InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Forbidden Pain ❯ Chapter 18 ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter 18

 

Kagome looked down at the cars going past and wondered how she lived before with the pollution. She heard Hagari enter and upon hearing Genkai's question she immediately went to stand behind the door. She knew her energy wasn't where it should be, but her wounds were closed and shouldn't tear from a fight…They just weren't all that tough yet. She saw a seemingly ningen open the door and she immediately kicked the door back on him sending an ice spear through the door. She heard a loud grunt and saw the man walk into the room with the spear in his calf. He glared at her.

“It appears as if I might have understated you some forbidden child.” He morphed into a man with longer black hair and a shorter nose wearing the same clothing. “Now that I know for myself where you have been and what you are doing, I get to kill you.”

Unable to sense his energy Kagome did not take the ningen for a fool and remembered what Yoko had briefly mentioned. This was the one Yusuke had fought. He was a youkai. Her eyes widened some as she ducked out of the way of a punch only to find herself kicked in the stomach though the bed. She coughed up some blood quickly getting to her feet blocking his attacks as well as she could. Apparently it would take a while longer for her inside, stomach areas, to heal. Noticing the sheer strength the youkai seemed to possess she tried putting ice around his hands from their contact and jumped back as he absorbed it. She should have figured. It was an extension of her own energy in a way. Kagome was knocked through the wall and whimpered some in pain as she got up and ran for the window, jumping out holding onto the edge turning around and kicking Chenja in the chin back then turning around and swinging up to the next balcony. She jumped up to the roof sensing him quickly following her. When he jumped up on the top she created an ice pole swinging it at him as quick as she could knocking him down somewhat into the roof of the next building. She made the ice disappear and began running roof tops. She didn't get far before she felt a punch in her back as she tumbled to the ground.

“You still have some speed to be on recovery.”

Kagome got back up struggling some and went back to poorly blocking until she found an opening and punched at him. She tried kicking at him once he held onto her fist only to be kicked back in her stomach. Kagome shouted in pain and felt her energy start to drain from her, direct contact. But before she felt much more flee from her she found herself thrown to the ground. Chenja spoke with even more disdain in his voice.

“I can absorb your energy this way wench why is this.”

Kagome stood growling at him. “I am SICK of people calling me wench you jack ass!”

Before anything else could happen Yusuke jumped onto the roof and was about to attack the youkai when he turned knocking him down onto the roof. He smiled knocking Yusuke down again when he got back up.

“We meet again!” Chenja laughed some. “And I see you remember. But I'm afraid now I have other places to be.”

Yusuke kept attacking at him not giving him time, or so he thought until he was kicked across the roof. “What's the rush, or just scared now that I know how weak you really are?”

Chenja laughed. “Hardly weak, but for you, an acceptation could be made.”

Chenja jumped off of the roof and seemingly disappeared. Yusuke led Kagome back to the hotel knowing she'd be piss if he picked her up taking her there and found Genkai sitting on a broken bed in the room. He saw the bruises on her side as she wrapped herself and figured her ribs were injured. His eyes reddened some.

“Hagari…”

Genkai looked at him noticing Kagome sitting down tired in the corner. “How did you know it was him.”

“Hiei told me. Guessing he knows. Where's he at so I can kill him.”

“Dimwit he isn't trying to kill us he's workin-“

Just then they turned to see Kurama jump through the window. He turned quickly observing the damage then to Kagome sitting down tired. His eyes were golden looking at Genkai.

“Where is Hagari-“

“-Fox calm down. After Hagari called your cell phone he called the room phone and-“

Yusuke interrupted. “-you never use telephones-“

“-that doesn't mean I don't know HOW to USE one dimwit. I told him that it would be best for him to try to play both sides so that we could learn more. Obviously he can't be seen with us-“ Hiei entered. “-us any longer but he can still contact us. This might be the only way to get to the center of this. I didn't tell you temperamental youkai because you wouldn't go along with it for reasons you don't want me to say out loud.” Kagome `keh''ed from understanding what she meant. Because of her and how protective they are of her. Weak. “Exactly.”

Yoko spoke through Shuichi. “I do not appreciate you deceiving me leaving MY mate in harms way-“

Yusuke spoke knowing where Yoko was about to go. “-blaming Grandma or anyone else will not help so don't. Understand?”

Hiei spoke. “And you call the fox full of himself, Toushin.”

