Before I even had the chance to look around, something hit me in the side. I started to scream but it faded in my shock as I adjusted Akumei in my arms. The collision had jarred him loose. At the same time, I glanced towards what had hit me. My eyes went wide as I saw Dark stare at me in surprise before flying off.
Then I became aware of the shouting. "There he is!" "It's the phantom thief!" "Get him quick!" I jerked my head over my shoulder and saw that on a nearby rooftop were several people, all dressed in police uniforms with guns out and ready. I cried out as a bullet whizzed past. Gradually it dawned on me that they thought I was Dark. After all, who else would be flying in the air with black wings in the middle of the night?
"Wait!" A new voice rang out above the others. "Hold your fire, that's not him!"
Before he had finished speaking, another shot rang through the air. I screamed as it found its target and then started falling. Landing with a thud on the building next to the one with the officers, I rolled a few times and then lay still. The hit stunned me for a moment and I lay there for several minutes in a slight daze before the pain finally came.
When I first felt it, I had no idea what was happening and then I got the message loud and clear. I had been shot. It was not a fatal wound, but far from it. I had been hit in my mid right thigh. Now I clutched it tightly with both hands, rolling gently back and forth. Both eyes were shut tight and teeth were clenched as the blood poured out in a steady flow.
I was vaguely aware of shouting close by. Someone screamed "Satoshi" and I snapped my head to the side just in time to see the boy leaping across the gap in between the two buildings. "Don't!" I screamed but he was already in the air. He hit the rooftop I was on and rolled forward, somehow coming up on his feet.
I heard him approaching but couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. They were watering badly and blurring my vision anyway. My ear twitched as Satoshi knelt beside me. "Let me see…" He murmured and practically pried my hands from my leg. "Why are you already covered in blood?" He asked quietly. My stomach, waist and legs were stained with dried blood from the strange bruises. Luckily, the water from my visit to sea had washed it from my back where the wings had emerged.
"I was… attacked!" I gasped out. "But… recently… healed…"
He nodded and told me not to try talking anymore. I heard others drawing closer and something was passed to Satoshi. He set it down beside him and opened the top. It's a… first aid kit…? I guessed with eyes still tightly shut. I tensed as I heard fabric being cut and felt cold metal against my leg above the shot wound. Scissors…?
Satoshi noticed my alarm. "Don't worry; I'm just removing the pants leg so I can see it better." I nodded mutely, teeth clamped together as I felt the fabric slide down and off. "Oh, the real doctor's here now."
I grabbed his sleeve as he started to pull back and watched him through one, half closed, storm gray eye. "Don't let them… take me… hospital…!" I forced myself to gasp out. Satoshi nodded and withdrew, making room for the doctor.
"Thanks, I'll take it from here." The young doctor, who seemed about his early twenties, knelt beside me. He smiled with warm, brown eyes. "Don't worry; we'll take care of you." He assured me as I saw him take in all my strange features at a glance. He ignored them, for now, and focused on my leg.
He checked the other side and sighed. "No exit wound, it's still in there." He said, referring to the bullet. "I'm going in… Are you ready?" He warned me and I nodded, closing my eyes again.
"I've sent my men away so there will be no distractions." Satoshi said as he sat on my other side.
"I was hoping you'd keep a couple around. We need to keep her still. She might jerk involuntarily and mess something up, causing further injury."
Satoshi nodded, pushed his glasses into place, and set his hands firmly on my leg, one above and one below the wound. I tensed and yelped and he pulled back, startled. "Her skin looks like it's just been healed…" He said, glancing again atthe many bloodstains on themy clothesand remembering that I had said I was attacked.
"Well we have to act now anyway." The doctor ordered, and Satoshi replaced his hands on my leg. I felt the cold metal plunge into the skin and screamed, starting to writhe around. Satoshi nearly pulled back but caught himself and instead held more firmly. Even with the rest of me moving, somehow my right leg was kept still.
After several agonizing minutes, the doctor pulled back and I heard something small being dropped against the roof: the bullet. "Got it, you can let go." He said and Satoshi withdrew, looking guiltily away from the red handprints on my pale skin. "It's not your fault." The doctor smiled, noticing. "You did a great job of keeping her still. Now I just have to wrap her up and we're done."
