Mirror of Illusions

Chapter Three:

Surprises in the Snow

By: fairysphinx

fairysphinx: What can I say? It's been a long time since I updated. Now, before I begin, I'd like to thank Rin-chan for being my editor! Thank you so much! Secondly, I'm sorry for Hiei being so OOC. But, I'm working on it. So, please be patient with me. Thanks! Now, onto the story!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho.

Hiei looked at his drawn sword. Nothing blemished the smooth, clean surface. Not a nick, nor a drop of blood.

Kyu fell onto her knees. Her arms, legs, torso, even her face and neck were covered in her own blood. The cuts were minor, however, there were so many of them she might bleed to death if they weren't clotted soon. Hiei grumbled. "Can you stand?" he asked, rather annoyed. She tried to get up, but fell back on her knees. He sighed, and picked her up, carrying her to the couch. After she was set down, he went to the battered old medicine cabinet, and began to rummage around in it. He pulled out a pack of bandages, and went back to Kyu. Soon, he had her bandaged up. After a moment of awkward silence, Kyu spoke.

"Why?"

"Hm?"

"Why are you doing this?" She pointed to the bandages.

"I'll be damned if you die on my watch! This may be a worthless job, but I'm NOT going to fail! Do you understand?" Kyu nodded her head, and laid back against the arm of the couch. The room seemed to haze over. Her cuts were refusing to clot. She heard Hiei curse, but couldn't focus on the words. Things began to blur, and soon Kyu's world was engulfed in darkness.

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Hiei sat on one of the wooden beams above Kyu. She had been out like a light for an hour or so. And she didn't seem to be anywhere near waking up. "You had better not die on me," he muttered. Her chest was moving slightly up and down, so he knew that she wasn't dead…yet. "Why am I worrying about her?" Hiei asked himself. "If she dies, the worst thing that happens is I loose my job. So, why am I worried?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, I don't know why you're worried, but I do know that I could really go for a double bacon cheeseburger right now." Hiei looked down. Kyu's eyes were open, and hey were staring off at the ceiling. She yawned, and, after failing to sit up, asked, "Where did you get the fire?" Her eyes had trailed over to the fireplace. A brilliant blaze roared in it.

"Hn," was all Hiei said. He looked off into the distance.

"We're not safe," Kyu said to him. "They know that we're here. We have to leave!"

"We can't."

"Why not?"

"The door is locked."

"Then how did he-."

"Hn. How would I know?"

"Guess that you wouldn't, would you?" There was silence. Suddenly, there was a crash, and a breeze swept through the building.

"No, he wouldn't know. He wouldn't know anything about our ways, our secrets." Kyu suddenly tensed up. Hiei was on alert.

"So, you heard it too?" she asked him. He nodded. The breeze grew stronger. The fire in the fireplace blew out. The room was once again dark, but not for long this time. After a moment, the room illuminated. Hiei looked over at Kyu. She was holding another great ball of fire in her hands. Right next to her was a pale, ghost-like demon, with a handkerchief tied over his head, wisps of white hair poking out from under it. He was holding a knife to Kyu's neck.

"Damn wench," the demon muttered. "And I almost had her head!" Kyu was whimpering, and shaking.

"Please, help!" she whispered. Her eyes were wide in fear. Hiei gritted his teeth, and drew his sword.

"Don't you hurt her," he growled. "Fight like a man." The demon laughed, a diabolical laugh.

"There's your problem! I am not a man! I am a demon! A very strong demon! My name is Velastava. And you shall never see the outside of this cabin ever again!" He laughed again. Hiei grinned evilly.

"You think you can measure up to my strength?" Hiei chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Velastava asked, rather annoyed.

"You." Velastava growled.

"We'll just see!" The demon dropped his knife, and charged at Hiei.

Go, go now! Get out of here! (Is Hiei telepathic? I'm almost positive that he talked to Botan a couple of times telepathically).

The door's locked, remember? I can't get out! Kyu paused. And even if I could, I wouldn't. I will stand my ground, and help as I can!

You can help by staying out of the way! At that moment, Hiei turned his attention back to Velastava, who was streaking around the room, trying to confuse Hiei. He was moving so fast…faster than himself. "Great. Just great." He pulled out his sword.

Meanwhile, Kyu began to examine the walls. "Made of wood. Hm, fireproof?" She pressed the fireball up against it. When she pulled it away, there was a black film of carbon where the blaze had been. She smiled, and threw the rest of the fireball at the wall. It immediately caught fire, and spread rapidly.

A wooden beam fell onto the floor. Velastava stopped moving, and looked at the beam, giving Hiei a chance to hit him. The ghost-like demon fell to the burning floor. His clothes immediately caught on fire. But, even that didn't stop him. He got up again, and tried to attack Hiei. However, Velastava was made of the defensive, not the offensive, and quickly lost his advantage.

I'm going outside, away from the fire, Kyu called to Hiei. He really paid no attention, but nodded, and returned his focus to the enemy. 'His moves are so predictable. It shouldn't be too hard to beat him, now.' He watched for a minute, then swung his sword, and Velastava fell to the ground. He was dead. Smugly, Hiei sheathed his sword. He tensed as he heard Kyu scream.

