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29. Mysterious Rescuer and Blueberry Pancakes

Yukina stepped through the portal and re-entered in the familiar world of Makai. She stepped on the light snow of her homeland, sighing as a sharp breeze blew across her face. She missed Hiei already, even though they could never be together. She felt bad for telling him to leave after he had told her the truth. At least he did… and didn't keep up the relationship… It was better that way…

She dragged her suitcase through the snow and watched the sun set in the distance. Just as it was starting to get really dark, something jumped out and grabbed Yukina from behind. The something's large, scaly hand covered Yukina's mouth, and it dragged her into a small grove of trees.

The demon took his hand away from her mouth, and Yukina screamed for help. "Shut up, wench!" he shouted, his voice raspy and harsh. "If you stay calm, I'll make sure your death is painless…"

"What?" Yukina shouted. "SOMEBODY HELP ME, PLEASE!"

The demon slapped her hard across the face, knocking her to the frozen, snow-covered ground. Yukina winced painfully, pushing herself back up. The demon, she could see, was a large lizard-like being, with large, protruding eyes and scaly skin. He had a knife in one hand and a large, round bottle with a long neck and a cork stopper in the other. He growled, his fangs showing and his skinny lizard tongue flicking out and making a hissing noise.

Yukina screamed for help once more, but the lizard demon was true to his word that he would kill her and brought his knife down where her leg would've been if she hadn't moved. Yukina was terrified; she was really going to die… She bit her lip and a teargem rolled down her cheek. Momentarily distracted by the shiny teargem, the lizard demon looked down at it and stared. "PLEASE HELP ME!" Yukina shouted into the sky.

A young, teenaged man heard Yukina's cry for help. He heard it coming from the small forest on Koorime Island, and he ran as fast as he could to the source of the crying. He pushed aside the trees and shrubs, getting small scratches on his face, arms, and legs from the protruding twigs and branches. Finally, he spotted a young ice apparition girl on the ground and a large, ugly lizard demon above her, holding a knife.

"Drop the knife!" the man commanded.

The lizard demon looked over at the young man, but he couldn't see him very clearly in the darkness. Neither could Yukina, who squinted in the dim light, but she still couldn't make out any distinct features on the man.

"Drop the knife," the man repeated.

"And what if I don't?" sneered the demon, his face contorted into an ugly grin. "I need this girl to make a potion of beauty to make me beautiful."

"Hmph. You'll never be beautiful with such an evil soul!" the man said. "No matter how beautiful you look on the outside, you'll still be evil and heartless on the inside! Killing a beautiful young woman like her!"

The lizard demon narrowed its eyes in anger. "Maybe I'll just kill you too along with the girl to make you shut up," he said. "I don't need your preaching!"

"I don't think so," the man said, darting into the clearing and picking up Yukina bridal-style and whisking her away from the forest clearing. Both Yukina and the lizard demon were shocked. He had an amazing speed and grace and had scooped up Yukina easily (not that she weighed much anyway…). Yukina turned her neck to get a look at the man's face, but his face was kept in shadow and she couldn't see him very well in the clear, starless night sky.

He set her down far away from the clearing, then turned and left. "I'll send your suitcase to you later," he said. "You just go home now and stay out of trouble." He walked away.

Yukina ran after him. "Hey, wait!" she cried. "Wait! I want to thank you!"

"No need," the man replied, his back still turned to her.

"But…" Yukina stopped. She sighed as her shoulders fall. Who was that guy…? she wondered. She sighed again and begin to walk back to her home.

"Rise and shine…" It was Wednesday morning, and Kurama was sleeping peacefully in his bed, dreaming about him and his stalker dancing in the moonlight. "Come on, Suichi, wake up!"

Kurama opened his eyes and saw his stalker friend peering over at him, her eyes closed in a smile. His face broke into a grin as he greeted her. "Good morning," he said.

"Same to you," the girl said, turning her back and messing around with something behind her. She turned back and set down a tray of blueberry pancakes and orange juice on Kurama's lap. Kurama was shocked at first; he hadn't expected breakfast in bed!

"Wow, thank you!" Kurama said, turning to his stalker and receiving a kiss on the cheek. "But…" he looked down uneasily.

"What is it? Don't like pancakes?" the girl asked, her eyes widening with worry.

"No, no, I actually love pancakes," said Kurama with a smile. "It's just that… I feel bad receiving all of your gifts. I mean, I haven't gotten you much… I haven't done anything for you…"

The girl's eyes softened. "Don't worry about it," she said seriously. "You've done enough for me already…"

NEXT TIME: PRINCE CHARMING'S INVITATION AND SECRETS!

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