So, I'm supposed to be moving soon and here I am still typing stories. This is not good. I need to focus. Oh, screw it! Like I care...

ME: *looking a little strained* I hope you can forgive me but I'm afraid this fan fic must cool off for a little while...Oooww!... I mean, permanently.

HIEI: *has me in a very painful grip which he tightens periodically to increase the pain* That's right onna. I'm glad you understand me now.

ME
: You can't get away with this! You have no right to... OWWWWWW! *tears start in my eyes*

HIEI: *eyes glinting* One more word out of you onna and this story will be the least of your concerns...

*I fall silent but you can see my fierce anger*

HIEI: AND just in case any of YOU *points out to each of my readers* (Look out guys! He's really on a rampage!) gets any funny ideas. Let me tell you now... Sit down! Shut up! If you don't like it, it's better you leave... or perhaps... I'll make you! This onna does NOT own me or Yu Yu Hakusho. If she did, I would have killed her by now...

ME
: *I look up suddenly panicked* Run guys! He's crazied! I don't know what I did to upset him but... X-X

*knocked unconscious*

HIEI: No one goes ANYWHERE unless I let you...
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"I Don't Think We're In Kansas anymore!"

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Previously:

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Seeing my non-reaction, he sighs, like he's just come to the realization that he must be talking to an imbecile and continues unabated, "It seems that the company that you came to work for has never existed. Strangely, neither do your parents or your friend." I stare at him. He makes no sense, this one.

He's on his soapbox and continues "Matter of fact," he hums, rubbing his chin as he thinks about it "I have been very perplexed. Because, it seems, that neither do you..."

I want to laugh. I want to cry. This world is a land of funhouse mirrors, where nothing ever is as it should be.

Damn it all. Damn it all to hell.

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I'm still stuck in f*cking Wonderland.

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And here is the god damn Mad Hatter himself~~~~~
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I could almost see the world around me crystallize a moment, as I blink slowly over and over again, as I look at him.

Somehow I just keep wishing that if I just blink enough times, I'll clear my vision and all of this will be gone, like magic. Foolish, I know, but a girls' got to try, doesn't she?

The funny thing is, he looks like a normal enough guy.

Ok. So the pacifier is not normal AT ALL, but follow me for a moment:

He's wearing clothes.

Yeah they're a little funny and way formal but they're clothes, he's not naked or flashing me from inside a huge trench coat, and they do look good on him. Plus, you know, at this point ANYONE that can speak to me in English is earning huge brownie points because I can actually carry on a conversation, no matter how weird it is, and not just stare at them in a dumb stupor.

And I'd like to have a third good point to add to the other two, but… that's all I can think of, and it's just going to have to do for now.

So thinking about it like that, I find myself nodding my head, thinking 'Yeah, I can deal with this. Ok. So the guy's just a cracked pot. It's not his fault, right? He's one can short of a six pack, one sandwich shy of a picnic, sure, but he was probably born like that. Most hot guys have at least one major defect. And… I guess… this is just his.' I keep nodding harder and harder, trying to reassure myself.

I straighten up and attempt to make eye contact. 'Ok,' I think idlely, 'Okkkk…. The guy probably didn't say what I thought I heard him say. I'm just going to try being politely and try this one more time... '

Deep breath…

"Excuse you?!" I say just a little, no, way too loudly.

Oppps. Not quite the way I wanted to ease into it… but like I give a rat's as$! Ha ha!

And, unfortunately, saying it out loud just makes me angry all over again.

'Who the hell does he think he is anyway?' I snap in my head, while my face starts to harden.

I wanted to be more rational about this, but yeah, this is nuts. This place is nuts. These people are nuts. Hell, even their animals are probably nuts! Knowing this whack job, he's probably got no underwear on under those fancy clothes and is a closet toe licker or something! I can feel my control slipping, but the more I think about it… like I care.

I fume. 'Just coming in here and saying that? Is he trying to tell me to 'disappear'? Well, I'll just make his kinky as$ disappear behind my fist, if that's what he's saying...'

I seethe furiously.

I recognize that I'm being a total yo-yo right now with my emotions, but hey, you try having my kind of week and not start to lose it a little.

"cough. cough"

"Enigma?"

"ahem…"

"…uh.. Enigma?"

"Hack! HACK!"

"ENIGMA!"

"Hello? Are you still with us?"

