Here is my own idea to Yami Yue's series of HxKs. And yes, I have her permission to do this. Want to see the emails we exchanged? I'm not feeling to hot right now, having a not-so-good friend stop by for a little bit today and being insulted by a newbie at Neopets. But writing might help me vent, so without further rambling, here is The Great Pretender

Summary: sequel to Yami Yue's fics. BH, American Spirit Detective, visits the Jaganshi/Youko family. After that, she is kidnapped by an enchantress who longs for Hiei, going as BH and putting a love spell on him, blaming it on BH. How will BH get out and prove her innocence? But BH harbors a secret of her own...

Kurama POV

Yusuke let me go early today, seeing as how no one was coming in and all the work we had was finished.....heh. There's a first.

I head over to Mukuro's Palace. Luckily, the boys' lessons are at Mukuro's today. As I head for the meeting room, where I sense my love to be, I pass by the indoor training area. A giant window allows viewing, and I watch as Ryou takes down his opponent in no time flat. I smile, proud of him. Kenji is off to the side, and, sensing me, looks up and waves. I wave back before continuing to the meeting room.

I have not gone but five feet it seems before Hiei is there. I sense curiosity through our bond.

I smile, answering his unasked question. "Yusuke gave me the rest of the day off, so I thought I'd come and pick you guys up."

Hiei smiles, shaking his head. "I bet Yusuke was just sick of working so gave him and you the time off."

"How well do you know him?" I joke, as I follow him as he starts to leave.

"Mukuro and I are almost done here. If you want to watch our sons train, you're welcome to. But if you want to join me in the meeting room, that's fine, too."

"I'll see how well our sons learn," I decide out loud as I head back to the training room.

Kenji goes up next, against a kid who could have been a son of Hiei, had I not known who his children really were. He had all black hair, with one little white streak on one side of his bangs. His eyes are even the blood red that Hiei's sometimes flare to when he's angry. But this one has bat wings. I lip read as the instructor says that the match is Kenji versus Koryu.

I become more surprised as this Koryu demon uses a katana as well as my family. I watch with growing fascination as Koryu's and my son's battle knowledge is put to the limit. I am surprised when, at last, it is Koryu who pulls away with the win. Koryu smiles, helping Kenji to his feet. They shake hands, commenting each other on the great spar.

Kenji goes back to his brother, but I watch Koryu. He walks over to a group of four other teens, high fiving one that looks so familiar.....

A girl comes over and hugs him. I'm guessing her to be his sister, since I see no proof that they are dating. Strange...she looks Koorime.

Another girl, one who was next to the second boy (I swear, he looks so familiar!) laughs as Koryu shows off for the group. That girl....she looks just like-

"Alright, Fox," Hiei comes in, making me lose my train of thought. "I'm ready."

"Alright. Let's get Kenji and Ryou and go home."

Regular POV

Kenji and Ryou run ahead of their parents, glad to be done for the day. Youko smiles. Then he remembers watching the training.

"Hiei?"

Hiei looks up at Kurama. "Yes?"

"While I was watching training I noticed one boy who reminded me of you. His name is Koryu. What do you know of him?"

"Koryu..." Hiei tries out the name, thinking. "I've seen him a few times. He has a sister, and a younger brother and sister. Not much is known of him, or his family. Strange." Hiei looks back at the road, now that they are close to their home.

Kenji and Ryou joined them. They were 50 meters from their home when Ryou growled. "Someone is in our home."

Now that everyone's attention was brought to it, they sensed the intruding energy as well. It felt S-class, maybe even greater.

"Everyone," Hiei gave the command, "mask your ki. We'll show this intruder that we don't take kindly to strangers."

They snuck quietly into the house, leaving the door open so it made no noise when shut. Ryou waved everyone in the direction of the family room. They moved swiftly and silently. Kurama summoned his Rose Whip, Hiei unsheathing his katana, Ryou and Kenji summoning their weapons as well.

The figure stood in the dark room, unaware of what was going on around it, absently looking at the family photos on the wall. As Kurama approached, he had a flashback.

"Kuronue! No!"

"I need it!"

He needed to stop his friend! This was suicide! Kurama ran after him.

