Did You Miss Me?
By Kiara Jaganshi and Leiko Hikaru
Chapter 2-Withering Away- by Kiara
A/N: Yeah, I know reviewers and all. Kiara seems to be a really deadly enemy who isn't what she seems to be at all. Her emotions go from one to another it's hard to tell what she's feeling, even our beloved Kenshin would have one heck of a hard time! Oh, and if you think she's just a cruel thief, keep thinking that in the hollows of your mind. She's got many a guises! Her personality also changes from one to another. And I'm not telling ya'll anything about it! One minute she's snarling, the other she's laughing! And you have to guess to, Leiko! Either that or beg me to tell you, Leiko! Muhahaha!!! And Kurama seems really different in this chapter, but it's because of something. I'm not gonna tell you that either Leiko! I'm so evil!
"What?" Yuseke looked from Kurama to Kiara with a perplexed look on his face. "My brain wasn't designed to take both of you on!" Kiara's face didn't even so much as twitch. It just held onto that evil, yet charming, smile. Kurama's however changed from horror, to despise, to malice, to confusement (I made this word up), then back to horror and all over again.
"It's not so hard, my dear Tantei. It' just that your friend here has a sister, which I know where to locate. Now if something were to happen to that sister, then-." Kiara's face turned to smug victory as Kurama's face twisted from all of his different emotions, now guilt adding to it. "Finally feeling guilty, fox? After these long 15 years, you're feeling guilty? You fraud! Your sister fended for herself while you stayed in the Ningenkai, pampered by your human mother. You are a disgrace to our entire race!" To make her point, the young youko spat on the floor near Kurama. "I have no respect for you!
'You know, she's kind of sexy when she does that,' Youko commented, sending a warm, tingling feeling through Kurama. 'She'd be perfect, you know.'
Just shut up! Kurama steamed. I really am in no mood for this. Adding to that, who is Leiko? You seem to be familiar with her.
'WHAT!?!?!?!? LEIKO!?!?!?!? She's our sister, from before I got shot! I haven't thought about her in 15 years!'
Well then, doesn't it seem strange that this youko knows of our kin? She suddenly appears, than she threatens us with our sister. I'm having a very bad day.
'Not really. That girl right there, Kiara or something, she's a babe. She's got the eyes, the mouth, the ears, the nose, the ears, the tail, the body, the legs, and most of all, the hands! Her hands are magnificent!'
Stop having fantasies about her! She's the enemy! And what's with her hands anyway?
'Her hands are her best feature! Oh, and if you don't want her escaping, hold onto her.'
Kurama did as he was told, and right enough, he touched her just in time. A symbol on the ground appeared and lit up, but as soon as Kurama came in contact with her, dimmed and slowly faded away, like the tide.
"Don't touch me you filthy coward!" Kiara snapped, recoiling from his touch. "I won't be handled so easily by a traitor!"
'See what I mean? All the while you four were ogling her beauty and trying to figure her out, she's been drawing that symbol onto the floor. Very tricky little incantation, if I can remember right. It requires others in her presence. I told you, she's got the hands. They're hands of a murderer. I'm liking her more and more. You were looking for a girlfriend, right? Why not her? I like her too.'
YOUKO!!!!!!
'Just an idea. She's still really sexy though, no matter what you say.' As Kurama was about to retort back, Youko shoved him over, taking control of the body for the moment. "Ah, you must be Kiara Jaganshi. Watching from the inside was getting so boring. I am the legendary thief, Youko Kurama," Youko greeted with a flourish, giving her a low bow, all the while looking at her face that seemed to say that she got more then she bargained for. Youko smiled inside and shoved Kurama aside again as he tried to resume control of their body. He took one of Kiara's hands in his and gave her a kiss, giving it a little lick before he stood up straight.
That was horrible! You're licking a person who is threatening us?!?!?! You sick, sick person!
'Not really. Don't you think she tasted good though? She tasted really good to me. Let's do it again!'
Kiara by that point had gotten over her sudden shock, standing up to her full height, taller then Hiei, but still shorter then the others. "Don't lick me, you fanatic. I don't have time for your games. And your position as legendary thief has been taken already." This time it was her turn to smirk at Youko's fallen face. "And I almost forgot, I'm psychic. You might want to consider what you think around me just a little bit more."
"What? So who's the new legendary thief of Makai? Is he really strong? Where is he? Does he make a good opponent?" Yuseke demanded. "I want answers! And why does Hiei now have 2 sisters instead of 1?"
"You know, maybe because I never thought fit to tell you all. And fox, if she is my real sister, remind me to cut your tongue off later," Hiei spoke up. "And your hands too. You seem to have a thing for hands." (did you all forget about the Jagan?)
"So who's the legendary thief of Makai if it's not Kurama?" Kuwabara repeated. "I'm curious too!"
