Hey! I'm baaaaaack! Did you all miss me? Bet u missed my stry, and not me ;-; -sniffles- anyway, here's chapter 11: Flight of the Wounded Foes! Enjoy!

But how? He ran a finger down her cheek again, it was warm. She was alive!

He felt exhilarating, which confused him a bit. She was alive, but she had tried to kill him. Shouldn't he be killing her?

Her eyes twitched, which meant she was going to wake up soon. He moved back to his own futon quickly, stumbling lightly in his haste, and lay on it, pretending to sleep, but keeping an eye slightly open to watch her.

Ch 11: Flight of the Wounded Foes

Kitty opened her eyes, everything appeared fuzzy before coming into focus. She was in some kind of hut, and all her wounds were bandaged. She turned her head to the side, and was surprised to see Youko directly across from her, asleep peacefully (or so she thought.).

She sat up, ignoring her pain, as she always did. Had that all been a dream? Her mom, fighting her inner demon, and what about that strange feeling that someone had kissed her? She placed two fingers to her lips, thinking, before she got up, and made her way outside, having to resort to leaning against the wall for support.

At her movement, Kagemusha awakened, she had been asleep nearby, and bounded after her, happy her momma was alive.

Kitty looked around, the hut was in some kinda forest. She spotted Hiei up in a tree, fast asleep, the scent of fresh tears on him. Her heart ached to go to him, and comfort him, let him know she was alive and well. But she turned away from him, and walked away, limping lightly, into the forest, disappearing quickly.

Youko sat up. 'Where's she going?' he asked himself.

He stood up to go see. Peeking outside, he noticed her limping lightly into the forest, before she disappeared.

He looked left, and saw Hiei sleeping up in a tree, the scent of tears heavy about him. 'Poor guy…this really broke him down…I've never seen him cry…'

Youko was actually surprised, he'd never have thought Hiei as the type to actually love someone. He thought Hiei didn't have a heart to love with.

Smiling sheepishly he turned into a silver fox, and trotted into the forest, disappearing quickly.

Evee sighed as she made her way through the forest, going back to the hut. Maybe today was the day… Nah, she shouldn't get her hopes up.

She blinked, had she just seen a silver fox go by? She hurried to the hut, and burst in.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" she screamed.

Hiei awoke abruptly, the scream startling him, and he fell with a thump. He sat up on the ground, rubbing his head. "Damn that onna…Ow…" he muttered.

Evee stormed out of the hut, her anger flaring. "HIEI!" she yelled, picking said demon up by his shirt front.

Hiei looked at her indifferently. "What?" he asked in a bored, irritated voice.

Evee glared at him, her eyes flashing red. "Where are they?" she asked in a dangerous whisper.

Hiei gave her a questioning look. "Where are who?"

Apparently, that was the wrong question.

Evee let him go and punched him. Or at least, she tried to.

Hiei had dodged it easily. "What are you talking about onna?"

Evee growled. "They aren't in there anymore!" she yelled, pointing to the hut.

Hiei blinked. 'They?' "You mean Youko and Kitty?" he asked uncertainly, a feeling of foreboding rising up in the pit of his stomach.

Evee nodded, tears rising up in her blue eyes. "She's gone! Don't you know what that means…?" she asked.

Hiei's eyes widened, and he rushed to the hut, ripping the door open.

The hut was empty, except for the blood-stained futons where Kitty and Youko had lain only minutes ago.

A tear ran down his cheek, his friend was truly alive. She was alive.

"Ow…Ow…Ow…Ow…."

"Momma, are you sure you're okay?" Kagemusha looked up at her mother, concern evident in her voice.

Kitty looked down at her and nodded, smiling a bit. "I'm sure Kagemusha. I still have someone to kill. And I won't rest until I do." she said, her eyes narrowing down to a glare.

Kagemusha nodded. "I want to help you momma. Please, I want to help you kill him."

Kitty looked up at the sky, a breeze fluttering her hair. "You will help me, my daughter. I will teach you to unlock your true potential." she said, looking down at Kagemusha with a smile.

Kagemusha blinked. "My true potential? What do you mean momma?" she asked.

Kitty picked her up, and walked on with Kagemusha in her arms. "You have power inside. I can feel it…now…" she said, closing her eyes as she walked on.

Next Chapter: Ch 12: Strength Diminishing…Shit

Ya, my chapteres are getting shorter! ;-; how sad is that? So, see you next time! Drop of a review telling me what you think of this chapter, and what you may want to see in later chapters!

Note: I have written chapter 13 and am nearly done with it, so ur ideas may not come up until ch 14 or 15, depending on where I want to put them in! And to that certain reviewer who suggested Youko get jealous after seeing Hiei hug Kit, I have decided to put it in chapter 13! So you'll know when you see it!

Ok, see you my wonderful reviewers! -blows kisses-