Chapter 11:

Kurama awakens ever so suddenly at around 4 AM. He sits up in his bed, eyes and hands shaking.

"Ailias…" He murmurs.

Later at Koenma's office, Kurama walks over to Yusuke and tugs on his shirt to draw his attention.

"What?" Yusuke answers.

"I have a bad feeling." After a long explanation of his dream, Kurama falls into a recliner chair.

"I don't know what to make of it." He admits.

"Why would someone want to make Ailias suffer like that?" Yusuke questions. Kurama shakes his head. Hiei enters abruptly, as he over heard Yusuke's last remark.

"No one makes Ailias suffer, she makes them." He corrects.

"We all know that!" Yusuke snapped.

"Oh too well," Kurama adds. "I just got a horrible dream… Who knows, maybe it means nothing." Yusuke shrugs in agreement.

"It's a possibility." The doors fly open as a sobbing Lee rushes into the room, screaming.

"SHE'S GONE!"

"Who's gone?" Yusuke asks, although he knows the answer. Ailias. She's gone, as in Kurama's dream… Taken away…

Meanwhile Somewhere else:

Ailias is chained to a wall. Blood is stained on her skin, deep gashes decorating her body. Mahogany eyes barely open, and darkened to a deep scarlet. Her pupils are no where to be found. She stares at her mutilated knees as she can hardly keep her head up. It hurts too much. Her chamber door opens with a metal creak.

"Enjoying your stay?" Atani mocks her. "Oh, you've ripped your clothes!" She says in a petty child voice. "I wonder how that happened?" She cackles. Mahogany eyes glare.

"What do you want?" Ailias says in a feeble voice, weak and shaky.

"Oh, it's not what I want… It's him that wants you to suffer." An old man enters the chamber. Ailias's vision blurs slightly.

Back at Koenma's office.

"Where is she!" Koenma screeches. The Rekai Tantei sulk in their chairs, Lee still in tears.

"Nee-san… she was gone before I woke up!" Lee says quietly. Kurama wraps an arm around her in an attempt to comfort her.

"Think Lee. Is there anyway to contact her?" Lee's grim face lightens a little.

"She snatched one of your communication things from Kurama!"

"So that's what happened to it…" Kurama realizes.

"THAT'S PERFECT!" Koenma yips happily.

At the chamber:

Ailias's white hair falls over her eyes as another blow to her face is delivered. Her fangs dig into her lip. Blood appears from the affected spot. The old man wraps his hand around Ailias's jaw, making her eyes meet his.

"I want you to suffer," He whispers.

"This is not suffering," Ailias corrects. "This is a beating… not torture. You'll…" She trails off.

"I'll what? Have to do more than this? How many times has that been said?"

"Who are you?" Ailias snaps, fangs bared.

"Getting feisty," He says as he step back to where she can't reach him. "I am a demon hunter… Aaron." Her eyes widen.

"Aaron… You died! I KILLED YOU! YOU'RE DEAD! You're dead…" Ailias screams.

"That's what you thought. You thought it was safe to seek revenge on my entire family, and friends… You didn't even spare the children… Now's when you pay for that. 3 years… 3 years you've lived. For 2, you slaughtered my family. And for 1, you acted like it never happened. It did, didn't it! You know as well as I it did. You feel no regret."

"Neither do you! You're pissed because I got the better of you! Even if you kill me, I still won. You kin, and friends… your world is gone!" Her pupils become slits as she slowly looses control. "I won! You'll never get them back!" She laughs evilly. "I won! I won! And you can't take it! HA! You will never beat me! I have no family or friends you can murder!" Fate has betrayed her. At an attempt to find her, the Rekai Tantei rings her using the communicator.

"Nee-san?" Lee's voice calls. Ailias looks to her pocket where the communication device was stored, her eyes still slits, and her fangs bared. "Ailias? Please pick up," Lee's voice cracks. "Where are you? It's Lee. We're at Koenma's office…" Aaron rips open Ailias's pocket. Lee's voice trails off as she begins to ramble.

"What's this? The child, Lee, called you Nee-san. You said you had no family."

"I DON'T! LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS! She's small, so I call her imouto, and she calls me Nee-san, as I am older than her!"

"Oh, a younger sibling. Perfect."

"She's not my family!"

"But you care about her," He presses the reply button on the communicator. "Lee, if you want Ailias, you'll come to Makai, and follow these directions…"

"NO!" Ailias yells, attempting to pull the chains right off the wall. "NO! NO! LEE! NOOOO!" She screams and screams, pulling and pulling on the chains.

"AILAIS!" Lee screams back. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER!" Lee demands.

"Come here little girl," He answers, "And you'll find out, won't you…" Aaron smashes the device. Ailias is out of breath. Cracks surround the chains against the wall. Ailias still pulls forward, trying to get close to Aaron.

"Leave. Her. Out. Of. This." Ailias demands in a raspy voice. "LEAVE HER-"

"You didn't leave my family, so I won't leave yours. I'll slaughter her right here… and it'll be your fault."

"No… you won't touch her… BASTARD!" Aaron smiles and takes his leave. Ailias smashes the ground with her fists. Blood splatters on the floor from her lip. Her fangs grew an inch or two. She was ready to turn into tiger form. "…Lee…"

Back at Koenma's office.

"I knew it…" Kurama admits. "DAMN IT! I KNEW IT!" He places his head in his hands. Lee stands up and begins to walk out the door. Hiei rushes to stop her.

"Move Hiei." She said in a staid voice.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"I think I'm saving Ailias."

"You are not."

"You can't tell me what I am and am not doing."

"I'm saying that you're not allowed to."

"You can't do that either." She tries to dodge him, but he throw her over his shoulder and carries her back to the seat she jumped up from. "LET GO!"

"You'll get killed!"

"What makes you think that? I'm an S class demon!" Hiei holds her down as she tries to get up once more.

"A naïve S class demon!"

"Lee," Yusuke joins. "We don't know what exactly is going on. It's too dangerous right now."

"But we can't just do nothing!" Lee argues.

"I'm afraid that's all we can do, Lee," Koenma corrects.

"Who said anything about doing nothing?" Hiei and Yusuke say in unison. Kurama and Kuwabara stand up.

"I feel responsible… and no one deserves torture!" Kurama adds. His way of saying, 'I'm in.' Kuwabara creates his spirit sword. No one needs to ask if he's going.

"I thought you said it was too dangerous." Lee mocks with a smile.

"It is," Hiei says. "But not if we all go. We just need some more information."

"Like what?"

"Like where it is," Kurama tells her.

"Oh, Yeah. That would help."

KJ and Niki signing off!

Well… this will take a while to conclude. No, I don't mean the fanfiction, I mean this part of it. How will they fight him? How did a mere demon hunter catch an S class demon? I. Don't. Know. YOU'LL HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT! 