Yusuke snorted. “I know where I come from and step it up when I have to…Or at least I try to. I ain't pulling rank or-“

Yoko spoke still through Shuichi. “-You just did. How often does anyone call you Toushin. Fool.”

Genkai spoke before tension could rise further. “Would all of you shut up. We obviously can't stay here and if we do the police will show up. So stop bickering and act like the half asses you all are and let's go.”

Kagome watched as the interactions took place and realized that it was her fault again. Just like when she was a part of the shard hunters. Others would get hurt because she was too weak to defend herself. Those she cared about would get angry and possibly want to kill because of what she messed up on. Thinking about it as she stood following the rest out of the window she did care for those she was with now and figured acting cold wouldn't help anything move along. She had a different amount of respect for each of them and knew that they had their own respect for her…Or lack there of. Her own fault they are in this mess in the first place, Hiei came after her. She was a fuck up.

Hagari entered a house in Mushari city speaking. “Chenja told me to leave shortly after Uremeshi showed.” He tossed his back pack onto the chair in the large open room looking at the only other person currently in the house. “Do you think I am playing both sides still trying to kill all of you or are you actually going to trust me Sensui otherwise I am wasting my time here.”

Sensui smiled sitting in a chair drinking tea. “I think you have done well for now Hagari, or should I call you Sniper now. Regardless, I would like for you to do one last thing to ensure to everyone that you are not working for or aiding Uremeshi and the rest with him.”

Hagari spoke looking at him. “And that is.”

“Kill…”

After Genkai recut Yusuke's ever growing hair in an apartment Hiei kindly managed to ascertain for them he spoke up.

“Damnit it's been four days Grandma what the hell are we doing just sitting here! That bastard probably ain't doing nothing but selling us out!”

“Hagari most likely is selling us out, in order to get more information Dimwit if we don't wait you'll only be going about and wasting more time tracing down the physics these people have recruited. He will contact us.”

Hiei and Kagome didn't dignify her words with a response while Shuichi spoke. “If you have faith in Hagari Genkai I believe that it is the best course of action, even if there are a number of people in this room who do not agree with your course of action, though a superior decision has yet to be stated.”

Genkai spoke knowing who he spoke of. “Hmm. At least someone ha-“

Suddenly the window behind Genkai made a sound as if something were coming through it and she immediately side stepped out of the way along with the others in the room in the way of the projectile, but in the wrong direction. Avoiding the first `bullet' six more were fired in rapid succession with only two avoided. Two went into her left upper arm, and the rest into the left area of her chest. Genkai's eyes widened as she fell to the ground and Yusuke immediately rushing down to her side as the rest took action. His eyes were full of fear.

“Grandma- Damnit grandma don't die!”

Genkai coughed up a bit of blood shouting some feeling Yusuke push down on her chest. “Yusuke, sometimes people make sacrifices for the better good, so don't-“ She stopped breathing. “-let this old hag's death go without a cause…Or I'll find a way to haunt you Dimwit.”

Yusuke shook her with his hands still on her main wounds. “No don't die! Damnit hag you're supposed to keep breathing!”

Hiei immediately turned seeing Hagari from behind a wall run off and immediately jumped out of the window after him before anyone else. He then noticed the wall glow and disappear and stopped his jump before he completely left the building and saw a book glow next to him and unsheathed his sword blocking an attack from a large number of deranged, possessed looking youkai with battle axes in their hands.

In seeing Yusuke down taking care of Genkai whom he already smelled the beginning stages of death on Kurama took out his rose whip blocking an attack from one of the book youkai…The youkai came out of the book-

`-get it together Shuichi the man from before in the bookstore smells to be above us somewhere.'

Shuichi ran towards the window immediately sensing another territory and found himself stuck. He tried moving his legs and looked down seeing the carpet had morphed into a tar like substance and he was unable to move at all. He blocked with his rose whip feeling a cut form along his arm. Hiei was still safe on the large balcony and could fight and move-

Shuichi turned around seeing Kagome struggling to get free stuck as well. Yoko, angered, over took Shuichi coming out but before he could do anything felt something thrown around his neck from behind and everything became dark.

Yusuke woke finding himself on an abandoned swing set in a park. He sat up remembering what had happened to Genkai…Then he woke up. He was about to stand when he realized something.

“Hey I can sense things now…What happened…”He stood turning to see Hiei standing on the far side of the swing set. Kurama was in a swing unconscious, next to him was a girl with long black hair, unconscious, and Hiei next to her. “Hey Hiei what happened?”

