Chapter 10
Back at the girls' dorm...
Josie was laying down on Lee's bed, watching the boyish girl make candles.
Lee was pulling a candlestick out of its mold when Josie spoke up, "Is something on your mind?"
"Not really," the dark featured girl mumbled not looking up from her work.
Lee had her back to Josie, the blonde couldn't see her face, but she did know that Lee's brows were knitted together in deep thought over something.
"Is it about those guys we hung out with earlier today?"
Lee froze, Josie's assumptions were correct.
"There's something about them that doesn't seem right," Lee finally answered, "More specifically Hiei and Kurama."
"What about them? Kurama seems nice, and Hiei's okay, but he's kind of quiet," Josie asked messing with a collection of bottles filled with oil on Lee's shelf.
"Don't touch those," Lee ordered not looking away from her hot-plate and Josie obeyed and sat on the bed quietly.
"It's something about how those two are that doesn't seem right. Yusuke and Kuwabara are open books about what and who they are, but Hiei and Kurama...their energy seems a little different..." Lee replied to Josie's question.
Josie's ears perked at what she heard her say, "What do you mean?" the blonde asked curiously.
"There is none," Lee put it, "Everyone gives off a small amount of energy, some larger than others, but not Hiei and Kurama."
"So, what if they don't have an energy signature," Josie asked becoming less interested in the topic at hand.
"You either have to be purposely masking it or have the energy of a bug for that to be possible," Lee said matter-of-fact earning a wide-eyed expression from her girlfriend.
Lee was threading a wick through a metal candle mold when she froze and dropped it, the mold hit the floor with a loud clank.
Josie looked up with concern, "Lee, what's wrong?"
Lee ignored her, focusing in the direction of a surge in energy that basically went from nothing to high, but then diminished.
I don't recognize the energy...
Lee didn't recognize the energy at all from anyone, but she could tell that it was not from a human.
Another energy signature also increased, but she recognized this one all too well.
Hyadesh...
The blonde on the bed only looked on in worry over Lee's tense form, before she could ask anything more, Lee jumped out the opened dorm window and ran in the direction of the main building.
At the same time back at the boys' dorm...
Kurama was slowly drifting out of his sleep state when he felt a surge in Hiei's energy, this made the fox bolt up to a sitting position.
"Hiei?" Kurama said.
The familiar energy then drastically diminished, as Hiei's diminished another type of energy surged.
Something isn't right...
Kurama jumped to his feet and attempted to wake his teammates, but none of them stirred, Kurama was still groggy from his own state.
Why am I so tired?...
He had no time to try to wake them up, instead he bolted out the door toward the main building, the source of the energy fluctuations.
As he sprinted past the girls' dorm, he saw Lee jump out one of the windows and sprint in the same direction he was going.
Did she sense the levels in energy?...
He didn't think it would be likely, she most likely saw him running, but then why does she seem to know where to go?
Lee was practically leading him there.
The two busted through the front doors.
"Down this hall!" Lee directed once again running ahead with Kurama trailing behind.
They bolted down the hall and turned right around a corner.
Lee came to a stop and ripped open one of the janitor's closests, grabbed a broom, and snapped the bristle end off.
Kurama found the room where the energy was coming from.
Hyadesh...
Kurama broke the down door leading into the English room, only to see the tall, dark figure of Hyadesh throw an unconscious Hiei to the side.
At the sound of wood breaking, the English teacher whirled around only to receive a punch to the jaw from Lee Crane's small fist, sending the grown man's head into the wall.
Hyadesh attempted to get up and attack the black clad girl, but Lee pressed the makeshift staff across his neck and arms, pinning him to the wall.
"I hope you never teach again," Lee said darkly.
"Ha! And why would I care about losing my job?!" Hyadesh sneered while blood trickled down his chin.
"Oh? Would you care if Koch find out about what you were doing just now?" Kurama growled dialing on the a nearby wall phone.
Hyadesh's face fell at the statement, "You wouldn't dare!" he exclaimed and in a burst of strength threw Lee off of him, threw Kurama to the ground, and sprinted down the hall.
Lee and Kurama took off after him, but once they ran into the hall, they lost sight of him and his energy.
"What the hell! He just vanished!" Lee yelled.
