the short, ornery demon, his mother was lying in what the doctors
warned her son to be her death bed and he needed an escape.� Kurama had never
expected to find Hiei to be quite so unsure of
himself in bed, at least in bedding the infamous thief who was little more than
a ningen child in his reborn
form.� It started out choppy but they
soon found their nitch.� They had remained together for the duration
of Hiei�s parole, through tournaments and cases with
Yusuke.� By the time they returned to the
Makai, Hiei assured his
lover that he was uninterested in the �greener pastures� to be found.� The fox had been happy to hear that because
he had thoughts of making the ornery little fire demon his mate.� Although they had grown more than just a
little attached to each other, Hiei had made it clear
that he was not attracted to females at all and for very specific reasons.� There was no doubt that Hiei
would reconsider their relationship after finding out . . .
�� Yomi
slammed his hips forward startling the vixen out of her thoughts.� The pain of his penetration tore an
involuntary cry out of the bound vixen.

!@#$%^&*()

�� Awakening
from the trance of his memory, Kurama blinked at
Yusuke who was giving him an odd, concerned look. The young demon must have
been asking a question.� Kurama�s golden eyes trailed back to where his oldest
children were sleeping.� Shura was curled in a fetal position with one arm hanging over
but not laying on Arianbi who was lying on her
stomach, her tiny hands fisted on either side of her head.� True, Yomi had put
him through hell.� He was beaten
repeatedly, raped nightly and almost killed but taking one look at his children
made it all worth it.
�� I�m almost
afraid to ask, but how has it been around here?�
�� Oh just peachy.��
Yusuke answered in a not at all convincing tone.� �As you probably guessed, Jiyu
has been completely miserable.� He went
on his own hunger strike for all of Saturday and started crying all the
time.� The girls started feeding off of
his grouchiness, too.� Kidori especially when Hiei ran
dry.�
�� Feeding
three kits, I�m not surprised.�
�� Yea, it�s
a good think you stocked up when you were over producing.� It was Kuwabara,
actually, who was able to get her to take the bottle.� Hiei was too tense
and frustrated with himself that he couldn�t keep up with his babies.� Shura was the same,
he tried best as possible to help and did a lot.� Hiei probably would
have gone bonkers without that little goat. But around Hiei,
Shura gets as nervous as a kicked dog.� Kuwa ended up
taking Kidori and shutting himself in his bedroom
until she settled and eventually got her to take the bottle.�
�� Inari bless that man.� Kruama
sighed.�
�� Oh trust
me; we all said the same thing a couple times.�
Kidori would only take the bottle from him, Hiei or Shura after that.�
�� Both demons
turned, surprised when the door opened and Hiei
stepped into the room with Jiyu against his
shoulder.� When Kurama
opened his mouth to greet his mate, the short demon hissed at the fox to shush.
�� If he
knows you�re awake, he will throw a fit and he needs changed.�
�� At the
sound of Hiei�s voice, Shura
finally stirred.� Yusuke gave Kurama a wink and silently left the room, taking the chair
with him.� Pushing himself up with one
hand the young goat rubbed the sleep out of his eyes with the other.� Once his sleepy eyes landed on Kurama he perked up.�
The fox pressed a finger to his lips and nodded over to where Hiei was changing Jiyu and opened
his arms, Shura smiled widely and shifted his baby sister closer to the middle
of the bed and happily crawled into Kurama�s
lap.� Hugging his son tight, Kurama buried his nose in Shura�s
soft black hair.
�� Yusuke
tells me you�ve been a terrific help.�� Kurama whispered softly.�
Shura beamed, ecstatic his �mother�, now
father, alive and well.
�� From the
floor Jiyu started fussing, now fully awake from his
short nap.� Once he realized that his father�s
gentle hands changing him he started crying.�
Hiei bit back a groan, �If you would just wait
two seconds. . .� he sighed.
�� Putting his
lips close to Shura�s ear, Kurama
whispered, �You�ve earned a reprieve.�
Why don�t you go relax with Puu or watch some
television before dinner?�� Shura nodded, glad to have a few minutes to himself after the weekend from hell, he slid off the bed and
out the door with out a sound.
�� Frowning in
symphony for his upset son, Kruama watched as his
wailing woke up his older sister.� Level
headed as always, Arianbi awoke instantly to her
brother�s cry, scrunching her eyes and rubbing at her eyes as babies would
while waking.� Yet when fully awake, the
dark haired kit seemed content to suck on her tiny fist, not at all bothered by
Jiyu�s bawling.
