You'll find out more about her later on in the story along with you.
'OMG! HOW THE HELL DID I END UP IN THIS MESS?!' You thought as you quickly dashed through the doors, trying to avoid the group of demons behind you. "Don't think you can get away, human! Hehehehehe! You're dinner!" a demon called out from behind. 'Gotta catch me first!' you thought as you scrambled under a branch and made a hard right. 'Gotta think! Gotta think! Where can I hide from these monsters?!' You suddenly spot a good hiding place up ahead. You risked a glance behind and saw that the demons weren't far but far enough not to see you dodge into the hole in a nearby tree. It wasn't that big, a small child could fit into it easily but you weren't no kid but you could fit easily enough to get in and out. Once in, you flatten yourself back as far as you can. You started to hear the demons who were chasing you come closer and closer until finally they were right in front of your hiding place. You held a breath when they stopped. They were an ugly bunch, two looked like some kind of mutated pig while the other three looked like some kind of monster from an old movie. "Where's the human?" one of the pigs asked. One of the others, who appeared to be the leader of this sorry bunch, had a small pair of bat-like wings and an ugly face with a skinny looking body replied, "She's around here somewhere! Spread out!" 'Ah crap!' you thought worriedly as you watch them check each and every spot and ground you've been by. You shrink back and kneeled as low as you could go when they came to your tree. 'Please, please, please, PLEASE don't let them find me! I've come too far to be caught now!' Suddenly you felt a soft whoosh above you and a voice saying, "Nothing here! The bitch must of gone further then we thought!" "Damn! Then let's get going!" You heard footsteps running away. You waited for a full hour before slowly standing up. Cautiously, you peaked your head out a little, trying to see if they're still around. After making sure no one was there, you quickly get out and start to make a run for it when suddenly someone grabbed you from behind while saying, "Bout time you got your sweet little ass out of there! We were getting hungry! Hehehehe!" The demons walk out of their hiding places and stood in front of you. The leader came up to you and said, "You're a pretty little thing, aren't you?" He looked around to the others with an odd look in his eyes. "Why don't we have some fun first before we dine, hmm? Hate to waste such an opportunity with a cute thing like her! Especially since we dont often get Ningenkai to play with!" The demon who held you tied you to a tree with your back facing it. He started to move closer to you and played with your hair. The demon moved his face closer to you and smelled your hair. 'There is no WAY in HELL am I going down without a fight!' you thought angrily and kneed him in the groin and head-butted him. "Let me go, you sickos! Do so now or else I won't hurt you much!" You growled at them and was rewarded with a slap and punch. "Stupid Ningenkai bitch! Blasso! Knifes!" the leader growled to someone who brought out a pair of wicked looking knifes and handed them to the leader. He smirked evilly and said, "You'll regret you ever kicked me, bitch!" You kneed him again when he moved close to you again. You smirked and said, "Like that?" Suddenly you felt your cheek sting a bit and felt blood flow slowly down it. The leader got up and held a knife to your throat. "Now be a good little morsel and let us have our fun." he purred silkily at you. You growled and kicked him in the stomach. A risky move since the blade slightly cut your neck a bit. For your effort you were rewarded again with a punch but this one knocked you out cold. Just before your world went black, you heard a cold voice say, "So this is what the Makii is coming to? Picking on ningekais who blunder in?"
~Dream~
"Hey Michelle!" You called out to your friend, who was hanging up some laundry. The pretty petite blonde smiled at you and waved before saying, "Hey Reeses-Pieces! What's new?" You groaned at her nick name and said for the billionth time, "Mich! It's Samantha!" She only shook her head and was about to reply when suddenly a demon came out of nowhere and stabbed a blade deep into her back. "MICHELLE!" you scream and felt something slip into you when
~End Dream~
You snap up from laying on the ground with a cold sweat all over you. You look around and found you were still deep in the Makii. 'Thank god! Just a horrible dream!' you thought with relief. 'Huh? What the..? I'm untied?' you suddenly noticed a fire blazing next to you. 'Who made that?' You heard a voice suddenly say, "Good. You're alive." You whipped around to find a guy who was shorter then you by a few inches, was wearing all black cloths and had black hair that was sticking straight up with a star burst of white in the front of his hair. What caught your eyes was his deep red eyes that seemed to look right through you. "Yes I'm alright, thank you very much. Who are you? Are you the one who saved me from those demons?" He didn't reply and walked right past you and sat near the fire. You stared at him for a second before standing up and stretching. "How long was I out?" "Hn. About an hour or two." You let out a sigh of relief, afraid more time had past then that. "That's good." You quickly look around and found your pack and supplies next to the fire. You walk over and checked to make sure everything was in it. "Well, I guess thanks for the rescue." No answer. "Not much of a talker, eh? So what's the catch?" You asked, clearly catching him off guard on the last question. He stared at you before looking at you with a slight glare, "What do you mean, "what's the catch?"" You sat next to him and said while taking out a small piece of food, "You saved me but you're a demon. From what I've seen so far, demons don't help people, not even their own, without wanting something in return. So what's the catch with you?" He stared at you in shock so you said, "I know you're demon since this IS the Makii." "So you DID know where you were. I was wondering why a ningekai was in here in the first and why you didn't act like most do when they found themselves in here." You shrugged and said, "That's cause I have something I must do here." He replied in a cold tone before standing up, "Well, looks like whatever it is you wanted to do will have to wait cause I'm here to take you back to the human world." You merely stared at him before getting up and saying, "Sorry. No can do. I HAVE to find someone." He looked at you before replying, "Another human after power. Figures. You're going back whether you like it or not." You stared at him coldly. "No. I have to complete my task. Oh! You're with those demons who help lost humans, aren't you?" He gawked at you for a second before saying, "How did you know?" Suddenly you felt a blade at your neck and noticed that the guy was holding a katana at your throat. "Who are you? What is a human like you doing in the Makii? If you know already what I'm suppose to do, then why'd you come here?"
