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I found myself sprinting back to the city. After all, that was what Master had commanded for me.

I was to pretend to be out of breath. I was supposed to have been running for hours, narrowly escaping the clutches of my 'evil' Master... I would convince them that I had broken free long enough to escape, and, in desperation, tried to make my way back to them for help. I was fearful and afraid. Indeed, I would let them in on what Master had planned....after all...there was no way they could stop him now!

Running was, admittedly, physically exhausting, but the prospect of serving my master was all I needed to keep me going. Dashing my way down block after block, around corner after corner, I finally saw a sign indicating the city limits. The sun was low in the sky, and twilight was coming to cover the city in a thick, gloomy blanket. It was all so breathtaking. It was quite a shame that I could not stop briefly to enjoy it. I was much too busy. After panting and forcing my burning legs to carry me just a little farther-- just a little farther! A tall, hulking figure, it would seem, began to run towards me as well.

Stopping in my tracks, I eyed it cautiously. Huffing and puffing, it came nearer and nearer until I heard an ungodly, atrocious grunting nose. The figure approaching was clad in blue, his fire-red hair flopping around in the wind as he ran towards me, a bit of a march to his step. The biggest idiot of them all...Kuwabara.

"Hey Amaya--"

"Kuwabara! Oh! Thank Yamma!" I flung myself at him. He seemed to tense under my embrace, having initially (and correctly) assumed I was still under the effects of the agent.

"Oh... Oh..you're..you're not all funny anymore?" He asked, startled, putting his hand behind my head.
"All funny? Kuwabara what're you-" I broke myself off to sob dramatically into his chest.
"Hey, it's okay! Don't cry! We're gonna help you. We're gonna fix you."

He pulled something out of his pocket -- a walkie talkie-- and began wildly pressing buttons on it.

"Urameshi! Hey Urameshi! I found her! I got her! She's okay, she's normal!" He shouted into the phone.
"Great where are you?" A faint reply sounded through the speaker
"I'm in front of the old Hariyuki Hotel! Get your butts in gear!"
"We're on it! Don't move!"

There was a resounding static noise on the walkie talkie, and Kuwabara slipped it back into his pocket.

"Calm down! It's okay. Yusuke and the others are coming. Calm down!"

We waited for seconds, but with my eagerness to serve Master, it felt like an eternity. Finally, I heard a strange zipping noise, something that sounded as though the barrier of space and time itself was being ripped.

A black-clad figure whizzed into view. He was short, and his red eyes piercing into me with a mixture of suspicion and concern. Hiei, predictably, was the first to arrive on the scene. Of course Kurama would be arriving next, then Yusuke. Time to put on my little show!

I stared at Hiei for a good minute before I began to start up my shrieking and wailing once more. Kuwabara, confused, looked down at me, rubbing my back.
"Hey! Calm down! It's okay! No one's going to hurt you! What's wrong?"

Shakily, I raised a hand and pointed it at Hiei, my head still buried in Kuwabara's chest.

"H-he w-was with m-m-me when it hap-pened!" I blubbered. "He's h-had it out-t for me since day oneeee!!!!"

"Who, Hiei?" Kuwabara really was thick.

"Yeahhh! H-he was untrustworthy b-before! H-how do I know-w he didn't h-have something to do with this! He was w-with m-me when it happened!" I repeated.

I dared to peek at Hiei. He looked utterly flabbergasted, and slightly annoyed.

"Hiei didn't-- I mean, yeah, he was bad before, but he's not now! He helped us win the Dark Tournament! He helped us defeat Sensui!"

"He attacked m-me in the bathtub right before it happened!"

"What's all this now?" Kurama's voice cut through my performance.
"The human is accusing me of being involved with Nobuyuki...." Hiei said, anger biting into his tone.
"And she says that he attacked her in the bathtub right before it happened." Kuwabara added.

Kurama paled slightly, and turned to Hiei.

"I have to admit, Hiei. I did her a loud noise coming from the bathroom, and then I heard her shouting my name for help.... I mean...Don't get me wrong!" Kurama put his hands up, fearful of the look Hiei was giving him. "I don't think you did anything wrong...I just think you gave her cause for concern."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Yusuke parading down the sidewalk.

Kurama, seeing him, acknowledged his presence with a nod.

"I think it'd be best if we get Amaya back to the apartment." Kurama said.

Yusuke nodded again, signifying his approval. Kuwabara imitated him.

Hiei, however, remained still. Though, he did speak.

"Allow me to take her back to the apartment. I am the fastest of all of you. I'll allow her to grab onto my back, and she'll be home in a matter of minutes, if not seconds."

I opened my eyes wide and looked pleadingly at Kurama.

"Please! Don't make me! He'll try to hurt me!"

Kurama tried his best to give me a sympathetic look.

"Amaya, I appreciate your concerns, but Hiei is right. His way is the best, and the most efficient. I promise you, no harm will come to you when you are with him."

Before I had a chance to argue, Kuwabara had lifted me up and pushed me onto Hiei, who, with amazing agility, grabbed my hands, secured me to him, and sped off.

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