I jerk swiftly sideways at the shout, balling my fists in preparation for a fight.

But it's just those two dodo birds.

Botan wanted my irritated attention, and just like she wanted, I come back from the volcano of my thoughts. How rude! Why are they yelling at me? I focus my narrowed eyes on pacifier boy, seeing him with his own eyes closed in reverence to himself and still talking

I finally relax and unclench my fists. As he's got a serious manifesto coming out of his mouth, and the guy is a big fat zero as a threat.

I mumble "Oh, he's still talking. What a surprise..."

After more than 5 minutes of a non-stop monologue out of him, I look at him with as much patience as I can muster and interrupt him, mostly to remind him that he's not talking to an empty room and I say, "Yeah? I didn't catch that last 20 minutes of that, I'm sorry but What were you saying?"

Since I cut him off mid-sentence, he looks at me for the moment like he regrets wasting his time. I sneer a wide grin maliciously…

My mind wanders again, while staring at him up and down…

'Maybe he's late for his appointment with the dominatrix and that's why he's so edgy...' I make myself laugh at this.

"What's so funny?" he says indignantly.

"Oh it's nothing. It's just that I..." but I can't even finish my sentence as my mind plays out perfectly my vision of him in leather and chains on his hands and knees. A vicious woman standing over him, her high heel in his face saying "Lick my shoes clean vermin!" and he obediently replies "Yes madam butterfly"... and leaves me reeling in laughter.

My sides start throbbing from the abuse as I snort and gasp for breath. It hurts. It hurts so good!

Koenma is not amused.

But screw him! Because I am!

He looks at me like he suddenly questions my sanity. I fight for control. It's probably best I don't piss him off too much or he might not help me. So I gather myself tightly and smile at him, my lips still twitching.

"As you were saying, I'm not here...?" I say to him, and bow to him in a grand sweep with my arm extending, utterly grandiose and mocking. He watches me for a moment, deciding to ignore the taunt and eyeing me to make sure I really could control myself this time and then he finally continues "Yes. Well, now you see, I have looked through all my records and can't seem to find anything at all on you..."

But I cut him off swiftly at that! Woah. WoaH! WOAH! Did I miss something important in all his ranting?

"Records? What are you talking about? Who are you? Oh! Wait! Let me guess! You think you're CIA! No WAIT! WAIT A MOMENT!" I grin and clap my hands, fully paying attention to him now, and I point at him, right between the eyes "You think you're God, right?" I grin at him, barely restraining my laughter. NOW I'm on to him! This is some kind of grand joke or this guy is a serious schizophrenic!

And I don't know which would be worse, but what can I do for now but play along and see where this goes? So I wait for him to continue.

He stiffens at my implied insult but continues mostly unruffled, "ACTUALLY, I'm not exactly God, I'm prince Koenma. The son of Yama who IS God, so indirectly the answer is, yes, yes I am."

My lips twitch harder...

Holy mother…. Grant me the strength!

He sniffs lightly out of his nose and dusts imaginary dirt off his left sleeve before continuing, "Now. As I was saying before, there are no records of you existing. Not here. Not in the Makai. Not anywhere. I'm not sure what to make of this..."

My eyebrows raise, "The Me ka eee? What is that? Some exotic island?"

He seems more and more put out by the moment. Suddenly he feels the need to dust the imaginary dirt off his right sleeve now, "Nooooo. It's the world above the Reiki."

My head began to spin, "The Ra ka e? Are you f*cking with me? A world above a world? What are you talking about? Are you on something? You know there's support groups out there for addicts. Do you want me to find you a number? "

He talks slowly now like I'm a baby "The Reiki is the spirit world. I live and rule there. Above the Reiki is the Makai where the demons live."

Now my eyes start to widen "Demons? Aren't they like, suppose to be BELOW us?" I drug out the word 'below' like I was trying to hint that he's getting his mythology mixed up, in his little make believe story and this was his opportunity to fix it!

Koenma looks irritated. "NO! ABOVE the Reiki!" he states, using his arms to point at me and then up to the sky to accent his point.

My eyes still won't shrink, they're wide doors of incredulousness "Butttt, aren't they like supposed to be evil and work for the devil or something?" I'm really confused now. He's taking all this folklore way too seriously and I don't know if I should run or tackle him and tell the rest of them to call 9-1-1!

