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A/N: Here is the deal. I have really struggled with this chapter and I have TWO versions of Chapter Ten. I need my readers to tell me which one they liked best so I can continue with the story. I am really torn between the two and I can't just pick one to post. Please, if all you review is a letter then that's enough for me. Choose Chapter 10A or Chapter 10B

Chapter 10 A

Kitanoe was glaring at the ground as she trudged up to Genkai's temple. She had had every intention of relaxing that day, but the minute noon rolled around Koenma appeared and sent his dream team on a mission, without her, insisting she wasn't strong enough yet. Koenma instructed that she go to Genkai's until they got back.

Apparently the old hag had some answers.

She stopped at the edge of the large stone stair case that lead up to the temple. I haven't been alone in awhile. Maybe I'll just take a quick trip into the city and have some me time. She instantly decided that was the plan and walked away from Genkai's temple. After another hour of hiking she found the train station and boarded one just as the doors slid shut and took off.

It was surreal; being in such a human environment after the month she has had. She sat down and glanced around. The only other passengers in her train car were 3 Human adults and 1 stumbling toddler. Kitanoe glanced down and saw an old discarded magazine. She picked it up and flipped through it when she felt a tiny hand on her leg. She looked down to see the toddler Human. She was beautiful with long chocolate hair down to her waist and big brown eyes. She was at least 3 foot tall. She laughed as she patted Kitanoe again.

"Well, hello..." Kitanoe smiled down at her.

"Demon!" The little girl cooed and giggled.

Kitanoe's smiled instantly faded as she met the eyes of the adults in the car. The mother, she assumed, ran over and grabbed the child. "I'm so sorry! She's learning new words, and she doesn't understand...I'm so sorry..."

"It's...alright. No harm done." Kitanoe nodded politely.

The Human mother started to walk away but the toddler cried and screamed. "Demon! Demon!"

"That's enough!" The mother snapped. The toddler continued her fit and Kitanoe felt a small surge of Demon energy.

That girl is a demon!? Kitanoe had no idea what to do. She continued to observe the situation. The 3 Humans who seemed so innocent before were suddenly anxious to get off the train. The Human woman held the Demon girl in her lap as if her life depended on it. Tears poured from the girls eyes and her face was red.

"How much did he say he would pay for this brat?" Kitanoe's Demon ears picked up their whispered conversation over the child's screaming. Her blood was begining to boil.

"I'm not so sure the 5k is worth all this!" The woman glared.

The other male spoke next. "Hush! Idiots! We get off at the next stop and once we got the money we split! The more demon kids we give this bastard the more money we make!" He leaned back in his seat, looking rather proud.

Kitanoe stood up and approached the Humans, seething with anger. She smiled venomously at them as she stood in front of them. "Can't help but overhear you." Kitanoe glared. Her Demon energy swirled in an aura around her, scaring the Humans out of their minds.

"She's one of them! Oh dear Enma, save us!" The human woman screeched.

"Enma won't be saving you now, or ever. " Kitanoe took another step forward when the Human woman tossed her the infant child. Kitanoe was caught off guard but easily caught the girl in her arms. She watched as the Humans fled into another car as the train stopped at the station. She looked out the window and saw the 3 Humans fleeing for their lives. Kitanoe held the child protectively as she also left the train and onto the station platform. She walked until she came to a park and set the girl down on a bench. She knelt in front of the girl who had been hiccuping and her face was tear stained. "Hey now, it's alright." Kitanoe spoke soothingly.

The brown eyed girl looked at Kitanoe and hugged her tightly. "T-thank you!"

"You're welcome..." Kitanoe held her protectively. Now she was in a predicament. She had a lonely Demon child, and she couldn't get her back to Demon world without Koenma's permission. Another realization hit her. "Sweetie, where's your parents?"

"They're not here..." The little girl rubbed her eyes.

"Not in Human World? What about Demon World?"

"No!" The young girl was frustrated, "They're not here!"

"Oh...OH..." Kitanoe put two and two together. Her parents must be dead...She frowned at the little girl. "Sweetie, what's your name?"

"Hayzel..." She sniffled.

"Hayzel, do you have any family at all?" Kitanoe was running out of options as the tiny girl shook her head no.

"She's an orphan." A voice spoke from behind her. Kitanoe was glad to see it was Koenma. "Genkai told me you hadn't shown up, so I decided to track you down, just in case."

"I just wanted a few hours to myself." Kitanoe explained calmly. "I don't know what to do. I can't just drop her off and say 'Have a great life!', I know what that's like; Not knowing when your next meal is going to be, or if you're even going to be alive to eat it. That's not a life for a child, not even a Demon's."

