Undercover

by Mapperson722

Kurama and Hiei must rely on the expertise of a young war veteran, Delilah Pendergast, in order to solve several cases. Will they be able to use her to solve them all, or will she fall into a dark place where neither of them can go? Will love blossom between any or our characters? Or will an underlining friendship and trust prevent that from happening? Rated for later content.

1. Chapter 1: Delilah

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from the Yu Yu Hakusho series. I only own the original characters within the story and the story line. Now... Delilah is my main character that will be one of the more important story will be rated for it's later chapters. There will be blood, violence and sex, but not for a few chapters. What happens when Kurama and Hiei meet a young woman that can easily match them talent for talent? Will they be able to work with her, or will she push them too far and break up their friendship? Read and find out.

I look forward to all of your comments, I cannot keep writing this if I do not have your reviews. All translations in this story are brought to you by Google Translate... so if you are fluent in any language, do not blame me if it is wrong, contact Google.

And now, without further delay... I give you Chapter 1.

Chapter One: Delilah

Hiei sighed heavily as he looked through the files once again. They were for a new case that had been placed in his hands this morning, and the details were immense. Kurama was his partner, in more ways than one, however, he was out sick that morning, and Hiei was the only one that was able to get this case going. It was going to be a difficult one, because it was going to require sending in someone undercover. He hated having to rely on undercover officers... sometimes they could feed you false information and sometimes... they even flipped sides on you. The last time that he and Kurama had sent someone undercover, the crazy bitch had sent the partners into a full blown ambush, she was the one that put the gun to their heads and told them to drop the case. Hiei smirked lightly as he thought about where she was now... rotting in one of the worse prisons in the worlds. He shook his head, it had cost him and Kurama a lot of public outrage... but it was worth it. She was behind bars, the cartel that she was working was disbanded and now the only major problem in that area was sex slave traders.

Hiei flipped a page and shook his head. He absolutely hated slave traders... they were a brutal group, mistreating their slaves, selling them for the highest prices. It made Hiei sick every time he and Kurama rescued one or two of them. It would take the poor people weeks to get back into a decent form of health. They were almost always half starved and never once had one of them been clean. They were normally drugged on a daily bases and were addicted to whatever it was that they were given. He remembered very clearly what had happened the last time that they had rescued someone that was addicted to speed. He completely freaked out, tearing out his I.V's at the hospital, destroying the room just because he didn't get his daily fix.

The thought made Hiei shiver. To think that someone was forced to take a drug that made them act like that was beyond the small fire demon. He frowned as his thoughts returned to the case at hand... who could he possibly send into a place like that? He wouldn't even subject his worst enemy to that type of torture. He sighed lightly again and closed the file. He tossed it onto his desk and stood up, stretching lightly as he did. He looked out of his office and frowned.

Yusuke and the oaf had just come in for the night. He frowned at the two humans. Sure... he could deal with Yusuke, because he did have a slight admiration for the taller detective, but the oaf... not on your life. He was an idiot and Hiei would never trust him as much as he trusted Kurama or even Yusuke.

"How is it going in there, Hiei?" Koenma called out suddenly to him and Hiei frowned at the toddler.

"How the hell does he do that?" he asked himself as he picked up the file and walked into the main office where Koenma's desk was located. "Depends. How the hell am I supposed to send someone into a place like this?"

Koenma looked up at him and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, Hiei. But this is your department... when you and Kurama accepted full time employment with me you were given the choice of three departments. You two were the ones that chose Special Victims Department."

Hiei sighed lightly and shook his head. "Special victims normally would refer to rape victims and shit like that. You never told us that Special Victims applied to only those that were slaves- those sold for the use of their bodies- and that alone!"

Koenma shrugged his shoulders. "Sex slave and the slave trade rings are rampart around here... cannot help that rape victims rarely report their abuse until it is too late."

Hiei growled at the toddler and shook his head. "Do me a favor. I need a list of your undercover officers. Keep in mind that the place that they will be going is notorious for drugs, sex and heavy abuse. I need someone that will be able to handle that type of pressure."

