A/n: Finally! I'm updating this… Jeez, took me long enough, didn't it? But I've been thinking a lot, and finally I know what direction to go in with this story… It will most likely go in an entirely different direction than the first Rose Petals went in… Let's just say that everything has changed completely around, and I'm adding another character into the mix that I may make pretty important…

Disclaimer: Don't own Yuyu Hakusho…and I never will…so deal with it, people…

Chapter 3: A Matter of Balance

The classroom was as loud as it could have possibly gotten… The teacher had left the room, as usual, and that left the rest of the class to grow noisier as each second went by. It was as if all sense of "library voices" had gone away…

Of course, Kurama, in the deeper, more unknown cynical side of his mind, preferred to call those lost voices "shut-up-or-Yoko-will-hurt-you" voices…

But who would understand that?

Granted, the redheaded demon sat in the far corner of the room, staring out the window, lost in a storm of deep thoughts… He was aware that beside him were his other two companions: Kiara, and his former rival, Yuu Kaito.

Yes, Kaito…

That was something Kurama occasionally laughed at. Kaito, who used to despise him, had quickly become his friend after that happened. There was a bit of a competitive edge to this relationship, but it worked somehow... Kurama supposed that being polar opposites had nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact, all three of them had somehow formed a pack of their own… Kaito was already Kurama's friend, and the two were joined by Kiara after she latched on to Kurama's companionship. Though, Kaito willingly let her in; he was certainly smitten with the idea of having a pretty girl join their lone duo to make it a trio. Now they were the lone trio: the handsome redhead, the videogame nerd, and the pretty, cheery girl…

Granted, Kurama was already a bit of a loner, and Kaito was no exception to that. Kiara now made it her sole goal to make the two "more sociable."

Now, the motley crew of friends resided in the back of the room, in their corner, all doing their separate "things." While Kurama spaced off, Kiara was intently doodling something on the back cover of her notebook, while Kaito was reading one of his latest manga…Something with a lot of blood, and that is all Kurama could tell about it.

I wonder if she has been having these dreams. Kurama thought to himself. I am aware that she had these dreams, but lately it seems as if I am seeing things that actually happened…

"Ah ha!" Kurama's thoughts were cut short by Kiara's sudden exclamation. He calmly turned his head to the blue-eyed girl, who had her hands in the air in victory.

"What?" Kaito said without even looking up from his manga.

"I did it!" she said proudly.

"What?" Kaito repeated himself, now slightly curious as to what the girl did.

"I drew us three as bunny rabbits!"

"You did what?" this caused Kaito to put his bookmark in his manga.

"…" Kurama merely shook his head, mildly amused at the situation.

"What?" Kiara said in defense. "I was bored and this is what came of it."

"…" Kaito and Kurama observed the doodles. Granted, they were most obviously rabbits, but weird ones. She had taken a red pen and colored in the hair of one rabbit to show that was Kurama. Kaito's rabbit was a weirdly drawn one with freckles and glasses and an odd scribble on top that both assumed was Kaito's unruly black hair. The other one was a happily smiling one with ponytail and a ribbon.

"You need a social life… or a hobby." Kaito said, returning to his manga.

"That's the pot calling the kettle black." Kiara huffed in response while "tweaking" her masterpiece.

"Hey…I do have a hobby. It just so happens I can recite every line the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." Kaito defended, but Kurama couldn't tell if it was sarcasm or not.

"Wonderful, Kaito." Kiara smirked. "Where's your Nobel Prize?"

"I'm ignoring you now." Kaito sighed in defeat. "For such a pretty girl, you're very evil."

"I'm not evil…" Kiara pouted.

"Yes you are."

"No!"

"Yes…"

"No…"

"I'm stopping it right there." Kurama found it necessary to intervene. "We don't need you two to enter one of your never ending squabbles."

"Whatever."

A silence followed…A long one…

Fox boy…

And to whom do I owe this pleasure, Hiei?

The baby-prince…Actually everyone is a bit worried right now.

And why would they be worried, Hiei?

You seem distracted lately… And that normally isn't you, so whatever.

Did you want to come and psychoanalyze me, or was it against your will?

No… Koenma told me to, so I did it… But what is going on? You told me you were having weird dreams, but you haven't informed me of anything in general for a couple of weeks now.

It's nothing that you or anyone needs to trouble yourselves over.

What is going on, fox? When you say that, it's worse than you're letting on.

