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Protecting Sango SmilingKitsune Chapter 4

Last Time

Kurama sat on the other bed looking out into the darkening sky. "I guess we should call it an early night." he said turning to look at them to find Yusuke already asleep.
"Hiei are you going to sleep tonight?" he asked his friend.
"Not this night." was all he said turning his attention to the window. Nodding his head Kurama lay down and fell asleep.

This Time

Hiei sat in the still darkness taking in every sound that rang through the quiet lands. A cry of a pack of wolves on the hunt. A hoot of an owl as it spotted it's prey. The crackle of the fire burning against the wood. The whistling wind that rocked branches of trees and danced with the leaves in the wind.
Peaceful.
Quiet.
Something he wasn't used to that soon lulled him into a light rest

Dream
He entered a moon lighted field a cloaked figure sat in the middle patiently as if waiting for something. Stepping hesitantly inside the clearing the persons hooded head snapped to his direction.
Not moving at all just sitting, watching underneath the hood. Feeling almost peaceful in the beings presence he moved forward closer and closer until he was right next to it. He looked down at it but the person just motioned for him to sit down next to him.
Cautiously, unsure he sat down.
"Who are you?" "Such an old question. One would think someone would come up with a newer one. I guess I have something new to do in my free time." a soft voice said like many bells ringing clearly.
"What is your name?" "I honestly don't know." she said laughter flowing like a river. "You may call me Kage though Hiei." "How do you know my name?" "Information comes to me unbidden." the person replied with a careless shrug.
"Why are you in my dreams?" "So you do know that you are dreaming? Good. So I am dreaming as well if you are asleep. I will help you in a fashion as best as I can." "How do you plan on doing that?" he asked suspiciously.
"Sango has suffered through much, but the last of it isn't over yet. The fiend Naraku has her brother Kohaku under a spell that allows him to control him. Her search for her missing friend is turning her away from what she should really be doing." "What is that?" "Find Naraku while he is weak. Not many know about it, but he is very weak as of right now and the more time she wastes finding her friend the more time he is given to recuperate." "So are you suggesting she should just give up looking for her friend completely?" "Yes in fact I am. She won't find her for a long time to come because it's what's supposed to happen." The surrounding field began to blur together and darken until it was completely black.
"He comes. Tell her to quit her search." End Dream

Hiei's head shot up his crimson eyes scanned the room for anything out of place. He saw nothing. The girl in his dream. She was scared of something. It wasn't him she was warning about when she said he comes it was herself.
He shook his head as if to clear his thoughts but all he could think about was who was she?

Kurama's Dream
"Welcome to my world." a soft voice said behind him startling him out of his amazed state at the beautiful place he was in.
"Who are you?" he asked spinning around to see a cloaked figure with a hood pulled low hiding her face from view.
"That is a popular question." she said with a chuckle. "You do not need to know my name as it has no consequence to you Kurama." "You know my name." he accused.
"Information comes to me unbidden." she said with a careless shrug. "Personally I wouldn't mind calling you Red and your friends Spiky and Punk but with knowing the information means I have to use them." "What do you want with me?" "Do you have any idea how hard it is to wait for so long to contact people after a really long time of no civilization except a crazy person? It gets really long and boring. Actually though I have information for you." "Which would be?" "Tell Sango to give up her search for her sister." "She'll go ballistic." "Wow you know her pretty good for having only known her for a short period of time.
Yes she will but she has more important things to deal with as of right now. She needs to find Naraku and strike before he gains back his strength. She'll understand if you tell her about that...I think." "How do you know this?" "I told you information comes unbidden to me." she said with the careless shrug. "He comes. Don't forget to tell her. Spiky will to." End Dream

Kurama's head shot up earning a questioning glance from Hiei who sat by the window glancing outside.
"Dreams." he explained catching his breathe.
"Weird place to get weird dreams." Hiei said.
"You had it too didn't you." Kurama said.
"Hn." "The girl that came to warn you about Naraku getting stronger." "You can tell the demon exterminator that as I'm sure you were also told about to give up her search for her sister." Kurama shivered at the prospect of that conversation. "I don't look forward to it." "You're the chivalrous one. Just be ready to dodge the boomerang." "I think that was an attempt at humor." Kurama said dryly. "If you were talking to Yusuke I might find it funny but at this point since it's directed at me I'm not gonna laugh." "Hn." Hiei said with a small smirk.
A soft echoed from outside the hut. Glancing curiously at the doorway Kurama stood up and walked toward it. "Hello?" "Good morning sir." a soft timid girl said.
"What can I do for you?" "The Lady Sango says to be prepared to leave in about a half hour. She says that should give you enough time to eat and have your weapons ready for todays traveling." "Thank you." Kurama said smiling at the small girl who grinned back at him then turned and skipped away to another hut where she was met with her mother and baby brother hugging happily.
"Well better get Yusuke up." Kurama said turning around just in time to hear a loud crash and an oomph.
Hiei it seemed had tipped over the mattress Yusuke had been sleeping on successfully waking the boy up allowing him to curse up a storm. "You have a half hour before we leave." Hiei said.
Kurama chuckled as Yusuke picked himself back up grumbling and began to pack a small bundle.
Not long after they had gotten something to eat Sango appeared at their doorway. "Ready to go?" she asked looking at two of the slightly tired members and one annoyed fire apparition.
She herself used to getting up so early for over 3 years from a usually cranky hanyou had no problems and was ready to get going as she was also not used to staying in one place to long. Kirara stood by her feet mewing impatiently wanting to get going as well.
"Lead the way." Kurama said with a small smile. Sango blushed slightly and turned her face away from him nodding her head she took off heading toward the central part of the village. "Do you guys want horses or anything? We'll be traveling most of the day." "No thanks." Yusuke said looking at Kurama and Hiei receiving shakes of the head. "If you say so." she said still walking. Finally stopping outside a building she shot them quick glances. "I won't be but a moment." she said as she walked inside coming out not long after with some small containers that she strapped to her waist. "OK now we're leaving for sure." "Where are we heading out of curiosity?" Yusuke asked forced to a jog to keep up with her quick pace. "To a village in the East. I have heard rumors of a strange girl found there." Hiei looked pointedly at Kurama.
"Lady Sango I had a dream last night." "A dream you say? They usually hold some meaning in them." she said not really paying attention.
"This girl appeared before me and says that you are distracted and must turn your attention away from your search for your sister and to your enemy Naraku. She said he's really weak right now and that you'd understand about that." "How can I not?" she murmured. "My sister is the one who shot the arrow that left him so weak he ran away." "She says you must go after him before he regains his strength again and becomes even stronger." "This girl what did she look like?" Sango asked her eyes on the road ahead but her mind on his words. He knew she was giving him her full attention.
"That's just it she wore a cloak and the hood was pulled down low so you couldn't see her at all." "I see." Sango said sadly.
"You believe me?" "I assure you I put a great deal of faith in dreams. They truly do hold a truth in them and I should have listened to them before and I wouldn't have lost my sister in the first place.
If the dream is pointing me towards finding the coward then I will." "I see." "Maybe."

End Chappy

Will ya look at that another chappy done. I'm getting better and better and this. Yay for me. anyway r&r thanx much SmilingKitsune