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~Normal POV~
The girl pulled her jacket off and threw it to the ground. She wore a tank top. On her waist was a pouch full of something that looked small and light. "You aren't scared, are you?" she asked Hiei.
Hiei gave his usual smirk and drew his katana in a quick, fancy move.
"You're going to fight me, are you?" She glanced at Kurama. "What about you?"
Kurama gave her a silent look, allowing her to take it as a no. She scowled at the neutral look and focused her gaze on Hiei. "Come on, demon, I'm waiting to kick your ass."
Kurama sniffed the air gingerly, taking in the girl's scent. A small frown appeared on his lips. The girl didn't smell right. It wasn't that the smell was offensive; it was purely feminine. The scent gave the impression that something else was up with her. She knew something about the two of them. She wasn't giving the true impression of what she was. "Hiei, keep your guard up. Her scent . . .she's hiding something," he warned the fire demon.
Hiei fell into his normal stance, his Spirit Energy enveloping him, filling the air with his presence. "She probably reeks of human. I hate humans."
"Hiei," Kurama replied warily, forcing the demon to take his warning seriously.
"Don't get worked up over nothing. I can handle it. If not, you can take over for me." He shrugged. "I doubt it, but there's always a slight chance."
The girl held one hand up, focusing her Spirit Energy. The energy turned into a silver bow. She dipped her free hand into the pouch. She held up her other hand, revealing a small handful of small rubies.
"You're not going to throw those at me, are you?" Hiei asked in awe.
"Of course not! Watch and learn," she scoffed.
Kurama narrowed his eyes. There was obviously something more to rubies mixed with the power of a ki-wizard.
She focused her energy around the rubies. The rubies glowed faintly. Spirit Energy wrapped around the tiny jewels, turning into arrows. Each ruby was embedded near the shaft of each arrow. "You see rubies, if used right, can do a great deal of damage to demons."
Heat seeking arrows, Kurama recognized. He had run into them as a fox spirit a hundred years or so. When they made contact, it wasn't any fun at all. They sank into your skin until the shaft broke off. If removed, you would bleed severely, usually leading to death. He rubbed his arms at the memory. He suspected that a ruby or two were still floating in his system.
The girl strung her spirit bow with the ruby arrows. She shot them at Hiei.
Hiei back flipped faster than light, attempting to dodge each one. The arrows followed his moves. Hiei knocked them away, slicing downwards to cut them. The arrows regenerated and hit him. Hiei cried out in pain as the arrows dug further into his skin. The arrows soon began drawing blood. He tried pulling them out of his body, but no luck. He used his Spirit Energy as a shield to keep them away. It worked, but the arrows continued to pursue finding a good part of his body to dig into. He wouldn't be able to keep it up for long.
"Recall them," Kurama ordered. "He isn't in any shape to fight."
"But the fun is just getting started." She grinned at the scarlet haired teenager. She strung her bow with another set of ruby spirit arrows and shot them at him.
Youko's spirit took over Kurama's human form and dodged each one, anticipating when and where the arrows would go and change direction. He used his Death Plant, testing to see if they could withstand the arrows. The arrow sliced through Youko's trusted plant. He grimaced in pain feeling the plants' pain. He regenerated his plants and began to dodge once again, leaping into the air and moving around the alley's boxes. The arrows tore through the boxes to head towards the fox demon.
In a swift, graceful move, he spun and grabbed the girl, having the arrows go straight through her.
"Recall them," he hissed in her ear. The Death Plant wrapped around her, keeping her from escaping.
"Fine!" The girl waved a hand. The arrows disappeared. The rubies clattered to the ground and erupted into dust. Hiei leaned weakly against the wall for a second, allowing his energy to restore itself. "Now let me go!" she said, struggling against the Death Plant.
Youko didn't loosen his grip. "Who are you and how did you know about the ruby's trait to be used with Spirit Energy? It has been outlawed in Ningenkai, Reikai and Makai a hundred years ago. You can't possibly have inherited the knowledge."
Hiei sheathed his katana and looked at the girl. "She better not be a human."
"She isn't," Youko replied. He breathed her scent once again. "Show yourself!" The Death Plants tightened, ripping at her arms.
