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Fire Triplet: Chapter 3 More Freaky People

The room we entered was dark and very dirty. It was just a plain square room with only a tall bookcase and a single wooden chair for decoration.

Urameshi immediately occupied the chair, despite Kuwabara's arguing.

"What are we doing here?" I asked Hiei as Kurama rummaged around the bookcase.

"You'll see, baka," Hiei said mysteriously.

I sighed. I've had it up to my eyeballs with these guessing games. Why can't someone give me a straight answer? I was just about to throw a tongue- lashing at Hiei, when Kurama called me over to help him with something.

"Now, what I want you to do is push that side of the bookcase," Kurama instructed.

"What for?" I wondered aloud.

"You shall soon see," Kurama replied bending down and rubbing away an inch of grime and dust from around the bottom.

"WHEN am I going to see?" Why not now? Is this dump not secret enough for you?" I fumed while doing as Kurama had told me to do.

With three mighty beaves, the bookcase easily slipped over. A small doorway was the result of my efforts.

"Why is a bookcase hiding a-"I stopped in midsentence as I gazed through the doorway. A cool breeze blew in my face as I stared from on top of. "A tree?" I finished stunned.

"It's a portal, or a doorway that connects worlds together," Kurama said shutting the rusty door to the room.

"How are we supposed to fit in there? The hole is as big as my head." Urameshi complained sizing up the doorway.

"That wouldn't be a problem if your head wasn't full of hot air," Hiei smirked.

I burst in a fit of laughter, sending Urameshi's face to turn red with anger. "What?" I asked wiping away small tears that had gathered in the corner of my eyes. "You set yourself up for that one."

"Watch it, I can blast you away with just my finger," he threatened.

"And so can I," I countered smoothly.

"Yeah right."

"Wanna see?"

"I'd like to see you try."

"Here I go, don't say I didn't warn you."

The snap of my fingers echoed in the spacious room and Urameshi's eyes widened. I wasn't really going to fire blast him; I just wanted the dope to get out of my face. Besides, I would fry the whole building in the process, which wouldn't be a good idea. Good thing Kurama stepped in between us, because I didn't want to back down on my own.

"That would not be such a good idea, Kai," he said with a slight smile. "You could burn the building, along with us and the portal."

I pretended to reason with his words, since I had already made up my mind. "Okay, I'll let you off THIS TIME," I emphasized the last two words with a mischievous glint in my eye.

"You better watch your back Yusuke, looks like Kai is ready to beat you up," Kurama observed laughing softly.

"You bet I am!" I said folding my arms across my chest.

"Yeah, whatever. I could take you on any day," Urameshi, or Yusuke grumbled.

"Enough of this nonsense," Hiei interrupted. "Let's go."

"I agree," I nodded glancing through the portal.

Hiei walked up to the doorway, peered through and in the next second was gone. Then Kurama walked over and motioned for me to follow. I shuffled next to him quickly, ready to get out of this run-down place.

"Now just lower yourself down through the portal and Hiei will help you on the other side," Kurama said.

"I don't need any help," I argued.

"It's pretty high up," Kurama explained.

"I don't care. I can take care of myself, thank you very much," I said as I sat down on the ground and scooted through the tiny hole.

I was only half way through, when I felt hands grab my waist and ease me down. Since I was in such an awkward position, I didn't think there was any need to swat the hands away. When I was down, I found out that it was Hiei who had held me.

I stared deep in his eyes, and his bore straight in mine. My face began to warm-up and I realized that for the first time in my life, I was blushing a deep scarlet red. Of course I had done the wimpy little pink blush plenty of times, but never the kind that turn your whole body into a full-out heating device. I was starting to feel very stupid and annoyed that just looking at Hiei would make me act in such a way, when suddenly some long legs dangled in between us.

I glared at Yusuke and retreated to a lower branch of the great oak we had stumbled in. The many branches wound around the massive trunk and some of them had light green moss hanging in certain places. I quickly climbed to the bottom, trying not to slip and make even more of a fool out of myself.

I patiently waited near the base for the rest of the guys as they slowly clambered downward. Well, except Hiei, he was down in a blink of an eye.

