TheHeartsPath: Merry Christmas everyone! Here's the next chapter for your reading pleasure! I apologize for taking so long with updating. Before writing this story, I never knew writer's block could be so bad. Hope everyone's holidays are happy and safe ones! Please read and review! Hope you like the chapter! Enjoy!

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"Talking" Thoughts ~Telepathy or mind-reading~

Chapter 15: Demons, Detectives, & Druids, Oh My

Ayla's POV

"Now that Ayla and Hiei are back it's time to get back to what we were talking about. Also Ayla, I still want you to tell me which of the others are the different demons." Grams said.

Well that's Grams for you after all. Relentless to a fault.

"Whoa there old lady! She just got back out of her mind with her energy drained. How 'bout cutting her some slack?" Yusuke blurted out.

"Alright Grams." I replied. Yusuke looked at me like I was crazy or something. Ignoring him, I closed my eyes and focused on the energies of Hiei, Shuichi, Yusuke, and Yukina. Without opening my eyes I spoke, "The two that are full-blooded are Hiei and Yukina. I'm not sure which ones Shuichi and Yusuke are."

"Hmph. I know you can do better than that Ayla. Now do so." Grams rebuked me.

With a sigh I started to focus harder on Shuichi and Yusuke's energies. As I focused more I realized that even though Shuichi had both demon and spirit energy it seemed as though he could only access his demon energy and not his spirit energy. Like they weren't connected that much. While it seemed that Yusuke could use both of his energies and they seemed to flow in and out of each other.

What was it that Grams said? One is a half-demon through a merger with a human body, while the other is a half-demon through a demon ancestor? So which one is which?

Sighing again, I opened my eyes and looked at my grandmother. "I can't figure out which one is which Grams, sorry. But I did notice the difference in the way that their energies felt. Yusuke's felt, I don't know...more natural, than Shuichi's do. Shuichi's don't seem to connect much. Yusuke's on the other hand, seem to flow in and out of one another."

Frowning she said, "You may not have been able to figure it out, but at least you were able to notice that difference in their energies. Yusuke is the one who has a demon ancestor. While Shuichi, also known as Kurama, is the one that merged with a human body."

I looked at Shuichi for confirmation, "So you were a full-demon before?"

Shuichi, I mean Kurama nodded. Now I don't know what to call him. Wonderful... "Yes, I was a fox demon by the name of Yoko Kurama. I lived as a thief, stealing what I wanted, when I wanted. Twenty years ago I was seriously injured by a strong pursuer after making a careless mistake during one of my burglaries. Escaping to the Ningenkai with a spirit body, I entered the unborn child of a human woman and have been living as a human here in the Ningenkai."

~So when you were talking about the fox, Shuichi...uh Kurama...is the one you were referring to Hiei?~

~Hn.~

~I take it that is a yes?~

~Onna...~

~I'm not trying to annoy you. I'm just trying to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you.~

~...~

~Alright, I'll leave you alone telepathically.~

"So you aren't really a half-demon?" I asked out loud.

"Only when I'm in my human form am I more like a half-demon." answered the fox demon.

I blinked, "Hang on a sec. You're telling me you have a demon form?"

"That's correct."

"So...which name should I be calling you anyways?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"When we are in public around humans, please call me by my human name. But when we are here at the temple you may call me Kurama." he answered.

Kazuma chose to add to the conversation, "And if his demon form comes out he goes by Yoko."

I looked at Kazuma in confusion, "You make it sound like his demon form is another personality or something."

"Well...that's kinda because it is." Yusuke said.

"Huh?"

"Yoko is different from me. And yet at the same time isn't. It's kind of hard to explain." Kurama said. Although he didn't show it in his voice, his Heart's Song said he was worried about something.

"What are you worried about Shu-, Kurama?" I asked, correcting myself when I started to call him Shuichi.

He blinked in surprise for a moment before answering, "When females meet Yoko they tend to..."

"What? Go crazy?" I ask.

"Exactly."

I shrugged, "Must be one hell of a good looking guy if gals go crazy upon meeting him."

The blue haired girl giggled, "Yoko is a real good looking guy. You'd probably go crazy too, if you saw him."

"One: I wouldn't go crazy over this Yoko guy. Two: who the hell are you anyways?" I said, curiousity in my voice with my question.