�� Kurama brushed his fingertips lightly over Ari-chan�s head, smoothing her silky, baby soft peach
fuzz.� Twisting as best her clumsy,
underdeveloped body could, Ari craned her neck to see
who was stroking her head.� Arching her
back in an almost cat like gesture Arianbi struggled
and suddenly succeed in rolling over on to her round tummy.
�� Your
getting so much better, Ari-chan.�� Kurama told his
daughter.� Hiei,
the fox had noticed, hadn�t bothered dressing his son after changing him.� The wailing kit had calmed a bit, yet was
still clearly miserable.
�� I hope to
the gods that you are still lactating.�� Hiei muttered, approaching the side of the bed.� Quickly stripping his own loose shirt, Kurama accepted Jiyu into his
arms, cradling his warm little body close to his heart and shearing his warmth
and its soothing beat.� The silver kit
still continued to cry and fuss.�
Although he was starting to allow himself to be soothed by his father�s
soft coos and churrs.�
After a while when Jiyu settled he stared at
his father with such disbelief that Kurama had to
chuckle.
�� I assure
you.� I am awake, my darling.�� The fox kissed his son�s red, tear slicked
cheeks.� �I�m sorry for upsetting you,
precious.� But, if you can calm down for
me, I�ll let you nurse.� Your Yusuke-jichan tells me that you haven�t been eating much.�
�� Jiyu visibly calmed as his father�s voice soothed and
droned softly.� Soon, his piercing golden
eyes started drooping.� Only then did Kurama shift his kit onto his side, instantly Jiyu�s tiny mouth opened wide to latch on to his father�s
greatly diminished teat.� Jiyu didn�t seem to notice or mind, the tiny kit was simply
elated to have his �mother� back.� Having
exhausted himself being miserable and fussing for the past two days it was no
surprise to Kurama that Jiyu
was out like a light in only a few minutes.
�� All the
while Kurama was calming down their son, Hiei set to work changing Arianbi.
Feeling guilty about the past few days, Hiei spent a
few minutes playing with his oldest daughter.�
Deciding he didn�t like the pastel pink dress Shura
had dressed he kit in his morning, Hiei pulled the
garment over Arianbi�s large, round head and tossed
it into the corner.� He then lightly
tickled the round tummy he bared, gaining squeals of delight.� A tiny, perfectly sculpted foot waved in the
air, Hiei caught the chubby limb and ran a soft thumb
pad over the ticklish sole.
�� Thank you
for being sane.�� He praised his oldest
daughter, kissing her round forehead.� Arianbi smiled as if she could understand what her father
was saying.� In reality the kit was
relaxed because, like a huge sigh through out the whole temple, the tense
stress evaporated the moment everyone realized that Kurama
had woken up with no ill effects to the gender swap.
�� Anxious to
reassure Kidori that things were back to normal, Hiei gathered Arianbi into his
strong arms and cuddled her against his chest as he turned to leave the
room.� After he rounded the bed Kurama called out, �Hey!� softly and motioned him to come
closer with the curl of a single clawed finger.�
Hiei obeyed, approaching his mate.� The moment he was close the fox grabbed him
by the shirt and hauled him up onto the bed.�
In a blink Hiei found himself straddling his
mate�s long legs.� Arianbi
churred at the sudden rush of air and slight bounce
this action caused.
�� :She�s going to be a fearless handful.:� Hiei thought
affectionately.
�� Careful not
to crush Jiyu and Arianbi sandwiched
between them, Kurama�s free hand grasped Hiei�s chin and gently pulled him forward.� Their lips met, softly at first then with a
firmer insistence. A long, strong arm wrapped around Hiei�s
slender waist and hugged him tightly.��
Their eyes were tightly shut as a firm tongue came into play.� They danced together slowly, touch conveying
their excitement and relief that things were on their way to getting back to normal.� Hiei moaned softly,
enjoying this moment immensely.� His mate
answered with a content churr.� To both their surprise, a smaller almost
drunken sounding churr came from between them.
�� It would
appear our son concurs.�� Kurama chuckled softly as the pulled apart, smiling down at
their son.� In his lap, Hiei �Hn� in agreement and
stroked Jiyu�s silky, pointed ear that was pressed
back against this round skull.
�� Are you
still mad at me?�� Kurama
asked when his mate reluctantly sat back.
�� Why would I
be?�� He answered.� �It�s not your fault your body changed
back.� It wasn�t easy with out you and
your son almost got locked in the dojo . . . but I�m not now nor have I been
mad at you.�
�� When are
the girls going to need fed?�
�� Very soon.�� Hiei answered.� �I
don�t want Kidori on a bottle any longer.�
�� She won�t
have to be.�� Kurama
agreed.
