There was something terribly wrong here- Yomi was up to something. Kurama thought as he slipped an arm around the young woman's slender waist and pulled her tightly against him to keep her from falling.

And then quietly looked around, analizing everything down to the smallest detail. The demons that had been on hot on her trail mere moments before stood in the doorway leading to the hall, each of them looking at him with a bizzarre mixture of questions and angry wrath.

And he understood why.

Since as far as many saw him- though he now worked as second in command under Yomi- he was a human sympathiser that had just stolen a sweet and juicy morsil from them and since that was the case- it wasn't terribly likely that all of them would simply let this offense slide.

Not when they could challenge his authority and fight him for the human in his arms.

And wouldn't be just like Yomi to set up something like this to see him jump through hoops? The bastard, Kurama thought as he tightened his grip on the human female to the point of breaking bones.

His? Hers? He didn't know- all he knew was that if something didn't happen soon he would have to face several demons alone in armed combat- with a handicap- and he would likely lose and have to watch as the woman suffered several times over, a fate worse than death, before she was killed and eaten.

He reached up into his hair, digging in at his nape and pulling out the rose he kept hidden there and was starting to infuse it with his demonic energy when he hears Toya, Chu, Ranku, and Jin come around the corner to see where the fire was considering how quickly he'd taken off running without an explanation.

"Kurama- What's going on?"

"You left us behind, you did-"

Kurama tuned them all out for a moment. His focus remaining entirely on the demons readying to fight him when he suddenly heard Chu go, "I-Is that a bloody human girl in your arms mate?" And for a brief moment in time, Kurama wanted to bare his teeth and snap at the bastard for drawing possibly even more attention to the unconscious girl. However managed to think of a better use for his men instead.

The woman would need protection while in Demon World. Especially in Yomi's territory where many demons ate humans.

Shifting the woman's slight weight in his arms, Kurama motioned with his head for one of his men to take the female from him as he said, "Take her to my room- And if anyone tries to get in there that isn't me...kill them."

Looking between Kurama and the unconscious blond- each of them wondered what exactly was going on as Toya reached out and carefully, very, very carefully removed the young woman from Kurama's arms.

Freeing his hands to fight if he must as he nodded his head and silently bid the others to come with him. Kurama may no longer be a pure blooded demon, but he could more than hold his own.

Toya stood there with the woman in his grasp, his eyes memorizing her lovely features from the delicate bone structure, to the curve of her jaw, the softness of her skin, to the paleness of her hair- as his mind turned over questions up until he heard Kurama practically growl out at him and the rest of his friends. "Treat that woman as if she were a great treasure...none but me have the right to touch her."

Leaving Toya and his friends well and truly speechless for a moment before they seemed to mentally shake themselves and turned and with the woman in tow, moved back down the body and blood splattered/covered hallway to do as their commanding officer had bid them.