Chapter Three: Powers Revealed

A/N:   Hey it's Reikachan14 here!!!  Yes, this is another chapter that has been up here and I have just made sure it's less mary-sue!!!  The next chapter, which I HAVE finished, will be posted if I get a few reviews!!!  The next chapter is fairly long too, so be prepared.  Any reviews are welcome too!!!  I just want feedback!  Please enjoy this chapter!

Hiei glanced briefly at his necklace and decided to try to jog her memory. He dangled it in front of her face. " You gave it to me, remember?"

She took her own necklace off, " They're exactly the same… I gave this to you?" She made a face, " Why would I give anything to you?" Why would I? He's so rude and so introverted. He seems really cocky too. Why would I give him anything???

Hiei put his necklace back into the numerous folds in his cloak. He had the urge to give her a smirk but he suppressed it. " Yes, you gave this to me. As to why, I don't really know, nor do I care. I believe you should go back to sleep now, your incessant babbling is not something I would choose to listen to."

Her eyes narrowed, " Fine, I'm going to sleep now. Are you happy?" Hiei nodded very slightly. He watched her from the shadows that the tree cast into the flickering light of the campsite. He had a feeling that something big was going to happen and Azumi did too. Soon, Hiei could plainly see the rhythmic risings of her chest, indicating her somewhat peaceful slumber. Slowly, he could feel sleep overtaking him also. He plummeted into sleep's peaceful release and warm embrace.

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The sunlight shined down upon Azumi's face. " Hey, wake up!" came a voice from some unknown source.

Azumi swatted at the air, murmuring, " Ugh, where is that stupid alarm clock! Leave me alone, Ms. Mitsurugi!" Her right hand made indubitable contact with her oppressor's face.

" Hey! That hurt! Quit it!" Kuwabara shouted, creating even more noise, much to Azumi's dismay.

" Kuwabara, can't you do anything as simple as waking someone up?" Yusuke shook his head at his friend. " Do I have to do everything?" Yusuke began to shake and shout at Azumi in a vain attempt to get her up and about.

" Quit it already!" she screamed at him, her eyes were still closed. Her hand groped for anything to throw at him. Her hands suddenly found a nice large rock and she began to smirk in her half conscious state. * BAM * Yusuke had those big swirly eyes and not to mention a huge bump on his head!

" Ouch… what was that for?" He fell to the ground as Kuwabara slowly inched away.

" Sorry man but I gotta… gotta go help Kurama put up the tents and stuff!" Kuwabara slowly backed away from the smiling Azumi, the rock still in hand.

" Coward," Yusuke managed to croak out. Soon, he managed to get up… and away from the dangerous sleeping newcomer. He rubbed his head, regretting his attempt to wake her. He saw Hiei standing by the trunk of a tree and decided to get him to wake Azumi up. " Hey Hiei!"

He looked up, " What now?" He smirked at the sight of Yusuke's swelling bump.

" Go wake up Azumi."

" Why?" Hiei asked even though he knew the answer.

" Because she's dangerous! Don't tell me you didn't notice this mountain that happened to be growing on my head all of the sudden! Don't even think of laughing either! You go wake her up and see what happens!" Yusuke steamed.  Dumb girl…

Hiei nodded and said nothing though he felt like it. He left Yusuke to nurse his injured pride. He picked up a bucket of freshly retrieved water and smiled as he thought of his evil and rude wake up call. Azumi was still snuggled in the confines of her blankets. He nudged her with her foot and as expected she through a rock at him, which he easily avoided of course.

" Wake up now," he commanded, hoping for the same type of reaction.

She waved her hand wildly in the air. " Go away baka!"

" I don't think so, " with that Hiei dumped the ice-cold water right on top of her head and walked calmly away. He chuckled inwardly as he heard her sputtering curses throughout the chills that ran down her spine from the cold.

" H-hey! T-that was so NOT funny!!!" She shouted through her shivers as she sat up. Yusuke and Kuwabara were busting out in laughter, then suddenly two large rocks came flying their way.

" Ouch, that hurt," Kuwabara cried.

" You think that was bad? She got me at close range before!" complained Yusuke. There were swirlies in both of their eyes now.

Azumi stepped primly over their convulsing bodies. She shook the excess water over them too. "I guess you'll think twice before laughing at me huh?" She smiled wickedly at them. She walked over to Hiei who was standing by the same tree he had kept watch in last night.

" What do you want now?" he asked without turning around.

She shook her head vigorously to try and sprinkle him with water. " What I want? What I want to know is why you dumped a bucket of water on top of me, that's what I want to know!"

" So you could wake up and make yourself useful, that's why." He looked at Yusuke and Kuwabara, " Those bakas couldn't do it, so I did. Next time, you'll get up before I try to wake you. Go roll up your blanket, we're moving on."

She gave him an acidic glance and went on her way. She folded her blanket neatly and had inadvertently run into Kurama.

He laughed at her wet and grungy appearance, " What happened to you?"

She quirked an eyebrow and motioned to Hiei's direction, " My vertically challenged wake up call."

He laughed some more, " I wouldn't talk like that Azumi, you're not that tall yourself."

She turned away and started to follow Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei. " It's not that I'm short, everyone else is just excessively tall."

" Hiei is taller than you also. Didn't you notice?"

She lowered her head in defeat, " Fine you win, I won't call him vertically challenged any more."

Kurama smiled, " Come, we should catch up with everyone else." Then they hurried on their way.

