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Hello, all, once again!
^__^ I have returned with the fourth chapter, and this is going to be a loverly
Christmas present for ya�ll. I think this is my favorite chapter so far�you get
to know my favorite idiot some. Jirk is such a jerk sometimes, but he really is
a sweetie. He helped me cast his dialogue and everything!

Funny how we still haven�t
even really got to the temple and things are happening�

I would like to thank my
four reviewers thus far, especially Esmee, whom I�ve added to my ever-growing
list of internet chat pals. ^__^ I love Yahoo! Messenger. Oh, and to
Natsumi-chan, thank you very much for your review! Yes, it does have a
depressing core, but I like the little snippets of my attempts at humor. And
some of this stuff I really haven�t had to deal with�for instance, I have a
full family still, my brothers and dad and my mom. Well, actually, my mom is
kinda not full�she doesn�t have any legs. But she�s been that way me whole
life. ^_^ I wuvvles my mutti, she�s so good to me. Of course, I hid the fact
that I heard voices and had weird dreams from her for years�still doin� it,
too. No way I�m gonna tell her I�ve been raped, beaten, etc. etc. etc. in my
dreams. I�ve only been to a psychiatrist once�and never been back. My friends
are better therapy, and writing about it helps.

Of course, losing Mike and
everyone was tough, too�~shrug~ Life bites. Just gotta develop a nice set of
teeth to bite back with. ^_~ lol

Chapter 4: Keiko Ukimura

The bus was crowded again.
I sat against the window, as far from my seatmate as I could possibly get. She
was just chatting away, completely oblivious to the fact that I probably looked
terrified of her. I was terrified. If she got much closer to me, she might
touch me�the demons hated people touching me. Even people that they liked, or
�amused� them, like my mother.
I couldn�t even play my CD
player, which usually would have calmed me down. I�d run out of batteries. And
at the same time that I probably looked terrified of the girl chatting,
chattering away about nothing, I was afraid to suddenly ignore her, too. If I
ignored her, she�d be hurt.
I didn�t want to hurt
anyone, not even a little.
That was my demons� job.
~She�s pretty, my sexy
Kitten.~
I jumped, startled by the
sudden voice in my head. Most of the demons were dormant during the day, unless
they saw something they wanted to point out. Karasu came and went�he wasn�t a
�resident�, as I called many of my demons.
�Hey, you okay?�
�Er�y-y-yeah, great! Um, I
just thought I saw a spider, but it was only a bit of writing on the back of
the seat��
~Smooth lie, sexy, did
you think that one up yourself?~
~*~As a matter of fact,
yes I did, Jirkle. What caught your attention this time?~*~
�Yeah, I know what you
mean,� the girl continued, oblivious to the conversation between the half-bat,
half-fire demon in my mind. �I hate it when people write all over these seats,
it�s horrible!�
~Oh, this little vixen beside us�too bad, she seems like such a goody-goody. She could really be a good fuck.~
~*~Shut up, Jirkle, that�s
not funny.~*~
�Actually, I think it�s
kind of cool,� I said, pointing out a particularly intricate design on the back
of the seat in front of us. �It�s almost an art form, like graffiti.�
�But it�s wrong, you�re
drawing all over somebody else�s property!�
~Some fire in this
vixen. Please, can I try her out?~
~*~NO! That�s wrong, Jirkle!~*~
~Someone�s definitions
of right and wrong are wa-a-ay outta whack.~
�It�s the government�s stuff,� I said aloud, trying to drown out Jirkle�s
cackling now. �I think it�s righteous cause, a stick in the eye. People in
government need to wake up and see that there are more ills behind their own
office doors sometimes than out in the streets.�
The girl glanced up toward
the street as I said this. I fought against Jirkle as he tried to take
temporary license over my eyes to watch the arch in the girl�s neck. I guess
Jirkle was kinda right. I mean, she was
really pretty. Soft brown hair, about six or seven inches longer than mine, and
honey brown eyes, wide with innocence. I could see why the demon, however
benevolent this one was toward me, would be attracted to my temporary seatmate.
At least he wasn�t attracted to Shuichi.
Yet.
~Anyway, sexy Kitten,
the reason I came. Karasu came and talked to me last night.~
~*~Shit. Not you, too.~*~
~You know I don�t like
it when you curse, Kitty.~
The other girl started
talking again about other things�a change of subject to avoid uncomfortable
argument with a person she�d never see again.
~*~Bite me.~*~ Then I
remembered who I was talking to. ~*~Not
literally, Jirk!~*~
He chuckled softly. ~Kitten,
I�ll be sure and take you up on your offer at a later date. However,
this�Shuichi person.~
~*~I�m�working on it.~*~
Jirkle sighed. ~You
know that your residents can see and hear everything you do, Kitten. Stop
pretending your not trying to protect him.~
~*~He said�he could�~*~
~Help. Kitten, there
are some things you don�t understand with your unique condition, and one of
them is that if you get rid of us, you�ll never see any of us again.~
My eyes widened
marginally, thankfully unnoticed by the petite brunette still happily
chattering away next to me. ~*~Even�even you and Morana, Jirk?~*~
~Yes, my sexy Kitten.
You lose all of us.~
I sighed and sank against
the seat.
�Am I boring you? Sorry,
I�m known to talk a lot��

