Ok well I'm on a roll, and I've gotten sleep. You guys are soooooo lucky that I'm able to put this next chapter up. I ended up babysitting the neighbor kids for 8 hours! (But it's a good way to make the money so I can buy stuff at the anime store. )

Well I can't ramble much because I haven't gotten any reviews yet. I mean I did just post the last chapter last night before I went to bed.

Chapter 6

Kurome slowly opened her eyes. She had a headache, and her back hurt.

"Was I fricken hit by a train?" she mumbled.

"No you weren't." someone replied.

Kurome's vision was blurry, but she could make out the large amount of red.

"Kurama! Are you ok? What happened to the sprite? Where-" Kurome started asking when Kurama put a finger over her lips.

"Calm down, you're going to over-excite yourself. You've been sleeping for 2 days." he explained.

Kurome sat up in the bed.

'That's right, that sprite threw my athame into my back...Oh no I just said Kurama's name, and I'm not supposed to know it! Stupid me stupid stupid me.' Kurome thought.

"...Kurome?" Kurama asked to get her attention. She looked at him.

"You know my name? But what do you want?" she asked.

"Yes Meghan told me about you knowing my name, and about there being stories of us in your world." Kurama explained.

Kurome just sat there, and started to trace her hand up her back, searching for her wound. But she found nothing, no bandages, no wound.

"Master Genkai healed you." Kurama answered for her.

Kurome nodded,

"Where am I?" she asked.

"You're at Master Genkai's temple." he replied.

Kurome looked around the room. It was empty except for the bed, a table in a corner of the room, and a closet. She got up and walked over to the table, which had her athame on it.

"I was wondering, how your back is doing." Kurama stated.

Kurome picked her athame up, and examined it. There was no blood on it, and it looked like it had been polished.

"It's just a little sore, but otherwise I'm fine." she replied.

Kurama started thinking, and Kurome turned to him.

"Why do you want to know?" she asked.

He hesatated for a second then answered, "That knife was directed right where you spine is, and normally, that would severly injure a person."

"I guess luck is on my side then. I've always gotten out of tight situations one way or another." Kurome said.

'Still, I think more than luck was involved.' Kurama thought to himself. Then the noise of Kurome's growling stomach snapped his out of his trance.

"Yusuke and Kuwabara should be back with food soon. Do you mind take out?" Kurama asked.

"Yummy!" Kurome smiled. Kurama smiled as well and stood up from the chair he was sitting in. He placed it back in the corner with the table. Kurome set her athame back on the table. Kurama turned to leave the room when Kurome grabbed his arm. He turned around towards her.

"...Have you been with me this whole time?" she asked as she let go of his arm.

"Yes, I wanted to make sure you were alright." Kurama replied.

Kurome slightly blushed, "You didn't need to. I'm not very weak, I can handle things on my own."

Kurama looked at her confused a little, "I did because I wanted to. You took care of me, and I wanted to make sure you were alright because I was unable to protect you back in the forest." he explained. Then he turned to leave.

'I can't tell her yet, I should give her some time to get used to her new surroundings before I put more of a burden on her.' Kurama thought to himself.

"Thank you." Kurome said to him.

He turned back around, "It's my pleasure." he replied.

Kurome followed him around the temple, he led her to a living room, and everyone was starting to eat. Yusuke and Kuwabara were devouring food, Hiei was checking it for poison, and Genkai was avoiding looking at he apprentance. (Yea I know I spelt it wrong, it's 2am I'm tired! (and bitchy.) leave me alone!)

"Looks like the food is here." Kurama whispered to Kurome. Then they sat down between Hiei and Genkai and started eating. Kurama was about to instruct Kurome on how to use chopsticks, (because she was from the US & they don't use chopsticks, well most ppl don't.) but then he noticed that she was already starting to eat.

Kurome noticed that Kurama had turned to her, and was going to say something, but stopped.

"Do you want something?" she asked.

Kurama shook his head, "I didn't know that you knew how to use chopsticks." he replied.

Kurome closed her eyes, "Well of course, I'm not a complete idiot." she told him.

"I doubt that." Hiei whispered.

Kurome turned and glared at him,

"Shut up Hiei, what the fuck is your problem. I don't see why you have to start a fight with me just like that. It's none of your damn business." she told him.

Hiei glared back at her, and was about to start something when Kurama spoke up.

"Can we please eat in peace?" he asked.

Kurome and Hiei went back to eating. A few minutes later Yusuke and Kuwabara slammed their bowls of food on the table. (Surprisingly not breaking them.)