"There is only one name that comes to mind for something like that," Koenma said to him. "Not even looking at the rest of the names and their lists of specialties... There is one woman that comes to mind. I can have her file to you by morning."

Hiei sighed lightly. "Fine. But I do not think that she is worthy... I will still expect that list."

Koenma shrugged his shoulders. "I highly doubt that you will need anyone else. Her list of specialties and trainings alone would out shadow everyone else that I might come up with."

"I doubt that," Hiei said as he punched the time-clock and walked out of the office.

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Not too far away, there was a peaceful village beyond the mountains that lined the Makai. Although the houses were not grand and the roads were still dusty, despite the changes around them, the people were happy with their lives. The people were even referred to as the Nomads. The village had no electricity, they still relied on the old ways to entertain themselves. The children played outside for the day, while the wives sat around the village, gossiping about their lives or spent a few hours tending to their fields. The men would be in the fields for the day, they grew their own food. They did not need the outside world to survive. Looking around the village... it was like a bowl. There were mountains to their sides and a vast ocean to their east. Should the mountains gather greater amounts of snow in the winters, the villagers could provide for themselves. They had supple cattle for meat, including wild bores in the forests. They also had fish galore, providing the ocean was kind enough to them during the winter. They grew hundreds of crops, from vegetables, herbs and fruits to healing herbs and medicinal aide from the earth.

In other words... this little village that only housed about six hundred people was absolutely perfect!

Everyone knew everyone, the children grew up together as their parents had before them. The children would run around the village playing everyday. They could sometimes convince a random adult to play with them. Even the weather was perfect, never too cold and never too hot.

One particular nice day, the children ran about the dusty streets shouting as they played around the village. The mothers never feared that they would get lost, since it was such a tight knit community. One group of children in particular were standing near the stables. There were four of them, equally split between boys and girls. They were not supposed to be here, but they always loved to sneak a peak at those that were training with the horses. Especially today, since the village's best was out there. Her name was Delilah. She was a beauty from the higher family lines of the village. Her father was the General to Lord Koenma's army, and from a small town... that was a big deal.

"I still do not see why you still come out here to train, Delilah," her father said as he pulled the reins to his horse. "You have all the training that you will need in life in MANY different areas... why keep at it?"

Delilah frowned at her father. She loved him to death, however, sometimes he was a bit dense. "What harm will come with extra practice, Papa?"

He shook his head and looked at his daughter. She looked just like her mother. She had long flowing golden hair that reached her knees with those captivating crystal blue eyes. Only being twenty four years of age, he was more proud of his daughter than he was of any accomplishment in his own life. She had spent many of her years training in the Navy and the Air Force. She came home with many new skills, her favorite downright was the ability to pilot any aircraft that she could get into the cockpit of. She was not shy when it came to training in other areas as well. She bounced around from SWAT teams, to the Bomb Squad, to Sniper Training. There was almost nothing that she could not do. Her expertise in martial arts and Kung fu helped her out a lot too. However, today she was not training in any of her major skills. She was merely having a bit of fun, and target practice with the long bows was one way to go.

She pulled the reins to her mount and smiled as she reached out for the long bow that her father was holding out to her. She looked around the course, one of her favorites. There was no quiver of arrows on her back, instead each target had a quiver of arrows near it. There were twenty five targets. She smiled, this was indeed one of her favorite downtime activities. She looked at her father and smirked as she tightened the grip on her long bow. She kicked her horse into motion and ran through the course one time, collecting three arrows on the way around. She turned towards the first target and readied an arrow, taking the reins into one hand. She smiled as she balanced the long bow and the arrow in one hand as she kicked her horse into a full speed gallop. Her father watched as she ran through the first target, hitting the bullseye. He shook his head. It was too easy of a course for her. She was doing this when she was ten years old, why fourteen years later it would not be as easy was just impossible.

After her run through the field, Delilah sighed heavily as she galloped back to her father's side. She looked at the course and smiled lightly, every single target out there had an arrow embedded directly into it's center. She handed her long bow to her father and he took it from her. He chuckled lightly and looked at her.

