Hello, I think I'm late on this update again. Got discouraged by the lack of numbers since the last update. Someone review! Please! Even if its just to say I'm horrible and rush around too much. (honestly, the day to day stuff is kinda boring.)

"Holy crap, she lives!" Yusuke shouted as a greeting. "How'd you finally get him to let you out?"

I hobbled the rest of the way into the kitchen. "Oh, just the threat of me going batty from any more forced isolation."

Yusuke pulled the orange juice out of the fridge. "And that would let out the demon, which would make it so that he'd have to kill you, which would be bad for all of us." He started the motion of drinking from the carton.

I reached out and snagged it, dropping a crutch in the process. "Be civilized, cochon." I sat the carton on the counter and retrieved my crutch without dropping myself. I was so proud of me, it was worth the glare from Hiei.

Kurama chuckled in his polite way. I assumed it was the confused look on Yusuke's face.

"What did she call me? It can't be good." Yusuke demanded of his red haired friend.

Kurama just grinned and shook his head.

The detective turned on his small black haired friend. "You spend a lot of time in her head, Hiei, what did she call me?"

Hiei shrugged, and gave me a little smirk. So he had been sneaking around in there while I was sleeping.

I pushed up the end of my nose and oinked, to let him know what I called him. Then I giggled.

"Bitch," the detective muttered under his breath. He went to the cabinet by the sink and pulled out a glass.

I hopped myself around to face the cabinets over the counter I'd been leaning on. "That's Miz Bitch to you, Zombie." I said while pulling out a bowl and cereal. I refused to have rice balls and whatever the slimy-looking stuff Kurama was cooking up. I'd be eating enough of their odd breakfast choices when we got to the temple.

Hiei snagged both from me and had them on the table before I could even let out an indignant yelp. "Come sit down, get off your feet."

"Jerk, I'm not broken. Hell, Kurama winces every time he moves, and Yusuke fairly radiates pain. All I've got is a slice, a shallow one, down my leg. Kuwabara's probably worse off than me." I glared at the fire demon, daring him to force me to do as he said.

"Did you not hear the doctor's orders, onna?" Hiei glared right back.

"I refused to be coddled because you feel guilty!" I yelled. He was pissing me off.

"I don't feel guilty, I'm just scared!" Hiei yelled right back.

The shocked gasps of the other two demons in the room sent him running out. My shock kept me wide eyed and stupid. I tried to take a step after him and had to clutch the counter to stop my fall.

Kurama slid one of the stools behind me and helped me sit. Then he slid me and the stool over to the island in the middle of the kitchen.

I hit my head on the counter once the motion stopped. "Gods, I fucked that shit up."

"Actually, that was really good. Does he run off like that when the two of you are alone?" Kurama took the stool next to me.

"He used to. The day of the fight was the first time he stayed for a touchy subject. We'd've been on it for a while if that demon hadn't dropped by to play." I turned my head and looked at him.

"He's not exactly, um, forthright, like that with us," the fox explained.

Hiei walked back in. "You need to take your medicines." Two pills were offered to me in the palm of his hand.

I knew which was which from a long-time habit of being a klutz, so I popped the anti biotic in my mouth. The pain killer was snapped in half, one half went in my mouth, the other went back in Hiei's hand.

Yusuke slid a new glass of OJ across the counter to me, then walked out the back door.

Hiei glared as I swallowed.

"I won't take the full dose anymore. Do you know how addictive that stuff is to humans? And besides," I gave the fire demon a wink, "with only half a dose, you won't have to worry about me over exerting myself anymore."

"Hn." The fire demon turned and walked out.

"I heard that, oni-san!"

its a short chapter, and I'm sorry for that. But at least its a chapter. More to come, and faster this time, I promise. Reviews will speed up the process. (wink wink nudge nudge) over 160 hits, and no reviews since chapter 3 is very disheartening.