Hiei pulled into Kagome's driveway. Kurama had not come back with her yet because no lights were on in the house. Sango stepped out of his shinny car. The night was warm, and the stars shone. The moon looked like a perfect pearl in the sky. Sango went around to the back door, which was left open for her use since she did not have a key to Kagome's house.

Leaving it unlocked was a mistake.

When Sango switched on the lights, she gasped in shock, grabbing Hiei's shoulder to steady herself. He too stared around in shock.

The entire kitchen was in disarray. Chairs were broken and the table was overturned. China dishes were broken and the curtain over the small window was torn.

" What the hell happened here?" Hiei asked in a dangerously low voice.

" I'm afraid to see the rest of the house…" Sango whispered.

Gathering her strength again, she followed Hiei throughout the house. The living room was just as bad, but the curtains were in good shape still. Vases were broken and the couch was overturned. The bedrooms were torn apart, and there was a magical seal on Kagome's door so the two could not enter it.

" Only Kagome will be able to break that seal," Hiei informed Sango, who uselessly tried to force the door open.

She slumped onto the ground dejectedly. How had all of this happened? Who had done it? And why? Questions swirled through Sango's head uncontrollably.

Hiei bent down and looked her straight in the eyes. " Okay," he said business like, " This is confusing, but you need to be strong. Whatever happens, don't lose your cool."

She looked at him and nodded. " Right." He grinned at her, and helped the Taiji-oku stand up.

When Kagome and Kurama arrived back at the house, they were just as shocked. To enter your own home and see it all trashed and torn apart is terrible. And it makes you feel terribly uncomfortable and violated of your privacy.

Kagome looked through the house carefully, not missing anything. Apparently, whoever it was had been looking for something. But what? Nothing had been taken from the ground level rooms, and nothing from any of the second story rooms either. Unless Kagome herself was missing something.

The four of them--two Youkai, one Taiji-oku, and one Miko-- stood in front of Kagome's door, over which flowed a black aura. Sango rubbed her bruised shoulder. Kagome motioned for her friends to step back. No one knew what she planned to do.

Kagome stepped toward the door, and touched the aura. She winced, as though thousands of small and harmless pins were poking at her, but grasped her door handle firmly. As she turned it, the pins poked her more painfully, and she felt as though she really was bleeding. She threw the door open to encounter another seal of dark magic through which no one could see through. Again, only Kagome could pass through it. Giving her friends a reassuring smile, she vanished to the other side.

For almost an hour they waited. Sango was beside herself with worry. Kurama maintained his cool, but anyone could read his face. It basically told that he was just as worried as Sango. Hiei showed no emotion, but he was not overly worried for Kagome. She could take care of herself. It was Sango that he was worried for.

She was slumped on the floor again, her head in her hands. Without Kilala there to pet, she was shaking with worry. He felt sorry for her. Usually, he would have scolded himself for having those human emotions, but with Sango it was different. She was so different from him…maybe that's why he was beginning to like her.

Yes, to himself he admitted it. He liked her. She was kind, powerful, skilful, fun, playful, determined. She was just herself, never pretending to be someone else. She was proud of who and what she was. He liked that about her. Okay, he admitted that he though she was rather pretty too.

Sango held her head in her hands. She was shaking slightly, nervous for Kagome. Her best friend, going through who knows what all alone. She wanted to be with her when a friend should be. At least she had Kurama and Hiei out here with her.

Hiei.

What did she think about him, the little fire demon? She had been trained to destroy demons that meant harm to people. Yet, she knew Inuyasha, who once wanted to harm people to get the Sacred Jewel. But he changed. And so had Hiei.

Why was she attracted to him though? It made no sense

Sure, he was really good looking, okay, okay, she admitted it, he was hot in her eyes. And he had such a fiery spirit. A competitive one. But he also didn't want her to hurt herself again, she knew that even though he didn't really say it outright. And she never would. She thought he opened up to her a lot more then Kagome.

He was nice to her. Really nice. And there for her. He showed her things she'd never known before. Like the theatre. She's never been there, even though Kagome had told her about it. He had made the night really special because he took her because she had wanted to go.

Kurama stared at the door. Kagome had been gone a long time. Thousands of questions flooded his mind. Was she all right? What was happening? Who did this? Was she dead?

If she died, he would kill whoever had caused it even if that was the last thing he ever did. He was gentle yes, but when provoked, deadly. No one would hurt her, or kill her, and get away with it. She was too important to him. But did he love her? He seriously didn't know. His feelings were so confused.

One thing he knew for sure was that Hiei and Sango were surely in love. But was he? He shook those thoughts away when Kagome finally reappeared.

I wonder what happened to Kagome? Sorry for such a short chapter. I wanted to focus on Sango and Hiei a little more then I usually do, so there I did.

Disclaimer: I have never, and never will, owned Inuyasha or YuYu Hakusho.

Reviewer Responses

KitsuneMIKO: Yes, they would age differently. But, I do have a plan to avoid that, so I hope everyone will like it, but you won't find out what it is for a little while.

MikoNaoko: Yes, that is strange but oh well. He's falling for Yukina.

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