Hiei didn't bother looking at him. “Hn. You're fully ningen and your intelligence is worse than it was before.”

Yusuke looked at himself. “Ningen eh? But I really don't remember anything, except…That …Genkai…” It was quiet for a while. “Did you at least bury her?”

“Hn.”

Yusuke was going to take that as a yes for his own sanity. “Uhm…How am I ningen, completely, and who's the girl?”

“You really are an idiot. Look at the thing around your neck…Now think.”

Yusuke looked down and noticed it was the same necklace Sesshomaru had put on Kagome when they were in the feudal era and noticed Kurama and the girl wore one as well. He pulled on it trying to remove it, also noticing that he was weaker than before as well.

“Guess that youkai blood in me came in handy after all. So someone put these on us…Why aren't you ningen then?”

“Hn. I will not be led a fool by someone else's mockery. I was outside of the barrier and by time I knocked out the three physics the last one had already been placed on, Kagome.”

“Oh.” Yusuke smiled. “Wondering who that was- Wait why isn't Kurama different then?”

Hiei seriously wanted to hurt, mange, or harm Yusuke in anyway possible now. “Shuichi is ningen baka. The necklace was placed around Yoko meaning when he wakes up there's a good chance he can't use any of the fox's abilities.”

Shuichi sat up holding his head. “That is almost correct Hiei. I do feel myself having less energy, but I can still hear Yoko. It's as if he were unable to come out on his own, like he is separated from me.”

Yusuke spoke. “So what now? Contact toddler or go after Hagari the bastard on our own?”

Shuichi spoke. “If it were truly Hagari who is out to betray us, then instead of just ending the life-“

Yusuke cut him off. `-killing-“

“-killing Genkai he would have had time to kill, if not wound the rest of us.”

“Hn.”

Shuichi turned to Yusuke. “Hiei agrees with me as well Yusuke. We don't mean to deface Genkai or who she was. Did she happen to tell you anything before her passing?”

Yusuke looked down eyes hazed over some, he wasn't going to say anything about it. “So what now.”

Shuichi spoke. “We wait for Hagari, as the last wishes of Genkai to ensure Ningenkai does not go to the waste land, and avoid those after us if possible.”

Kagome opened her eyes and realized what was going on immediately. She stayed quiet noticing Yusuke and Shuichi the only ones, as normal, talking. But even then it was far and spaced between. Figuring how weak she was she figured Hiei had already been able to tell she was awake and was just giving her time. She let the swing continue to move beneath her on her back and stared up into the sky noticing once again that the sky in the feudal era could never compare to what she was looking at now. It was dusk and a few of the brightest stars were visible. But if it had been a few years ago…If she had truly stayed ningen…If she was even born that way… Kagome still wasn't able to get those thoughts out of her head. The feudal era. The people she's failed. Those who left her due to her ever persistent weakness. And she always kept trying but it was never enough and it still wasn't, but she wouldn't stop trying-

“So if we are all ready to go, I suggest we not stay here for an extended amount of time. And by that look Yusuke, yes. Kagome has been awake for quiet some time, but has decided to remain silent.”

Yusuke looked over still in the swing and saw Kagome looking up. “She really does like constellations.” He stood. “Okay, let's get going.”

Hagari rode on his motorcycle to where Sensui had told him to meet him at afterwards. Going faster didn't get him to stop thinking about what he had done. He had killed Genkai, the old woman who helped him out with his abilities. Though he had known her for less than a month he felt like he should have known her longer, and he didn't get attached to people. The only distraction he had was that if he were ever to show his face around Kurama or Hiei again, they would probably kill him. And if around Uremeshi…He would wish he were dead. He parked in a park parking lot and made his way towards the back end of the abandoned park late at night wondering if he had made the right choice in his mind after all. After walking down a small hill he came towards the entrance to some sort of a cave and saw a man, presumably youkai from what he had learned, with longish blue green hair and light colored clothing standing patiently against the cave entrance.

“Sniper. I see you've returned.”

Hagari looked at the youkai. “Was I not supposed to?”

“I realize you are just stating a question, just as I was just stating a statement. Nothing more.” He spoke with a very slight smile on his face. “Sensui was not able to make it as requested, but says you have done very well.”

“Who are you to this if you are not one of the big four youkai that are supposed to make things. And I can tell that you are not just another lackey.”

