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Chapter 5: stuff

"May oh my god you're alive! You're really alive! Am I dreaming? Pinch me!" May slapped her friend across the face to shut her up.

"You need to be quiet! Yes, it's me Jewel, it's May." She said looking around to make sure no one heard her.

"This is totally awesome! I can't believe that you're here! Your really here! Oh my god we all thought you had died, this is great! Wait," Jewel paused, "you said you needed help?"

May paused at her friends' sudden change in emotion. She always remembered her being like that.

"Yes, here, come with me." May grabbed her friend's wrist and dragged her away.

"Hey, who are they? Are they your new pack? Did you ditch us! After all that happened between us, you left leaving me to think you were dead! I can't believe you!" May sweat dropped at her old companions' antics.

"No, no, that's not it Jewel. They're helping me, and I need your help too. Look, you and I both know that Doku cheated me out, and now I need to prove that."

"Yes, oh my god May, you need to know." Jewel said seriously.

"What? What is it?" May asked worriedly.

"Since Doku has been in command there have been so many deaths inside the pack!" She told her friend. Even though May already knew this, something in her stomach still jerked her. She lowered her head to the ground.

"Yes, I know that."

"What? How do you know?" Jewel asked May.

"Them, they told me about it." She pointed to the sleeping trio that was on the ground, and the last that was in a tree.

"They were sent by Lord Koenma to kill Doku." May told her friend. The astonished look she saw on Jewels' face showed her that she was indeed surprised at this.

"Kill him? Are you sure?"

May nodded.

"But I told them they couldn't kill him because I had to." May slowly waited for Jewel to piece the situation together. Even more slowly, her face brightened up showing she knew why.

"So you can take back leadership! But wait a minute?" Jewel paused for a second.

"How can that work? Everyone thinks you're dead, and they hate you too!" May looked at Jewel in a pissed off way before answering.

"Thank you for that, but that's part of the reason why I need your help. I need Doku to admit to his sins and show everyone that I was cheated. And you, you can manipulate anyone into telling the truth. I have yet to figure out why, but you can."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Why is Doku wanted by Lord Koenma?"

"I love how you ask questions that should have been asked a long time ago." May said sarcastically. Jewel just looked as clueless as she always does. May shook her head and answered her.

"I don't know exactly why besides the fact that he is the one killing everyone on purpose and giving them cover stories."

"What!!!!!!!" Jewel yelled.

"Sh! You need to be quiet!" May looked at the guys to make sure they didn't wake up. Kurama slightly stirred but stayed in a sweet slumber. Then, she turned her head to the party that was still going and saw no one had taken notice of the yell from Jewel, or that she was even gone for that matter.

"That is all I know, I am sure they can tell me more in the morning. I think you should get back to the celebration before someone notices that you are gone." May told her.

"Wake up early in the morning and come to this spot so we can talk further." Jewel nodded. She saw the desire in Mays' eyes as she watched all the female wolves dancing around the fire. It was just now that May had taken notice of the clothes that Jewel was wearing. She had on an orange skirt that hung loosely around her tiny waist and body, two light green anklets, several green and orange bracelets and a light green top made from the same light material as her skirt. This was a traditional uniform for dancers in this particular pack. There were different colors for each level of dance.

"Jewel? You made it to fifth level trot? You are so young!"

Jewel smiled looking down at her get up.

"Yeah, it's totally fun." Her smile turned off as her face came back up to face Mays'. She could tell she missed the dancing all the girls would join in as they were children. Trying not to worsen the way May was feeling at the moment, she spoke to take her mind off of it.

"So, early tomorrow morning, I'll be here." She smiled to see if it was contagious. It was, May smiled at her friend that she knew for so long.

"Okay, you should get back." May was about to turn around to find a patch of grass to sleep on when Jewel pulled May into her grasp.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you." Jewels grip didn't loosen as May just smiled at her younger companion.

"I've missed you too." As the hug ended the two girls looked each other in the eyes with smiles on their faces.

"Jewel? Where are you? Jewel!" Another female wolf demon was coming through the brush. She had on the same green top and jewelry as Jewel, but her skirts' color was yellow, showing she was just a level lower than Jewel.

May, watching the girl walk out into the thick of the forest, recognized her which meant that she would recognize May. Jewel slightly freaked out as she did often but all May did was jump into the nearest tree as the other girl came closer to hide herself from sight.

"Jewel! There you are! What happened, what were you doing?" The girl stood there waiting for her answer.

"Uh, I had to... um, pee?" She said with a confused face. May just chuckled at this trying to stay concealed in the tree.

"Oh, okay. Well, if you are done, come on and get back to celebration." She urged her. She grabbed her hand and led her back to the pack.

May sat in the tree thinking about old times with her pack, which she considered family even still. A light breeze came through the thicket of the trees and May closed her eyes enjoying every second of it. Then, the branch she sat upon began to move. She knew it couldn't be the small breeze that had captivated her seconds ago, so she turned her head around searching for what did move it. It did not take her long to find the source. There, sitting where the branch and the trunk met, sat Hiei, soundly sleeping. May was of course surprised at this but slightly smiled. She watched his chest move up and down with each breath and found his posture to be quite funny to be sleeping. His arms were crossed over his chest and his head bobbed down toward the ground. May knew if he stayed asleep with his head like that, he would have definite neck pain the next day.

Slowly, she inched closer to him trying not to wake him up. She reached over with her arm as she could not go any further because of Hiei's feet, and put her pointer and middle finger under his chin and lightly lifted his head upward. She slowly took her fingers away from his face and sat and smiled at him. He looked innocent when he slept, as everyone does. May tried to back up into a more comfortable position on the branch since she was still slightly hovering over Hiei's legs but slipped and fell to the ground. She landed on her back and stayed in place letting the pain pass over. Glancing over to the side she made sure that the others had not been woken up by her fall and they weren't. She slowly sat up keeping her back still and shook her head quickly.

'Ow, that hurt.' She thought to herself. Her eyes opened wider and she shot her head up to the tree branch. It did not look like Hiei had woken up either except his leg had fallen over the side of the branch and was swinging a bit as it started to lose momentum and slow to a stop. May lightly chuckled under her breath and laid back down into the soft grass to finally fall asleep. There were few hours left till the sun rose above the trees so she wanted to get as much as she could at that point. She closed her eyes and went straight off to sleep.

Hiei sat in the tree above May laughing inside at her clumsiness. She may have been former leader but it seemed she was losing her touch, in balance at least. He stopped swinging his leg from the branch and tried to fall asleep again. This time, with his head up.

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