Still short but not too bad….at least not too bad comparatively…
Hiei looked at him, a small sneer on his face. "Baka kitsune. You let yourself get hurt by that?"
"Hiei! What are you doing here?"
"I didn't think you'd survive on your own, and I was right. You didn't think you could waste a night to rest a bit before you got the water? You should have known there would be more than just a curse protecting that water."
"Wow Hiei…that's the most I've ever heard you say in one sentence."
"Hn." Hiei jumped up into a tree branch and closed his eyes in annoyance.
"Thanks, Hiei," said Youko, pulling out the bandages. He sat against a tree and bandaged his arm, leg, and the nick in his stomach. He then closed his eyes and soon dozed off, changing back to the crimson-haired "human" as he slept.
The next morning, Shuichi tried to stretch, and his emerald eyes shot open as even trying to move his right arm made it shoot out in pain.
-Youko what did you do? –
--I got the water. –
-You did what? –
--You heard me. –
-I'm surprised you lived! –
--I wouldn't have. –
-What? –
--I got the water fine, but Hiei had to kill Edna. –
-Hiei's here? –
--Use your eyes and you'd know. –
-Shut up. –
Kurama looked around him into the amused eyes of the fire demon. "Hello Hiei," he said, regaining his composure. "Thank you for saving my life, apparently my idiotic other half was intent on killing us."
"Wouldn't be the first time…for either of you…"
"Yes Hiei, I know." He looked in his backpack. "So, Youko decided to get the water even when we were almost out of energy. Smart…" He stood, slinging his pack over his shoulder. "Next to Mt. Hiei for the mint."
Hiei raised an eyebrow. "Mount Hiei?" he asked skeptically.
"Yeah, apparently it was used as a mountain for sacrifices. Now it's guarded by evil spirits, or some such thing."
"Where is it?"
"Japan." Kurama summoned a portal and walked through, not watching for Hiei. He knew he'd be there, but it wasn't like he would stay in plain sight.