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Hiei looked down his nose at the woman before him. He didn't like the feel of her energy one bit. Throughout the whole ordeal he made an effort to feel out the other contractors as well but besides Rin he couldn't sense anything coming from them. They just felt like normal human beings with little to almost no spirit energy at all, but how was that possible? If their powers didn't come from a form of energy then where did it come from? Even when he had witnessed the young silver haired girl heal the woman's fingers he did not feel any sort of change coming from her.

Rin looked up at the man that stood before her. She didn't have the time or means to before, but now that they were standing face to face she took a good look at the man named Hiei. He stood just a few inches taller than her; she came up to just around his eye level. He had black spiky hair with a white starburst for bangs that were outlined in a deep blue color. He wore a white scarf and a long black cloak that covered majority of his body. She could tell just from a glance that he was in impeccable shape which was thoroughly confirmed during their little fight earlier.

He was the first demon Rin ever had the opportunity to observe this close. She was slightly amazed at how similar his features were that of a human but at the same time they couldn't be further from it. If any part of his body screamed demon it was definitely his eyes. She had never seen anything like them. They were a deep red, filled with passion, anger, emotions that her sapphire blues were never capable of. She found herself lost for a moment before snapping back to reality. "What is it that you need of me?" She asked still looking into his eyes.

"Explain to me why traces of your energy were left in that portal. What were you doing there?"

"As I told you, I have nothing to do with that portal. After what Yoh has told you what makes you still think I had anything to do with it?"

Hiei took a couple slow steps closer in attempt to intimidate. He was mere inches from her now with his face looming over her, casting a shadow across her stoic face. "You are the only one with that signature aura. Now, before I decide to continue where we left off before we were rudely interrupted by your colleague; what were you doing around that portal?" he gritted out.

Rin continued to look at him with a blank face, unphased by his attempt to frighten her. He was so adamant that it was her, but aside from her apparent spiritual pressure he had no other proof. Perhaps what Yoh had explained to them earlier had disturbed him and he decided that blaming the issue on her was an outlet. Regardless, it didn't matter to Rin what drove the demon to believe she was the culprit; she would entertain him for now.

Rin lifted up her right hand and began to remove her leather glove, sparks of electricity emitted from her fingers as she flexed them. "Well then, let us continue where we left off, shall we?"

Rin saw the corner of Hiei's mouth lift into a smirk. She went for a jab straight for his heart but he had disappeared in a black blur. He reappeared behind her and grabbed the hilt of his sword aiming for the back of her lower neck in attempt to knock her out, but Rin had reached behind her with her now un-gloved left hand and grabbed onto the sheath, sending trails of electricity up the length. Hiei dropped his sword immediately before the sparks of electricity could reach his hand and kicked it to the side. His sword was a perfect conductor and it would be dangerous to him with an opponent like her.

Rin went for another jab, but this time she didn't stop. She threw a fury of punches one after another with no break in between. Hiei blocked them easily but realized the mistake when he blocked the first one. With each punch Rin was sending pulses of electricity to his arms and hands and since Hiei was already in the rhythm of blocking her attacks it would ruin the flow of his defense if he were to attempt to dodge, which could create a spit second opening for her to land a hit.

Hiei noticed her punches were getting faster and his arms were starting to stiff up the electricity coursing through them. He decided to take the risk and dropped his hands. Hiei quickly dodged a flying fist from his right, but at the same time her other fist came in from the left and landed its mark right in the center of his chest. It was then that Hiei paused for a millisecond, his whole body became numb but he broke free almost instantly and flitted away.

"What the hell just happened?" Yusuke asked. He and Kurama stood off to the side watching the two duke it out. Hiei's confrontation with Rin turned violent quickly.

"Honestly, I'm not surprised things turned out this way." Kurama said off to the side.

Yusuke watched as Rin was able to duck an oncoming attack from Hiei as he reappeared to her side and aimed his leg for the back of her head in a round house kick. "How is she able to dodge Hiei's attacks? He's the fastest one out of all of us and even I have trouble keeping up with him sometimes. She's just human."

"I don't think she can. She's predicting his moves and is moving accordingly. She's a smart fighter that she is."

"You mean little miss shady there has been predicting every single one of Hiei's moves so far and she's been right this whole time? Damn." Yusuke continued to watch.

