After the introduction went well with the girl, now called Chijou, Yukina and Kuwabara informed her that if she cooperated well with the others coming to see her (in that room, since she was not allowed to leave) that she would be able to do two things: gain their acceptance (and realization that she was not a threat), and possibly improve her health (of not only her body, but her mind).

Chijou wanted to remember more than just surface emotions and instinct, so she had showed agreement in the form of small nods. Orange kept trying to speak to her as well, but since the information was coming from him, she was slightly weary. When Yukina would repeat the words, assuring Chijou of their truth, she would put her trust into the other girl and nod her head to show that she had taken in the information being given to her.

She knew her body was weak, feeling the lack of strength in her hands and legs told her that if she did not do something to help herself (or rather, accept the meals given to her by Yukina), she would surely wither away. That time in the static had done a number on her, but she was unsure of how she had gotten there and what exactly had happened during. All she remembered were instances of treetops and not being able to properly process anything happening around her before the static took over. It was only when she had felt that searing pain that she had come to her senses.

Chijou sighed, rubbing the fabric of the Kimono, what Yukina had called it, between her fingers. It was soft. Softer than anything she could have ever imagined touching. Yukina had told her that it was something she had given her to wear, as she had been without clothes when she arrived. Apparently orange and another one of Yukina's people had saved her from a forest. Orange had jumped in that he had to cut her hair because it had grown into the roots around her, and although Chijou had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, she felt a sense that perhaps that clarifying sting of pain from before was caused by that event.

She hadn't truly processed the information she had been given, so she mulled over it again and again as she sat in that room, waiting for whatever else was to happen.

Time was something that Chijou could not calculate well in the room, so when the door opened she was startled from her half-asleep state. She sat up slowly, hoping that Yukina had come back.

"Hello, Chijou. Yukina has informed us of this name you've accepted. She told you we were coming, right?"

Vibrant red entered her view, and Chijou leaned away. Yukina had mentioned two more people coming, but…

"We're a little ahead of schedule, but Yukina said you were doing quite well so we decided just to come and introduce ourselves. My name is Kurama."

Chijou slowly nodded, noting that red had come down to her level, while another (green) figure behind him seemed to be tense and unhappy. Red must have noticed her caution, as he ordered, "Yusuke, introduce yourself."

"I could be doing so many other things than this right now," the other groaned, stomping forward and plopping down onto the floor. Chijou was startled at his sudden movement and brought her legs towards her, shifting to scoot again to her left.

"I'm Yusuke, and I'm gonna be up front with you. I've seen a lot in my day, but your eyes make me really uncomfortable. That, and I really don't want to be responsible for questioning. But, here I am."

Chijou's eyebrows furrowed, and she took a second to comprehend his hurriedly blurted words. He had mentioned her eyes, and it was then that she noticed that there might be something wrong with them past the fact that she could not see well.

"My eyes…" she began, reaching for any word that could help her express her question to them accurately, but found none other than, "…my eyes?"

Red spoke after a moment, "I have a theory as to why your eyes are like this, but we'll save that for another time."

Chijou watched as red grew tall, realizing that he had probably stood. She felt an atmosphere of pride around him, so she decided that it was best that she learned to respect him as well. He seemed to be a leader. Shifting her eyes to green, she noted that he was reluctant in this, and it almost made her feel angry, since she had not asked to be here either. But, she was glad that they were Yukina's men, and not men of some other tribe.

"Well, we just wanted to introduce ourselves for now. We'll come in for questioning, where we will try and help you remember certain things. For now, don't worry too much about it. It will only result in your distress. Someone might be coming to help us, but until we know for sure, it will just be us two doing the questioning."

Nodding slowly at red's words (Kurama, he was a leader), Chijou tried to hold in the anxiety that rippled in the pit of her stomach at the reminder that she had no memory of herself or the events that had taken place at any point before recently. Green abruptly jumping to his feet forced her to forget her sense of dread in favor of flinching back. She was immediately met with a half-assed, "Woops, sorry."

Chijou heard a sigh come from red, Kurama, and felt that perhaps green's personality was always this reluctant and haphazard. It must be hard to deal with this one on a day-to-day basis, and upon realizing that Chijou was going to have to see him more than once, she felt a sigh welling up in her, too.

"Yusuke and I will be back soon, I think Yukina and Kuwabara are going to come again with food before Yukina helps you with a bath," Kurama explained, seeming to get closer to the door before Chijou heard the familiar creak.

They both left without another word, closing the door behind them. Chijou felt her body relax, not realizing she had been so tense. She couldn't shake the thought that she wished Yukina had come along. It wasn't strange to her, since she had more respect for Yukina than any other person she had met, although the one with the raspy voice had seemed to demand respect. She didn't know that one as well, and decided that Yukina ranked above the others.

Kurama, the red one, had seemed to have an aura of leadership and perpetual calm. He had Chijou's respect to an extent, much more than green and orange, but far less than Yukina.

After a few minutes (or was it longer?) of thinking of the people she had encountered and their dialogues, her nose scrunched up as she said aloud, "Bath?"

I'm gonna try to update on Fridays now! But I'm super inconsistent so we'll see! The next chapter is going to be maybe longer, it's gonna be a time skip, but chopped up into parts to show the slow progression of it (the two week trial period of questioning Chijou), instances that are important to not only Chijou, but her relationship with the team.

I'm thinking of bringing Hiei in for a hot minute to help Kurama and Yusuke question her, but I'm WORRIED about how to write him tbh. If I do bring him in, he'll literally go right back to mukuro's army because I'm soooo unsure of how to have him fit in lol so this obviously will NOT be an oc/hiei fic! I'm doing my best to think ahead of the game with everyone and have them react and interact with Chijou with caution, so I hope they aren't too OOC!

anyway! I hope you liked it! thank u all who have followed and favorited so far! you are all great and I love you!