You know me well, Hiei. But I won't say anything… Just forget about it, okay?

Whatever, fox…

Anything else, Hiei?

Whatever… Apparently, the Spirit Detective and the others are coming to bug you after school…

Thank you Hiei…

Whatever, fox…

With that, the little fire demon left the telepathic conversation. Though, Kurama lost himself in another storm of thoughts….

Granted, he hadn't said anything to the group of the incident involving Kiara and the strange Akito trying to kill her. Actually, only Hiei even knew of Kiara. He hadn't said anything at the last meeting about her to Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan, and even Koenma. Nor had he said anything of his worsening dreams.

It was probably going to haunt him in the future for not telling them, but Kurama didn't care… It happened when it happened.

"Will this class ever end?" Kiara inquired, putting her notebook away.

"It seems as if it isn't going to." Kurama turned, having been snapped from his thoughts again.

"More time for me to read." Kaito mused from his manga.

"If you want to call it reading." Kiara teased.

"To me, it's reading…" Kaito defended.

"Of course…" Kiara trailed off.

At this point, Kurama got a strange, lightheaded feeling. It wasn't very often that the redhead got these feelings but for some reason, it was occurring now of all times. He rubbed his temple for a second, and decided to ignore the feeling for now.

"What's wrong, Suichi?" Kiara turned to the redhead.

"Oh, just a bit of headache." Kurama lifted a hand. "Nothing to worry about."

"Okay…" Kiara shrugged.

"…" Kaito lifted an eyebrow at the fox demon, but returned to his manga.

"Arg…" Kiara pulled out her notebook again, scribbling stuff out of boredom.

"So, Suichi…" Kaito started, placing a bookmark in his manga. "What's going on with this headache thing?" He leaned in closer, in order to keep more secrecy to the conversation.

"Why does it matter?" Kurama lifted an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Because whenever you say that, you're hiding the real extent of something." Kaito adjusted his glasses.

"…" Kurama shook his head. "You sound like Hiei."

"The creepy, short guy I met?" Kaito inquired.

"Yes, and earlier, he said something similar." Kurama laughed a bit.

"Anyway," Kaito started again. "What's going on with this dream thing?"

"Nothing…" Kurama sighed. "Well… You could say they're becoming a bit of a nuisance."

"Is that all you're telling me?" Kaito stared at the redhead.

"In any sense, yes…That is all that is worth saying." Kurama smiled.

"Did I hear something about dreams?" Kiara turned to the two boys. She stopped and made eye contact with Kurama. "Mine aren't getting worse…They're the same every night… Yours aren't getting worse, are they Suichi?" She tapped her foot on the ground.

"No…" Kurama lifted his hands in defense, almost amused that he was getting double-teamed. "They're just getting a little more annoying is all?"

Before the conversation could continue, the bell rang, the end of the day bell, that is. (Since they were in last period.) The trio stood up and went to exit the room. Kurama's headache upgraded to a pounding headache, but he tried his hardest to ignore it. He got to his locker and began to grab his stuff for the day. Everyone was clearing out of the halls, and Kurama leaned against his locker, locked in a very piercing pain. The pain managed to go from his head to the rest of his body, causing him to go a bit numb. And to his dismay, his vision grew cloudy…

"Wait… Suichi!" Kiara's voice was all he heard before he passed out completely…

Outside the school…

"I don't think I've every actually been to Kurama's school before…" a girl with blue hair mused. The girl, who was not actually human in the right sense, had her long hair pulled in a ponytail, and also had pink eyes. Placing a hand on her hip, she turned to her two companions.

"I've seen it, like…once." The boy with black hair thought. "It's just a school…" He placed both a hands behind his head. He had slicked back, shiny black hair and brown eyes.

"I've never been here before." The orange-haired boy shrugged. He had curly hair and beady brown eyes, and he was also the tallest. He had both hands casually in his pockets.

"Well, Kurama is usually the one to meet us." The girl mused again. "But let's not worry about that. Let's just find Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara."

"Follow the leader…" Yusuke said nonchalantly, obviously bored. "Use your powers of love to find him, Botan." A mischievous smirk grew across his face.

"What are you implying?" Botan blushed slightly.

"That you're in love with him." Yusuke responded.

"I am not!" Botan defended, stamping her booted foot on the ground. "I am just friends with him."

"Which explains completely why you're so intent on finding out what's wrong with him…" Yusuke smirked again while Kuwabara laughed, amused, in the background.

