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Mika: So where is the author now?
Suki: *shrugs* Bathroom?
Mika, Kaiya, and Suki: *hears flushing*
Mika: *evil grin* This'll be fun.
Firestorm1991: *opens door and looks up to see Mika standing there and then jumps back* Holy friggers!
Mika: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Your reaction, priceless.
Firestorm1991: You know, I've been waiting for you to do that for a while now...yet I let my guard down.
Kaiya: Never let your guard down.
Suki: *teasing grin* Who taught you that?
Kaiya: *blushes and looks down* No one...
Mika: Suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee. You keep telling yourself that, Kai-Kai.
Kaiya: Can we just get on with the disclaimer...please?
Mika: I'm actually enjoying tormenting you and your other personality.
Kaiya: But I don't have split personalities...that I know of.
Firestorm1991: Maybe way, way, WAY into the future...like 5 stories from now. I'm a sucker for a good soap opera-like problem.
Mika and Suki: Yeah, we know -_-
Firestorm1991: Anyway, I'm sure the readers are BORED now so let's get through this.
Mika: Fine. Firestorm1991 doesn't own YYH or the characters.
Suki: She only owns her many, many, MANY OC's that have absolutely no purpose except to make us three look better.
Kaiya: Well...you guys aren't very nice.
Mika: So what?
Kaiya: Never mind. Firestorm1991 and I apologize for these long and annoying tirades...but we're bored.
"Okay, I just got off the phone with Kurama," Mika said. "Kaiya's hurt and so we're all going to meet up in Ichikawa."
Suze tensed. "Did you say Ichikawa?"
Mika nodded. "Yeah, why?"
Suze sucked in some air and said hesitantly, "That's the town where Kiense said he was going."
Both Mika and Jin paled. "I really hope the lass is alright."
"Of…of course she's alright," Mika said. "I mean, it's Kaiya…the one who fights with Hiei every day. Besides, Kurama said they were already there and I'm sure he would have told us if it was really, really bad."
"I hope your friend is okay," Suze said sadly.
"Well, you ready to go then?" Mika asked.
"Y-you mean I can go with you?" Suze asked.
"Yeah," Mika answered. "Kurama said that the person they met went with them and she was Kiense's second."
"They met Marissa?"
"Yup, and apparently she's asked them for help with Kiense."
"Why is that?" Jin asked.
"Because he's not really Kiense," Suze answered.
Mika and Jin looked at her like she was crazy. "Huh?" they both asked.
"I'll tell you guys on the train…"
"Hey, you guys, wait!" Touya and Suki stopped and turned around to see Toshi running towards them. Touya got in front of Suki defensively.
"What do you want?" Touya snapped.
"Look, I know I misjudged you. My father was wrong."
"Your father?" Suki asked.
"Yeah…he kinda went to a tournament a few years ago where demons fought pretty gruesome fights and told me they we all evil and bloodthirsty. One of the girls I work with and I have been trying to see if we could prove that belief was wrong, so we planned on getting you guys to the point where you would want to kill us and see how you'd react…and you didn't kill me…"
"Why would you be trying to prove something like that when you're trying to destroy us by working for Kiense?" Suki asked seriously. Finally, the caffeine high went down.
"It's a really long story and Marissa can tell it better, but long story short…we have no loyalties to this Kiense."
"Why did you emphasize 'this?'" Touya asked.
"Like I said, it's a long story and-" Toshi was cut off by the ringing of Suki's cell phone.
"Hello?" Suki said into her phone. "Oh hey Sui, what's up?...What? Is she okay?...Well that's good…Okay, we'll start heading over…Wait, who's with you?...Oh, really?...Okay, well then we have someone with us too…Toshi…Yes, we'll be there as soon as we can." Suki hung up her phone and looked over to the two guys who were just staring at her. After a few minutes of them all staring at each other, Suki asked, "What?"
"What was that about?" Touya asked.
"Kaiya got hurt in a fight with Kiense. It's not bad, but Kurama and Sui went to help with a girl named Marissa, and Mika and Jin are already on their way. Sui said that Kurama was on the phone with Yusuke already, so they'll be heading over too. They said to bring Toshi."
"They did?" Touya asked.
"Apparently a girl named Marissa is with Kurama and Sui and they said that she said to bring Toshi with us."
"Is Marissa okay?" Toshi asked.
"Yeah," Suki said. "I mean, she pissed Kurama off at first, but that's all over now. Anyway, we should get going."
The two boys nodded in agreement and followed Suki to the hotel to get her car.
"So why are we going to Ichikawa, Urameshi?" Kuwabara asked as they were packing everything up from the hotel room.
"Kaiya's hurt; Hiei doesn't know how to use a first aid kit; and a girl named Marissa has asked for our help."
"Mari-san?" Kiri asked. "Mari-san is there?"
"Yup," Yusuke said. "So I take it you two know her?"
"She's Kiense's second…after Mayonaka left that is," Akio said.
"Mayonaka was Kiense's second?" Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled at the same time.