The King of Thieves burst through the clearing just in time to see the spears fly right through his friend.

"Go! Run, Kurama! Save yourself!"

That look on Kuronue's face...

Kurama became lost in the past. The figure in front of him...looked just like Kuronue! The hakama-like trousers, the dark wings, the dark hair, the ratty hat, the pointed ears, the tank top...hell, even the belts on its arm!

Kurama dared not hope, but tried anyways, not remembering what happened the last time he thought another was his friend.

"Kuronue?"

Having lost their cover, the figure turned, seeing that it was surrounded. This was not Kuronue. This was a she. And she had tightly wrapped bandages on her right arm, which had been hidden because she was holding her arm.

The girl smiled at the four demons that surrounded her, a warm, friendly smile, as if she knew them and knew they would not hurt her, even though their weapons were right there.

"Ya know, that is the first time anyone has said I look like my father?" Her smile widened.

Kurama smiled as well. "Wait a minute....BH?"

She nodded, her smile becoming a grin.

"Oh, wow." The fox demon and bat demon embraced, laughing. Even Hiei broke a grin.

Kurama and BH parted. "It's so good to see you guys, again! How have y'all been? What are y'all up to? What's new?"

"Whoa, there!" Hiei intervened. "Slow down, girl! You'll put your tongue in knots if you talk any faster."

"Only if I talk as fast as you run," BH knelt down to give him a hug as well. Hiei didn't hesitate to hug back. BH suddenly pulled away, looking him over.

"What?" he questioned.

"Who are you and what have you done with my temper mental fire demon?"

He glared at her. "Ha ha, very funny."

"Well, I'm a funny girl." She stood.

Now that the initial excitement was over, the two boys were able to fit in their questions. "Papa," Kenji stepped forward, "who is this girl?"

BH gave him a slacked-jawed, wide-eyed stare before turning back to the fox and fire demon. "What do they mean 'who is this girl?' What the fuck do you mean you haven't told them about me?!"

"BH, calm down, would you?" Kurama placed a hand on her shoulder.

She glared at him, but managed to control another outburst.

"Boys," Kurama knelt between his two sons, placing his hands on their shoulders. "This is your aunt BH. She is the American Spirit Detective."

"But please, call me BH."

The five demons sat around the table, eating dinner. They had invited BH to stay for the night.

"So, BH, what brought you here after all these years?" Kurama asked.

"I just finished an errand for Enma-daioh, and was in the area so I decided to drop by."

"I can't believe you're still a spirit detective after all these years," Hiei commented.

"To be honest with you, I am basically retired. I still do some missions for King Enma, but mostly I have been replaced. By who, I do not know as of yet. My job now is the fudoki-keeper of every spirit detective, starting with the first and, so far, ending with mine and Yusuke's."

"'The records of wind and earth,' huh?" Kurama was impressed. Keeping a tale like that would be long. But one of her sides was a writer.

"So you were really an American spirit detective?" Kenji asked excitedly. "You live in the United States of America?"

BH chuckled. "Yes. I have a few homes in America. A few in Japan, as well. And the occasional place I might find here when I do something for Enma."

"But you live in America?!" (For those of you who can't tell, Kenji's REAL excited)

BH rolled her eyes, laughing. "Yes, Kenji, I live in AMERICA."

"That is so cool!"

"Mm. Not in the sense you think of. When you think of America, I know you're thinking of places like California, New York, Florida-"

Kenji's eyes widened. That was EXACTLY what he was thinking!

"But where I come from doesn't get much credit. See, most places west of the Mississippi River don't get a lot of credit. A lot to the east don't, either. Usually, the west coast, the east coast, and central America get the most credit."

"Oh? Where do you live?"

"Idaho."

"Iowa?"

BH sighed. "I was afraid of that."

"So what's America like? Can you..."

All this attention over BH was making Ryou sick. He didn't know why, but he didn't trust this girl, this so-called 'American Spirit Detective.' She was hiding something, he could just feel it!

Before Kenji could ask another question, Ryou stood suddenly.

"May I be excused?"

Kurama blinked. What was wrong with his son tonight? He had been quiet all night; had said hardly a dozen words. Then this sudden outburst of wanting to leave...

