Author's Notes- Sorry the first chapter was so hard to read!!! My computer is evil and

messed it up. I think I found out what happened, so it should be better this time.

Thanks!!! ~.^v

Not Everything Is What It Seems

(In other words, Chapter 2)

Two pictures appeared on the screen in front of Koenma's desk. The first picture

was of a girl with black hair with crimson along the bottom, a lip pierce, an eyebrow

pierce, red eyes, and a black dragon tattoo running up her arm. Kurama was surprised at

the sight of Maeko, who he had just seen earlier. This sight did not bring nearly as much

shock as the second one did. The second picture was of a pretty girl with blond hair and

ocean blue eyes. "How can they be demons?" Kurama muttered to himself. Hiei looked at

him strangely wondering what he was talking about.

"We think they hide in the human world until the night when they come and

attack. I want you to search there first. Report back to me in 5 days.unless you find

something important. If you do then come here and I'll gather everyone else.

Understood?" Koenma asked. "Hai." the others replied. " You can leave, now." "Hai."

they said this and left.

As Kurama started to leave Hiei grabbed his arm, "What did you mean by 'How

can they be demons'?" he growled. "Do you know them?" "Umm" Kurama did his best

to come up with a quick response. "No, they just didn't look like demons. It was

surprising." Hiei looked at him and blinked before saying, "You do remember that I am a

telepath, don't you Kurama?" "Uh." Kurama trailed off. How could he lie to Hiei, when

Hiei could read his mind? "Hai, I know them. They worked at a café I went to today. I

don't know them personally, I only know what they look like and what their names are.

The blond girl is Suki and the one with black hair is Maeko. That's all I know." Hiei

looked at him before stating, "You like Suki, don't you." Kurama looked up as soon as he

heard this. "I..." there was no use denying it, Hiei would find out the truth anyway.

"Yeah."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in the Ningen World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Suki rushed up the front steps of her house. She fumbled through her purse for the

keys. After going through the entire thing and still not being able to find them, she

slipped her hand in her pocket and there they were. (I do this all the time) /Baka. / she

thought to herself. /How could I forget? I never keep my keys in my purse. They're

always in my pocket. / Suddenly an image of Kurama flashed through her mind. /And

why do I keep thinking of him?! Ever since I saw him, he's all I can think of. He was just

a customer and I probably won't see him again. Unless he comes to the café again, which

he might. Why am I standing out here and thinking so much, I need to get out of this

cold. / with that Suki opened the door to a small, but cozy home, took of her shoes and

plopped down on the sofa. She sighed contently and fell asleep.

Her dream was more like a nightmare (hey that's the name of a Kurama song ~.^).

It wasn't just a nightmare you get, then you forget all about. It was a nightmare of a

memory, a memory that wanted to be forgotten. Suki whimpered in her sleep, tossing and

turning on the couch.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Dream~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"DADDY!!!!!!!" a young girl (she was about 5 years old) screamed, doing her

best to run after him. "Suki, stop!" a little boy said while grabbing her arm. Two other

boys ran up and tried to help him comfort the hysterically crying girl. "Daddy!!! Don't

leave!!!!!" she called after the distant figure "PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The

man could no longer be seen. The first boy, who was 12 years old, picked up the small

girl and carried her back into the house. A beautiful woman sat, slouched, on the floor,

sobbing. Suki squirmed out of her brother's arms, went over to her mother, and hugged

her. The woman looked up quickly, not being able to take the sight of her four children

crying, sent them to their rooms.

Around midnight Daichi, the 12-year-old boy, felt himself being shaken awake.

He opened his eyes to find Suki sitting on his stomach. "Daichi," she said softly, "Why

doesn't Daddy love us?" The boy looked at his brothers, who were also awake, searching

for an answer. When he got none, he looked back at the young girl and hugged her. That

was all he could think of. Suddenly Jiro, who was 10, and Ryo, who was 8, came up and

joined the embrace. After a minute or two they broke apart. "Daichi, I don't want to go

back to my room. I'm all alone." The boy smiled and told Suki that she could stay with

them for now.

The next morning when their mother came to wake the three boys, she found all

four of them in Daichi's bed. Daichi was in the middle, Suki was curled up on his chest,

Ichiro was in-between Suki and Ryo, and was holding both of their hands. The woman

smiled a little bit and left, deciding to let them sleep.

It was now a few years later, Suki was 10 years old. She happily skipped through

the door, pulling her brothers along behind. They were all joking around and laughing.

"Mommy!!! We're home!!!" Suki called. She let go of her brothers and went into her

mother's room, the boys following. "Mommy?" she asked. "MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she

suddenly screamed. The boys ran over and gasped at what they saw. Their mother was

lying on the ground, in a puddle of blood. There was a deep cut in her chest, which was

bleeding profusely. Suki fell to her knees, "Mommy." she said between tears. One of

the woman's cold, bloody hands reached up and touched the little girl's face softly.

"Suki," she said, "be a good little girl for your brothers, please. Be the best you can be."

"Hai." The small girl replied. "Daichi, you're in charge of your brothers and sister. Take

care of them" "Yes, mother." The boy answered. "Jiro, keep studying hard and help your

onii-chan." "I will." he said in response. "And Ryo, continue your training. Protect the

family." "Of.of course, Mom." he managed to say. "I love you all. Good.bye." as she

said these last words, her eyes closed for the last time. Suki looked at the woman on the

ground and ran out of the room.

