Slowly, Eri opened her eyes, wondering how she was comfortable in the middle of the street. When she looked around, it became clear that she was nowhere near the middle of any street. In fact, she was in a comfortable bed, in a room you'd never seen before. It wasn't a decor you'd pick, being white with pink trim. It looked like one of your little sister's rooms. Then you remembered, you didn't have sisters anymore, or a mother, or a step-father, or any family as it was. Sitting up slowly, Eri could feel the sheets and comforter fall off of her body, and she was still in her street clothes. A small comfort, knowing no one had seen her naked.

Then you heard a shifting sound and turned your head quickly towards it. A somewhat familiar figure walked towards you, but you didn't know where you'd seen him before. The boy, teen... um, man? Well, the redhead was walking towards you. Apparently he had heard Eri sit up, and made his way towards her to see how she was doing. He sat down on the edge of Eri's bed, and looked her in the eyes, his own emerald orbs filled with worry.

A flash of memory came back to her then. Of exhaustion, and a concerned redhead catching her as she passed out in his arms. Was this the boy? Had he brought her here for a reason? The thing that worried Eri was that she didn't know what his motives were. As your mind races through thought after thought, you school your face to remain calm, and wait to see what he says.

"I see you're awake," is the first thing that comes out of his mouth, his voice calming her. 'I didn't even realize I was nervous,' she thought, as she felt her heartrate slow and her courage grow.

Then she had something to say, to ask, now that she felt sure he wouldn't hurt her and wouldn't turn away from her for now. "Who are you?" Her voice was quiet, and shaky, but the words came out.

"My name is Kurama," he answered. "I saw you last night, when you fought that thing. It was brave of you, to confront the youma, but you have no practice with whatever powers you seem to have."

Blunt was the only word for what he had said, but she knew it was true. "What do you want?" she asked, instead of thinking about it.

"Only one thing..." he trailed off, sounding mysterious and making her worry once again. He leaned very close to her, trying to read her expression.

"And that is?"

Realizing that he'd scared the girl, he moved back, saying, "I'm sorry if I scared you, I just needed to figure out why I saw what I did yesterday. Anyways, about what I want, it's only for you to meet someone for me. If it helps any, I'll be by your side the whole time."

"To meet someone?" That was when she reallized why her nerves had seemed to be on fire the whole time. This boy, this redheaded teen, was hiding something, and it felt like demon to Eri, if she could call it that. It was very smothered by something, but it really didn't matter right now. He was standing and walking towards the door. Scrambling out of bed Eri rushed to catch up to him.

"Right, to meet someone, come on, this way." With that he walked out of the room and down hall after hall, making sure Eri could keep up with him and staying close to her.

Eri wondered just what to make of what he'd said in her room, now that she had a chance to think about it. 'What had he seen that had him wondering so?' Looking up in time to notice he'd stopped, Eri barely avoided bumping into him and a large set of wooden doors. Kurama knocked on it, and when it opened, the half-angel felt overwhelmed with the hectic bustle of the ogres, creatures she'd never seen before, running around like chickens with their heads cut off. It was nerve racking for the girl, and she had to stare for a moment, before being nudged along by her male companion through the crowd and into an office. "She's awake and here, sir." He said, stopping in front of a desk. There were four people in the room already and she wondered it he was speaking to one of them, though he wasn't looking at either of them. Instead, Eri looked around to see if any of them answered. There was a short one, with gravity defying black hair, who was sitting on a windowsill staring outside and ignoring Eri's presence entirely. There were two leaning against a wall, one with black hair, in a green uniform, probably for school, and a boy with orange hair in a blue uniform. There was also a woman standing near the desk, but a few feet from it with blue hair, wearing a formal kimono, with an oar in her hand.

Then the chair at the desk turned and Eri thought her eyes were going to bug out. A toddler was sitting behind the desk, looking like he was king? A TODDLER! It was too much. Eri's only brother, ex-brother now, was about this kid's age and he wouldn't sit for more than three minutes, let alone behind a desk like he was at a job. "Hello," the child spoke, shocking Eri even more. "I am Koenma, Ruler of Other World. Your name is?" Eri wondered if he could figure it out if he wanted to. Surely the Ruler of Other World could, if that is truly what he was. Either way, she was shocked beyond words. "Excuse me?" he prodded, and she almost let her name slip.

Then she remembered that she didn't know these people, she had no reason to trust them, and giving away your name was an act of trust she couldn't make at the moment. Not when her trust in people had been shattered by her mother only hours ago. "I won't tell you my name yet," she admitted honestly. "I will tell you when I can trust you."

"You have to trust us," he sighed. "Listen to me, Kurama told us what he saw you do yesterday evening. All we want to know is who you are and how you did it."

"Why should I tell you?" Eri snapped, wondering why she was arguing with someone so young. Or someone who seemed so you, for it was becoming clear there was more to this toddler than he was letting on. It made no sense why they should worry about what she did or didn't do.

He answered plainly, "You could have revealed something that's been hidden from humans for a long time, if you don't tell us what happened you could be in a lot of trouble."

You didn't like this game of 'Twenty Questions', so you decided to tell them enough to get them off you back. "I was kicked out of my house last night, permanently. Then I saw that demon, and I'm half-angel, don't ask for the details, so I knew it was a demon. I attacked it since I didn't have anything better to do or anything left to worry about. I passed out afterwards because I never learned how to control my powers, okay?"

"And your wings? Can you explain those to us?" he asked, cocking his head out of pure curiousity.

Now Eri was lost. "Wings...?"

Sorry about the cliffie guys, but I promise to update the next one soon, okay? I hope you like this, and I hope more people read it this time around. Don't forget, the actual quiz is on Quizilla and the link is on my homepage. Thanks guys, ciao!