Strategies, estimations, probability, counter measures, all of this and more were running through Rin's mind, each thought going by infractions of a second. Hiei was too fast for Rin's eyes to follow, but judging from their fight earlier she was able to gather as much information as needed to help her predict his moves. It was simple, Hiei couldn't touch her unless risk injury from her electrical shocks. The only way he could get to her was to catch her off guard and in order to do that he would have to rely on his speed and her blind spots. Rin knew all of her weak spots and figured he would try to aim for those first. Whenever he disappeared she would she would be on hyper alert, depending on the stance she is in she would determine which areas of her body were vulnerable and would immediately block the area.

So far she has been right since Hiei had yet to lay a successful one on her. She could tell he was starting to slow down; the electrical shocks were making his body numb.

Hiei appeared in front of her again and this time Rin took the opportunity to slide her right foot across the floor between his legs. The right side of her body was facing his front now. She bent her right arm in a 90 degree angle and used her left hand to grab her right fist. In one fluid motion Rin used the power from her right leg to bring herself towards Hiei and rammed her elbow into his diaphragm using the extra force from her supporting left arm. Upon impact Rin sent one giant wave of electricity through Hiei's chest. While they were still physically touching she redirected the current to his heart in hopes of stopping it for only a few moments to get him to stagger a little longer.

Hiei was stunned. His mind went blank for a moment as the incredible force jolted him out of his train of thought. He found himself paralyzed and was struggling to move his feet to get away. He could feel the woman redirecting the pulses of electricity towards his heart, leaving a hot fiery trail in its wake, but he knew her efforts to stop his heart would be useless because after all, a demon's heart didn't function in the first place. He managed to break through his daze and broke contact with her; the electricity dissipating from his body. Before Rin could make another move he linked his right arm into the crook of her right elbow and spun on his feet swinging her around and released it, throwing her against the wall. The air left her lungs and a definite crack echoed from her head slamming into the concrete. Rin slid down onto her knees bent over and wheezing, trying to get the air back into her lungs.

"Hiei! That was too far!" yelled Yusuke.

"Hn. She's fine." Hiei said as he crossed his arms and looked at the contractor on the floor.

Yusuke made to help her but Kurama rested a hand on his shoulder stopping him. "He's right. Give her a moment." Yusuke grunted and stepped back beside Kurama.

Getting her breath back Rin was slowly breathing trying to clear her head to focus her line of sight. Everything was a blur and she was seeing two sets of her hands on the floor in front of her. She couldn't quite understand why it wasn't working until a drop of blood fell on the floor next to her fingers. Rin shakily rose up a hand and felt the area at the back of her head where she felt a slight throbbing sensation. Bringing it back to her face she found blood at her fingertips. Oh, that's right, she thought, remembering that her head had slammed into the wall. Without another moment Rin collapsed onto the floor and darkness flooded her vision.

"Tch, weak." Hiei was a little upset with how things had turned out. With the contractor unconscious he couldn't interrogate her, meaning his stay in the Ningenkai would be longer.

"Fuck, I can just imagine already the kind of shit they're gonna give me." Yusuke face palmed and shook his head. He wasn't looking forward to explaining to her colleagues what had happened.

"There's no time for that." Kurama said from the ground. He was bent over on a knee and was examining Rin's head. He carefully shifted aside some hair and found a red gash on the scalp. There was a steady flow of blood seeping through and it didn't look like it was going to slow down. "The blood isn't stopping. She needs immediate medical attention."

"What?" Yusuke spun around and squatted next to the red head. He looked at the wound where Kurama had gently laid his hand next to it, keeping the hair from falling back onto it. "Yikes, that's gotta hurt like a bit-"

"Didn't you hear me earlier? I said she's fine. She won't die." Hiei had walked back over to the group with arms crossed.

"Hiei, I don't think you understand how serious her injury is. I heard it when she hit that wall. You might have cracked her skull."

"We need to get her to that healing girl." Yusuke lifted Rin from the floor bridal style and as gently as possible he adjusted her so that her head lay on the side atop his left shoulder.

"They've already left and we don't know where their home is." Kurama called out to Yusuke as he made his way to the exit with the girl in his arms.

"Then a hospital, damn it!"

"I don't think that would be wise. What if we run into one of them in the hospital, we could be putting her and her colleagues in danger."

Yusuke spun around with eyebrows furrowed, obviously angry. "Then what do you suggest we do? I got a bleeding girl in my arms with a cracked skull thanks to this genius!" he gestured to Hiei with his chin.

"I don't see what the big problem is. Just stitch up the wound and be done with it." Hiei said as he glared at the ex-detective.