�� Reluctantly,
Hiei slid off the bed.� �If we can get them to nurse now, we may have
a quiet dinner.�
�� You can
leave Ari-chan then and give everyone a bit of a break.� I�ll clean them and only Kidori
will need a bath tonight.�
�� Seeing the
advantages in his mate�s suggestion, Hiei nodded and
placed their oldest daughter back on the bed in her newest favorite position,
her belly.� Arianbi
raised her head and squirmed almost as if she could sense what was about to
happen.� She thrilled a high, happy churr when Hiei gave her silky
ear one last rub.
�� Once Hiei left, Kurama placed Jiyu on the bed next to his hip.� The silver kit didn�t instantly throw a fit
like his father had expected.� He did,
however, startle himself back awake.� His
raspy breathing started quickening; his sharp golden eyes trained themselves on
his father.� Stroking his son head,
gently smoothing his silky baby fuzz into place, the fox cooed and murmured
softly reassuring his kit that he wasn�t going anywhere.� Once his son was fully calmed Kurama shifted into his fox form.� He stood slowly on shaky legs, the muscles
both stiff and seemingly loose at the same time from two full days of
nonuse.� He stretched, arching his spine
downward, his hind legs pushing straight out behind him.� His muscles stretched and loosened spreading
glorious relief through his entire body.�
The fox yawned and shook out his fur like a wet dog, the intended result
accomplished to leave one very relaxed fox.
�� Jiyu, who had lost sight of Kurama
when he shifted, had once again started to panic. He soon started fussing and
crying for his father.� Kurama licked at his son�s face and ears churring encouragingly for him to shift as well.� It took the kit a few moments to realize what
his father was asking of him.�
�� Once his
son shifted over, Kurama padded over to Arianbi, who was amusing herself by trying to creep-crawl
off the bed.� Although she gave a great
effort, the determined kit was succeeding in getting nowhere.� The moment Kurama�s
cold, wet nose touched his daughter�s neck Ari churred and shifted completely surprising her father with
her skill at such a young age.� The fox
was sure that with in the next few months his oldest kit was going to be able
to shift her forms on her own.� Something
that was extremely rare in a kit under a year of age.� Kurama�s heart
swelled with pride.
�� Jiyu, who had just finished nursing, yawned as he tried to
curl up against his father�s side.� He half
whined, half growled when the warm bulk of his mother started playing with his
older sister and jolting him out of his drowsing.� With Jiyu
threatening to turn into a grump, Kurama ended her game with Arianbi.� The dark
kit, angered that her father had returned to Jiyu at
the head of the bed whimpered and assumed her play position, chest to bed rear
in the air, begging her father to come back and play.� Kurama called to
her daughter with a soft churr so she could come get
her bath.� Grumbling a kitish growl, high pitched and more cute than intimidating,
Arianbi ignored her father�s call.� Kurama couldn�t
help but chuckle at the put out look his grumbling daughter had put on.� He called again with a gentle almost
�woof�.�� The kit obediently approached
her father, still moping, her tail tucked to her rump and her ears pressed to
the sides of her head.� Churring a soft apology, Kurama started cleaning his kit.� After a few minutes Ari�s
bad mood lifted.� She started trying to
return the favor of the bath, lapping at Kurama�s
slender jaws and trying to nab a pointed ear as it passed her snout.� When Arianbi had
had enough of her game/bath she bumbled out of the fox�s reach and butted at
his sides demanding that he let her nurse.
�� Kurama stood and resettled himself with the sleeping Jiyu nestled snugly between his front legs.� As Arianbi got to
work suckling, pushing insistently with her front paws, every so often Kurama would feel a slight scrape of his daughter�s baby
teeth that were already poking through her tender kit gums.� When Kurama started
cleaning Jiyu he wasn�t surprised that the tiny kit
barely stirred.� He stayed asleep for his
entire bath only yawning in protest when his daddy nudged him over to clean his
other side.
�� Seeing that
Jiyu was down for the count, Kurama
made a nest of blankets and pillows around Jiyu once
his sister had suckled her fill.� Having
just woken up from a nap, Arianbi was in no mood to
sleep off her full tummy.�� Kurama gripped his dark furred daughter by the scruff of
her next and leapt lightly off the bed.�
Once out in the hall, he gently placed his kit on the floor.� Instantly the curious kit wanted to go
exploring, she bumbled about the hallway sniffing here and there letting her
nose lead the way.