"Of course, Ryou."

BH narrowed her red eyes at Ryou's turned back.

Kenji asked another question and BH's head snapped back. That's when Kurama saw something flash in her hair. Wait...it was her hair! Her hair wasn't black! It was just a deep, deep red. He also noticed that she had pierced her left ear. A ruby swung near the point of her ear.

Amazing how much old friends change.

Ryou shut his bedroom door, though his twin could come in at any time. Why was he getting this weird vibe from her? He should trust her. His parents, apparently, would trust her with their lives. And what was with that outburst earlier?

"Who are you and what have you done with my temper mental fire demon?"

What did she mean by 'my'?

Suddenly, he felt this weird presence, as if he had entered something...or that something had found him.

He found that he had psychic powers from his father...or so his parents told him. But he was still weak in that area. He tried sensing out where it had come from. His eyes closed as he searched...

They snapped open.

The bathroom.

He walked out and headed towards it. He just reached the door when it opened. A little heat came from the bathroom. A fairly tall person with flat hair from the bath stood in the doorway. Ryou sniffed. A human!

A 14 winter girl with purple hair, and purple eyes that were bigger than her glasses stepped from the doorway. She spotted Ryou watching her.

"Good evening, Ryou."

"Who are YOU?" Ryou's eyes narrowed.

The girl sighed. "I am AG, BH's human side."

"BH's...human side?"

The girl called AG gave him a bored look. "You know what your father did? Was killed, separated his soul from his body and fused with that of a human's?"

Ryou nodded.

"Well, that's what BH did, too. Because she saw what Kurama did. But she didn't do it quite right, and was very weakened, and ended up in my body. But she was knocked unconscious and did not wake for 13 years. When she did, I got Territory. This is what you're sensing now. I use it to keep my 14-year-old appearance, since I'm 34. It's still hard to imagine myself that old."

"But that's not old."

"To a human it is. Now, if you'll excuse us..." the Territory dissolved, but Ryou did not see that so called 34-year-old, because as soon as the Territory was gone, BH was back. She smiled at Ryou, before going to the living room.

He waited a while, before following her to the doorway, hiding behind it.

Kurama had gotten some Makai wine out from the pantry, and Jaganshi, fox, and bat sat with half full wine glasses. While Ryou talked with AG/BH, Kenji had gone to bed.

"So, BH, what have you really been up to?" Hiei asked, taking a sip.

"Kurama, have you heard Yusuke mention a human singing group called 'Riprock?'"

Kurama blinked at the random question. "I believe I have. Why?"

BH blushed. "That would be me."

"Wow, really? That's great."

"Yeah. Its fun, not to mention it pays well. Together, Shi and I are great."

"You sing with Shi? I haven't seen her for a while." Kurama commented.

"It's too late to call her tonight. But I can call her in the morning and see if she'll come over. She'd be happy to see you guys, too." While BH spoke, she dipped the tip of her finger into the wine, and ran her finger over the rim of the wine glass. Slowly, the glass began to hum, then sing. The glass got louder and louder. When it seemed it would get too loud for their demon hearing, BH stopped running her finger over it, letting it echo. BH sighed.

Hiei finished his wine, and poured himself some more. "Is something bothering you?"

BH sighed again. "Actually, yes." She put her glass off to the side. It hovered in midair. Ryou held in a gasp. She's a psychic?!

"The other day I was reviewing my DVDs for old time's sake."

"You still have those things?" Hiei asked.

BH snorted. "Yes. It helps with the fudoki. Anyway, it had been a while since I saw the Sensui arc." Her red eyes closed. "Kurama...I know who killed you all those years ago."

Hiei's eyes widened and Kurama nearly dropped his wine glass. "NANI?!"

"You're kidding right?! This must be a joke!" Hiei exclaimed.

BH widened her eyes, putting her finger to her lips. "I don't want Ryou and Kenji to come down and hear this!" she hissed. She sat up. "I wish I were joking, but I do. You'll find this hard to believe, but-" BH turned around, eyes narrowed.

"What is it?" Kurama whispered, although why he was whispering he didn't know.

