Konnichiwa again! Sorry it's taken me so long to update!! But I'm getting done before my friend is!! You know, it seems whenever she gets a writers block, mine clears up! Inuyoukai, keep your writers black until I'm done with the sequel? THANKS! No I'm just kiddin'. .;

Old wounds are still healing, but all is well!

It was after school, outside at the field behind the school. Kashi and Kurama starred eachother down. Kurama felt uneasy, where was Kima? She hadn't shown up like he told her to. She wasn't by the gym like instructed, where was she?

"Looking for your sister, fox?" Kashi asked smiling.

"What about Kima?" He growled angrily.

"Oh she's fine, she's right in the Janitors closet, tied gagged. And your human mother, Shiori? Was going to be my next target." Kashi laughed lightly.

"You let her go!! And if you ever bring ANY harm to my mother, you will perish." He said quickly reaching to his hair.

"Stop! If you so much as summon one plant, your sister AND mother will both die! You could kill me afterwards, but it won't make up for what happened." Kashi said glaring at Kurama.

Kurama growled, he felt as if his insides were about to explode. But just as he was about to charge at Kashi head on, he disappeared. Kurama gasped lightly, his emerald green hues searching the field for a trace of him.

"Where did he get to?" Kurama asked himself quietly.

Kashi then reappeared with an unconscious Kima in his arms. Kurama's eyes widened when he saw the rope burns, and tape marks on her body.

"KURAMA!!!!" They heard Kuwabara's loud voice from over the gates.

"Damn..." Kashi said dropping Kima and disappearing.

Kurama quickly rushed over to Kima, to make sure she was still breathing. He sighed in relief when he found out she was.

"Damn that coward...." He said silently.

He lifted her into his arms and walked to the gates. Her body was limp, she wasn't even moving, but she was breathing, indicating she was alive.

"Hey Kurama- Whoa!! What happened to Kima?!" Yusuke exclaimed as he looked at her unconscious in Kurama's arms.

"Kashi bound her with rope, and put tape over her mouth so she couldn't cry out. I suspect she passed out from lack of air..." He said noticing the rope marks around her neck.

"He really is a low life." Kuwabara said looking at Kima. "Poor kid. You think you can heal her Kurama?" Kuwabara asked looking up to his friend.

"Yes, I can. It will take me a little while. Yusuke, might I ask a favor?" Kurama interrogated to his hanyou friend.

"Sure, what is it Kurama?" Yusuke replied.

"Could you please take Kima to Genkai's? I will seek out Huyana and Hiei." Kurama stated confidently.

"Sure I will, but why not just take her to your house?" Yusuke replied taking the blue haired girl into his arms.

"Have you forgotten about my mother?" Kurama asked smiling.

"Oh yea..." Yusuke smiled stupidly. "I'll get the kid there as fast I can."

"Thank you. I very much appreciate it, Yusuke." Kurama said then took off towards Huyana's house.

Kuwabara and Yusuke nodded to eachother and took off towards Genkai's temple.

Huyana and Hiei walked towards the city. Neither one uttering a word to the other. The silence was killing Huyana though, but just as she was going to say something, Hiei stopped and glared ahead.

"What's up, Hiei?" She looked up ahead and saw Kashi walking towards them. "Kashi?"

"Huyana?" Kashi looked up. "Damn! I didn't expect to see her here... And her brother is here as well.. Oh great..." He thought to himself.

"Kashi, it really is you!!" Huyana shouted happily, about to rush over to him, when Hiei stopped her.

"Hiei?" She asked looking over at him.

"Don't. He's going to try to kill you." Hiei stated firmly.

"What? Kashi would never!" Huyana yelled at her brother. "Kashi tried to protect me!!"

"He's different now, you have to trust me on this." He said not taking his eyes off Kashi.

"Your brother is right, Huyana. I will try to kill you." Kashi smiled.

"B-But Kashi, I thought....." She started to say, but didn't finish.

"You thought I would always protect you? Like a good brother should? Newsflash Huyana, you have a new brother to protect you, your REAL brother." Kashi said coldly and disappeared.

"Kashi...." Huyana said silently, looking to the ground.

"Huyana, don't be upset over that poor excuse for a demon." Hiei said looking back to her.

"Whoever said ANYTHING about being upset?" She looked up smiling.

Hiei looked puzzled now, what? Didn't he just drop her onto the ground and step on her? What the hell? Shouldn't she be upset?

"I will never understand you...." Hiei said starting to walk again.

"Understand me? I don't think the smartest people in the world could understand me. My mind is to complicated..." She said running up to his side.

"What mind?" Hiei interrogated.

"The one inside my head!" She stated happily.

"Isn't that where your brain is supposed to be?" Hiei asked jokingly.

"What brain? I never had one of those...." Huyana said walking alongside her brother.

"Obviously...." Hiei said looking up ahead.

"What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?! You think I'm not smart?!" She yelled at him.

"No." He said smirking. "I KNOW your not smart." He said, he could tell he was about to burst.

"OH YEA?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU NOT SMART!!!!" She said tackling him into the ground and pounding him with her fists.

"Hiei!! Huyana!!" Huyana looked up, bad idea. Hiei knocked her off of him.

"Oww!!! Jerk!!" She shouted off brushing herself off.

"Are you two alright?" Kurama asked laughing lightly.

"We're fine." They both said then glared at eachother.

"Eh heh heh..." Kurama said watching the two fire youkai give eachother the death glare. "Did you two happen to see Kashi come through here?" he interrogated seeing if he could break up the fighting duo.

"Yea, he just came through here a few minutes ago..." Huyana said looking up at Kurama. "Hey..." She said looking around. "Where's fox-girl?" She finished, then looked to Kurama once again.

"Yusuke has taken her to Genkai's temple, don't worry, she's alright." Kurama stated softly to her. "But.... Your so called 'brother' Kashi, couldn't possibly be the same brother you once knew." He added.

Well................ Whacha think? R&R if you will. This is like the longest chapter I ever wrote for this story.... Well, here's some of what's to come next chapter:

We go back to normal for a little while, oh boy...

A little more about Yuka? Why not?

Enter Melin, Huyana's other friend!!