He begins to look at me confused for the first time, "Devil? What are you talking about? Yes, Demons can be evil just like humans. I'm not sure what you're thinking, but that is just the name for the species that lives on that world."

I look incredulous… "Yeah right. Sure buddy!"

Koenma didn't like being called a liar, or a 'buddy' for that matter.

He puffed out like a puffer fish, spikes and all and drug a nasty looking pointer finger right in my face, "Now. Look. Here! Open your eyes! Those "people" that you know as Kurama and Yukina and Hiei, they are demons. Do you understand me? All three of them! For heavens' sake! If you don't believe me, just ask them!"

For a moment… I wasn't sure if I should bite that finger right off, or… My eyes widen more than I thought was possible...then I erupt into laughter!

'OH MY GOD! This is rich! Now I KNOW that guy is delusional!' I laugh and laugh and laugh, falling against the wall for support. My eyes glitter with tears. I can't seem to stop myself.

The more I think of it, the funnier it sounds!

Koenma looks exasperated at me at this point. Botan comes to my rescue, sort of, "Sorry sir! She gets like that. It's just part of her personality. She's really a lot of fun. Plus...she hit her head pretty hard last night..."

I'm still reeling with laughter too hard to get a pissed off word in edgewise at that remark and he seems to pause to consider it before he nods his head. Accepting that without challenge, or maybe too worn out by it to give a damn, he adds "Yes, clearly it appears it did brain damage..."

I heard that! Now I really am pissed!

Who does that schizo think he is?!

I rush him and shove him into the wall, hearing the thud of his back making hard contact.

I have him by the collar and bring my face right into his. He doesn't fight me, just looks a little alarmed, "What did you say about me, pretty boy?! Just because you... Wow!... You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen...today..."

I'm so close to him I could kiss him. The effect of being too close to see his pacifier and instead just utterly consumed by his eyes and glowing skin… was like the suction of a black hole and more than a little unnerving, but I've obviously learned that a little too late.

His wispy bangs falling against my forehead in a gentle touch… And I wasn't kidding about his eyes...they just glowed and sparkled, like the center of a summer lake. They pulled me right in. I forgot myself.

His lips looked nice too, I wonder if he's a good kisser... Not that I would! "At least, not after his comment!' I brusquely think to myself, dragging myself mentally and roughly from the spell of the moment.

But as I'm standing there I suddenly feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up!

And I don't even have to turn around to know that HE has just come into the room. But I can't seem to help myself, despite my better judgement, I turn around... and see Hiei looking straight at me.

He looks pissed!

His lips twitched at the corners like he is dying to say something, and I could guess it's not nice! His eyes seem to widen like saucers beneath the shadow of his wacked out hair, before, seconds later, dropping nearly closed again to narrow thin lines, alight with a bright red shade so unlike him. Those eyes flashed at me, I swear it.

Then my eyes are drawn down to his hands by the motion of them, as first one and then the other, curve into the undeniable shape of fists. His shoulders seeming to pull back, as if he's preparing to leap forward!

I involuntarily cringe. My whole body, every last little muscle down to my finger tips clenches, and I can hear Koenma choking as I've twisted his shirt all the way up against his neck in the process. Which pulls me even closer to Koenma's chest, as if subconsciously looking for protection.

The tension was so great I felt I might snap in half at any second, as something that seems even more fierce passes over his eyes, like a great storm bringing in a hurricane. What is he thinking? Why does he look at me with such open naked hatred? Or is it hatred?

If not, What is it? What is his problem with me? And why won't he say anything? Just spit out already!

But then the look… just disappears.

It recedes back further and further into his eyes, and the light of them dulls again. Hiei looks like Hiei again, someone who doesn't give a damn. And he looks down and away from me.

Botan carefully detaches me from Koenma and peels me away like an onion, in layers. "Enigma, Why don't you just stand over here?" she says carefully, pulling at my arm.

I look at her and shrugged "Ok." 'I'm still pretty wiped out right now anyway.' I mentally mumble, now that all my fire and brimstone is gone in the chaos. 'I'll take his a$$ out later.' I console myself...

Hiei, who had turned his body away from me, now seemed to use this moment shake off whatever had strangely managed to root him to the spot and walked off towards the other room where Yukina is.

"Hiei." Koenma calls to him very sharply.

Hiei stops immediately, strangely quiet and obedient, but doesn't turn around.

