Ok, what could happen now? Hn...About anything. Now, what will surprise you? Ah! I know!!!
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Chapter 5 Stupid Fox

"Come on." Marushi said as soon as Kurama left, getting a very knotty smile.
"Aru?" Gurennu looked up from the warded -Magujie had used a spell from the book to make the battery last forever- laptop. He had been playing around with all of the pictures and sounds on it.
"The woods, duh." Magujie said. "Mar, we shouldn't do that, we should stay here. I'm sure there is a reason that he wanted us to stay clear."
"Mags, you worry to much. He just wants to keep *_you_* close." She grinned. "I'm going." She left the room. Magujie followed with a shrug, grabbing her bag and PC on the way. If she is going to get in trouble, I'd better make sure that she has back-up.
Gurennu sighed and trailed after them as they trailed into the woods. He knew trouble was going to happen. Kind of like when you wake-up and know that it's going to be a bad day. They looked like campers, back- packs and all.
The group walked through the forest, lazily taking in the scenery. The girls picked wild flowers and Magujie wove her bunch into a crown and stuck it on her head. Marushi made a vain attempt to copy her crown but failed miserably, so Magujie made her one too.
Gurennu snatched up a large blossom and tucked it behind his ear. He batted his eyes teasingly, "Is it me?"
"Sexy." Magujie dryly commented.
"Oh cute! Keep the look." Marushi giggled and tossed her crown on his head. "Hail be to the great lord of the fairies!" She knelt before him and he bowed back. Then she popped up and shoved him, "Tag, you're it!"
"You dirty kid, come back here!" He chased her deep into the forest. "Kurama told you to stay out of the forest. Go back now." Hiei dropped out of a tree in front of them.
"No." Marushi replied and stepped around him. "What could possibly be dangerous out here?"
As if in response to her question, a loud crunch sounded behind Gurennu and Magujie. A monster appeared in front of them, weaving the mist around itself. Magujie stepped back and looked at their only defense, Hiei.
"What do we do?!"
"Shit!!!!"
Marushi snorted, "Try again." Her voice was cocky, even though she could never do anything to the creature.
"Run...run quickly." He frowned over his shoulder at her, then began to use his Ki to create a barrier of protection. He turned and joined them in their flight.
Gurennu tripped and went sprawling. Hiei started to go back for him, but the Kurther (monster) was already on him. It picked him up by his neck as he struggled and choked. Before Hiei could react, Gurennu arched his back in pain, then something that shocked the others happened. A slit appeared on his forehead and a Jagan shot a beam of fiery Ki out of the small body and engulfed the monster. It turned to ashes and Gurennu fell to the ground.
He gripped his ankle, he had landed on it, and rocked back and forth moaning. Clink...Clink...Clink. Little crystal tears bounced on the hard ground. Magujie took his hands away from his ankle and cast a healing spell she had read in the book. After a few moments he got a hold of himself and looked at her. "How do you feel, now?"
He blinked a few times, "I can't see right!" Hiei had gone paper white. He looked at Gurennu with silent shock. "What's wrong, why are
you looking at me like that, Hiei?"
"Gurennu, Hiei is behind you, you can't see him. You...You're a, a Koroma." Marushi said softly.
"Oh, damn." He tentatively put a hand to his forehead and across his closed eye. "How am I ever going to explain _this_ to my mom?!?"
"You don't. It would be to dangerous." Hiei finally spoke. He walked over and knelt in front of the boy. After examining him for a minute, he stood and faced Magujie. "Get a strip of cloth and ward it against second sight. Tie it across the eye and we will continue to the strong hold."
"Strong hold?" Magujie asked as she warded a piece of shirt that she ripped from Gurennu's person. She looked in the book she had put in her backpack for a ward. Hiei had been spying on her.
Apparently this is when the fatigue of the use of his power, the shock of the day, and the depletion of adrenaline kicked in and he passed out. When he came to, he had a strip of white cloth tied around his brow, and he was upside down, "Aru?!?" He opened his eyes to see the back of someone's knees.
Hiei stopped walking and set Gurennu down gently. "Hn, you ok?" He held on to him, until he had himself balanced.
"I...I think so." He felt a bit dazed.
"Golly, that was awesome!" Marushi grinned at him.
"Marus..." Magujie started.
"Kawaii!"
"Marushi, kawaii whatever! My point is, give him a minute to adjust, before you start."
"But I..."
"Shut up fox!!!" Hiei glowered and she fell silent, smiling at him. "What are _you_ smiling at?!"
"You." Marushi giggled, "I'm not a fox, I'm just a girl."
