Authoress' note- yes that's right I am updating! It's a bloody miracle!! Anyways… gotta get to it… :: goes and stares at computer:: now what to write… :: sees Hiei glaring:: oh yes oh course I forgot there for a minute… hehe ahem :: cleaning of throat:: here we go it continues!!

-Chapter 4-

She had her things packed, as she slipped down the roof top onto the cold hard Earth, getting past the guards was nothing… actually leaving was another.

'Remember his is for the best… no one will miss you… besides you killed all those demons, you need to become a bandit it's only proper' Rosa turned her back to her home and pressed forward.

It had only several days before when she had fought that annoying fire demon... and her shoulder still hurt from his bone cracking blows.

It was dark now, and all her thoughts and memories were masked by the blanket of stars above her, nothing could keep her from leaving now- she was already out of kistune territory.

'I wonder why they hate me so much? I mean I know I am a half breed… but I am still strong, I know I don't have manners but that's what makes me ME… and yes I don't have a father and my step father is a pompous air head but that's MY life not theres… why should they care?' Rosa couldn't get these thoughts to stop running through her mind that is until she ran into another tree.

"Damn trees are trying to kill me!Down with the rainforest!" Rosa looked around and laughed at hers stupidity, she was all alone now, and no one could call her a fool… Yep she was all alone now, no one… absolutely no one.

Rosa looked around her eyes were dark with remorse as she thought about what she was leaving behind, what she knew she could never feel again, comfort, love… a home.

The fox demon threw her head back and forced herself to laugh at her stupid thoughts, this was the whole reason she was leaving right?!?

Crack

Rosa looked around a bit puzzled from the sudden cracking of wood, and then felt something drop on top of her; she forced the warm mass off of her as she smelled alcohol upon whatever it was. She looked over to see what she had tossed… a demon!?!

Rosa backed away a bit as she fled the other way, why were drunken demons falling from the sky!?!

BAM

Suddenly the fox demon found herself on her ass and staring at what seemed to be the sky; she kicked herself back up into a standing position only to see what HIEI!?!

Hiei shook his head free from the impact and looked over at the object he had blindly ran into… it was that fox demon from earlier.

"What the hell are you doing out here princess?" Rosa glared at him as she brushed herself off.

"What the hell are you doing running around and not watching where you are going?" she asked a bit of annoyance in her voice, she was trying to get the hell away from her memories and what does she get? Knocked on her ass!!!

"Hn you're in my way"

"No actually I believe it is the other way fire brat" Hiei ruffled his nose from the obvious comeback and rolled his eyes.

"You're one to talk" he stated, Ross ruffled her brow in confusion.

"What do you mean?" she asked suspiciously.

"Hn, you're that fire demon princess aren't you… that half breed or whatever" Rosa's eyes went wide, even he knew!! How commercialized was her life!?!

"am not"

"Obviously you are, or you wouldn't be running from fire demon territory.., you obviously being half fox demon, they don't let your kind in there unless on special circumstances, you and I both know that" Rosa glared at him.

"My kind? What is MY kind? I if I remember correctly the last time I checked I was the only fire fox in existence" she stated, Hiei smirked, this was quite amusing.

"Hn what do you just go" Rosa stated pointing the opposite way in which she was traveling, Hiei rolled his eyes once again.

"I was until you got in my way" Rosa's eyes almost fell out of her head.

"EXCUSE ME BUT IT WAS YOU WHO RAN INTO ME!"

"Was not"

"was to"

"Was not"

"YES IT WAS!"

Hiei was obviously getting a little irked form the conversation.

"Hn I don't have time for this, Hn but I wasn't going that way" Hiei began to walk in the same direction that Rosa herself was traveling in.

"W… wait you're going that way" Rosa asked dumbly, Hiei flashed her a are-you-that-dense look, Rosa shook it off though and followed him anyways.

"What are you doing?" he asked Rosa pulled her pack further onto her back.

"What does it look like baka I'm traveling" Hiei glanced at her then gave one stale Hn

"Well travel by yourself" and with that he ascended to the trees.

Rosa stuck her tongue out at him.

"Fine then MR. Smarty Pants I will! Who needs a moody fire demon as a companion anyways Baka"

and then there was silence.

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Rosa groaned as she turned her head which rested on her lumpy pack… it had been a LONG night; Rosa opened one of her lilac eyes only to see the sun was shining menacingly upon her features.

She sat up and looked around; it had been her first night from home… and obviously not her last since she had NO clue where she was. She had been walking aimlessly all night, and now she was lost.

Not that she knew where she was going… but still, even if she wanted she couldn't.

"Hn you know you shouldn't sleep on the ground like that, bandits aren't exactly the friendliest of people" Rosa looked to where the voice had come from and found Hiei sitting in a tree above her.

"And you would know this how… oh yes I forgot you're the forest rat, the kind that's a pest that you just can't kill" Hiei glared at her and then jumped down from his perch.

"Hn Please Onna I fought off 3 demons last night from disturbing you" he stated, Rosa looked at him confused.

"And why did you do that, what are you Santa Clause now? Or possibly my own little guardian angel that descended from heaven to make sure I don't get killed … aww my own little savior" Hiei glared at her once again.

"Hn, Don't worry it was a ONE time offer I assure you" Rosa just rolled her eyes as she stood up grabbing her bag.

"Well as much as I would LOVE to chit chat all day with you Mr. Sunshine I have to get going… I have a feeling it won't be long till the search party comes prancing around looking for me," Rosa secured the heavy bag upon her back and turned to leave.

"Hn, I wouldn't go that way" Rosa turned to look at him.

"And why the hell not, it's just as good of a choice as the others" Hiei smirked form her obvious ignorance.

"Because that path will just take you back home… that is unless that's where you were planning on running back to?" Rosa huffed at his last comment and stuck her tongue out at the fire demon.

"Yea right, I'm not weak I can make it!" Hiei just gave one stale Hn and disappeared once again into the woods.

"Yeah that's right! Run away and leave me to do this on my own! I didn't want your help anyways Baka!!!" Rosa screamed to the dense air as she stuck her tongue out once again to no one, she turned the opposite way of which her home laid and pressed on.

Pressed on to fulfill her destiny… on the road.

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