Mirror of Illusions

Chapter One:

Hiei's Mission

By:  fairysphinx

            fairysphinx:  Hi!  This is my first ever YYH fic!  I haven't seen too much of the show, so sorry about the mistakes.  If you would be so kind, please point out my character mistakes, and such forth.  It would be much appreciated.  Anyhow, I hope that you enjoy this fic!  So, read and review, please!  Thanks!

            Disclaimer:  I do NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho.

            Hiei looked at the demon on the floor.  He had only received the job the day before, but already it was completed.  He was to have captured a terrible demon that was to have stolen the souls of hundreds of humans.  That rumor was true.  However, the demon was slow, and he was weak.  "This job wasn't worth my time," he stated loudly, loud enough for the demon on the floor to hear.  Hiei was purposely trying to make him feel bad.  And, apparently, it was working.  "I need to have a talk with Koenma, and get him to give me better jobs!  Yusuke gets these heroic jobs that almost kill him, and I get the left over garbage!"  He sneered as the demon at his feet cringed.  "Come on.  I have to get you back to Spirit World."  Hiei picked up the demon, and sped off.

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            Koenma jumped as Hiei threw the demon, in spirit handcuffs, on his desk.  "Ogre!" he said to the blue ogre standing next to him.  "Take care of this…demon!  Get it out of my sights!"  Ogre nodded, and he picked up the body of the unconscious demon and dragged it out of the door.  "Well done, Hiei.  Now, I know that you probably want a break, but I have another job for you to-."  Hiei picked up the toddler-looking man, and looked deep into his eyes, anger in his own.

            "Look here, Koenma!" he shouted.  "I'm sick and tired of these sissy jobs!  They don't even challenge me in the slightest!  I demand a better assignment, Koenma!  I'm as strong as Yusuke, if not stronger, but he gets all of the important challenging jobs, while I get the wimpy trash!"  Fire licked his dark eyes.  Koenma saw it.

            "A challenge?" the young ruler said.  "Well, I do have a challenge of a job.  Very, very tough.  You might not come back alive…. But, no, you wouldn't want a dangerous job like this.  No, I think that I'll just offer it to Yusuke.  I'm sure-."

            "I'll take it!" the fire apparition said, slamming his hand on the desk.

            "Are you sure, Hiei?  It's a very tough job."

            "If Urameshi can handle this job, so can I!"

            "Now, you understand that you can't give this mission away, not ever until it's over, correct?"

            "Yes, now what's the mission?!"  Koenma clapped, and a pair of double doors opened.  Two of Koenma's workers came in, along with a girl who looked around fifteen, with long blonde hair pulled up in a ponytail and large purple eyes.  She wore white boots with light blue faux fur trimming and a light-blue dress that went down to her mid-thigh.  There were white buttons down the front of the dress, the first couple unbuttoned.  Hiei narrowed his eyes at the sight of the girl, who was looking around curiously.  "Who is this, and why is she here?"

            "This," Koenma said, clearing his throat, "is the object of your assignment."  Hiei's eyes twitched.

            "What?"

            "This girl witnessed a terrible, terrible crime.  The committers of the crime are now after her head, because they have been doing a lot of illegal things, and, with this girl's testimony, we can permanently put them away, those terrible demons."  Hiei began to pull on his hair.

            "Give this wimpy job to Yusuke!"  Koenma began to back away from the angering demon.

            "Well, I did offer it to him," Koenma confessed.  "But, he declined."  That only served to anger Hiei more.

            "THEN WHY DID YOU TELL ME THAT YOU WOULD OFFER IT TO HIM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

            "Heh.  I thought that that would get you to take it.   It worked."

            "Why didn't you just give it to someone who wanted it?!?!?!"

            "No one wanted the job.  Heh."  Hiei's eyes began to turn red.  "Now, you have to serve this mission.  You agreed to it."  The demon growled, but his eyes were less red.  "I might be able to convince someone to work with you after a while…but don't expect too much.  So, please, just try to enjoy this!"

            "How can I enjoy myself being stuck with a human?!?!?!?!?!"  Hiei's eyes began to turn red again.  He picked Koenma up by the collar.