"=something in Japanese=" Koenma says.

Hiei growls loudly at what sounded like a command but then answered in a normal, although extremely curt tone "=something in Japanese="

Koenma straightens himself up at this response and says something again. Hiei just "hn'ed" and then kept walking into the other room, as if Koenma had never stopped him.

And maybe it's just me, as I watched all this go on, maybe I'm imagining things, butI could just swear he refused to look at me...

I turn expectantly to Koenma to tell me what that was all about. And he turns to find me looking at him, surprised to have my full attention and weary of it. But after a moment, as if becoming clairvoyant, he tells me "I can see you're wondering what that was about."

'Well, duh!' I think.

He continues "I was just telling Hiei that he needed to bring you back here later. You'll need to come with Botan and I right now. We're going to the Reiki to have you answer some questions to help figure this out. I think I need a better perspective on this. None of it makes much sense, as I see you can appreciate."

Koenma pauses for a moment and a devastatingly charming smile plays across his lips. He lifts his arm out for me to take. With an equally pleasing and modulated tone, he beacons "Here. Come with me. I'll get us there quickly... Do you really think I have beautiful eyes?"

I look at him floored!

He is seriously weird! But hey, He's cute... and Hiei doesn't seem interested.

And I'm not interested in Hiei EITHER damn it! He's just a punk MF that clearly doesn't care one bit about me! Just likes to torture me, that's all. And he's damn good at it too... or so I tell myself...

I'm about to take Koenma's arm when I remember something... I stop and look up at him.

"I can't go like this!" I say with sudden realization. He looks at me, really looks at me for the first time apparently and says "What do you..." but stops as his eyes are raked over my appearance.

"What happened to you?" He stammered.

And I could only imagine how horrible I looked.

My hair was an absolute mess. I probably would have combed it but...you know... it's still caked with dried blood, bandages and all. I've also got scratches and random bruises all over from who knows where at this point! My poor remnants of my once beautiful dress are now wrinkled and bloody, and I don't even want to know how my face looks at this point!

This is a very long winded answer to have to give but I take a deep breath and decided to try anyway, counting each thing on my fingers "Well... Let's see. I came here with Botan last night...Hiei insulted me...I tried to slap him...had dinner...cleaned the dishes with the girls...uh...went to try to go to bed... someone grabbed me... I split my head open and passed out... had a really wild nightmare... woke up and freaked... passed out again... um... oh yeah! I had eggs and toast for breakfast too! They were really good!" I laughed. I probably laughed too hard.

Yep. That about summoned it up and quite nicely too!

I was nodding my head in approval of my own answer, when I noticed that they hadn't said anything, Koenma or Botan for that matter. I looked up. They looked weird, the pair of them, as they stood there with their mouths open. And I thought that that was a nasty way to wind up with flies in your mouth. So I walked over and closed their mouths for them.

But Koenma recovered quickly enough, apparently either taking what I said as a lie, or an exaggeration. Then he stood straight and said "Sure. Why don't you clean up and Botan will bring you shortly?"

I snickered at his attempt to ignore me for once and said "Works for me!"

And with that... he disappears before my eyes, while I stare after him in shock...

Stumbling forward, I put my hands through the space he was just standing in, but he's really not there? What the f*ck?

My hands keep searching the space, as if my eyes betray, until Botan grabs them and turns me around, saying "He said he was the son of God, didn't he?" before pushing me down the hall towards the bathroom.

I stumbled again, though whether it was from the head wound or the shock, I couldn't say…

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After I letting the warm water run over me, I feel much better.

Even though I had a shower just yesterday it feels more like it's been a few hundred weeks! And if I didn't know better I'd say by the look of me, that someone had been using me for batting practice! My body, from head to toe (especially the head!) was covered in cuts, bashes and bruises. It's like I play Hockey! Ha ha

Looking at myself in the mirror I wonder how I'm still standing. It looks like I'm some kind of walking war refuge!

'Whoo Yah! I am the queen! I am the all powerful she-devil!' I mentally hoot to myself, congratulating myself on surviving this wacky Wonderland!

Hiei's cocky image pops in my mind and I continue talking to his image instead now 'That's right you arrogant, self-righteous, cocky Mutha F*cker! You're going down demon boy!' I smile wickedly at my bruises, 'You couldn't take me down, so now it's my turn to take you on...'

