hey everyone! whats going on? well i actually updated pretty fast this time huh? you can thank my boyfriend for that, he got me in a writing mood. this was all i got done today but i thought it was enought for now.
Disclamier: dont own YYH, but i do own Serenity, Kanji, Kaze, and Renji, you meet him in this chapter.
chapter 23: Where she went

A grunt escaped Serenity's lips as she began to awaken. Her body felt heavy and wouldn't obey what she wanted it to do. Her senses were still clouded but that was beginning to fade. She was in a familiar place, that all she could tell with her eyes closed.
it took all her immediate energy to open her eyes to see where she was.

But when she saw where she was she wished she has never opened her eyes.
she was back in her nightmares. She was in the dungeon.

She looked around the room and felt the fear rise up when she noticed all the familiar gadgets and stuff hanging from the walls and ceiling. And now that she focused on it she was in those horribly familiar chains against that horribly familiar wall.

She flinched as the door opened and let more light in the dark room, making her have to adjust her eyes again. But the man that walked into the room was unfamiliar.

The person who walked in couldn't have been older than about 10 or so. He was short and it was clear that he hadn't hit a growth spurt yet. His brown hair was messy and unkept and covered one eye. the eye that you could see was a bright amber.

"Hello miss Serenity" said the boy walking over to her with a tray of food, "how are you feeling?"

"Like I'm chained to a wall"

"I'm sorry about that Miss but Master wont let me take you down. He did say that I could feed you though."

"How very kind of him" said Serenity, sarcasm dripping in her words.

"I know isn't it!" said the boy not catching it.

Serenity smiled slightly at the innocents of the boy, not getting why he was here in this sort of place. "what's your name?"

The boy looked confused "I don't have a name."

"why don't you have a name?" now it was Serenity's turn to be confused.
"well my parents never gave me a name they just said kid come here and Master just says boy so I guess Boy is my name"

Serenity gazed at the boy and felt pity, she wanted to get him out of her with her.
"well I will call you... Renji. that is your name now."

"Renji.." the boy muttered.. trying out the name, then a smile spread across his face "Renji is my name!"

Serenity couldn't help but laugh softly at the enthusiasm of the boy.. Renji.
"So Renji how did you end up here?"

"um... I can't really remember. All I remember was someone killing my parents and then Master saving me and telling me I could work here for him and that he would take care of me"

"Yes I saved him and now he is in my dept"

Serenity was so into finding out about this boy that she didn't even sense him enter the room.
"Now would you be a good little boy and leave me and miss Seri alone?"

"Ok, Bye miss Seri!" said Renji as he ran out of the room.

"so how did he really end up here Kanji. I can tell you put a new memory in his mind."

"I applauded your abilities to see right through me my sweet. I didn't give him a new memory just changed his old one. In actuality it was I that killed his parents and decided to keep him as my slave" and then he just laughed.

Serenity just stared in horror at the man that would do something so terrible to a little sweet boy like that.

"But back to the original topic. what am I going to do with you my love"
"there's always the whole letting me go thing"
Kanji chuckled "now why would I let go the thing I just caught?"

"I'm not a prize to be won."

Kanji just walked forward till he was standing directly in front of her and just gazed down at her with his cold black eyes. He raised his hand up and hesitated when she flinched away from him, confusion flashing through his eyes for a second before it was gone. He placed his hand on her face and just stroked her chin and for once, warmth filled his eyes "No your not."

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"so what are we going to do?" asked Yusuke. They had gone back to Yusuke's house to make a plan of action to save Serenity.

"well first we need to find out where she is. I cant sense her or the locket, she's to far away." said Kurama sitting down on the couch with his face in his hands.

"She told me about the old place she was held in"

'really? speak half breed'

Hiei mentally rolled his eyes. "she told me one night when we were talking."

(Flashback)

Hiei was sitting on the roof looking at the stars when he felt Serenity's presence nearing him. he moved over slightly to give her more room. they sat in silence for a few minuets while they both admired the stars.
He noticed she was shivering "are you cold?"

she jumped slightly like she had forgotten where she was, she looked down and noticed that she was in fact shivering. but it wasn't the cold that made her shiver.

"No, my dream made me cold"

Hiei just sat there, waiting to see if she wanted to talk about or if she was just gonna leave it at that.

"I was back that that place. The place he always took me when I didn't do what I was suppose to do. It was cold that night. He made me sit outside in the snow cause I wouldn't obey him."

She paused for a minuet as if she could sense Hiei's anger and was waiting for him to calm down.

" after a few hours he let me back inside and let me take a hot bath to make me 'forgive' him I guess. then he did his nightly routine."

"Meaning he hurt you"

"yea" she was rubbing the scars on her arms. They were hard to see in the moon light but if you looked closely you could see the lines clearly. There were some large ones, small ones, deep ones, and shallow ones. they all ran together on her arms.

"I'm sorry"

She turned and looked at him and saw that he had been looking at her arms.
"its fine. Its not your fault."

they sat in silence again.

"where was this place?"

she sat there for a minuet, as if trying to figure out a exact location.

"its not really that far from here I think, I'm not sure how far I ran in truth so I'm not sure. I think it was around Kyoto. it was this really icky looking building that had floors underground that he used for us. the floor above ground was where he had his people come."

End Flashback)

Hiei told them what she had told him and Kaze who had arrived during all this spoke up "I know where that place is."

Lol, sorry but thats how i wanted to end this one. I'll try and update soon. but we all know how that goes... no promises. but i can tell you in the next chapter they get Serenity out of that place

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icedragongurl16: hehe i know i feel so bad for Hiei and im glad you loved the chapter and you really didnt have to wait that long for me to update this time... wow

Baka Hanyou Rahvin: i agree he has to die, but he wont be killed for a while i think, not sure anymore.

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