"I'm ignoring you, Yusuke." Botan huffed.

"Of course…" Yusuke stared. "You know as well as I do that it's nearly impossible to get stuff out of Kurama. He's calm and smart and all that jazz, but he's also kind of stubborn."

"Are you sure stubborn is the right word, Urameshi?" Kuwabara inquired, turning towards the black-haired boy.

"It's as good a word as any." Yusuke shrugged.

"Hey…" Botan pointed ahead at a figure standing at the gates. It was most definitely not Kurama, but he seemed familiar nonetheless. He seemed to be talking to a female figure. After a second, the female figure ran off. "Isn't that Kaito?"

"The dude who used to hate Kurama?" Kuwabara turned.

"Yeah, him…" Botan ran up to him, causing the two boys to follow suit. "Kaito?" (A/n: I'm going on the wild assumption that they're familiar enough to know each other's names on cue…)

"Oh… You three…" Kaito put his manga in his backpack. (Of which he was reading until he was interrupted a couple of times.)

"Hey dude." Yusuke lifted hand.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kaito asked.

"We're supposed to meet Suichi." Botan answered.

"Oh…Well…" Kaito trailed off.

"Well what?" Botan stared at the boy, who was nervously adjusting his glasses.

"A friend of mine just informed me of something…" Kaito responded. "Actually, I was about to head to the infirmary…" He kept trailing off.

"Why the nurse's office?" Kuwabara lifted an eyebrow.

"He's sick?" Yusuke turned to Kuwabara. "What else is the infirmary good for?"

"Getting sick passes out of school?" Kuwabara smirked a bit.

"Well, it's past school's end, so I'm assuming he doesn't want a pass out of school…" Yusuke mused. "But it is easy to do."

Whack!!

"Ow…Damn, Botan." Yusuke, along with Kuwabara, rubbed his head. "What was that for?"

"For being idiots…" Botan declared with both hands on her hips.

"What?" Yusuke said. "We're just wondering."

"Oh, Yusuke." Botan sighed. "What am I to do with you?"

"Nothing…" Yusuke received a glare. "Shutting up…" He lifted his hand in innocence.

"Back to what you were saying…" Botan trailed off and turned to Kaito. "What happened?"

"I'll be blunt in fear of interruption." Kaito said. "Apparently, according to my friend, Suichi passed out."

"…" the tree stared at Kaito.

"What?!" Botan exclaimed, staring straight in the eyes of Kaito.

"Yes…" Kaito was apparently unfazed.

"How? Why?" Botan started an inquiry.

"I don't know how someone passes out. Nor do I really know why." Kaito turned on his heel. "All I know is that he told me he had a headache before school ended. And afterwards, our friend found him passing out at his locker."

"That doesn't sound Kurama-ish." Kuwabara worked to place words together.

"Well, not everyday fox boy passes out on us." Yusuke shrugged. "Where's the infirmary, again?"

"Follow me…" Kaito started off. "I did say I was headed that way."

"Following." The three agreed and followed the boy.

In Kurama's dreams…

His mind was all just a cloudy blur right now… It seemed as if he was lost in a bit of nothingness at the moment… He supposed it was just an intermission of some sort…calm before the storm.

Actually, Kurama vaguely remember passing out. He remembered the headache, and he remembered Kiara calling his name…But that was it…

Suddenly, Kurama's mind began to take form of a vision of some form… He found himself as floating above a laboratory/torture chamber of some form. (He was some form of an invisible entity at the moment.) There was clearly a female, tall and slender, in a lab coat, but she was shadowed enough so that Kurama couldn't quite tell what she looked like. He saw another figure, delicate, chained to a metal platform on the wall. It was a girl, most definitely, but once again, it was hard to tell who she was.

"Why dear…" the woman in the lab coat walked to the chained girl. Her high heels made "clack!" sounds against the hard stone floor. She let out her hand, and stroked a piece of the girl's hair. "You're finally useful! Isn't that wonderful? Well, it is for us anyway…"

"…" the girl seemed unable to make a response.

"Exactly." A smirk was visible to Kurama on the woman's face. "Now, finally, I can see if my little experiment works. You get to be my guinea pig…"

"…" the girl was silent.

"Akito!" the woman yelled.

That caught the majority of Kurama's attention. He turned to a doorway and saw Akito, the very guy who had tried to kill Kiara!