�� Kurama gave a low �woof� to get his daughters
attention.� The dark kit obediently, yet
reluctantly, turned back to her father.�
Rearing up on his hind legs in a surprising playful gesture, he thumped
back down, his forelegs out flat so he bowed inviting his daughter to play.� Delighted, Arianbi
bumbled as fast as her tiny legs could carry her determined to pounce on her
father�s snout.� At the last moment the
fox darted away down the hall.� He half
ran, half bounced in place down the hall.�
He was hardly running at all although his show was giving Ari the allusion that he was actually running.� Once his daughter caught up and pounced to
catch her father he would play his part as prey wonderfully, rolling over and
licking at her snout then buffet her over to nibble and lick at her round black
tummy.
�� Once out in
the living room with places to hide, Arianbi took her
turn to be the prey.� This time her
father would chase slowly after his fuzzball
kit.� Every so often he would rush
forward sometimes catching her while other times stopping short allowing his
prey to escape.� Any time he did catch
her, Arianbi would squeal and pounce on Kurama�s head nabbing at his pointed ears and tugging with
her tiny paws pushing against his forehead.
�� It was on
such an attack that Hiei came out of the kitchen
where he and Kidori were keeping Yukina
silent company as she cooked.� Their
younger, non-tailed daughter was finally asleep against his shoulder.� He had been enjoying the silence now that
everyone had gone outside before dinner.
�� What are
you doing?�� He asked.
�� :Ensuring that we have a quiet dinner.:� His mate answered watching as Arianbi took off in a bumbling canter for the coffee
table.� Kurama
went after her only he leapt onto the table and silently trotted across its
smooth wooden top.� Hiei
watched as Ari spun around and confused at the loss
of her father, looked around for him.�
Her stoic father couldn�t help smirking, that almost became a full smile,
as Kurama snuck up behind their unsuspecting daughter
and goosed her.� Started Arianbi let out another squealing yip and dove at her
father growling and churring at the same time.
�� In Hiei�s arms Kidori started
whining and rubbing her face against his shoulder.� �If you really want a quiet dinner you should
take her outside.�� He started rubbing Kidori�s back soothingly.�
As he disappeared back into the kitchen, Kurama
called Arianbi back to his side and started for the
door.�
Once outside on the porch the fox
gathered his kit into his slender jaws to carry her down the stairs.� Immediately after she was put down the dark
kit b-lined it to where Shizuru and Keiko were
sitting in the sun intent on attacking their toes.� Unlike the previous game with her father, Arianbi quickly got bored with trying to bite her Aunt Shizuru�s toes while she gently shoved the kit away.
Spying her uncles Kuwabara and Yusuke sparing across the yard, she watched
them for a moment then turned in the opposite direction and chased after a
small yellow butterfly.� Kurama followed slowly behind watching his kit�s premature hunting
skills.� Arianbi
was clearly the leader of the litter in every aspect.� When Jiyu was
outside in his kit form he would never venture out by himself.� Only if he were coxed by Arianbi
would he leave either of his father�s side.�
Arianbi, on the other hand, never once looked
back when she was exploring.� Kurama was very proud of his brave little kit.
As he watched Arianbi
stalk her butterfly the fox spotted slight movement in the grass.� Deciding to get in on the hunting Kurama froze, his sharp, golden eyes locked on the small
movement.� He stalked forward; every
movement was slow and precise.� His prey
wouldn�t know what his him.� He froze now,
his prey only a step away, not taking his eyes off the rodent he was hunting, Kurama could see from the corner of his eye that Arianbi was also frozen in place, studying him never taking
her royal purple gaze off her father�s every movement.� Gathering his hind legs beneath his rear, Kurama waited for just the right second before letting
loose to spring straight up into the air.�
With a cat-like arch in midair the fox landed precisely on the neck of
his prey.� The shrew never even felt the
impact that broke its neck and ended its life.
Gathering his kill gingerly into
his slender jaws, Kurama made sure to puncture his
fangs through the skin so Arianbi, who was already
mobbing him for his prize, would get a taste of its blood.� Behind him Kuwabara
and Yusuke were applauding.� Turning
around, Kurama could see that Shura
was watching him as well.
�That was really cool!�� Kuwabara explained.
�Yea.�� Yusuke agreed, �I�ve never even seen a real
fox do that.�
Kurama�s
head jerked around, his ears pressed firmly to the back of his skull.� A deep growl rumbled in his throat.
:How dare
you imply that I�m not a real fox!:
Taken aback, the young toushin took a step back.�
�Geese, crabass!�� He half laughed.� �I meant foxes here in Ningenkai.� The boring ones who can�t do little plant
tricks.�
:Tricks!:� Kurama
snarled.� :You
call my finely tuned, magnificent skills �tricks�?!� You are digging yourself quite a grave, my friend.:
�So what if I am, Mr. I�m So Vein?�
�:I have every right
to be vein!�� Kurama
fired back, standing and posing like a cat, showing off his silky, gleaming
silver coat.� :Its
in my blood.:
Yusuke threw back his head with a
laugh.� �So is sniffing asses!�
Kurama
glared back at his snickering friend.� Kuwabara was trying hard not to laugh.� When he saw the look on the fox�s face,
however, he snorted unable to contain his amusement.