I'm having way too much fun in the mirror and have been in there forever. Botan knocks on the door."Enigma? Are you ok in there? Do you need help?" she says, sounding anxious. I look up and call out "I'm fine Botan!"

She says ok and leaves. It was all too easy, or maybe she's just happy not to have to come in? I hear her footsteps retreating down the hall. Then I turn back to the mirror, dropping my voice to a drip, I say, "I'm just fine..."

My eyes take on an unnatural light as they glint back at me.

Since I came here, I've been on the defensive. I don't like it and, really, I've had enough. I'm stronger than they've given me credit for! I've just got taken by surprise is all. I definitely feel more myself for the first time in what seems forever! I still really haven't a clue as to what the hell is really going on.

Humans...and demons... and gods walking around talking and laughing and fighting and living with each other.

Yeah, like that makes a lot of sense… Other worlds sitting on top of each other like a big butt, and who knows what else what! Next they'll be trying to tell me super humans like the X-men exist! I grin.

Yep. They are a completely weird bunch, the whole lot of them. But whatever, I feel them. If nothing else, they keep life exciting. So if they want me to buy into their delusions of grandeur, why not? It's kind of fun.

While I'm in Japan, I can deal with it! Maybe it just part of the ambience! Ha ha

I go to get dressed and slip on another dress because it's the easiest thing to put on. I check it out in the mirror to make sure it lays nice and I gasp! There are more bruises and cuts than there is skin left! Well, I'm clearly going to have to change into something that shows ALOT less skin...

Then I get an idea and snicker to myself... Maybe I'll pull a Hiei...

I rifle through my stuff hoping I remembered to pack them 'Come on... come ON... YES!' I find just what I'm looking for.

I strut out into the hallway to show myself off to everyone before I leave and pass by the mirror... I can't help it... just one more quick check to make sure everything is in place before I show off...

I'm wearing some of my favorite pieces I own. I have on shiny black satin pants with just a little flair and they slid just below the belly button. The shirt however, is solid black and sheer but not shiny. I really love it 'cuz it is snug around the arms till gets towards my wrists where it flairs out dramatically. And stitched in silver is a wild dragon clawing its way up my left arm. Even the collar flatters me in its oval shape which comes so far to the sides it flashes my shoulders.

My face is also really something. I smoked my eyelids in light gold glitter and tinted my lips to match. I've added enough blush to look a little flushed, but not enough to scream. It sounds a little too wild but against the solid black of my outfit it's really something!

My hair even decided to cooperate with me as I tried to conceal the damage from last night as it lay perfect and flowing so slightly I wasn't even aware it was there. I probably should put the bandages back, while I'm still healing, but right now I'm feeling really vain. 'I just have to remember NOT to scratch my head.' I think.

As an afterthought, I painted my fingers and toe nails a metallic black as well and slipped on matching satin black sandals that were streaked in silver. I was really something to behold! I knew how to look so good the guys would gawk, but today... I'll make them drop to their knees...

I smile wicked into the mirror. 'And I know just the guy to try it out on... Mr. I-am-affected-by-nothing! He's been torturing me up til now. It's time to turn the tables on this Bad Boy!'

I'm feeling high as a kite at this moment. My confidence is through the roof! If my confidence had weight, I'd crush this place! 'And it's show time...' I say to myself as I walk into the room...

It's more than I expected.

Once I stepped into the living room, everyone stopped what they were doing, just froze in place as if someone had screamed "Cut!"

Botan, Yukina and even Genkai just gawked, flat out gawked. Then Genkai, she snorted, choosing to smile knowingly at me, before turning her attention back to a book. 'She'd probably been a naughty thing herself when she was younger' I muse.

Yukina and Botan... they had nothing to say. Apparently they had taken me for a complete dork, and I just blew that notion out of the water! I gave them a devilish grin and then moved on to my real target...

And He was there.

Just where I thought he would be. The corner window sill. How original!

He hadn't looked up when I walked in and still wasn't looking at me now. I know that he knows I'm here but he's obviously decided to ignore me. 'Well!' I thought, 'I can take the bull by the horns if I need to!'

So I saunter over there like I own him and place one arm on each side of his head on the wall. Using my most seductive voice I can muster, I bring my face inches from his and say "Hello... Hiei."

I wait.

Surely he can't ignore me now?!

