I woke up the next morning a few hours after the sun rose. I left my cloak and scarf in the room and walked outside. I started to think of ways to get home.

"LOOK OUT BELLOW!" Matt shouted and jumped off the roof.

Sora walked outside and jumped back. "MOM!"

I teleported to the left and didn't say anything.

Matt wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly before I could do anything. "Aww! Look how quick you were!"

Sora stared. "Ehhh…"

I teleported out of Matt's grip.

"Hey! That's no fair!" Matt said.
Sora grinned. "Cool."

I looked at Sora. "It's pretty easy to do."

"Really?" she asked.

Matt blink. "Easy? Wow!"

"Yeah." I teleported behind Sora then again in front of her. "See? Easy."

"What do you have to do?" Sora asked.

"Yeah!" Matt gave a big smile.

"Well, ever hear of Spirit Energy?" I asked.

"Not really," Sora replied. "I don't learn much—except from my Dad."

"OOH! I have!" Matt said.

"Okay, well…" I looked at Sora. "Spirit Energy is basically… well… Spiritual Energy flows through most people in the world. This energy is often used in fighting, and some people and other creatures like demons use it in their attacks." I thought for a moment. "You can use it up but it recharges over time. I use it to help teleport."

"I see… I'm guessing it doesn't require much to teleport, right?"

"No, but how you do it is a little more complex."

"Oh, that makes sense. Do people vary in the amount of Spiritual Energy?"

"Yeah," I replied. Sora seemed to understand and ask question that mattered. She would learn really well. "But it depends if they train or if they don't."

"Wow, that makes a lot of sense. More than plants, at least," Sora said.

"Yeah, Plants are very, VERY complex. But not when you are one," Matt agreed.

I looked at Matt. Matt blinked. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Sora was trying hard not to laugh.

"Are you a 'plant'?" I asked again, hoping to understand it a little more.

"Uhm, uh…" Matt blushed. "Yes. We all are. Me, Vash, and Sora."

I glanced at Sora but she remained silent. "Oh, okay." I shrugged it off. I was a demon. I knew more things then humans do and it was like an everyday thing.

Matt sighed. "You're the first to know—don't tell anyone."

"Yay! He knows the truth now—well, not entirely, but… YAY!" Sora said then hugged me.

"I won't. I know how to keep a secret." I picked Sora up. I had a soft spot for children. "Besides, you helped me so I won't tell."

Sora smiled. "We like to help people. It keeps everyone from thinking we're criminals."

Matt blinked. "Oh, CRAP!"

I looked at Matt. "What?"

"Eh, well, me and Vash are going out on the Sandsteamer… I need you to watch Sora."

Vash peaked his head out of the door. "We have to go to New July to meet up with old friends."

"Um… All…right…" I replied.

"Thanks!" Matt said and grabbed Vash's arm. "TO ZE SANDSTREAMER!"

"Okay, okay! I'm coming!" Vash replied.

I looked around for Sora and saw she was gone. Oh great…

"Hiei, up here!" Sora called from the roof.

"What the…!" I said then teleported up there.

"See that big thing over there? The thing that looks like a boat through the sand?"

"Yeah. What is it?" I asked.

"That's the Sandsteamer. It's 1st class, too! REALLY big!"

"Wow."

"They don't stop in May City often. Good thing it is."

I thought for a moment. "Hey, why don't you show me around?"

Sora looked at me. "Me? Oh, okay. Sounds good to me."

"Okay." I picked her up and teleported us both to the ground. "And that's what it's like to teleport."

"Awesome!" She gave a big grin. "Feels like going through a vortex in a space time continuum."

"Um… Yeah whatever." I put Sora down and looked at her.

She laughed. "I'm kidding!"

I smirked.

Sora grabbed my hand. "Well, c'mon! I'll take you around town. Let's go to the Weapon's Stock!"

"Alright," I agreed and followed her.

Sora took us to a small store on the corner of the street. It didn't look like much on the outside. Sora swung the door open. "Hey, Alph!"

"Well, if it isn't Sora! Brought a friend, I see…"

I remained silent and looked around. There were weapons all over the walls and along the counter.

"Hiei, this is my favortest shop owner, Alph! He owns this happy weapons store."

"Yo, Hiei. Nice to meet ya'."

"Same to you." I looked at Sora. Her attention was on a giant shuriken on the wall.

"I'll get it one day…" I heard her say.

"I doubt that, Miss Sora. You know it doesn't come cheap. What would you use that ol' Omegaton Shuriken for, anyways…?"

"Yeah, I'd like to know too," I said.

She shrugged. "I just like it, y'know. It sure beats a gun any day."

"In these times, I doubt it! I bet you can even lift it, nor throw it."

"I think I'll have to agree with him." I had a feeling if I sided with him we'd be proved wrong.

