NUMBER SEVEN! I am totally rocking out here! These chapters I am working on now are the ones I have been lazily writing for a long while, but you guys haven't seen them yet, so please enjoy my lazy/hard work!

Clarification:Everyone thinks that Kurama is a man, but Kurama is female, pretending to be male, alright? Just so you guys do not get confused.

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As soon as they walked through the huge gray double doors made of steel, Kurama felt an agonizing pain in the back of her skull, making her fall to her knees as the darkness took her.


Kurama slowly opened her eyes to the dimly lit room, blinking several times to try and get rid of the now pounding headache she had.

She surveyed the dungeon, at least that's what she thought it was. A realization came to her that she was hanging from the ceiling from shiny, thick chains. Her feet were also bound to the floor by the same kind of chains, preventing her from swinging or really even moving at all.

The back of her head hurt so bad that she knew that she would much prefer to get ten shots in his legs then endure this crazy pain, and she hated shots. A door off to the side made a loud grating sound as it opened, revealing a bright light and a long shadow with spiked hair.

Then in stepped the half pint himself, smirking as she glared at him. Kurama was gagged with a thick strip of cotton that tasted nasty, like ash soap.

"Well look what we have here," he drawled "It seems you have no records of any kind but your name and the fact that you fight, and those I got from certain informants from around the city. So I'll make you a deal, you and me fight one on one, and if you win, I'll set you free and I will leave this town alone. But if I win, well, let's see... Ah, I know the perfect thing. You get to become my plaything for a year. How's that?"

Hiei walked up to his bound prisoner and whipped off the repulsive gag. "Its a deal." Kurama said. "But I also get to make you do whatever I want for one day, if I win, that's all I'll add to that." she replied grimly. "Fine with me." said the thief lord, still smirking. "We shall have the fight here in two days, that'll give you enough time to heal up from that large bump on your head. In the meanwhile, you shall stay here at my fortress, allowed to roam free and do whatever you want to prepare for our battle."

He stepped back and snapped his fingers, bringing two burly men who appeared to be twins, into the room who then began to unshackle Kurama, one of them doing the top, the other the bottom. Within a minute, Kurama was back on her feet, gently rubbing her indented wrists, trying to get the feeling back into them. Hiei had already left, leaving her with the henchmen.

"We'll give you a tour of the place, my name's Todd, and this is Matt." said one of the two men, gesturing to the other. Now that she could concentrate properly, she took in the details of his 'tour guides'. The two of them wore the same light blue jeans that were ripped in the knees, but the shirts were different, Matt's was a faded red and Todd's was a gray, speckled with white.

Todd and Matt's hairstyles were both short and scruffy and it made them look like hunks from a women's porn magazine, and they looked well built and taken care of. They both had brown eyes but only Todd's had gold flecks in them.

Their heights were pretty close, Todd looked to be about 5' 10" and Matt about 5' 10.5" or so, and they both looked friendly, unlike their sadistic seeming boss. " Is there a room here that I can shack up in?" Kurama requested.

"Yeah," said Todd "You can pick one while we show you around, there are a lot of empty rooms here that you can choose from, also we can provide any necessities that you may need during your stay here. Are you hungry right now?" "Uh, yeah actually... How long was I out?" "About a day..., maybe a little less..." Matt trailed off, then telling Kurama to follow him, saying that he would take her to the kitchen first before they gave her the general showing around.

They passed through several corridors, both of them with red rugs down the middle and a few windows on the right side, letting the morning light stream in, or at least what looked like morning light. "Is it morning right now Matt?" " Yeah, it is. Kurama, will you be needing a change of clothes?"

Kurama stopped walking. "How do you know my name?" "The boss told us, while you were still unconscious, would you like to be called something else?" "No, Kurama's fine. A change of clothes sounds good." Suddenly, Todd piped up from behind her. "Is your hair naturally that color? Or did you dye it with something?" The subject in question turned around and held up her hair, "This is perfectly natural, no dyes, extensions, or anything fake at all whatsoever." She pulled on it. Hard. "See?" "Ok, ok, just wondering, its just such a rare color to see nowadays, especially in this town."

Todd said, holding up his hands, then putting them back down. "Now can we continue on to the kitchen please Matt? Because I for one, am really hungry, I could probably eat an entire cow right now, what about you Kurama?" Kurama turned around and continued following Matt, who started walking again." I couldn't eat that much, but I could eat nearly that much." She said. "Can we put that to the test?" questioned Matt, "Because I love eating contests, and it would be fun to see if you could beat me, no one has yet to do that."

Kurama smirked. "Sure, but if I win, what do I get as a prize?" Todd opened a pair of double doors on the left and ushered Kurama inside, with Matt following. " A favor, I get to do any one thing that you want me to do, it can be used at any time, and any place. What do I get if I beat you?" "Same thing. Todd, you will be our referee."

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HaHA! A contest! Who do you guys think is going to win? And guess what kind of character I am going to introduce next!

Yay!