The light filtering in through the cover of her eyelids was strong, bright enough to still hurt her closed eyes. The wolf demon made a quiet sound, attempting to turn her head slightly and finding her self unable to. In an attempt to figure out just where she was, she slowly let her eyes flicker open, only to hiss in pain as the light shocked her system and caused a headache to instantly start pounding behind her eyes. Closing her eyes quickly to block out the offending brightness, she was mildly surprised when the red color of her eyelids darkened with the presence of a shadow.

"Mystle?"

The sound of her name made her open her eyes again, however against her will it might have been. A figure, male she assumed, stood over her. She blinked a few times, focusing her eyes enough to see the brown hair that hung over chocolate eyes in bangs that feathered out, along with Jr. imprinted on his forehead. She furrowed her brows as he repeated her name, noting the blue pacifier that bobbed up and down with each syllable.

"Mystle, are you conscious?" the man asked, his red cloak/scarf item hung over his shoulder and the edge pooled on her blankets, practically begging to be batted at. And so she did. Mystle moved one hand, lightly tapping the red article of clothing before looking back up at the man speaking to her. He looked relieved. "Good, you're awake. I was afraid you were brain dead with your eyes open," he said.

She managed a soft chuckle. "I'm harder to get rid of than that," she murmured, "that's what Father always said." She couldn't quite remember what had happened that led her to be in this room, and she still was no closer to figuring out where she was. "Excuse me though. You know my name but I haven't the slightest clue as to who you are," she said, her brows furrowing in her confusion again.

The man looked amused for a moment. "I'm Koenma, son of King Enma and currently in charge of Spirit World," he said. "Do you remember what happened to you? Or where you are?"

"Well… I must be in Spirit World since the prince is here, and I can't be dead since I'm in pain," she reasoned, turning her head the small bit she could. "But I don't know where exactly, and I can't remember what happened…"

"Yes, you are in Spirit World, and you aren't dead. You're in the Spirit World infirmary right now. You were the prisoner of a sick demon named Rutham, and he tortured you and your family in the depths of his dungeon," he said. He watched as the demon's expressive gray eyes darkened considerably as the memories came back. "You remember now don't you?" he questioned. He got the barest of nods as an answer and was about to say something when her quiet voice cut through him.

"Who was that man that saved me?"

He paused, surprised that the first thing she would ask was about Hiei. "Don't you want to know what happened to your family?" he asked.

She shook her head. "I already know. They're all dead, I saw Rutham kill them. He killed my little brother right before that man showed up. Now who is he?"

Koenma sighed softly. "That was Hiei, one of my spirit detectives. He was assigned the mission to save you and was lucky that you knew how kill Rutham otherwise you both would've been dead."

She nodded her head faintly. "So he's still alive, good," she murmured, closing her eyes again. "Can I sleep more now?"

The demigod was going to reply when he saw the evening of her breath and chuckled slightly, she had fallen asleep before he could even start to answer her. "Sleep well little wolf pup, you'll need your rest for what's coming up." With that, he walked out of the room and wandered back to his office. He was surprised when he was flagged down by his spirit detectives, coming over to him. "Yes?"

Yusuke crossed his arms, glaring at his "employer" of sorts. "What exactly is going on with that girl in there? Short stuff got sent on a special mission to rescue her, and now she's even got you checking in on her. How come she's so special, baby breath? Huh?"

Koenma glared at him in return. "It would be a nice change in terms if you would refrain from calling me 'baby breath', Yusuke," he said, almost haughtily as he started back towards his office once more.

"I do believe you owe us an explanation, Koenma," the smooth voice of Kurama cut through the seething silence. "As it turns out, we more than likely will be helping with the girl so we should at least have some knowledge as to why she is so important."

The demigod in teenage form sighed softly and nodded his head. "I suppose I do owe you an explanation, perhaps to Hiei the most. Very well, follow me to my office," he said, and resumed his walking. As he walked, he mulled over just how much he could tell them about Mystle and just what part she had to play in the future.

Hey guys, Angel here. I just want to apologize for not getting anything up, but I'm back at work on my stories at last. So, here's a short update to Blood. (Finally! A second chapter!)

I'm aware that I don't usually ask for reviews, but if you could please drop me a review and/or a message it'll make my poor high school ridden day. ^^ So yeah. Also, could you guys possibly help me decide on an actual day to keep for updates on this story? I figure that way, I might actually update more often. heheh… yeah, here's hoping.

So, I'll see you, my lovely readers, on my next update, which should hopefully be soon! Ja ne.

~Angel