Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Yu Yu Hakusho. I only own my characters. The poems I use belong to me. They are my original poems.

Note: Kurama and Kuronue might sound out of character. I've never actually heard more than a few words out of Kuronue from the Yu Yu Hakusho movie: The Poltergeist Report. I read somewhere that he's funny and etc.

This story might be going a little fast. I'm going to try to explain stuff, but it's hard. I'm not that good at making up names of demons.

I'm using "Yoko" instead of "Kurama" for his demon form.

I'm trying a brand new idea for me. I'm putting some of my original poems in the story because the main character Hannah is supposed to want to grow up to be a poet/ author. Please tell me what you think of my idea.

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*~Chapter 3~*

"I'm back." Kuronue hollered to his friends. He turned around and said, "Sarruki, please hurry."

A rather small demon with ears like Yoko's gasped for air, his whip-like tail swishing back and forth. "Kuronue, I cannot run that fast. I'm coming as fast as I can."

Yoko stood up slowly, his hand on Hannah's shoulder. Kuronue looked at Hannah's teary eyes and then at Yoko and demanded, "What did you do to her?"

"I didn't do anything to her. I merely explained to her that if she went back to the Human World, she would never be able to come back to the Makai World." Yoko took his hand off Hannah's shoulder.

Kuronue narrowed his eyes, "Are you sure that's all you said?"

"Calm down, Kuronue. He's telling the truth." Hannah sniffed.

Sarruki stared at Hannah, his eyes wide. "Hu.man." He stuttered out.

Kuronue walked over to where Hannah sat and placed his arm around her. "It's okay, Sarruki. She's a special human."

Sarruki shrugged, "If you say so. What do you need me for?"

Yoko pointed to the door. "That. We have to find out a way to make it work. Hannah needs to go home, whether she wants to or not."

"I don't want to! I wanna stay here with you guys!" Hannah cried.

"You can't stay! You'll go back to your world, even if we have to force you. You don't belong here. You're not a demon. It's too dangerous for you, Hannah." Kuronue responded.

"Everything is too dangerous for me! People think that I can't take care of myself!" Hannah sobbed. She jumped up and ran past Sarruki, knocking him backwards on purpose. Kuronue tried to stop her, but she slapped his hand away.

As she was disappearing in the woods, she heard Yoko say, "Let her go, Kuronue. She needs some time alone."

The trees became a whirl of color around her as tears clouded her eyes. Hannah didn't know what to do. She didn't want to know the truth. The saying is true. The truth hurts. Her foot got caught on a tree root and she tumbled forward.

"Ow!" Hannah slowly tried to stand up, but fell down again. Something's wrong with my leg! Hannah thought. She painfully crawled over to the tree and sat down at its base. Her arms and legs were full of cuts and bruises. There was a little clearing surrounding the tree. Her hair fell across her face as her tears soaked the ground. She cried for all the things that have happened to her, for the moments she'll never share with her new friends, for the pain she's caused, and for the choice she has to make.

Slowly, she looked around at her surroundings. "No, not again!" She cried out. Hannah was lost again. The forest all look alike; it was impossible for her to figure out where she was.

"Hannah, is that you?" A shadow flickered across the top of the tree. Kuronue leaped from the canopy, his wings outstretched.

Hannah gave a cry of joy as she threw her arms around his waist. "Kuronue! I'm so glad you found me. I was afraid I was lost again." Tears appeared in her eyes again. "I really don't want to go home."

Kuronue sighed and a beautiful rose materialized in his hand. Hannah's eyes lit up with surprise. "What is the rose for? It's so pretty."

"Yoko and I had a great idea. The rose can help you remember us, when you go back to the Human World. Yoko is the stem, it can be harmless but it also has thorns. I am the leaves, I may seem harmless most of the time but when I am threatened, I can become deadly. You are the petals, beautiful but with your own dark side." Kuronue slowly explained.

Hannah held the rose softly and let the aroma waft to her. "I will keep this rose forever. I still don't really want to go back home."

