"Don't Cry, I'll Bleed."

Disclaimer: This is a very emotional story. This contains a lot of angst and a lot sadness and the need for vengeance. This story is more about a dramatic plot that reflects how a woman is living in the world of demons and how she strives to get free. Rated M for heavy violence, blood, etc. 'If you don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple.' ~Getintostan14

"…S..s..shaking…I..I can't stop shaking.." She cried as she held onto her katana blade. Blood seeped down her hands as her long, straight, brown, hair came over her eyes and to her bare back. Her tears rushed down her cheeks, down her neck, and onto her chest. Her other hand gripped to the loose end of the blade as more blood seeped down its exquisite shine. The sun beamed down on her, making the sweat roll down her back. Her thin body tried to move, but nothing would budge. Her grey eyes looked down as her ribs were clearly seen. Her constant panting was heard in the bare area where eight demons laid on the ground, ripped to shreds. She lightly let her hands move freely away from the hilt of her sword as she gasped.

"N..n..no more…I can't…I keep trying…all the time. I have not been able to leave this place. It's like a nightmare and it will never end. They keep coming….and coming…." She began to choke on her words as she shook. The winds began to pick up as she sighed softly and started to cry some more.

"My family is dead…my future is gone…my love is gone…my happiness…are all gone. Why was I born in this place? What was the purpose?" She whispered softly as she looked up at the sky and closed her eyes half way. She could nothing more than her rapid heart rate. 'Thump-thump.' "..W..why can't..I just…die?"

She slowly stood up as she came to one knee as more demons came her way. To the right of her, she saw a portal that has been open for years on end. She was well aware that the ancestor of Raizo was alive and he was not born from this world. How she wished she was part of the human world. She had heard many stories of the human world and she had wished to see it. Every time she walked toward that portal, the demons forbid her and did not wish her to leave. Was it because she was a human, born in the demon world? Yes, that had to be it. She was born as a human, but in the wrong world. Ever since she was little, the demons picked on her, have tried to kill her, and have tried her destroy her. From the very day she turned three and saw her parents killed in front of her, she knew she couldn't give up on living. Her parents never did. Now, at the age of twenty, she was exhausted. She had been hiding and running and fighting so that she may go to the human world.

"…Gabriella, my only true angel…and the one I only know of…give me strength to go to the human world..let me be free of demons. Give me wings to fly there."

She cried as she continued to lose more blood. "Let me get there…" The winds picked up once more as her hair swayed into the wind. She slowly started to turn back toward the portal for the last millionth time. She stood before it, gazing at the portal as she lightly reached up the touch it. Her soft, gentle, feminine hands tried to lightly touch the illuminous light, but at that moment, she could not. What was holding her back? She closed her eyes softly as she reflected back on the pain and sorrows she had when she was little. She remembered the time when she was eight years old and she ran into three demons from the forest. When they tried to kill her with their knives, she had used rocks to hit them. When that didn't work, she had to climb the trees to hide or to even use the rocks to make them drop and break their skulls open. Even from that very day, she had to learn how to fight by fighting over lowly leveled demons. When higher demons knew she was around, killing the other demons, they wanted her dead. More and more came after her until she had to learn how to run faster, jump higher, break things with her hands and legs and to even learn how to make weapons. She was not like other women, she was a woman of survival. She use to remember when her mother and father read her stories based on a princess that lived on a top tower that was trapped inside. The princess waited for days on end for her prince and when the prince arrived, he would save her and marry her. She laughed lightly from that story as she wheezed from the large amount of blood leaving her.

"..What a stupid story…that will never happen..not in this time…not in this world…no one cares about a woman. Especially when she is human…living in a demon world." She noted strongly as she jumped up and placed her hand through the portal. When she did, she got sucked in as she fell to the ground on a hot, burning road. She coughed up more blood as she slowly looked up. Her vision was blurry as she moved her head around slowly. She was in a city, the exact city of where Yusuke Urameshi had been killed at the beginning. She slowly sat up as the towns people looked at her in fright. Children and women screamed while the men looked at her in fear. She slowly sat up as she turned and looked at the people on the road. Her long ragged robes were seen as she turned and looked at the people. She screamed at them.

"..WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?! DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!" She yelled at them as she coughed up more blood.