Back to the infirmary…

"Kiara…" Kaito said when he opened the infirmary door. "How's he doing?"

"He's not dead if it counts for anything." Kiara turned, and stopped, seeing the trio of people following after him.

"Um…Hello!" Botan put on the cheery front. It was most obvious to Yusuke and Kuwabara as to the fact that Botan was surprised and curious at the girl sitting next to Kurama. "My name is Botan, what's your name?"

"Um…" Kiara stopped and lifted an eyebrow a bit. "My name is Kiara…Hi?"

"Oh, splendid to meet you." Botan smiled. Inside she was angrily twitching an eye. Who was the pretty girl that was sitting there? "Oh, and this is Yusuke and Kuwabara."

"Uh…hi again." Kiara lifted a hand.

"Ignore her freakish perkiness." Yusuke leaned against the wall.

"These are a few friends of Suichi's…They're from different schools." Kaito was blunt. Putting his backpack on the floor, he sat in a chair next on the end of the bed.

"Oh…" Kiara's confusion seemed to clear. "Well then…"

"We were supposed to meet Suichi, but it appears that…well…" Botan rubbed her neck and trailed off.

"I don't know what happened…" Kiara started. "He passed out when I went to meet him at his locker. He looked pale and all, but I didn't think his headache was that bad… I think anyway."

"The dude has a bad habit of making things seem better than they actually are." Yusuke rolled his eyes, still leaning against the wall casually. "You'll learn it, I'm sure."

"I kind of already figured that." Kiara's voice was flat, staring down at the unconscious redhead.

"Did the nurse call his mother?" Kaito inquired.

"Nope… I told her I'd do it for her." Kiara stared. "But I haven't. If anything, I won't. Since I'm sure Suichi wouldn't want his mother to worry too much."

"If I've figured him out by now, he won't tell her at all." Kaito said flatly.

"Nope…" Yusuke rolled his eyes again.

"Shouldn't we be worried by why he passed out?" Kuwabara intervened. "I'm just curious."

"We'll figure that out when he wakes up." Botan was staring worriedly at Kurama.

Back to Kurama's dreams…

"I want you do start turning on the 'machine.'" The woman instructed.

"Have you completed the plans for the experiment?" Akito walked over the machine, the one with the metal platform that the girl was strapped to.

"Yes." The woman said bluntly. "I'm ready to see if it works."

"What'll you do when it's complete?" Akito lifted an eyebrow at the woman.

"We'll discuss that later, Akito." The woman sighed in annoyance. "Right now, let's see if it works for us. My guinea pig is growing impatient."

"Right." Akito clicked in a code into the machine. There was a sudden flash of light…

What Kurama saw before the flash engulfed him was the woman's insane smirk… Before the vision cleared, the girl's piercing scream echoed in his head.

Back to the group…

Now that I'm looking more closely, I'm beginning to see that this girl…Is she human? Botan was in the back of the room, tapping her foot nervously while twirling her hair in her fingers. She was studying Kiara, whose aura now intrigued her. She was surely worried about Kurama's condition at the moment, but what about this girl…

The blue haired woman was questioning what she was… She couldn't quite place her finger on it, but she wasn't human…But was she a demon?

"I'm a bit worried." Kiara stated.

"Well…Understandable…" Kaito shrugged.

Arg! This is frustrating… I'm a ferry girl of the Spirit World! Why can't I figure out what she is? Botan mentally hit herself in the head.

"Hey Botan…" Kuwabara whispered in the blue-haired girl's ear. "Do you sense anything strange about that girl?"

"Yes…" Botan whispered back. She began to hope that Kuwabara's keen sixth sense would be of help to her. "Can you tell anything…?"

"Yeah…It's funny." Kuwabara laughed a bit. "She's not fully human, but she isn't a demon at all."

"What?" Botan stared in amazement.

"That's all I can tell…" Kuwabara shrugged. "All I can tell is that she's off-human or something."

"I'll try harder to figure it out, Kuwabara." Botan nodded and Kuwabara went back to his spot on the wall.

Wait… I'm looking closer… Her spirit energy…It's off…Kuwabara is right! Come on Botan! Arg! Wait… …………… Oh my!!!

To Kurama's dream…

Kurama was in a haze now, thoroughly shocked at the event showed to him. Who was the lady Akito was talking to? And who was the girl she was torturing? This confused him…That had to have been a premonition of some form… He saw something in the past…But what?