The man began walking into the cave. “I'm not. And neither are you.”

Hagari followed him into the cave getting an eerie feeling as the entrance of the cave seemed further and further away until he was no longer able to see it at all. After a bit of time he noticed the size of the cave hall increase.

“Where are you leading me.”

“Leading you? I never recalled in telling you to follow. So, shouldn't you ask where I am going with you seemingly in tow. You'll need to work on your precise language skills if you're no longer a `lackey'.”

“And why would I have to be doing this as you say.”

“Well, youkai tend to be very precise when acquiring higher levels of intelligence and will try to trick you into saying or doing something as part of who they are or trying to judge your own intelligence and strength. You're being sent to Makai to bring someone back with you.”

Hagari saw an entrance ahead. “Makai, that's the demon world.”

“Yes.”

“Why am I being sent there, a ningen.”

“Because you fit the job description, and I believe you have something to live for that you aren't yet telling us, so you won't get yourself killed this early on. Early on for you anyway.” The man continued walking. “His name is Akuzo and he is a youkai with odd energy very different from the rest you will come upon.”

Hagari found himself in a large cave area with some type of underwater lake at one end. There was also a sofa, oddly enough in the middle of the dry area and a bridge leading out to the lake.

“What's your name.”

“You can call me, Bob.”

“That's not your name.”

“You didn't ask for my real name so I didn't see a point in giving it to you. There's a portal in makai, for now, once you walk off of that bridge. I assure you it will open. Hopefully you'll be able to find food and water on your own. You'll be found by time you return.”

Hagari stopped noticing he was at the wooden bridge and “Bob” was walking back out. “And I should trust you why?”

“Because if you didn't have enough of a level of trust in me already,” Bob continued walking. “then you wouldn't have entered this cave in the first place.”

Kagome was silently angry. She did not want to be ningen like this any longer than she had to be. But with Hiei alert to the max as the constant look out, there was no way she could get out of this. She laid on a bench in an abandoned building staring up. Hiei was somewhere, she couldn't tell now. Yusuke was heating Ramen of all foods in the world over a small fire he had made, and Shuichi was looking out of a window. It had been quiet for about three days, the first day they got here Hiei had to clear out a few lesser youkai. Yusuke was down to the strength of a street thug, and with Yoko sealed off or something else she didn't know of Shuichi couldn't control plants, thus no longer had a headache from being in Mushari city. She knew of only one person who would know how to remove the necklaces, but with how things were going in this city, there was no way she could get to the person. She'd have to leave the city most likely, and she noticed whenever she was too close to the exit when the others were asleep she could sense Hiei.

So, the only thing she had to worry about was how to get rid of, seemingly, her own personal watch youkai…Without killing him. She stood wanting to slap her head. She moved to a broken mirror and looked at her reflection. Her eyes weren't red any longer. Give it a day or so…She could do it. She sat and began meditating. She was even weaker in this form and she didn't like being weak. She would get it off of her.

Feeling her energy change a bit she opened her eyes standing going back towards the mirror noticing she could sense Hiei. And she wasn't near an exit. Meaning he noticed the change in her. In seeing her eyes red, Yusuke asleep in broad daylight, and Shuichi out, she walked towards the exit until she noticed Hiei standing in front of her.

“Where do you think you're going. And how did your eyes get red.”

“So I really am not allowed to leave this place.”

“Hn.”

“Hn? Well since that isn't an answer-“ Hiei moved in front of her stopping her. Kagome spoke. “I want to leave, and I am going to leave.”

Hiei looked at her. “Where are you running off to.”

Kagome sent a small wave of purification energy though Hiei knocking him out. “Away from here.”

Shuichi set the bag of food down and checked Hiei over. In seeing as how he was still out he spoke loudly waking Yusuke up.

“Yusuke… Yusuke what happened to Hiei.”

Yusuke stretched yawning. “I just woke up. When I went to sleep Kagome was still here- Oh shit did someone bust into here and take her?”

Shuichi looked around. “There aren't any signs of a battle, and if so they would have just killed us even if they want to string us along for some reason. Most likely Kagome left on her own- Hiei.”

Hiei stood growling to himself. “Let's go. I can barley get something off of her with this damn barrier around this city.”