The police began to show up as she started to run. She jumped on trees and on rocks and even on the lamp posts. The police cars began to follow her as she then made a short cut and went down an ally way. She leaned against the building as her vision began to get worse.

"….I..I….." She coughed as she then shook her head. "..Oh shut up…" She told herself as she took a long piece of her clothing and wrapped it around her waist to stop the continuous bleeding. She then took off toward the next corner as she leaned against the wall. She knew that there were police men everywhere.

"..Where will I go?" She asked herself as she shook her head. "..Stop being stupid…you will find a place..you always do..but a place of where you can be free from pain..and demons."

She then took off toward the park as she ran through the grass and made a turn toward a street. As she did, she saw a group of thugs picking on a poor boy. At that same time, Kuwabara was making his way down the street. He saw the thugs as the woman took her fists and knocked each of the men out. All of them were bleeding as the little boy began to cry. His light blue eyes were covered in tears as the woman looked at him. He then looked at her and screamed.

"..Hey! That wasn't very nice!" She shouted at the boy as he took off running.

"What the hell am I doing? It looks like I'm not doing anything wrong!" She shouted toward him as Kuwabara looked at the woman as he rushed up to her took her by the neck. He thought she was a boy.

"..Hey you! What are you doing to that poor kid?!" He shouted at her as she then knocked his arm off of her. He looked at her with wide eyes.

"..Your…a…a….a..woman?! Oh! I'm sorry….." He rubbed the back of his head as he laughed idiotically. The woman stood there, looking at him with murderous eyes. Kuwabara then stood back and received a bad feeling from her. He took two steps back as he shook a little in fear.

"..What is with this girl? Her eyes are like a demon's eyes. Why is she looking at me like that?" He thought to himself.

The woman then turned and started to walk away. Kuwabara reached his hand out. "..Wait!"

When he yelled at her, she fell to her knees as she coughed up blood. At that moment, she passed out as Kuwabara went to her and picked her up.

Two days had passed when she finally woke up. She slowly opened her eyes as she saw a short man with spiky black hair stare at her. He wore a white bandana as he blinked once and then twice. She then slowly sat up as she whinced.

"..I wouldn't move…apparently…you were all ready considered dead by the time that human picked you up." The short man told her. She slowly looked at him as she sighed a little. Kuwabara came in and sighed.

"..Wow! I thought you were dead there for a second. Hiei, get out of my room. Your making her nervous with your weird hair." Kuwabara told him as Hiei glared.

"Hn.." He replied as Yusuke came into the room and so did Kuwabara's older sister. They all smiled lightly.

"..Wow, she is awake. What a recovery. We even had a doctor come in to look at you and he said that would take a miracle to make you wake up." Kuwabara's sister told her.

"..My name is…Shina..I have finally escaped the demon world.." Her voice was shaky and Yusuke's face expression changed from pure happiness to pure angst.

"..Demon world? What were you doing in the demon world?" He asked her as Kurama came into the room and leaned against the wall while crossing his arms.

"…I was born there. Stupid, right? I was born a human, but born in the wrong world. I've been trying to get out of that world for the past seventeen years. Every time I tried reaching to the portal, no one would let me pass." She told them as she closed her eyes half way. Her gray eyes were clearly seen as Kuwabara had a chill run down his spine.*

"..Say..uh..what happened to your eyes? Why isn't there any color in your eyes?" He asked Shina.

Yusuke yelled at Kuwabara. "Gray is a color you idiot!"

Shine smiled a little as she then looked up at Yusuke. "I use to have brown eyes, but the day I saw my parents' die in front of me, they changed to a gray color. That very day, my entire life was destroyed."

Everyone looked at her with wide eyes as Hiei stared at Shina. For some reason, something about her reminded him of his younger sister. He wasn't sure why, but he felt the need to be there for Shina. Kurama then chimed in.

"…As I expected, she is Shina Ottawa." Kurama noted gently as everyone looked at him. "Her village was once a powerful tribe of soldiers that went off and killed demons for fun. Unfortunately, it ended poorly when the demons massacred their village one night and killed everyone in sight. The only survivor was a young girl. Demons from all around have tried to kill her, but none of them could. There is a story about her. Saying that whoever crosses her path; ends of dead. The demons call her, "Devil Child."

(To Be Continued…)