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Chapter 2

Sairiel slowly woke up and stared through bleary eyes into a white room and a blue haired girl looking down at her. She slowly blinked and the face came into focus and she saw happy eyes and a smiling face.

"Where am I?" she rasped and the girl brought her water.

"The hospital, for the spirit world of course, Koenma ordered that you be taken care of and get some rest before meeting him. I'm Botan by the way." She held out a hand and you slowly shook it. You look around a bit then down at yourself. Your skin was still dirty though not as bad and you were wearing a hospital gown. You briefly wondered what happened to master's cloak when everything came rushing back. The boys chasing you, the alley, the murder, you being knocked out.

"What happened? Where did those boys go?" You said weakly and she gave you a gentle smile, but didn't answer.

"Well?" You were getting impatient.

"Do you realize how sick you are?" She changed the subject, "You have numerous internal bruises and a few on the outside, not to mention the nasty bump Hiei gave you with his katana." You thought for a second then settled back into your pillow, who was Hiei? You knew the name was familiar you just couldn't place it. Botan took your wrist and checked your pulse, she clucked then went over to a machine and typed something in.

"What's wrong?" You were curious as to the problem was, you were fine right?

"Your pulse is slow and you're suffering from malnutrition, it seems like you've been like that for a long time. When was your last meal?" She raised an eyebrow and watched you, waiting for an answer.

"Um," you nervously twisted your sheet and grinned sheepishly, "I don't remember." You mumbled and her eyes widened.

"You don't remember." She tsked and bustled out of the room.

Somewhere else:

"That girl hasn't eaten anything in over a month! At least nothing worth while!" Botan hissed to the teenage Koenma and he merely shook his head.

"I know Botan, that's why I requested that you take care of her before we talked!" He growled back and she deflated.

"She also has something else, internal bruises, scars from something, maybe beatings, not to mention when Hiei got her in the temple and..." Botan then got an uneasy look.

"Anything else?" Koenma asked expectantly, Botan bit her lip.

"No, I'm just worried sir, she's under control only by using sedatives, I'm not sure how she'll react when she realizes what's happened and doesn't have drugs to calm her." Botan grimaced and then looked up at Koenma's face, "You do realize she's a demon right?" Koenma met her gaze and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Yes, a bird demon if I'm correct, she has an unusual body structure for a bird though, no wings if you didn't notice and she's much larger than usual." He turned to his papers and frowned.

"Send in the boys, and bring her I want to talk to all of them, now."

Another somewhere else:

"That bitch, she nearly bit my hand off!" Yusuke waved his lightly bandaged hand in the air.

"I thought you were tougher than that Yusuke, apparently a weak human can beat you even when she's half dead." Hiei smirked and Yusuke had to be held back by Kurama. When Yusuke calmed down Kurama slowly released him.

"She looked horrible, but her clothes were once well made. Can we be sure she's the murderer and not just a runaway?" Kurama met Hiei's eyes and Hiei nodded.

"It's her, did you see the collar she wore? Many demon masters have their servants wear them to keep track of them if they run away." Hiei went over to his perch on the windowsill.

"Boys? Koenma wants to talk to you so you'd better hop to it." Botan said as she walked into the room. She motioned for them to leave and they slowly filed out but Kurama grabbed her hand.

"How is the girl?" He asked, concern lacing into his voice. Botan's lips thinned and she frowned.

"Not well I'm afraid, in a moment I'm going to bring her to Koenma's office if I can. I'm not sure she's strong enough though." Kurama nodded and followed the other boys. Botan sighed, she was worrying too much, and the girl was fine, right?

Somewhere else:

Sairiel woke up form her nap and saw that Botan was gone, finally. She slowly sat up and took a hasty drink from the pitcher and cup on her bedside table. Summoning her strength, she brought her legs around and slid out of the covers. Leaning on the bed for support she slowly edged her way around and towards the bathroom.

Now to walk, she thought and took one shaky step forward, her legs wobbled and for a second she thought she would fall but they held and she continued until she was propped against the sink. She was almost too scared to look in the mirror; she probably resembled pile of shit. She growled and looked up, immediately she gasped turned away and then slowly looked again.

Her face was an interesting mosaic of bruises and a few small cuts and the rest of her body didn't feel any better. Her once smooth hair hung in clumps around her head and her pale skin clung to her face making her look dead. She quickly started to repair herself, taking a heaven sent shower and brushing her hair, she got the dirt out from under her nails and brushed her teeth till her gums hurt. She then looked back at the mirror and thought she would look mildly presentable if she had some make-up and was wearing something besides a towel. She went back into the hospital room for lack of anything better to do and was greeted by a stunned Botan.

"You...your, how did you get up so fast?" She grinned and just stared at Sairiel, wide eyed in wonderment. Sairiel blushed and pulled some hair out of her face.

"Could I have something to wear? And maybe some make-up?" She asked and Botan giggled than ran out returning seconds later with a peach colored Kimono and some eyeliner, eye shadow and lip-gloss. Sairiel's face fell; I hate peach why did it have to be peach? She thought but still took the Kimono. She escaped to the bathroom and put on the Kimono and make-up, well now I don't look like I tumbled out of bed, at least. She came out and Botan helped adjust the evil dress.

"Do you have any scissors and a sewing kit? I'm afraid the dress is a bit uncomfortable I'd like to tweak it a bit." Sairiel asked shyly and Botan produced the said objects out of nowhere.

Ten minutes later:

"There I'm done!" Crowed Sairiel triumphantly and she twirled around in the new improved dress. It now had slits up to mid thigh, the waist had been fitted and the front firmly stitched closed with only a plunging V-neck to show it had once been separated.

"This is more like it!" she squeaked and followed the apprehensive Botan out of the room. Botan had informed her that she would be meeting the men who captured her and a guy named 'Koenma' who was apparently the ruler of the spirit world. When told Sairiel had felt her throat tighten and she began to sweat a it, she was unusually calm but still nervous about the meeting. She hadn't wanted to go pleading that she was to tired but Botan had said they would eat afterwards if she came and Sairiel had to admit, she was starving!

They wove down numerous hallways and came up to a huge door which Botan easily pulled open, ignoring it's seemingly enormous weight, and brought her into a room filled with four boys and a little boy with a binky in his mouth. Sairiel felt her defensive barriers weaken at the sight of a child and she waved at him, instead of the happy giggle she had hoped to get the thing said.

"Oh, hello Sairiel, we have much to talk about, have a seat."