Yay, another installment. I'm working on the next chapter of The Banished Daughter. It should be out by August 20. (I hope.) Anyway, this chapter is totally different than the other second chapter, so atop reading this note and read the chapter.

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AT THE BOTTOM OF GENKAI'S STRAIRCASE OF DOOM FOR THOSE WITH ASTHMA

Syd and Kori stared up the large amount of stairs in horror. "We don't have that many stairs in our house and we have four floors," Kori said.

"Plus that attic," Syd added. Kori nodded in agreement.

Yusuke, who had landed on his ass, decided to take this time to stand up. "We better start climbing…" he mumbled unhappily. Still grumbling, he started walking.

Syd and Kori shrugged and followed suit. Kurama, Hiei and Kuwabara followed after them.

They walked for about twenty minutes before making it to the top of the stairs. Waiting at the top was Yukina.

The ice maiden bowed as she greeted Syd and Kori, both of whom bowed back. "Hello, my name is Yukina." She stood straight. "You must be Syd and Kori."

"Them we are," Syd answered. Yukina smiled as Kori shook her head. Syd looked around aimlessly until she spotted something that caught her attention. "Ooooh, sparky." She picked up as sparkly rock and held it in front of Kori's nose. "See, see? Sparky, sparky!!" She hopped up and down with childish excitement.

Kori went cross-eyed trying to look at the rock. She grabbed her taller friend's wrist to keep the object still and pushed it away from her face a bit. "It's a very nice rock, Syd."

Syd smiled and stowed the rock in one of the pockets on her black and gray camo pants. Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at her like she had grown an extra head or two. Hiei snorted and looked away. Kurama and Yukina shook their heads, smiling.

Kori said, "So, where's the old hag we've heard so much about?"

"Who are you calling an old hag?"

The sudden voice caused Kori to nearly jump out of her skin. Syd bit her hand to keep from laughing. Kori glared at her before turning around to see the one who had scared the shit out of her. That person was none other than Genkai.

"You, apparently." Kori crossed her arms over her chest. She was still unhappy that she had been taken by surprise. She grumbled about it to accentuate the point.

"You could have told her I was there," Genkai said flatly to Syd, who grinned her positive answer. Kori glared venomously.

"But where's the fun in that?" the emerald haired demon said.

"I hate you," Kori growled.

"Sure you do," Syd grinned, "sure." Kori stomped off in a random direction. "Don't get lost this time!"

Kori threw a kunai that barely missed Syd's shoulder and would have hit if Syd didn't know her friend as well as she did. The black-haired demoness hated being reminded of the times she had stomped off in a random direction. She didn't always get lost but that wasn't the point.

"Is she really going to get lost?" Kurama asked.

Syd shrugged. "She doesn't always;" she said, "it's just fun to annoy the hell out of her." Kurama shook his head at the answer. For some reason he had expected her to sound more concerned. Then again, he didn't really know either one of the new additions.

"I'm bored," Syd announced. Almost quicker than the words left her mouth, Kori vanished. Syd blinked, blue eyes momentarily shadowed by confusion. Then she laughed. "She's learned well." Everyone's expressions clearly asked what the hell she was talking about. "You'll see. You'll see." It sounded almost evil.

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