You look at him straight in the eyes and said honestly, "I'm not here for power or anything that has to do with it. I came here because something precious to me was taken. I WILL find it. I'm not leaving without it." The blade was removed while he said, "Too bad. You're still going back." With that, he tried to grab you but you moved quickly out of the way and you tried to run for it when suddenly you felt someone grab you around your waist and a voice saying, "Don't try to run off! You're going back!" "No! I can't! Not after I worked so hard to get this close!" with that said you dug in your pants pocket (for the next sentence I have one request to all the fans of Hiei out there:*gets on knees and begs* Don't hurt me! Please, please, PLEASE don't hurt me! T T I beg of you! I wanna live!), took out your taser and tased the guy in the gonads. He let out a surprised yell and immediately let go of you to double over in pain. "Sorry but I can't go just yet!" you said quickly before running off in another direction. 'Where did I leave off?! Ah! There's my target!' you thought happily as you got back on track on the mission. You didn't want to get too happy considering there's an angry demon who you just tased between the legs will most DENFINITLY be looking and coming after you. You kept running for about an hour before slowing down after taking a few twists and turns before deciding that you must have lost him. You finally stopped in front of a river and plopped down. '*whew* Hopefully I lost him. Hated to have to do that to the poor guy but I can't allow anyone to stop me.' you thought. You took out a map that had the location you are trying to get to. From the looks of it, it's not that far from where you were sitting. 'Good. Right on track. Hang on, Mich. I'm coming for you soon!' "Baka ningen onnanoko !" you heard a familiar voice say from behind you. And from the sounds of it, the owner didn't sound very happy at the moment. You whipped around to find the guy you met earlier in front of you with a glare that could kill. You backed up slowly. He stormed over to you while saying, "I'm going to take you back right NOW! Personally I'd love to leave you here for THAT little stunt but I'm told to take all ningenkais back alive." "No! I'm not going back!" You moved backwards and suddenly the guy saw what was going on and said with his eyes widening, "Don't! You'll fall into.." but he was too late since you already fell into the river and was taken away from him at top speed. You struggled to stay afloat, hoping you weren't going to drown before you completed your mission. You accidentally swallowed some water, you coughed as you continued to struggle. On the side, the man kept trying to keep an eye on you while trying to figure out how to save you. You suddenly heard roaring from somewhere up ahead. You looked and to your horror there was a waterfall.. And it was getting closer with every passing second. 'Ah crap!' you thought, suddenly wishing the guy would come and save you before you went over the falls. But no such luck cause you were right at the falls. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" you screamed as you went over and down. Your stomach dropped as you fell down the falls. Suddenly you felt something grab you from the side and much to your happiness it was the guy. "You could of came sooner, you know!" you yelled at him as he pulled you close to him. You noticed that you were still falling, except it was head first and the man was holding you. Just before you two blacked out, he pulled you close while you buried your face in his chest.
~A while later~
"Uhhhhhh. What happened?" you said slowly as you began to wake. Memory flashed through your mind that made you snap up. 'Oh god! Did he survive?! Oh I hope so!' you thought until you noticed that he was next to you, not breathing. 'Ah shit!' you thought as you performed CPR on him. 'Come on! Come on! Please! Wake up!' you thought franticly as you hit his chest to get his heart going. Suddenly he began to cough and coughed up a lot of water. "Man! You had me scared for a second!" you told him before he passed out again. 'Ah man! Not again! ' you thought as you checked him out and found he was fine, just unconscious. You put one arm under him and one of his around your shoulders before you carried/dragged him away from the water. 'Where can I leave him? Ah! There!' you thought happily before taking you guys over to a very secluded cave and laying him carefully on the ground. 'He should wake up in about an hour or so.' you thought before you took out a blanket and covered him. Then you went to find the castle you were looking for. You felt a little guilty about leaving him like that but time is of the essence. After searching for about an hour or two, you were about to give up when you suddenly ran into an old run down castle. 'This must be it. Hopefully the person I'm looking for is in there.' was your last thought before you walked through a nearby door. The castle was dank, musty and very un-kept. (me:What did you expect? A nice looking inside and everything be honky-dory? Don't think so!) Your heart dropped at the sight of so many doors. 'Well, she must be in one of them.' you thought as you went to each and every one to check to see if the person was inside. "Hello? Is anyone in there?" you asked as you popped your head in but found no one. "Hello? Is someone there?" you heard a voice say from behind and whipped around to find a...