"Oh that's right, I haven't introduced myself! I'm Botan, the pilot of the river Styx, also known as the grim reaper! I assist Yusuke and the boys on their missions as Spirit Detectives! It's a pleasure to meet you Ayla!" she bubbly replied with a smile.

Spirit Detectives? What the hell is a Spirit Detective? I really hope that she isn't always this bubbly. I might go crazy and injure her. "Did you just say the grim reaper?"

"Right-o!"

I felt my eye start to twitch at her bubbly-ness. I looked at her kimono and then back at her face. "If you're the grim reaper, then why in the world are you wearing a pink kimono?"

Yusuke had just taken a drink of his tea and ended up choking on it, before he started laughing.

Botan looked annoyed at my question. "What's wrong with pink? It happens to be a lovely color."

"What's wrong with it? Pink is only good in small quantities. Go over that quantity and you or whatever that amount of pink is on looks like someone soaked it in bottles of Pepto-Bismal." I replied. By now Kazuma had joined Yusuke in full blown laughter.

Botan glared at me before turning to Kurama. "Bring out Yoko." she told him.

"Botan I don't think..." he started to say.

"Bring him out now!" she yelled. Turning back to me with her arms crossed and an evil smile on her face she said, "Now we'll see if what you said about how you wouldn't go crazy over Yoko is true."

Ah hell, she's gone crazy. She must like pink more than I originally thought.

I looked at Kurama who was looking worried. "You heard her Kurama. Bring Yoko out." I said.

Hiei stiffened behind me and tightened his arms on my waist to the point of it feeling uncomfortable. ~Hiei, would you please loosen your arms a bit? You're kinda making it painful to breathe.~ At first I thought he'd ignore me but a moment later he loosened his arms a little. ~Thank you.~

"Ayla..." Kurama tried to speak.

Cutting him off I huffed, "Just bring him out so we can get this over with."

With a sigh he stood up and walked to the end of the table. After closing his eyes, his energy spiked, and then he was enveloped in a cloud of smoke. After a few moments the smoke cleared and there stood a man that had to be around seven to seven and a half feet tall, in clothes that were white. His hair was long, down to his waist and silver in color, the ears on top of his head were the same color. The color of his eyes were gold.

Wait a second, gold? I suddenely remembered that day when I first met Kurama and told him that I knew he wasn't like other humans. I thought it had just been the way the light was hitting his eyes at that time. Guess it must have been Yoko peeking out for a second. Botan was right, Yoko is a real good looking guy, although in the pretty boy way. Or would that be pretty man way? Cause he obviously ain't no boy. No wonder Kurama's got the pretty boy look if this is what he's always looked like as a demon.

"Well, if it isn't the druid descendant. I am Yoko, and it's a pleasure to meet you." Yoko said. He spoke in a voice that was deep, the kind of deep that is meant for grabbing a woman's attention and holding it for a long time.

"Nice to meet you too, I guess." I replied. I could hear the surprise in everyone's Heart's Songs at my reply, except for Grams. Nothing I do really ever surprises her.

Yoko walked over to me and Hiei, as he walked I caught a glimpse of a tail. It was silver just like his hair and ears. If it hadn't twitched to one side as he walked I wouldn't have seen it. Once in front of Hiei and I, he knelt on one knee with his arms resting on the other leg. Even kneeling as he was I had to look up.

"You only guess? Now that's not very nice. I'm hurt." said Yoko.

Rolling my eyes, I said, "Oh please, the only thing hurt is your ego. And that's because I'm not going gaga over you like other women. You may be a good-looking guy, but it's in that pretty boy way, like Shuichi only in a different way."

Raising an eyebrow Yoko asked, "And what does that have to do with your reaction to me little druid?"

"It's really quite simple. Actually I'm surprised you haven't figured it out with what I've said. After all, being a thief means you have to be clever. Guess you're only clever when it comes to stealing, not when it comes to figuring out why a gal doesn't go crazy 'bout you." I replied in a sarcastic manner.

Hiei quietly chuckled at my response to Yoko, while Yusuke and Kazuma both tried to not laugh. Hearing Hiei's amusement to what I said made me smile.

Yoko chuckled, "I see why Shuichi warned me about you. You are rather clever in your own way. Now, would you care to actually answer my question little druid?"

"I'll only answer it if you stop calling me that." I retorted.

"But it suits, for you are both a druid and little in stature."