"You don't understand, Hiei. She is still a human despite her prowess. If she doesn't get checked then that stunt you pulled could have caused brain damage. She would not be fit for you to question her later if that is the case."

Hiei's frustration over this woman had reached a boiling point. Not only would his stay in the Ningenkai be longer, but now the woman risked brain damage, and if his throw was hard enough then she would be unfit to answer his questions about the portal trespass. Hiei took a second to silently chastise himself for not holding back, but immediately dispelled the feeling. The fox was right; they would need to get her healed and quick.

"We have no choice but to bring her to Genkai's. We'll have Yukina take a look at her."

"Are you nuts? Do you know how far that old hag's place is?"

"I do, which is why our fastest runner is going to bring her there." Kurama looked at Hiei expectantly. "You need to take her to Yukina with haste."

Hiei was really dreading how this night had turned out. With a grunt He walked over to Yusuke and took Rin from his arms, "Careful with her head."

Hiei glared at Yusuke, "I know that." As soon as he got her head situated on his shoulder he was gone in the blink of an eye.

"Come, Yusuke. We've no time to waste."

"Right," The two headed out the warehouse and followed Hiei to Genkai's temple though at a slightly slower pace.

Heat was beating on the skin of her eyelids. Rin cracked an eye open and winced at the brightness of the sun's rays beaming through the rice paper. She blinked away the sleepiness from her eyes before starting to get up but found that she had an incredible headache. Rin reached to the back of her head where she felt the pounding of her headache. Everything felt fine so she gently pressed onto the area and winced, it was tender. Just then, memories of last night flooded Rin's mind. She remembered how she got her injury but wasn't sure what had happened after that. After she had fell unconscious the demons must have brought her somewhere for medical attention, but where?

Her thoughts were interrupted when someone slid the door to her room open. Rin didn't bother to move her head to see who it was as she was more concerned about the injury on her head. "Oh, you're awake." a light voiced fluttered into the room accompanied by the shuffling of feet. Rin looked to the side and using her peripheral vision she saw a young mint haired girl in a yukata making her way towards the futon and knelt down. "I came to check on your injury. Would it be okay if I took a look?" she asked. Rin took a moment to look at her and was undecided if she trusted her enough to face her back towards her. She seemed innocent enough and figured she must have been her care taker since she was the one checking up on her.

Rin didn't answer her and instead she carefully turned onto her side so her back faced the girl, exposing the back of her head. She lied still and let the girl move her hair to side so she could get a better look. After a minute or two she heard her sigh in what sounded like relief. "It looks like it's healing up just fine. Thank goodness." The girl's hand left Rin's hair and she felt the long black strands fall back onto the futon. "When you came to us last night I was afraid that there might be some permanent damage. You were in quite the condition, but alas that doesn't seem the case."

Rin turned onto her back and looked at the girl once more with a raised brow, "Permanent damage?"

"Yes, not only did skin on your scalp split, but your skull was cracked, albeit just a few fractures. I was easily able to heal all of it, though there isn't much I can do about the pain, I'm sorry." Her face turned sullen. Rin looked away and opted to look at the ceiling. "My name is Yukina."

"Rin", she replied not bothering to make eye contact.

"It's nice to meet you, Rin. I'm glad to see that you're okay."

An awkward silence followed as Yukina remained seated next to Rin. She didn't mind it though because with the headache that was slowly starting to develop into a serious migraine she didn't feel up to another conversation despite all the questions roaming around her mind. Rin sighed inwardly when she knew Yoh would be asking for an explanation. She would need to make her way to them, but was in no condition to do any sort of traveling. Speaking of which, where was she anyways? Was she still in Tokyo? She couldn't hear any of the bustling noises of the city so had concluded that she was brought to some remote country side.

Footsteps were heard, breaking Rin from her thoughts. The two women looked up at the rice paper walls and saw a silhouette stop right in the middle. From the shape of his hair Rin already knew who.

Hiei slid the door open from the porch. He had just finished his morning training and came back looking for Yukina only to find her conveniently in the same room as his suspect. He looked down at the ice maiden kneeling beside the woman. Both were staring back up at him but with different faces; Yukina had a smile per usual, one that always managed to melt a bit of the ice surrounding his heart, and the other with a blank face…. As usual.

"Hiei, are you finished with training already?"

Hiei looked away, "Hn."

"Good, I'll go prepare some tea while you keep Rin company. She has just woken up and I imagine she has plenty of questions." Yukina looked back down on to the woman and placed a gentle hand on her blanket covered shoulder. "I'll be right back. Feel free to ask Hiei any questions that you may have in the mean time." Hiei's eyes went wide. He did not want to be left alone in the room with the woman, at least not now. He reached out a hand and was about to voice for Yukina to stop but she was already out the door.