Azumi stayed behind the group, leaving them to talk about whatever they wanted to. Yusuke and Kuwabara weren't that frightened of her, now that she warned them no to disturb her sleep.

She didn't mind staying behind all that much, she was actually quite intrigued by the scenery. She was so absorbed, that she began to wander away…

Kuwabara turned around all of the sudden, he had gotten the feeling something wasn't right. He was correct. " Hey! Where's the girl?"

Yusuke scratched his head, " She's right behind… uh oh." He turned to see only empty space.

" Maybe she's trying to play a joke on us." Kuwabara suggested.

" Yeah, and maybe Hiei will turn into a pig and take up ballet!" Yusuke screamed.

Kurama and Hiei watched them argue, " Maybe we should go find her." Kurama whispered to his friend.

"Hn, let's go. These bakas probably won't even notice we're gone." A shriek shattered the calm air. They all looked up from where they were standing. Azumi.

" Hiei, you need to go find her. We'll follow behind you," Hiei nodded in agreement with Kurama.

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" Get away from me, you overgrown lizard!" The creature's claws had nearly missed her throat. Instead, his claws were lodged into a tree. She tripped and fell to the ground. That was too close. I never should have wandered away!  She grasped her arm in pain, a shallow cut was made there, and that would leave a faint scar…  Stupid monster

The creature had now recovered and stood above her victoriously. " You will die as she commands. I was told to be careful, that you were to be reckoned with. But it seems you've gone weak in these years of confinement in Ningenkai." It laughed wickedly.

Hiei had finally determined where she was. Stupid girl. She's doesn't even have enough sense to pay attention and follow. He heard her scream again. Then he saw her. He saw her about to be struck down dead. No, if she could just hold on a little longer I could get to her in time.  Right, like that will ever happen.  Hiei silently cursed her for making him go through all of this crap.  He ran a little faster.

The demon raised his deadly claw high into the air to slice into her small body. Azumi screamed once more. There was a loud clash, then silence. Azumi's eyes were closed, but she slowly opened them. In her hand was a large staff with a blade at the end.

" I'm still alive?!" she asked herself incredulously.

The monster sneered, " Yes, unfortunately you are." Azumi saw a blur of black.

Hiei.

" That was a rhetorical question, duh!" She pushed the demon back. Why isn't he helping me? Is he just watching? Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small figure observing the scene below… Was that amusement on his face? Azumi growled, " Go away!!" She lashed out at it. Darn, I almost had him! The beast had jumped back just in time.

" You cannot win, I will not let my master down!" the thing cackled. It grazed her shoulder. She could feel her blood trickle down her shirt as she winced in pain.

" Does it hurt? Because it will hurt a lot more. I cannot kill you but I can allow you to suffer as much as I want!"

Hiei watched from afar, " Perhaps I should help her now… She has summoned her weapon when she was desperate. But I don't think she can use it effectively." He whispered to himself. He heard a loud noise from beyond the trees. " It looks like the others and that baka have caught up finally." He held back again trying to judge Azumi's fighting abilities.

The demon was now in her face breathing heavily, " You're a lot more trouble than you're worth, child." He had pinned her down.

 ' Why isn't Hiei helping me? He's just sitting there watching! Ugh, when this is over I'm gonna get him back for this!'

" 'Tis a pity I cannot kill you, but make you suffer isn't so bad, if not better."

" Hey look! She's fighting the demon!" Kuwabara shouted. Yusuke and Kurama sweat-dropped.

" Could you guys kind of, well I don't know, HELP?!" She screamed at them irritatedly, she felt a bit light-headed from the blood-loss.

"Oh, yeah… We're coming." Yusuke said.

By this time, Azumi was getting very frustrated. Her anger was building up within herself. She could feel it pulsing through her body. Stupid Hiei, stupid Yusuke and Kuwabara, and yes, even stupid Kurama! " Get off me NOW!" with this a flash of cold blue light erupted from her hand and a explosion of wind enveloped them. The creature fell back dead.

Azumi stared wide-eyed at what just happened, as did everyone else. "W-what just happened here?"

Hiei jumped down from his tree and nodded his head, "Yes, you are Ayaka for certain now."

 Azumi's eye began to twitch. She started to growl at Hiei, " What is wrong with all of you? I was sitting there being attacked by this lizard and none of you even bothered to help! Are your brains broken or something? Do you even have brains? Baka! Baka! Baka! Baka!" She screamed at them as she hit each of them with a rock, or at least attempted to. I guess Hiei and Kurama saw it coming because they avoided theirs while Yusuke and Kuwabara were knocked down yet again. ( If you're wondering, yes, they did have those swirly eyes.)

 " I'm guessing it's time to go to Rekai now. Right Hiei?" Kurama asked, trying to ignore Yusuke's and Kuwabara's whining."

" Rekai? Whoa, hold it! Where are you guys taking me now?" Azumi questioned.

"Yes, we should hurry. Get those two up. There will be others following from the looks of it."

Azumi began to wave her hands around wildly, " Are you saying there's going to be more of those things after me?" she asked pointing to the corpse of the demon. Hiei and Kurama nodded. " Are you going to help me kill them next time or just sit and stare again? If you are I might as well leave."

" Listen you were the one who wandered away! Next time pay more attention! Come, we are going now." Hiei said as he began to stalk away.

Azumi rubbed the back of her head uncomfortably, " Can you say uptight?"