Frowning at the silver fox before me, I suddenly had an idea pop in my head to get him to not call me 'little druid' anymore. I decided to use telepathy to have this conversation, since I didn't want the others to possibly use this against him at some point. After all, it was something that I wanted to be able to use against him at another time if needed.

~Well then Yoko, you wouldn't mind me calling you Yo-yo in return then.~

Amazingly a look of horror didn't appear on his face to match the horror he felt at the thought of me calling him by such a ridiculous name. ~You wouldn't.~

I smirked and raised an eyebrow. ~You sure about that...Yo-yo?~

If I hadn't been watching Yoko as closely as I was I'd have missed him twitch. It was that small of a twitch. ~You have proven your point. I will refrain from calling you that...for now.~ "I'll stop calling you that. Now answer my question Ayla." Yoko said out loud for the others to hear.

Nodding I answered, "Like I've said, it's really quite simple Yoko. Pretty boys just don't draw my attention at all."

"I see. I'll be taking my leave now." Yoko said, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

Coughing from the smoke, I asked in annoyance, "Couldn't he have moved away before going poof?"

"I apologize for Yoko not having moved away first." Kurama said, his voice coming from within the smoke.

"Not your fault Kurama." I told him once the smoke had cleared. I looked at Botan, "I told you I wouldn't go crazy over him."

"You really didn't go crazy over him..." she said, sounding and looking a bit bewildered.

"Surprised?"

"Of course I'm surprised! Yoko's known as a ladies man after all!" Botan yelled, sounding really annoyed that her idea to make me look bad hadn't worked.

"Hey Botan?"

"What?"

"How about we both agree to disagree on the color pink? I'm not saying that I'll stop complaining about it, but I'll try to not get in your face about it. Alright?" I asked.

Smiling she nodded, "Alright. Sounds good to me."

"Now then, back to what was being said before." I said and started ticking off fingers. "Hiei and Yukina are full-blooded demons. While Kurama is a half-demon, yet full-blooded demon, through some kind of merger. Leaving Yusuke being a half-demon through an ancestor." Turning to Yusuke and grinning I asked, "What's your story dimwit?"

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Yusuke yelled, slamming his fist on the table.

"If you break my table, you're buying me another one." Grams warned him.

I shrugged, "As far as I'm concerned Yusuke, you are a dimwit. So you best learn to deal with it. Now could you please tell me your story? Not to mention why earlier Hiei called you detective, and Botan referred to you and the others as...What was it again? Spirit Detectives?"

"Fine." Yusuke grumbled before telling me his story.

"When I was fourteen years old, I was hit by a car trying to save a kid and died. I was given a chance to come back to life by Koenma, the prince of Reikai. After I came back to life Koenma made me a Spirit Detective. During the first of my missions I met Hiei and Kurama. They had stolen some artifacts from Reikai, so I had to get the artifacts back and arrest the two of them. Later on Kuwabara joined me on another mission. Kurama and Hiei also joined me in order to have what they had done before cleared. We had worked together for a little over a year when on one of our hardest missions I ended up dying again. My demon blood from my ancestor woke up and brought me back to life. Only this time as a half-demon. I wasn't able to stay a Spirit Detective for a few years after that, but Koenma needs all four of us to help his ass keep the worlds from going crazy. So I'm back to being a Spirit Detective again."

I asked the first thing that came to mind. "You've seriously died twice?"

"Yep. Hopefully I won't die again until I'm really old." Yusuke answered.

All I could manage to do at this point was shake my head. He really died twice? Yusuke is one crazy guy. "So the four of you have been working together for several years now?"

"Indeed we have. We are on a mission right now as a matter of fact." said Kurama.

"What's the mission? Or are you not allowed to talk about it?" I was really curious about what it could be.

"We can talk about it. Actually Koenma told us to tell you about our mission after Genkai told you about the other worlds and demons." Kazuma spoke up.

I blinked for a few moments at that tidbit of information. "You're supposed to tell me what your mission is? Alright, what is it then?" Why would the prince of the Reikai want them to tell me their mission?

Hiei was the one to give me the answer. "Our mission is to protect you from those who would try to harm you while your powers are unstable. We are also to train you to use whatever your new power is for combat."

Well, that answers that question. Their mission involves me. Or should I say that I basically am the mission? "Protect and train me?" I asked, turning my head to look at Hiei.

"Yes. Demons will be trying to come after you from now on to try and either take your abilities away or feed off of you in some manner." he answered.

