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Sorry it took so long but I was stressing over exams and I didn't have the time to finish this sooner but anyways thanks for waiting.

CHAPTER SIX

Rellistared at the rain.

It had been raining for a while now and since they were staying, there was no reason for her to think about anything in particular besides capturing the rogue demons. She wasn't thinking about the demons. She was thinking about her long-lost friend, Sunia.

I hope Sunia isn't here. She spoke a lot about drugs and illegal stuff while I was at the asylum, but it would be too much coincidence for her to be here, at this party. I haven't seen her in six years so I doubt I'll ever see her again. I promised her I would keep her secret and I'm going to keep that promise even if I don't see her again. With luck they'll never find out that she's the demon that rivals Yusuke Urameshi in Spirit Energy…She has as much demon strength as he has Spirit Energy and if demons should find out…

Relli shivered and wished she had brought a thicker coat. Kurama was speaking to Mr. Narutobi about something (drugs obviously) and Relli didn't want to drag along. She was alone and Rodrigo kept staring at her like she was something to eat. It made her scared.

The amount of evil in this place was almost intoxicating. To think that kind Mrs. Kura Iwaki had assisted her husband in becoming a successful drug lord was disgracing. Most of the people in this place were kind with semi-warm hearts, but all of them were greedy people with no care for other humans.

She sighed as Kurama approached her. "What's her Relli?" he asked, trying not to let his worry show.

"Nothing, I just cant' stop thinking of…things."

That was an excellent answer. The next time she gives you an answer like that laugh, you might get it the Youko demon said.

To think that I was actually starting to like you… Kurama said disgustedly.

"Well I'll give you something else to think about then. Come, Mr. Narutobi wants to introduce us to the last couple of the night. Just this one and then we'll be ready to go to sleep."

Relli got up and Kurama placed his hands around her delicate face. He sensed her worry although he wasn't sure for what reason.

"Stop worrying." he whispered to her and helped her up, trying to ignore the indecent thoughts that his Youko demon was saying.

Relli's fragile heart jumped at feeling his hands on her and she tried to calm herself down.

They both walked over to Mr. Narutobi and he led them to a couple.

The woman was with her back turned since she was snagging a champagne cup from a waiter. You couldn't tell what she looked like despite for the fact that she had short black hair and that she was wearing an orange dress. The man beside her looked relatively human, but Relli could tell that their mission was almost over. It was obvious that this was the demon pair they were looking.

Kurama smelled the man's scent and instantly noticed that he was a demon, like himself. The woman was also a demon. Finally, after being here for almost four hours they had finally found the pair of demons that Botan had talked about.

He glanced at Relli to see her expression but she maintained an equal emotionless face. Either she didn't know the man or she was excellent at hiding her feelings. Maybe a bit of both.

"Saunda, I'd like to introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Norwood from England. Isaac, Leonora, these are Mr. and Mrs. Moru."

The lady turned around and Relli's eyes widened.

Saunda turned to face his companion and was shocked to find her with an expression of surprise on her face.

What the hell is wrong with Sunia? he wondered.

Kurama turned to face Relli and he too saw the expression of surprise on her face. So this was the demon Relli knew. Fate had interesting ways.

Relli and Sunia stared at each other until Sunia extended her hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." she said in a mechanical voice.

Relli shook her hand, following Sunia's lead. "It's really pleasant to meet you too."

They stared at each other remembering their time at the asylum. It made Relli think about the abuses and the hatred that had mercilessly been inflicted on them, especially Sunia. She was sick then and couldn't defend herself as easily as Relli.

Sunia turned to Kurama and frowned. "So this is your husband Leonora?" she asked, sounding completely innocent.

Relli was confused. There was nobody else in this world who knew just how horrible men were other than Sunia. She knew how Relli felt about men, so why would she ask that? Did Sunia remember Relli at all? Was she pretending?

"Yes Sunia." she said.

Sunia clenched her teeth a little and frowned making sure that the people around her couldn't see her expression.

"Well I'll leave you four to chat. I'll be attending the other guests since I'm the host so please, enjoy yourselves."

Saunda glanced at the couple in front of him. The woman named Leonora seemed human but years of experience had taught him to not trust in the cover. He sensed her strong Spirit Energy within her and he grimaced. The man who went by Isaac was obviously a demon; there was no question about it.

So Koenma sent some of his so-called detectives after us. No matter, we'll finish them off soon. The should've pose a threat to us although… that Isaac seems familiar like I've seen him somewhere. Maybe in Makai?

"Sunia dear, let's go see some of the other guests. We still have a way to go. If you'll excuse us…"

Saunda walked away with Sunia, giving Kurama a glare that wasn't exactly friendly.

"She the demon." Relli whispered as soon as they were both away from them.

"I guessed as much from your expression. Just how do you know her?"

