Chapter 3: Where am I?

Yeah, I know I needed to update. I probably won't get more reviews for along time, but people just probably never realized my story. I know people are reading, there just lazy to review. It's okay non-reviewers, but this chapter is dedicated to my reviewers, not just readers. The next chapter will be dedicated to non-reviewers. Well if you are non-reviewers, please DO review, I would gladly appreciate it. I would really love it if you review my other chapters, pweez do it for me?

KASUMI'S POV

"Look, there's the freak!" a tall bulky teen said pointing at me. I walked down the school hallway just to get to class. This happened everyday at school and nobody cared about me. I held my books close to my chest hoping nobody would steal them, but unfortunately, it happened.

"I'll take that dork!" A popular girl took my history book and gave it to her boy friend. He ran to a trashcan and threw my book away. I felt a stray tear come down my cheek as I walked to my book. I placed my hand in the trashcan searching for it through all the junk.

"AHH!" I shrieked as a group of boys shoved me into the trashcan. I heard everybody laugh at me and felt them point at me. This is what I get for being lonely. It wasn't my fault I didn't want to talk to the people I didn't fit in with.

"Freak!"

"Dork!"

"Retard!"

"Loser!" I heard all these words yelled at me as I came out of the trashcan. I felt so humiliated that day that I ran to the bathrooms. On my way, people were pointing at me and laughing. Hot tears strolled down my cheek as I sat on the toilet. I held my book bag to my chest.

'Why me? Why can't the leave me?' I held my hands to my head as my book bag dropped. I cried and cried for along time that I didn't realize the bell rang for my next class. I grabbed my bag and pushed the door open.

I pushed and pushed on the door, but it didn't open. 'Damn popular girls!' I thought. They glued the door shut while I was crying. Every time I come to the bathrooms, they did this. They knew I had to crawl under to get out, I hated doing that.

After getting out of the bathroom stall, I walked to the sinks. I looked in the mirror to see how I looked, and did you know what I saw. I saw a reflection that wasn't mine. For I was a lonely, sensitive girl, but I didn't see that. I saw an angered, sad, cold-hearted girl. Only one thing stayed the same. And same thing I saw was the lonely part.

"Ahh!" I yelled. I swung my bag against the mirror causing it to break. I looked in it once again and saw myself for the last time. I took my bag covered in shards and swung it over my shoulder. I ran for the front doors of school and sprinted away to somewhere I belonged.

After a few hours, I made it to an unknown forest. I roamed in that forest the entire day until it turned dark. I looked around and saw a lake nearby. I felt so comfortable around it like it was my home. So I sat down by the lake and saw a gleaming light in it. I took my shoes off and swam down. I kept swimming towards it, but it seemed so far away.

I felt my lungs going out as I went further and further. Pretty soon I was breathing in water. I slowly floated to the top and then…

NORMAL POV

"Just like before." Kasumi whispered. She lifted her hand lightly to her head and noticed it was cold. She tried opening her eyes, but the stayed shut. She sat up making her arms her support. She tried again to open her eyes, which they creaked open a little.

She squinted from all the lights around her, Kasumi was never in light this bright. She noticed a little blur in the corner of the room, but couldn't see well. She focused her eyes a little to see Hiei leaning against the wall.

Kasumi saw him lift his hand to a switch that dimmed the light a little. Her eyes were now adjusted to the dim light. She scanned the room and only saw a few things. She saw a plate of food, the bed and him. Overall, the room was empty.

'Where am I?' She thought. She lifted her right hand to her head to make sure she was feeling good, but she felt a pain shoot through her arm. She looked down a little and saw her shoulder was bandaged and her chest was covered as well.

She brought the sheets to her chest covering herself from staring eyes. 'Stop staring at her, she's a ningen.' Hiei said in his head. 'But she's so tempting. Jump her while she's off guard!' he now felt a headache coming from the battle of minds. So he just stood there staring at her and her bare skin.

"I don't belong here" Kasumi whispered. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed, but felt warm hands stop her. She looked at Hiei noticing his grip stayed on her leg.

"Stay in bed and eat." He said angrily at her. He threw her legs back on the bed and went back to his corner. His eyes looked at her soft pink lips. He just wanted to go over there and see how soft they were. 'Keep your control. You're a demon, you can't give in like this. You want to be the strongest. If you let in, you'll have a weakness.'

Kasumi looked at Hiei and heard him grunt. Then she turned her thoughts away from him and looked at the food. There was fish, rice and a dumpling. Kasumi cringed at the food placed before. Why would she eat this food? Did her hands make it? Was it in a can? Was it ice cream? If she made the food, she would eat it. But she didn't know what was in it, so she wasn't going to eat.

"I said eat. Do you want to starve?" Hiei asked. He saw the girl looking disgusted at the food. Even he would be disgusted if he ate it, but why won't Kasumi eat. She's human, but she won't eat the human prepared food.