When they were done playing monkey, we walked through a ton of trees, sort of like a mini-jungle. We made our way to a big building in the middle of nowhere with a splash of trees around it.

Kurama was the first to walk boldly in with me trudging timidly behind him. The rest of the three trailed somewhere behind.

Once inside Kurama headed straight to a room in the back. He opened the door and we all quickly stepped in.

On the other side of the door were two people. One was an older-looking lady with pink hair, while the other was a tall hot guy about a year or two older than I. Were hot guys grown on trees around here? They seemed to be everywhere I looked, including this brown-haired dreamboat.

He had some blue thing in his mouth, but I paid no attention to it as the guy motioned me to sit in a chair on the other side of the room.

I gladly sat down, stretching out my poor, sore legs in front of me. Kurama exchanged some quiet words with the new guy, while the lady eyed me with curiosity.

Being the good eavesdropper I am, I caught a couple words of the conversation. Some were:

One of the supposedly dead triplets.

Where are the other two?

What were they going to do next?

They were interrupted by a blue haired girl with a bubbly and loud voice. "Koenma sir, oh sorry, I was just going to tell you that there seems to be another unknown power surge." Then she stared pointedly at me for a few seconds. "Who's she?" She asked the one she addressed as Koenma.

"She is one of the element triplets, Botan," Koenma said.

Botan gasped and stared at me some more.

"Uh...hi," I said feeling awkward with so many pairs of eyes on me. "My name's Kaiya, but I prefer Kai." I introduced myself for the second time that day.

"Hello, my name's Botan! That guy over there is Koenma and she is the great Genkai!" Botan said happily.

"Thanks, Botan, but you know I don't take kindly to flattery," Genkai said turning her gaze on the girl.

"What's there to flatter?" Yusuke joked. Genkai's head snapped to Yusuke's and she gave him a lethal glare. Immediately Yusuke's laughter died off.

I stared wide-eyed at the miracle. "WOW!" I exclaimed. "You made him shut up! I admire that trait."

"Not everyone has the gift," she replied simply with a half smile. I laughed, knowing I was going to get along with the Genkai lady.

"So what about me being a triplet?" I asked turning my attention to Koenma. "Where are the other two?"

"We do not know," he said shaking his head. "But I'm going to have Yusuke go check out that power surge. What kind of power was it, Botan?"

Botan blinked rapidly a couple times as if trying to pull out the information from deep inside her mind. "Oh, yes, it was lightning." She smiled triumphantly.

"That could be one of them," Kownma mused aloud. "Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei, you should all go to make sure about this." He said looking at all of them in turn. "I want this a fast one. In and out, don't kill anyone, unless it's necessary."

I stared wide-eyed. He talked about taking someone's life as if it was no big deal. What was with these people?

"What do I do?" I asked leaning forward eagerly in my chair. "Can I go, too?" I didn't want to be left here to twiddle my thumbs while the others have fun beating up thugs and running around.

"I guess so..." Koenma considered my words.

"Aw, but we just got here. And why does SHE have to come? She'll slow us DOWN and get in the WAY," Yusuke complained loudly.

"Wha-?" I yelped. "Will not! I'm not THAT bad. I beat you on the stairs!"

Genkai interjected in the feuding about to occur. "Perhaps it is best for you to stay, Kai. I will show you to your room."

But I—"I tried to voice my complaints, but failed.

"You should stay. We can't risk you getting a serious injury so soon." Even Koenma had turned against me.

I grumbled while watching the four teens exiting the doors. A happy grin was plastered on Yusuke's face. Oh, how I wanted to wipe that smile off. Kuwabara walked through with a vacant expression locked in his dark eyes. Kurama and Hiei stepped out next. It might have been my creative, wild imagination, but I think Hiei glanced at me just before leaving. Instantly my heart pounded hard in my chest and my palms turned sweaty.

I couldn't do this so soon. I would get hurt...again. Anyway, I had just met the guy a few hours ago. How could I be falling for him so soon? I HAD to get a better hold on myself.

"Ready?" Genkai's raspy voice jarred me from my thoughts of the black haired guy.

I nodded sullenly, standing up slowly and followed her out a side door.

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