Meanwhile, back in the forest. ************

Yukina, Yukina, Yukina! Why can't I find you? I've searched for years. I've never forgotten you, where are you sister, where are you? Don't worry, I will find you.

Crack!

Hiei jumped up and reached for his katana. "Who's there?"

He looked down and found a kitsune in a jumbled mess on the ground with broken branches surrounding her. It took a minute for him to realize that she had jumped onto the branch below his and that the branch had snapped in two.

"Who the heck are you?" he demanded.

"What happened to me, where am I? Who are you, I've never seen you before?" questioned the girl.

"If you must know, I'm Hiei and it just so happens that I was sleeping and you woke me up." He snapped taking out his katana. "You must have been running through the trees and landed on a weak branch. Now who the heck are you?"

"Well if you must know, my name is Ayisa." She started to materialize a sword made of glass out of thin air.

Hiei sped to the ground so he was face-to-face with her. She started to step to the side, but her ankle gave way with a sickening crack. Ayisa fell to the ground with her sword still in her hand.

"Hn. Consider this fair warning. Don't ever wake me up again." He threatened.

He jumped back into the tree but onto a higher branch. He sat watching her. Hiei had not heard the crack that came from Ayisa's ankle when she stepped aside.

Why doesn't she get up? All she did was fall down, it's not like I did anything to her, I didn't even touch her with my sword, let alone knock her over.

As he shifted his feet a couple of leaves fell towards the ground.

Oh crap! He thought as he tried to reach for the leaves. But all he did was loose his balance and fell to the ground. "Hn." He grunted as he got up.

"Hehehe" giggled Ayisa.

"You think that was funny? Even after my threat?"

What's wrong with her? Isn't she scared of me? She seems to have quick reflexes and she can create weapons out of thin air, but she should still fear me.

"Why were you watching me?" She demanded.

"Who said that I was watching you?" He shot back, "I was trying to get more sleep."

"Whatever. Now that you're down here, would you look at my ankle, I think it's broken."

"Fine, but I must warn you, I'm not a health specialist, I can't heal people or anything. That's Kurama's Job." He warned as he took a look at her ankle.

"Who?"

"No one, forget I said anything."

Hiei left to go gather wood to start a fire with.

What's with her, she seems familiar, but I can't figure out from where. I could have killed her earlier, why didn't I? I always kill those who make me upset. What's the difference with her?

On his way back, he decided that they should probably get some food so taking the easy way out, he sped to the local supermarket to buy some food. He walked into the store and stopped. He stared down the many isles and wondered where to start.

"Hn, pitiful human stores, you can't find anything when you need it."

The cashier person stood behind the register and stared at Hiei.

What's with his hair? Is he some kind of freak or what? He's just standing there, what's his problem, he looks like he's never even been in a grocery store before. I'll have to keep an eye on him, incase he does anything suspicious.

Hiei walked down the isles and found some chocolate cookies with a white cream center and took some. He walked down another isle and came across some cans that contained carbonated sugar.

He went towards the bakery and came across some weird pastry-like things filled with a sweet fruit-like jell. Hmmm, more of this stuff they call sugar.He picked one up and began to eat it. The sugar, being too much for even the disciplined fire demon, sent him speeding down the other isles. He knocked over a pyramid of canned soup and stretched the cashier boy's face out.

"Hey, you better stop it and pay for that doughnut!" He yelled.

But Hiei just kept running around and suddenly Kuwabara burst into the store.

"Hey!" He said pointing to the cashier boy, "Where do you keep the mountain trail maps?" He looked over and saw the hyperactive demon and yelled, "Hey shorty!"

Hiei continued to crash into the shelves and pyramids of food, but glanced over at Kuwabara for just a second. He stopped and sped towards Kuwabara. He stopped picked up the soda and Oreos and disappeared.

Strange guy thought Kuwabara. He went to the cashier's counter and asked for a map of the mountains.

"So how much is this going to cost?" He asked.

"$415.00" Replied the boy.

"What!!!"

"Well it's a dollar for the map, but your friend made $410.00 worth of damage and he stole a box of soda and some Oreos."

"Shorty! I'm going to kill you!" He yelled.