"I think there will have to be some moving targets in there next time," he said to her and she smiled.

"Most definitely, Papa," she said as she dismounted from her horse. She ran a hand through his long black mane and smiled again. "Perhaps, Shadow and I should set up the next course."

Her father grunted smugly and shook his head. "Not on your life, Delilah. The last course that I let you set up has yet to be mastered by anyone other than you."

Delilah snickered lightly and shrugged her shoulders. "That is kind of the point, dad."

She walked her horse back into the stable and noticed the four youngsters that had ducked behind the stable. She smirked lightly and shook her head as she pulled the bit from Shadow's mouth. She sat the bit on a wooden peg next to his stall and sighed heavily as she looked out of the open stable doors. It was a beautiful day, but to her it seemed to be dragging a bit. She frowned, that was odd... she could normally find something to do here.

Suddenly, a loud screech was heard outside the stable. Delilah smiled brightly as she ran out the other doors, running out next to where the four youngsters were still crouching. She looked up into the sky and smiled as she seen the being that had screeched. She shook her head as she watched the falcon circle above her. She whistled loudly and held out her arm. She heard the four children gasping in awe as the beautiful black and white falcon landed on Delilah's outstretched arm.

"Well, well," Delilah said lightly to the tiny bird of prey. She pet the bird on its chest and smiled as the wings flapped at her. "What on earth are you doing here? Ah- I see."

There was a message tied to the bird's right leg. She smiled as she untied the little string and watched as the bird flew up into a nearby tree. Delilah smirked as she unfolded the letter and sighed lightly. It was a message from Koenma. It was quite vague on the details and she frowned.

Her father walked up and seen the frown on her face. "What is it, darling?"

She looked at him and shook her head. "It's a message from the King. Koenma sent a message that says to expect company."

"When?" her father asked.

Delilah turned the little note over and shrugged her shoulders. "All it says is to expect company. Nothing else. I wonder what the hell that is supposed to mean."

Her father shrugged his shoulder. "Who knows. Koenma is a difficult man to interpret when he sends messages via bird. I was once given one that read 'Heads Up' and that was it. Of course two days later we had to leave for battle. So perhaps he might have some work for you."

Delilah smiled lightly. "One can only hope."

Her father chuckled lightly as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "Are you that bored?"

Delilah shrugged her shoulders. "What can I say.. I guess I really did take after you."

"Do not let your mother hear that," her father said as the two of them walked away from the stables. There was only one reason that Koenma would have sent them a warning. Either something bad was heading their way... but then again... Koenma would have sent the message to her father, and not to her. That only left one reason... she was either in trouble for some reason, or else a new deployment was heading her way. Deployment was not all that bad to her, she enjoyed being able to help out with the war efforts, however, the war was over and there was a calm about the valleys of the Spirit World. There was only one thing that she could do... sit and wait, ready and prepared for anything that could come her way.

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Kurama sniffled lightly and shook his head. "Hiei, for the last time... I will be alright! Stop fussing over me!"

"I only said that you should take one more day off," Hiei insisted as the two of them walked into Koenma's office. "I don't want to catch whatever kamikaze virus that you had."

Kurama chuckled lightly. He only had a cold and it was only because of the changing of the seasons. He had been waiting for the next one to hit, but alas... one can never be truly prepared for a changing season cold, right. Kurama punched the time clock and walked to their office. He pushed open the door and frowned. Hiei had moved his desk about two feet from his and now Kurama was sitting right next to the open window. Kurama shook his head and watched as his partner walked into the room and took off his cloak. Hiei turned to him and seen the look on his face.

"What?" Hiei asked as he sat at his desk. "Until you have relieved yourself from every single one of your symptoms you will be working over there."

Kurama shook his head and walked to the window. He closed the window and laid his jacket over the back of his chair. "I think that this is a bit much, Hiei. Even for you."

"I hate being sick," Hiei said simply. "So get over it."

Kurama chuckled as he sat at his desk and turned on his computer. He picked up the several messages that he had missed the two days before. He frowned as he flipped through them. He sighed heavily as he held one of them up.

