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Chapter 23

A frowning Kurama watched Yukina as she slept next to him. She had cried herself to sleep on him and he didn't have the heart to wake her so he could move. Whatever Hiei had did or said this time had really gone over the line. After Yukina had fallen asleep he had taken the liberty of gathering all of the stones before anyone else came in. Fortunately, Hiei never came in for the night. When the first person, Keiko, had come in for the night she looked shocked but upon seeing the hirosekes her shocked look had turned into worry. Kurama had waved her off and she reluctantly went to sleep. Touya came up next. He was too tired and sleepy to actually notice the scene and he went straight to bed. Soon Kurama found out what Touya was tired of. A very drunk (don't ask me where they got the alcohol from) Yusuke and Jin tumbled up the stairs and into bed without even a second glance at the two demons. Dispelling of his memories, the fox rose from his bedroom and into the bedroom. Soon after though, a young koorime got out of her bed and out the common room portrait door.

Hiei's p.o.v.

I flitted away into the Forbidden Forest. Maybe I could find something to take out my frustration on. To tell you the truth I don't know why I did that to Yukina. It could have been I was in a bad mood for not punishing Kurama for walking in on her but to tell you the truth even his own actions were a mystery to him. Yukina was one of the few people I could have ever opened up to but here I was running away from my problems again. Grrrrrr I could take on the whole Toguro Team with less than an afterthought to what could happen to me but I can't even talk to my sister. Shaking my head of those thoughts I continued through the snow-cladded woods.

Normal p.o.v.

Yukina ran out the main hall door, passed Hagrid's hut, and straight into the Forbidden Forest. She kept her eyes peeled in search of the familiar small black flitting form but found nothing. She was on her way back to the School when something caught her eye and thankfully it did. She flung herself down on the forest floor and not a moment too soon. A rather large sickle flew right above her and would have surely taken off her head if she had still been standing. "Kuso, I missed," she heard a voice say from the treetops. Then it came again but this time she was ready for it and quickly ducked but what she didn't expect was it to come straight back at her. Fortunately, she was hit with the dull side of the blade and no real damage was done.

"Show yourself," she called out into the darkness. The only answer was a laugh, a male laugh that made a shiver run down her spine. "I said to show yourself," she called out yet again. This time she was answered by an eerie silence. Yukina kept on going out of curiosity and will to find her brother. The logical side of her told her to turn back but hey, even though she's a sweetheart, she's still a demon.

'Stupid child,' thought the hidden figure in the shadows. 'She obviously doesn't know who she's messing with.' The lean and tall shadow took watch of the young koorime as she ran through the forest. Smirking the shadow followed after her. Yukina kept on running through the forest looking and hoping for signs of her brother. About halfway through the forest the ice maiden gave up, falling on her knees. After resting a few seconds she decided to turn back but unfortunately the shadow was not going to have that. He would like to finish his job in a place where no one would hear her scream.

The lean shape landed in front of the path right in front of Yukina. Gasping, she slowly started to back up towards the other end of the forest. "Who are you, what do you want?" Yukina questioned frantically. This guy was giving her the creeps and the fact that he was most likely the one that had attacked her before was added to it.

"That's for me to know, sweetheart, and for you to find out," answered the strange creature moving closer to her. Scared, the koorime dashed into the forest frantic now to find her brother. Smirking, he once again gave chase to his prey this time not to follow but to catch.

"HIEI," yelled Yukina as she tore around another corner. The ruby-eyed apparition (sp?) knew that he was toying with him. To make it worse no one knew that she was out there looking for him. Suddenly, he tackled her to the ground and pinned her under him. She finally got a good look at his face. He looked young with shoulder length orange hair, but his eyes were green with no sense of life within them.

"You know you're a pretty one. I might just have some fun with you before I follow my orders," said the orange haired attacker. Yukina's eyes widened with fear and she did the first thing that came to mind other than scream. Her eyes turned an eerie blue and the wind started to pick up. The already snow-filled ground crystallized and the trees froze as everything turned frostbitten. The temperature dropped considerably as she continued to freeze the area.

Back at Hogwarts…………..

Kurama had just finished eating breakfast when he had felt a chill run down his spine. Getting up, he walked out of the main hall and through the front gate. He gasped at the Forbidden Forest, or what he thought was the Forbidden Forest. The tops were covered in snow as was the ground and it had icicles hanging from branches, however, the unnatural color of the trees and plants was not there before. 'Yukina,' his mind immediately said. He didn't find her when he had gotten out of the bathroom that morning but it didn't hit him to be anything big. Then out of the blue, a scream pierced the silence and that was all Kurama needed. If you looked outside in the area by the now frozen Forbidding Forest all you would see is a red blur.

I have been so busy, lately. I was on vacation and I had no computers where I was. Also I've done over the fanfic section of my website so, if you'd like you could visit it at demonmagic freewebpage org. Just add dots where the spaces are and no www. Alright, I'll really try to update soon. JaganshiSummoner