"Get me an apple." She said looking at Hiei. She watched him go out the room and to where ever the apple was. 'I can make my escape!' Kasumi quickly got out of bed and walked to the door. She reached for the knob, but saw it turn. She took a step back to see Hiei come back with an apple.

"Don't even think about going anywhere." Hiei said in a different tone he never used. Kasumi started to feel her heart quicken for an odd reason that made her body heat up. She looked into Hiei's eyes to notice they flashed red.

Kasumi backed up as Hiei walked up to her. Her back was now against the wall and Hiei was blocking her. His hands on either side of her head. He felt weird being this close to her, and he didn't feel this way before. He then smelled an arousing sent on her. His face inched forwards toward her until his forehead was now on hers.

"What are you doing to me?" Hiei whispered to her. He wanted to kiss her but he had to restrain himself. Hiei then felt a tight feeling in his lower abdomen part. His grip on the apple he held had gotten harder that his hand nearly squished it (yes he still had the apple in his hand).

Kasumi looked down and saw huge mound in Hiei's pants. Her eyes dilated at that because she was getting freaked out. And then her savior came.

"EWW! You're so gross Hiei! First in the forest, then in the guestroom! I would kick your ass for that, but there is a lady here! Go some where else you freak!" Yusuke yelled and pointed at Hiei. Kasumi felt so awkward and felt a blush come to her cheeks.

She saw Hiei with draw from blocking her and he dropped the apple. She looked at him walking off hearing him grunt a little. Then she looked at the apple. She walked over to it and picked it up. She then glared at Yusuke if she was going to kill him. "Who did this" She spat at him while pointing to the bandages.

"Whoa calm down! My friend Keiko and Botan did that for you. My friend is washing your clothes, so you have to wear these." Yusuke threw her a purple T-shirt and pajama pants with panda's on them. "Well we will be out there if you need help." And before Yusuke left, he looked at her food. He noticed that she didn't even touch the well-prepared food.

Yusuke sighed as he took her food away. "Some people can't appreciate my cooking." He said as he walked out of the door. Kasumi let the sheet fall to the ground to notice she was just in her booty shorts. So all she did was put the shirt on that stopped right above her shorts. She didn't even bother to put the pants on.

After she was done dressing, she started looking around for her dagger. She looked under the bed then in between the mattresses. When she looked under the pillow, she found it. She pulled it out of the leather pouch and found her gray ribbon that rested against the bottom.

IN LIVING ROOM

"Hiei you ass! You just can't go rubbin' against her like that! You should act more polite around her man!" Yusuke yelled at Hiei who was leaning against the wall. Yusuke placed a hand on his face; Hiei was just impossible.

"It's not my fault. She made me do it" Hiei hissed at Yusuke. 'You know you wanted her, but why? What is she doing to you?' Hiei felt a little dizzy, for he could still smell the arousing aroma. He walked over to the kitchen and sat on the kitchen counter.

"Hello Kasumi." Kurama said invitingly to the girl who just came from the room. She looked at him and all the other guys. 'Who are they?' she thought. She still felt dizzy for some reason until she found out why. She was really hungry. Her stomach let out a huge grumble.

"Why don't you eat?" Kuwabara asked. He looked at Kasumi and saw her walk to the couch that Kurama was sitting on. Kasumi flopped on the couch and landed on his lap. When she noticed this she looked up and saw Kurama looking at her. She socked him really hard on the thigh so he could move.

"Ah," he said softly, "I'll go. Just don't hit me." Kurama got up and noticed his leg felt more painful than he thought. He placed a hand on his leg and limped to the other couch.

"Ha ha ha! A girl punched you and it hurt! Your such a sissy Kurama!" Yusuke said slapping his legs. Kasumi heard this and felt offended by his words. She looked at Yusuke and growled threatening to hurt him.

"I think I'll get Keiko!" Yusuke said. He walked to the door and ran off. Kurama and Kuwabara sat there in silence. They didn't know what to say since Kasumi was always feisty and Hiei never talks. Kasumi was lying there on the couch facing away from everybody and Hiei sat on the counter. It was silent for a long time until somebody broke the silence.

" I want water." Kasumi said looking away from the boys. Kurama and Kuwabara sat there in disbelief, so she speaks! The two boys exchanged glances before they both went to the kitchen. Kurama stopped at the table and took a seat because his leg still hurt.

"Here." Hiei sat on the counter holding a glass of water to Kuwabara. Kuwabara took it from the demon and walked to the couch were the assassin rested. He looked at her for a while realizing that she wasn't even facing him.

"Here's your water Kasumi." Kuwabara placed the water on the coffee table and went to the kitchen with the other guys. She just gave him the creeps. Kasumi turned her head and noticed the guys were all in the kitchen. She sat up and crossed her legs on the couch. She grabbed the water and stared at it. She took a sip and smiled at the taste. It was forever since she ever had fresh water, and now was her chance. While she was sipping her water slowly, she heard a conversation in the kitchen.