Kurama sighed in fustration, "We can't worry about him now," he said in a scarily calm voice before walking back into the classroom to tend to Hiei.
Back at the boys' dorm...
"Okay, someone needs to tell me what's going on!" Lee demanded.
After Hyadesh got away, Kurama and Lee took Hiei back to the dorm where she demanded answers, but the boys decided to play dumb.
"We know as much as you do about the situation. We can't tell you anything else," Yusuke said inncocently.
Lee scoffed at his claim, "Oh really... then how is it that you and Kuwabara have similar energy, but Hiei's energy is not even human!" she exclaimed.
All three boys stiffened at her statement.
Kurama looked away from Hiei's bedside, "We have to tell her..." Kurama said, "She already knows too much, she could be an asset."
Lee angrily looked from one boy to the other, "Asset for what!"
Yusuke sighed, "We are actually spirit detectives that have been assigned to go on a mission to search for a murderous demon that is hiding somewhere in this school." he informed, "Kurama and Hiei are actually demons, but they're good. While me and Kuwabara are human, well I'm part human, part demon."
Lee just blinked, processing what she just heard, "Oh okay- wait- What! I've been going to school when there's a demon that could have potentially killed me and I didn't even know it!" she screamed.
"Yep," Kuwabara confirmed.
"Wow...you're not freaked out about us?" Yusuke asked confused.
"I've had my suspicions," Lee sat in one of the desk chairs, "I've always thought demons were real, both good and bad. This doesn't shock me."
Kuwabara and Yusuke just arched an eyebrow at her.
"I'm surprised," Kurama spoke up, "You have incredible spirit awareness, like our teammate, Kuwabara."
"Oh great," Lee said sarcastically, "I'm lumped in with Kuwabara."
"Hey!" Kuwabara protested while Yusuke snickered.
"But I've always known something was different. No boy smells that pretty!" Lee exclaimed.
Yusuke and Kuwabara laughed at Lee's offhand comment.
Kurama didn't laugh; he was still worried about Hiei.
It had been several hours and Hiei still had not awaken from unconsciousness.
His complexion was pale, but other than that nothing else seemed abnormal.
"Is Hiei okay?" Lee asked walking over to Hiei's bedside.
"Hiei is still in the same condition, nothing has changed. Just a little pale," Kurama informed his voice a little shaky.
"You knew when he could possibly be awake?" Lee asked.
"I don't know he could be out for days..." Kurama trailed off when he saw what Lee took out of her pocket.
Lee held out labradorite pendulum and asked, "Will Hiei wake up tomorrow morning?"
The pendulum swung back and forth, "Yes, he will," she confirmed.
Kurama arched an eyebrow, "You use a pendulum for divination?"
"Yes," Lee answered, "It's spiritually connected through my energy, so it's pretty accurate; I've never been wrong, this is how I predicted danger when Flora was killed..."
There was a brief silence before Yusuke chirped up, "That's pretty cool that you can predict stuff like that?"
Kurama had an aching worry that would most likely eat at him all night, so he decided to ask, "Can you ask, if anything might happen throughout the night?" Kurama asked.
Lee looked at Kurama, "That worried, huh?"
She centered her pendulum and asked, "Will anything happen to Hiei throughout the night before he awakes in the morning?"
The pendulum didn't move, Lee sweatdropped.
Uh oh...
From the look on her face, it wasn't good.
"What does it mean when the pendulum doesn't move?" Kuwabara asked.
"It means...that we need to keep an eye on Hiei cause even my higher self doesn't even know."
"That's settled, we are not leaving Hiei's side!" Yusuke commanded, "We'll watch him in shifts."
Once everything was settled, Yusuke decided to take the first shift.
Throughout the night, Yusuke and Kuwabara dozed off.
Lee kept herself awake by divining with her pendulum and by running out to get drinks or food, while Kurama stayed near Hiei's bedside, never moving from that spot.
It's getting to the end of the story, but don't worry there will be a sequel! So, who knew something like that would eventually happen to Hiei? What happened to Hyadesh? Will anything more happen to Hiei?
Stay tuned for the next chapter, which by knowing myself and having the rest of the story already planned out, the next chapter should be up either later today or Thursday cause it's one in the morning and I've been writing since eight pm.