Kuwabara was alright. He was lying in his bed, recovering from the shock. I was right, his leg was broken, but it was nothing serious - a week or two and he'll be able to stand and walk normally. Kurama and Yusuke were sitting on his bed, Hiei on the windowsill, I was sitting on the floor and the all-mighty Ruler's Son, Koenma was situated on a chair. Yep, we had a Team meeting of some sort. And everyone, everyone was staring at me. I hate it.

"Ok, Kikyo. Tell us everything." Koenma demanded. I sighed; gotta knew that was coming. But, what to do - better make it fast and clear.

"That night I've had a nightmare... You know, when you couldn't wake me up... Yeah, so it wasn't a dream. I saw it. I saw this day, and what would happen if I DIDN'T jump in to save Kuwabara. You guys did the exact same things I saw the day before. I heard a bird chirping and the roof fell down..." before I knew it, words were pouring from my mouth like water. I ended trailing off.

"What happened in the... Vision, when you didn't jump?" Koenma asked, eyeing me carefully. I shifted uncomfortably.

"Kuwabara... Died." I said emotionlessly. The whole room went silent. And then...

"I COULD DIE!! KIKYO, YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!!" Kuwabara had anime tears in his eyes, pouring like waterfalls. He jumped off of the bed with difficulty and tried to hug me, but one of my infamous 'death growls' stopped him.

"So, you're like, a Fortune Teller now, huh?" Yusuke mused out loud.

"NO! I AM NOT!" I snapped. Fortune Teller? What the heck?!

"Geeez, okay! Calm down, I was only jocking!" the Leader sighed, waving his hands infront of his face.

"Kikyo," I turned my attention to Koenma "If it will happen again, be sure to inform me. I'd like to make some examination on this. Good bye, everyone." the Ruler's Son created a portal and went into it, leaving us in silence.

"So, Kikyo..." Yusuke started, breaking it, "If I'd ask Keiko on a date to the arcade, will she agree?"

I was in such a bad mood, so I just stormed off from the room, but not before giving my Leader a nice slap on the cheek.

"Hey! I was only kiddin'!"

While I was lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling, I heard Kurama's voice telling everyone to leave me alone, because I have 'emotional problems' at the moment. I must remember to thank him later. He gave me the time to think.

Why, after having the vision, I was so upset about Kuwabara's death? Why was I so afraid that it could happen in reality? Why I put my life away to save a Ningen? And, why am I so afraid that it will happen again?

I closed my eyes, trying to stop the wave of questions. I ordered myself to calm down and think clearly. That didn't quite work, more questions came to my mind like an avalanche. If it was Yusuke, Kurama or Hiei on Kuwabara's place, would I jump in as well? Probably.

My ears were catching many different sounds. Footsteps, laughter, the blowing wind, howling...

I stood up quickly and went to the window. The moon was covered with dark clouds. The howl could be heard again. Akari tried to tell me something... I couldn't understand it clearly, but somehow I was sure that Kage will contact me soon... The phone!

I raced downstairs and passed the kitchen, where everyone was eating dinner, as quiet as I could. They were too loud to hear me, but Inuko sensed me. She turned her head towards me, but I put my finger to my lips, showing her to be quiet. She nodded discreetly and turned to Yukina, resuming talking.

Suprisingly, there was only one phone in this whole big-ass mansion. In the living room, next to the kitchen. Just my luck.

The telephone barely made a sound when I picked it up, waiting. If it was Kage, he'll do the first step.

"Kikyo?" yes, it was him. Thank goddness.

"Hey, it's me."

"Good," I heard Kage sigh "I've found something as your next target. Did you hear about-"

"Kage, listen. I need to talk to you. In person. I think I'm going insane here..."

"Hey, relax! Fine, I'll be waiting in the forest near the Detective Lair," Kage snickered before continuing, "Tomorrow night at midnight. Is it okay?"

"Are you sure?" I asked. An illegal demon living in the Human World showing up near the 'Detective Lair' wasn't a good idea.

"Yah, I'm sure. I'll be fine," he reassured me.

"Did I asked that?" I mumbled, but smiled to the phone. Was Kage able to read my mind...?

"Not quite, but you did think about it, no?"

"You're good!" I chuckled silently, glancing back at the door to make sure that no one is coming. Then, my ears twitched as I heard Keiko's voice calling everyone to the living room to watch a movie, which was followed by footsteps. They were coming!