"I thought that you said the Hakamoto case was solved!" Kurama said as he looked at his partner.

"Just needs your final report," Hiei said simply again and looked through his own messages. He sighed lightly as he looked at one in particular. It was from Koenma and he shook his head. He stood up and walked to the door. Kurama frowned as he watched his partner walk into Koenma's office next to their own.

Kurama smirked as he could hear Hiei getting flustered with their boss. He shook his head and turned to his computer as the voice of his partner was heard through the glass window between their office and Koenma's. After a few moments he heard the voice die down, and a moment later, Hiei walked back into their office with a file that was thicker than any other that they had come across. Kurama frowned as he seen Hiei sit the file on his desk and sit in the chair behind the desk.

"How the hell are we supposed to trust someone that was deemed a dirty cop?" Hiei asked the red head suddenly.

Kurama looked at him and frowned. "What are you talking about? Who is a dirty cop, and why would you have to trust them?"

Hiei opened the drawer of his desk and pulled out a case file. He stood up and walked the file over to Kurama, and after he handed over the file, Hiei crossed his arms as he leaned against the corner of the desk. "Yesterday, there was a kidnapping reported. It was handed to us because it was two women and three young men. The pictures from the families are in the file, and they were last seen with a henchmen of the Yamamoto gang. The Yamamoto gang is well known for human trafficking and slavery. And now... that makes thirteen young men and women that have disappeared in the same area around the same time."

Kurama flipped through the file and frowned. "So an undercover operation is what is needed here."

Hiei nodded and sighed lightly. "Yamamoto's gang is known also for drugging their slaves before they are sold. I asked Koenma to give me a list of undercover officers that would be willing to go that deep into a job. He only gave me one name, and I do not think that I can trust her. She is good at what she does, however, she was deemed a dirty cop three years ago. Being deemed a dirty cop only two weeks after starting to work for Koenma is not something that I look forward to dealing with. Who is to say that she will not flip on us?"

Kurama nodded as he listened to his partner's concerns about the situation at hand. Kurama sighed lightly. "So... Koenma has set up a meeting with her?"

Hiei walked to his desk and sighed heavily. "Yes... however, she will not come here, according to Koenma. We will have to go to her. And Koenma requested that we spend two or three days in the village that way we can get to know her and what she is about."

Kurama frowned. "Two or three days? Why should we have to do that?"

Hiei shrugged his shoulders. "I think that he wants to prove that she may seem like a dirty cop... but only as a part of her cover. He said that she did things the way that she did in order to continue her cover. If she is on a drug case... a dirty cop is just the type of person that a drug smuggler would want. Someone that had access to the police and their activities but is willing to stay with them."

Kurama nodded and sighed lightly. "I guess that we have no way around it then. If it was an order... we cannot go against it."

Hiei nodded as he opened the thick file in front of him. It was quite thick... but then again, Koenma had said that she had solved over two hundred cases in the last five years. With no help, and with no access to the police involved in the cases. That was only slightly impressive, considering ALL undercover officers had to work like that. Hiei's eyes widened as he came across her page of specialties and achievements. Kurama seen the look and smirked lightly, the red head knew of several undercover officers and the types of credentials that they had. For Hiei to be reacting like that... it must be quite extensive.

"How the hell does one do this in only seven years? Wait..." Hiei read the file again and frowned. "She signed up with the Navy when she was seventeen? I thought that was illegal."

Kurama shrugged his shoulders. "If there is parental consent and the person is almost eighteen... then the Navy and the Army will accept their signing."

Hiei frowned and shook his head. "She must have been a problem child if her parents gave consent when she was only seventeen... and it says that she signed up only two months after turning seventeen."

Kurama shrugged his shoulders again and looked at his partner. "Look at you, Hiei... You started training at a very young age. Perhaps she did as well."

Hiei looked back at the file and read on. "Naval training AND Air Force? What the hell?"

Kurama chuckled lightly as he tapped several keys on the keyboard. "What are her top achievements in the Navy and Air Force?"