Realeza looked at her hands for a minute. "I met her at the asylum where I was sent." she said slowly, carefully and then glanced up to see his expression.

Kurama was taken by surprise. An asylum? Relli was taken to an asylum?

"But-but why? You're completely healthy and sane. So is Sunia by what I can tell. Why would they send you to an asylum?"

Relli chuckled bitterly while she sipped her champagne. "They got us locked up because we told the truth."

How much has she suffered? How much pain has she been through?

More than us is all I know his Youko demon said.

Kurama kept an eye on Sunia and Saunda. "What truth are you talking about?"

Relli stopped her train of thought.

You're saying too much Relli. What will he think if you told him that your big mouth was the cause of all this suffering you endured?

"I…don't want to talk about it Suichi." she answered quietly.

A servant walked over and spoke to Kurama. "Mr. Norwood, it's getting late. Would you like for me to lead you to your room?"

"Yes of course." Relli answered before Kurama could say a word.

Relli and Kurama followed the maid to an upstairs room and she opened the door. There was one bed in the room and it seemed to be fit for a king, or a king and his queen…

Relli gaped at the single bed while the maid kept talking. "Now there are clothes for each of you both. As you could probably tell Mr. and Mrs. Narutobi are quite wealthy and they didn't mind buying extra clothes in the past. You can use those. They've never had the price tag removed. If you need anything during the night just ring the bell by the nightstand and I'll come right away. Enjoy yourselves." she winked and stepped out.

"I'll sleep on the sofa." Kurama offered before she could faint.

You are quite an imbecile aren't you?

Be quiet. I'm not like you, Youko. I'm not a selfish, arrogant bastard who only cares about his own benefit. Even though I would gladly like to sleep with her I won't because she doesn't trust men, or even me enough.

Relli looked gratefully at Kurama. As much as she would've wanted to tell him the truth she couldn't. Her wounds were still fresh and they still hurt remembering all those times.

"Thank you Kurama." she said and walked into the bathroom to change into her nightgown.

Kurama grabbed a blanket from one of the drawers and draped it over the sofa. He began to take off his jacket and untie his bowtie.

Relli quickly put on the nightgown and started to head out when she saw Kurama take off his shirt and her breath stopped. The lights were off, except for the bathroom one, but she could see every detail from where she was.

She didn't notice she was biting her lip until she felt her teeth grown numb. Damn. Curse Kurama and his flawless body.

A thousand thoughts ran through her head and she felt lightheaded just thinking about it. Would she even be able to sleep with him in the same room?

Of course I will. I can't let him tempt me like this. He's just a friend, my boss, nothing else.

She gathered her courage and walked into the room purposefully not glancing at Kurama's lean body. With a flustered movement she dropped on the enormous bed and tugged the blanket over her body tightly. She heard Kurama gather his blanket and then his breathing was steady and even.

Time passed, she wasn't sure how long, but she couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned but she couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she saw Rodrigo's hungry glare staring back at her. It scared her too much. If she suffered another encounter like that she would probably go into post-traumatic stress syndrome for real.

Relli shivered and finally decided to hell with it. This room was clouding her mind with infernal images of her past and she needed a release. She stood up slowly in her thick nightgown and began to walk towards the door.

She walked out of the bedroom and stared at the end of the hall, feeling chills.

"Are you afraid?"

She turned in the direction of the voice but nobody was there. Her breathing accelerated and she put her hand on the doorknob. Forget going for a walk she was going to-

A hard hand cupped her mouth before she could scream. The person put his other hand against her waist, preventing her from moving. She struggled against the man but he was strong. His biceps showed his strength.

Relli closed her eyes. I'm sorry for killing this human Kurama but I have no other choice. You would understand…

She gathered her Spirit Energy into the palm of her hand and crashed it into her opponent's side.

He didn't move.

She gathered even more energy but before she could launch it he chuckled softly. "It won't work on me. Unlike you I'm not a frail human."

Her eyes opened wide and she dissolved her energy. Whoever held her captive, he was a demon, a powerful one. Her first thought was Sunia's husband but she noticed that his voice was different. This voice was much huskier.

So there was only one candidate.

Relli felt herself being dragged up by Rodrigo up the stairs at the end of the hall and soon she was met by the chilly air of midnight.

She struggled forcefully against Rodrigo but he was a very powerful demon and he was more experienced than she was.

Rodrigo's mind was a blur. He wasn't thinking straight and he didn't think that it would be wise to leave her alive after he was done.

So what should I do with her? he mused. What should I do with Leonora after she is mine?

He let go of Relli's body and hit her.

She fell on the ground and gathered her Spirit Energy ready to fight back. She threw her purple orb at Rodrigo but he took it headfirst and didn't even get hurt.

She stared in shock at him. He had just taken two direct hits from her Spirit Orb and he was still standing.

On to plan two then.