:Just you
wait.:� he murmured softly in an icy tone
that sent shivers down the boy�s spines.�
Turning back to them, Kurama returned his
attention back to Arianbi.� The dark kit was growling at her dead shrew
as she pounced, tossed and chewed on it.�
Her adrenaline rush and the first taste of blood had sent the kit into
her first bloodhigh.�
It was still at least three more months before she�d actually be
interested in actually eating any solid food.
When the young kit decided her prey
was sufficiently mauled she dropped the mangled shrew corpse to the ground and
bumbled to her father�s side.� Plopping
herself in Kurama�s shadow, Arianbi�s
tongue hung out of her kit stunted snout as she panted.� Once her small body cooled off a bit, the fox
started cleaning her again, licking the blood from her muzzle then nibbling and
smoothing her fluffy kit coat.� Kurama adored his fuzzball�s kitling coat.� He
would be a tad depressed when his kits started their molt into their adult
coats.
Never minding the heat of the sun, Kurama remained basking in the last of the day�s sun while Shura and Kuwabara started to
spar.� They borrowed wooden swords from Genkai�s training room, which surprised the fox.� Genkai was a
diehard teacher.� She wasn�t the type to
have false swords.� However odd it was,
as a father Kurama was glad that Shura
wasn�t using a real sword.� In his mind
the fox could imagine Hiei scoffing at his mate�s
over protective tendencies.� As he
watched the pair Kurama noted that Kuwabara�s style.� He
was more careful and precise than ever, proving that the young man truly was a
gentle giant.� One day he would make a
great father.
After a few minutes of watching the
sparing match, Yusuke had moved away from the pair and started toward Kurama and Arianbi.� The fox turned a pointed ear in his friend�s
direction then turned his gaze to his friend when his footsteps stopped close
by.
�Truce?�� The young toushin
asked holding up his hands in a surrendering gesture.
:Are you
implying that I can�t take a joke?:� Kurama asked good naturedly.
Yusuke chuckled and settled down
next to his friend.� Arianbi
instantly bumbled around her father to climb into her Uncle Yusuke�s lap.� Like a puppy she rolled over for a belly
rub.� Yusuke, of course, complied first
by playfully tickling the round tummy making the kit wiggle and yip; then he
slowed to a slow stroke with his fingertips.
:See if
you can put her to sleep.:� Kurama asked as he stood and returned to where Arianbi had left the dead shrew.� Once he found it, he crunched it down in one
bite.� When he returned to Yusuke he
found his friend watching him with a queasy look on his face.
�Hungry are we?�
:Yes.:� Kurama
answered.� :Very
much so.:
�Dinner should be done soon.� You should bug Yukina
for treats.�� One large brown eye blinked
at the fox.� �Kuwa
and I usually do.�
:I killed
it, Yusuke.:� Kurama
answered.� :I�m
a fox, as you pointed out not too long ago, and I eat what I kill.:
�I�ll remember to remind you of
that the next time you kill a demon.�
:That�s
different and you know it.:
�Still icky!:� Yusuke made a face.� �I mean you ate its brains, bones, uncraped crap, its just eww!�
Inside his head Yusuke could hear
the fox laughing.� :If
your trying to gross me out it not going to work, Yusuke.:
�I guess not.�� Yusuke agreed.� �I�m sure you have seen a lot in your time,
old timer.� Not like us young bucks, and
kit,� He added rubbing the drowsy kit�s ears.
:Just
remember, Yusuke, payback is a bitch whom I happen to know intimately.�
Just when Yusuke went to reply, Yukina appeared at the door to call everyone in for
dinner.� Kurama
shifted his forms and offered his hand to Yusuke, who looked his hand over.
�What no buzzer?�
The fox merely smirked without
removing his hand.� Once Yusuke accepted
the offer and Kurama hauled him to his feet he said,
�I�m not so childish that I would need toys to surprise you, Yusuke.�
�Oh, huh.�� Yusuke said as he transferred the sleeping
kit over to her father.