"DONE!" they both shouted at about the same time.

Then they got up, and started to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" Genkai asked them.

"To run off dinner." Yusuke replied.

"Without taking care of your dishes?" Kurome asked.

"They did make it back on the table." Yusuke told her and then the two ran off.

Kurome sighed, and everyone went back to eating in silence. A few minutes later Genkai finished, and turned towards Kurome.

"So what is your name?" she asked.

Kurome swallowed the food that was in her mouth, "It's Kurome, it's an honor to meet you." she replied.

"Well it's nice to see that there's another person here with manners." Genkai remarked. Kurome smiled, and went back to eating. Genkai stood up and left to go somewhere in the temple. When Hiei was done he looked at Kurama.

There is something I need to attend to. I'll be back later. he mentally told Kurama before he disappeared in a flash.

"He's extremely fast." Kurome (AKA Ms. Obvious) pointed out.

Kurama smiled, and then sat his bowl down on the table. He sat there for a minute while Kurome continued to eat.
"Why are you just sitting there?" Kurome asked once she noticed that he was done, but not getting up like the others.

"I don't want to leave you at the table alone." he replied.

"Well you don't have to wait on me, I'm sure you have important things to do as well." she said.

"Nothing that I consider more important than being respectful to a young lady." Kurama pointed out.

"Well I don't care if you get up." Kurome told him.

"Well then, if you don't care, then I'll stay here with you until you're done." Kurama concluded.

Kurome let out a low growl, and shoved some rice and chicken in her mouth. Then she stood up trying to symbolize saying that she's done, but without talking with food in her mouth. Kurama smiled at her, then stood up and started stacking the bowls all around the table. Kurome finished the food that she shoved in her mouth,

"Happy now?" she asked, and then started to help pick up.

Kurama smiled, "You're so stubbern." he told her.

"Well no duh, you are too." she replied.

Kurama walked over to Kurome and balanced all the dishes he was carrying in one arm, then extended his other arm to take the dishes Kurome was holding from her. When Kurome noticed what we was doing she pulled back.

"You worry about the dishes you have, I've got these." she told him.

"But you're the guest, so you shouldn't have to work." Kurama said.

"Well I don't care." Kurome replied.

Kurama sighed, and started to head towards the kitchen, knowing he would never win the battle with her. Kurome followed him into the kitchen. It was small and basic, a wood burning stove, two mini sinks, and a small table to set things on. Kurama set the dishes he had in the sink on the left, and Kurome followed his lead. Then Kurama grabbed a rag, and wet it. He turned to leave the kitchen,

"Where are you going?" Kurome asked him.

"To wipe off the table." he responded. Then Kurome started to follow him. That was until about 5 steps later when she snatched the rag out of his hands and ran off towards the living room. Kurama smiled at her, and then turned back around. When Kurome came back into the kitchen she noticed that Kurama was doing dishes. He wash washing the bowls and then had a few sitting in rising water, to be dried off.

"What do I do with this?" Kurome asked while holding the rag up. Kurama turned towards her,

"Just set it on the table for now." he told her.

Kurome did, then she walked over to the sink, and grabbed a towel. She started to dry off the dishes that were in the rise water.

"You don't have to help me." Kurama told her.

"Well I want to so to bad." Kurome replied.

They didn't say much while they worked until Kurome spoke up.

"What is today, shouldn't you be home or something, because you have school tomorrow?" she asked.

"I thought so to, but when we arrived back here I found out that it was actually still Friday." Kurama replied.

"What do you mean by 'still Friday' ?" Kurome questioned.

"It seems that the time flow in your world is different than the time flow in this world. It was Friday when I was first brought to your world. When we got back it was Friday afternoon. And since you've gotten back, you were sleeping for 2 days, that means that today is Sunday. I do have school tomorrow, and I have to leave to go back home soon." Kurama explained.

"Well then why don't you start heading home, I can finish these dishes." Kurome offered.

"That's kind of you, but no thank you." Kurama refused.

Ok I'd hate to leave you like this, but my parents are going to be home soon and I still have a lot of homework to do before school tomorrow. (Not to mention I'm extremely tired.) So I'm gonna split this chapter into 2 parts. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get the next part up. You can flame me all you want, but I have 1 thing to say:

I'm the writer, be glad I at least tried to put 2 chapters up in 2 & 1/2 days. (The 1/2 comes from Friday night, since I had to go to school during the day.) Don't bitch at me because I didn't get as much done as I hope because you aren't going to die if you don't get the last 1/2 of the chapter.