KITCHEN

"Didn't Botan say she was an assassin of… um…. Oh yeah, the assassin of the wind?" Kuwabara whispered to Kurama not knowing Kasumi can hear him.

"Yeah. No wonder she is so fast. She's kind of feisty. Didn't Botan also say she worked for Sakyou? So she means big time. If she is gonna join our group, she's gonna have to get use to us." Kurama whispered back. When Hiei heard that she's gonna join them, he mentally smiled. For some reason, he always feels weird when Kasumi is near him. He just looses control when he smells her sent, and he is always happy when he hears her name. But he never shows it.

"You know, she can hear you just well, so I assume you go in another room if you want to talk about Kasumi and business." Hiei said in his usual mean tone. When the other two boys heard what Hiei said, they both looked at Kasumi. She looked like she didn't hear anything because she was just roaming around the living room with her milk. But because of her hearing, she could hear everything they were saying.

"Oh. Well that was a little embarrassing." Kurama said. "Well Kasumi, I'm sorry if we were talking about you." Kurama was trying to apologize. He knew she was listening to his apology, but she was just stubborn.

"I'm back. I brought Keiko and Botan!" Yusuke yelled bursting through the doors. Kasumi almost dropped her cup when he came out of nowhere. She didn't even hear them come towards the door. She saw two girls and of course, the obnoxious one known as Yusuke. One of the girls had brown hair and eyes. Her hair was shoulder length and she wore a long skirt and a shirt with a vest.

The other one had unusual blue hair and purple eyes. She wore a pink shirt and shorts that stopped right above her knees. They both looked nice, but she didn't know if she could trust them if they talked to her.

"Oh you boys! Why didn't you feed her? She looks like she starved! And why didn't you give her clothes? Look at her, she's a mess. And Hiei, you should be ashamed of yourself. Yusuke told me what you did in the forest and in the room." Botan scolded. Then Keiko started.

"Oh Kasumi is it?" Keiko said. She looked at the girl and saw her nod. "Will you please go to the kitchen for me? You need to eat or you'll get sick. I have your clothes, there almost done, I just need to iron them for you." So Kasumi was lead to the kitchen by Keiko and Botan.

"Here you go Kasumi. Do you know how to prepare cereal." Botan asked. She placed a bowl, box of cereal, milk, and spoon in front of Kasumi. Kasumi stared at it and thought it looked familiar. But it's been along time and she forgot what it was. She's been in the forest for over two years now. So you can't blame her.

" Here you go." Botan said. She got Kasumi's cereal prepared and sat there waiting for Kasumi to do something. When she was waiting for some movement, Keiko went to the laundry room to iron the clothes. The guys and Botan sat there and waited for Kasumi to eat. It was a while before they saw some movement.

She picked up the spoon full of cereal and took a bite. Once she took that bite, she took another and another. She loved the taste of cereal, it tasted so new to her. While she was eating, she noticed her upper half of her body was colder than her lower half. She just noticed that Kurwabara, Kurama, and Yusuke were gone and so was Hiei.

"What's the matter Kasumi? Are you full?" Botan asked as she noticed she stopped eating. She looked at Kasumi and noticed she was looking worried. Kasumi pushed her chair out a little and looked under the table. In an instant, her face turned red as a tomato. She placed her hand on the table's edge and pushed herself to the ground.

Hiei was holding her thighs and nuzzling his head on her legs. He was like her lap dog that would never leave her. When he felt Kasumi move, he just realized what he did. He saw Kasumi getting off the ground backing up. Kurama and Kuwabara were heading into the kitchen, and so was Yusuke. Keiko just came from the laundry room holding the clothes. So most every body was eyeing the two teens.

"Oh my gosh! Hiei you sicko!" Botan yelled. She back handed him across the cheek and made him go outside of the building. He really needed fresh air for all of his actions. "What's up with Hiei?" Botan asked once he left.

"I don't know. He's been like this ever since he met her." Yusuke said.

And so they have a mystery. Why does he act like that? Well the summary probably gives you a hint. By the way, the, I'm sorry for any typos. Please review and I will update. I'm kind of sad for not getting twelve reviews. But please try to give me 18 reviews before I update. The update should be on Friday or next Saturday. Here's a preview for my reviewers and non-reviewers.

Kasumi and the other two girls were out in town. Kasumi felt so awkward in a crowd, she wasn't sure she could handle the pressure. She needed to get some open air. "Keiko, Botan. I need to use the restroom."

"Okay, my house is just a few minutes away." Keiko said. So once they made it to the house, Kasumi ran to the bathroom and took a few minutes finding out how to use it. So once she came out, she had a weird look on her face.

"What's the matter?" Botan asked. Kasumi looked at the two girls and didn't know what to say.

"I'm bleeding"