I couldn't help but cringe at the idea of someone wanting to 'feed off' me. It didn't sound pleasant in the least. "Feed off of me? That is one really disturbing thought that I wish wasn't in my head. So now I'm going to have to keep my guard up all the time? Because of my abilities?"

"Not just because of your abilities Ayla. But also because you are my granddaughter." Grams interjected.

My confusion must have been showing on my face because she answered my question without me even having to ask what she meant. "I've killed a great number of demons in my life and made many enemies. So there will be demons that would want to kill you simply to get to me. This is part of why I didn't tell you about the other worlds and demons."

Nodding I asked, "And the other part?"

With a sigh she replied, "I also wanted you to have the chance to live as normal a childhood as possible. There was also the fact that you needed to have more knowledge of martial arts and your powers so that you would be able to protect yourself from demons that meant you harm. So yes, you are going to have to be on guard at all times now that you are living in Japan. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you all of this sooner, or have Aya and Natala tell you what little they know."

"Dad and Mom know about demons?" I asked, surprised that my parents knew something about demons.

"They know of their existence and that some demons are dangerous to be around, but that's about it."

I uttered a sigh of my own, "I don't think I'm up to hearing anymore stuff like that for the time being."

It suddenly dawned on me that Yoko had called me a druid. How the hell did he know that? I only just found that out myself a little while ago. "Hey, I just realized that Yoko called me a druid. How the heck did Yoko know that I'm a druid. I mean, I only just found that out myself."

Grams looked at me with curiosity, "How did you find out Ayla?"

"Um, this might sound a little weird, but a representation of my ancestors in my mind sorta confirmed it." I replied, feeling a little foolish with how my answer sounded.

Yusuke looked confused, "What do you mean sorta confirmed it?"

"Well I started to ask the question 'That I'm a druid or something?' Immediately after I said the words 'I'm a druid', it felt like something inside of me just sorta snapped open. Like some part of me had been waiting to be acknowledged. My ancestors' rep confirmed it. Although it said I was a descendant of the first druids. Whoever they're supposed to be. Hiei said that he and the fox, which I guess meant Kurama, would explain once we got back from my mind." I answered.

"Allow me to explain who the first druids were." Kurama said, "The first druids were a demon race from the Makai. They were a very powerful, yet peaceful race. Preferring peace to battle, they would usually only fight if it was absolutely necessary. At times when major battles would break out, causing many of either demons or humans to die, they would come to heal the injuries of those on both sides and help bring an end to the fighting. Peaceful means of doing this were always their first choice, but at times the only way to bring an end to the fighting was through force. When they fought, they were quite the force to be reckoned with."

My ancestors were this really powerful demon race? If I didn't have powers I wouldn't have been able to believe any of this. The way Kurama keeps talking about the first druids in past tense is really starting to worry me. Something must have happened to them. "Kurama? Why do you keep referring to the first druids in the past tense? What happened to them?" I asked, unable to keep the worry out of my voice.

"They were wiped out five thousand years ago." Kurama replied.

Hearing that really shocked me. So much that I couldn't find my voice for a few minutes.

"You never did answer my question about that Kurama." Yusuke said, "What the hell do you mean wiped out?"

Hiei spoke up, "Exactly what he said detective. They were all killed."

"If these guys were as powerful as Kurama says then how the heck were they all killed?" asked Kazuma.

"Unfortunately, no one knows. All anyone does know is that in all of the villages where they lived were filled with their corpses." Kurama answered.

"Everyone in the villages?" I quietly asked the red head.

He replied in an equally quiet tone, "From the eldest all the way to the youngest." For a few moments no one spoke.

Kazuma was the one to break the silence, asking, "Why would someone do something so horrible, like wiping out an entire race?"

Without really thinking about it I said, "Someone would think of a way to do it if they have enough fear, hate, or prejudice. Look at what Hitler and the Germans did to the Jews during World War II. They tried to wipe all of them out. So it's not really a question of why someone would do such a thing, it's more a question of how they did it. After all, according to Kurama the first druids were super powerful. Meaning whoever or whatever wiped them out five thousand years ago had to be really powerful. Even more powerful than the druids themselves."

"Which makes one wonder if whatever wiped out the first druids is still alive." Grams spoke up. With those words everyone looked at her. "Think about it. If whatever killed all the druids was a demon, it could still be alive to this day."