"We seem to have a spy in our midst."

Ryou's eyes widened, and he ran to his and Kenji's room before he was caught.

BH walked over to the doorway. Definitely Ryou's energy signature. Well, at least she hadn't given too much away.

She sat back down, grabbing her wine glass. "Anyway, you'll be surprised to learn that your killer was an SDF."

"But why?"

BH shrugged. "Who knows? After a while, I caught his name...Shunjun." She spat the word, as if poison in her mouth.

"This complicates things a bit."

"Not really." BH smirked as she took a sip of wine. "I already killed him for you." BH made a 'mm'ing sound, quickly swallowing as she remembered something. "Have there been any problems with...him?"

"Well..." Kurama knew exactly who she was talking about. Karasu. Or, as she like to call him, the VWBW (Vampire Wanna Be Weirdo). She was as afraid of him as he was. "I did have a nightmare again when Velaska came after me."

BH gave him a look. "What?"

"Velaska was engaged-"

"I'm aware of what happened," BH interrupted. "I'm surprised about the fact that you would still be dreaming of him after all these years. I haven't watched those DVDs in so long, so as not to refresh my memory." BH took another drink, and sighed. "But after 20 some odd years, we know he won't come back."

Kurama awoke, groggy, with a bit of hangover. The other side of the bed was cold and empty, telling that Hiei was up already.

The kitsune stumbled into the kitchen, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

"Good morning," a familiar voice said. But his sleep logged mind didn't grasp who the voice belonged to until he opened his eyes.

"AG?"

The 14-year-old turned and smiled, spatula in hand.

"What're you doing?"

"Making breakfast." She gave a look as if she had been doing something wrong. "Is something wrong with that?"

"He's just recalling the fact that you told us you were afraid of the oven," Hiei said from the table, already eating.

AG stuck her tongue out at him. "When you're 34, you learn to cook for yourself, no matter how scary and hot the oven is." She smiled. "Hey Hiei, want some HOT coffee?"

"Don't start that." He glared at her.

Kurama sat down, mind slowly clearing. "34? But you look like you haven't aged a day since we last saw you."

"Territory, fox."

"Ah." Now that she mentioned it, he did sense a psychic's Territory.

Soon, a plate of pancakes and eggs was set in front of him.

"Wow. You really have gotten over that oven thing."

"Nah. I've never been afraid of the TOP of the oven. I've boiled water and made soup and such for a long time. It's the INSIDE that's scary. Hey, yeah, we were gonna call Shi today, weren't we?" She pulled a cell phone out of her pocket. But instead of dialing right off, she pulled out a CD player from her hammer space.

"You're going to listen to music NOW?" Hiei raised an eyebrow.

"No!" AG summoned a CD from hammer space and put it in, pushing a few buttons till she landed right on the song she wanted. Then, she speed dialed Shi as the song was paused. There was no answer, but AG didn't seem to mind. As the voice message picked up, AG started the song.

Riprock, AG

Come in, over

Yo, turn me up

I wanna be heard

See, I'm talkin' about the future, y'all

And the future looks bright

Specially when we rip it in half

AG then turned the walkman off, and ended the call. They barely waited a few minutes before her phone rang. She turned it to speaker phone as another song played back.

Baby, when you finally

Get to love somebody

Guess what

It's gonna be me

When Shi's part of the song ended, AG picked up the phone. "Yo. Guess where we are right now? Hiei and Youko's." Laughter came from the other end, followed by a 'get out!'

"No, really. Why don't you track me and come on over? They said they'd like to see you."

AG was silent for a little bit, then hung up. "She said she's on her way."

.....Wow....that's like the whole story right there. Ah well, I haven't introduced my plan yet, though, so, it's all good! Heh, I have new 'Hiei with a hint of Youko' shoes! They make me tall. 'Hiei with a hint of Youko' is what I call my nail polish design. That's when you paint them black, then lightly put on a coat of silver. It shines silver on the black, then! I'm wearing my fox ears from last year's Halloween costume of Yoko Shi. Yes, my character who's about to appear. So, now that I have the first chapter to this up, I need to start on my other fic, Making of the Band, version 2.0! Later!