Chapter 26
A couple hours later, somewhere on campus...
A bound figure is lightly shaken awake by someone kneeling next to him.
"Wake up," the kneeling says, "I need to talk to you."
When the figure was fully alert, listening to where the voice was coming from, the figure lurched forward, headbutting the kneeling individual.
"Ow! Son of a bitch!" The kneeling person grabbed the bound figure by the shoulders, slamming him back on to the floor, "If you care about you and your friends' lives, I suggest you listen," he growled.
The bound figure scowled at him, which went unseen in the dark.
"I'm here to help you. I can't untie you now until tomorrow, so here's the plan."
About an hour later...
Kurama returned to Lee's dorm room, closing the door as quietly as possible only to look up into the eyes of Hiei.
"I see that you are awake, Hiei," Kurama said softly.
"Where were you?" Hiei demanded.
"I beg your pardon?" Kurama asked surprised
"Where. Were. You." Hiei said clipping each word.
"The restroom," Kurama replied only to receive a menacing glare, "Is something wrong?"
"When you found me that time," Hiei said referring to when Kurama found him hunched over a wastebasket, "Where were you, then?"
There was a pause; too long for Hiei.
"Well!?" Hiei said.
Kurama sighed, "Does it have something to do with what you and Lee discussed?"
Silence greeted the redhead, he was correct.
"Don't change the subject, fox," Hiei said in a stern voice.
"Hiei..." Kurama said softly, "Just wait and let it happen."
Hiei raised his voice, "You know-"
"Kurama, Hiei, if you're going to talk, do it quietly or go out into the hall," Devin said cutting Hiei off in a sleepy state.
When Devin returned to sleep, Kurama said, "We can talk about this later after the mission is complete, go back to sleep." He walked up to the swordsman and kissed him chastely.
Kurama then returned to his mattress on the floor next to Lee's bed.
Hiei got back into bed, narrowly missing stepping on Kurama on the floor.
"Good night," Kurama said softly.
The next morning...
The group was up and getting ready to leave for the main building.
"Everyone ready to go?" Devin asked strapping her two swords to her back.
"Ready."
"Yes."
"Yep."
"Uh Huh."
"One question," Lee said and looked over at Hiei, "Are you able to fight?"
"I'm fighting," Hiei said firmly.
Lee looked over at Devin, "And you're okay with fighting?"
"I'm fighting at the expense of myself and my baby to make sure you five stay alive. There's no point in not fighting, if it gets you kids killed."
Lee gave Devin one final look, "Okay, just asking for the last time before I take care of something."
"What would that be?" Kurama asked.
Lee opened the door to reveal Josie standing in the doorway, "Lee," Josie addressed.
"Josie," Lee addressed then handed the blonde a piece of paper, "Go to this address. I want you off campus before we reach the main building."
"Okay," Josie replied then quickly wrapped her arms around Lee in a hug.
"Josie."
"Yes?" she replied.
"You know I'm anti-PDA," Lee said.
Josie let go, "Sorry," she apologized, "Bye." And she left.
Lee turned around to see goofy smiles on everyone's faces, except Hiei.
"What the fuck are you all looking at," Lee said vehemently.
"Nothing..." they replied smiles wiped off their faces.
Lee rolled her eyes and grabbed a metal pole that a month ago was salvaged from broken gym equipment, "Let's go."
Thirty minutes later, at the main building...
With Lee leading the group, they entered the main school building.
"She should be here..." Lee said to herself.
"She?" Yusuke questioned.
"I'll answer your questions later. Right now, I want to focus on finding her," Lee said walking down the hall and going up the staircase with the rest of the group behind her.
Upon reaching the second floor, Lee went down the hall, took a right, and waited for the rest of the team.
"This is the room," Lee said pointing to the door behind her, "Kurama, I want you to come in with me."
"Okay," he said.
Lee turned to the rest, "Stay out here." She handed her metal staff to Kuwabara and went inside with Kurama behind.
"Interesting," Devin said absent-mindedly, "This is Ms. Hicks classroom." (A/N: Who actually remembers Ms. Hicks?)
Upon hearing the door click, the overweight woman looked up from some papers on her desks, "Ah, Good morning, students."
"Good morning, Ms. Hicks," Kurama greeted the two teens bowed to their biology teacher.
"I didn't know there were still students on campus," Ms. Hicks commented, "You're not really supposed to be here at the main building."
"We aren't able to leave due to certain circumstances," Lee said, "It gets tiring to be cooped up in our rooms."
"Ah, then I'll let it slide. So what's up paying me a visit?" the older woman asked.
"We needed to get out for a bit. We saw it best to notify a teacher, so they know or so that we have supervision," Kurama explained.
"Excellent reasoning, but that's what I should expect from the school's top students. Though I didn't think you liked each other, or well Lee wanting anything with to do you."
"I merely see him as competition," Lee said concisely.
"Yes, I know how competitive you can be," Ms. Hicks said cheerily, "Girl power!"
Lee and Kurama sweatdropped.
God, she's weird...
"So where are you two heading? The library, I'm assuming," Ms. Hicks asked.
Kurama and Lee looked at each other, "Yes, that's where we're going," Lee replied and the two turned to leave.
"Ah okay, nice to see you and Kurama," Ms. Hicks called cheerily.
"It was nice to see you-OOF!" Lee put her hand on Kurama's chest, stopping him in his tracks and turned to face the teacher.
"How did you know his name was Kurama?" Lee said slowly, "And not Shuichi?"
Ms. Hicks stared at the two frozen teens and stood up.
"Get down!" Kurama yelled and quickly hit the floor, but before Lee could move, she was hit with a large barrage of energy; sending her flying right through the wall.
The woman that Lee knew nothing about, was the demon all along.
Again, short chapter. Who actually guessed it was Hicks? I bet most of you forgot about her after the third chapter.