"I bet I could! Let me try, I'll show you!"

"I can't let you hurt yourself, but if you insist," Alph said.

I stepped back and watched as Sora ran over and adjusted her hands on it. "1… 2… 3…" She lifted it off the wall then adjusted it to where she could balance it on one hand.

"Well, I'll be damned…" Alph said impressed.

"Impressive," I said. "But can you throw it?"

"Not in here, but… I bet I could!" Sora said happily.

"I'm going to have to go with her on that one… C'mon out back, test it."

I followed them out back. I watched as Sora adjusted it behind her back in an arch.

"See that old piece of plant? That's a 50'mark. Try'n hit it, girl," Alph said.

I watched Sora. She started to whisper quietly. "Steady shot... give it all you got... no retire, wait... and... fire." She released the shuriken as it whirled around and hit the plant and returned to Sora, and then she caught it perfectly.

"Heh… Girl's got spunk, and brains," Alph said.

"Yeah, I'm impressed."

Sora walked over, "So, maybe now do you think I can use it."

"You'd need training. A sword and gun can move faster than that, still. The Omegaton is used for far-away many targets."

"Can I see that Sora?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh, sure." She handed it to me.

"Your turn, I guess," Alph said.

"It's heavy…" I looked at the target.

"Naw, it's not! You wouldn't really say that! It's actually pretty light to me."

"Hn, I didn't say it weighted a thousand pounds. If a weapons heavier than my sword I consider it heavy."

"Okay…" Sora stared at me.

I threw it… watching it fly towards the mark… it fell just short of it. "Damn…"

Sora blinked.

Alph mumbled then laughed.

I growled. "Shut up. I do better with a sword," I said then walked over and picked up the fallen shuriken.

"No doubt. You're built for a sword. However…" he looked over at Sora. "She doesn't look like she could even use anything other than a gun."

Sora blinked. "Me? NAW!"

"No, I think she could use other weapon than just a gun."

Alph blinked. "But, she's just a kid."

Sora remained silent, watching us.

"I was a kid when I mastered this." I touched the hilt of my sword. "If it's one thing I've learned it's don't under estimate a kid."

"Whatever you say, Hiei."

Sora looked up at me. "Hiei… did I ever tell you that you ROCKED!"

I smirked. "I don't believe you have." Still smirking I continued. "But thanks."

Alph smiled and went back inside. Sora grinned at me. "Riiight," she said and headed inside.

I sighed. I missed home. But one) I had a debt to pay and two) If I was going to get home… I was going to have to find out who or what brought me here in the first place.

Sora grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the Weapons Stock. I watched her for a moment, wondering what she would do if I pulled my arm out of her grip. I decided against it. As long as she was content and happy I wouldn't have to go chasing after her. I had a feeling she would put up one hell of a chase too.

"So, you're going to show me the rest of the place?" I asked.

"Oh, sure! Let's head on. Any place you saw you wanted to check out?"

I shook my head. "Not really. Go ahead and lead the way."

"No," Sora argued. "I know you're lying! Any suspicious-looking places?"

I knew it. She wanted to drag us into trouble or something among that line.

"Well?" Sora demanded.

"'Suspicious-looking'… Not that I can recall…" I lied. There were plenty of 'suspicious-looking' places around here… At least to me they were. But I've been told I'm paranoid of everything.

"Here, we'll walk on the main road," she said then started dragging me again.

"Okay," I agreed then let her continue to drag me.

"Well… any odd-looking place?" she asked. This girl didn't give up.

I looked around. "Um…" I looked at her, and asked, just to be sure. "Why are we looking for 'suspicious-looking' places?"

"Because! Maybe we can get into a fight," she answered.

I knew it. "No." I picked her up by her arm and made her face me. "I'm supposed to baby-sit you. You're not getting us into trouble."

"Awwww! But—But--!"

"No."

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!"

"No. If you get hurt or killed your mother will kill me." I've seen Naoko with Silrowen. The last thing I wanted was an angry mother.

"She won't know!" She insisted. "I heal really, really quick!"

"No, I mean it."

Sora thought for a moment. "Oh, are you saying you're not good enough to protect me from the pathetic weaklings of this damned planet called Gunsmoke, proper name hell?"

"No, I'm just saying I know how and what a mother does to protect her kids AND takes revenge."

"Hiei! I thought you were cool!" For some reason that one oddly enough hurt a little.

"Hn." I put her down.

"C'mon! I won't get hurt!"

"No," I said more firmly this time.

"Oh, then what are we suppose to do?" she asked.

"You're going to show me the town." As long as we did that, I could learn my way around this place and I wouldn't lose sight of her, she'd have something to do along with it.

"NO!" I winced. Damn, that plan's gone. "I refuse to."