I�d almost forgotten she was there.
�No, I�m sorry�I�m kinda
lost in my thoughts here.� I smiled sadly. �There�s a guy who goes to my school
who says he knows someone who can help me. But now I�m wondering if I even want
the help.�
The girl cocked her head
to the side. �Well�it�s not as if you can�t wait if it�s something you�re
unsure about. You can always ask to just wait. In the meantime�just befriend
him and the person who wants to help.�

I stared at her. �How�d you know he wasn�t a friend?�
She smiled sadly, her eyes
distant. �Growing up with Yusuke taught me a lot, you know. He never had any
other friends except for me. I guess I can tell because of the way you kind of
just talked about him like he was just some guy. No one special.� She laughed
quietly. �But�if you open up to him, I bet you�d have a really good friend. He
sounds like the kind who would want your friendship.�
I blinked and sat up in
the seat, clutching my school bag tightly. �You don�t even know me�and
yet�how�d you just figure all that out?�
She shrugged. �Lucky
guess, I guess. Oh! This is my stop.� I glanced up at the words on the board.
�Hey, it�s mine too!�
�That�s funny, there isn�t
much out here�� Then her eyes went wide. �Are you going to visit Master
Genkai?�
I nodded, my eyes just as
wide.
�Then I bet I know one of
the guys who invited you. There�s only two people aside from Yusuke who�d do
that. And that�s Kuwabara-kun and Kur�Shuichi-kun.�
�Minamino-san,� I said,
smiling. Maybe it was a lucky thing I�d
ended up next to the pretty brunette. �I�m Rei Galis.�
�Keiko Ukimura. You can
call me Keiko.�
�Rei, then.�
The bus driver shouted
back. �Yo, girls, you gettin� off any time soon?!�
Keiko smiled at me and
grabbed her bag and the two of us strode off the bus without another word to
him. He wasn�t nice like the other bus driver had been. Jirkle chuckled at my
playfully indignant thoughts.
~You did overstay your welcome on that particular trip, my
Kitten.~
~*~Shut up.~*~
~Make me.~
~*~You know I can�t�~*~

~Exactly. But that�s why you love me!~
I could almost hear the
bright cheery smile on his handsome face. I really couldn�t see any of my
demons, unless they were asleep. But they found ways to hurt me, or help me, as
they saw fit. Most of them were actually pretty decent, especially my five
residents. I wasn�t too certain about Mishu, sometimes, because she was always
way too happy. She was also a dragon. There was also Morana, a demon of Origin
origins, meaning she�d been born somewhere around the beginning of time. Jirkle
was my halfling, the fire-bat demon who just wouldn�t shut up.
The other two
were�mischievous, more than evil. They were twin cat demons, Yin and Yang. I
had no idea why they�d taken such a firm hold in my mind, because they could
really have left at any time unlike the other three. They were Siamese, with
beautiful baby blue eyes and sweet smiles. They loved to play tricks on other
people.
It wasn�t really the
resident demons I didn�t like, though. It was people like Karasu and Xanatos,
Uriel and Tobias. It was�the one who really did all the dirty work behind them
all. It was Dirken who scared me the most.
Dirken�was frightfully
beautiful, and devilishly clever. He was capable of nearly anything. It was he
who�d finally maneuvered Michael�s hands to fire the gun. And yet I never once
was able to see his pinkish hands wrapped around the trigger when I replayed
the images in my mind. Or rather, when he did it. I never really�saw Dirken
much, at least not any more.
He preferred to work
invisibly.
I was so lost in my
thoughts, that I�d hardly noticed that Keiko had led me to and halfway up a
massive flight of stairs. My legs were wobbly from the effort. How had I not
noticed it?
�Wanna rest?� Keiko asked.
�It�s a long way up still. You look dizzy.�
I smiled. �Well�okay. But
only a quick one.�
�So-o-o-o�how�d you meet
Shuichi?�
�He rides the bus I take,
and then he�s in my class�� I shrugged. �He thinks he can help me. Or rather,
this Genkai person can.�
�Help with what?� Keiko
asked, smiling.
I glanced at her, suddenly
uneasy. �I have�a�problem�I guess��
�You guess?�
�Well�sometimes I actually
like what my problem is, see.�
Keiko cocked her head.
�Why would you like a problem if it�s a problem?�
�Everyone else thinks it�s a fuckin� problem,� I cursed, kicking at
a stone. �I�m�okay, they think I�m
schizo.�
Keiko blinked. �You hear
voices?�
�I have dreams, and there
are�people�who are in my dreams. Real people. And� Sometimes, if I get too
close to someone they don�t like�they�get rid of them.� I sighed sadly. �Maybe
it�s best if�after today�you don�t talk to me any more. I don�t want you to get
hurt. Karasu already wants Minamino-san. I dunno what for yet��
�I�m very well protected
from just about anything,� Keiko said, smiling. �I don�t fear something I can�t
see.�
I glanced to the side.
�That�s what I used to believe�before
they came.�
Keiko patted my arm.
�Don�t worry. Beliefs come and go. C�mon, we should get up these stairs if
Shuichi is expecting you.�
I stared at the stairs.
�If he was expecting me to get here by bus, then brave these stairs by myself,
then he must not have realized that I would be about an hour anyway.�

Keiko laughed. �Well, I�m sure if he hadn�t known I was with you, he would have
come to get you, or had Hiei lead you up.�
�Hiei?�
�A friend of ours,� Keiko
said.
�Uh huh. And�how�d he know
you were with me?�
Keiko stalled for a
moment, leading me to believe that her next words were carefully chosen and
maybe a tad untrue. �Cameras! Yes, Genkai has security cameras, they�re set in
the trees so you can�t see them!�
It was a clever lie, but I
was well adept at seeing through facades.
The awkward silence that
followed Keiko�s hasty lie was enough to confirm it. But as I glanced up ahead,
I saw Shuichi coming toward us and forgot it instantly.
�Galis-san, I thought your
appointment lasted longer than this��
�I got out early because
of my �good behavior�,� I said. �I met Keiko on the bus, so it was no big
deal.�

Shuichi gave a troubled smile. �I apologize, I thought I was going to be early
to greet you at the bottom of the stairs. Thank you for finding her, Keiko.�
Keiko smiled,
but�something wasn�t right. There was an uneasy silence after his soft-spoken
words, as if this wasn�t supposed to happen. As if there was something more
going on than what I was seeing in front of me.
And then a man fell from
the tree at my side and scared the living crap out of me. I didn�t scream, but
I fell down at his feet, clutching my chest and staring at the man. He looked
like a boy�a boy with red eyes. I knew it when I saw him.
�You�re a�a fire demon��
I�d never once seen a
demon in front of me. They�d always appeared in my dreams, or as urgings or
voices. Never had I seen one in my waking hours. I felt the blade before I
heard the voices crying out, several of them all together. STOP! All at once. Like a wave or a hurricane or a mallet
in my head, pounding and echoing in my skull.
I wouldn�t say I fainted
or anything. It was more like the noise just overwhelmed my sight and suddenly
I couldn�t see or hear or feel for about three seconds. And then I was being
lifted to my feet by Shuichi and Keiko, propped on either of their shoulders.
�Hey, she�s awake,� Keiko
said. �Hey, Rei, can you stand?�
I tested my weight on the
ground and nodded quietly. Then I collapsed against Shuichi after my knees gave
out.
�Lovely,� I muttered.
�What�happened?�
�You said�� Keiko glanced
at the man who�d dropped from the tree in front of me. He nodded. �You called
Hiei a fire demon, and, well�he��
�That�s �cause he is,� I
said, staring at him. �Well�not all�but�I dunno what the other part is. He�s
all demon, like Jirkle, but he�s half something else��
�Jirkle?� Shuichi glanced
at me.
�He�s one of my
residents,� I explained quickly. Jirkle protested to being called such, but he
quieted when I continued. �One of my favorites, actually. Um�he�s half fire and
half bat demon.�

~I�m your favorite, huh?~
~*~Shut up, Jirkle, or
I�ll take it back.~*~
~You can�t, you already
said it.~
Now, I could hear the
sarcastic raspberry he sent me. Sometimes, Jirkle was so childish. I think
that�s why I really did like him so
much.
�O-o-oka-a-ay, then,�
Keiko blinked.
�I told you, I�m schizo.�
�Perhaps not as much as
the psychologists like to think,� Shuichi said softly, almost to himself. �If
you recognize that Hiei is a demon, perhaps you would recognize others. And
perhaps you are not as crazy as you
think.�
�Hey, I�m crazy, just
not�well, that kind of crazy,� I shrugged. �I�m a weirdo, in more ways than
one.�
Keiko laughed. �You sound
like one of my elementary school friends!�
�Hn. The onna can sense
demonic presences, without a significant spirit signature,� Hiei said, glaring
at me with two eyes. And I could, almost
sense, a third eye somewhere�
�Minamino-san�I wanted to
tell you�that maybe it would be a bad idea for me to get my demons�gone�and
that made no sense whatsoever,� I sighed. �I�m sorry, my brain is all wonky
from being psycho-lized in the Hour of Hell.�
Shuichi hummed quietly in
his throat. �If from what I�ve seen is correct, Galis-san, Genkai may be able
to help�but not in the manner that you first believed.�

It wasn�t until then that I realized I was still clutching the front of his
shirt, his arm at my waist to hold me up. He was strong�stronger than anyone
else I�d ever let hold me. I had loved Michael�deeply, truly, madly�but this
feeling was different. It was one of being secure and comforted, and being
comfortable with those effects. I slowly let him go, and stood on my own two
feet.
But the feeling of being
protected, and of wanting to be protected, never left.
***
I wish I could have that feeling every day�Mike�s
spirit is with me, and so are the arms and hearts of many of my internet
friends, but sometimes even they can�t chase away the bad demons. ~shudder~
Dirken�s always the worst when he gets through.
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