I know you guys are tired of hearing my sorry excuses for being a slow updater... so I'll stop and just say sorry. Ok so anyhow on with the story...

Disclaimer: By now everyone should know I own the Sirine, but not Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the songs I use.

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Running in darkness... What was he running from? He was scared. Terrified...

A voice, where was it? Who was it?

"Kurama..." it was Hiei! "What has Holly done to you?"

Kurama reached toward the voice, "Hiei? Where are you?" He felt lost and confused by the other's question. Holly hadn't done anything to him. At least he didn't think so. But why couldn't he see anything? Why couldn't he feel anything? Where was Hiei? Why couldn't he touch Hiei?! The desprate need filled his mind, he wanted Hiei. He wanted to hold him... but he couldn't. He couldn't because Hiei was afraid of him. Holly had nothing to do with this! Did she? He felt too tired to think. The darkness around him seeming very inviting he decided to let it consume him. Just wash away the troubles of his mind...

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Hiei let Yuusuke's 'introduction' go without further comment. At least the stuff about The Idiot was true. Grumbling lightly he went back to trying to call Kurama. He couldn't sit here and do nothing... not that he owed the fox anything, or that he cared.

A nagging voice in the back of his head laughed at that. Even Holly knew now that he cared for the kitsune. The mere sight of the redhead made embarassing impulses bounce around in his mind. Such weakness needed to be supressed! Damn Holly to the Deepest Hell for reawakening these thoughts within his mind!

Stubbornly concentrating on the fox's mind he sent a question, 'Kurama, what has Holly done to you?'

He jumped slightly when he got an unexpected response, 'Hiei? Where are you?'

He tried to convey the link to Kurama to help him out of the dark but it seemed impossible to communicate any further as the other's mind sank into darkness.

"Dammit!" Hiei looked at the Cursed Sirine sharply realizing at once that the room had gone silent and everyone was staring at Hiei and Kurama. Holly who had been the one who spoke stood up and gave a shack of her head. "Nevermind... I didn't think it would be that simple."

Kuwabara and Yuusuke shared a confused look before turning back to the younger of the Sirine. "What just happened?" The Idiot asked.

Hiei found himself growling dangerously at them. He didn't like them knowing that he had tried to talk to Kurama... it made him vulnerable.

Holly just shrugged and tried to look innocent, "I thought I felt Kurama stiring is all."

'Liar,' Hiei thought to himself. She knew, hells she probably even heard exactly what the two of them had said. He hated her... hated the Sirine intensly!

Yuusuke turned an almost amused look at Hiei, "You're going to scare Diamika-kun if you continue like that!"

The said Sirine did literally look like he was about to have a heart attack and Hiei gave one last glare at the three of his 'companions' before turning his glare stubbornly at the nearest wall.

Just as he did so he felt a strange change in the surrounding energy and looked back sharply at Holly.

All the surrounding party jumped to their feet.

"How the hell did they find me so quick?" Holly spat while her bells flew around her in a protective web like feild.

Her uncle held up a hand, "Please wait Princess, they may not sense you. I'll go and find out what they know."

Hiei felt his anger rise, this little insect thought the innocent act would work? Obviously he had given them away! Bought by the enemy, no doubt!

Holly nodded and looked worried at the other Sirine, "Please be careful Uncle. I don't want you hurt."

Hiei couldn't believe how niave Holly was being. He waited until the older Sirine had gone, "Are you really so stupid?"

Holly smiled at him, "You think my Uncle has betrayed me." A soft chuckle sounded from the bells as they settled back across her arm, "But he is incapable of doing so."

"Are Sirine that honorable?" Kuwabara sounded happy to know that his ideas of family and honor held true amoung the Sirine. Hiei rolled his eyes at The Idiot.

A sad look crossed Holly's face, "No. We are too cowardly."

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Jeruthomy knocked on the door to the home of Diamika, he waited patiently. He wished the same would have been true for the younger Sirine on his right. Miki was shifting so much in her impatience to find Harultoryo that he had to wonder where she was getting all this energy from. Other then hatred... The hatred rolled off the girl in waves that nearly made him physically ill.

Finally the older Sirine answered the door and Jeruthomy offered a small smile at him. "We have come in search of your niece, Princess Harultoryo." Formality was always the first thing on Jeruthomy's mind.

"We know she's here so give her to us now!" Miki shouted, earning her a hard glare from the Captian.

"We have confirmed no such thing, Miki," he had to remind himself to keep his voice steady. "Now remember your place and stay silent." Getting a grumbled response from the girl Jeruthomy offered an apolgetic look to Diamika. "But I am afraid we will require a full inspection of your home."

Diamika did look a little paler then normal but he bowed slightly and made an offering gesture, "Of course you may enter Captian Jeruthomy. But since my home has just been cleaned may I ask that only you enter?"

There was a sqawk of protest from Miki but Jeruthomy held up his hand to silence it, "That would be acceptable. Miki please stay here quietly with the rest of the team?"

"Queen Murakami sent me to watch you! You don't expect me t-" Another hard glare had the girl silenced.

"A Fourth Generation Sirine with half of my power dares to question me?" Jeruthomy's voice went down to a whisper that only Miki could hear. "You may have won favor with the Queen... Miki... but I still out rank you. Stop pushing your luck or you will find it running out."

As harsh whisper was returned to him, "Don't think you have won. I will remember this..."

A challange, it couldn't have made Jeruthomy more ill if he had been suddenly stricken with a tone deaf ear... this girl was trouble just waiting to happen. Silently he prayed the Thirteen would just kill the little welp so he wouldn't have to.

Blowing off the girl's threat he entered the house, "You will not believe the trouble you have now caused me, old man."

"I do not like that one's demeanor either, Captian," Diamika bowed once again. "I do not wish for such negative energy to taint my home."

"I understand."

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AN: Oh yes my love of giving nothing away rings true even now... next chapter a surprise! Buwahahaha!

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