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All three of the kits were fast
asleep through most of dinner.� Yusuke,
expecting a plant time bomb in every food item amused everybody with his
jumpiness.� His jumpiness was revenge
enough for the fox, not that Kurama told his friend
this, of course.� He enjoyed seeing
Yusuke sweat and his wife�s confused looks his odd behavior brought on.� Jiyu awoke just as
dessert was brought out from the kitchen and not content until he was sitting
at the dinner table in Kurama�s lap.� Shizuru had decided
to try her luck at baking and had surprised everyone by bringing a cake.� At first most everyone was reluctant to try
the cake because they knew very well of their friend�s cooking skills.� Much to everyone�s surprise, the cake was not
only edible it was also really good.� Jiyu, attracted to the bright colors of the frosting, sat
in his father�s lap reaching for the fork or plate as it passed in front of
him.� Seeing no harm in letting his son
sample the pastel colored icing Kurama dabbed a tiny
bit of icing on Jiyu�s lips.� All attention turned to the kit as a comical,
calculating look appeared in Jiyu�s eyes as tasted
the icing and started smacking his lips.�
His large golden eyes widened and his chubby hands reached for more of
the cake.� Kurama
spread a bit more on his finger and let Jiyu suck the
icing off, making a sticky mess on his father�s finger.� The silver kit churred
happily and flipped his tail against Kurama�s thigh.
�You�ll have to thank your Aunt Shizuru.�� Kurama told his kit, rubbing his ear softly.� As if he could understand, Jiyu churred again.

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After dinner everyone, with the
exception of Hiei, settled in the living room.� Jiyu lay in his
father�s arm fighting his groggy eyes from falling
closed.� Kurama
cuddled his kit tenderly to his chest and hummed a soft lullaby as he rocked in
the recliner.
Shura was
settled on the floor half asleep against the couch.� No one had slept very well while Kurama had been more or less in a coma.� Tonight was shaping out to be an early night
for everyone.� Half an hour later both Jiyu and his older brother were dozing lightly when Yusuke,
who was also sitting on the floor, suddenly jerked ramrod straight.� Every confused gaze turned to him as the
young demon twisted to look toward the window.
�Any of you guys feel anything
weird?�
Every physic and or demon shook
their head negative.
�Why?�� Genkai asked.� �What do you sense?�
�Not me.�� Yusuke shook his head as he stood up.� �Puu found a body
at the bottom of the stairs.�
An astonished hush fell over the
room.� Kurama�s
heart plummeted to his feet.� Looking
over to Shura found the young goat pale as a ghost
under his black hair.� The fox stood,
instantly Shura shot up as well.� Feeling out his mate�s ki,
Kurama could tell that he was on his way to the
body.� As usual, Hiei
didn�t want to watch any movie or spend more time than necessary with so many
people.� After the past few days dealing
with three crabby kits the Jaganshi more than earned
his reprieve.� Handing Jiyu to Yukina, Kurama started for the door.
�Shura,
you stay here and keep the temple safe.��
He said when Shura started to follow.� When he turned back to the door he said to
Yusuke, �Hiei�s already on his way.�
They made it to the bottom of the
stairs in a few moments time.� Hiei was already there with Puu.� Genkai instantly
knelt down checking over the body.� The
poor guy had obviously been dead for a while.�
His eyes were fixed and glazed over; the stench of his decay was already
lingering around the area.� He had most
likely been killed earlier that day and moved to this spot.� Judging by the smell and stiffness of the
corpse�s limbs he had been placed at the foot of the stairs only a few hours
earlier.
�He reeks of the Makai.�� Genkai said as she straightened up from the crouch she was
in to inspect the body.� �His neck was
snapped and there are no visible signs of torture. He was probably placed here
when we all went inside to eat.�
�This was pinned to the
sleeve.�� Hiei
held out a small, folded piece of paper to his mate.� �It�s for you.�
The fox tried not to let his hand
shake reached for the small piece of paper.�
Glowering as he read its contents Kurama
suppressed a growl.
�Welcome
back, Youko.�
�What�s it say?�� Yusuke asked.�
Kurama didn�t answer, he simply handed the
note to him.
� �Welcome
back, Youko.��
He read aloud.� �It�s that fucking
goat again.�
�Was there ever any doubt?�� Hiei snarled.
�What should we do with the
body?�� Kuwabara
asked.
�First I want to get back to my
children.�� Kurama
answered.� �This sad creature may very
well be a diversion.�

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Shura
shifted from foot to foot as he stood at the edge of the porch stairs, his
heart thumping wildly in his throat.� He
signed with relief when his adoptive father appeared over the steps.� When they got back to the temple
Shura
wasn�t quite sure what he expected but he certainly wasn�t expecting a pair of
angered golden eyes staring into his own.
