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"Kirana's telepathy"

"Hiei's telepathy"

Hiei's thoughts

"Hiei's Jagan"

Kurama's thoughts

Youko's thoughts

'People talking telepathically with Hiei'

'People talking telepathically with Kirana'

(Author's note)

---------Time and/or location change---------

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Chapter 36

---------With the Reikai Tantei---------

"Hiei, who contacted you?" Kurama asked pulling Hiei away from the rest of the group.

"Yokoshima. I have to go alone. He said she was not hurt but already trapped in her own fears," Hiei said.

"Where are they Hiei?" Kurama asked.

"I don't know," he answered honestly.

"Where are you going to meet them?" Kurama asked.

"Kurama, I can't tell you," Hiei answered.

"What? Of course you can. No one will know you told me, and besides if you get caught you will need us to come save you both," Kurama said trying to rationalize with him.

"He said he will kill her if anyone but me comes, and I don't doubt that he will. Besides I don't even know if she is truly okay," Hiei said.

"Yes you do. If she were dead, you would be as well. Don't lie to me Hiei. I know what is going on, and you have to tell us. We have to know so we will be able to protect you and her. Hiei, please tell me where my sister is," Kurama pleaded.

"Okay, but don't tell anyone. Not even the rest of the gang. Your mind is strong enough to prevent someone from taking information you don't want them to have, but I am not sure about the others. I will be meeting Yokoshima and Kirana at the outcropping by Koorime Island. I will be able to see Kirana and make sure she is okay, and then I am to tie myself up with spirit chains. He said he will be keeping us close together, so neither one of us dies. He will ward my Jagan. Remember when you come to play hero, don't kill him. He has to remove the wards. Now, I have to go. Tell the others only what they need to know and nothing more. Yokoshima said that he would not hesitate to kill her. I don't want to risk that he was telling the truth. Goodbye Fox," Hiei said and flitted off in the direction of Koorime Island.

Kurama rejoined the group and they all began asking when they would leave again and where Hiei went. Kurama sighed and decided that it would be best to tell Yukina alone, because he knew she was of strong enough mind to keep people out of her thoughts and memories.

"Everyone calm down. I will answer all of your questions in a few minutes. Yukina, I need to speak with you," Kurama said softly.

Yukina nodded and followed Kurama away from the rest of the group. When they were a safe distance from the others Kurama told her everything Hiei had told him and asked her to be the guide to Koorime Island. She agreed and they discussed what they should tell the others.

"I think we should tell them the truth. That we know where we are going and why, but we cannot tell them because their minds are vulnerable to attack," Yukina suggested.

"That is actually a good idea. Then they will know that we know what is going on which will make them more comfortable, but what if they claim to be strong enough?" Kurama asked.

"We tell them they are not," Yukina said rationally.

"Okay, let's do this," Kurama said and the two walked back to the group. They told them exactly what they had planned on telling them and no one argued. Yukina suggested they stay the night there, and start moving in the morning. Everyone reluctantly agreed and they fell asleep.

---------With Kirana---------

Kirana finally could not run anymore. She collapsed in the darkness and began to cry. She didn't know what to do. It seemed that everyone thought about her they way they did in Reikai. She couldn't take it. She would just hide in here and maybe no one would ever find her. When she thought this a door appeared, allowing her curiosity to get the better of her she walked into the room. Yukina and Yusuke were there with Hiei. She ran over to them.

"What the hell does this… thing want?" Yusuke asked.

"Please Yusuke, don't do this. Yukina please help me… everyone is treating me the same as they did in Reikai. Hiei… Koibito, please," she pleaded.

"Hiei, why did that little mutt call you Koibito?" Yukina asked.

"I don't know. I don't believe I know who the mutt is nor do I care," Hiei answered her turning his back on Kirana.

Kirana could not take the pain she felt coursing through her veins. She ran out of the room sobbing. She flew through several doors that had not been there before and no matter where she went she heard the word mutt being screamed at her from every angle, in every voice she knew and even some she had never heard before. Finally she ran through a door and the room was silent. She shut the door and noticed it had a lock. She quickly locked the door and put as many different kinds of locking mechanisms and traps as she could come up with. She would just hide here for the rest of her life. No one would ever be able to hurt her if they could never find her.

---------With Hiei---------

Hiei ran as fast as he could and made it to the outcropping in a matter of hours. The sun was just rising, and he noticed that it hit something that looked like a bundle of blankets. He walked over to it and noticed it was Kirana. He quickly examined her and when he saw that she was okay he picked up the spirit chains that were next to her, but before he bound himself he sat next to her and pulled her into his arms.

"Yokoshima let her out of her mind. If she has to endure much more she will retreat to her mind permanently and then you will not be able to get to her power. If you are not careful her Jagan will perceive the danger and it will overpower the ward you have used. Let her out of her mind."

'Now why would I do that? You can see that she is unharmed, now tie yourself up.'

Hiei sighed and did as he was told. He bound himself in the spirit chains but he made sure to bind his wrist firmly to Kirana's. He would not be separated from her again. Yokoshima came over and laughed at the fact that the fire demon had given himself over so willingly to him and even had enough emotion to bind his hand to his mates. That would mean that he could struggle less. Yokoshima quickly placed a ward on Hiei's Jagan and ordered him to get up. Hiei did so still holding Kirana to himself. Yokoshima walked off and ordered Hiei to follow. Hiei did so carrying Kirana. Yokoshima led him to a cave and forced him to enter it shoving him down on the ground. Hiei had had the foresight to move so that Kirana did not get hurt. Then there was a sharp pain at the back of his head and the world went black.

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Author: There you have it people. Chapter thirty-six! Hope you all like it, but I will never know if you don't tell me, so please click the little button right down there and tell me. Ja ne!