"Fine, we can just go home if you want."

"Fine. But I'm not doing anything for the rest of the day," she said defiantly.

"Alright."

At the moment… I learn of Sora's evil little brilliant mind as she grabbed my sword, shouted "Later!" and ran down an alley.

"Hey! That little…" I ran after her, plotting all the evil things I would do when I got my hands on her.

Sora dashed down multiple alleys and I stayed close to her. I'd use the speed that I was partly famous for but I had a feeling that if I did I'd run into one of the tightly fit wall. I went to jump on her then she disappeared.

"Wha-!" I stopped running and looked up.

Sora jumped across the rooftop over me. "Later!" she called then winked and ran again. I smirked. Wrong move, I could move freely through the open space.

I teleported in front of her… then she disappeared again. "Down here!" I looked over and down and she ran into another alley and into the darkness it offered. "What the hell!" I mumbled and teleported in front of her and grabbed my sword.

She smiled at me. "See, now that's fun."

I smirked. And made sure it was an evil smirk. "You want to see fun…?"

Sora disappeared again and shouted from another rooftop. "I have fun everyday!"

Cussing loudly and swearing I wouldn't tell another child how to teleport, I teleported up and behind her then picked her up and held her under my arm and teleported out of the town, into the desert.

"What! What's your problem?"

"I have an idea," I said, smirking again.

"What?"

I saw Sora's gun while I was chasing her. When I saw it I remembered I dodged Sniper's bullets so why not hers? "You're going to shoot me with that gun."

"Are you sure…?" She asked hesitantly.

"Yeah. Trust me, just shoot."

"Oh… Okay… Are you sure?" she asked again.

"I said yes."

"Okay…" she got ready to fire.

I stood my ground. "Ready when you are."

"Steady shot… Give it all you got… no retire… wait and fire!" she mumbled then fired at me.

I leaped to the side, becoming a blur to an un-trained eye. I stood straight and smirked at her. She fired again and I teleported this time, to her right. I looked up to see her reaction when she fired again right away… like she knew where I was going to move. I teleported again and she fired again. I flipped backwards as the bullet hit the ground in front of me. She fired once again and I teleported behind her but she had already turned and fired. I felt white-hot pain rip through my left leg.

"Ow! DAMN IT!" I shouted and dropped to the ground, not being able to move my left leg.

Sora blinked then remained silent for a moment like she didn't realize what had happened. After a moment of silence except for my mumbled swearing she jumped up and shouted. "YESSSSSS!"

I blinked, watching her until pain made me wince and I studied the wounds for a moment. It didn't go far but it hurt like hell. I reached into the wound, hissing quietly from the pain and catch the edge of the bullet with two of my clawed fingers, I pulled it out and laid a hand over the still bleeding wound then closed my eyes, and healed it. As I healed it a black crystal shaped like a dragon that Naoko had given me glowed as I use my chakra energy.

"Not bad. I don't think I've ever been hit with a bullet," I said.

"Never?"

"No, at least none that I can remember."

"Wow. So, you think I'm any good?"

"Hell yeah. If you could hit me I'd say you're more than 'good'. So you wanna try again?" I asked.

"Okay!" She answered excited. I got up and ready. She aimed and fired as I dodged at my high speed again.

As the sun went down we sat in the sand. "So how long will your parents be gone…?" I asked, tired from dodging bullets all day. I glared at any ningen who passed and stared. My shirt was ruined from bullet holes. I had at least three in my shirt and the one she got on my left leg.

"They'll be back by tomorrow."

"Okay, if we get up early enough I'll let you shoot at me again. How's that sound?"

"Yay! Sounds GREAT! I knew you rocked!"

I smirked. "Alright, but that means you better head off to bed now."

"Awww…" she complained.

"Come on." I stood up. "I'm going to bed too."

"I don't wanna…!" Sora tried to run.

I grabbed her by the shirt. "I don't think so. I'll let you stay up for a little longer but I'm tired."

Sora folded her arm and started pouting. "Fine…"

I yawned and watched as the sunset. My thoughts began to drift to home until a gunshot snapped me out of it.

I looked over and saw five people running. "Heh! Looks like we'll get away after all." Bandits… well, ningens who thought they were bandits. "Hn, amateurs."

"Sooo…! We gunna stop them!" Sora asked.

As long as these bakas were there Sora would be tempted to go. "I'll stop them. You stay here. I don't want your mother to kill me." Or try to kill me at least.

"Sure…"

I teleported in front of who I guessed was the leader. He stared at me for a moment while his mind registered what happened. "What the--!"

Sora chose that moment to run in and shoot two of them. "Woo! GO ME!" she shouted.

I knew I looked annoyed. "Sora…" The one who was in front of me put his gun to where my head was and shot I ducked easily and drew my sword, slamming the hilt of it into his stomach. "Hn. Like I said, amateurs."

