"Sera, Koenma would like a word with you as well. Its nothing bad, dont worry." With that, she went inside, Hiei following. Taking a seat in front of Koenma's desk, she waited.
While she was waiting, she allowed her mind to wonder over events that had taken place in the past few days. What with the operation, the success of it, and her mother, it was no surprise to Hiei, as he listened in, that her emotions and thoughts were so abstract.
Remembering how Sera's mother had treated her, Hiei delved deeper, searching for the memories that he'd been forced to watch while he had been trapped in her subconscience in the pre-operation stage. He was a bit surprised that he had such easy access to her mind,
'But then again...' he thought, 'I have been in here before...' He began sifting through her memories, going back in time via her subconscience. He was about to start watching one particularly interesting one, until he saw an area swathed entirely in shadow.
Pushing towards it, he felt another push. Sera was forcing him back out, whether she knew she was doing it or not.
Hiei once again back in his own mind, he shot a distasteful look at Sera. She never saw, for she wasnt even looking at him, she was watching Koenma come into the room at long last.
'So she didnt know I was there...or that she pushed me out.' To have pushed him out the way it did, there would have had to have been immensely strong emotional distress concerning that particular area of memories.
'I wonder what could have been worse than her mothers beatings for her to block them so fiercely..?' As Koenma got to his desk, Hiei concluded that he would go back and delve further so as to get a glimpse of what Sera was hiding.
"Sorry I was so long in getting here, I had to debrief another team; they've only just gotten back from the HJ mission." At this Hiei smirked. Team Urameshi had been assigned the same mission, and not only had they gotten back much faster, they had been successful. After all, the result of their mission was sitting in a chair right beside him.
"Now to business." Looking as serious as toddler could possibly hope to be, Koenma looked at both Sera and Hiei.
"Since the Jagan operation was indeed a success, the matter of pulling out what new abilities the Jagan has given you, Sera, has arisen and cannot be ignored. Now then.." Looking squarely at Hiei, he continued.
"Hiei, since you yourself have a Jagan, her training will be your responsibility, as well as acting as her bodyguard. She's the first human ever, in the history of both worlds, to have one, so I wont even assume you dont know how dangerous that could be for her if she's left alone."
Hiei did understand. The number of demons in the Makai was staggering alone, but in the Ningenkai, there were also an amount of registered and even unregistered demons and such living. Any one of them, if they so desired, would look for any opportunity to use her in any way they saw fit. And again Koenma's attention shifted, this time to Sera.
"And you, Sera. I dont want you anywhere alone, inside or outside this building. There is to be someone with you at all times. Are we clear?" She nodded, slowly, hoping that Koenma didnt mean for one of the boys to be with her absolutely everywhere she went.
"Alright. Now that that's in order, I need to get back to work." He motioned to a huge stack of papers, all of them waiting for poor Koenma to stamp. As she and Hiei left the office, Sera allowed her thoughts to wonder.
'Training with this Jagan probably means a lot of emotional control and strength...I'll have to start closing myself off emotionally to everyone, now..' She almost liked the idea. It made things easier. Not paying attention to where she was walking she almost bumped into Hiei after he had stopped; she had been following him.
"This is my room...touch nothing inside if you value your life." He didnt like the thought of her in his room, but he had Koenma's orders. Sera, however didnt quite get it.
"Brilliant. You can find your way home. Now where's my room?" Her attitude annoyed him. No-one without a death-wish, save for Yusuke and Kuwabara, retorted to him in such a manor. He decided to be patient, for the time being.
"Koenma's orders say that you arent to be alone for any reason, wherever you are. My room is..your room, as of now.." Sera heard the distinct disapproval, disdain, and ultimate distaste in his voice, but couldnt exactly blame him.
"Hn..." Stealing the grunt she had heard him use time and again caused Hiei to walk in and shut the door, without allowing Sera entrance. Getting angry, she stopped herself from banging her fist on the door.
'Emotional restraint...dont be so easy to react,' she told herself. Leaning against the wall, she slid down until she sat on the floor, one knee drawn up to her chest. She knew when he didnt let her in a half an hour later, he intended to teach her a lesson, so she allowed herself to fall asleep sitting as she was, against the wall. Koenma's orders were forgotten.
