Chapter Three

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'... ' thought

Corina had been running several blocks when she came across a school courtyard where she saw girls that dressed in pink uniforms like her sister. She ran into the school yelling for help. She was near tears when she ran into a tall boy with long red hair and vibrant green eyes.

back with Janice a few minutes ago

Janice could only watch as her sister ran farther out of view searching for help. She closed her eyes, wrapping her mind in darkness trying to escape the pain. Soon her thoughts and worries began to assault her.

'My sister's been gone for about two minutes but it already feels like twenty. What if something bad happens to her! What if she wanders too far and can't find her way back! What if... NO! Don't think like that, pull yourself together Janice, Corina will be back any moment. If only it wasn't so cold. Wait is that water! I feel wet.'

Janice groggily opened her eyes to only close them in disgust.

'Great, just great, I'm marinating in a puddle of my own freaking blood! Ugh... I'm so dizzy. What has it been like 10 minutes now? Wait no it's only been like 6 seconds! My mind's playing tricks on me. It's so cold. Err... I need to stay conscious I can't go, not now. Why'd it have to be so damn cold.'

Those were Janice's last thoughts before she completely blanked out.

back with Corina

"Puh-puh-lease mister you-you-you hafta help my sister she's hur-hurt real bad" Corina cried between sobs, tugging on Kurama's sleeve.

Kurama bent down and looked at the small girl that had addressed him. She was shaking and her hands and dress was covered in blood.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" asked Kurama his brow furrowed in worry.

"NO! NO! NO!" Corina screamed in tears gripping her head in her hands. She was having a nervous breakdown. 'My sister's hurt! I need to find help she... I-I need to... I can't...!"

"Don't worry I'll help you" Kurama said soothingly trying to calm her down "can you take me to where she is?"

Corina gave a sigh of relief and impatiently nodded yes. Kurama's sleeve was once again bunched in her small hand as she dragged him hurriedly down the sidewalk.

"Come on you slowpoke!" Corina snapped

Kurama had been carefully staying a few steps behind the small child on purpose. Sometimes she would stop her fast jog abruptly almost sending him flying over her head. Kurama couldn't help but smile, he was being called a slowpoke by someone who didn't even stand past his knee!

His smile quickly faded as he saw the limp form of Janice propped against the wall. A thick glossy pool of red surrounded her body. Corina gasped and tried to go to her. Kurama quickly karate chopped her neck knocking her out and gently set her on the ground. Nothing good could come from her seeing her sister bleeding to death. He knelt down and checked Janice's pulse. It was there but just barely. Kurama lifted her off the ground bridal style. He grimaced as her tattered shirt slipped slightly exposing one of her deeper gashes. It stretched across stomach and looked about two inches deep. It had been caused when Jeff had jammed his spur into her stomach too hard and got it stuck. He had dragged it along her tummy trying to get it out. Kurama didn't have the materials to treat it and he didn't feel like waiting in a hospital so he decided to bring her to Genkai's temple. He looked down at Corina and decided to carry her on his back. So with an unconscious woman in his arms and a tired child on his shoulders he sped off towards Genkai's temple.

At Genkai's temple

Genkai, Yukina and Botan were all having tea when Kurama burst in.

"Hurry this girl needs medical attention now!"

Botan and Yukina could only nod dumbly while still shaking off their shock. After snapping back to reality they cleared off a table and covered it with a clean sheet. Kurama gently laid Janice down and handed a sleeping Corina to Botan.

"Kurama?" Genkai growled questioningly.

"I apologize for my intrusion but she needs help immediately!"

Genkai gave Kurama a, you-better-give-me-a-good-explanation-after-this-is-over glare before barking out orders.

"Okay first of all we can't heal her if we can't see where she's hurt. Kurama get a washcloth and a basin of water. Botan, fetch some bandages (no not the small sticky kind) and the green bottle in the bathroom. Yukina I need you to help me undress her."

While the others went to their tasks Yukina and Genkai gently peeled of her clothing. Yukina gave a small shocked gasp as she saw the true extent of Janice's injuries.

"Kurama what happened to her?" Yukina asked softly as she rolled up her sleeves and wiped away layers of blood with a wash cloth.

"I don't know for sure, I smell demon on her so I assume she was attacked by one. I think the child knows."

Yukina and Genkai continued to clean off the blood. Genkai stopped to throw the green bottle Botan had brought at Kurama.

"Put this only on anything that's bleeding"

Kurama looked confused but he did as he was told. He gently tipped the bottle allowing a few drops to spill on the serious gash he had seen earlier. He heard a small sizzle of flesh and watched as the bleeding there stopped. He continued to pour as Yukina and Genkai began the healing process. It took several hours for both of them to heal all the life-threatening injuries, if they mended something extreme too suddenly her body might reject the sudden changes and shut down. After a long and tiresome night Janice was bandaged up and transferred to a bed, finally on the road to recovery.

Corina (who had woken up a few hours ago and had been screaming non-stop demanding to see her sister) was finally allowed into the room. She just sat in a chair by her sister's bedside and watched. Only when time tugged at the six year old's eyelids and forced them shut did she slump in her chair and fall into slumber.

Kurama had been watching from the doorway and put a blanket over Corina's shoulders. Then he went into the living room to think.

'This has been a very bizarre day. It still escapes me how a human managed to survive that long in her condition. Hmmm... I did smell demon on her but was it from her attacker or is she the demon.'

Kurama was broken out of his train of thought when he heard a window open.

"Hello Hiei, you do know that doors were made for a reason?"

"Shut up fox." snapped a very pissed of fire koorime. "Why the hell is Yukina so tired?"

Kurama sweat-dropped and rubbed the back of his head nervously "Well you see Hiei"

'Uh ohh! Hiei's going to kill me if he finds out I had his sister using her powers all night to heal a human'

"YOU HAD HER WHAT!" yelled Hiei, putting a hand on his katana.

'Damn that jagan and its mind reading powers! Ahhh! He's taking out his katana!'

"You've got five seconds fox."

"Now Hiei, be rational"

"four"

"Can't we ju..."

"three"

"That's not fair!"

"two"

"She was help..."

"one"

The only thing that saved Kurama from certain doom was when they heard a loud scream and Corina burst through the doors.

"There's something wrong with my sister!"

LibroLuv: Okay I just read this chapter and I know it's kinda dry but I've been brainstorming some really interesting ideas. Maybe I'll

weave in a little romance I'm not sure yet. If you want anything interesting you want to see happen I'm all ears! Please review!