"It's not fair…" a high, female voice rung in his head. Kurama turned around, trying to locate the voice's source. "It's not fair at all…"

"What isn't fair?" Kurama finally decided to answer.

"She isn't worthy to have it…" the voice echoed…

"…" Kurama waited again.

"She is only a wench…" Kurama suddenly stopped at something cold caressing his cheek. "She can't have you…No one can…She is an evil wench…She was the 'worthy' one…She will die…"

"…" Kurama was frozen…as if he couldn't move. Long, long locks of light blond, almost white hair trailed around him. The girl who was speaking was most obviously behind him, and her long locks were gently flowing around him. Her cold hand caressed his cheek, and warm breath could be felt on his ears.

"Who…are you?" Kurama managed to choke out.

"You will be mine…" Arms wrapped around him… Her voice was desperate almost. "But…I must rid the world of 'unworthy' ones… I will soon be the worthy one…Soon, I will be the successful one, and everyone else will be the failed results!!" There was a light kiss on the back of his head. "Soon…soon…soon…" The arms unwrapped himself and everything went silent. Kurama was able to move again, but he couldn't quite figure out what that was... He was only left with an eerie feeling inside…

Soon, he felt himself drifting away from his dreams…

The group, again…

"Hey!" Kiara's voice lightened up the room, after there was a long silence. "I think he's waking up."

"…" Kurama's green eyes opened, and the first thing he saw was Kiara's enthusiastic smile. "Oh…Hello, Kiara…"

"Don't do that!" Kiara huffed. "You sound so calm for someone who passed out."

"He's always like that." Yusuke's voice was recognizable to Kurama. He assumed that Kuwabara and Botan were there as well.

"Thanks…" Kurama smiled at Yusuke when he sat up. The headache was gone, and he felt a ton better…Well, aside from the lingering creepy feeling in his stomach.

"What was all of that about?" Kaito stared intently at the redhead, adjusting his glasses.

"Do I need to answer that here?" Kurama stood up. He was wobbly at first, but gracefully regained his balance. He had his hands in his pockets now, standing in his usual, straight posture.

"No…" Kaito rolled his eyes and stood too, as did everyone else.

"Sorry about all of that." Kurama rubbed his head. "How long have I been out?"

"Around an hour or so…" Kiara responded. "It's around 3:30-something now."

"Well, not too long then." Kurama grabbed his backpack.

"And no…No one called your mother." Kaito answered.

"Good again…I think the last thing that poor woman needs is the news that her son passed out in school." Kurama sighed.

"Ready to go?" Kuwabara turned. "We do need to talk to you privately."

"I'm all for leaving ahead…" Kaito said, pulling out his manga. "You all have your private chat…I'll e-mail you later, Suichi, to make sure you're still alive and all." Kaito lifted his hand and disappeared down the halls.

"Uh…Listen, Suichi." Botan grabbed Kurama's arm. "I need to talk to you personally."

"Oh…" Kurama sensed hidden meaning in Botan's voice.

"Oh, well then." Kiara smiled. "I'll…uh…let you two talk then!" Kiara lifted a hand. "Let me know later how you're doing!" Kiara ran down the halls after Kaito.

"So, we came along for nothing?" Yusuke managed to say before Botan death-dragged Kurama out of the room.

The two came to a desolate part of the school halls. Botan took this chance to create a portal with her communicator. She and Kurama (albeit Kurama was dragged) went through the portal… They were in a busy, bustling hall; one that Kurama recognized as Spirit World. She dragged him, still, to an empty office room, where no on was in sight.

"Kurama…" Botan turned her pink eyes to Kurama's green ones.

"What is it, Botan?" Kurama regained his tall posture and brushed himself off.

"How much are you not telling us?" Botan's voice was intent.

"…" Kurama sighed loudly, rubbing the back of his head. He pushed a piece of hair back, and returned his gaze back to the ferry girl. "The question is how much do you know?"

"…" Botan walked forward, and looked up at Kurama, who was much taller than her. She looked up at him, her gaze strict and intense. "Why did you pass out like that? And that isn't the only question I have."

"…" Kurama responded with a short silence. "To tell you the truth, Botan, I can't explain I collapsed there, of all times…"

This was followed by an awkward silence on both parts. Kurama stared off in a different direction, and Botan stared in the opposite. She glanced back and the redhead, whose gaze, remained casual and calm, like always. She hated that gaze sometimes… It was the kind of gaze that she knew that with one simple glance; he could dissect every one of her thoughts.

