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Chapter Four
/Adia, Adia listen to me. Don't panic when you wake up. The bar owner owes me a favor. After you eat breakfast thank him and then head north-west. Two groups will be after you, you'll know the right group when you see them; so don't use your power unnecessarily./ The voice was distant and familiar but she couldn't make out who it belonged to. /And Adia, remember, I'm on your side no matter what the situation may look like./
"Koenma, sir."
"Ayame, what is it?"
"We just received a message that Adia Danzai has been spotted in a populated area of Demon World."
"What?" His pacifier nearly dropped out of his mouth. "This isn't good. One who's orders. Why?" He kept going.
"Sir, sir, what should we do? Do you think this is a set-up?"
Koenma paused in mid-sentence to think on it. "No, I'll call in the group. Thank you Ayame. If you see Botan, tell her to come here as soon as possible."
Ayame bowed. "Of course Lord Koenma."
He leaned back in his chair. "Oh this isn't what I was expecting. This could create some issues. Especially if we have to bring her here."
Geno stared out his window. The rain continued to pour down. The halls were noisy with busy guards as he was given the new earlier that Adia was not in her room and could not be located.
He smirked. /Oh Adia. You shouldn't have allowed this to go on. Both of you will be severely punished. But I won't bring you back quite yet./ He chuckled. /You'll wish you never left./
"What do mean she's out?" Yusuke was baffled. "How? Where is she?"
"Slow down Yusuke. Let me explain." Koenma clearned his throat. "Apparently Adia Danzai somehow managed to escape from Danzai's strong hold."
"What are you going to do Koenma?" Kurama questioned. "Surely this is going to cause problems now. If she is brought here it could possibly lead to a confrontation with Danzai himself."
Hiei smirked. "Maybe that's what they want."
"No." Kuwabara shook his head. "I think someone is genuinely interested in saving her."
"How would you know?" Hiei instigated.
"It's just a feeling ok?"
"Let me guess," Yusuke interupted. "You want us to go find her?"
"Hm, yes. Unfortunately that would probably be for the best."
"Here you go sweety."
Adia smiled at the woman. "Thank you." When she woke up it was this woman who was checking in on her. "Do you know who brought me here?"
"I'm sorry honey, I don't."
She ate very little. Every noise made her nervous. She had never been outside of the Danzai territory before. In the far distance she heard voices that caused panic to rise. They were men from her father's special guard. "Ma'am, where can I pay for this?"
The woman looked up from the counter. "Don't worry about. The gentleman who dropped you off late last night provided for all the expenses.
"Oh." Adia stood. "Thank you for your hospitality."
"You're leaving?"
"Yes ma'am. I have somewhere I need to be." She walked out. She listened to the things around her. There was a strip of buildings on either side with a main road leading through. Turning north-west, she hoped to make it to the forest that she could sense on the outskirts.
"God this is so stupid." Tadeos mumbled. He was one of four of Geno's special guards.
Itzal nodded. "For living in isolation she sure knows her way around."
"I don't know why we should bother with her. It's not like we need her." Hywel smirked. "We could just kill her and tell master Danzai that we couldn't find her."
"No that would wrong." Boian walked ahead of them. "Lord Geno wants her. He's raised her to be a surprise against any opposition."
Itzal pressed on. "Come on. We should continue to look for her. Besides I think I heard someone running west of us."
Boian stopped. "Let's split up. It'll be easier that way."
The swamp bubbled with stink, rotting any life around it. Adia stumbled through the outer layers. She fell to her knees scraping the palms of her hands. How it happened she wasn't sure, but her father's men were on her trail. Picking herself up she tried to sense where they were.
"There you are." Hywel grinned. He came from behind her. "You've caused us quite a bit of trouble, Adia Danzai."
Fearful she stumbled to find some solid ground. He taunted her until she tripped over a large uprooted root. She faced him, her blank deep forest green eyes horrified. "Please...please I beg you to let me go."
"I love it when they beg." He smirked. "I should kill you for cause so much trouble." He crept closer.
She moved back as much as she could. "Please, just let me go."
Hiei stopped where he was. He felt a rise of energy close by.
Still smirking Hywel grabbed her wrist and yanked her toward him. "Your lucky all we're suppose to do is bring you back to Geno." He gripped tighter.
"Please," Her eyes widened. "I don't want to hurt anyone."
"Hurt anyone?" He snickered. "You were made for that specific reason."
"No," She closed her eyes. "Let go!" Her hand glowed and in seconds disinagrated one of her father's most trusted guards. She fell backwards, tears cascading down her cheeks. Her extremely dark pink hair drifted around her.
Hiei wait a moment before approaching her.
"Who's there?"
Hiei held close to his katana.
She stood. Her height was close to Hiei's. "Your...your not like the rest of them?"
Hiei glanced down at the dust of the demon who had just been holding her. "Hardly." He looked up to see her figure falling to the ground.
"Hey over here. I heard voices."
Contemplating, Hiei picked her up and disappeared.
Itzal, Boian, and Tadeos appeared in the clearing. "She was here all right." Boian rubbed the Hywel's ashes through his fingers. "He must have really made her angry."
"He was weak anyway." Tadeos commented as he glanced around
Itzal poked around the area. "Looks like she isn't around here anymore. Let's get going." They vanished.
After some time Hiei reappeared in the clearing. He leaned Adia against a tree and brushed himself off.
"Well this is unexpected." Kurama walked in from the opposite side. "Though I knew you could find her easlily, you were the last one I thought who would have saved her so willingly."
"What are you talking about Kurama?"
"Adia." He pointed to the girl. "You found her."