"I agree. You know, Kitanoe, I wanted you to go to Genkai's to get information." Koenma sat on the bench next to Hayzel. "My father agreed to let you go through a probation period, much like Hiei and Kurama. He is grateful you managed to calm the storm in Demon world. He called off the SDF and apologizes for the DemonX poison. It would have killed you within 24 hours. He only created it for the purpose of sentencing Demons to death, rather then imprison them. "

Kitanoe sat on the sidewalk in front of the bench. Hayzel immediately left Koenma's side and hurried over to Kitanoe and sat in her lap. "Probation, huh? What all does that entitle?"

"You will be under the same guidelines Hiei and Kurama are, which does grant you more freedom, but you'll need to do more then just treasure hunt. Also, my father insists that you retrieve another item we believe is in Human world. I told him you would but not for another week or so. You are much stronger but I wanted to be safe."

Kitanoe nodded. "Why are you being so nice to me? You're usually ill tempered and annoyed."

"You have Botan to thank for that. We are a happening couple now, didn't you hear?"

"Er...No. I don't remember the last time I actually had a conversation with anyone that didn't involve missions, Demon World, or DemonX."

"Who's Botan?" Hayzel looked up at Kitanoe.

"She's a friend. Koenma what am I going to do with Hayzel?"

"I was thinking you could keep her. She seems rather taken with you."

"What!?" Kitanoe grew pale. "I...well...I don't know the first thing about kids. Where would she even sleep?"

"If you want I can send a few Ogres to your place and deck out a room for a 3 year old girl. Your bank account was still rolling a few million, last I checked."

Kitanoe just nodded. Hayzel looked back and forth between them with confused brown eyes.

"You don't have to do this, you know."

"I can't just leave her... But, Koenma, can you find her file? I want to look through it. She's just 3 but I want to know everything about her."

"Already done." Koenma handed her a thin folder. "I'll have the Ogres fill the room with toys and clothes and other essentials. Don't be out too late, Genkai is expecting you for dinner." Koenma stood up to leave.

"Wait! What will the guys think? Do they know? Are they okay with this?"

"I'll tell them when they return." Koenma gave a rare smile and waved as he walked away and disappeared into a portal. He always seemed to do that when no one was around to witness it.

Kitanoe looked down at Hayzel and smiled. "You hungry?" Hayzel grew wide eyed with excitement and squealed. Kitanoe laughed as she stood up and took her tiny hand. They walked until they came upon Keiko and Yusuke's restaurant. Kitanoe picked Hayzel up and walked in. She found Keiko and walked over. "Hey."

"Kitty! You're looking so much better!" Keiko was surprised to see her. She looked down at the Demon toddler in Kitanoe's hands. "And who's this little cutie?"

Kitanoe was silent for a minute. Do I have to be a mother? Can I be a sister? How does this work!? "Her name is Hayzel. I just saved her from Humans on the train here."

Keiko nearly dropped everything she was holding. "I'll be right back. Sit down over there by the window." Keiko scurried over to a table and gave them their food and drinks with a smile. Kitanoe carried Hayzel over to the empty table and noticed it was away from any eavesdroppers. She let the young girl sit by the window and Kitanoe slid in next to her.

Keiko was back over in 5 minutes and gave Hayzel some crayons and a child's menu to color on. She looked at Kitanoe with urgency. "I'm on break for the next hour. What happened?"

Kitanoe explained the situation on the train and then her run in with Koenma. Keiko was enthralled with the story and had her head cook bring Hayzel some food. She looked at it strangely. Kitanoe whispered to Hayzel. "It's Human food. It's really good, I promise."

Hayzel stared at Kitanoe with trusting eyes before she devoured her kids meal of chicken strips and fries. Keiko spoke up. "So, she's your daughter now?"

"I guess so." Kitanoe answered, unsure.

"Kitty this is...huge. Are you sure you can handle it?"

Kitanoe glared. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Keiko immediately grew defensive. "I didn't mean anything by it! I just meant...well...If you need any help, I'm here for you. I'm sure the others will be too. Maybe our little ones can grow up and be friends." Keiko placed a hand on her belly with a smile.

"You're with child?" Kitanoe was shocked.

"Yes. Yusuke doesn't know yet, but I was told Demon's could sense this kind of thing...Could you not sense anything?" Keiko's voice was suddenly worried.

"How far along are you?"

"8 weeks.."

Kitanoe closed her eyes and tried to sense a life form within Keiko. It was easy tracing Yusuke's Demon energy from the fetus. Kitanoe opened her eyes and smiled at Keiko. "Your little Demon is strong. The reason I didn't sense it right away is because he's still little. Once he starts growing I'll be able to sense his energy better. A Demon won't know you're even with child unless you tell them."