"You all should not assume that it is a male just because the former was so. Here stands she, your thief." They all stared from Kurama to Kiara again. "And now back to the topic at hand, about my sister. Where is she?" Kurama, despite his outwardly calm, picked Kiara up by the collar of her Chinese dress. It seemed that he had regained control of his body.
"I told you, I'm not telling you, unless..." she let that sink in to everyone before she grabbed Kurama's arm and threw him to the other side of the cell.
"Unless what?" Hiei demanded. "I don't care if you are my sister. Just tell me what you were doing in the vault, then tell Kurama what he wants to know. Maybe then we'll let you go."
"You know, you guys are all even denser then I thought. What makes you think I was stealing anything from the vault in the first place? Maybe I was trying to get someone's attention." She looked pointedly at Kurama. "And to get my revenge."
"What about getting out of here? To even have a slim chance of getting out of here, you need our help, which in turn requires your help," Yuseke bargained.
Kiara laughed for a moment, letting it sink in to Yuseke that she found amusement in what he had said. "I could have escaped here hours ago. Watch." She stood up against the wall, back facing the wall, put one foot gently on it, then gave it a little push. Immediately the wall gave way and fell to the ground, revealing the corridor beyond it. "As for the rest, I could have just stolen one of those wretched oars and flew out of this damned place."
"So are you going to escape or not?" Kuwabara asked pointedly. "You've got the wall down now."
"I think I'll stick around here a little longer. It's kinda fun taunting you all, and what fun I'm going to have when you guys all get tortured to death!" the young thief squealed out. Then, her normal expression of superiority and smugness came back to her face. "It's either that or I'll come back for you all tomorrow. Then we can all have a nice little chat."
"How do we know that you won't go back on your word?" Kuwabara asked suspiciously. "I don't really trust you, you know."
"Ha! Well, you'll just have to take me into that stupid high security prison, huh? What a great idea! I'm glad you thought about it Koenma! Now stay out of this conversation or I'll really actually break out of the high security vault." At that, Koenma burst through the door of the cell.
"How did you- What- Oh- Stop that!" Koenma said. He glared at Kiara as she put on an innocent face. "Stop answering all my questions in my head! It's very disturbing the way you do it! It' like I have a mini you in my head!"
"Oh, but you do have a mini me in your little incompetent head, sir," Kiara protested. "Everybody does!"
"Anyway, just take her to the other cell, all of you. You've all disappointed me very much. Kurama, Hiei, come with me. Yuseke, Kuwabara, take her to her cell, since she seems to have already broken this one." Koenma stalked out of the cell, closely followed by Kurama and Hiei.
"Think of me, Youko!" Kiara called out after Kurama, then erupting in a fit of giggles.
'You know, I'm liking her more and more. Let's go back and lick her one more time.'
Youko, please stop. You're making me feel very sick right now. I need to take a vacation from here.
'Sorry. I can't leave this body, and neither can you. We're like butter and toast! Do you want to be the toast or the butter? Or maybe the jam? Strawberry-jam preferably. Hey, why don't we ask Kiara to be our little jam? We can be the toasts and she can be squished in the middle, just like when we're gonna sneak into her cell tonight and turn off all the lights so she won't see us, then maybe I'll lay her out on the floor and kiss her, but then lick her again cause she tastes really good. I bet you she liked our last lick. All we need to do after that is to take off her- .'
Youko, I am not in the mood for one of your odd fantasies about women, especially about one that seems to hate us, Kurama sarcastically responded.
'Actually, only one of them hates us, not both. Sorry to disappoint you, my friend.'
At this, Kurama was under stress and everything, so he would have erupted if not for Youko's interference. He took over the body at the last instant. Youko!
"Kurama, are you with us?" Koenma said, waving his hand in front of their face. "Oh, sorry. Youko, right?" Youko looked over at him impressed.
"Impressive, for a toddler. How did you happen to know I took over?" Youko politely asked, even after that comment.
"Oh, your eyes. They always seem to change from green to golden yellow when you take over the body."
"So what can you tell us about 'Kiara'?" Hiei impatiently demanded. "Spit it out, Koenma. I am in no mood to play your games."
"But the whole world is one big game, according to Kiara," Koenma defended. "Anyway, yes Hiei, she is your real sister. Only 14 right now and already the most well known thief and murderer in the Makai."
"I knew it," Youko mumbled, chuckling on the inside just to make it harder for Kurama to accept that Youko was right about her hands.
"It turns out she didn't steal anything from us. Very strange, considering all of the powerful artifacts in the vault, but she said that she had no use of enhancements, and that her strength alone could take over the world if necessary. Actually, she told us that what she was after was Kurama. Now finding Hiei as well was like a bonus to her. But she didn't bargain to actually meet the famous Youko." Youko took an elegant bow at that. "That wasn't a compliment. You can meet her again later tomorrow. We aren't taking the chance that she's plotting something."