Chapter 2

"You do know why you're up here, right?" Miyu asked Kurama. He shook his head. "You're up here because I have a secret to tell you, and a favor to ask." Miyu told Kurama. "Do you know the legend of the fire goddess?" she asked. Kurama again shook his head. "It is said that the fire goddess will vanish after a certain amount of time, and become the ultimate goddess. Is there any possibility it's wrong, do you think?" she asked. Kurama yet again shook his head, then finally spoke.

"I think the legend you have told me the smallest part of will be true, but why tell me and no one else?" he asked. Miyu nodded.

"Come back tomorrow. I will tell you more." She said and Kurama left.

Miyu turned to her notebook.

"I've noticed you reading my story. And I've also noticed you wondered when you could talk to me, Yohko. I remember you well. Why did you take this human form?" she said, still staring at her book. Kurama didn't answer her. He walked over and stood next to her.

"What I believe doesn't matter. It's what you believe that counts." He said. Miyu had just told him more of the tale. She turned and looked at him.
"Let me tell you the whole tale. Long ago, about 5999 years ago, a little girl named Trionte Gemnaya Sayont was born to the French king and queen. Her father was cruel, but her mother and twin brother where kind to her. When she was 12, her mother became ill and died, and Trionte was left with her father and brother for 2 years. Her father then remarried a cruel woman, who had a son. Trionte's stepbrother was as kind as her brother. They kept her away from her parents. When she was 18, Trionte fell ill with he same thing her mother had. Had her life not been saved and she been made eternally young, she would've died within a month or two. She became a vampire, and when she was 5673, she was the most powerful sorceress, witch, fairy, wizardess, magicianess, she was queen demon and queen vampire. Later she became the head elf, even though she was ½ human, ¼ elf and ¼ genie. And now many say she is still alive as all those things and the fire goddess. Do you believe it?" she said. Kurama nodded.

"I do believe it's true, and I believe it was you that you just told me the tale of." He said. Miyu looked at him, her eyes narrow.

"It is. And only one person can stop me from disappearing. And I can choose him. I chose you." She said.

"So that's why I remembered the words of it so well. That's why they haunt me." Kurama said. Miyu nodded.

"There is only one way I can live after that, but I can't tell you yet. That story was written because when I saw you I knew you would search for me. They were like messages to you from me. But know this. You can tell no one else about it." Miyu said.

"Kurama, where have you been?" Hiei asked when Kurama came back.

"I was looking for a way out upstairs. But I didn't succeed. Is Sanosuke succeeding?" Kurama asked. Hiei shook his head.

"Nope. Yusuke still won't let him stop though." He answered. Kurama laughed.

"I suppose I should help him." He said, glancing at the stairs and seeing Miyu standing there, a look on her face, neither happy nor sad, or even angry. She looked rather solemn, and she came downstairs. She was now on their side. She was going to help.

"Sanosuke. Come here a minute." She said. He obeyed and walked over to her. "Go through the kitchen to the room behind it. You'll find a button on the wall to the right. Press it. It will trap my sisters upstairs. Then I want you to come back, and go to the room below the stairs. You'll see a switch. Flip it up. The windows will open and you'll find a trap door, which leads to a tunnel. Follow that tunnel and you'll come to another trap door, which leads you to freedom. I will follow you, for I do not want to stay within these walls for the remainder of my life." She whispered to him. He nodded and went to follow her instructions. Kurama walked over to her.

"Well, if you told him how to get out and you're coming with us, do you think I will not help you?" he asked. She shook her head.

"No. But I do not believe you can." She said.

Sanosuke ran under the stairs, into the room and searched for the switch. He found it and flipped it, then ran back into the living room. The windows allowed light into the house and the trapdoor was visible. Sanosuke lifted it, climbed through it, then opened the one outside. He walked through the front yard and knocked on the window. He opened the door and the others ran outside, into the daylight. Kurama walked by Miyu.

"Can you tell me what I have to do now?" he asked. Miyu nodded.

"Yes. You must agree to become a vampire, and you will be able to live in sunlight. You must also agree to allow your body to go under control of a magical spirit during the upcoming battle, so you will not be fighting, for it is too dangerous. I may not even be safe, even though I can only be killed by my own sword. And also, you must be in love with me." She said. At that she paused for a breath. "That is the only way for me to live." Miyu said to Kurama. His eyes grew wide. The sunlight shone in Miyu's eyes, as though they were gemstones. The wind blew her hair. She smiled. The sudden change was great to her, for she had not been outside in years. Magic changed her dress to jeans and a t- shirt. Her necklace disappeared and her shoes were tennis shoes. She spread her arms apart and let the wind blow past her. Kurama didn't know how long she had been stuck inside the house, but he figured it had been since she had left her father's. She looked at him and smiled. "Doesn't the wind feel great?" she asked. Kurama nodded.

"It does, but why wait until now to get free?" he asked. Miyu merely shook her head and walked up onto a hill, sitting upon it. Kurama followed her. He saw she looked sad.

"I've truly forgotten what this world feels like... I no longer recognize it...It's been so long..." she said, running her hand over the grass. Kurama suddenly hugged her.

"Don't be sad, everything is alright now."

She found herself blushing and not knowing what to do now. She had never been close to her sisters, so she didn't know what a hug was. He smiled gently to her. She threw her arms around his neck, suddenly in tears.

"I'm so confused!" she said. He held her tighter.

"Sh, it's alright Miyu, it's alright..."

She blushed, enjoying being held so close.