Kurama picked up where she left off. "Meaning that if word gets out that Ayla is an awakened descendant, whatever killed the first druids five thousand years ago, could very well come after Ayla to kill her."

"Oh well that's just lovely." I groaned. My life was turning out to be a hell of a lot more complicated that I'd ever thought it'd be.

"So we're gonna have to keep an eye out for both the usual demons and whatever took out the druids? This mission just keeps getting better and better." Yusuke complained.

Yukina and Kira came out of the kitchen at that moment with some food they'd fixed. Kazuma and Botan helped them bring the rest of it out. While Kurama, Yusuke, and Grams gathered at the end of the table to continue talking about the mission.

Because Yusuke was looking at Grandma Genkai he didn't see me glare at him. It wasn't like I had been the one to ask them to protect me from something in particular and then suddenly they had to protect me from something else that hadn't been mentioned too. Besides Hiei had said that part of their mission was to protect me from demons. Meaning any demon that meant me harm. Whether they were what Yusuke called the 'usual' demon or some more powerful demon.

All Yusuke's complaining did was make me feel like I was being nothing more than an inconvenience for them.

Smacking Yusuke upside the head was a really appealing thought at the moment. But I wasn't able to actually do so for two reasons. One, I was still feeling like shit from when I lost control. Since I had the feeling that if I even attempted to walk I'd end up falling either flat on my face or ass. Meaning any major movement would have been a bit problematic. Two, Hiei still didn't seem to be inclined to let me go. He had lightly squeezed me with his arms the moment I glared at Yusuke.

Even though I knew it wouldn't accomplish anything, I looked down to glare at Hiei's arms. Needless to say my glare didn't last for more than a moment when I realized that the left sleeve of his shirt was torn and his left arm was covered in scratches and blood. I then noticed that my nails had dry blood on them. When the hell did I scratch the hell out of Hiei? Did I do that when I lost control?

Gently touching Hiei's left arm I quietly asked, "Hiei? I scratched your arm up when I lost control earlier didn't I?" Hiei stiffened for a moment when I first touched his arm, but relaxed again a second later. His silence to my question gave me my answer. "I'm sorry for doing that to your arm Hiei."

"You weren't yourself. Don't let it bother you onna."

A small smile tugged at my mouth with the way he had accepted my apology. "Will you let me clean and bandage your arm?" I asked turning my head to look at him. His face didn't give anything away as he nodded, though I could tell he was slightly surprised at my question.

"Here's the first aid kit Ayla." Kurama said from out of sight.

Not having realized that Kurama had gotten so close, I jerked and turned to him in surprise. "Don't sneak up on me like that fox!" I admonished him with a glare.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. I heard you talking to Hiei about his arm and remembered that it needed to be treated. So I went and got the first aid kit." Kurama really did look apologetic about sneaking up on me.

I could have sworn I was being quiet when I was talking to Hiei. So how'd he hear me? Oh right, he's a fox demon, duh Ayla. And damn does he walk quiet. He scared the crap out of me. It's probably just second nature for him to walk so quietly. After all, he did say that he used to live as a thief when he was Yoko Kurama.

After glaring at Kurama one last time for sneaking up on me, I took the first aid kit from him. It was only after I had moved away from Hiei a little, turned around and opened the kit that I realized it wasn't like the ones you buy at a store. This one did have gauze bandages of course, but instead of the usual ointments or creams there was an assortment of herbs. Grams had given me one just like it years ago, when I had shown a great interest in herbal remedies. She'd also taught me how to prepare and apply different remedies for all sorts of injuries and ailments.

Without having to say a word to Kurama, he had brought me two clean cloths and two small bowls. Of the two cloths one was wet and the other was dry. One of the bowls was empty, while the other was filled with water. He handed me the wet cloth which I used to wipe off as much of the dried blood on my fingers as I could. I didn't want to get anything in the herbs that shouldn't be in them, like dried blood. Next he set the dry cloth and bowls down next to me, then backed away so as to not crowd me. After he had sat down I ignored him and everyone else, now focusing entirely on the task of taking care of Hiei's arm.

Taking the herbs I needed to mix for the salve that would help to speed up the healing of the scratches, I placed them into the empty bowl. Once that was done I added the proper amount of water from the other bowl. I then mixed the herbs and water together until they had become a smooth paste. Now that the salve was mixed I set it aside for the time being so that it could thicken a bit.