Hiei looked farther down the list and smirked lightly. "Pretty high up considering she was in TWO different military branches. Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and Lieutenant General in the Air Force. That is actually quite impressive. Says that she was awarded a Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross, and the Silver Star. Again... impressive."

Kurama nodded as he looked up. "She has been a busy bee. It takes a lot to achieve a Medal of Honor AND a Silver Star. What else does it say about her history in the military?"

Hiei read the rest of the history in her military background and shrugged his shoulder. "Pretty much the same as any of the other officers around here. Once she came home from the war... it says that she jumped directly into the Bomb Squad and spent a year and a half there. Then to the SWAT team... and after that... nothing."

Kurama frowned. "What year was she in the SWAT?"

Hiei looked at the dates and frowned. "Last year!"

Kurama blinked. "Are you kidding me? Our department works VERY close with the SWAY team. Is there a picture attached to her file?"

Hiei nodded and pulled the picture from the page. As usual it was only attached with a paper clip and he stood up, studying the picture. Kurama looked at the picture and thought for a few moments. "Don't recognize her... perhaps she was more of a behind the scenes SWAT member... perhaps a negotiator."

Hiei shook his head as he took the picture and returned it to her file. "This type of woman... behind the scenes? I highly doubt that."

Hiei looked at the picture and frowned. She WAS gorgeous. She was attractive in a uniform. It was a white Navy uniform, the awards that she had received were pinned to her jacket. Her long blonde hair was pulled back into a tight bun and her icy blue eyes were a perfect contrast to the darker blue of her uniform. He shook his head as he continued to flip through her file.

"It says here that she is the oldest of six children, lives with her mother and father in the village of her birth..." Hiei stopped and shook his head lightly. "It even has a list of her tattoos here."

Kurama frowned. "Tattoos?"

Hiei nodded and looked at them. "Four of them. A snake wrapping around a sword, an infinity symbol, the Japanese symbols for youth and beauty, and..."

Kurama looked at his partner as he heard the list die at only three. "And? What is the last one?"

Hiei frowned and shook his head. "A black dragon that wraps around her right arm."

Kurama blinked. "Do you think that it is possible that it is the same as yours?"

Hiei shook his head. "When I got this tattoo... and the dragon within... the man said that no one in the world was ever going to have the same one..."

Kurama smirked. "Coincidence. What about languages? Does she only speak her native tongue?"

Hiei flipped a page and shook his head. "Nope... it says here that she is fluent in French, Russian, German, Greek, and even several demon languages that are practically extinct. Again... impressive. But with a history like this... what the hell could she be compensating for? I mean... who does this kind of shit for a living?"

Kurama looked at his partner and sighed lightly. "I guess we are going to find out when we meet her. Perhaps she might be the person that Koenma says she is... perhaps there is more to her than meets the eye."

Hiei frowned at his partner. "That is why I cannot trust an undercover... There is ALWAYS more than meets the eye."

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The next morning, Kurama and Hiei set out on their journey to the village beyond the mountains. It was not a difficult route to take... however, the late season frost made the journey slower than the two had anticipated. It was only a six hour journey, the way they traveled, however, Hiei was taking his time. Meeting this woman seemed to weigh on him, and he had no idea why. It said in her file that her family was half fire demon and half blood demon. That combination alone was enough to make any detective's blood run cold. A fire demon was bad enough, but mixed with a blood demon... that was something to worry about, considering that both demon breeds were extremely powerful alone. Combined... what the hell were they about to come into contact with? Hiei shook his head, Koenma had already said that if he didn't trust the woman than he would contact others that would probably be willing to do this. Hiei was already wishing that he had just asked Koenma for that list instead of coming across this breed of demon.

Kurama looked back at his partner and frowned. "Hiei... Koenma trusts her enough to have given us the file. That has to say something about her character... right?"

Hiei shook his head. "Koenma would trust a poisonous snake wrapped around his neck if it smiled at him."

Kurama chuckled lightly and shook his head. "You are absolutely hopeless, Hiei."