Sora started firing like a nutcase and I knocked two more out. I looked at Sora. "Sora! You can calm down now. They're done."

"Wha? Oh. Sorry. I was having fun…"

I sighed. "I know you were but they're done. Come on, it's time for bed." I started to walk inside.

Sora tried to sneak away so I teleported in front of her and picked her up. "I don't think so. It's bedtime."

She started struggling. "C'mon! I wanna go mess around more!" Didn't she ever get tired or did I just need to pick up on my training again?

"No." I walked inside, still carrying her.

Her hands latched onto the doorframe. "No, no, NO!"

I pulled her off of it and walked to her room, tossed her on her bed and smirked. "Alright."

"Fine. Goodnight."

I knew it wasn't that easy. "'Night." I walked into my room, pulling my bandana off to watch what I knew she was going to do as she stared at the window with a smirk.

"Don't try it!" I shouted from the room I was in. I still refused to call it my room.

"BUT!"

"No!"

Sora sighed then laid down. "I'm not sleeping."

"Fine." I mumbled.

She started to get up after a few minutes.

"Don't try it." I walked in her room. "If you don't go to sleep then you're not going to wake up early then we can't practice again."

"But- b-but!"

I was silent for a moment. "'But' what?"

"Nothing… Can I open the window, at least?"

I hesitated. Whatever she could do I could handle. "Fine."

She slid it open. "Okay… Going to bed now…" she sighed.

"Alright right." I walked back into the other room.

She waited for a moment as I watched with my Jagan and then leapt out the window.

I teleported in front of her. "Why the hell are you so stubborn?"

"Because…" she said then slid past me.

I grabbed her again and sighed. "What will make you go to sleep?"

"Nothing!" she tried to run.

I picked her up. "Oh really? I can find your mother and ask her without leaving this spot."

She continued to squirm. "I don't care! She won't make me!"

I closed my eyes, finding Matt with my Jagan I called out mentally.

/Matt/

Matt blinked. /Oh, hey, what's up/

/How do you get Sora to go to sleep? She refuses to go to bed./

/Well… that means she doesn't like you. And won't listen to you—or me for a while./

Sora kicked me in the shin.

"Ow. Damn it…" /Okay./ "Now what…?" I said more to myself.

"LET ME GO, DAMN IT!" Sora shouted.

/You might have to knock her out, so ya know./

/Oh great. You'll let me do that/ I looked at Sora. "You watch your language."

"HELL NO!" She shouted back at me.

/Only if you have to. She might calm down after a while./ Matt replied.

/Alright, I'll wait a while./

"Let me GO!" Sora screamed.

"Would you shut up?" I teleported back into the house.

Sora tried her best to run. I had to give her credit for not giving up yet.

"Stop it. Why won't you calm down and go to bed?"

"BECAUSE! I don't want to!" Sora looked like she was focusing on something.

I knew I looked annoyed. "I'll give you one more chance to--" I couldn't finish the rest because the little brat teleported out of my grip.

"HA! I'm not listening to you ANYMORE!"

"What the hell-! Get over here!"

"I only learned from the best…" She smirked.

"You're going to get it now."

"Oh, c'mon. You know I'm stronger than you…"

"No you're not." I teleported behind her grabbing her again.

She struggled for a moment then teleported outside. "I need practice… I can't go that far yet…" She blinked. "Crap!" She started to run but I teleported in front of her.

I picked her up. "You have not seen my powers yet and I don't feel like wasting my energy on you. Don't make me knock you out."

Sora escaped my grip and took a step back. "You don't even know me…"

"Hn. And what do you mean by that?"

"I can tell you're underestimating me. You couldn't knock me out if you tried!"

"Wanna bet?"

"Yah." She jumped up and pulled on my arm, pulling me off balance.

"Ack-!" I struggled to get my footing.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I not pull hard enough?"

I scowled. Glaring at her I let my Jagan eye open. "How about we play a new game?"

"And that would be…? What, 3-eyes?"

"No, that would be 'let's see how much it'll take to get Sora to go to sleep." My Jagan glowed as I started to get past Sora's mental barriers. They were surprisingly strong for her age.

She looked away. "No fair! That's cheating!"

"Bandits don't play fair. Go to sleep now." My Jagan glowed slightly brighter as I got into her mind.

"N-no!" She said, becoming weaker and tired.

I smirked. "Nighty night." I said and she only fell to her knees. "Damn you're stubborn." I put a little more of my will behind the command in her mind to fall asleep.

She finally fell asleep against me. "Damn… it…" was the last thing she said before going completely asleep.

I smirked and teleported us both inside. She remained asleep and would for the rest of the night. I walked into the empty room and fell asleep pretty quickly.