Hiei ignored her answer and turned to Gurennu, "We need to go. Can you make it?"
"I think so." He shrugged. "Why aren't we going to the temple?"
"That monster wasn't there earlier, it was after you or my team. Either way, it would be rude to trash Ganki's temple." Hiei told him. "Besides, you are in Makai now." Marushi walked, swinging a walking stick as she did so.
"Owe, Marushi! Watch where you are swinging that stick." Magujie rubbed her elbow.
"Get out of my stick's way." Marushi replied.
Magujie snatched the stick away and Marushi raced ahead, keeping out of range of the stick. "Marushi, stay close!" Hiei called, but to late,
Marushi went crashing through a trap into a deep hole. "Hn, stupid fox." He sighed loudly as the three of them went over and looked down into the hole.
Marushi blinked up at them, looking rather startled. "I...I'm a fox!" She had silvery hair and violet eyes. She gave Hiei a puzzled look. "How'd you know I was a fox?"
"I can see it in your Ki. Now get out of the hole ditz." Hiei looked impatient.
"Yah, yah." She leapt out and stood next to her friends. Her Kitsune form was over six feet tall. "K, so my real name is Kai and I'm 19. I was only five when a hunter killed me. Talk about rude. Ok, now I'm me and Gurennu is him, but Mags, who are you?"
"I'm the normal one?" Magujie teased and started following Hiei, who had started to leave them. Gurennu was next to him, looking back at Marushi with interest.
"Hiei, is it true, is she just a human?" Kai demanded.
"Her Ki is human. But so was Gurennu's until he changed."
The place Hiei took them to was a ruin of a temple. That is how it looked from the outside, but the inside was nice and clean. They were happy to rest.
The other men appeared soon, looking completely annoyed. Kurama frowned at Kai, "You should have listened to me. Why did you drag your friends into danger?"
"I don't know, I just wanted to look." She pouted.
"Mar has a problem with authority. You can't tell her not to do something. You can only go with her. We knew it was trouble. Look at Gurennu. But you might as well save your breath." Magujie stepped between them. "I want to know what you guys are planning to do about the bag guys."
"Kill them." Hiei said simply.
"Helpful. But you left out three minor details, us. You can't leave us to kill them, that face was just demonstrated. We can't fight; Gurennu and Kai Marushi haven't had powers before and that makes them dangerous, and then there is me, the human girl." She put her hand on her forehead. "Tell me you have more plan then that."
"Nope." Kuwabara shook his head."
"I need an aspirin." Magujie sighed loudly. Then she went to the room that Hiei had said was the girls' and shut the door. Someone knocked on it. "Yes?"
"Magujie, are you alright?" Kurama asked as he let himself in.
"My best friend is being the most obnoxious brat, Gurennu is scared, everyone is mad, and I am helpless. I'm not use to being less then everyone else. I'm not happy, but it's life." She looked at him, waiting for him to say he was sorry and leave her alone. "You can't understand. I'm the one who fixes problems. Now I am the problem."
"You aren't a problem."
"Yes, I am. I am the only one who is helpless. The others can catch on to using their powers quickly. But someone has to keep an eye on me."
"No, you aren't helpless, you can think clearly. That is a valuable power. The other two will take over a year to get anywhere with their powers. They can't go. I will stay and keep them from destroying the place. Don't be angry of who you are." Then he turned and left.
"Kurama, you are a pain. I feel like being depressed." She frowned after him.
At dinner, Yuusuke announced their plans. Gurennu was very sluggish, like he was moving through molasses. Marushi was silent; something was bothering her. Kurama kept glancing at her. Hiei ate quickly, then left. He had been assigned to first watch. The three men would leave in the morning.
When he was ful, Gurennu mummered a goodnight then went to his room. Hiei had told him to take off the bandage to sleep, his third sight could exercise itself without stressing Gurennu's body to much. When he took off the ward, he almost passed out. He was aware of so many levels it was over whelming. Plants were growing, wind moving, and his companions. Kurama who monitored every thought that popped into her head was scolding Marushi. He was trying to be nice about teaching her self-discipline, but her reaction was strong. Magujie kept
trying to make herself feel better, but she was depressed and felt helpless. Kuwabara was missing Yukina...Sappy thoughts. Yuusuke was worried over him, how he would adjust to his sudden abilities. Hiei was listening to the night.
:Welcome to my world.: He thought to him.
:Wow...It's like being everywhere at once.: He managed to sort out his new sight from his normal and find the bed.
He got tired quickly, and felt Hiei urging him, :Go to sleep, you wont miss a thing.:
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K, so here is where the fun begins. Azusa Wariko Maxwell :)