Keiko was silent for a minute before speaking. "Did you say it was a 'He'? Is it a boy?"

Kitanoe could have smacked herself. "Sorry...Yes, it's a boy."

Keiko's face was beaming with joy. "I'm having a boy!"

Kitanoe just smiled and looked down at her own little one who was sipping away at chocolate milk, coloring away at the paper. Keiko went back to work once her break was over and Kitanoe took Hayzel to the mall. Hayzel was excited and amazed at all the stores, the lights, and the high ceilings. Kitanoe laughed at her child like wonder. She took Hayzel into Build a Bear and let her make her own stuffed toy. The only thing she was able to recognize was a dragon. It was black and she had it stuffed lightly, so that it wasn't too stiff. Hayzel carried her with her all over the mall, clutched close to her chest.

At sun set, Kitanoe was back at the train station with Hayzel. She was scared to death to get back on the train and was crying her eyes out. "Hayzel, please. This is much faster. I'll protect you, I promise." Kitanoe spoke softly dispite the toddlers screams. Kitanoe sighed and picked the girl up into her arms. She walked passed the train station and walked into the woods where Humans couldn't see her. She jumped high into a tree and jumped from limb to limb all the way to Genkai's.

As far as Kitanoe was concerned, the child was 3. She had plenty of time to face her fears in the future, but right now she was not going to force her to relive a nightmare. It was nightfall by the time she got to Genkai's. When she entered, Genkai was waiting for her. "You're-" She looked at the sleeping child in Kitanoe's arms. "-Late. What is this?" Kitanoe sighed and explained the events that lead to this very moment. She sat down on the floor with Hayzel still in her arms. "So, Yusuke is having a boy. Hard to believe I started training Yusuke almost 8 years ago. He's 21 and decides to be a father, the Dimwit." Although Genkai's statement was an insult, Kitanoe could hear the pride in her voice. She really loved Yusuke and was proud of him. "So what are you going to do? It's rare for a Demon to just up and adopt a Demon child they don't even know."

"I have already made up my mind. If I can prevent even one Demon child from having the life that I had, then I feel it's worth it. I can't just forsake her. Humans were trying to sell her, and as soon as I see him again, I am going to ask Koenma to look into it. "

"You can't solve all the worlds problems. Just focus on your child for the time being. Lay her down and come eat something." Genkai stood up and exited the room. Kitanoe followed her and laid Hayzel down on a futon in a guest bedroom. She then proceeded to follow Genkai back to the kitchen. She grew wide eyed at the huge feast laid before her. "Yusuke and the others will be here shortly. Koenma is explaining your situation to them. " Kitanoe sat down in one of the chairs when she remembered Hayzels file.

She slipped her hand into her enchanted bag and pulled out the thin file.

Name: Hayzel (Last name Unknown)

Age: 3 years and 4 months (Birth date in Human terms: December 5)

Hair color/length: Brown, 24 inches

Eye color: Brown.

Height: 37 inches

Demon Class: Unknown

Demon Race: Fire

Region: Tourin

Living Relatives: N/A

All Information: Hayzel was born to 2 S class fire demons, recently deceased. She was kidnapped at the age of two and sold from Human to Demon to Human. She was sought after and used as ransom to lure her Demon parents out of hiding. Once they were slaughtered she was sold once more to a Human who used Demons for torture and games. She was rescued and adopted by Kitanoe Jyoni.

Kitanoe was shaking with fury when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped out of her chair and sighed in relief when she saw Yusuke and Keiko. Kurama and Hiei followed soon after, with Kuwabara, Yukina, and Shizuru close by. They all went dead silent when they heard a high pitched crying. Kitanoe leaped over her chair and ran to the room she laid Hayzel down in. She picked her up and cuddled her close. "Sh...I'm here, it's okay...Do you want to meet my friends?" She asked the tiny toddler. Hayzel looked at Kitanoe and wiped her eyes.

"Dragon..." She sniffled. Kitanoe bent down and picked up the black dragon and handed it to Hayzel. She walked back into the dining room and felt awkward as she noticed everyone was seated and staring at her. Hayzel snuggled closer to Kitanoe.

"This is Hayzel." Kitanoe broke the silence. The girls instantly surrounded her and squeeled with delight at the cute little Demon.

Sorry if this ruins anything..I couldn't leave her. Kitanoe reached out to Hiei, since she could feel him reading her mind.

I would have killed you had you left her with that Human filth.

I do care deeply for you, Hiei.

And I, you.

Does this change anything?

The only thing this changes is now I have 2 of you to look after.