EVERY HEART

Who's Who

What seems an eternity later I came to. When I tried to stretch I found my arm bound to a sling. With my other hand instead of stretching gave whatever I was on a soft pat. It was hard yet soft all in one. I deducted I was on the floor bed inside of someplace. The hand floated over my body and I froze. Kakashi's ANBU suit was missing! In its place was a fuzzy warm robe. My ears clicked. My eyes never opened but I could hear voices. Someone, a woman, was talking to one of my saviors.

"Why did you allow a human to fight a demon! You're lucky she's not dead!"

"Hn"

They cracked open to see my black haired savior talking to a woman in odd fighting clothes. Both turned to look at me with unreadable expressions.

"Genkai she's no ordinary human. The girl held her own again the demon. Had she not been protecting the kit she may have defeated him." My gaze drew to the door as a new voice entered the room. Red stopped in the doorway while Chiyo bound past him and onto the futon where I was. Curling up to my chest she fell fast asleep.

The woman's eyes widened a fraction then closed. Her lips twitched in a smile as she chuckled low in her throat "A human defeating a class B demon. What's next?"

Finally I decided I'd had enough of being talked about. As I attempted to sit up a small cry slipped past my lips.

Suddenly all eyes were on me and I felt beyond shy.

"You're awake"

"Yeah" Blinking a couple of times till the grogginess left I looked at the faces staring back. "Where the heck am I?" I whispered as quietly as possible.

"It is Tokyo in December" Red responded.

"Toe key-what?"

Red chuckled "Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan."

"Oh"

Scooping the still sleeping Chiyo in my good arm I tried to get to my feet with little success. After a few tries of failing I began to fall backwards into the bed till a hand at the small of my back helped me up to my feet.

"Thanks... "

"Kurama. The names Kurama." He smiled.

Instead of returning his smile I turned to the other two. "And who are they?"

"The small one drabbed in all black is Hiei and in red is -"

"Genkai?"

"How did you-"

"Know?" I finished again "I heard you say her name earlier."

"Then why didn't we sense you earlier? We thought you were asleep"

Quietly I said "That's my secret"

The a hush rang out through the room till a loud roar shook the it. We all froze. It was then I remembered I hadn't eaten in three days. Chiyo began to wake as I blushed a deep red.

"Um… got anything to eat?"