Chapter 7
New Alliance
As Kuwabara turned on the lamp to the living room, they saw Hiei and some strange girl sitting on the couch together. "Hiei, who is this and what are you doing here?" Kuwabara demanded angrily, but Hiei just laughed. "Really Kuwabara, is that the correct way to greet our newest member to our little team?" Hiei asked stubbornly, his arm around the girl tightening. "This is Kittara and she's our newest member from now on." The girl with Hiei was about an inch shorter than him with paper white skin and lively stone grey eyes. She completely wore white and was pretty in a strange way. "Got a problem with my being on the new team or something?" Kittara asked angrily, walking up to the others and glaring evilly. They all stepped back, amazed at how much Kittara was JUST like Hiei. "Sorry, but it's nice to meet you Kittara," Keiko whispered politely and Kittara stepped back and smiled. "At someone on this team has some respect," she said under her breath, walking back to Hiei, who laughed at the others were still keeping their distance. But when Kittara saw Sapphire, she smiled and ran over to greet her again. "Oh Sapphire, it's been a long time since our last meet," she said, a little sarcasm in her voice. Sapphire said nothing, just glared at Kittara and walked over to the door and closed it.

After getting settled in and everything was set out, they all stared at Sapphire. "How did you know about those six people who attacked Kurama?" Hiei asked impatiently, waiting for her response. 'Guess it's time they knew who we're up against,' Sapphire told herself and spoke quietly. "Those six weren't humans, they were vampire spirits. The same ones who eliminated the spirit world," she began, brining her head up to talk more clearly. "The main reason they destroyed the spirit world is to get back at the Angel Spirits. They hate us strongly because the angels defeated them in a war long ago. After that, the vampires gathered their allies and are trying to destroy all the spirits who helped my people win that war. Since I'm the last angel spirit, they are after me and want to kill me. When Koenma and his father found out about the vampire's invasion, they tried everything to massacre them. But somehow the vampire were immune to the power of Koenama's father, so they attacked them first and spread their huge armies to kill any spirit who refused to join them. While they were busy killing my whole family, I flew away to this world to try and escape them. But somehow, they can track me down me easily. I saw them attacking Kurama in a vision and I also saw visions of them spreading by the day and destroy the entire human race. You all tried to stop them, but they killed you before you could interfere. I didn't tell you all right away because I focused on knowing if Kurama was alright. I'm sorry if I didn't tell all right away, I apologize." Kittara and Hiei said nothing, tired of hearing about the vampires. But Yusuke took Sapphire's hand and smiled at her. "It's okay if you didn't tell us right away, I would've done the same," he assured her and she gave a small smile back. "But the question is...how do we kill these damn spirits anyway?" Hiei added seriously, turning to Sapphire who gave him a mad look. "I thought you weren't interested in resurrecting the spirit world," she whispered sarcastically. "I thought you only cared about yourself and your little girlfriend." Kittara lunged at Sapphire, but she opened her eyes and they glowed white. Kittara stopped in midair, then fell on the hard carpet and cursed under her breath. The others said nothing, just stared at Sapphire, who closed her eyes again and turned her head towards them. "Don't worry about it," she said quietly, pulling out her flute and looking down at it. Then she turned blindly to Kittara and glared again. "I only use my ability on spirits and people who won't keep still." Keiko scooted up and looked at the flute suspiciously. "What kind of flute is that?" she asked, cocking an eyebrow at it. Sapphire said nothing, just put the flute back in her pocket and got into her sleeping bag. The others stayed up, going into Kuwabara's bedroom to watch a movie.

While it was just Sapphire, tears seeped into her pillow as she stayed up and stared at the ceiling. 'What's happening to me? Why am I so angry and distant? Oh Kurama, please be okay,' her thoughts were interrupted when Hiei stepped into the room and looked at her, his eyes turning gentle and calm. "I'm sorry about what happened to you I guess," he whispered shyly, his stubborn tone still staying. "Kittara and I will help you and Yusuke, I apologize for her behavior." Sapphire grinned and turned away, not wanting to say more but said what she could. "You don't have to, you're just saying that just to make me forget about Kurama," she whispered quietly, gasping when she felt his hand on her shoulder. "I mean that really, but don't think we're friends or anything," he whispered stubbornly, his hand remaining. "But I care about Kurama, he is our friend too you know. You can grieve for him until he's well, but drag me and Kittara into it got it?" She put her hand in his and smiled, knowing he was telling the truth for once. After a few seconds, he left her and she still cried herself to sleep, haunted by visions and her dying love.