Chapter Four

A/N: I still haven't figured out whether this will be a Kurama or Hiei story yet. I am thinking more towards a Hiei story however, I can make this could to be a Kurama story as well. I believe I will be making a poll to see what everyone thinks, Hiei or Kurama. The poll will be up till chapter ten, because I want to have a clear vision on what I want and what everyone wants by then, even if there won't be any romance that early.

On Another note, I want to thank VampireSiren and Krut for the review! I am so glad that you guys are reading and have taken a liking for my story! I hope that you guys can continue to read it! To all those that haven't review, I don't mind! I am just glad that you are reading it as well! I will try to update a chapter, or two, if I have to time, every week. Semester exams are in a couple of weeks though, so if everyone can bear with me, I will apologize ahead of time if I don't update in a while after this chapter. Sorry!

I am currently in the process of developing and writing a Katekyo Hitman Reborn story as well, so I might begin to post it as well when the first chapter it done, I haven't decided yet though. I might wait until this story written further, or not, I do not know yet.

Chapter Four: You Do Not Belong Here

"Dammit this forest is beginning to piss me off!" Yusuke growled, tempted to fire off a spirit gun to clear a path when they had somehow manage to circle around the same path for the fifth time in a row. Hiei's Jagan was somehow not working, which was infuriating the little fire demon, and the plants refused to talk or even acknowledge Kurama, whose power was plant manipulation. Kuwabara wasn't any help as well because the person they had sensed watching them had no energy of any kind that he could sniff out. Nothing was making any sense since they entered the forest hours ago.

"Yes, this situation is beginning to irritate me as well" Kurama spoke, a gleam in his emerald eyes that reflected with a gold tint, "In all my years as Yoko I have never had a plant completely ignore me, even when I fed it my energy to help them. This forest is very strange."

"Are you guys sure that you sensed someone watching us?" Kuwabara asked, "Because I don't feel them or anything in this forest."

"I'm sure you buffoon, if the Jagan cannot sense anything we can hardly expect anything from a tiny brain such as yours" Hiei spat, now walking sulkily behind the group, taking his frustrations out on Kuwabara.

"You know what shrimp-"

"Now is not the time" Kurama spoke sighing as he stopped walking, "Maybe we should just make camp for the night and-" He paused and spun around, as did the other three, to stare into the thick trees beside their path they had made. "Someone's there!"

"I can suddenly feel them too!" Kuwabara spoke, getting even more confused by this whole situation.

"This doesn't make any sense at all, what is with this stupid forest?" Yusuke commanded, determined to give Koenma a good beating when they got back for sending them on another mission with no information.

"I do not know Yusuke," Answered Kurama, never taking his eyes from the trees where he was sure someone, or something was watching them from within the shadows.

"Why don't we ask our observer?" Hiei spat, having enough of the games as he ran forward, his Katana drawn determined to catch, and possibly kill, whoever was playing tricks on them.

"Sorry," A new voice spoke, causing all four of them to freeze, Hiei in mid step. The new voice had a soft bell-like tone; however there was a coldness there that would have caused many humans, and demons, to run away. "This forest has many secrets, none of which you seem to have heard of."

All four of the team's eyes widened when the very girl they were looking for stepped out from the shadows. She was of course older than she was in the picture they were shown, but she was just as beautiful as she was then. Short, almost pixie-like deep purple hair spiked out from her head with long bangs forming around her pale face and her odd, uniquely white eyes. She wore a light green tank top that clung to her form, and her almost non-existent chest that was cropped jaggedly to stop a little below it. She also wore a pair of dark green shorts that stopped mid-thigh cut in the same jagged pattern, her feet were bare; she wore no shoes.

What had changed the most about the girl though, besides the fact that she had obviously aged despite appearing only a little bit taller than Hiei, was the light in her eyes. Instead of the innocence from the picture, they were now completely cold. Appearing almost as lifeless as their color suggested. It unnerved the team, minus Hiei, to say the least.

"Are you-" Kuwabara began to ask, making sure she was the girl they were looking for.

"You do not belong here." Her sharp voice spoke again, her eyes never leaving the four, or even blinking it appeared.

"Princess Hisako?" Kurama tried, hoping to get her to speak them without the hostilely. It only had the opposite effect. The girl, now identified as Hisako, only glared at the fox, her eyes turning almost silver in color as her once almost careless stance froze in place.

"You do not belong here! Leave!" She hissed.

"Sorry girl, but we're not leavin' without ya!" Yusuke spoke, a grin coming to his face despite the tension in the air. He was happy that their target was now right in front of them and they didn't have to go searching for her anymore. Too bad it wouldn't be that easy.

"Sorry, but I'm not going anywhere with demons" she spat, her eyes frozen over with hatred that was directed at Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei, "or demon lovers." This was directed at Kuwabara.

"Look girly, I don't know what your problem is but-" Yusuke began, angry and confused that a girl who he had never met already hated him, which he was somewhat use to by now. He was cut off however, by Hisako.

"My problem is that you are here messing with something that you have no right to. Leave!" She told them, growing more irritated and wondering why the Great Grandmother Tree had taken an interest in the four in-front of her. They were just a bunch of weak demons who didn't know anything about anything.

"Princess-" Kurama tried again, he didn't get very far.

"Do not call me that!" Hisako seethed, her eyes flashing an even brighter silver dangerously, "I never want to hear that name out of a demon scums mouth!"

The four, even Hiei was curious, couldn't have been more surprised by her behavior. What had happened to this girl to make her hate demons so much? Four pairs of confused but serious eyes watched as the girl was about to continue speak, only to watch as she stopped mid-phrase, turning her head slightly to face back into the shadows of the trees.

A tree vine had reached out and settled onto the girl's exposed, boney shoulder. "Fine" she muttered, lowering her defensive stance "I will deliver the message and then leave." She turned her eyes back towards the small group, the silver going back to the pure white as they became lifeless again.

"I have a message from the Great Tree." She ignored the now completely confused boys, who discovered that they were unable to move by some un-seeable force, and just continued on almost in a bored like fashion. "You are to leave the forest immediately. I nor anything else in this forest will protect you through the night in the forest if you decide to foolishly stay." She turned her back to them and began walking back into the trees, pausing to look over her shoulder at them before she disappeared completely, "However, The Great Tree has decided that if you idiots somehow survive the forest at night, she will see you tomorrow. That is all." She smirked, loving the expressions on their faces. She said one last thing before disappearing all together, leaving no trace behind her,

"Please scream loudly when you are faced with the nightmares of this forest, it's been a while since I last heard the scream of a terrified, dying demon."

A/N:

Not Exactly the way I wanted to end it, but it still ends pretty awesomely. I actually planned for more to happen, but then this chapter would have been WAY to long, sorry. At least we now know the name, looks, and some of her personality though. I bet you all didn't expect her to act that way, didn't you?

Anyway, on a more serious note, I probably won't get around to updating next weekend, sorry. My grandma was taken to the hospital this morning by and ambulance because she fell and her O2 levels are down, and with her being in ICU, I'll be there a lot and won't be able to focus too much. I might be able to get some written while I'm just sitting with her, but I don't know. So I'm sorry if there's a delay on the next update, I hope everyone can understand.

Now, no more depressing things!

I really want to know who everyone thinks she should be paired up with, Hiei or Kurama. Please tell me, and vote!

Oh! Please review!