"No," Hiei said as the village came into view. "I am just cautious. You said yourself that a blood demon mixed with a fire demon could be a problem. How you can be so carefree about this is beyond me."

Kurama smiled as he looked at his partner. "I give people a chance to prove themselves to me before I judge them, Hiei. That is how you should look at this. Give her a chance, and if nothing seems suspicious... than we have our undercover. If we cannot trust her, then we move on. Simple as that."

"Nothing is simple about this, Kurama," Hiei said lightly. "One of us is going to have to go in there WITH her. Can you trust her with your life?"

Kurama shrugged his shoulders. "I have yet to determine that, Hiei. Stop worrying. Koenma said that it would be a peaceful meeting. On their grounds, yes... but with a promise of safe passage."

Hiei shook his head and continued the rest of the journey in silence. As they approached the village, Hiei was dumbfounded. The smell of blood demons was rampart, as was the smell of fire demons. Were they all the same? Or were the two breeds coexisting peacefully?

Kurama chuckled lightly as he seen two children running by, chasing after a few stray chickens. Hiei frowned as he looked around. There were fields surrounding the village, and the people tending to the fields were starting to notice their arrival. It was not often that the village had visitors, it would seem.

A young girl that was holding a cat in her arms walked up to the pair and smiled lightly at them. "Is yous lost?"

Hiei snorted and crossed his arms. Kurama nudged the fire demon with his elbow and frowned at his partner. Hiei spat his normal hn to the red head and looked away. Kurama sighed lightly as he turned back to the little girl. "Actually, we are looking for Delilah Pendergast. Is she around?"

The little girl smiled lightly and nodded. "Sissy is in the stables. She waiting for you."

Kurama smiled lightly at the little girl. So this was one of Delilah's siblings. It was odd that the first person that they ran into was one of her relatives. What were the odds of that happening? The little girl turned and waved them to follow her. Hiei groaned lightly and followed when he seen the look on Kurama's face. They followed the little girl to a small barn like structure. However, behind the barn was a large horse stable. Kurama looked and smiled as he seen the many stallions and mares in their pins. It was like they were waiting for company, for the moment that the trio entered, every single horse looked up and whinny at the same time.

"Shimai, anata wa kaisha o matte iru!" the little girl called as she stopped in the middle of the barn. "Shimai... doko ni imasu ka?" {Author's note}

Kurama frowned. The little girl was speaking in perfect Japanese, however, it seemed a bit off to him. He spoke Japanese as well... however some of the words seemed off. Perhaps it was just the way their dialect was, perhaps the little girl was wrong... he didn't know.

"Auto kokobe wa, amaimono," came the soft reply through the open doors on the opposite side of the barn. {Author's Note}

Kurama and Hiei watched as the little girl walked out to the open field. They could hear the two talking lightly as they approached. However, when they got out to the other side, they were surprised to see several people there. One was a tall man, taller than Kurama and he was talking to another young man. Hiei blinked... the young man looked just like Delilah did in her photograph! This had to be another one of her siblings.

"Well, come out," the little girl said to the pair and they blinked back into focus.

Kurama swallowed lightly as they were all gathered around the horses out there. He didn't know what to expect. However, the older man took all three of the horses by their reins and led them away. "Come along, Tiffany. You needn't be here."

"Yes, papa," she said lightly and fell into step behind the trio of horses.

That left Kurama and Hiei staring out at the pairing standing there. Definitely these two were related. Hiei blinked again as Delilah turned to them, a tiny smirk planted on her face. "You two are late... I was expecting you earlier than this."

Kurama chuckled lightly and shrugged his shoulders. "The route through the mountain pass was a bit icy. Cannot help being slowed down."

She smirked lightly and turned back to the boy next to her. He had a long bow in his hands and an arrow ready to loose. She nodded to him and he lifted the bow and arrow. "From the core, Travis. The core must be strong."

He nodded and let out a steady breath as he pulled the string back to his cheek. Kurama and Hiei frowned as they looked down the length of the field. There were two targets set up, far enough that the bullseye in the center was difficult to see from where they were.

"Loose," Delilah said lightly and instantly the boy did as he was told.