"Who's Mayonaka?" Mitari asked.
"She's our friend, Kaiya's, twin sister."
"Mayonaka-san has a twin sister?" Akio asked as his and Kiri's eyes widened.
"Yup, she does," Yusuke said. "Anyway, we should go."
"We're coming too," Hagiri said.
"Of course," Yusuke said. "You guys came onto this mission on your own and I'm sure you want to finish it."
"We wanna go too," Kiri said.
"We wouldn't leave you here, you know," Mitari said, picking the girl up which caused her to giggle and Akio to roll his eyes.
"Let's move out, troops," Yusuke said.
Kaiya groaned and put her hand to her head. She opened her eyes and saw Hiei sitting next to her. It was dark and she was disoriented. "Wh-Wha?" she said weakly. "H-Hiei? Where am I? What happened? How-" Hiei put his finger to her lips.
"Stay quiet," Hiei said. "Kurama and Sui fell asleep in the other bed."
"How did they get here?"
"Driving."
"Baka, I know how. I mean, when and why?"
Hiei blushed and looked away, remembering the reason he called them. "I…I didn't know what to do with the first aid kit after you passed out. I understand bandaging, but there was a lot in there that I didn't know what to do with…so I called them and they were done in that town. Another girl is here, too. On the couch…so I came here."
Kaiya giggled at the fact that Hiei didn't know what to do with the first aid kit, but she thought that him calling for help was sweet. He could have waited for her to wake up. The wound wasn't that bad. "You must have been really concerned about me," Kaiya said.
"Hn," Hiei said turning over facing away from her. He closed his eyes and was ready to fall asleep when he felt Kaiya's hand on his arm. His eyes then snapped opened and he tensed. Hiei turned himself back over and saw Kaiya with glazed eyes. He then remembered that Kurama had gotten Kaiya to swallow some kind of plant for the pain. "You're drugged," he said.
"So?" Kaiya said, her voice filled with haziness. "You were drunk."
"When?"
"The party. Yusuke challenged you to a drinking game and you got wasted and came over to me and tried to flirt with me and you passed out on top of me."
So that's what they had been keeping. Hm, she seems to be giving me information she normally wouldn't. I wonder. "So what did you do when I passed out on you?" Hiei asked.
"I ran my fingers through your hair and let you sleep there. You needed the rest," Kaiya said as she moved her hand to his torso. He grabbed her by the wrist.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked.
"This," she said. Before Hiei could say anything, Kaiya kissed him and then passed out with her head on his shoulder. Hiei just stared at her in shock.
"What just happened?" he whispered to himself.
"I believe you just had your first kiss, Hiei," Kurama said chuckling.
"You," Hiei said. "How long have you been listening?"
"I never fell asleep," Kurama answered. "I had a feeling that she would act that way, but I'm still surprised. She's usually just as reserved as you are. I didn't expect her to be so forward."
"Shut it, fox," Hiei growled. "What did you give her, anyway?"
"Just a high strength painkiller," Kurama said plainly. "If she wakes up again, she'll probably act as she did just now. The effects don't wear off until morning."
Hiei sighed and then growled. "Why didn't she just drink the rum I poured for her?"
"Maybe if you talked to her more, you would know," Kurama stated and when Hiei asked him what he meant, Kurama said nothing.
Hiei growled again and then looked over at Kaiya who was in a peaceful sleep lying on his shoulder. His anger towards Kurama started to fade the longer he watched her. She definitely confused him; that was a fact. Hiei looked at the clock. The others would be at the hotel in an hour or so. Hiei decided to take the opportunity to get some rest and put his arm around Kaiya's waist and pulled her closer. He didn't even notice Sui and Kurama staring at him smiling as they, too, snuggled together.
A few hours later, everyone was outside the hotel room and Yusuke quietly knocked on the door. Kurama came to answer it and motioned for everyone to be quiet. When they got inside, those who knew Hiei and Kaiya stared at them in shock. Kurama forced himself not to chuckle at their expressions as he told them what happened.
"Oh my God!" Yusuke whisper/yelled. "She kissed him and she's still alive."
"She probably won't remember any of it in the morning, anyway," Kurama stated.
"Why not?" Mika asked.
"Well, it's like she's drugged. She wasn't aware of anything she was doing."
"Oh," both Mika and Suki said.
"So you mean…?" Touya started.
"Hiei will remember and she won't? Pretty much," Kurama answered.
"So what do we do while we wait for them to wake up?" Kuwabara asked.
Before Kurama could tell them he already got them rooms, they heard Kaiya scream. They looked over to the bed and both Hiei and Kaiya were awake. Yusuke was about to make a joke but stop when he saw tears streaming down Kaiya's face and her hugging Hiei who awkwardly hugged her back.
"What just happened?" Both Kaiya and Hiei flinched at the sound of Mika's voice and looked over and saw their friends and some people they didn't know, including some children.
"It's nothing," Hiei said, obviously lying. "Don't worry about it right now. We'll talk in the morning." He then pulled Kaiya closer to him and whispered in her ear.
