Okay, I have to hurry, sorry it didn't come out yesterday, I'm late, I don't own them, I'll respond to the last reviews in the next chapter.

I have to go to school, so…

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Hiei could smell blood. Again he began running toward the source, thinking sourly, this is really getting old.

Arriving on his destination, Hiei rolled his eyes, although on the inside, he was slightly worried. The girl was one he didn't recognize, with long, black and red hair matted with blood. The wounds were getting much easier to recognize: bombs all over. She must've had a run in with Karasu. The question was, why was she in the kitsune's driveway?

Kurama glanced up as the Koorime zipped toward him. He then focused yet again on the unmoving form in the driveway, and stepped closer when she moaned. He stopped, however, when she lifted a hand to forehead and pushed herself upward into a sitting position, groaning. Even Hiei's eyebrows disappeared under the bandana warding his Jagan.

"Ow." She held a hand to her forehead and opened her tightly clenched eyes. She looked at the blood pouring out of her open wounds, and let out a surprising, "What the hell? Well now, that's mildly disgusting."

Kurama, after first having a bit of a shock seeing her move with all the injuries, walked over and knelt beside her.

"My name is Kurama Minamino. I live in this house." He looked at Hiei. "This is Hiei Jaganshi. Hiei, do you, by any "chance", have any bandages?" He was mockingly polite.

"What do you think, fox?" The black-cloaked Koorime dropped a bundle of cloths into the girl's lap. The red haired teen picked them up and began bandaging her.

"What the hell did he mean when he called you fox? I mean you look more like a pansy to me."

The boys exchanged looks. Kurama muttered out of the side of his mouth, "Oh, great…"

"What do you mean 'great'? Dude I just insulted you, you're not supposed to say 'great'!"

The red-haired boy appeared to be thinking quickly. "I'll explain about the whole fox thing later. First, how is it that you sustained these injuries?"

"Oro?" Her eyes were blank, and she was clearly baffled. "Man, those are big words. Listen, pansy, I. Don't. Speak. Nerd. Got it?"

Hiei chuckled. "What the fox is trying to say is, 'how did you get hurt'." He gave Kurama a look that clearly said, The onna has a point.

"Oh. Well, why didn't he just say so?" The girl sat back to explain a looong story.

Flashback:

Ryu was walking through the woods, near Genkai's shrine, and she was completely absorbed in her headphones. Apparently a song ended, and her eyes open. It takes her a moment to realize that she has no idea where she is.

"What the hell?" Realization dawns, and she scowls. "Dammit, not again, don't tell me I got lost AGAIN!"

Her eyes locked forward as she detected a presence, clothed in black. It was a ways away, and seemed to have a cape, going down to his knees. He also had…antenna? She followed him, and soon saw a girl in a blue kimono, with blue hair, heading toward them. She also had crimson eyes. Ryu registered this because it was something she didn't see too often, that is, unless she looked in the mirror. She saw about four other guys circling the girl.

She shivered. Damn, it was cold. Shaking her head, she brought herself back to the situation at hand. What were those guys – oh, eww… a possible situation arose in her mind, and it grossed her out. She did NOT approve of rapes. She stepped out of the cover of the bushes that she had been in, and stepped in front of the creepy blue girl.

She poked the men in turn. "Hey, you…Gas Mask Freak! Straggly Hair! Um…Dot, and…Tall-dude! Holy hell! Dude you really need to lay off the steroids. You should back off. I can tell she isn't interested with freaks who just escaped from the circus!"

The "gas mask freak" steeped out from behind the tree. "Ah, now this is interesting. Let's have some fun, shall we?" he said, smirking. All the others had the exact same look in their eyes.

"Oh, Fuck. You have GOT to be kidding me." She stuck her tongue out, but suddenly tasted blood as she gritted her teeth at the searing pain in her lower body. Looking down, she saw holes all over her body – giant, gaping, fleshy holes.

Her last thought before "dot" kicked her in the head and she lost all consciousness was, What, is there a minefield here? Then she saw a boot coming toward her head, thought, Oh, shit, felt screaming pain through her head, and –

Darkness.

End flashback.

Hiei's eyes were wide when she opened hers. She registered for the first time that they, too, were crimson. Wow, I'm meeting a lot of red-eyed people these days, she thought.

"Yukina," the Koorime whispered.

"Go. I'll be alright here." That was the "fox". Next time Ryu looked over, she didn't see anything other than a black blur.

"Hey, where'd the Goth kid go?"

"To save Yukina."