Kira smiled as the group hung their heads low. Her master had such good plans at breaking people down.

"Humans are fragile...Hee...Kuwabara has proved that."

Kuwabara flinched but did not bother to look up. He was broken.

"DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT HIM!"

The group jumped and starred at Hiei. His eyes were filled with, rage and black energy poured around him.

"I AM TIRED, OF YOUR BULL SHI*! SO KEEP YOU GOD DAM*ED MOUTH, SHUT! WE ARE ALL TRYING OUR BEST, AND WITH YOUR PETTY ANGER TOWARDS KUWABARA, YOUR PISSING ME OFF! SO SATIN'S SPAWN, LET ME SEND YOU BACK TO YOUR VILE HOLE!!"

Hiei jumped and punched at Kira's shield. He was overtaken with the helpless feeling surrounding him. Him. Hiei, who'd done everything on his own,now...now was losing his grip. And everything was falling apart.

How could he let this happen?

Kira screamed as the shield cracked, and she began to snap her fingers like crazy.

Hiei gritted his teeth as electricity ran through him, over and over, until finally, he fell to the ground, smoke rising from his body.

Blood dripped out of the small warriors mouth, and Kurama took him in his arms.

"We have to..." He was murmuring.

"We know Hiei." Yusuke reached over and grabbed Hiei's shoulder. "Don't worry...she won't break us apart...try to stay calm."

The group looked at Hiei. They had never seen him act so.

"Ugh...I want Kira's heart in my hand." Hiei growled spitting up blood.

"As long as I get her head." Yusuke growled. Kuwabara offered a piece of his shirt to Kurama to wipe the blood from Hiei's face.

Kuwabara did not look angry about what he heard from his test, or surprised, or upset. He looked calm as if he knew all along.

That was worse.

Hiei grunted and Kira snapped her fingers again. He did not scream, but gritted his teeth tighter.

"STOP! I BELIEVE MY TEST IS NOW!" Kurama growled holding his best friend as bolts of energy went though his little body.

Kira stopped and Hiei lay limp.

"Your right."

She pointed her hand at Kurama and he was lifted off the ground and thrown into a chair. The chair melted, and turned black, swallowing Kurama.

"His test should be fun." Kira giggled before disappearing.

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Kurama opened his eyes to find him self in a forest.

The air was sweet with nature's fragrances.

"Hello Kurama."

Kurama turned to see Kira.

"Your scent ruins the wonderful smells here." She smiled as his comment, and motioned for him to follow her.

"Remember how I said if images of your friend die here, they will die in real life?"

Kurama nodded, and Kira continued." Well, your next test, is to save a surprise guest and Yusuke."

"What is with the tests and saving my friends?"

Kira giggled.

"So you caught on."

"Each test tests you all. Yusuke's test are about his ability to tell reality and fantasy apart. Kuwabara's is mostly just to see what pains he will goto, to help others. Hiei's tests are on what he's willing to sacrifice. Yours, Kurama, are about your quick wit...to see how quick it really is."

Kira looked at him. "But mostly all of your tests are here to hurt and weaken you." She turned away. "You have all caused too much trouble for the Demon world.

Kurama pursed his lips. His anger was flaring, but he tried to contain himself.

His emotions and nerves were being stretched to the breaking point.

"Here we are."

Kurama stopped and looked into a clearing.

"MOTHER!" Kurama gasped.

His Mom was hanging over a deep pit, while Yusuke had a noose around his neck and stood on a breaking branch.

"They will both fall....now!" Kira smiled evilly, the scenario snapping into action, not giving Kurama any chance to fully have a full blow plan.

But...

Kurama acted on instinct, and ran to his mother, as soon as he took a step Yusuke's branch broke, and the image of him, looking calm, began to plummet. Kurama pulled out his rose whip and tossed it praying it would fine Yusuke, why'll he concentrated on catching his mother.

She fell in his arms and his whip wrapped against something and Kurama pulled hard, until he heard too snaps.

One of the rope snapping, and one of his arm being dislocated.

He howled in pain and fell to the ground, the image of his mother disappearing.

"Oh my." Kira began to laugh.

"CLEVER! But not clever enough! You snapped his neck! Yusuke is dead, he is dead!"

Kurama launched himself up, and began to sob when he saw bone sticking out of Yusuke's neck.

"NOOO! NO! YUSUKE! YUSUKE!" He sobbed hitting the ground, and then screamed with more pain, from further injuring his arm.

Kira watched as Kurama began to continue to damage his arm by striking the trees and things around him in agony.

"You can stop being a baby!" Kurama glared at her, tears streaming out his eyes.

"He's alive...you broke his collar bone! I lied." Kira began to laugh at her cruel prank, and sobbing Kurama fell on the forest floor, out of relief and exhaustion.

He was getting sloppy, another mistake like that and he'd fail his tests...and they'd die.

"no...no..." Kurama whispered crying and digging his hand in the dirt.

Kira smiled, "This test was very short...but the next test will be your hardest...I guess that's probably why..." Kira shrugged and waved her arm.

The background disappeared, and Kurama was sobbing on the lobby floor. "Kurama!" Hiei was over by him, hand on his shoulder.

"Hey man you okay?" Yusuke asked crawling too him.

"Yus...YUSUKE! I DIDN'T KILL YOU! YOUR ALIVE!" Kurama threw himself at Yusuke, hugging him, and crying with relief.

"God...Your arm!" Kuwabara cried looking at the ugly, bruised, broken, arm.

Hiei starred at it as well, and while Kurama wasn't looking shoved it back into place. Kurama howled, and whimpered with pain, collapsing on the floor, breathing hard.

Hiei pat Kurama's head wiping the sweat off his brow. Yusuke watched Kurama worriedly, feeling his chest tighten.

Kuwabara hung back. He didn't dare get close. Something made him afraid. He was afraid he'd screw up and they would hate him even more. They would-

He shook his head.

That was Kira's annoying little voice running around in his head...

Kira wasn't going to win!

He crawled over and took Kurama's hands. "Its all right man...everything's gonna be okay.

"Hiei." Kira giggled.

Hiei turned his glare at the child demoness. He had hated demons before...but never so much as this little girl.

"Its your turn..." She smiled and faded away. And as she faded away, everything else did. It all faded until he was in darkness.

Total darkness.

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God...I mean...I REALLY HATE KIRA....-_-....I know I made her up and all but...geez...I want to kill her....okay....Hiei's test hmm...time for: random-and-crude-hints-that-hint-at-something-horrendous-and-sad-and-freak-you-out-and-is-actually-worse-or-maybe-not-that-bad-but-always-leave-you-hanging-and-you-feel-ready-to-implode-until-you-figure-it-all-out. FIVE WORDS.: Lost Limb. Blood Loss. Ow.