They both jumped and stared at me as I gasped. My body jerked and both eyes flew wide, dark gray pools wet with unshed tears. I began to glow again and they watched in shock as I started changing. My mouth opened to scream but no sound came out. The markings slowly faded from my face and the fangs shrank down to human length. My claws became fingernails, just slightly longer than average for humans. The tip of my black hair turned silvery white and spread quickly upwards, dying it all. The tail was gone entirely and my ears were now that of a normal human. Finally, an ice blue appeared in the center of the wide gray eyes and extended until it turned the whole thing the color.
The faint glow that surrounded me faded away and I gasped again before starting to breathe hard. The eyes drifted closed and I lay still. Satoshi and the doctor exchanged glances, his shocked and Satoshi's expressionless.
Gathering courage, the doctor went back to my side and started unrolling a strip of gauze. "In all my years at school, they never warned me of something like this." He joked nervously as he quickly, yet still skillfully, wrapped my leg. The bleeding had slowed some, however you could already see it seeping through the bandage. "Now, we'll help you off this building and drive to the hospital."
My eyes widened and I shook my head frantically, making myself dizzy in the process. I held it tightly in one hand, unable to speak, and staring at Satoshi pleadingly.
"Actually doctor…" He started. "I will be taking her with me."
"What? Why?" The doctor exclaimed.
"She is similar to Dark and might be able to help me catch him."
"No, I cannot allow it. I'll take her even if I have to carry her down myself." The doctor declared as he turned towards me. "Hey…!"
I was scrambling toward where I guessed Akumei to be with my injured leg dragging behind me uselessly. The doctor ran after me just as I went around behind the room where you enter the roof from the stairs. Akumei was lying against it and I breathed a sigh of relief as I noticed he seemed unharmed. I pulled him back first towards me and wrapped my arms under his around his chest so when I rose he came with me.
"Don't try standing!" The doctor shouted. He was less than five feet away from me, coming from behind.
I looked over my shoulder at him and he froze, caught off guard by my icy glare, intensified by the piercing blue eyes. Turning away again, I flapped the wings once and shot off into the air. In my human state, it was even harder to hold Akumei than usual and I staggered around, dipping low and then forcing myself to climb back. I gritted my teeth as I heard shouts from below, breaking my concentration. "Hey, it's the girl!" "She's flying away!" "Should we try to stop her?"
Then I heard the doctoring bellowing over the side of the roof at them. "Get her back! She's injured and needs to go to the hospital!"
They just want to figure out what I am… I thought irritably as I tried to speed up, but failed. I started dropping again and just as I fell, a net whizzed over my head. I gasped silently in shock, still unable to speak. I'm already hurt… What are they thinking? I glanced below myself and saw a forest. Looking back at the police and seeing that they were aiming giant guns at me, which I assumed were what shot the net, I decided to enter. I folded my wings and fell straight downwards as another net shot past.
We burst into the treetops hard and I grabbed out frantically, tearing my weak human nails as I latched onto the bark to keep us from falling further. We were just under the top level of leaves but high enough that the ones below kept us hidden as well. This will have to do… I sighed, breathing heavily. I adjusted myself on the branch that was biting painfully into me by setting my back to the trunk and placing my injured leg outstretched on the branch in front of me. My other dangled down until it found its own foothold. I discovered an extra broad branch beside me and propped Akumei there similar to how I had seated myself except I held his arm in case he fell.
I had almost caught my breath when I heard the police crashing clumsily through the forest. Two stopped below me and I flattened myself to the trunk, watching through a tiny gap in the leaves. "Hey, any sign of her yet?" One of them asked.
"Nope…" The other replied. "But did you see when she took off again? Her hair was a different color! And she was carrying someone with her!"
"Yeah, I think she had him before, we just couldn't see because of the wings. I wonder what happened to make her hair change though…"
"Yeah, pretty weird huh?"
"Hey, you two…!" A third voice cried out. "Continue searching!"
"Right!" They said together and I heard their heavy boots stamping away through the underbrush.
I breathed out in relief and relaxed my tense body. Shifting slightly, I decided there was nothing I could do but wait it out. They won't find me here anyway. I mean, if they didn't just then, they never will! With that in mind, I held Akumei's arm tighter to me and closed my eyes, drifting into sleep.
At first, I wasn't sure of what was happening but then I realized and bolted upright with a loud yelp. A hand immediately flew to cover my mouth. "Quiet, do you want them to find us?" I sat gaping in shock as I saw Dark sitting on the branch in front of me, dressing my bullet wound with fresh bandages. "So…" He said, nodding resentfully towards Akumei, whose arm I was still clutching. "Who's that?"
