Hello there everyone! I am sorry it took me long to post. I would have on Friday but my laptop charger short-circuted and I had a small firworks display on my kitchen counter. Here is the next chapter!

Enjoy!

Eyes flicker open and gaze out at the trees surrounding. Unfamiliar sights behold the observer. Blinking tiredly, she stands up, blue orbs locking with crimson ones. Fearfully, she jumps backwards, a sword magically appearing in her hand. The crimson eyed man watches her curiously.

"Inazuma...what's wrong?"

The woman gazes at him, not knowing who he is or what he said. Her sword falls to her side and disappears for she feels that he is trustworthy. Hiei walks towards her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Inazuma?"

Her head cocks to the side as a signal that she doesn't understand him. Taking her bridal style in his arms, he heads out of the forest. She struggles slightly, but Hiei calms her down by stroaking the back of her neck with his thumb. Using his super-speed, he runs to Inazuma's house and bursts through the door. Kurama looks up from his seat on the couch, beside Botan and Yukina, and pales. He could see the worry on Hiei's face and that only appears if something is terribly wrong.

"Hiei...what happened?"

He doesn't answer him and, instead, sets Inazuma on the ground. She looks about the house with curiosity. It was something totally new to her.

"I...believe...that Inazuma has lost her memory."

Everyone walks towards the two by the door and Inazuma gets frightened, hiding behind Hiei.

"Dakana itae no shin to suma?" (My own creation...means "Who are all of you?" This will be a language of Makai. When someone is speaking in it, it will appear like this "-dakana...?-" Understood?)

"What did she say?" asked Yusuke.

"It is an ancient language, spoken only by the royals of Makai. Not many now speak it, but, thankfully, I still remember parts." says Kurama.

"As do I." responds Hiei. "-Do not worry. We won't harm you.-"

"-You speak...my language?-" she asks.

"-Yes. Only the basics, though. Do you not speak Japanese?-"

"-I do not know it. I have lived in Makai my whole life, in confined places with no outsiders. How I came to be here, though I do not know where here is, is a mystery that I have no solution to.-"

"-Here is known as Ningenkai, the human world.-" interupts Kurama.

"-The human world? This is indeed strange. The last thing I remember is standing beside a stream below the Floating Island of the Koormie. Pray tell me...-" She looks at the crimson eyed man beside her.

"-I am called Hiei and this is Kurama.-"

"-Understood. Hiei, what is the Makai year?-"

"-The 2nd month after the 697th Spring Equinox since the restoration of the Makai kingdoms.-"

"-Truely? The last I recall it was only 90th. 607 years have passed, but how can this be?-"

"She has truely lost her memory. She cannot remember our names or the year." Kurama tells the others.

"How could that happen?" Botan wonders, placing a hand on his arm.

"She was attacked." replies Hiei, looking at Inazuma who gazed at them all not knowing what they were saying. "Takanashi found her during her walk. I followed after her and wound up going against my pathetic excuse for a father. Using some trickery, he thickened the air, making it hard to walk. A staff was in his hand and as he lifted the dense air, he thrusted it forward. It wound up going into Inazuma's back which is probably why she lost her memory."

"She looks dirty. Maybe we should get her a change of clothes. There is also a wound on her back." noted Yukina while walking up to Inazuma.

Inazuma watched Yukina, sensing the purity within her. A small smile came upon her face. Yukina took her by the arm and led her up the stairs to her room. The Koormie had her sit on the bed while she got her a simple change of clothes, a kimono.

"Here is something for you to wear." she said, placing the garment into Inazuma's hands.

She gazed at the ice maiden and Yukina felt a wave of dizziness pass over her.

"Thank...you, Yukina." Inazuma stuttered.

"You..can speak Japanese?"

"Little...from your mind."

"You can read my mind?"

"Hai."

"So you tried to pick up on the Japanese language?"

"Hai."

Yukina smiled at her.
"How about you change your clothes?"

Inazuma nodded and proceeded to remove her tattered shirt with Yukina's help.

"Wow. She lost her memory. You mean...she doesn't remember us at all?" Kazuma asked Kurama.

"No, not one bit. How I can figure is she says that last she remembered it was the 90th Spring Equinox since the restoration. That was the same year she saved Hiei when he was a baby. Takanashi must have made a spell for Hiei so he would forget all his life so he could make him work for him. Inazuma jumped in front at the last second and took the spell onto her thereby forgetting from that point until now."

"I understand.This is not good though." Botan says.

Footfalls could be heard from the hall and they all turn just as Yukina and Inazuma walk into the room.

"How is she?" Yusuke asks.

"Ask her yourself."

They all get puzzled looks.

"Hello...everyone."Inazuma starts. "I have learned...a little...from Yukina-chan. It is a complex language you speak...but I understand it now. I am still confused as to what all your names are. If you would be so kind as to tell me...then we can talk. I still wish to know what has happened over the past 607 years."

Koka's eyes met Inazuma's as she hopped off the recliner.

"My name is Nekokani. This is Botan, Kurama, Yusuke, and Kazuma." she said, pointing to each in turn. "Do you really not remember all of us?"

"I am sorry, young one, but I do not." she kneels beside her. "Tell me, how do I know all of you?"

Kurama leads her to a couch where all of them proceed to tell her all that she had forgot.

I'm not sure when i'm going to have the next chapter out, but keep an eye out!

-UtsukushiCho