"Please tell me that you felt that." Heather pleaded to Rei as they stepped into the crowded gym.
"Actually, yes." Rei replied, shivering slightly, for she felt the energy of over seven demons here.
"Tell me that there aren't seven or more, please?" Heather asked in a small voice.
"'Fraid so." Rei sighed, giving an evil look to someone who was staring at the both of them. He turned around quickly, rejoining his group's conversation. Heather brightened, seeing Shuichi across the room, and turned scarlet. "Go talk to him!" Rei pushed her friend forward and trying to forget the demons.
"I can't!" Heather admitted, "You go talk to that Jakk guy."
"Absolutely not." Rei growled, watching the blue-haired boy talk to Shuichi. He seemed to know she was looking at him, for he looked Rei straight in the eyes, bright amber-red clashing with piercing gold for a split second, both knowing the other was of demon-kind. Jakk's look darkened. Rei's eyes went narrow and crimson, flashing with the acknowledgement of a fight, and nodded shortly. Heather looked at her small fire demon friend with confusion.
"He wants a fight." Rei said quietly, her eyes never leaving Jakk, who seemed to have heard her, for he gave her a small nod, the redheaded boy looking at him strangely. "He'll get it, too." She pointed up, meaning the gym roof, the said "tonight, midnight." In her head, sending the message telepathically. Jakk nodded once more, then walked off, the redhead following as the bell finally rang for them to leave.
"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!" Heather exploded after everyone had cleared out of the gym, grabbing the fire demon by the shoulders to look her in the eyes.
Rei seemed to come out of a trance, shaking her head violently. "I honestly do not know. But I am glad we're Quest-class demons."
"We? There is no 'we.' You are going alone, 'cause I have to get a haircut, and I am not fooling with destiny if you two manage to kill each other." Heather gave Rei an evil, I'm-hiding-something,-you'll-never-find-out grin, and left the confused little demon to find her own way home.
Jakk walked through the door and grinned at Kurama. "These demons are low-class, so we'll have no trouble. Wait." His face went serious. Two girls had just come in through the front doors of the gym. There seemed to be something wrong with the blue-haired one, for she froze in her tracks with a scared look. The short one muttered to the other, her eyes cast around the room, where they fell on Jakk. The taller girl's face lit up as she caught sight of Kurama, and she then began arguing with the short girl, who turned pink. Her gaze was still on Jakk, but her eyes were narrowed. "She wants a fight." He said to Kurama, who blinked in suprise at his new friend.
"What class is she?" Kurama asked.
"Kinda low, if you ask me. Not even A-class by the looks of him." Her gaze told him she knew his secret, and muttered to her friend. Using his sharp hearing, he caught, 'He wants a fight. He'll get it, too.' Her eyes never left his face as he gave a short nod. The girl pointed up, meaning the gym roof. Midnight, she sent telepathically, which suprised him, although he didn't show it. He nodded again, receiving another weird look from Kurama. As the bell rang to signal the end of the day, Jakk left the building, Kurama close behind.
"Jakk, may I ask what you are planning?" A very confused Kurama asked as he followed the blue-haired boy to Seikai's van, where the Nives brothers were already waiting.
"I honestly do not know." Jakk said truthfully, "I guess I'll find out at midnight." He threw his now very heavy backpack into the van, and got up into the front seat. "See you later, Kurama."
"Good luck." Kurama waved as they drove off. "I hope he knows what he's doing messing with a Quest-class demon. A fire demon at that." He said softly to himself, then turned on his heel towards home, where his mother would be waiting for the Shuichi she had given birth to, and not the half-fox demon Kurama he was, as always.
Rei: What was I thinking! find out in the next few chapters!RxR!