Kagome, not having any amounts of money for years now, walked her way towards the end of Mushari city. She knew that she wouldn't be able to just leave so easily, but from what she was sensing, she hoped she would be able to leave before the three showed up. Walking through grass no longer in the heart of the city she passed a number of small homes and next to a temple she found a number of youkai and physics there. She had a bow in hand and a small quiver, but figured she could use twigs from some of the trees as arrows. A youkai spoke.

“Hey girly. Why ya walking all the way out here? The train station is in the city. Lost?”

“I like walking. Will you step aside or not.”

One youkai jumped down from a tree landing in front of her. “Nope. Wa'? Gonna make us girly?”

Kagome stuck her hand out onto his chest and before he could slash at her arm she purified him completely. The physics weren't sure of what happened, figuring her to be a physic, but the youkai understood.

“A damn miko.”

“I thought all of them bitches who could do more than a few parlor tricks died out decades ago.”

“Kill her! Or she'll kill us!”

Kagome took out her bow and not knowing the abilities of the ningen physics decided to take them out first. She notched an arrow shooting taking out one physic noticing the rest fled off. Knowing she had to take care of them she fired another three arrows so that they wouldn't give out any unwanted information then quickly hit a youkai away from her with her bow getting sliced along her upper arm by another. Too close she created a barrier purifying the youkai and turned towards the last one shooting two arrows at him so that if one missed, the other was sure to make its mark.

No longer sensing any threat she put the bow on her back and picked up the one arrow that wasn't useless and saw she only had three left. She knelt down ripping part of her shirt to control the bleeding along her arm. But before she could get much further her eyes widened hearing a voice directly behind her making the fine hairs on the back of her neck stand with fear.

“I love the smell of fear in a ningen…Or should I say ningen turned youkai by the looks of the necklace along your neck. Cunning little one aren't you-“

Kagome flared her energy in an attempt to get him away from her feeling her back deeply wounded from a spike on his arm as he left jumping back. She carefully got to her feet figuring she would be dead in a few minutes if she didn't do something for her back and turned seeing-

“Teme yarou!”

The youkai smirked. “I see you remember me forbidden one. Been a while hasn't it. Though I can't saw that your new look suits you-“

Kagome took out an arrow shooting at him. “-Ganban, die!”

Ganban jumped out of the way of the arrow and fired an energy blast from his cannon at her. Kagome was too slow to get out of the way and used a ton of her energy to make a shield. Knowing it would be foolish to do it a second time she quickly ran off to the side trying to get closer to him to no avail. He was far faster, and that cannon kept her back. Stopping, hassling some, she was angry at herself. She couldn't even attack him and he was faster than an arrow-

“-Piss at yourself little one? Or just upset at your own lack there of?”

Kagome glared at him, then with an idea, smirked. She knew how to get him closer to her, though possibly suicidal, it would be worth it.

“I'm not piss at you, or me. But I think you should be at yourself. Carrying around that big, thick cannon, and I can say first hand that you are trying to make up for what you don't have.” She smirked. “Defiantly do not have.”

Ganban began walking up towards her. “Really? As I recall you were still screaming for -“

Kagome erected a barrier around them both the size of a MacDonald's and saw the scowl on Ganban's face. It was too close range for him to use the cannon if he couldn't jump out of the way. A blast that close would have debris hitting him as well. Tossing his cannon aside he charged at Kagome. Poised for his attack she notched two arrows and fired them almost point blank at Ganban. When they both connected he shouted in pain falling down to his knees. One had gone through his left arm, the other burning past his side leaving a horrific burn. Not giving him time for anything else she picked up four sticks firing them as well hearing Ganban fire again, but when the sticks came at him he growled, batted them away with his arm taking the burn and ran at her.

“You'll regret that bitch-“

“-Wrong!”

Kagome had put the bow on her back and from a prayer position she stood twirling her hands around her as tainted miko energy began swirling out in massive arches. Ganban did the only thing he could think of and ran back getting burnt along his back deeply almost killing him, picked up the cannon, and knocked at the barrier until it faltered enough for him to escape. Once outside of it he spoke.

“I'll be back girl. Well done.”

Kagome let down the barrier satisfied that Ganban would not be able to return any time soon. She walked off to a small shed a few minutes outside of the city, went inside and took some of the random cloths and began bandaging herself as much as she could until she sensed the three approaching. She sighed. Not like she could avoid them now. And as close as they were, there was a good possibility that she had been seen by them earlier. When they entered the shed she felt Hiei angry, and hurt and figured the rest were more worried about her.