�Just what do you think would
happen if the girls and kits were ambushed while we were dealing with a
possible intruder and you are out here?��
Kurama�s deep voice was soft and laced with
disappointment, his fear was well hidden but his anger was front and
center.� �I left you here to protect
them.�
Taking a deep breath Shura tried to say something around the lump in his
throat.� Instead he lowered his eyes and
muttered something even he couldn�t understand.�
Not that it really mattered; the fox had already disappeared inside the
temple.� Following the rest of the
fighters inside Shura stood off in the entrance way
listening to the conversation going on around him.
�So Yomi
took that poor bastard just to kill him and leave him here?�� Yusuke recapped thoughtfully.� �Why would he leave a human?� Aren�t they harder to come by since Enki outlawed trying to ransack the Ningenkai.�
�We can�t prove Yomi
played any part in bringing him into the Makai.�� Hiei muttered.� He watched as his mate paced slowly across
the room.� Jiyu
was fussing in the fox�s arms, letting him know that he did not appreciate his
father�s sudden disappearance.� �If the
human stumbled into the Makai on his own then he�s
fair game. �Demons aren�t allowed to
cross over here to cause trouble for humans but they still eat humans when they
can get them.�
�That doesn�t mean anything.�� Kurama said shaking
his head.� �Yomi
has demons masquerading as humans.� He
has them working in orphanages and insane asylums to retrieve the humans that
could fall through the cracks and not cause a commotion with their
disappearances.�
�That�s horrible!�� Keiko gasped from where she was sitting next
to her husband, clutching tightly to his arm.
Shura was
confused.� He thought his sire was
cleaver to find ways of getting his food where they weren�t wanted.� When living in Gandara,
Shura was raised on human meat from the start.� He never minded the taste but his sire
assured him that he would grow to love it.�
Now that he had spent time with humans who had accepted him as family he
couldn�t imagine ever touching human meat again.� Still he couldn�t quite understand why the
things his sire was doing within the human �hospitals� and �orphanages� was so
wrong.� Gathering his courage the young
goat finally spoke up, �Why is that so wrong?�
A long pause filled the room before
Keiko spoke again, this time her voice was angered and offended.� �How can you say that?�
Taken aback, Shura
could only blink at the human for a moment. �I-If they�re not wanted or sick,
why is it wrong?�
�Do you think of humans as just
animals, Shura?��
Shizuru worked hard to keep her voice neutral,
although her aura was anything but.
�No.�� Shura answered his
voice a tad firmer than before, yet his face was still as pale as it had been
when they had first found the body.
Across the room Hiei
had expected his mate to speak up for his son and explain why the two human
females were so offended.� He had spent
years living in the Ningenkai watching humans while
he was waiting for Kurama or breaks in his training
or pure boredom.� He learned that humans
are sickly sentimental about their entire race especially the deformed, weak
and sick.� His mate, however, remained
mute.
�Then why,� Shizuru continued.� �Do you think it would be okay to ship any of
them for slaughter?�
�If they are unwanted or unwell in
their minds what good is it to keep them alive?�
Aren�t they penned up as animals in those buildings their kept in?� How is that any different?�
�At least their
alive!�� Keiko replied, her tone a
bit snappish at the young goat�s indifference.
�But, what good is keeping them
alive?�� Shura�s
tone remained honest and questioning, not debating but simply trying to
understand.
�Every life is worth something!�
Before the situation got any worse Kurama finally spoke up and put a stop to the
conversation.� Although his voice was
soft and calm, his tone was firm and offered no room for debate.� �I think that�s quite enough.� Shura, this is an
extremely controversial subject.� You
were brought up with your demon morals, which is how you should be.� Here in the Ningenkai
things are different and honestly the government and laws on this matter will
only succeed in giving you a headache.�
�Will you explain it to me, then?�
�If you insist.�� Kurama sighed.� �But, not tonight.� We need to get back to the matter at
hand.� Yusuke would you get in touch with
Botan or Koenma to see what
they want us to do with the body.�
Perhaps its time Hiei, that you and I thought
about returning to the Makai.� If we get off Yomi�s
radar for a while, until the kits are a bit older, then,�
�Then what Kurama?��
Yusuke exploded, �You�ll be that much farther away from all of us.� We can help protect you kids.� If disappear from his radar you�ll have to
get away from ours, too.� What�s going to
happen if he finds you guys?� We�ll be
back at square fucking one!�
�We aren�t getting anywhere just
staying here as sitting ducks either.�� Kurama replied.� �I
have to find out how he�s spying on us.�
He knew when the kits were born and their names. He knew when I awoke
from being changed back when it had taken a much shorter amount of time than
when he first changed me.� He�s not
biding his time, he�s playing with me.�
�Which is more of
a reason why you should stay where you and your children are safe.�� Said Genaki.� �He�s not allowed to come to Ningenkai to cause problems.� Perhaps that�s the one thing that is keeping Yomi away.�
�Yomi is
hardly afraid of Yomi.�� Kurama
answered.� �He was repulsed at the
thought of being under his rule and has no doubt been planning on trying to set
up the old kingdoms.�
�Really?�� Shizuru asked.� �Cause he seems to be spending a hell of a
lot of time following your every move.�
�You�d be surprised.�� Shura answered solemnly
before Kurama or anyone else had a chance to.� All eyes turned to the young goat who, instead of elaborating, retreated to his bedroom.

