Chapter 2 She immediately panicked, and flung herself around to gaze at whatever made that noise. Her breath was fast and she could feel her heart hamemering in her chest. Her eyes flicked as she turned and the light blue irses fell upon a pale, bear chest. Her breath caught in her throat, she was too afraid to look up at the face, but as she had just thought that, she did it. Her eyes trailed up the falwless, pale skin of the person, and landed on the face of a demon. It wasn't Akujin, and with this you would think she would heave a sigh of relief. But she didn't. It was Kuronue, the bat demon. One of Akujin's partners in crime. His river blue eyes seemed to peirce through her soul, and she suddenly felt violated. It was only then that she remembered she was holding her breath. She let out a puff of air, and as she did so, it seemed to give her body functions back. She began to shake violently. Not totally from fear, though that was part of it. As surely anyone would shake in the presence of a demon, but form also excitement, like she had just spotted a celebrity. Could it be, the real Kuronue theif lord standing in front of her? Jessica opened her mouth, but nothing came out of it. It seemed like the minutes dragged out before the demon thief finally spoke, though in reality, it was only a few seconds. "What is a little girl doing out here all by herself?" his voice was casual, but Jessica's imagination sensed some sort of a threat in it. "Looking at something." "Anything interesting?" "Not really…" she trailed off for a moment. Did he know what she was doing? What she was looking for? She hoped not. It would be horrible if he could read, or even understand her confusing mind. Atleast she thought it was confusing. "Oh.."he said nonchalantly, sort of trailing off. He had his arms crossed across his chest as he took a few casual steps off to the side of her, peeking around the rotting boxes. He looked back at her and smiled. "Are you looking for someone?" "No.." Jessica added hesitantly He kept pushing, "A friend? Mother?"

Jessica had suddenly come to a realization of what he was talking about. She had been right, Akujin was just around the corner, and was probably commiting murder and worse to whoever his victim was. She gave a slight smile on her lips, and wanted to jump for joy knowing that she has succeeded in finding him again, but she stopped herself, reminded that now she couldn't take pictures that she had been caught. She coughed a little to clear her throat. Maybe if they talked loud enough, he would come over… Jessica wanted nothing more. "Well, I was actually looking for a demon." She said a little louder then she should of, she hoped that he had heard her, if he was still there anyway. She looked at Kuronue and controlled the urge to look behind her, as he would surely then figure out what's up. But Kuronue didn't know she was talking about Akujin. He smiled, "Well, isn't that just the stupidest thing in the world to do? Search for a demon?" he began to take a few steps to the side of her again, he was circling her. "What are you, some aspiring demon hunter." His last sentence was saracastic, as he frequently ran into these wannabe "demon hunters". In the end they ended up being demon dinner. But Jessica shook her head, "No. I..I came here to take pictures." She said, and as if to prove she wasn't lieing, she held up the camera that was swinging from her neck. Kuronue stared at her for a moment, taking in what he just heard and deciding if she was being serious. What kind of little girl went around and took pictures of demons? A strange, stupid, one at that. He thought for a moment, then smiled. If indeed this girl was as odd as he thought, then he should have no problem luring her in. "Any particular demon, perhaps?" he automatically assumed it wasn't him, as she wasn't snapping away her camera, it was obvious from the look of surprise on her face that she had not planned to see him here. "Well…" Jessica began. She wasn't sure if she should tell him who she's searching for, what if he prevents her form ever seeing him again? But then again, by hearing his name, Akujin could just walk right over here. Jessica smiled inside and took her chances, before giving herself more time to think she blurted out the answer, "Akujin." Kuronue stopped his pacing and observed her again. Was she serious? The Master? Was that the demon she was searching for? Kuronue had assumed an answer like Youko Kurama, as he was the one who was killing a middle-aged woman that was obviously from out of town, on the other side of the crates, though he was still yards away from where Kuronue and Jessica where now. Kuronue let out a laugh. It made Jessica jump, as she had never heard a demon laugh before. It was different from a humans, more cunning and not as loud. Jessica began to shiver again. The rain was still coming down, but it had begun to pick up in these past few minutes, and it was now pouring. Jessica had always wanted to meet a demon, and even this one wasn't her all-time favorite one, alas, it was still a demon. She took advantage of the time Kuronue was using to compose himself to observe him, taking in his physical appearance to jot down in her journal, which was safely hidden under her rain coat.