Twenty Seven was hard. Imagining Kurama's reaction to Damian... Heh. I hope you guys like Damian-san. He's one of my favorite characters.

Hiei, in the upper boughs of an oak, was the first to spot Kairai walking across a meadow towards the stream. He moved to jump down, but halted when he saw the man beside her. He was taller than Hiei by at least three feet, and looked formidable. Hiei gauged his ability with the Jagan and found his assumption to be true. He wouldn't be able to jump into this one. This called for stealth. He glanced to Kurama, who was in a tree about ten yards away in another oak. He gestured towards the man below them.
Kurama nodded and let his eyes slip shut.
Hiei watched the ground carefully as the grass grew long and imprisoned the man's legs. He gave a surprised yell, Kairai putting on a frightened expression. Hiei leaped down and ran as fast as he could, sweeping the smaller girl up in his arms and running for the nearest portal. Kurama could take care of himself...
Kurama jumped down, landing gracefully. The man stood in front of him, legs encaptured in the tall grass. Kurama stared at him coldly. "Why did you kidnap her?"
The man stared back. "She's mine."
Kurama raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?"
"Name's Damian."
Kurama nodded. "Well, Damian, it's off to Reikai prison for you."
Damian chuckled. "And you're escorting me? Koenma is so accomadating. Sending members of his harem to take in prisoners..."
Kurama's eyes widened in rage, as well as slight horror, and he back-handed Damian hard across the cheek.
Damian didn't move for a moment, his head thrown sideways from the blow, his shoulder-blade-length black hair shading his face. Then he spat blood from his mouth. "You're strong..." he said shortly, turning his head back to gaze at the fox.
Kurama gave him a smug look.
Damian smirked. "... for a girl."
Kurama gave him a murderous glare, tempted to murder the arrogant man before him. "I am NOT a girl." he snarled angrily.
"You let things bother you easily, don't you?"
Kurama opened his mouth to retort, but he had none. All he knew of this man was his name, and already he had gotten him riled. His shoulders slumped a little.
"Then you're not as strong as I thought." said Damian simply. "Go on, then. Take me to prison. I've lost interest in you."
Kurama shrugged absently. "Fine. I wasn't interested in you in the first place, so I guess we're even." He gave a small smirk and waved his hand, sending more plants. The grass around Damian's legs shortened and went to normal again; before Damian could move, vines encircled his wrists as handcuffs, and his ankles as shackles. Kurama nodded and lifted a rose from his hair, making it seem as if it just appeared from nowhere, and the rose whip formed. He flicked his wrist and the whip held Damian's wrists.
Damian glanced down at Kurama's weapon. "Now, you LOOK pretty, but this is just ridiculous. Let me guess... Flower Power?"
Kurama's eyes narrowed in annoyance, but he remained silent, plodding doggedly ahead towards the portal as he tugged Damian along behind.

End Chapter Twenty Seven

Hiei waited till they were a safe distance away from Kairai's kidnapper, then set her down. They could get to Reikai eventually, but he had told Kurama he would talk to the onna and, dammit,he was going to do it.
Kairai sat on the grass trembling. "Wh-What's going on?"
Hiei's shoulders dropped in faint annoyance and he crossed his arms. "You were kidnapped, Kairai." he said simply.
Her eyes were wide and fearful. "Who are y-you?" In her eyes, the man clad in black before her was a potential threat to her life. Damian had sabotaged her memories.
Hiei glared. "What do you mean, who am I? This is the third time I've saved your life. Don't be stupid."
She stared at him for another moment, then pulled her knees up to her chest, laying her head on them. "I-I can't rem-member!" she stuttered, her hair falling over her legs and back.
Hiei watched as her shoulders began to shake faintly. Oh great. She was CRYING. What else could go wrong! He would strangle Kurama for this. He flopped down on the grass beside her, arms spread out. What now?
She slowly lifted her head after she had been sobbing for a good ten minutes. She was still hiccupping slightly. "Who was that man... that had me?"
He sighed. "I don't know. He snatched you from Kurama. That's all I know."
"Who's Kurama?" she asked curiously.
"A guy that kissed you." he muttered, his voice sounding harder than he had wanted it to.
She stared at the grass for a while, thinking. "This is strange. You look so familiar, but I just can't... I don't know why I can't remember. I know I've forgotten before, but..."
He sat up. That was it. That was what the Jagan couldn't figure out. Her memories had been suppressed! "Don't move." he said briefly. He opened a mind link with Kurama. 'Fox, something's wrong. Are you with that man?'
'Unfortunately, yes.'
'Kairai has lost her memory of us.'
'What!'
'That man erased them.'
'What do we do? Should we let Koenma handle it?'
'No. Wecan fix this. Bring him here. Now.'
'...Alright.'

End Chapter Twenty Eight