I swallowed and found my voice, still just a whisper. "Akumei…"
"What are you doing back here? And with him…?"
"I was attacked and sent from my world again. He came with me to spare me some of the suffering I would have had to experience."
"Like what?"
"When I'm transported, it uses up my energy. He's offering enough to cover for me too so I can stay alert and awake."
"Ah…" Dark murmured as he reached out a hand and let the silver hair fall through his fingers. "I'm not sure if I like this or the black better… What happened? I saw you change."
"You were watching?" I asked and he nodded.
"Sorry I couldn't come get you. I knew they were taking care of you better than I could have and I am on the run…"
I laughed, wincing as he pulled the bandage tight. "It's ok. Umm… since I'm not a full demon I transform into a human one night every month. Mine is the night of the new moon, when there is no moon in the sky. So yeah, nothing special… I've just lost all my demonic features."
"So the wings are part of your human form?" He asked in amusement.
Much to his surprise, I nodded. "Yeah, I was fighting in a demon tournament. I think I may have told you about it. I'm not sure… Anyway, in the final round, my opponent threw some gas at me. I inhaled some and when I came to again I had wings."
"They're pretty nice…" Dark said with a smirk. They were very similar to his, which is why we had been confused for each other and I was shot by mistake.
"Tha-" I was cut off by Dark suddenly pressing up against me, flattening us each to the tree trunk. His hand found my mouth before I had a chance to cry out. I was about to try shoving him off when I heard footsteps and then voices below us. I froze and listened in instead.
"Hey, any sign yet?"
"No, what about you?"
"Nope, nothing. I can't believe he's still having us search! I mean, he's a doctor, why are we even listening to him?"
"You got that right… It's what, nearing four in the morning? I have a family to get back to! Why is this girl so important anyway?"
"Who knows? All I've heard is that she has wings like the phantom thief. Maybe they are hoping to question her. I don't know…"
"Well either way we're stuck here searching…"
My eyes followed Dark's hand as he snapped off a loose twig silently and tossed it away. Both of the soldier's heads jerked up. "What was that?"
"I don't know, let's go check it out."
Their footsteps faded quickly into the distance as they dashed off to investigate the false alarm and Dark uncovered my mouth. He didn't pull away though, and was still leaning against me. My face was growing steadily redder and he laughed when he noticed. "You haven't changed much have you?"
"O-of course I have!" I stammered as he sat upright again. "Just not in that way…"
"Oh…? Then in what ways have you?"
"Mainly physical…" I sighed, pulling softly on my silver hair. "But mentally I still pretty much see things the same way. For the most part…"
"Don't get so down! You look like someone just died." Dark teased, taking my hand. "Shall we…?"
"Shall we what?" I asked.
He sighed in mock exasperation but the smile shone through anyway. "To Emiko's house. We'll be safe there from any wandering cops."
"Wasn't that… Daisuke's mom?"
"Yep! And as much as I love your fashion statement, I think we could find you some new clothes as well."
I blushed, looking over my clothes. The right sleeve of my shirt was missing and so was the right pants leg of my jeans. They were also all bloodsoaked."K…" I murmured. "Oh, but we can't leave Akumei!"
"Don't worry, I'll get him. You can still fly yourself right?"
I nodded. "Yes, just carrying Akumei made it hard for me."
"Hey wait a second…" Dark paused and turned to stare at me. "Akumei… Wasn't that the name of the guy who sent you here last time?" I nodded mutely. "Then why's he here now? Who's transporting you this time?"
"Well we've discovered it's pointless to be enemies so I've forgiven him. He also saved me once… Umm, and I am not really sure who is sending me now. I know it's a young girl but she got me from behind so I haven't seen her yet."
A stray flashlight beam roved over us and we both went rigid, sure we had been discovered. It passed as quickly as it came, however, and we calmed again. As the light went over me, Dark saw something reflecting the light from around my neck. Now he reached towards it and found that it was a thin silver chain. He tugged, pulling the heart shaped locket from my shirt in the process. "What's this…?" He asked, fidgeting with it.
"You're the great thief, can't you figure out how to open it?" I smiled innocently.