He stood there with his hand in the air for a second before placing it back at his side. He looked at Rin again who, this time, was staring at the ceiling. He watched her and tried to read her face, to see if she was feeling any kind of distress or fear about waking up in a totally unfamiliar environment, but could not find any sort of telling on her face. She had a true poker face, and it was the best one he had seen. The interrogation wasn't going to be a walk in the park he could tell.

"If you're going to ask me any questions please do so now. I'd like to rest off this migraine as soon as possible so I can get back to my colleagues."

"Hn, who said anything about letting you go back? I got you right where I want you and I plan to suck out all of those secrets you are obviously hiding."

"As far as secrets go, I believe Yoh has done a pretty thorough job with telling you all of that. And if you're implying that I am keeping secrets about my apparent whereabouts with that portal of yours then I am sorry to disappoint you, yet again, that I have none." Rin turned her head ever so slightly to look at Hiei who was still standing by the door. "You have the wrong person."

There was that sass again. Hiei hated the way the woman smart mouthed him and he hated wasting time and the woman before him was doing exactly that.

In flash, Hiei was on one knee next to the futon with his right hand cupping the back of her neck to pull her face up to his as he noticed that she didn't have a shirt on to hold onto its collar. The blanket fell from her chest to her lap, revealing her black sports bra but he didn't notice at all because at that moment he could only focus on her eyes.

He heard her gasp at the sudden movement and her brow furrowed probably from the pain from the back of her head or from his grip on neck, whichever he didn't care. Her long strands of black hair fell from her shoulders and hung behind her like a waterfall. With her hair out of the way her shoulders, neck, and collar bone were fully exposed, revealing pale, supple skin which contrasted drastically with her dark mane. Despite those features that weren't entirely unpleasing to the eye Hiei couldn't find it in him to avert his gaze from her eyes. What was it about these empty, bottomless pits of blue that made him want to keep looking; as if there was actually something there waiting to be discovered. It seemed that the longer he looked at them the darker they got, until they were almost black.

Hiei felt a shiver from the woman next to him and it brought him back to his senses. He mentally scolded himself for being distracted from the matter at hand. He crinkled his nose in a sneer, "Given your current state, you are in no position to fight or argue with me. Now, I will ask again. What were you doing in that portal?" he asked through gritted teeth.

Rin didn't even flinch as she just lay limp with her head lolled back and the back of her neck in his hand. Her migraine at this point was too much and she was afraid that using any energy to keep her up would make it worse. "You may ask as many times as you want and my answer will still be the same. I have absolutely nothing to do with that damn portal. So what if the energy in that portal was the same as mine. You have thousands of contractors in this country; it could be anyone of them. You haven't experienced enough of us to make accusations on me." Rin felt the grip on her neck tighten as his nails were starting to dig into her skin. "I don't care how ruthless of a demon you are, I don't care if you beat me to a pulp. You won't get anything out of me because I simple have nothing for you." She lifted the corner of her mouth into a smirk and that smirk had set Hiei off.

He jerked her forward once again bringing her face inches from his. He dug his nails into her neck making sure that they would leave marks after he was done with her. With his hot breath on her face he spoke in a low and threatening tone, "Listen up and listen well, onna. I don't think you know but it is a serious offense to travel to and from the Maikai unauthorized especially while using a portal that is not yours. I can have you executed and if I wish it, by my hands. So I will tell you this, I'll play along in this cat and mouse game you got the ex detective on and if somewhere along the way I catch any sign that you have been lying to me then I will do more than crack your skull."

Rin couldn't help but smile at the demon. How empty his threat was to her because she had absolutely nothing to fear. It was entertaining to watch how adamant he was about convicting her of a crime she had nothing to do with. It almost made her giggle at how pathetic his attempts at making her confess were. This was quite the predicament and she had never imagined she would be in a situation like this; in the hands, or hand, of a demon. Oh how exciting this whole assignment was turning out to be.

Rin lifted her left hand from underneath the covers and brought it to the back of Hiei's neck, using it to pull herself even closer until she could feel his every breath down her face. She looked at him with daring eyes and without breaking eye contact Rin whispered, her lips centimeters from his. "Then by all means, go ahead and try."

There you have it, chapter 11! Review and let me know of any comments, critique, corrections on my grammar, or questions. I don't bite, I promise!