A/N: Wow. I didn't think I'd get so many reviews! I was hoping to get maybe 2 or 3 at the most and here I got over 10! Thank you for all of the reviews! As promised, I'll write more. Flames are accepted as usual!
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH! I own Orin and whoever else that isn't a native of the manga or anime.
Reminder: Okay, incase you forgot, Orin is the Spirit Detective Youko Kurama and Hiei ran up against in the previous chapter. Note: Yusuke isn't a Spirit Detective just yet. Orin was there first!
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~~Orin's POV~~
I wasn't sure of what the guy was, but I knew that he was strong. You could tell by looking in his eyes. He had sort of amber colored eyes. I guess you could've said he had gold colored eyes. I think he was some sort of weird breed of fox. The ears and the tail seemed to be a sign, but I couldn't be sure. He had the sort of 'angelic' look that chicks would love. His voice was annoying to me. It was low and gentle. More like an evil purr than actually talking. Yeah, so anyway, I went at him, punching every inch of him that I could see. That didn't do too good. He dodged all of it and managed to block my fastest punches. He was so fast it was scary. Damn. Why did I even agree to this Spirit Detective shit?
I ducked under one of his blows. It was so fast that I could barely see it! Even so, I knew he wasn't trying. I pushed my hair out of my eyes. Heh, I knew why I agreed to this. Me with my teenage brain was going "Hey, I bet being a Spirit Detective will make you a chick magnet!" That was bullshit. I shoulda known that from the start. Being a Spirit Detective made you a demon magnet. All demons wanted to kill you. Isn't this a fun job? Note the sarcasm in my voice.
I ran at him again. It was still no good. I was getting tired too quickly and this fox or whatever he was wasn't even breaking a sweat. He smiled at me in this teasing way that was starting to get on my last nerves. He swung his right arm out in a graceful arc. Some weird plant thing went around his arm. It had sharp teeth too! What exactly was this guy?! The snapping plant knocked me to the ground. I couldn't get up. I felt too tired.
"Do something to him, Kurama. You're toying with him," the green demon with the eyes everywhere said. At least I knew who the fox-or-whatever demon was.
Kurama turned to the green demon with the same half smile that was pissing me off. "I take pleasure in toying with humans. Please leave me to what I enjoy doing. I don't tell you how to torment your prey."
The green demon shrugged and leaned against the alley wall with his arms crossed. "Yeah, whatever. You take too long."
"My Death Plant likes to play just as much as I do. I am a kitsune after all." The—death plant, was it? —Snapped as if agreeing to the green demon.
"Whatever your plant is going to do, do it quick, he's getting up."
~~Normal POV~~
Orin struggled to his feet, breathing heavily. Youko looked down at him. "Forgive me for not allowing you to hit me. Should I have stayed still?"
"Shut up and see if you can hit me again."
"I believe I can do much better than that." The Death Plant stretched out to wrap around Orin, keeping him from taking in any air.
"You . . .aren't . . .shit . . .with . . .out . . .y-your . . .plant thing!" Orin managed to sputter as his face turned a slight shade of blue. The Death Plant ripped at his throat. Blood poured from the wound.
"Perhaps. Why get rid of that which is useful?" Youko replied.
Orin struggled, trying to worm out of the Death Plant's grip. That was, obviously, not going to happen anytime soon.
"Hmm. . .it seems you're still capable of breathing. . .that shouldn't be possible," Youko murmured thoughtfully. He noticed that Orin was holding his breath, doing his best to ignore the pain. The Death Plant pressed Orin against the brick wall of the alley. "Now, his diaphragm," Youko ordered. The plant tightened around his waist, but Orin was still breathing, even if it was with difficulty.
Youko hit Orin in the stomach, knocking all the air out of his system. Hiei groaned. "You're boring me!" he snapped. He touched his sheath. "Let me finish him!"
The Death Plant devoured Orin in one easy gulp. "It seems that my plant preferred to eat him." Youko shrugged. "Now what? We killed yet another Spirit Detective." He withdrew the Death Plant and returned to his scarlet-haired human form.
Hiei returned to his human form and threw his cloak back over him. "Don't ask me. Don't you have something to do tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow night or afternoon?"
"I don't know; both, I guess."
Kurama thought over it. "I have menial human chores. I have to complete homework, and do other things. Perhaps you could come over? I would appreciate the company."
"You need to get a life. Why do you enjoy living as a human? It's disgraceful."
"It hides the fact that I'm a well-known demon. Are you going to come over?"
"I don't know. . ."
"If you don't, your night escapades will be unassisted. If some worthless human, as you call them, catches sight of you, don't expect me to come running to save you."
"What can a human do?" Hiei scoffed.
"What can a human do?! I'll tell you, you worthless demon! You killed my little sister!" a teenage girl said.
Kurama and Hiei turned to face her. The girl was very pretty. "Hn. Look at her," Hiei replied. "Girl, do you think that you'd want to risk marring your pretty face?"
The girl scowled. "Pretty face my ass! I've watched you fight. You can't do anything. That Spirit Detective was too full of himself. Fight me. My parents were both *Ki-wizards!"
"Yeah, that scares me," Hiei murmured. He shrugged. "Fine. You wanna fight, we'll fight."
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*ki-wizard ~ some people probably know it as chi wizard, but since chi is blood, and ki is spirit, I'm going to use the word ki.