just a note: i dont own Keith Urban or his song 'Tonight I Wanna Cry'

Last time:She jumped up and walked out into the hall. Kurama stood up and went after her. Everyone else in the room just watched the door where Kai and Kurama had exited. After a few minutes of silence, they all went back to what they had been doing.

Raen put her head on her paws and began to think about the dream she had also just been having. Of course, she had been with lions instead of hyenas. The angel had told her that her name was Inzi, not Raen. She was confused. She looked up at Hiei, in her dream, his scent and mark was all over her. She shook her head. Best not to think of it.

Chapter 10: Tonight I Wanna Cry...

FINALLY! Their month of punishment was over! Raen and Kaijyu practically pranced all the way to Koenma's office. When they got there, Koenma looked at them as if he was dreading the moment they would be human again. Which he was. He took a deep breath and removed the collars. Both girls immediately shifted to their humanoid form and jumped around the office for joy, screaming and hollering.

"Ok, I took the collars off, now get out of here before I decide to put them back on!" Koenma yelled.

With that, the two raced from the room arm-in-arm, and holding back the screams of joy. Kai was the first to break away, she had to find Hiei. Raen watched her run off down the hall and leap down the stairs, only touching about every seventh or eighth stair. At the bottom, she collided with Botan.

"Oh, sorry Botan! I didn't mean to hitcha! Hey, do know where Hiei is?" Kai asked helping the grim reaper up.

"Uh yeah, I think he's in that big oak tree in the garden…" She replied.

"Thanks!"

Kai ran off leaving Botan confused. She raced straight down the hall, and after missing the next flight of stairs, took the fun way and leapt through the third story window. She grabbed the first tree branch she could and hauled herself up onto it. She spotted Hiei heading for the back door. She jumped down and raced after him.

"HIEI!" She yelled coming up behind him. "Hiei, I gotta question…"

"Not now."

"But, it's important!"

They walked through the halls, Kaijyu following Hiei trying to get him to listen, and Hiei trying to get her to leave him alone. They walked up to the fifth floor where everyone's bedrooms were before you could tell he was fuming. Kaijyu didn't seem to care, she just wanted Hiei to listen to her for a moment. In front of her, Hiei growled.

"Hiei?" She asked becoming slightly nervous.

Hiei then did what he never wanted to do. He wheeled around and back handed her as hard as he could. Kai fell to the ground and stared up at him in shock. Hiei's eyes widened as the realization of what he just did hit him. He stepped toward Kai but stopped noticing her tail between her legs and the fear that now took over the usually blank, happy look in her eyes.

"Kai-" he started, but he was too late.

Kaijyu ran through the halls, sliding around corners and trying to hold back the tears she had been taught not to cry. This is a dream…she thought, it's all just a bad dream…a nightmare. Her tears finally broke loose while she ran blinding her. She ran through the halls, not even caring where she was going.

She ran until she finally had something, or someone. Hard. She looked up and saw Yoko, looking down at her slightly confused. He knelt down to help Kai up but instead, she threw her arms around him and began to sob into his shoulder. Yoko put his arms around her and held her tight, not knowing what else to do. When Kaijyu finished crying, she didn't let go of Yoko right away. They sat in the hall for almost an hour before either one made a move to get up. Yoko stood, pulling Kai up with him.

"You ok?" he asked.

"…" Kaijyu didn't answer, she just looked away.

Big mistake. Yoko saw the red mark where she had been slapped and growled. He put a finger under her chin and tilted her face so she was looking him in the eyes.

"Who did that to you." He asked firmly but gently.

Kai bit her lip and didn't answer.

"Kaijyu Aigyou Jaganshi. Who. Did. This?" He said using her full name.

Kai flinched. No one had ever used her full name like that. Hiei had once, but that was when he gave her her name. She pulled away so she could face something other than Yoko's angry face.

"Hiei…" She murmured, just barely audible.

Yoko heard. He stared at her in disbelief. He knew Hiei was cruel, but he had never imagined he'd go as far as slapping someone he considered family. Yoko pulled Kaijyu into a tight embrace and gently stroked her ears.

"I'm sorry Kai…" was all he could say.

Yoko faded into Kurama who held her a little longer before letting go. He looked down into her orange eyes and saw something he didn't expect to see. Love. Love for him and Yoko and love for Hiei. He could see the trust that he hadn't expected to be there. There was no sadness. It was almost as if this little gothic hyena had been stripped of her pain when she finished crying. Kurama smiled and ruffled her ears, his girl would be okay. Kai smiled at him before leaning up and kissing him gently.

"Thanks Kurama, tell Yoko I said thanks too please." She said walking down the hall.

Kurama looked up again when he heard her singing. She swayed slightly as she walked. He stood and watched for a while.

"…I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show, I thought that being strong meant never losing your self control, but I'm just drunk enough, to let go of my pain, to hell with this pride, let it fall like rain from my eyes, tonight I wanna cry…"

Kurama smiled softly as the girl disappeared around the corner.

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