Author: Here is the next chapter. I hope you all are enjoying this story.

Hiei: They would enjoy it more if it was done!

Author: Hiei, did you have a bad day?

Hiei: Hn!

Hilu: I just kicked his butt, so he is having a pity party.

Hiei: YOU DID NOT!!

Author: Boys! Stop it now!

Hiei and Hilu: (stop moving and look at author warily)

Author: That's better. On with the story!

"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 37

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

Hiei woke up and put a hand to his head. That really hurt. Then he looked around. He couldn't find Kirana anywhere. But he distinctly remembered tying his hand to hers. Then he noticed the ward was gone and so were the spirit chains. He then decided that the others must have come and rescued them while he was unconscious, especially since he recognized the place he was as Reikai. He stood up and walked out of the door, and realized he was close to Kirana's room. He decided he would go in, and see if that was where she was. He walked in the room, and saw her sitting in a corner. He decided that they hadn't been able to release her from her mind. He walked over to her and gently touched her shoulder. She didn't respond.

"Kirana, Koibito? Are you in there? Please Koi come out. I need you. Please don't leave me," Hiei said softly whispering in her ear.

Still nothing happened. Hiei decided to say the same thing only using the jagan hoping that it would reach her wherever she was in her mind. Still nothing happened. Then someone walked in the door. It was Youko.

"Youko, how long have we been in Reikai?" Hiei asked.

"A few days. Hiei, we can't get her to eat anything. Will you try?" Youko asked handing him a bowl of soup.

"Yeah," he replied taking the bowl and walking back over to Kirana.

He got a spoonful of food and tried to feed her. She wouldn't eat. He spoke to her about anything at all talking non-stop while trying to get her to eat even a spoonful of soup. She just sat there not responding to anything. Days went by this way. Nothing he said or did had any effect on his mate. Finally she wasted away. Her body ate itself and she died. Hiei almost lost his mind. Youko came in and laughed. Hiei stopped and looked at him.

Youko wouldn't laugh at this. Come to think of it I haven't seen anyone but Youko since I woke up. This is my fear. I have to find a way out of here. I know this isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't real, not real, not real, not real, not real.

Hiei closed his eyes and kept chanting not real in his head. Finally when he opened his eyes he was in the cave with Kirana in his lap a ward on his jagan and wrapped in spirit chains. He sighed in relief. Now to help Kirana out of her fear.

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

The group woke up with the rising of the sun. Youko pulled Yukina aside and said that they would follow the same idea Hiei had set since then they would be able to move faster. Yukina agreed and said she would easily be able to direct where Youko was going, because being in Makai was intensifying the pull Koorime Island had on her. She would easily be able to find the island and the cliffs near there. They returned to the group and they set about getting ready. Finally without much fight or fuss they were ready to go. Youko gently lifted Yukina into his arms, and nodded when the others took their positions. Then he began running. They ran for what felt like days, but it was really only about four hours, and then Youko noticed Botan and Yusuke were tiring. He slowed and stopped motioned for Botan to land and made sure everyone was okay. He then went out with Yukina to look for some food while Botan took a nap to recover her lost spirit energy.

"Youko, do you think we will be able to find Hiei and Kirana once we get there?" she asked softly.

"I think so. Spirit chains leave a distinct trail. They were designed that way, and not many people know that. Spirit world designed those chains for prisoners of Reikai, and so would need a definite way of tracking them if they lost a prisoner. We will find them," Youko responded just as softly.

They finished hunting in silence. They took the food back to the rest of the group and woke Botan up. Everyone ate and then Botan, Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara took a nap while the other two figured out what they would do.

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

Kirana huddled in the corner of the room, as far from the door as she could. She did not want to risk hearing Hiei's voice calling her… that. She cried again, and decided that no matter what she would never let anyone in her room. They would never hurt her again. Then she heard Hiei's voice. She couldn't make out what he was saying but it was not what she had been hearing for a while now. She stopped crying and listened.

"Kirana! Koibito? Please, listen to me. Yokoshima is a demon of fear. Whatever you have been seeing is not real. I love you please come back to me!"

Kirana didn't believe him. Yokoshima was a human. There was no doubt about that. She couldn't afford to believe him. She knew that her heart couldn't break anymore, and if she came out she knew she would hear that word, and right then she knew she couldn't take it. Then she added another obstacle to the door to her safe room. She soundproofed it so she couldn't hear anyone anymore.

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Author: And it is almost done!

Hiei and Hilu: It's about time!

Author: HEY! Be nice. This story has taken a lot of imagination and a lot of work, and plenty of my time, so be nice. Not to mention Hiei it is not done yet, and I can still make it horrible for you! Not to mention Hilu I can always tie you up and gag you again!

Hiei and Hilu: (silence)

Author: Good. Well hope you all liked it. Remember a review is what every author wants. Ja ne!