Flame Angel

Chapter Two

You mean School?!

A.N: Hi! Sorry for the slow update! I was busy on the two stories I'm currently writing on Hana Yori Dango (Maybe you can check it out?) Well, thanks for the reviews! They are veri veri appreciated (Did I spell that rite? I think it's wrong...) I will be more aware of my errors!

Rheia: Is this soon enough? ^^; I'm trying my best! Thanks fer your review!

Chibi-y4kuza: Well, the idea of Kurei as a woman just popped into my mind! Actually I wanted to write this fic later, but changed my mind since I can't stop the urge to write. Blushing Raiha, yes, really cute! Haha! Thanks for your review!

Wusai, the Dark Phantasy: I really thank you for your comments and I will pay more attention to my errors! And a.... I dun like male and male stories... So maybe I'm not able to write something out considering that point... Thanks for reviewing!

~*~

"I understand."

"You better do, you wouldn't like your precious mother to be in bits when you visit her next time." The chair turned to reveal Mori Kouren's mutant face, his eyes flashing evilly. Kurei nodded and bowed.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave." With that, she turned and disappeared through the door, leaving Mori Kouran and his gruesome laughter behind. Her footsteps echoed in the long, empty hallway leading to her room.

"Show yourself, Raiha."

The purple-haired ninja came out from the shadows and into the dim lights of the hallway, smiling sheepishly. Kurei smiled. "You shouldn't be listening to other people's conversation, it's rude." He scratched his head and grinned guiltily.

"Gomen, Kurei-sama. It's just that I heard Mori-sama said something about your mother..." Raiha slapped himself mentally as Kurei's smile evaporated from her lips, as seriousness and hatred filled her scarlet eyes. "Gomen nasai, Kurei-sama! I don't mean to..."

"Get Neon and yourself to my room in five minutes."

~*~

"So, our mission is to kidnap a girl?"

"Yes, Mori thinks that her healing abilities is the key to eternal life." Kurei slide a picture across the table to her two fellow Uruha.

"Sakoshita Yanagi."

Raiha sat back in his chair, his gaze fixed at Kurei's delicate features. "That should be easy, kidnapping a fragile girl." Kurei shook her head.

"It's not going to be as easy as you think, Raiha."

Neon's eyes widened in surprise.

"But...but why? Kurei-sama?"

Kurei smiled. "Never underestimate your opponent's abilities, Neon, Raiha. From the information given to me, the five people, Sakoshita Yanagi's friends, to be exact, four, have madugous with them."

"What about the last one?"

Kurei's eyes flickered in interest. A grin found her way to her lips as she answered the question from Raiha. "I just found out that I'm not the only one who can cast flames." The two of them sat up in surprise and Kurei chuckled.

"You mean...?"

She slide another picture towards Neon, whose eyes widened at the sight before her. A man's picture, his right hand outstretched as flames flickered on his palm.

"Hanabishi Recca. He took Sakoshita Yanagi as his "Hime". And to answer your unspoken question, Neon, yes, he had the very same ability I have. The madugous they have includes Fuujin and Ensui. The other one remained unknown. This is a mission we can't afford to fail."

Raiha lifted one of his brow as he met his gaze with his superior. "Do you have a plan in mind, Kurei-sama?"

Kurei smirked. "In fact, I do. We need to get this four people's trust, this will make the mission easier. Duration, two months. So... Off we go to..."

Raiha and Neon turned to each other, then back to Kurei as they both cried out a word.

"School?!"

~*~

Mikagami Tokiya walked through the school hallway, ignoring the girls who were practically throwing themselves at him. His cold attitude did not succeed in getting these girls out of his way, instead, got himself more girls swooning at his handsome features.

He groaned in frustration as a familiar voice called from behind, followed by a "friendly" slap on his back.

"Yo! Mi-chan!"

He frowned while wondering if there was a handprint on his back. "Fuuko, please try another kind of greeting without using your monkey limbs." Fuuko snorted. "Aw... Mi-chan! You know that's my style! Ice boy!"

Tokiya mentally cursed his luck as Domon and Recca came into view, throwing insults at each other. A fight follows, as usual. He snorted in amusement as the ball of smoke, limbs seen occasionally, rolled around the floor. Fuuko was cheering them on.

As he turned to leave, he accidentally bumped into someone. He turned his gaze down to the person he bumped into.

A pair of scarlet eyes looked up at him as he took in a sharp breath. With her long, black hair flowing on her shoulders and delicate features lighting up her face, the girl looked, well, beautiful.

Not exactly a word that Mikagami Tokiya would say, but that's the only word that he could find to describe her.