He gave me an odd look and then laughed. "No, actually I can't… But let me try something. I promise not to break it." He added upon seeing my face. He slipped a hand into his pocket and pulled out a thin, short metal rod. This he took and shoved into the indent in the locket. It sprang open and he smiled in satisfaction before looking. "Who are they?"
"The two with me are my older brothers. The others are my mom and dad."
"Really…" He mused, looking over it.
Then I realized that he wasn't studying the picture, he was looking past it at me. The chain was still hooked around my neck so he had leaned in pretty close. My face flushed red and he laughed again. "Ok fine, I'll leave you alone. But I guess not really…" He added as he hopped nimbly onto Akumei's branch and slung Akumei's arm over his shoulder. "Ready?" I nodded and went into a half crouch against the trunk. "Ok, just jump down."
We slid from the tree and landed soundlessly. He started running and I sprang after him, wobbling slightly on the hurt leg. Twice we froze and hid in the low bushes as an officer passed by and then darted past while their backs were turned. Finally, we broke from the trees and continued, ducking in between two tall buildings. Only then did we pause.
"Wow…" I breathed. "I was sure we would get caught."
"With me here helping you? No way!" He grinned. "And we get to fly soon so the rest of the way will be easy."
I laughed in relief. "Good because it feels really strange sneaking around in my human form. I can't tell if someone's watching or something as well as I should be able to."
"We'll be fine so don't worry about it. Are you ready to move again?" I nodded and followed closely behind him down the alley.
Suddenly, he froze and grabbed my wrist, pulling me down beside a large garbage bin. He practically threw Akumei beside us and pressed me close against the wall. He turned and looked around the edge of the trashcan, pulling back as another flashlight swept the area.
"Hey, I think I saw someone!" Someone shouted and running footsteps sounded out, rapidly drawing nearer.
"Damn…" Dark muttered, taking my hand and hoisting Akumei onto his shoulder. "We have to get out of here!" He turned and froze, seeing the officers had circled around to come at us from both sides. "Well, only way left is up!" Dark cried as he thrust downwards with his wings and shot from the ground.
With a startled yelp, I was pulled with him, flapping my own wings only after I realized what had happened. Dark grinned at me and then looked ahead, still holding my hand as if I was a small child he was afraid of losing. I frowned and looked away, crying out in surprise. "Watch out!" Before anyone could react, I had pulled my sword awkwardly from the sheath with my left hand and sliced the flying net in half.
"Wow…" Dark laughed after the initial shock. "I'm glad I've got you to watch my back. But since when do they have nets to shoot at me…?"
"I'm right handed…" I murmured and after a moment Dark realized what I meant, and released my hand. I took the sword in it just in time to knock away another net.
"You know this would be much easier if it was just us." Dark muttered.
"Well you can't be thinking of leaving him behind!" I shouted, referring to Akumei.
"No, we could just set him down somewhere and come back later."
"If that's what you think, then I'll just take him and I'll draw them away so you can escape."
Dark just laughed. "Fine, we won't leave him, but we will have to speed up. Put away your sword so you don't drop it. I think we'll be out of their range soon too."
I nodded and sheathed the blade as Dark took my wrist again and pulled me higher. We began to speed up but quickly slowed again. "Can you not go any faster?" I asked, puzzled. "Oh, it's because of Akumei isn't it?" Then I noticed how hard he was breathing. "Hey, are you ok?"
He just laughed at my concern. "Don't worry about me… I'm fine."
"No you're not!" I glanced around below us. "There are still soldiers everywhere so we can't land…"
"I said don't worry about it. We'll be there soon anyway."
I bowed my head with a sigh, realizing it was useless to argue further. "Ah-!" I started. "That's a real gun he's aiming!" Sure enough, as soon as I spoke the gunshot sounded. "Watch out!" I cried, throwing myself in front of Dark.
"Don't…!" He screamed at me but his voice faltered at the end. "What the…?"
"What…?" I opened my eyes, blinking in confusion. "Why wasn't I…? Oh!" In front of me was a solid, yet transparent green wall of energy. Dug slightly into the other side was the bullet that had been fired. If it hadn't been stopped, I would have struck in the stomach. "My energy came back on its own!" This was the first time it had been used besides just to heal myself since the incident in the forest with Hitaru.
"You mean you were expecting to really get hit?" Dark cried in shock. "Why would you do that?" As he yelled at me, he took my hand and starting pulling me again as I had frozen in midair with my surprise. "Why would you do that?" He repeated.