Picking up the dry cloth I dipped a small portion of it in the bowl of water. With the wet part I then began to clean each and every scratch on Hiei's arm. Occasionally I would change to another part of the cloth and wet it before resuming my cleaning.

As I made my way up his arm I glanced up at him. It was then I noticed the couple of scratches on his face. I was even more gentle in cleaning those particular scratches. He had stiffened for a moment in what I believed to be surprise at my touching his face before relaxing again. Though I was unsure, since the majority of my focus was on making sure that each scratch was thoroughly cleansed. One thing I was sure of however, was that as I tended to Hiei, I felt as though we were somehow becoming more and more connected.

Once I was satisfied that all the scratches were clean enough I placed the now dirty rag beside the bowl of water. Next I took the salve that was now properly thickened and applied a coating of it on each of the scratches on Hiei's arm. Some of the scratches had turned out to be a little deeper than the rest, so I made sure to put a bit more of the salve on them. After I was sure that every scratch on his arm had been taken care of I set the salve down and picked up a roll of gauze. Wrapping it around his arm I made sure that it wasn't too loose or too tight. With his arm taken care of to my satisfaction I returned to tending his face.

There were a total of four scratches on Hiei's face. Three of them were around an inch long in the middle of his left cheek. While the fourth was a little smaller and on the right side of his chin. I gently put the salve on all of them and taped a small gauze pad to cover the three scratches on his cheek. Since using a gauze pad on the one scratch would have looked odd I rummaged through the first aid kit to see if there were any regular band-aids. Turned out there was a box that had one left in it. With the last band-aid in place I was done patching up Hiei.

"There, that should do it. That'll help you to heal those scratches faster. Although I suspect that you're already a fast healer given that you are a demon." I said to Hiei, as I began to clean up the mess I'd made with the first aid kit. I watched him from the corner of my eye as he moved his arm around, checking how much range of movement he had.

"Hn, not bad onna. You've dressed wounds before." Hiei said looking me in the eye. The way he had said the last part made it a statement instead of a question.

Nodding before finishing cleaning up, I answered, "Grams taught me when I was younger how to dress wounds. She told me that I needed to know how to take care of wounds properly. Especially considering how many of my own I tend to accumulate."

I looked at him when he quietly chuckled. Seeing that amused smirk of his, I couldn't help but smirk back at him. Usually it annoyed the hell out of me when someone found my klutziness amusing. But for some reason that I couldn't fathom, Hiei's amusement didn't bother me in the least. Oddly enough I found it comforting. Though why I found it comforting was beyond me.

"Ayla, Hiei, come and eat the food that I helped Yukina make before it gets cold." Kira said, from her spot at the table.

The mention of food made me realize just how hungry I really was. My stomach grumbled loud enough for everyone to hear and I blushed with embarrassment at the sound. "I'm gonna put the first aid kit up first. I'll be right back." I said starting to stand up. Within less than a second it seemed, the kit was gone and I was sitting at the table with Kira to my right and Hiei to my left. "What the hell?" I asked completely confused.

"You're still not up to walking around yet onna."

Hiei's words made me look at him. "I take it you're the one that did something with the kit and moved me to the table in the blink of an eye?"

"Hn."

Rolling my eyes I mumbled, "Translation: Of course, now be quiet and eat onna." Which is exactly what I started to do when I noticed Yusuke and Kazuma staring at me and Hiei. I'd had my fill of being stared at for one day and wanted them to stop. Glaring at the two of them I spoke, "It's very rude to stare you know."

"Oh, uh, sorry Ayla." Kazuma said. He stopped staring at us and started flirting with Yukina.

Yusuke kept right on staring. Mostly at me. I was getting more annoyed by the second by his constant staring. ~Keep staring at me Yusuke and I'm going to claw your eyes out the next chance I get.~

Yusuke's face paled at my telepathic threat. He stopped staring and turned to make fun of Kazuma. Part of me didn't like the fact that I had to resort to threats just to get him to stop staring. But the other part of me thought it was totally justified considering how he was acting like such a jackass earlier.

I ate the delicious food that Yukina and Kira had made. Eating just as much, if not more, than either Yusuke or Kazuma. Except I didn't scarf my food and make a mess like they did. I was feeling tired again by the time everyone was finished eating. Yukina, Kira, and Botan started to clean up the mess from our meal and I stood up to help them.

However, the next thing I knew after standing up was darkness.