When her brothers found her, an hour or so later, she was in her room. "Suki."

Jiro quietly said as he walked over to her. "What do you want?" she suddenly snapped at

him. "Are you okay?" he asked while picking her up off the floor. "OF COURSE!!!!" she

screamed while crying pathetically. Then she looked into his eyes and saw the concern.

"No." she whispered. A few minutes later Daichi and Ryo came over and they helped

calm the crying girl. That night the family fell asleep exactly how they had 5 years

before.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Suki!!! Wake up!!!" a voice yelled. The girl opened her eyes slowly and was

staring into the eyes of Ryo, her big brother. "Mommy. Daddy." she whispered. "Suki, it

was only a bad dream, it's okay." "Hai.only a dream." "Why don't you take a bath, it

might help you relax." Suki headed toward the bathroom.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~At the café~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Excuse me, but may I speak to the manager?" Kurama asked the woman at the

counter. "I am the manager. What do you need?" the woman responded sweetly.

"Um.do you have Suki and Maeko's addresses?" "Yes, I do." She slowly replied. "Why

did you want to know? If you need them, I'm afraid I can't give them to you, young man.

It's confidential information." "Oh. All right. Thank you for your time." Kurama walked

away from the counter, and walked out the door. After walking for a few minutes he

realized that two men, around 22 and 20, were following him. He stopped and turned

around, waiting for them to get closer. They came right up to him and glared. "How do

you know Suki?" the 20-year-old asked. Kurama was surprised, but answered. "She was

working when I came to the café today." The other one spoke up, "Why do you want to

know where she lives?" "I.I need to ask her something. Why are you asking me so

many questions, anyway?" "We want to know, because we can give you all the answers

you need.if you tell us your name." "Shuichi Minamino." "Daichi Kamata. This is my

brother Jiro. Suki lives at 116 Jomei Street." "Thank you." The two men left, but Kurama

heard Jiro say, "Are you sure you should've given him her address?" "Hai, I do." he

replied. Kurama smiled, at least he had the right address.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Back at Suki's House~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ryo!!! I can't find my clothes and Maeko's coming over in a few minutes!!!"

yelled Suki, who was currently walking around the house in a towel. "Well, why would I

know where your clothes were, baka?!?!" he retorted. "I don't know." He glanced up as

Suki walked in the room. "Put something else on. I don't want to see my own sister like

that." Suddenly Daichi and Jiro opened the door. They blinked as they saw Suki, but

didn't say anything. "Guys, Maeko is coming over and I don't want you to be out here

when she does. Go to your rooms or something." "Hai, oh powerful little sister." Ryo

sarcastically said while walking away. They heard the door of his room close, then the

sound of him practicing martial arts. Jiro laughed and walked out of the room to do some

work. Daichi was still looking at Suki. "You might want to put something on." he said

before also leaving.

Suki started to go back to her room to do what he said, but heard the doorbell

ring. /I'll change after I let Maeko in./ she thought. She walked over and opened the door.

"Hi!!!" she cheerfully said. Kurama and Hiei just blinked. When Suki realized who was

there, her scream could be heard for miles (maybe I'm exaggerating a little). Ryo, Jiro,

and Daichi ran in as quickly as they could. Ryo protectively pushed Suki behind him and

took a fighting stance. "What do you want?" he asked. In the background Daichi and Jiro

were smiling at each other. "It's okay, Ryo. Let them in." Daichi said stepping forward.

"But." Suki started, but Jiro quieted her. "Go change." he whispered. She walked to her

room and came out a few minutes later in jeans and a sweatshirt.

Suki's three brothers were sitting on one couch, while Hiei and Kurama were on

the other. She came over and sat on Daichi, because there was no more room. "What do

you need?" she asked the two. They looked at each other, then Kurama spoke up, "Well,

we" was all he managed to say before the doorbell rang again. Suki got back up and

answered it. This time it was Maeko. "Mae-chan!" she giggled. Maeko smirked, "Suki,

you're cheerful as usual." They walked over as the brothers stood up. Kurama had

convinced them that they would do nothing to harm the girls, but they had to speak to

them in private. "Where are you going?" Suki asked them. Daichi replied, "They wish to

speak to you in private." The two girls watched as the boys left, then they sat down on the

couch.

"Hello." Suki said, "What did you need to talk to us about and who are you?"

Kurama smiled, "I am Kurama, a fox demon. This is Hiei, he is a fire demon."

"Demons?" Suki asked looking a little bit surprised. "Hai, from the spirit world." he said.

"Wait. why do you want to talk to us?" "You are demons too." Hiei stated. (blunt, ne?)

"No." Maeko said. "Please don't lie. Why are you destroying the Spirit World?" Kurama

asked. "We don't know what you're talking about." Maeko replied. Suki's eyes started

to widen. "Why would you think we were demons?" she asked. Hiei and Kurama glanced

at each other. "Well." Kurama started.

Author's Notes- Cliffhanger.BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

I wanted to thank:
Moon Minamino
Passionate Cat
weirdo-loser-freak
saingirl