"If I wasn't here, you wouldn't be running like this in the first place. It would be much easier for you to get away!"
He turned and looked me in the eyes. "Promise you won't do anything like that again."
"But-" I stopped and looked away. "All right…"
"Good." He turned as well and I became aware that we were moving much faster than before. The officers were falling swiftly behind us. "Hmm…" He mused. "I wonder why Hiwatari wasn't chasing us…"
"You mean Satoshi?" I asked. "He helped me get away in the first place."
"What? How so?"
"Well, you said you were watching right? He spoke to the doctor and distracted him while I got Akumei and flew to the woods."
Dark shrugged. "Well, whatever… We're here anyway." He said, indicating the house below us. "Stay close to me. There are probably traps set up around."
"Traps…?" Despite my embarrassment, I found myself practically clinging to his arm. We made it through with minor difficulty and entered through a window into Daisuke's room. I folded in my wings to keep from breaking anything.
Dark leaned Akumei against a wall and I stood awkwardly beside the window, staring around. Dark smiled and took my arms, leading me over to the bed where he made me sit. "You've already bled through the bandages…" He murmured, checking my leg. "Hold on a minute." He exited the room and I was left alone in the strange room of someone's house whose owners may not even know I was there.
I jumped as someone burst through the door. "Kira, you're back!" Emiko, Daisuke's mom, shouted. She didn't seem at all surprised that I had wings and silver hair. I went rigid as she hugged me but she just laughed it off and turned to look at my wound. She frowned as she unwrapped it. "Those officers… Shooting at young girls…!"
"I'm fine…" I began as she started bandaging it again.
"No you're not!" She argued, proving her point by pulling them tight and causing me to wince. She stood, job done, and grinned broadly at me. "Now, I get to pick out some clothes for you to wear! And no baggy boys clothes this time either."
"But…!" My voice trailed off as I noticed she was already gone from the room.
Five minutes later, she was back again, arms full. She began rapidly shifting through the pile of clothes, holding something up in front of me and then tossing it away. Finally, she stopped and grinned at me again. "I've found it. Come on…!" She began to pull me after her but stopped as she saw me wobbling on my leg. "Oh right, just a second…" She disappeared and came back this time with crutches. I looked at them ruefully but accepted anyway, slipping one under each arm and hopping awkwardly after her.
We entered another room and she closed and locked the door before turning to me. "Alright, let's try them on!" She handed me an ice blue top, sleeveless and low cut that matched my eyes, and had me get it on. It looped around my neck andwas backless, tied instead in back near the waist, which was perfect for the wings. I wouldn't have to cut holes in it this way. Next came a black skirt, two layers with a shorter one over a longer of the same material. They were both scrunched together in strange ruffles. Once I had slipped it on as well, I found that it barely came to my knees. Emiko, however, loved it. "It's perfect!" She cried. "They look so good on you!"
"But…" I stammered. "I can't fly in this!"
"We'll worry about that later." She beamed, as she took my hand and led me back to Daisuke's room. "Isn't she pretty?"
Dark nodded mutely, eyes wide as he took me in. I was staring at the floor, hands clasped behind my back in a pitiful attempt to make sure the skirt was covering everything. Skirts made me paranoid. I was somehow managing to hold the crutches as well.
"Picture time!" Emiko nearly shouted as she snatched my bag up from where it had been set on the floor and pulled the camera out. In the same movement, she shoved me into Dark who more than happily set his arm around my shoulders. I dropped the crutches in surprise and they clattered to the ground. Dark's hold tightened to support me better. He grinned at the camera, giving a victory sign, as I held my hands in front of me with a crimson face. I forced a weak smile and the camera flashed, taking the picture.
"All right, good night you two!" Emiko smiled as she set down the camera and left the room.
"What…?" I asked in a momentary shock.
Dark just shook his head in amusement as he released me. "So, do you want to sleep on the bed?" I gave him an odd look as I picked up one crutch and he smiled harmlessly. "Don't worry, I won't try anything. That is… unless you want me too." He added with a smirk.
I blushed darker and shook my head. "I-I'll just sleep here…" I murmured as I lowered myself awkwardly against the wall near the base of the bed beside Akumei.
Dark laughed. "I don't think so. Since you're traveling worlds again, when was the last time that you slept in a real bed?"
