Deora's suspicion
Ceo: Well, instead of notes, Kana, Carasumai and I are here to entertain and introduce the next chapter.
Kana: Well, she was bored with notes, so we are here to do her dirty work.
Carasumai: It is nice to do something other that the bio, and tribute at the end.
Ceo: This is a special chapter. It is going to be about what is happening on Earth while Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwbara, Botan, Hiei, Caesura, and Kana are all up in demon world, and a nice little break from the fighting.
Kana: ::shivers:: The next chapter can wait. That is going to be a horrible chapter for me...
Carasumai: Well, I don't think the readers want to hear our babbling for too much longer, so let's get on with the show.
Ceo: Enjoy the little break from the fighting, and I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Enjoy! Oh, THANK YOU MISCHAKITSUNE!!! You're a wonderful Beta-Editor!
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Deora closed the door to the apartment that she called home. She started walking down the stairs, thinking about something that had been bothering her for two or three weeks. There had been no sign of Kana anywhere, and the girl rarely became sick enough to be missing from school for as long as she known her, other than for that terrible accident a few months ago. That accident the girl had really changed from the Kana she and Yume had known to be a complete lost cause, and then to a person that was a lot more mature than she had been.
The greenery on the walls near the school weren't nearly as pretty as they were a few weeks ago, like somehow they were losing water. That or it just wasn't reaching them enough to keep them alive and healthy. Deora still didn't ignore the fact that they were perfectly healthy a few days ago.
"Deora! Hey DEORA!" Yume yelled to her best friend.
"Oh, Yume! How are you doing?" Deora snapped out of the half trance she was in.
"You were really out of it, Deora. Are you ok?" Yume asked, worriedly over her friend's behavior.
"Have you ever wondered where Kana is?" Deora asked, looking at Yume with calm yet concerned filled eyes.
"Not really. I just thought she was really sick," Yume said, shrugging off the subject.
"She can't be sick. She doesn't get sick enough to be gone for two to three weeks," Deora told Yume, continuing to walk towards the school.
"What, do you think something happened to her? If that was the case everyone would have known by now." Yume said, walking through the gates into the school yard.
Deora thought about that fact. 'What if something happened to her, just not something that would get around like the last time?' Then it dawned on her. Two other people from her school had been gone for the exact amount of time just like Kana, Yusuke and Kuwabara. Deora walked over to her locker pulling out the school books she would need for that day before walking to her art class. She still pondered on the idea that maybe Kana had gotten involved with whatever Yusuke and Kuwabara were into. She took her seat next to Yume, who was already ready for the class to begin, and just stared into space until the bell rang. She hurried to get all her supplies and such in order.
"Did you notice that Yusuke and Kuwabara have been missing for the exact amount of time Kana has been missing?" Deora asked, looking over a Yume looking busy.
"No, I didn't. Can you just drop the subject, Deora?" Yume asked, working on her project.
"I'm sorry, for caring about a friend, Yume," Deora said, going back to her project but she was still thinking about the situation.
Deora went through the whole day trying to put the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together, but not getting very far. 'Maybe Yume is right, I should just drop it' Deora thought leaving the school when she remembered something that happened after the accident. Kana got a tutor, but he didn't go to their school; he went to a different school. 'Could that be the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle?' Deora opened the door that led into her house no one was home as usual. She walked into her room, throwing her satchel on her floor flopping on her bed. She didn't want to get up; the bed was perfectly fine for when you get out of school. Homework could wait till much, much later. Deora slowly drifted off to sleep, not realizing all her thinking and school just exhausted her mentally.
Dream
A green field. It was not of the human world, and in the middle of the clearing there stood a battle arena. Deora saw Yusuke, Kuwabara, a dude with rose red hair, a dude with raven black hair, a woman with pastel blue hair, and another woman with like sandy brown hair. Deora walked closer to the arena where she saw Kana in the arena with a bow in her hand and a quiver of arrows on her back; her opponent had deep blue hair and was giving her a sinister look. This dude played dirty.
He was the first one to move. Kana jumped up from the arena, not knowing her opponent followed the move, and grabbed Kana by the throat. Deora could tell that the little audience wanted to move to help her, but for some reason they couldn't. Kana's opponent pulled out a bottle and sprayed something in Kana's eyes. Then the view went to inside Kana's eyes; little bug like things starting to eat at the vein and such in her eyes.
End Dream
Deora was up in a flash; the phone in her room was ringing. She calmed herself, picking up the phone to see who was calling her.
"Moshi, moshi Deora speaking," Deora said, still trying to calm her nerves.
"Hey, what's up? Do you want to go to the mall with me tonight?" Yume asked happily.
"No, not tonight. I got a lot of homework to do," Deora said, looking at the satchel on the floor.
"Oh, ok. Well see you tomorrow. Bye." Yume said, then disconnecting from her end.
Deora hung up the phone. Something bad was going to happen to Kana, but she had no idea where she was or how to get there, or even what she could do to help. Deora set out to do the homework she needed to do before she went to bed for the night.
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Author Notes: Oh, I gave away some of what is going to happen to Kana in the next chapter. Poor Deora. Yume wasn't listening to her. Oh, well, Yume's loss, but is Deora going to help Kana or just stay there? So do you think Deora's dream will come true, or is it just a hoax? Well, looks like you just got to read the next chapter to find out! Enough babbling from me. Please R&R. Until next time bye bye. (Mischakitsune waves)