“Explain Onna.”

“So you didn't see. Then why should I tell?”

Shuichi spoke before Hiei could say anything else. “Let me help you with those wound-“

“-I am fully capable of taking care of this on my own.”

“So what happened for you to obtain these substantial injuries.”

Kagome growled, measly for a ningen. “I left, got attacked, fought them off, killed some, taking care of myself. That's what happened.”

Yusuke sighed. “Kagome why did you even leave in the first place?”

“I don't have to tell you a damn thing and I'm not going to. I have to take care of something, you all do not need to be there, and if necessary I can take care of all of you, even now.”

Hiei spoke. “What is wrong with you? Why won't you tell us, m-“

“-Dunno. I doubt she can sense me, if you can't youkai, nor can the two ningen. Wonder why indeed?”

All minus Kagome looked up going outside to see a ningen, physic most likely, on the roof of the tiny shed. Yusuke spoke.

“What's with you?”

“Oh,” The girl on the roof with a teddy bear spoke. “I'm just following things and what not. I'm not going to fight, I don't want my teddy-“

Hiei jumped up on the roof with his blade at her neck cutting through the teddy bear. “-Why, are, you , here.”

The girl started crying some. “You're a meanie!”

Shuichi sighed. “Young girl, can you tell us why you are here.”

The girl was afraid to shake her head in fear of the blade. “No, no…I'll get in trouble if I do. I think I was supposed to be quiet, but I didn't want that girl to just, die…So I made this shed for her to give her time.”

Shuichi looked at her. “Why did you join with these people if you are not for death and violence?”

The girl was, for some reason, crying more, without Hiei having the sword at her neck. “They said they could bring back my kassan!”

Yusuke felt bad for the girl. “They lied to her good…Hey kid. If your Mom's dead, no crazy youkai or powerful dude can bring her back, sorry. Why don't you just tell-“

The girl started bawling and Hiei glared at him. “Refrain from speaking.”

Yusuke shrugged. “What did I do?”

Shuichi spoke going up to the roof getting the girl. “You are anything but smooth Yusuke. Calm down now. He didn't mean to say it like that, but it's true. But if you help us out some, we won't make you do these things mean people are making you do. You can tell when an adult is lying to you.”

The girl sniffled looking up at him. “How do you speak Japanese real good like that?”

Shuichi sighed. “Even though I don't really look Japanese with this hair color I assure you I am. Can you help us out? We can take you to someplace nice where the people won't lie to you.”

The girl looked up at Shuichi. “Where?”

“There are places filled with children who don't have their kassans with them any longer. We'd be glad to take you, even despite Hiei's persistent scowling behind me.”

Hiei thought to him. `Why do you trust her?'

`Regardless, it's wrong to manipulate a child who most likely doesn't even know why she really is doing this. We should help her, and if something goes wrong, I'll take the blame.'

The girl nodded. “Okay. I'll go with you mister. Is the lady gonna be okay? She was bleeding a lot, and we're all only human.”

Yusuke was inside with Kagome not wanting to say something else to the girl to upset her. Kagome had passed out before she could finish wrapping herself and he finished for her. He wondered what happened but figured maybe the PMS girl would tell him if that kid outside was going to be good now. But then again, Kagome didn't trust many people. He wished she'd at least tell him. He stood wiping his blood soaked hands off on some spare wraps and looked outside of the door to see Moshiari city in the distance. What was she doing out here? Everything was happening in there. Did she know how to change them back into youkai? Did he want to? He could stay ningen with Kieko like this couldn't he? Yusuke sighed not having the answers and waited until Hiei entered.

“What's up Hiei?”

“Hn. We're taking the child with us.”

“Okay, now you're joking. What's reall-“

“-don't make me repeat myself.” Hiei looked down at Kagome and saw the odd way, strangely enough effective, she was bandaged. “She passed out before she could finish.”

“Yeah. I think she needs to go to a hospital. She keeps slowing down and stuff. Maybe one not in that creepy city would be safe?”

Hiei moved carefully picking her up. “Hn. She'll be dead before you can walk her there. Stay with Kurama and kill that brat if she tries something.”

Yusuke walked out of the shed and looked at Shuichi standing next to the girl. “We going or what?”

Shuichi spoke holding the girl's hand. “I take it Hiei left with Kagome. Were her wounds that grave?”

Yusuke shrugged. “Guess so. I ain't no doc. Let's get this over with.”