Tokiya reached a hand out, and was surprised to feel an electric shock flow through his body as she took it and stood up. She smiled as she straighten down her uniform, before bowing down.

"Gomen nasai, I didn't see you."

Her voice twinkled like bells ringing in his head. He shook his head slightly before apologizing himself. "No, it's partly my fault" The girl smiled again as she bowed down once more before turning to leave.

Surprisingly, Tokiya found himself staring after the girl as his mind replayed her smile over and over again. The bell rang, interrupting his thoughts while reminding him that lessons were next. He walked away, leaving Recca, Domon and Fuuko, who were still fighting on the floor.

~*~

"Recca! Where your hime? I thought you'll never let her out of your sight?" Fuuko asked, surprised that her best friend wasn't with Recca since they always appear together.

"Nope! She said that she'll be bring some new friends here, so she's coming later." Answered Recca, who rested his head on his arms. Tokiya snorted. "Maybe it's because she didn't want to see some sea monkey yet."

Recca sat up at Tokiya's remark as he lifted his right arm. "Shut up. Or else I'll burn you up into crisps!"

"What? A sea monkey want a duel?"

"Gladly."

Recca positioned himself while Tokiya whipped out his Ensui. Just as they prepare to attack, Yanagi opened the door. "Ano... Recca-kun, Mikagami- sempai?" She tilted her head in question. Tokiya and Recca stopped their fight at her arrival.

"Yo, Yanagi-chan!" Fuuko greeted as Tokiya kept his ensui and sat down. Yanagi smiled sweetly. "Minna, these are my new friends! They just got transferred here!"

Tokiya looked up long enough to see a flash of black hair, he sat up in surprise.

Three shadows emerged from behind Yanagi. "This is Neon." She pointed to a girl, who had her long red hair tied up in a ponytail. Domon's eyes turned into heartshapes and started to drool at Neon's beautiful looks. Fuuko, smiled at Neon before placing her fist in Domon's face.

Everyone turned to the purple-haired boy that Yanagi introduced as Raiha and Neon's brother.

But it wasn't the lovely features of Neon nor the brilliant smile of Raiha that caught Tokiya's attention.

It was the girl who Yanagi introduced as Yue ( A/N: That's Kurei... She had to change names since everyone had heard of Mori Kouran and his daughter, Kurei. But no one had seen Kurei before as she didn't want to be recognized every time.)

Yue was the girl he knocked onto earlier on.

As Yanagi introduced Recca and gang to them, Yue's eyes light up in reconviction when she saw Tokiya. She smiled at him and to his own surprise, he did the same.

As everyone settled down and started to chat, Yue strolled over to Tokiya. "Thanks for just now, Mikagami-sempai." He looked up and found himself looking at her eyes. They were amber in colour, sprinkled with scarlet and gold. He stopped himself from looking before he got lost in them.

"It's okay."

He answered, his tone betraying his expressionless face. She smiled and sat down beside him. "Why didn't you go and join Recca-kun and the others?" He snorted. "I'm not a zookeeper, why should I go and stop the sea-monkeys and monkeys?"

Yue laughed in respond. "You call them monkeys?"

"Yeah, except for Yanagi, that is. They convinced me that they are monkeys with their actions." She locked her gaze with his and smiled. "Point remembered!"

Tokiya felt a familiar electric shock run through his body, the same one when they met the first time. The feelings and emotions he felt when with Yanagi and Yue were different. Whenever he was with Yanagi, he would allow his heart to soften, the atmosphere around her was beautiful.

But... What he felt with Yue, was not what of Yanagi. The feeling when he was with Yue was... Peaceful.

Or was it?

~*~

"Seems like you're enjoying school days. Kurei-sama, or should I say, Yue- sama?"

Kurei's lips twitched up into a slight smile. "I haven't be able to go to like normal people, Raiha. Now's my chance, to be able to accomplish a mission and to enjoy high school life at the same time." She chuckled softly, leaving her soft laughter in the empty hallways of the school, before disappearing through the darkness.

A/N: Okay! That's the end of Chapter two! um... Sorrie if u didn't like it... Cuz... Well, I'm having a headache right now.. So.... Sorrie if there's anything wrong about it! Thanks fer your understanding! Comments will be appreciated! Thanks! Well... I think the pairings I had in mind is Kurei/Tokiya and Raiha/Fuuko!

Yue is Kurei... It's a secret mission, so Kurei couldn't afford to fail just because of her name. As you know, Mori Kouran is well known for his charities. So is Kurei. Only that in this fic, only Kurei's name is known to the outside world, her looks remain a mystery as she never appear in shows or interviews.