"Kage, I've got to go now, take care," I said quickly as my ear twitched again. I got so lost in our talk... Damn!

As soon as I hung up, the whole Team, Inuko and the girls came into the room and spotted me. I froze.

"Huh? Kikyo? Are you feeling better?" Botan squealed, clapping and flashing me one of her usual wide smiles. Inuko looked at me worryingly. I was so busted!

"Uh... Yeah, I feel a bit better, but-"

"Great! You can watch a movie with us! I'm sure that a good movie will make you feel better in an instant!" the Grim Reaper said cheerfully.

"Yes, Kikyo-san! Stay!" Inuko smiled, throwing me a knowing look. She tried to cover me. I wanted to decline politely, but I decided not to as I saw Yusuke's smirk and Hiei's suspicious gaze.

"Sure, whatever," I responded, taking a seat next to Yukina.

I didn't pay attention to the movie at all. making sure that my mind was blocked, I began to think about Kage's safety. An illegal demon, who is a criminal at the same time, showing up near the 'Detective Lair' wasn't a good idea...

I was standing under a tree in the forest. The sky was completely covered with dark clouds, the moon was crescent. My back was pressed against the tree trunk, my legs and arms were crossed and my ears and nose were searching for any familiar sound or scent. Finally, it came.

"Hello, Kikyo," Kage greeted me, coming from the shadows.

"Hi." I greeted back, pushing myself off of the trunk.

SNAP!

I looked down and I saw a broken stick under my foot.

"Ok, so, what happened? You sounded a bit terrified yesterday..." Kage looked at me with interest.

"Well, it's a long story. To make it short, I've had a vision." I said shrugging slightly.

"A vision? About what?"

"That one of my teammate's was going to die during our mission. And guess what; it could happen in reality if I wouldn't save his life."

The wind blew loudly through the silence, shaking off some leaves from trees.

"Whoah," Kage shivered, studying my face closely with his dark brown eyes, "Did that happened again?"

"No. only that once."

"Well, maybe it's just--"

I heard a shot from somewhere behind me. The silver bullet which came from nowhere, pierced through Kage's chest. My friend choked and spit out blood.

"KAGE!!" I shouted furiously "NOOO!!"

My eyes snapped open as I heard a scream. My scream. I was lying on the couch, Keiko, Botan, Yukina and Inuko were gone. The clock showed 23:46 (11:46 PM). My mind was fogged up and I felt a very tight knot in my stomach, urging me to throw up. I rolled from the couch and fell on my knees, taking deep breaths greedily.

"Another vision?" Hiei's voice rang from far away. I blinked a couple of times and finally snapped out of it. Team Urameshi still was in the living room, everyone staring at me. I coughed a couple of times and Kurama, who was sitting the closest to me, patted me on the back.

"We really should tell this to Koenma..."

"NO!" I whispered loudly, silencing Yusuke.

"But, Kikyo..." Kurama tried.

"No, please... It was only a dream, I swear... Don't tell anyone..." I managed to say between the gasps. I couldn't let Koenma know that I'm in contact with a criminal! And, one of the best assassins, the Illusion Ice!

"Kikyo, listen,"

"No, Yusuke! It's nothing, really."

All of a sudden, Hiei grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me.

"Listen, you baka inu-onna, we're going to report this to Koenma, because we're WORRYING about you! You're the part of our Team whenever you like it or not!" he shouted "Don't you understand?!"

"It's YOU, who doesn't understand!" I pushed his hands away, anger burning inside of me "I'm the one who is seeing those shitty things, not you! How would YOU feel when you'd see the death of your closest friend?! I'm sure you wouldn't want to talk about it any further!" without thinking twice, I stormed off from the living room. I never felt like this before... I always try to keep my emotions locked up inside of me. But at that moment, I unleashed a small part of them.

I was suspecting that I've woken up everyone with my wild screaming, but I didn't care. Throwing myself on the bed, I closed my eyes and buried my head in my pillows, sighing lightly. Even in the darkness, the vision was before my eyes; Kage's horrified look in his eyes, blood...

No. I won't let that happen. Kage will NOT die. I promise...

I rolled on my back and stared at the ceiling. My nerves seemed to calm down after about 2 hours and slowly, I drifted to a dreamless sleep.