It was sunset before Kurama could get Kanade to let go of her sister's body and began to take her home. He noticed she had hurt herself because of how weakly her heart was beating. She had ran here. He picked her up and carried her bridal style to her house. She didn't protest, only clutched his shoulder and sobbed silently. When he got to her room he could smell the faint sent of Karasu and he felt his body tense in anger. Not only that but he saw different drawings of him in his Youko form, which was puzzling being he never transformed in front of her or told her who he was. He took Kanade and set her down on her bed, the poor girl shaking. He went to the window when he heard a soft voice call to him. "Shuichi, can you stay please? I don't want to be alone." Kanade whispered. He made the barrier of his plants stronger and went back to the shaking girl and took her into his arms. "Thank you." She whispered, clutching him. "Kanade, I don't want you to go to Demon World." Kurama said. "I have to. I will be helping trillions of people if I do. I can't deny those people their lives." She said, her voice less shaky. The image of her sister dangling from the ceiling flashed through her mind and she began to sob. "I can't believe she's dead. I can't believe I was too late." She whispered. Kurama held her tighter. "Kanade, I'm so sorry." He said. He felt her heart weaken even more and she coughed. "Kanade, where's your medicine?" He asked. She shook her head, clutching him, burying her face into his shoulder. "Just stay." Came her muffled voice. Soon the girl cried herself to sleep, leaving Kurama awake and alone with his thoughts. Karasu had been here while he was gone. This could mean a number of things. The main one was if Kanade was helping him or not, but he smelled her fear when the demon's name was mentioned. Then the only other reason was that Karasu was after Kanade. But, why? Was it because Kurama's sent was all over her room and she had drawings of him in his demon form that she was being targeted because of him? Or was he after the Band? "Shuichi." Kurama looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms, who nuzzled her face into his chest and mumbled his name in her sleep. A tear fell down her face as she mumbled a faint "Tanacha." Kurama brushed her bangs away from her face and looked at her sleeping face. The bruises were visible now on her pale skin and it sickened him that she had gone through so much torture in her life. He stroked her cheek gently, removing the tear that stained it. He didn't want her to go to Demon World. He didn't want her to die. Not another person he cared for. He wanted her to stay here, with him holding her like this forever. He couldn't allow anything bad to happen to her anymore. Keiko told him of the kids at school that ruined Kanade's favorite book. So he decided he would buy her the Hobbit in hopes of cheering her up. That's when he smelled her running south instead of home. As he followed her he smelled the blood and knew this was not good. When he saw her on the floor, clutching the dead body of that little girl, something in him snapped. The same thing that he felt so many centuries ago when he met Fiona was coursing through his being. He studied the girl's sleeping form and wondered, could she be Fiona reincarnated? At thinking the human girl's name, Youko stirred. Kurama tried not to think about the human girl who was killed so many years ago. He was betrayed by one of his band members, the demon torturing to death the girl he had come to love. 'Stop thinking about her.' Youko growled. There was only a short mourning period for the Kitsune because the demon that killed Fiona had a bounty hunter after Youko. With only 2 minutes to hold her dead body one last time, he couldn't even give her a proper burial to honor her. The possibility that Kanade was Fiona reincarnated made him even more protective of her. 'I will not lose her again.' he vowed.