Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho belongs to Yoshihiro Togashi and this is just a fanfiction. I do not claim this anime except the original characters in this story just so you know.

A Glitch in Time
Chapter 3- Unpleasant Facts

Ashley: You get the program, read read read and review. By the way the rating may or may not change in later chapters. Thanks

Where am I? What happened? Mei struggled to open her eyes. If only her head would stop spinning. Thump. Thump. Thump. She pulled herself up with great lethargy to discover she's in the middle of a grassy plain. The stench in the air was too much for her delicate stomach, and she vomited on the spot.

"Over there! Kill that demon thief!" a rough voice growled.

Who said that? And to her horror, Mei discovered the thump in her head wasn't in her head at all. Three overgrown black bulls were charging at her with incredible speed, their feet pounding the ground heavily. Thump. Thump. Thump. As they drew nearer, Mei noticed their blank eyes and the blood tinted horns on their forehead. One word came to mind: run.

Without another glace at the monsters, Mei took off. Her legs moved quickly and swiftly, but the bulls were even more so. I can't outrun them, she thought desperately, feeling the quaking earth beneath her.

"Hold on," one of the creatures bellowed. "That's not Youko Kurama."

Mei couldn't care less who Youko Kurama was. However the three bulls have stopped charging and that offered some relief. She stopped running as well and turned to face them. "Who are you?" she demanded as bravely as possible.

The bull on the left sneered. "You're right Kio, she's not Youko Kurama," he said to his companion. "She's a human."

"We're the trio demon brothers human," the one named Kio informed Mei.

"Don't joke. I know demons aren't real," she replied without faltering. Still, whatever they are, they're not human.

The three bulls laughed. "We'll show you just how real we are human. You may not be Kurama, but it has been such a long time since we've had a decent meal." Kio pawed the ground and he and the others started advancing forward.

They can't possibly eat me...

"Who'll have the honor...?" Kio invited.

Mei didn't wait for them to work it out. It was now or never. Reaching into her pocket, she retrieved a fan and flung it at the bulls with everything she had. Her weapon flew across the air toward the inattentive demons and found its mark in Kio's right front leg.

"OUCH!" he roared furiously and (using the remaining three legs) began charging at Mei.

Mei couldn't move. There was something in those white eyes that prevented her from moving; it was over. Kio was almost upon her, getting closer with every passing second. She closed her eyes and felt the deadly horn penetrate the skin into her stomach. The pain was excruciating, and it tore away at the saneness left in her. Mei was hurtling through the air, but the only thing she knew was the pain and the becoming darkness.

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"It's about time you woke up."

"Am I in heaven?" Mei wondered, for the person speaking to her was extremely white looking.

"Don't fool yourself; you're still in the Makai."

"Makai?"

He sighed. "I'll elaborate. This is the Makai, the demon world; humans are a regular mealtime snack. You wouldn't be living if I hadn't interfered."

"So demons are real..."

"Any fool would've realized that."

Mei blinked her eyes and studied the person she's talking to. He has long white hair, two fury animal ears, and a tail? Then a thought struck her. "You're not a demon... are you?"

"What do you think?" he challenged sarcastically.

She made a move to get up, to get out of here; away from crazy demons and bloodthirsty animals, but a sudden pang shot up her abdomen and she dropped back down stunned.

"You should consider yourself lucky. That cut you have is one of the smallest I've seen," the demon smirked.

Breathing more heavily than before, Mei tried to regain herself. "Who are you supposed to be anyway?"

"I am Youko Kurama."

Ashley: Errr... I've never seen youko kurama fight on the yyh show so I don't know what he's like and I might've been off character. Oh well, this is my fanfic xp. Plz plz review.