Kurama watched as the arrow missed the target and landed in the tree beside the target. He shook his head lightly. Delilah sighed and took the bow from him. "What did you do wrong?"

He looked down. "I didn't focus enough."

"And?" she asked lightly as she took the stance beside him.

"I didn't center myself. I wasn't grounded enough to shoot," he replied as he stepped aside.

She nodded lightly. "Remember, if the shot comes from the core, it will never miss."

She took an arrow from the quiver on the ground before her and placed it against the bow. "Steady your core. Line up your shot. Aim at the target, and shoot."

She let out a small breath and turned to the side. She looked down the range and pulled the string back. She blinked and pulled the string a bit more, causing the ends of the bow to creak lightly under the pressure. She loosed the arrow and it flew down the range, imbedding itself into the target, perfectly centered in the middle of the red center. She smirked lightly and turned to the boy beside her. She held out the bow to him and he sighed lightly. He took his stance as he placed his arrow against the bow.

"Steady yourself, brother," she said lightly and he took a deep breath.

He looked down the range and she shook her head lightly. She pressed in his stomach a bit and he lost his breath. She looked at him and he frowned as she pressed his stomach again. He turned back to the target and aimed to shoot. She stepped back and seen that he was ready, however... she seen that his elbow was low. She smacked his elbow lightly and he raised it, lining up his shot.

"Your elbow should always be an extension to your arrow," she said to him. "Now... center yourself, and shoot."

He took a calming breath and let it out slowly. He pulled the string back and released the arrow. This time, it flew straight. It hit the target this time, at least. He smiled lightly and turned to her. "I did it!"

Delilah smirked and shook her head. "You will get better. One day, you just might be as good as me."

"You know... that is not a very good way to inspire someone," Hiei said sarcastically behind them. "Telling someone that they will one day be as good as yourself? That is setting the bar a bit high, don't you think?"

She turned to them and frowned. "Don't like the way I teach? Then get lost."

Kurama nudged his partner in his side again and Hiei growled lightly. "Don't mind him, Delilah. He is like this with everyone."

"How encouraging," she said sarcastically, but she turned back to her brother and sighed lightly. "Try again."

"I think that they have waited long enough, sister," he said and handed the bow to her. "If they do not think you are good enough for them, prove them wrong."

She glanced at the two newcomers over her shoulder and smirked again. This was going to be fun. She took the bow into her hand and pulled the remaining two arrows from the quiver. She placed them both against the bow, settling them both against the string. She took her stance and calmed herself. She tilted the bow to the side a bit and Kurama frowned. Was she trying to split both arrows that were already in the target? That was an impossible task. It was possible with one... but he had never seen it done with two.

The arrows were loosed and a moment later... there was the echo of splitting wood. Kurama gasped lightly as he looked at the two arrows in the target. Hiei's mouth dropped open as he too seen that both arrows were split directly down the middle. She turned to them and smirked.

"Dirty cops are pretty good, no?" she asked them as she held out the bow to her brother. "Very well... let us get this done."

"Koenma told you that we were coming," Kurama stated. "Did he say why?"

As the boy walked away from the trio, Delilah turned to them and put her hands on her hips. "There is only one reason that Koenma would send someone here to meet with me. You are in need of my particular services. Am I correct in saying that much at least?"

"You are," Kurama said and sighed lightly. He reached into his bag and pulled out a file. "We need someone that will be able to go undercover in a VERY delicate operation. We are here to see if you would be able to fill that requirement."

She looked at him as he handed her the file and she sighed lightly as she took it from him. She flipped it open and scanned the pages quickly. "A slavery ring? So... you two are part of Koenma's Special Victims department."

Hiei smirked. "For someone that left so quickly... you sure know the departments pretty well."

Delilah frowned as she looked at the shorter demon before her. "You know... just because you are here means that you cannot do this alone. If I were you... I would watch the way that you speak to me."

Hiei growled lightly at her and dodged as Kurama went to elbow him again. "I can find a hundred other undercover officers that would do this! If you want to be a bitch about this, then our business is done here."

