I enjoy every second I'm not putting something on a shelf or helping a customer. Believe me. 

Boy, is it. And I don't think the evil student wants to cause a scene because Kurama has a mean right hook. I think he'll be fucking mad at that complete coincidence. What are the actual fucking odds that they HAPPEN to walk past and mention Botan? 

Well the difference between canon and our AU is that we are in control of the AU. More CAN be done with Yukina behind the scenes. Working with Genkai could teach her to better defend herself. She could even wear Genkai's style of dress and be sort of a next generation younger version of herself. She could even help Kuwabara WAAAAY later against Goshikuro's mobs of peons attacking by using a really weak but still effective Shotgun, courtesy of Yusuke.

Helena and Alison are the ones I don't want to see die. The rest I could endure with. But on the other hand, maybe Kira would do it for them? She loves all of them and has not a shred of anger in her heart towards them at any point, unlike her mother who is super hard to love. How she got a gentleman like Cal is a mystery.