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Kyu was surrounded by a thick ring of men and demons. Many held strong ropes, or something of the sort, which were wrapped tightly around her neck. The only thing from stopping suffocation were her fingers which were turning purple from the lack of circulation in them.

If she didn't do something quick, she would suffocate. 'Great. Just great. I didn't want to do this. I just hope it will work in this blizzard!' It was snowing hard around the small wooden house. The snow was sticking to her hair, beginning to turn it white. Kyu sighed. The strings weren't letting up. Taking a chance, she pulled her fingers out from underneath the ropes, letting them choke her harder. She couldn't breath and her face was turning purple (not that you could see it in the dim light and blizzard). 'It's now or never.'

Kyu threw her arms up in the air, stretching her arms as far up as they could go. The ring of demons and men laughed heartily, joking at her pathetic attempts to save herself. 'If they only knew.' Lightning began to flash in the sky, large yellow bolts streaking the blue-black ceiling.

The lightning grew more frequent. A murmur rose in the ring, and they began to shift uneasily. All of the sudden, billions of bolts of lightning flashed at once, and struck Kyu. However, she remained unphased. Her eyes were closed, in deep concentration. Then, the billions of lightning bolts flew from her body, striking all of the men and demons.

For a moment, Kyu just stood there in the blizzard, eyes closed. The ropes had slackened, and she could breathe again. When here large eyes opened, all of the humans and demons were on the ground, unconscious…that is, all but one. "Next time, watch where you're aiming!" Hiei yelled at her. His hair (no! Not the hair! Anything but the hair!!!!!!!!!) was frizzled out, and miniature bolts of lighting were running up and down it. When he exhaled, he exhaled smoke.

"Oops."

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Koenma opened the freezer where he kept all of his favorite ice creams, and other icy cold foods. As he pushed back a box of ice, he noticed a small snow globe, the size of a baseball, snow blowing wildly (however there was no water). There was a fire on the ground where there once was a wooden house, and billions of lightning bolts littered the sky. "Ah! Oh no! What's going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Tell me that those two haven't got into a fight that bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"Next time," Hiei said, "Don't leave my side. Where there's one, there's more." Kyu dragged the toe of her boot through the dirt.

"I'm sorry. Next time, I won't leave you."

"Baka," he muttered under his breath. Kyu gave him a hurt look, but then looked around. Her face paled, and her eyes widened. A giant hand was racing toward them. Without a moment to think, it had grabbed them both, and they were racing into the sky.

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Kyu and Hiei looked around. They were back in Koenma's office. "* twitch; twitch, twitch * Koenma! Why did you have to scare me half to death?!?!" Kyu whined.

"Well, I'm sorry, but I had to get you out of danger. I thought you and Hiei had gotten into a terrible fight!"

"You still didn't have to go and scare me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Quit whining!"

"Why?!?!?!" Now I don't have a place to hide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"O_OU Oh, that. Um, let's see. Er…. BOTAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Coming Koenma, sir!" Botan came rushing in, as bubbly as ever. "You called?"

"We need to find another hiding spot for Kyu and Hiei. What have you got for me?"

"O_O Er, Koenma sir, if they found her in your beloved snow globe, then where in the world can we put her that they WON'T find her?"

"How am I supposed to know?!"

While Botan and Koenma were talking, Kyu wandered around the office. It was nothing that she hadn't seen already. She went over to a corkboard. It had many pictures on it. Just miscellaneous pictures of the earth. Mainly of Yusuke's battles (who knows when they were taken). "The human world?" All eyes turned to her, although Hiei acted as though he was looking at something else.

"What?"

"That-that's it! That's the answer!"

"What's the answer?" Botan asked.

"Jessica! I could hide out in the human world at Jessica's house!"

"Who's Jessica?"

"Jessica is a human girl I once met. Heh. We met at a summer camp, and became good friends. But, no one but me and her know of our friendship! She doesn't really live with anyone, save her grandmother, who sleeps most of the day. So, she mainly has the house to herself! This is perfect!"

"Hm, I don't know, Kyu, it sounds kind of risky to me," Koenma thought out loud.

"Not really! And I can be like a normal earthling! This will be great!"

"I'm sorry, I don't think-."

"Koenma, let her. Maybe it would be better. I mean, they found out your 'secret' hiding place. Who knows. Maybe this will keep her safer. Koenma, please? What else will we do?" Koenma crossed his arms.

"Oh, fine! But, Hiei has to agree to it!"

"Hn."

"See, he said no!"

"No, I said, 'hn'. Don't put words in my mouth."

So, what's this place going to be like?

She showed me a picture of it once. It's a mansion in a small town, with gardens, and an outside maze…. It looks really beautiful.

There would be many places for the enemy to hide.

She has a pool house. We don't have to stay in the mansion.

Does she know?

That I'm a demon? No…she's very naïve, and doesn't catch onto things very quickly. So, do you agree?

"When do we leave?" Koenma and Botan looked at him strangely. Then, Botan smiled.

"As soon as you're ready."

"Then, let's go."

END OF CHAPTER THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fairysphinx: Well, that's all folks! I really hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I really enjoyed writing it. And thanks again to Rin-chan. Thanks for being my editor! Oh, and please review! I would greatly appreciate it! Arigato! Ja ne!