Kurama took the others, including the now awakened Sui and Marissa, outside of the room. "Sui, did you catch anything?" Kurama asked.
"Kaiya had a dream and so did Hiei and it was the same dream. They were fighting someone and Kaiya got injured and Hiei got killed trying to protect her."
"What the f***?" Yusuke yelled. "What the hell kind of dream is that?"
"Keep it down, Yusuke," Kurama admonished. "Let's not draw attention to ourselves."
"It was probably a memory," Touya stated.
"Of the fight with Kiense?" Suki asked. Touya nodded.
"It probably scarred her for life," Mika said.
"If it scarred Kaiya for life, wouldn't it freak Hiei out, too?" Suki asked. "He didn't seem too phased by it."
"That's because Hiei grew up in demon world, so he's probably seen worse," Yusuke replied.
Kurama nodded. "It could have also been a vision. How bad was the dream, Sui?"
"I…I don't want to talk about it," Sui said closing her eyes trying to get them images out of her head. "Let's just say I really hope this guy doesn't go anywhere near either of them."
Kaiya wiped her tears from her face and moved away from Hiei. "Sorry," she whispered.
"Sorry for what?" Hiei asked her.
"I know you don't like that lovey-dovey closeness stuff. I was just upset."
"I understand," he said thinking about the dream they both had. "It's going to be okay, you know."
"No, I don't know. I can only hope," Kaiya said. "Anyway, we should probably let the others know that I'm fine and go back to sleep."
"Are you sure you're fine?"
Kaiya sucked in some air before finally saying, "Y-yeah."
Hiei helped her lie down so that she wasn't using or lying on her left shoulder and then pulled the blanket up to her neck. He shut the lights and went out to the others. "If you guys want to come back in, you can. She's fine."
"How can she be fine after that dream?" Sui asked.
"So you saw," Hiei stated and received an affirming nod. "Then you know that she isn't in the mood to talk. She's already fallen back to sleep."
"What happened?" Yusuke asked. Hiei looked at the five individuals he didn't really know and the two individuals that they fought against years ago.
"I'd rather not say," he responded.
"Look, I get that you don't trust us," Marissa said, "but maybe we can help you. Toshi and I know Kiense really well…well, at least this Kiense. Mayonaka knew the real Kiense really well."
"What are you talking about?" Hiei asked.
"Yes, well if you had listened earlier," Kurama started.
"It's my fault!" Suze cried out. "I brought this Kiense from another reality. You see, our leader had a problem with the violence towards demons and psychics from Reikai and he wanted to end it, but he would have rather kept the peace. However, he knew he couldn't handle fighting, so he asked me to switch his place with himself from another version of himself. This Kiense is evil and cold and we had no idea what he would do if we didn't follow orders."
"Wait, Kiense isn't Kiense?" Akio asked, his eyes wide.
"Yeah, Akio," Toshi said kneeling down in front of the boy. "It's true and the only reason we kept following orders was to protect you, Kiri, and Suze."
"Will we get Kiense back?" Kiri asked.
"Suze?" Marissa called to her.
"I would do it now; I really would…but Kiense blocked my powers for certain realities. The only way I'll be able to bring the real Kiense back is if this evil Kiense gets beaten and none of us are strong enough."
"There's strength in numbers," Kaiya said standing in front of the doorway.
"I thought you went back to sleep," Hiei said.
"I…I'm afraid to right now," Kaiya said. "Anyway, we can beat him if we work together."
"Do you honestly believe that?" Toshi asked.
"Of course I do," Kaiya said. "I wouldn't say something that I don't believe."
"You have more confidence than we do at the moment," Marissa said. She pointed to Kaiya's shoulder. "That was just a taste of his power. You've never seen him give it his all. None of us have. That burn looks like just about an ounce of his power."
"So the guy has levels," Yusuke said, "big deal. Toguro was like that and I beat him on my own. If this guy is as bad as you say, the least you can do is feel better knowing that we're taking him on together."
"I guess…" both Toshi and Marrisa said.
"Besides," Mika chimed, "he will never get the opportunity to use his powers again. Trust me; I know."
"So you can see the future now?" Yusuke asked.
"Yup. I always could. I just didn't say anything." Mika smirked victoriously to her stunned friends.
"Anyway, we should get some rest," Kurama suggested. He handed room keys to the others. "I got a couple extra rooms so that everyone has a place to sleep. Goodnight, everyone." He and Sui went back into the room. Hiei and Kaiya followed.
It was decided that Yusuke and Kuwabara (to their displeasure) were going to share a room and that Mitari and Toshi would join them. Jin, Mika, Touya, and Suki would share a room and Hagiri would take the couch. Marissa and Suze were going to share a room with Kiri and Akio. The next day, everyone was going to get into a group and search for Kiense. Groups had yet to be decided.
A/N: Kind of a filler chapter. Next chapter is searching for Kiense; however, he's no longer in Ichikawa. He's somewhere else trying to recruit an ally. Can you guess where he's going?