Kurama sighed lightly. "Hiei, honestly. Please... I say again, do not mind him."

Delilah shook her head and looked at the smaller demon. "Do you know why Koenma sent you to me? It is because of my demon type. Being half blood demon and half fire demon means that no DRUG will affect me. It will burn off quickly in my system, leaving me able to do my job. You have obviously read my files... have you noticed that most of the stings that I run with are drug traffickers?"

"Yes, we did see that," Hiei snapped. "But this is no ordinary drug ring, girl. The leader is a ruthless man, he has slipped from our grasp time and time again."

"You know that Yamamoto is not the leader of that gang, right?" she said to them.

Hiei blinked and Kurama frowned. "According to our intel... Yamamoto is the leader and has been from the start."

She frowned and handed him the file back. "Yamamoto is a cover, a scapegoat. Yamamoto is a farmer... how the hell would he come up with two billion dollars to fund such a ring? The man you are after is someone much darker than you realize."

"You know of him?" Kurama asked. "Who is he?"

"I am sure you two know of him," she said as she looked at him. "In fact... you met him at the Dark Tournaments. He was the owner of the last team that you faced. The one team that housed every single one of your enemies."

Kurama blinked and shook his head. "Sakyo is dead. He blew up the arena and was caught inside."

Delilah chuckled lightly as she leaned against the stable door. "Do you honestly think that a man of such power is going to just blow himself up? He is using Yamamoto as a scapegoat so that people believe that he IS dead."

Kurama frowned. "And the rest of the team?"

Delilah shrugged her shoulders and crossed her arms. "They are not my problem. Sakyo is my problem. And I tell you this... should you bring me onto this case... he will NEVER see time in jail or in front of a judge."

Hiei frowned and looked at her. "So... you want to join us for revenge of some kind?"

Delilah shook her head. "Not revenge. Just because. I hate Kingpins. They are the lowest of scum. I have seen what they do to those that betray them and I do not tolerate that kind of treatment... no matter how dastardly the deed against them."

Kurama smiled lightly. "Perhaps there IS more to you than meets the eye. I can say that for sure."

Delilah sighed heavily as she pushed off the door of the stable. "Come on. Let's get you settled in for the night. We can talk more over dinner."

"Are you asking us out on a date?" Hiei snapped.

She frowned and face palmed. "I am going to kill you, Koenma." She turned to the fire demon and crossed her arms. "Let's get one thing straight here, half pint. I am good at what I do, I am professional about what I do. The only way that you and I would ever go out on a date is over my dead body. And that does not seem to be coming any time soon, so get over yourself."

Hiei blinked but looked at his partner. Kurama stood beside them with a hand over his mouth, trying to hide his laughter, but to no avail.

Before Hiei could say anything in his own defense, Delilah rounded on him again. "Koenma sent you to me for one reason - and one reason alone. Because I am the ONLY one that would be able to get close enough to the Kingpin. I can change my appearance, I can use magiks that are forbidden by any other race. I am the darkest person that you two will ever meet, and yet, I am the lightest person that you will ever meet. Koenma sent you to me because YOU NEED MY HELP. Get this through your skull. I am not in the mood to play games with you."

Hiei growled lightly as she turned on her heel and started to walk away again. Kurama stepped up beside his partner with a grin on his face. "I like her."

"Figures," Hiei snapped as they followed after her. "She is just like you in a way."

"No, Hiei," Kurama replied lightly. "She is just like you."

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The End of Chapter One: Delilah. So... I hope you all liked. I do not know the pairings as of yet. I am going through the motions with this one. I am almost tempted to make it a threesome... if you like that idea... please review and tell me this. But... what happens as Kurama and Hiei spend a few days with this warrior woman? Will they choose her to be on their team, or will they move on and run into her in the future? Find out later my loyal fans. Ta Ta For Now.

Author's notes:

Japanese translations

Shimai, anata wa kaisha o motte iru translates into "Sister, you have company."

Doko ni imasu ka? translates into "Where are you?"

Auto kokobe wa, amaimono,translates into "Out here, sweetie."