"Umm…" I paused to think. "It was… on a pirate ship I guess." I laughed softly, scratching the back of my head. "Ah!" I jumped as Dark bent and lifted me easily in his arms.
"That doesn't count." He smiled as he set me on the bed. "I'm sure Daisuke won't mind either. Oh, and when we ran into each other you dropped this." He smiled as he placed Kaidoh's bandana in my hand and then closed the fingers around it. "When you wake up it will probably be Daisuke and not me. So, goodnight Kira…" My eyes went wide as his lips found mine. They stayed for a long time before he finally pulled away, laughing at my crimson face. "Yes, you definitely haven't changed."
I justnodded, wordless, as he sat against a wall opposite the bed and set his head in his arms on the pulled in knees. He closed his eyes and looked to be instantly asleep. I sighed and lay back as well, pulling the sheets over me. It was true. I hadn't been in a real bed for a long time and now it felt really good. I snuggled into them and placed my hand beside my head on the pillow. In it, I still held the bandana. I wonder how everyone's doing… I thought, not just of the boys but of everyone I had met. I sighed again and closed my eyes.
Several hours had passed when I started whimpering. Dark jumped awake and crawled silently over to the bed in time to see a tear fall from my cheek to the pillow. He restrained the urge to wake me as he made out words within my whimpers. "Home… Sesshoumaru… Inuyasha… Don't kill… each other…" I stopped and gagged once, causing Dark to jump again, and then resumed. "Careful of… Stop it… stop it… careful…" Another tear fell. "It hurts… it hurts so much… Ah!" My eyes flew open and Dark scrambled back with a startled cry as I began to glow.
The whimpering increased as my hair flowed black from the top down and the ears emerged again. My nails and fangs lengthened and sharpened and the markings appeared faintly on my cheek and forehead before darkening. There was a small sound of ripping fabric as the tail forced its way through the skirt. Last, my wide eyes turned their emerald green and the glowing diminished.
Dark waved a hand in my face but I didn't move. After a second, the eyes drifted slowly closed again and I lay still. Dark remained frozen for a moment and then decided to wake me. As his hand neared my shoulder, the black wings suddenly unfolded themselves from my back and twisted around, drooping over my face and draping over me. Dark pulled back sharply, shook his head with a smile, and returned to sitting against the wall.
I awoke the next morning yawning as I reluctantly pulled myself into a half sitting position. "Good morning!" Daisuke's cheerful voice rang out.
"Morning…" I murmured, rubbing my eyes. I guess Dark wasn't kidding when he said he'd be gone in the morning… "Sorry I slept later than I meant to…"
"Don't worry about it." He smiled. "You transformed back in your sleep."
I laughed, looking at my clawed fingers. "I have, haven't I?"
"Are you hungry?"
"No, I'm fine." I climbed fully out of the bed now and crouched at its end beside Akumei. "What about you?" I asked, prodding him gently in the side. I sighed as I got no reply and gathered up one of the crutches. I held it under my right arm and stood to face Daisuke again. "He's still… resting…" I said lamely.
He nodded. "I guess you'd want to stay with him so we couldn't walk around the city like last time?" He asked with a short laugh.
"I'd hate to be on the other side of town when it's time to be transported again. I need some better clothes though…"
"Well, my mom went out. She said she had something to do."
"Oh…" I sighed as I sat perched on the edge of the bed.
"Are you ok?"
I laughed at his concern. "Yes, just a small headache is all…" I didn't mention that my leg was throbbing. "Oh!" I jumped as I heard the girl's voice again.
Kira?
Yeah, I'm here.
Sorry it took me so long this time…
It's all right, don't worry about it.
Ok, I'm sending you now.
K. I smiled, looking up at Daisuke who was watching me curiously. "Time for me to go again! Thanks for everything."
"No problem…" He watched as I crossed over, gathered up my sword and camera, stuffed the bandana into the camera's bag so I would not lose it, and then placed Akumei's arm around my left shoulder with the crutch under the right.
"All right, I'm off! Maybe I'll come visit again someday. You never know with me." I laughed. "Bye…"
"Bye…" Daisuke murmured as I disappeared from the room.
Hiei jumped awake at the girl's words. "I've sent her again…" He nodded, scolding himself for falling asleep, and looked around. That fool still isn't back yet? He thought angrily. What could he be doing…? He contented himself with crossing his arms grumpily over his chest.