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The debate had lasted for a few
hours.� By the time Kidori
and Arianbi had woken up for their final meal of the
night Kurama had agreed that staying at the temple
was the best idea for the time being.�
Hiei and
all of the kits were fast asleep in the bed when Kurama
got the urge to check over the temple.�
Silently he crawled out of his bed and placed Jiyu
down next to Arianbi on the bed and arranged the
pillows into a nest around them.� Just as
he left his room, Kurama found Shura
making his way down the hall.� The fox
watched as Shura padded silently through the hall and
followed his son out the front door.�
Once outside, Shura looked about for a moment
then walked out to the middle of the lawn and appeared to expectantly wait for
someone.� Not even a minute later Puu descended from the sky landing gracefully next to the
young goat.� Holding out his hand Shura offered something his adoptive father could not see
which Puu accepted happily.� Kurama had a
feeling it was a piece of the cake Shizuru had
made.� The large bird lowered his head
and nuzzled his cheek to Shura�s chest.� The young goat flung his arms around Puu�s large head and clung to him.
Kurama
was shocked.� He had no idea that Shura was seeking comfort in Puu.� He was about to approach when a figure walked
out of the forest.� Yusuke was coming
back from his own midnight patrol
starting Kurama who hadn�t noticed the young demon
leaving the temple at all.� He spotted
his SpiritBeast and turned to go toward him.� Only after Puu
lifted to acknowledge his other half did Yusuke realize Shura
was there.
�You sneaking him table
scraps?�� Yusuke smiled affectionately at
the young goat.
Shura
looked bashfully at the taller demon.�
�Am I not allowed?�
�Oh sure you can! I usually
do.� He gets awful lonely all alone up
here with only Yukina and the old lady to keep him
company.� He really enjoys you playing
with him.�
�How did you know I give him
scraps?�
�Puu told
me, kinda.� He
can show me his thought and I can understand his feelings and Puu, well he�s a really great listener.�
�Yea,�� Shura
agreed, his tired eyes, even now, still scanning the tree line.
�All�s well, buddy.�� Yusuke assured the young goat, placing a hand
on his shoulder.� �Puu
and I didn�t find a thing out of place.�
Shura
nodded and yawned against Puu�s neck prompting Kurama to approach.
�I think its time you went to bed, Shura.�� He told his
son as soon as he approached.� The young
goat twitched as he fought flinching away when Kurama
stroked his hair softly.� �Everyone�s
leaving in the morning so we�re really going to need your help with the kits.�
Shura
nodded, not looking up at the fox. �He
scratched Puu behind the ear and murmured a
�goodnight� to Yusuke.� His adoptive father
watched his son retreat into the temple, a soft sigh leaving his lips.
�He�s upset with me.�
�Naw.�� Yusuke
answered,� �At
least not as much as you think.� He�s
just nervous about that body, hell we all are.��
Kurama
sent Yusuke an appreciative.� �I�m sure
your right.� We�re all a tad jumpy
tonight.�
Yusuke bid his friend goodnight and
left to seek his bed.� The fox stood
outside for a while longer watching the moon move slowly across the sky and
listening to the chirping of the summertime insects.� Nothing seemed to be out of place nor the
wildlife disturbed.� This comforted the
fox even though he knew that it very well could have meant nothing.� For now he and his family were safe.� When Puu took off
to patrol the mountains once again Kurama decided he
could seek out his bed.� On his way back
he paused at the doorway of Shura�s room, his door
was slightly ajar.� Pushing the door
open, Kurama made sure that creeked
to announce his entry.� His son twitched
ever so slightly.� His tense body and
quick breathing told the fox�s critical eye that Shura
was awake and trying very hard not to appear so.
Once at the bed, Kurama had to admit that Shura
did a very good job of keeping his face blank and seemingly asleep.� It was a warm night and Shura
had striped down to his boxer with a light sheet pulled up to his waist.� It was obvious that Shura
didn�t want to be bother so his father bent and gave his son�s naked shoulder a
soft kiss and left the room.� Everyone
would feel better in the morning after a good night�s sleep.

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