I've invaded his space and even I know he doesn't like that! It's got to bother him enough for him to respond!

And I was right. It does... and then I doubt my sanity for doing it...

Hiei looks up at me. He says absolutely nothing. But... he doesn't have to. I've... I've never seen him look so angry! He looks absolutely... murderous. His face pulled tight against his bones and his lips pulled with it into a severe line.

His eyes though… they dance with some kind of namelessly powerful emotion that I can't place, only feel electrocuted by. And I feel it then... the hairs raising on the back of my neck for the second time today, as my brain registers the danger I'm in.

I silently wait there trying to control my tremble, exerting all my will to not move my body or my arms. A frightenly exciting game of chicken where I was most assuredly going to become the loser on a skewer. I wasn't exactly touching him, but I was close, so close! The tip of his spiked out bangs just grazed the top of my nose, scratching it with the roughness of the point. Was his hair made of needles, or is it my very real fear that makes it feel that way?

My chest heaved with the quickening of my breathing, my heart was racing now. He could probably feel the heat pulsing off my breasts, his being at eye level with them where he sat.

I waited for him to shove me, knock me down or scream at me. Or hell, most likely shove his fancy sword thingy straight through my belly. The thought of the coming hole was a kind of morbid self torture, and the tingle of my nerves going haywire was bitter sweet…

Was I being brave because other people were there? Or have I just lost my mind finally? I'll never know. As, just as suddenly, I'm looking at the wall.

He disappeared right in front of me!

I spin around but he's NO WHERE!

"What the hell?" I shout. I look to Botan "Where is he? He was here, wasn't he? I'm not crazy, am I?" Then I spit out, horrified, almost nauseated at the thought "He's not some kind of GOD too, is he?"

Botan looks sympathetic, "Yes. He was here. One of the powers that he has is great speed. He can move so fast it looks like he vanishes but he didn't really."

Yukina says nothing to that, but the look she gives me… is irritated, almost disgusted. I turn away from her, deciding to ignore her reaction right now and focus on Botan.

"Powers?" I stammer. Then, unwillingly, Koenma's words start to float back to me, 'Oh yeah. The whole 'he's a demon' thing they have going on.' I want to dismiss all of this so badly, to force this world to act normal and decent for a little while, that I decide to turn a blind eye to what I saw.

'That's obviously one of their delusions but still... there have been so many weird incidents... but it can't be true...' I reason to myself. I black it all out, make myself stand up straight.

Forcing myself to smile as nonplussed as possible, I prod her "Sure. Well, are you ready to go now?"

She nods, letting me play pretend, and says goodbye towards the others with a wave and a smile and walks outside. I start to follow her, then stop and turn around to look once more, looking past Yukinas' cold eyes still focused on me, towards the window sill.

Reaching down, I feel the place where he sat with the flat of my palm, pressing into it gently. It's still warm...

But I shove back the creepy feeling and turning, wave silently goodbye to Genkai and Yukina, tepidly following the direction Botan went, to go out...

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*looking at Kurama with my hands on my hips, my head bandaged and an angry face*

ME: Kurama you've got to help me! I don't know what his problem is but he's off his rocker! Two chapters ago he was getting really snippy with me. Then last chapter he wouldn't even show up and NOW he was so close to killing me I could smell my own blood AND he's even threatening to take out my readers!

*I pull a few of my readers in to show him their wounds*

KURAMA: *looks very surprised* o_O I don't know why he would behave this way... I will talk to him ok?

ME:
*looking very skeptical* I hope so. I thought he'd really like this story and just when it was getting good and he got to be really wicked he starts freaking out on me. I just don't get him...

KURAMA: Don't worry about it. I'll handle him. He gets like this sometimes. He just doesn't know how to talk to people when he has a problem and he decides it just easier to kill them.

ME: Oh... is that all. o_O ... think I'm in trouble...

Well, peoples. Sorry about that! I know some of you pain enthusiasts just love heavy angst but I'm afraid I just wasn't able... to manage it this chapter. Perhaps the next, if I can hide from Hiei long enough to write it!

Review! Review! REVIEW! I need the energy! Tell me exactly which parts you thought were most powerful to you and why. I really enjoy seeing what people like most. Or even what you think really sucked or drug down the work, it helps me improve. Don't worry you can tell me... I'll hide you from Hiei, I promise! ^^-^^