A melody of an unknown song echoed throughout the blank abyss of her head. Anei was falling, ribbons of darkness wrapped around her and trailing rhythmically behind.

Anei...you belong to me. Leave your so-called 'friends' and re-join your family. We need you...come to us.

My family? Anei thought. My family has deserted me. I have no family. My father is-

I am your father.

NO! You are nothing to me! I don't even know who you are!

I am Fuzen, King of the Kage! I am your real father. Daifu is your step-father.

You lie. The 'falling' Anei groaned and opened her eyes, blinking at the bright lights that surrounded her.

"Where am I?" she said slowly, her eyes still half-closed. A face hovered over her. It went in and out of focus, moving around and making her dizzy. Closing her eyes, she raised her hand to block the glare from the lights and groaned again.

Purple orbs stared straight back into Yusuke's brown ones. He straightened and sighed in relief.

He felt her hand (which was clutched in his since that had gotten to the hospital) had gotten warmer. More color flushed into his cousin's cheeks, making her seem more alive than before. Yusuke felt his pulse slow down. The whole time staring at Anei worriedly, his mind had been swirling with dreadful thoughts that had made him scared. His pulse was slowing down gradually.

Looking around the room, everything she saw was a white sterile color- which hurt her eyes. The shadow demon sat up, looking at the people surrounding her. Yusuke, Keiko, Kurama, Botan, and Kuwabara were all sitting in hard wooden chairs clustered around her bed. Hiei was sitting in one at the corner of the room, as far as possible from her. What he had seen had disturbed him.

"Are you alright?" her cousin asked. She gave him a warm, assuring smile, and nodded, give she couldn't speak very well.

"What happened?" Kuwabara asked.

"I..." Anei cleared her throat and continued. "I dunno. I felt this weird power inside me, and then when Kurama entered my mind, everything went black"

"What kind of 'power'? Did it speak to you?" a voice asked. They all turned to the Prince of the Underworld.

Great...baby butt's here...she thought, nodding for a reply.

Koenma looked anything but relieved and said, "It's just as I feared."