Hi. Sorry but chapter 3 is kinda short. I'm not sure if chapter 4 will be short or not. Thanks.

Chapter 3

Shizuru awoke in the dead of night, shivers chilling her body. A quick glance at the clock told her that it was 2:41 in the morning. Drawing her nightgown closer to her, Shizuru proceeded to push her covers away. She got up and headed out of her room. She had been pulled from her sleep by a strong sense of fear, and she just knew that it was her eight year old brother who was terrified. As Shizuru made her way down the hall, the feeling became stronger. She suddenly froze right outside Kazuma's door with her hand outstretched toward his doorknob. The air was cold, much colder than the rest of the house. That meant that there was a ghost present somewhere nearby. Shizuru knew Kazuma was terrified of ghosts. Only spirits that could not accept their own deaths did not pass on. The reason Kazuma was so scared of them was that he was not only able to sense them, but he could also see them. For some reason, that attracted ghosts from all over, which was why he never slept with the light off unless there was someone in the room with him.

Pushing all thoughts aside, Shizuru entered the room with a quiet "Kazuma" escaping her lips. Kazuma was huddled on his bed, rocking back and forth with tears running down his face. "Please make him stop," filled Shizuru's ears over and over again. "Kazuma," Shizuru whispered louder this time. Upon hearing his name, Kazuma's head snapped up. His arms and chest had bruises, and fresh cuts covered the length of his body. It took him a minute to focus, but once he realized it was Shizuru, faster than a blink of an eye he was up and out of his bed and in Shizuru's arms. "Shhh Kazuma. Everything is all right now, everything is alright. Now tell me what happened." Shizuru gently rocked Kazuma back and forth, trying to calm him down. After a few minutes, the sobbing died down. Once his breathing returned to normal, Kazuma finally whispered, "It was him again Shizuru. He wouldn't leave me alone. He was so angry. Kazuma's body was shaking uncontrollably again. Shizuru wrapped him in his blankets and began to sing softly to him. His shivering died down, and eventually he was lulled back to sleep in his sisters arms.

Shizuru gently tucked her brother back into bed and sat on down on a nearby chair. Her thoughts stayed on the demon who periodically bothered her little brother. Ever since he was five, a green haired demon spirit would haunt him on an off. He once told his sister that the demons orange eyes glowed eerily throughout the dark room. Shizuru shook her head and sat there, watching her brother sleep. It wasn't until the first rays of light shone through her brothers window that she made her way back to her room and settled into a fitful sleep for the rest of the morning.

The next day...

A pair of silver eyes could be seen watching the Kuwabara house in the shadows of the trees. Young Kazuma was currently running circles around his mother, who was laughing in amusement at her child's enthusiasm. The small demon fought down the urge to just go and kill the entire family right then and there. He just knew that the boy was under Mukuro's protection. If he did anything to the boy now, Mukuro would be on him quicker than a heartbeat. That didn't matter though. The demon didn't want to waste any opportunity on account of Mukuro. He knew how he could break the boy without actually laying hands on him in one fell swoop. An evil grin slowly came over the demons face. And with a plan slowly forming in his mind, the demon disappeared.