Unfortunately Rodrigo guessed what she was going to do and covered her mouth before she could scream.

He grinned at her delicacy. It was lucky that she had been human. Now he would enjoy ravishing her even more.

Rodrigo threw her on the ground, with his hand still covering her mouth, and hungrily began to scout her body, tearing the nightgown out of the way. He held her down as she struggled for freedom. His mouth pressed against her skin and scenes of blackness crossed Relli's eyes.

Not again…

Tears seeped out of her eyes as she cried and sobbed, begging against him to let her go. Scenes of previous encounters with men taunted her memory and she couldn't help but remember the shame, the pain of it all. The feeling of another man's hands on your body in itself was disgracing-but to have him actually tear your clothes away to satisfy himself was unbearable.

A blur of color flashed and it instantly held Relli in its arms.

Kurama trembled with her in his arms, struggling to contain his anger. She had been about to get-

Calm down Kurama. Would you like me to take over?

The idea was tempting and Youko took advantage of that fact. The desire for vengeance stained Kurama's mind and he closed his eyes letting Youko take complete control over his body.

His body changed. First his body, then his hair, and then his eyes.

Realeza blinked trying to understand what had happened to her hero. She no longer saw the redhead's green eyes full of understanding. In his place stood another man, much more distant, that had long silver hair and the coldest amber eyes.

"Stay back."

She did as Youko told her.

Rodrigo looked curiously at the demon that had just transformed into Youko. He had heard great stories about the legendary bandit. He had heard that Youko had died being killed by a hunter. It was obviously a lie for here he was.

He smirked. Youko would have all his glory and power but all of it was completely useless against Rodrigo's power.

"I would've spared your life if you hadn't attempted against my companion," Youko started, with his expression calm and controlled "But now that you've tried to deliberately take her, I hope you know that you won't live for very long."

Rodrigo chuckled. "Go ahead and try Youko. I've heard all about your powers and I doubt that even all of them could put a scratch on me."

Youko's expression of coldness didn't change. "We'll see about that."

He put his hand to the ground and several red plants snarled up. Youko narrowed his eyes and Rodrigo and slowly pointed one finger at him.

The vicious red plants snarled and launched in his direction.

Rodrigo watched the plants come towards him with a mere expression of curiosity. Youko was every bit as dangerous as he looked.

As soon as the plants were in close range he activated his shield and as soon as the plants came in contact with him, they died instantly.

Youko narrowed his eyes. He had a shield that surrounded him from harm, or in this case death.

There wasn't any way he could penetrate that shield with his attacks. Physical attacks were completely useless…so how could he win?

I always knew violence wasn't the answer Kurama told him, though he too, was angry.

"Back off."

Everyone turned to face the young woman that was in the darkest corner possible.

She stepped out from the shadows and Relli gasped.

Sunia hadn't forgotten about Relli.

Rodrigo grinned. Another pretty girl. His luck was changing for the best.

Sunia smiled nervously at Relli and faced Youko. He looked at her warily, seeing her as just another person he had to protect.

"It's best if you stay back. I wouldn't want the most priceless demon girl to get killed." Youko murmured.

Sunia shook her head. "I'm not about to let this bastard get away with hurting my best friend."

She turned to Rodrigo and cocked her head slightly to get a sense of his energy. He was a demon obviously and with that shield to protect him from physical attacks he could do anything he wanted.

Sunia snickered. Sit down.

Rodrigo stared confusedly at Sunia as he sat on the hard roof.

Her eyes became full of vengeance and he slammed into the brick house as hard as she could.

Youko smiled in spite of himself. She was dangerous and he liked that.

For goodness sake please stop thinking about her. I gave you control over my body so that you could take Rodrigo down but since you couldn't I'll have to take back over.

I would like to stay here for a while longer- Youko paused in mid-thought as Kurama began to force himself back into control.

Sunia looked at the crumpled man on the floor and turned away from him in time to take a final good look at the legendary bandit.

He's hot she thought and let her eyes explore him. This wasn't the man Relli had been kissing inside during the brief song they danced. This man was more dangerous, more distant, and definitely more tempting although the redhead had his charm too.

Sunia watched as her beloved fox changed back into his half-human form and then she turned worriedly to Relli.

Relli wiped the few stray tears from her eyes that Rodrigo had caused and glanced up at Sunia.

Sunia walked over to Relli slowly and hugged her. "Always getting into trouble aren't you Realeza?"

"I'm not the only one." Relli answered.

Sunia chuckled. "I guess you're right. We've got a lot of catching up to do."

Relli nodded enthusiastically.

Kurama placed one hand on Sunia's shoulder as both of the girls stood up from their spot on the floor. "Thank you for taking care of him for me. I don't know what Youko would've done."

"Youko?" Sunia remembered the amazing man with silver hair and the fox ears. "Oh, the hotter version of your true demon form."