            Whoever said that I was a human?  Hiei looked around.  His eyes fell upon the girl, who was looking at him…more like staring at him.  As soon as she noticed that he was looking at her, she blinked, and gave him a warm smile.

            'You're just imagining things. The anger is just messing up your brain.  Nothing to worry about,'  he tried to convince himself.  Turning his attention back to Koenma, he said, "So, I'm basically babysitting this girl."  Koenma nodded.  Hiei sighed.  "Great.  How long will it be?"

            "As long as it takes."

            "And where will we be?"

            "You will be in a shelter designed by myself for such an occasion.  You will not know where you are.  You will be alone.  Just the two of you."

            "Just great.  Stuck with a bubble-head for an indefinite amount of time."

            "Hiei, don't insult her.  She's seen sights that could make the most courageous demons run scared.  This girl is very brave.  I haven't seen her cry or hint at the fact that she saw all of that.  Now, no time to loose.  Pack some necessities, and come right back here.  We leave as soon as possible."

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            Hiei paced back and forth over the wooden floor.  His black jacket and black pants, and white scarf (the outfit he wore during the Saint Beasts runnings) were little protection from the cold that leaked through the walls.  He could see his breath turn into white fog in front of him.  The puffs of white floated up, before disappearing.  "Are you okay?" the girl asked, as he sat down.  "You've been very quiet."

            "I'm always quiet."  The girl smiled.  She walked over to him, and stuck out her hand to him.

            "My name is Kyuumenkyou.  But, everyone calls me Kyu."  Hiei raised an eyebrow.

            "Your name means spherical mirror."

            "So?  It's pretty!"  He sighed and sat down.  Kyu fell to her hands and knees, and looked into his eyes.  "And what's your name?"

            "What do you care?"

            "Wellllllll, we're going to be living together for a while, so I think that we should get acquainted!"  Hiei backed away from her, and headed to another part of the room.

            "Leave me alone."

            "Why?"

            "Because I want to be alone."

            "Why?"

            "Because I'm growing annoyed with you."

            "Why?"

            "Because you're annoying.

            "Why?"

            "How am I supposed to know?  I'm not you!"

            "Why?"

            "Gr!"  Hiei went into a corner of the large room, and began to sharpen his sword.  One couldn't see it on the outside, but he was freezing.  What kind of place had they been sent to?

            Swords don't hold warmth.  He heard the voice again.  What was it?  Turning his head, he was startled to see Kyu staring at him, so close that their faces almost touched.  "Hi," she said.  "What's your name?"

            "Ugh!"  He got up from the corner, and, after accidentally bumping his head against hers, moved towards another part of the room.  Kyu followed, with a smile on her face and a bounce in her skip, as if she enjoyed it.  "Will you just leave me alone?!?!"

            "Not until you tell me your name!"

            "Never!"  She watching in awe as he jumped over a pile of boxes, and sped across the room.

            "Cool!" she exclaimed.

            "What, you've never seen people run and jump?"

            "You're fast!"  She giggled.  A look of pride swept over his face.  "What's your name?"  * Hiei facefaults *

            "What, are you deaf?!  I'm not telling you!"  Kyu sat down on the floor, exhausted from the chase, and began to cry.  "Oh, great, now you're going to cry!  You're pathetic!  Whenever things don't go your way, you can't just start to cry and expect people to bend to your every whim!  Are you even listening to me?"  The tears were coming even stronger.

            "All of them…gone!  What did they do?  Why wasn't I with them?!"

            "What are you talking about?" Hiei asked, confused.  The tears stopped.  Kyu looked around, and wiped her eyes.

            "What do you mean?" she asked.  "I didn't say anything."  Hiei gave her a look.

            "Are you sure?"  Kyu nodded.

            "Uh huh!  What's your name?"

            "Ugh!"  Hiei turned around and headed into a corner.

            'What is up with this girl?  She's definatly weird.  And what was she talking about?'  He shook his head, and started to sharpen his sword again.

END OF CHAPTER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

            fairysphinx:  Well, I hope that you enjoyed this first chapter!  Hiei seemed a little OOC, but, I think that he'll be more IC in the following chapters.  Oh, well.  Please review and tell me what you think!  Bye!