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Chapter Ten: Poker?

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"How close?"

"Three miles."

"You sure it's her?"

"Yes."

Flashback

"Kurama what are we supposed to do? Let Hiei do it all? What about that woman?" Yusuke asked.

"We will find her and keep her from Hiei."

"How?"

"With this." Kurama held up a single hair.

"Okay..."

"The compass, Yusuke..."

"Oh! But how do you know it's her hair?"

"People with long hair tend to shed. It was right where she was standing and it smells like her."

"Kurama...I officially love you."

Kurama sweat-dropped. "O...kay..."

End flashback

"Now what do we do?"

"If she's following Hiei's speed then it will be hard to catch up. But according to this she is not moving right now. I suggest we move as fast as possible to get to her before she moves again."

"Right! Can you handle that, Kuwabara?"

"Go to hell."

"Let's go."

Hiei's latest tip had led him to a nameless club. He sighed. He had to get in. According to his tip a young man with blond hair and a woman fitting Ren's description had been there two weeks ago.

He strolled up to the guard and didn't look up at him. A hand on his chest stopped him.

"Name?"

What the hell. "Ikio Fuugiya."

The man widened his eyes and looked puzzled. "Uh..."

"What? You don't believe me? Maybe I should get Ren."

"I-I don't think so. He has blonde hair."

"Fine." Hiei whipped off his bandanna and we all know the rest. When he got inside he was surprised that it was a more like a casino than a club. He saw many people playing poker and couldn't believe it. They were behaving like...Humans... "Ugh." He grimaced.

"Hey! Young man! Wanna play?"

Hiei looked over at a man with sunglasses waving at him.

"Play?"

"Yeah, poker! I beat all my other partners!"

"Well, when you put it that way..."

He sat down and got a closer look at this man.

He had long black hair pulled back in a ponytail, a purple bandanna that wrapped over the top of his head and forehead, black sunglasses, leather jacket, torn jeans, and no shirt. He had an eager grin on his face. He kind of reminded him of Yusuke.

"Anty up!" He said shuffling the cards. Hiei scoffed and pulled out a few Makai coins. "That all you got? Man this is gonna be quick!"

"Hn."

"Not too talkative, are ya?"

"Actually, I need information. I doubt you have it, though."

"Oh, I'm not as dumb as I look, kid. Hit me with it!"

"Do you know of the Fuugiya family?"

The man's eyebrow raised under his sunglasses and he smirked. "Well, I sure picked one hell of a poker partner! The Fuugiya's, huh? I might..."

"For a price." That wasn't a question and both men knew it.

"I'll tell you what. You beat me and I'll tell you what I know. Sound good?"

"What do I give you if you beat me?"

"Your money, you dummy!" He said grinning. Yusuke, definitely.

"Fine."

"We're close. Be on your guard." Kurama said cautiously.

"How close?" Yusuke asked.

"A few blocks."

"We can't sneak up on her, can we?"

"No. But she can us."

"Kuwabara, you pickin' up anything?"

"No."

Man, he hated Kuwabara being like this! When this was over he was going to get him to accept his apology, or kill him trying!

They heard a twig snap and all of them had weapons out. A few seconds later, a gray rabbit hopped out.

"Oh, a bunny!" Kuwabara chirped.

"Seriously..." Yusuke rolled his eyes.

The rabbit sniffed and looked right at them. "I'm glad to see not all animals in the Makai are horrible!"

"Um, Kuwabara..." Kurama started.

The rabbit stood up and sniffed again and sat back down. It opened it's mouth and bared at least fifty fangs and roared.

"AHH! EVIL BUNNY!" Kuwabara screamed as it charged at them.

Fortunately it was dead before it could reach them, thanks to Kurama.

"Oh, yeah I remember now." Yusuke said. "I had to fight off hundreds of those here."

"Damn you, Urameshi! You coulda told me!"

"Not everything's my fault!"

"If you had told me - "

"What, none of this woulda happened?! Get a clue! We all know who's fault this is!"

"Placing blame isn't - " Kurama stopped and spun on his heels. "Yusuke! Kuwa - !"

A thunderous blast shook the forest before he could finish.

"Well?" Hiei's face remained stone. He knew of this human game and knew how to bluff. His hand sucked. "Call." The man sat down his hand showing a full house.

"Shit." He said quietly but loud enough for the man to hear.

"Oh? Did I beat you? Lemme see!"

Hiei sat down his cards revealing three of a kind.

"Whahoo! I win!"

Hiei growled. He thought of using his sword but this man didn't do anything really.

An image of the dream flashed in his mind.

"Fuck it."

Before the man could blink a katana was at his neck. "Whoa, there, partner! Nobody likes a sore loser!"

"Tell me." He spat.

"Sorry, no can do. You want info you gotta give me something."

"I just gave you all my money!" He shouted.

"Hey, Leis is there a problem?" Some guy asked the man.

The man now known as Leis shook his head. "Naw, we're roll playing." The guy gave a 'huh' look and Leis chuckled. "Go away." He said under his breath. The guy walked away shaking his head. "Come on, now. You don't wanna die, do ya?"

"I could destroy this whole place in seconds. Talk."

"You think I can just open my mouth and talk about the Fuugiya's without anything happening to me? I need something in return!"

Hiei growled and reached in his pocket, his sword still on the man. He pulled out a small black bag and slammed it on the table. "You speak one word of what's in that bag and you die."

His sword lowered and Leis opened the bag and put his hand inside. He felt something and pulled it out. It was a black gem. "Well I'll be damned. This what I think it is?"

"Yes." He seethed. He hated this! Giving his own tear gems to a stranger!

"You killed me." Then again...

"How many?" He asked closing the bag.

"About seven."

"How much is that worth?"

"I sold two for 10,000."

"HOLY SHIT ON A STICK!" He almost fell out of his chair. "And how is it you only had 300 here?! Where'd the rest go?!"

"I like alcohol."

"Oh. Damn, boy! How are you even moving?! Alright, what is it you want to know about them?"

"Tell me what you know of Ikio Fuugiya."

"Ikio? Oh, he was always a little bitch."

"You know him?" He said shocked he had gotten this lucky.

"Yeah. I used to fuck his brother." Hiei widened his eyes. "Weren't expectin' that were ya?"

~TBC