Alright so, after leaving this site for 2 years, I'm back. And let me say my writing has improved a ton D I haven't really watch YYH in a long time, but I definitely remember Hiei. Mmmm. -Snaps out of daydream- XD Anywho, I hope you enjoy my story, and I really have no idea where it's going just yet. This will basically be whatever pops into my head XD But I promise, it'll still be good.

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She walked slowly along the edges of the lake, watching her feet as she felt the damp grass wriggle itself in between her toes. She had been living in these woods for a long time now, and everyday she loved it just a little bit more. It was a beautiful place. Almost constant blue skies, and at night you had a clear view of the stars.

She yawned. "I guess I should go back to my cabin now, it is getting late." She muttered to herself. The cabin had been abandoned when she first found her way into these woods, after the… Incident. Since then she had fondly named it her home, and it was now all she had.

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"Her name is Kitara." Botan continued. "We haven't been able to find her for the longest time, but we might just now where she is now, and you boys have to go find her!" She giggled.

"Why do we have to do this? And what's so great about her that you guys would still be looks for her now?" Yusuke scowled.

Koenma popped up on Yusuke's head. "Well, you see, Yusuke. She had quite a history to her, and she could be an asset in helping us find a group of demons who… Are known for being very cruel, and have slipped through our fingers all too many times."

"What the helllllllll! Get off of my head you inconsiderate little bab…" Kurama put his hand over Yusuke's mouth.

"Just get on it. We think she's somewhere in the southern edges of the woods here." Botan pointed towards a small map on the screen. "Hurry! Scoot, scoot!" She pushed them out the door.

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Kitara was asleep in her cabin as usual, snoring. -SNAP- She shot up from her bed and looked around, frightened.

"Please tell me that was just some really fat owl who broke that branch!" She lit the candle beside her bed and hid under her blanket. The door creaked a bit. It was all she could to hold in her breath and pray it was just a curious animal. But they were definitely human footsteps that she heard.

'What am I gonna do…' She thought. 'Maybe if I jump up really quick or something and then quick this person in the face. Oh, whatever! I need to do something and I can't think of anything else so…'

Kitara jumped out from under the blanket and swung her leg high into the air in hopes of hitting them in the head, or the neck.

She missed! How could she have missed, she could clearly see a figure standing right where she kicked, why didn't she… Oh. She started laughing hysterically when she realized why her kick had missed.

'Is this person just a kid or something? How did a kid find their way into my cabin this far out in the woods?'

Hiei looked at the girl standing in front of him, giggling.

"What are you laughing at!" He scowled.

His voice made her heart tingle a little. It had been so long since she had heard the voice of a man, and his was so… She looked up at him and smiled.

"It's just that, you're… So short for a man!"

He growled under his breath. "You're the same height as I am, little girl. You have nothing to be mindlessly giggling about."

"Well, it's not as weird for a girl to be this short as it is for a guy! And I'm not mindlessly giggling. It's just hilarious." She scrunched her nose a bit as she realized she was laughing at this man who had snuck into her home in the middle of the night, and could probably rip her into pieces if it was his will.

She sighed and looked up at him. "What's your name, and what are you doing coming into my cabin in the middle of the night! You could've at least knocked… Though that would've scared me probably just as much..." She mumbled the last part.

"You have to come with me, now." He grabbed her arm.

"What! Let go of me! First you break into my house, now you're trying to command me to come with you! I don't even know you!"

"My name's Hiei. There, now you know me. And it's either you come with me now, or I'll just do this the hard way. You can choose." He smirked, hoping she would pick the hard way. It was more fun for him that way.

"Fine, but can I at least know where I'm going? It would make me a lot less inclined to kick you in the nuts right about now…"

"You're going to a place that needs your help, and I was commanded to bring you there. No one wants to hurt you, and we're not going to hold you there forever if you want to leave after you help us. Now be quiet."

She wanted to ask him more questions, but decided not to since he sounded like he wasn't afraid to knock her out before she had the chance to even breathe a word. She looked up at his face and tried to make out his features. It had been so long since she'd seen a man, he was a refreshing site for her, and with his strong arms wrapped around her, she felt a part of her being stimulated she hadn't known was there; the part of her that just wanted someone to hold her.

She shook her head out of her dazed thoughts and feelings, and put her mind back into to the moment at hand.

'Where am I being taken…?' She thought.

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They finally reached Koenma's place. Hiei dropped Kitara on the floor in front of his desk. She looked back at him and scowled.

'He definitely has a rotten personality…' She thought. "Woah…" Kitara started looking around her at the room she was in, and her eyes caught the desk and chair in front of her. She got up from the ground and looked up at the… Baby! She blinked and held in a giggle.

"So I'm guessing you're the one who told Hiei to bring me here, right? What am I here to help you with?"

"You call him by name? How did you two get so friendly so quickly?" Koenma smirked, but stopped when he noticed Hiei's irritated look. "But onto the point of your purpose here… I'm positive that you know something about the band of demons that have been stealing people's souls. It's getting out of hand and they're to sly to be caught or watched so we can catch them, but you know something about them, don't you Kitara?"

Kitara looked at the ground and tried not to get upset. "What makes you think that I know anything about those disgusting, worthless piles of scum?" She acted like she didn't know who he was talking about.

"Because they tried to get you to help them a long time ago… A report was filed her when your case was first brought up."

Kitara was enraged. "If you knew about what was happening to me, then why didn't you make any attempt at saving me! Anything! I had no one even try to make it near where they were to help me! NO ONE! Do you know how scared I was, and you knew!"

"It was too risky, Kitara! If we had sent anyone in to get you, then you would've both been killed, for sure. Besides, when you were with them they seemed to stay put longer, and were easier to track. I suppose you gave them an awful lot of trouble while they had you…"

"Look, it's been almost two years since they captured me. And quite frankly, I don't feel like digging through my brain to find details for you guys, when by now all of the information I could provide would be of no use. It's completely pointless. All I know that would still be of any help to you guys is that Zratchmana is the leader of their group, and that they like to make their hideouts underground. I wasn't let out often enough to tell you exactly where any of them were, or what any of them looked like, alright?"

She was obviously upset at having to dig these painful memories out of her head to help people who had just taken her from her home in the middle of the night.

"Now can I go?" She asked.

"No, you can't. You shouldn't have to live in the cold cabin in the middle of the woods, anymore. I want you to stay here, and I promise that if you do, you won't be bothered by conversations about Zratchmana and his gang. It would be better for you if you just stayed here with us… You must be afraid that he'll come back for you someday. If you stay here, it'll be like you have a constant protection over you."

Koenma had hit her weak spot; her fear that Zratchmana would return for her. She nodded at Koenma and agreed to stay here. Here, with people she barely knew. But it's better than being stuck in a dusty, cold cabin all the time, right…?