Kurama and the others were walking through the forest in Demon world.

"I wasn't built to walk. How much further Kurama?" Yusuke complained for the fiftieth time.

"Yeah. I'm a fighting machine, not a walking machine." Kuwabara replied lamely, patting Yusuke's back.

Yusuke rolled his eyes, "Yeah. Whatever Kuwabara. So how much farther is it Kurama?"

"Its a long walk, detective. Get use to it." Hiei stated firmly.

"Who asked the runt anyway?" Kuwabara cracked his knuckles.

"Hello?! I'm asking Kurama here! Not anyone else. Yo Kurama are you all right. You haven't talked in a while." Yusuke started out yelling then switched to a more calm tone when he consulted Kurama. Yusuke sensed that Kurama was uneasy. Hiei noticed too, but said nothing of it, deciding it wasn't his problem and that Kurama wouldn't talk about it anyway. Kuwabara on the other hand...oh yes idiotic, juvenile-wanna-be Kuwabara, remained totally oblivious to Kurama's emotions.

Kurama shook his head, his eyes remained downcasted. Finally he looked up Yusuke and gave a false smile, "Its nothing really..."

"Hn..." Hiei replied, knowing his comrade was lying.

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Selenay's body ached terribly now. The only thing that kept her standing were the thick chains that held her wrists above her head. She gave a low moan. The ceremony was to be performed tonight. Yet, the very fact scared her that she would be forced to, and she would be under a trance.

She focused her eyes on the door. Footsteps of one person could be heard rushing toward that very room. The key scraped against the door knob a few times, as if someone was in a hurry or panic. Soon the door flung open and a demon that looked like a cat demon came in. Selenay noted that this demon was well dressed, and very feminine along with old.

"My dear child. I feel your pain. I want to help you." The old woman touched Selenay's face with her wrinkled hand. Soon the pain drained from Selenay's body and Selenay felt her muscles relax back to normal.

Selenay looked at the old cat lady, "Why are you helping me?"

"Child, I do not want Sir Rinji to do the ceremony. Everything will be destroyed." She removed her hand from Selenay's face. "You'll be able to use your spirit energy as well. I can not undo the chains, but I was able to do that much. Please, my child, use you abilities to try and escape." The old woman turned to leave.

"Wait! Thank you. What's your-" but the old woman was already gone and the door was shut and locked again. Selenay sighed, she tried using her spirit energy and found that she could use her spirit energy with great abundancy. She grinned, as she twisted her hand in a painful way to grab a tiny small twig from her hair. Using her spirit energy she manipulated the twig into something sharp and pointy. Picking the locks on the chains around her wrists, she dropped to the floor lightly. She picked the chains at her feet.

Whatever the cat lady did, it took away her muscle ache, but not her bruises. She stood up and went cautiously to the door. She picked the lock on the and it opened easily. She peeked down the cooridor, trying to make sure it was clear. It certainly looked clear. Her ears pricked up, and she stayed alert for any sound.

But it was eerily quiet. She had imagined more demons bustling about to prepare whatever they needed for the ceremony. Soon everything blurred. Someone gripped her tightly and put chloroform over her mouth and nose, and soon she drifted into unconciousness.

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Please review. I also need to know if anyone wants me to do a prequel (a story that comes before) to this story. It will have Yoko in it of course along with Selenay. So please review and vote!