"Kurama." Botan started again. "We've been through a lot together, so I don't know why you're so intent on keeping secrets."

"…" Kurama just kept his calm.

"Oh…" Botan sighed. "How about I start with this question? Who is that Kiara girl?"

"I met her a few weeks ago…" Kurama simply answered. "She moved to my school, and you could say that I found some connection between us two."

"Oh…" Botan sighed. She thought of the resolution she had come to. Did he know? Of course he knew…He was Kurama… "Why didn't you tell us about her?"

"I guess it didn't come up. Seeing as that it was a meeting of the Spirit Detectives, I thought Kiara was the last thing anyone wanted to hear." Kurama smiled.

"I know…It is hard to get a word pass when Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma are all in one room." Botan laughed a bit. "But…It took awhile…and I needed Kuwabara's help…But…Kurama? That girl…She's not human."

"I am aware of this…" Kurama nodded. "I am also aware that she isn't demon, either."

"It is easy to tell that her aura is off totally." Botan trailed off.

"Listen…" Kurama sat down in one of the chairs, and Botan followed suit. "Her aura is off… It was really off. It has changed several times between a demonic aura and a human aura… Hiei has noticed the demonic, so, for all I know, he believes her to be a demon of some form." Kurama stopped for a second. "I think there's no balance there."

"What?" Botan stared and lifted an eyebrow.

"There is no balance in her aura." Kurama repeated. "She can't be half and half, or else Hiei would have noticed right off, and I would have too."

"I'm still a little lost." Botan sighed.

"I don't think there's much else of a way to put it." Kurama turned his head away in thought. "There's an imbalance. She's….off…not either…I think she's another being altogether."

"How can you be sure?" Botan stared at the fox demon.

"I'm not entirely certain." Kurama stopped again. "But all I can say is that this must be very big… If she, whatever she is, can fool even Hiei, who wields the Jagan Eye, then it is big."

"What have you been telling Hiei?" Botan fiddled with her hair.

"I have been playing it off that she's demon." Kurama smiled a bit. "I'll let Hiei stay in the blank for now…Actually, I might as well keep Yusuke in the blank. I'm sure Kuwabara figured it out. What, with his uncanny sixth sense."

"Do you think she knows any of this?" She stared.

"No…" Kurama laughed a bit. "In my opinion, she is totally unaware of it. Kaito, I'm sure, is also unaware of it. But he'll catch on sooner or later, being a psychic and all."

"Oh…"

"Yes." Kurama said. "For now, let's keep this between us until Koenma catches on?"

"Alright." Botan smiled.

"Good. I'd rather keep Hiei blissfully unaware of the real situation. Besides, it is almost amusing that this girl has tricked Hiei. Her aura really is screwed up enough to get anyone with his abilities to believe she's a new kind of demon or something of the like." Kurama smiled, bemused.

"Alright, Kurama." Botan sighed. How could she take this? The situation was obviously bad, since she was certain there was more that he let on.

"There is more, I assure you, Botan." Kurama turned the ferry girl. "But for now, I'll keep that to myself…Until I understand it more."

"I'll make a portal to your home now." Botan created a portal… With a smile and a wave, the redheaded demon left through the portal, leaving the ferry girl to sit there…

An imbalance? I've never heard of anything like it… I've never met someone who was not human nor demon; someone whose aura was messed up and switches around like he claims…

Can someone be manipulating it?

A/n: There you have it… I finally started the main chunk of the plot right here…Explanations are needed!

About Kaito: yes! He's going to play a pretty important role in this story… I figured that Kurama needs another confidant that isn't Hiei…Hiei is one of the coolest characters on the show, but let's face it: he isn't all that confiding…

The Kiara thing: I figured I wanted to change her character around a bit. She is far from a push over, but also, is delightfully cheerful. And the imbalance thing? I'll keep that to myself… I kept it as cryptic as I could in order to ad some more in later…

Yusuke and Kuwabara will play basically the same roles as last time…They are going to be the side characters/comic relief in some cases…

And Kurama's dream: get used to them, especially the chick who touched him in the dream…Oh, and Akito will still make appearances, and the woman in the lab coat will play a big role, but I won't reveal anything about her in fear of spoiling it…

And there is more to Botan that last time too!

Okay! There are my footnotes! PLEASE review!!! (Readies Scotty)