Relli pinched the back of Sunia's arm hard and she jerked back and pasted a smile on her face.

"But you're attractive as well so don't take offense." she fixed.

She liked me better Youko thought smugly.

Kurama paid no attention to Youko's thoughts and smiled at the demon girl. "Thank you Sunia but I don't think that that's enough to pay for the crimes you committed."

He's more polite than the other guy Youko and he's way more peaceful. I can see why Relli would like this demon better. She always did value serenity but I would choose Youko…

She sighed. "I guess I do have to pay for my crimes but at least give me tonight. I left my husband sleeping and if he wakes up he'll make a run for it. I'll hold him down for you until the morning."

Kurama nodded. "Perhaps I can convince Koenma to give you less time as punishment."

Sunia shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. Either way I'm tired of being on the run with Saunda and nothing would please me more than to turn him in."

She glanced at Relli who was still drying her tears and grimaced. "For now take care of my friend. I don't want her to go into post-traumatic stress for real this time." Sunia hugged Relli one final time and left to go back to her room, deliberately stepping on Rodrigo's foot as she walked past.

Kurama pulled out his cell phone and called for Botan to pickup a demon that was dead and led Realeza away from the body.

She shivered and Kurama tightened his grip on her as they both entered their room.

Kurama hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead gently. "Forget about what happened okay. I swear I won't let that happen again."

She struggled to get the memories out of her mind but to no avail. Kurama broke apart from her and started to go to bed on the sofa when she ran to him and pressed himself against his smooth chest.

"I can't stop thinking about it Suichi I need you to sleep with me." she cried.

Kurama's eyes widened and his mouth dropped slightly open.

Kurama, you're my hero.

Shut up! Kurama said desperately as he struggled to understand what Relli was asking him.

"You want me to-to what?"

"I need you to hold me and help me fall asleep. I just can't stop thinking of what my uncle did to me and I feel scared." she sobbed.

"Oh that's what you meant." he whispered more to himself than to her.

He cradled her in his arms for a minute and then gently lifted her and placed her on the bed. He hesitated for a minute as he saw Relli on the bed and he swallowed hard. He gently rested himself beside her and pulled her close to him, shivering slightly. Kurama's imagination was running away with him and it was getting hard to think.

Relli's memories were instantly sated by Kurama's arms around her. She felt so safe, so protected, so…loved. It seemed that he tamed her memories and that he made every single bad thing vanish. It was easy to drift off to sleep in his warm arms.

Kurama looked down at Relli's face and was surprised to find her asleep. She looked like an angel with that lavender hair brushed around her face. For a minute he just stared at her, mesmerized by her peaceful and unguarded expression that marked her face when she was unconscious.

He smiled as she mumbled incoherent words. She talked in her sleep, how adorable.

"No." The word was cold and had a taste of fear to it so Kurama tightened his grip on her.

"I don't want this to happen to me again," she groaned as another violent tremor shook her. "So many people…tried…why won't they stop? I only want to be safe…no one-no one but him."

The words made no sense to Kurama and he tried to put the pieces of the puzzle together. So many people tried to rape her. They wouldn't give up. She wanted to be safe with one man. But who was that ma-

"Suichi," Relli whispered. "Suichi."

Kurama couldn't think but he wasn't really trying. His feelings overwhelmed him and he didn't try to understand them. He let them pull him under and gave in to everything he felt for her.

You should tell her the truth at your graduation Youko suggested.

I will, for once I'll listen to you…

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In the morning after they left, Kurama and Relli took Sunia and her husband Saunda to Spirit World to see what could be done. For Saunda, the punishment was severe. He had stolen Sunia from the Spirit World and then forced her to marry him and accompany him on his crimes. He threatened her with revealing her past to the entire Demon World and since she was very much like Relli in that area, that was the last thing that could happen. He got sentenced to ten years in Spirit World jail.

Sunia on the other hand for willingly turning herself and her husband in got only three years of "community service" which included helping out Koenma on the secrets that she kept. It also included helping Kurama and Relli from time to time.

As soon as Kurama and Relli left Botan and Koenma approached Sunia and asked "So spill out the beans already. You know about Relli's past right, so spill!"

Sunia laughed but her expression quickly became grim. "I was beaten as a young child and brought into the asylum completely mentally sick. Then I was forced to work was a prostitute by my own damn husband because I was afraid he'd tell my business to the entire Demon World. If I had it bad, Relli had it three times worse because she wasn't as strong as I am."

Sunia glanced at her hands. "Yeah she definitely had it worse than me at least I wasn't-"

She stopped herself before she could spill anything important.

"Let's just leave it at this; Relli had a horrible life before I met her."

If it seems kind of rushed towards the end it's cause I was in a hurry and I was anxious to finish it and go on the next chapter. If it seems to long sorry bout that.

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