Authors Comment:

To Jen: arigatou gozaimasu! For all the nice review.

To La La La: I respect your review as much as I respect others work. Demo, please be aware that this is only fiction. If I may want so, I could make Hiei here an angel and not a demon. And I believe you should learn to open up your mind at this thing. As much as I love Yusuke and Keiko, it doesn't mean I can't make another couple out of YYH character. Grow up!

To Anonymous: the one who did not put his/her pen name, thank you so much for the review!

To LadyBlackdragon: I'm very please to know that the great author of Secrets in My Blood happen to read my story. This is much too overwhelming. Thank you so much.

CHAPTER 7: New Acquaintance

December 25

Keiko hurried out to the crowd; the dingy bus waiting for a passenger was about to leave. It's Christmas day yet here she was, on duty to bring medicines at a certain town away from the city suffering cold and other sickness caused by the blizzard. She's not a doctor nonetheless, yet the Hospital were she's taking her OJT was giving her a hard time done a usual doctor should.

She adjusted the strap of her backpack. Another bags clutching at her hand where the big Red Cross was painted. Cold stream of white air puff at her mouth. Managing to get out of the pack of people, she climbs at the begrimed truck. There were very few individuals in it; an old man, a teenage couple, and a lady with her tree kids.

She fined her way inside, sitting at the middle where the mushy teenagers could not bother her. She sits near the window, gazing softly at the whirls of the snow falling down at the already bulky stuff in the ground.

The bus started its way out of the city; she clutched her heavy lavender coat closer to her body. The cold winter wind splash at her already crimsoned cheeks. She detangled her hair and swept it up in a violet ribbon up her head.

After an hour the bus stop at another town where a two passenger went in; a man with an overly rough beard and a girl.

She assumes that the girl is about a few years older than her but her comely appearance took even her breath away. The girl has a long heavy curtain of silver hair, contrasting her icy blue eyes and red lips. Her skin were that white as the entity that's falling outside the whole Japan.

The lady approaches her, asking her if she may sit beside her. Keiko could only nod in fascination at the angel in front of her. The girl gives her a smile of thanks then settled herself beside her.

The bus started it's way again and the pressure of icy wind where nuisance than a comfort.

"Are you a doctor?" The girl inquires at her from nowhere.

"No..." she answered plainly.

"So, I assume. Your much too young to be a doctor." The girl answered in its seductive voice.

"Ano...ahm...I'm on becoming one. I'm going to take the bar next year."

"Really? I thought you're a high school girl put to errand by your elder sibling." The young woman explains pointing at her bag.

"I'm on way to the last town, it's an order from my head where I'm taking my OJT."

"Oh! I'm Liqi" she said, extending her hands to her.

"Keiko, Keiko Yukimura." She answered with a polite smile then grasping the soft hand of her companion in a shake.

"Oh my, I'm going now." The lady exclaimed. The bus was on a stop again.

The girl bid her goodbye, "Nice meeting you Yukimura-san, ja ne!"

Keiko waves her farewell with her usual polite smile.

AFTER 30 MINUTES

Keiko was awaken by the screaming of the children in the besmirched car. The bus was swaying, she couldn't make out the passengers voice, and one thing she could crack was that its break was not functioning. She holds on to the rail, her heart on her throat, not knowing if this is her last day on earth.

The next thing she dredges up was being out of the window, and her sense being knock out of her.

***

The cold damp of wind stimulated her in her cheeks. She forced her heavy eyelid to open; gazing around she found none of her fellow passenger but a complete white flurry around her. She toils around in a sitting position, minding not her aching body.

Looking about at the height she fell in, she knew for sure that she had broken bones somewhere her body. Pine trees towering over her, the sky was completely overcast, giving her a mere radiance at her spot. She skirmish into standing position, wandering where are the rest; she imagine the lifeless body of the cute children in the truck. She shook her head with the thought and made her way at the deep snow calling out.

"Anyone out there?" she shouted.

"Hello?" she again called out.

She's not even making a meter away from her deserted spot; she felt her immediate closing about her, whirling around. Before finally fainting, a lone figure appeared in front of her.

"Hiei..." she whispered lightly.

The man grunted, "little miss trouble..." he scowled.

Keiko pass out, falling into his arms.



Authors Note: I know your wondering who Liqi is. She's one of the major characters in the sequel of this story. I just need to insert her hear for introduction.

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