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...that Amber was right. The three slowly backed up, Amber staying in front of her friends.

"Go,"she whispered as loudly as she could,"Get to Shuichi, right now. You have no where else to run,"she pointed to her teacher and fellow students trying to open the locked doors to get inside the building.

"Demon blood.. I smell it.."the beast hissed.

"It's blind?"Amber blinked.

***

"Damn you Kurama, why do you have to attract so much attention!?"Hiei jumped over the fence to greet Kurama.

"Hiei!"Kurama smiled. Kate looked up.

"Your.. boyfriend?"she asked, clinging to him.

"I'm straight, not that it's any of your business."Kurama snapped. Kate nodded and looked toward Amber still dodging the beasts attacks.

"Hey! Help her!"Kate pointed, but Hiei meerly laughed. Kurama remained still.

"She's tiring the thing out, I hope her plan doesn't back fire."said Kurama grinning,"Spirit awareness?" Hiei nodded.

"That one, yes."Hiei store at the two fighting,"She won't last much longer,"He turned to Kurama,"She's a human, Kurama. A 13 year old human, who is trying to dodge a 500 year old occult beast's attacks? Even I have more sense than that.." Kat glared at the three of them.

"If you three aren't going to do anything, then I will."she hissed at them, running towards her friend. But just as she began to run, she found herself back to where she started.

"What the---!?"

Hiei grinned.

"You're not going anywhere. Kurama will take care of the beast,"He nodded towards the beast, where Kurama could be found wrapping his Rose Whip around the beasts leg, then pulling it down to the ground, filling the area of a great odor and a loud "thump".

***

"You should have told me."said Kurama contently, offering a hand to help her off the ground. To dodge one of the many attacks thrown at her, she had had to jump, twirl, and land on the ground flat, where she remained until she reached for Kurama's hand.

"Tell you what?"she stood up, looking around,"Where are Mr.Figg and the children? It doesn't feel like we're at the school anymore, there's a much wilder vibe here.." Kurama nodded.

"You should have told me you had Spirit Awareness."

"But I--"

"You knew. Why else would you run up to that beast like that? It's 10 times the size you are, no human would risk fighting it."said Kurama truthfully, but Amber shook her head.

"I may be a human, but I did it because I didn't want anyone else to get hurt. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you, or your friend, or Kat or Kate got hurt, knowing I could have done something to prevent it."said she. Kurama slowly began to walk, staring at the ground, not blinking.

~*~

"It's as simple as this, Shuichi. You give me your life, and Shiori will get hers..,"a cold, raspy voice hissed.

"I will,"said Kurama confidently, holding out his hand,"But first let her go, unharmed." The body of the raspy voice grinned slyly.

"You didn't listen..."he whispered. Kurama's eyes grew, as his mother's body came into perspective. Her eyes were soft, and at the moment, she was unharmed.

"Shuichi..."she tried to speak to her son.

"Now, she shall pay for your disobedience!"the voice shouted maniacly.

"NO!"Kurama ran up to his mother to try and save her, but it was too late.. a knife had been stabbed threw her back, and right into her heart. Kurama's eyes watered, as he saw his mother die before his very own eyes.

"It's your fault, Shuichi.. she could have lived.."

~*~

Kurama's eyes began to water. He was still walking. Amber put a hand on his shoulder.

"Shuichi, are you...? Come this way, come on."she drew him away from the other three, who were occuppied by the rather strange world they appeared in,"What's wrong? I'm sorry for what I said, I'm really sorry.." Kurama stopped walking once he had gotten to the edge of what seemed, a forest.

"It's not your fault. It's mine."he lowered his voice to speak,"You're not the cause of the tears I shed, don't worry." He began to walk into the forest, but Amber took his hand, preventing him from going anywhere.

"Let go."he pulled his hand back.

"No, Shuichi. Whatever you think will heal you, is not in there."she said pulling him back to her lightly,"Let's go back, I just needed to let you cry a bit. To get whatever you keep inside you out. It's not good for you, you know."she spoke softly, walking back to where Hiei and the others were. Kurama nodded catching up.

***

Hiei store at Kat, smirking at her black clothing. She smirked back.

"What are you looking at?"she asked him. He turned away.

"Nothing,"he sighed, annoyed.

"Hiei,"Kurama waved,"What brought us to the Makai?" Hiei shrugged.

"All I know is that we have a mission, and protecting them isn't part of it. They definately won't survive here."Hiei muttered, just loud enough to Kurama to hear. He nodded.

"We'll have to make camp then."he put his hands into his pockets.

"GAH! KURAMA!"a shout came from the woods. His eyes widened as he stepped toward it, the four of his companions wanting to follow, but somehow restrained themselves. One step after another, Kurama could sense the power of the 'shout' 's body getting higher.. and higher.. and..

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