Kuronue held her hand. "You must go home. You don't belong here at all. Come on. Let's go back to Sarruki and Yoko."

He stood up and waited for Hannah. She tried to stand, but her legs wouldn't support her. She fell on her butt with a thud. "Something's wrong with my leg. I can't stand up."

"Let me help you." Kuronue walked over to Hannah and lifted her up.

He carried her through the sinister forest, back to the door. While they were gone, Youko and Sarruki figured out how to make it work.

Youko looked up when he heard footsteps in the underbrush. "Kuronue, we are ready."

Hannah looked from Youko to Kuronue to Sarruki. "Ready for what?"

"Hannah, we figured out how to make the door work." Sarruki said with a smile.

"What?!" Hannah couldn't believe it. She was now faced with the pain of leaving her new friends.

"You're not going to go on your own, are you?" Kuronue asked.

Hannah shook her head, "Of course not."

"Didn't think so. Youko? Sarruki?" Kuronue looked at his two friends.

They nodded and each of them grabbed one of Hannah's arms. They dragged her in front of the door.

Kuronue whispered into her ear, "Good-bye, Hannah." And pushed her through the door.

Hannah got one last glimpse of the trio before everything became black.

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The first sound Hannah heard was snoring. She slowly opened her eyes to a brightly lit room. Her two friends Ella and Sean were sleeping on two different couches and the snores belonged to Sean. Ella sat up, yawning and stretching. She saw Hannah staring at her, and jumped to wake up Sean.

"Sean, wake up!" Ella poked him in the ribs.

"Five more minutes, Mom." He mumbled groggily.

"Sean, wake up!" Ella shouted louder.

"Five. more. minutes."

"Sean, you idiot, wake up!!!! Hannah's awake!" Ella screamed into his ear.

"Ah!" Sean jumped and landed on the floor. "Oh, good morning, Hannah."

"Hannah!" Ella gave her friend a big hug. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"What happened? Why am I in the hospital.?" Hannah asked while looking around the room.

"You were in an accident. We didn't know if you would live." Ella answered softly.

Sean was about to say something, when the door burst open. Hannah's parents strolled into the room. When they saw Hannah awake and sitting up, they rushed to her side.

"Sweetie, you're awake!" Hannah's mother embraced her. Her father patted her on the head.

"Mother, Father, I'm alright, really." Hannah said.

Hannah's mother released her and started to cry into her father's shoulder. Hannah's father was comforting her. "Jane, Hannah's alright, see? You can stop crying now."

Hannah's mother just kept crying. Her father looked at Hannah and said, "Sweet pea, we'll be outside if you need us." He walked out the door, followed by her mother.

Hannah turned to her friends, "Are you sure I was here the whole time?"

Ella stared at Hannah, "What do you mean?"

"Are you sure I was with you two all the time?"

"Yeah.why?"

"I was in another world, the Demon World." Hannah answered.

Sean and Ella stared at each other, "You must have hit your head pretty hard, Hannah." Ella replied.

"No, it wasn't a hallucination. It was real!" Hannah said.

"Sure." Ella felt Hannah's forehead, "Do you have a fever?"

Hannah swiped her hand away. "Sean, you believe me, right?"

Sean sighed, "Hannah, you WERE knocked out for quite a while."

Hannah gave a frustrated cry. "Won't anyone believe me? I know! Kuronue, Youko, and Sarruki will believe me!"

Ella asked, "Who?"

"My demon friends."

Ella looked around for Sean, but he wasn't in the room anymore. "Where did Sean go.?"

Hannah got up and walked over to the window. She felt something prick her skin. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a beautiful blood red rose. "Oh! The rose!"

Ella smiled and asked, "Who gave you the rose?"

"Kuronue."

Ella was confused, "Hannah, you have to admit that it was all a dream, there never WAS a Kuronue, or a Youko, or a Sarruki."

"It wasn't a dream, it was real! Wasn't it.?"

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Okay, I got this done. How do you like this chapter?