"Please, let me go," she begged.
"Not until you give us an answer. Your stalling is making my plant hungry. The blood of a human Spirit Detective isn't enough to satisfy its hunger." The Death Plant hissed in agreement.
"Okay, okay!" She flinched as the plant snapped in front of her face. "I'm a demon!"
Youko recalled his Death Plant and returned to his teenage form. "Prove the fact."
She fell to her knees, too frightened to nurse her bleeding arms. Her hair lightened to a strawberry blonde color. Her hair fell into her face. Kurama pulled her to her feet and took his outer shirt off. He ripped it into strips and wrapped her bleeding arms with the blue fabric. The fabric turned purple as the blood mixed with the blue color. "Forgive me. The Death Plant gets overeager sometimes. It's tricky to tame." He brushed her hair from her face to study her face. "How did you get that scar?"
She touched the scar that ran from the corner of her right eye down her cheek to her neck. "Demons did it. Demons like you. They broke into our village and killed everyone."
Apart from the scar, she was just as pretty as her human form. Kurama cocked his head thoughtfully. "What's your name?"
"Miah. I know you two. You're Youko, a fox demon." She looked at Hiei. "And him. He's Hiei."
"How do you know us and why did you attack us?"
"You're both well known. I attacked you because you killed my little sister. She's a half-demon. All you pure demons want to kill all these half bloods." Miah bowed her head.
"That's bull shit!" Hiei exploded. "We chase humans. I don't give a damn about these half demons! If that brat showed any signs of being half demon, we wouldn't have killed her." He turned on Kurama. "You were the one to chase after her."
Miah gazed up at Kurama in anger. "Why?"
"She smelled like a human. She had no demon trait." Kurama frowned. "It doesn't explain about the ruby arrows!"
"Our village was preserved by humans, believe it or not. That's how demon and human breeding began. There was no way for our people to go into the real world, whether it is Makai or the living world. We were able to perfect the art of being a ki-wizard, demon, and human all at once." She shook her head. "I got fed up and attacked."
"Kurama, I'm going to kill her. Cut her up into small pieces and feed them to some human's dog."
Kurama looked to the sky in exasperation. "I don't give a care about what you do to her. I had my fun for today. It's getting late. I need the sleep."
He threw Miah aside and began walking to the direction of his house. He suddenly lost all interest in the girl. At first he saw her as an equal. He had seen how well she was able to use the ruby arrows. He thought that she would be someone to have hang around and to enjoy the simple joys of killing humans. She was just a bleeding heart who associated fully with humans. He didn't need to have softhearted people around him. Wasn't his human mother enough?!
Hiei raised his katana once more and sliced the pouch of rubies away from Miah. "What can you do without your jewels, I wonder? You're just a filthy whore. You like the humans, don't you?" He growled. "Filthy human lover. You're worse than the full bred humans." He reopened the slowly healing wounds on her arms. Miah could do nothing. She had already lost too much blood.
"Hiei." Kurama said at length, turning to watch her execution. "Leave her. She's suffered enough." He spoke so forcefully that Hiei looked up at him and sheathed his katana.
"You're becoming too soft!" Hiei growled. "I told you countless times. Living as a human makes you far too soft!"
Kurama lay his emerald eyes on the seething fire demon. He remained passive and let Hiei's temper boil over. "No, I just hate to see potential thrown away." A smile etched across the fox demon's lips. "Perhaps we'll meet again someday, Miah. In the meantime, don't interact fully with the humans. They will lead to your downfall. We will make certain of that."
He turned and thrust one hand into the pocket of his pants. He walked on with one hand swinging gently at his side. Hiei walked by his side, scowling at the loss of a victim.
"You know, Hiei, you should brighten. Your face will be sure to remain that way. What will you do when a worthy female finds you?" Kurama said, turning his head to the shorter demon. He smiled, making his angelic features brighten.
"I'll beat her and force her to respect me. Simple."
"I doubt you'll do that," Kurama laughed at the pure spite coming from Hiei.
"Quite laughing or I'll rip your voice box out."
"You've threatened it enough times without doing so. I don't take the threat serious anymore."