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Chapter Twenty-three: Kidnapped!

With love,

Darkdemon

AKA: Nick

"OH! Koenma sir!" I looked up and saw Botan being followed by her charges who all looked perplexed as to their business here. I sighed, my temple beginning to throb.

This was going to be a very long day.

"You said they were demons, Yuki!"

"That one is!"

"No they aren't! You lied to us!"

"She is a demon! Don't you feel that hunger in her aura?!" I blinked as consciouness returned to me. At first all I saw were blurs of color then slowly my vision refocused and I could make out fine details. Three figures stood close to one another arguing. They were human, I noted. I turned my head and saw my sister was, like me, lying on a cot next to me. She was still not awake and I sighed. At least she was breathing.

"I feel the panic in yours!"

"Haku!" They were arguing amongst themselves as I slowly sat up, holding my head gingerly as it throbbed.

"She's awake!" I froze when they all turned to me and I quickly climbed to my feet and stood in a defensive crouched position in front of my sister. I growled as I bared my teeth in a threatening manner as they stared at me.

"Stay away from my sister!" I spoke harshly as they tilted their heads to the side, their confusion prominent.

"Sister?" The leader of the trio stepped forward. His body language spoke of passiveness and I relax only slightly with his approach.

"You are a demon." He spoke it as if it were a question and a statement at the same time.

"By birth, yes." I answered easily.

"And this woman is human." He said.

"Yes, but she is my sister." I kept him from approaching Yukiko as he nodded his head, understanding.

"You were raised by humans." He guessed and I nodded.

"So you do not kill humans?" He asked. I stopped and looked conflicted. I had killed humans but I had never done so willingly. I knew they wouldn't understand.

"No.I don't kill humans." I lied. They seemed to accept my answer.

"Then we must apologize. My partner believed you were the demon who killed his brother and his friends." I stared at them as the other two men stepped forward. They all bowed apologetically.

"We're sorry." I tilted my head to the side and raised an eyebrow.

"You are all human, correct?" I questioned, relaxing a little. They nodded and I turned back to my sister.

"Then release her."

"She's not in any danger." Genkai spoke in an annoyed tone as Hiei and myself waited for Aniko and Yukiko's whereabouts.

"What?" Hiei questioned angrily. He was far too impatient for this, I knew. He was used to knowing whereabouts of people himself, now he had to depend on Genkai. I placed my hand onto his shoulder in a comforting manner as I turned to Genkai with a frown.

"Please, Genkai. We'd like to know where she is." I said politely.

"She doesn't want to leave. She blocking my abilities." The older woman shook her head and glared at us.

"What?!" Hiei exclaimed in outrage as I thought of why Aniko would do that.

"She's investigating. She's interested in her captors. That's why she doesn't want to be found." I explained simply as my team mates stared at me.

"And you're ok with that?" Yusuke asked as I smiled.

"Yes." But it was lie. I was just as mad as Hiei but I knew Aniko had a good reason. At least I hoped she did.

That female was missing and she wanted to limit our chances of finding her?! I would never understand her.

"Be patient, Hiei." The fox was trying to patronize me. As if he wasn't one of the reasons she didn't want to be found. I glared at him and saw his pain in his eyes. That made me feel better, I noted. To know he was in as much pain as I was and to know he was in pain also made me feel less angry at him. Then I remembered how he had made Aniko cry with his cruel words and I regained my rage. I skulked to the corner and resumed my own search of the females.

"Hiei, please stop." His voice irritated me and caused me to lose my concentration.

"No." I growled.

"Hiei, she doesn't want to be found." His voice, his very presence pissed me off.

"Don't you dare tell me she doesn't want to be found. She doesn't want to be found by you. You made her miserable, fox. So just leave me the hell alone so I can find her." My voice showed my rage as everyone turned to stare at me in shock.

"Hiei, stop." He put his hand on my shoulder and I just couldn't handle it. I punched him. I used all of my strength and I punched that bastard right across the room and sent him crashing into the opposite wall.

"Don't tell me to stop, fox."

I could only stare at Hiei. I had never seen him this angry and I had seen him get angry. These two were best friends. I could imagine why Aniko didn't want to be found. She blamed herself. Kurama, Hiei, and Yukiko didn't even know the guilt I knew she felt. I saw it in her eyes everytime I saw her.

"Stop it, both of you!" I stepped in between the feuding demons without a care for my own life.

"Don't blame each other for this! You both have feelings for Aniko! Accept that! She's adorable. I'll give you that. She's smart. That too. But I wouldn't want to be found either if I knew I had caused the best partnership in the world to be torn to pieces! You both made her miserable. Not just you two, Koenma, her sister, everyone, including myself! I made her feel guilty for not choosing Kurama over Hiei!" My voice echoed across the silent room as everyone stared at me. Hiei's eyes widened and I sighed.

"Look, I like ya Hiei but you're a bastard." I explained as Kuwabara helped Kurama to his feet.

"And Kurama has kinda liked her longer, I mean, he changed his entire personality to accommodate her!" I rubbed the back of my head as I felt my confidence leave me.

"I mean, oh damn! You two just need to stop fightin' already! Gods, you both fuckin' idiots! You talk about making her happy but all you two, all WE, did was make her miserable. If I were her, I'd stay kidnapped for a long time." I finished as both of them stared at me with wide eyes. I let out a puff of air and grinned wildly.

"Wow, I feel a lot better now that I have that off of my chest."

"When were they killed?" I questioned interested in their predicament.

"4 days ago." The boys answered as I took the information in. Hiei hadn't spoken of any demons crossing the barrier. Neither had the others.

"Are you sure it was a demon?"

"Positive." The tone of his voice left little room for argument. If he was sure, then no doubt it was demon.

"Let me help you." I offered as my sister stirred from behind me.

"What?" The determined one looked shocked at my offerance.

"Let me help you find the demon that killed your friends and your brother. I have friends who will find him for you." I offered with a smile and a tilt of my head which I knew no man could resist or so Yusuke and Kuwabara had told me.

"You would do that?"

"Yeah. I know what it's like to have a demon take something precious from me. We'll find him." I was suddenly wrapped in a hug and I felt heat rise to my cheeks.

"Thank you, demon!"

"Aniko. My name is Aniko."

Ok, so I will introduce the trio of boys in the next chapter. Also to explain the slow update rate, I have once again started school and I am now a junior and it requires a lot of time and energy and I'm just so overwhelmed so I have decided that I will update on the weekends. I think. I haven't made a definite decision.

PS: Me and my boyfriend broke up so yeah. Bad juju for Aniko. Cuz if I can't be happy, neither can she! MWAHAHA. No, I wouldn't do that to Aniko. I love her. Of course I love her, I created her. But anyways. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW. I love me some reviews!

NICK