Chapter 7 is officially in. Enjoy, one thing though…REVIEW MY STORIES ALREADY! That's all I have to say…for now.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ume's 'mother', Mrs. Eto, came into the room. Ume straightened herself up slightly and hid her head in her pillows to conceal her tears.
"Are you all right Ume?" she patted her demon daughter on back and sat down next to her.
"Yea, I just…uh…read a book with a sad ending to it."
"Really; where is this book?"
"I returned it to the library…" At this point, Ume was just saying any decent lie that popped into her mind.
Ume's mother slowly began to rise and leave. She stopped at the door. "If there's nothing you want to talk about, then I must leave. I have to get to my class. I must say though, you were never taught to lie about things."
Ume felt guilty but knew her mother would get over it.
She sat on her bed spacing out. She tried to convince herself not to mope over Hiei.
"I don't even like him. Why would I even weep over him?" she kept asking this to herself.
She finally decided to get up and look for her friends, and to apologize to Hiei for hitting him for no reason…twice…
As she was heading for the exit to her house/dojo, she saw many kids practicing with her mother so she decided to sneak out through the window. She eventually caught up with the guys and they were outside a building.
"Sorry to interrupt. Hiei, can I talk to ya for a sec?"
The four were completely off guard and were surprised to see Ume back.
"But…hey…wait a second! I need to talk with these guys first." Yusuke protested.
"Oh yea? About what?"
Yusuke did not want to answer Ume so he just let Hiei get taken away.
"Don't I get a say in this?" Hiei hollered.
"No." Ume dragged him off.
Once they were far enough they starting to converse.
"Umm…Hiei…" she took a deep breath and starting talking again. "I'm sorry for hitting. I let my imagination get the better of me. I thought you were flirting with Kami."
Hiei's eye softened a bit. "And you were mad because of it? Why?"
"ARE YOU THAT IGNORANT!...I mean…" she starting blushing. "I guess I was in a bad mood or something." She rubbed the back of her head.
"I wouldn't flirt with Kami anyways. I would only-" he was about to say more but decided to just shut up. Not only that, he couldn't believe he said the word 'flirt' out loud. Normally he wouldn't, but he did.
Ume smiled at Hiei. Under her breath she thanked Hiei. A tear starting escaping from Ume's eyes, Hiei stretched out his hand and wiped it away.
"You shouldn't cry. That face, it doesn't suit you at all." Hiei tried not to make eye contact with Ume.
Ume looked up and smiled. "I suppose not." she paused for a bit. "I'll just have to stop it then. I don't want to look childish after all." She gazed at Hiei. She smiled and said, "Hmm…I guess this nice side of you is nice, but it doesn't fit you at all."
Hiei pulled his hand away from Ume's cheek immediately. "Hn." He tried to act like he didn't care again.
"Now that's the Hiei I got to know." She smiled and looked at Hiei's eyes which were avoiding hers. "Well I guess you should get back to the others. It seems like Yusuke still wants to talk to you guys about something."
Hiei returned to his friends. Ume stood there. She heard sounds in a street nearby and smelled the odor of demons in the air (she's a wolf demon. Were you expecting her to be deaf? Sheesh). She joined the group and told them of what she smelled. They followed her to the way from which the scent was coming from. They eventually got close an alley, and then, from behind, a demon jumped from a tree ready to attack. Suddenly, out of no where, Kami appeared and kicked the demon away.
She turned around and looked absolutely stunned. She just kicked away a demon in front of her friends. More demons appeared and attacked the 6 fighters.
Kurama pulled out his Rose Whip, Kuwabara used his Spirit Sword, Hiei drew his katana, Ume's fist glowed, and Yusuke was ready to beat up some demons. They all completely forgot Kami was there, and they used their powers.
During the battle, a few of the demons were able to avoid getting killed by Kurama, and tried to attack Kami. Kami stood there and suddenly released a large amount of Spirit Energy at the demons. The next thing the group knew all the demons were slain. Kurama was the first to recover from the shock and he approached Kami.
"What just happened?"
"I used my Energy, just like the rest of you…" she said quietly. "Besides, where did you guys learn how to use Spirit Energy, and why did you lie to me about the night when I was attacked?"
Kurama looked like someone threw a knife through his chest. Kami discovered he, along with the rest of the Tentai (AKA, Spirit Detectives), all had Spirit Energy, not to mention that she figured out that he had lied to her.
"I…" Kurama wasn't able to finish his sentence.
"Shuichi, tell me, what else did you lie to me about?" Kami looked directly at Kurama's eyes.
Kurama looked at his friends and they nodded at him, except Hiei, who didn't care what happened, and Ume who just didn't care for Kami.
The red-haired boy sighed and began telling Kami about his past. That he was a fox demon, that he and his friends fought demons, his real name, all of it. He spilled his guts out.
"I see…Since you're all Spirit Detectives…" Kami began to say. Kurama was expecting plenty of screams and hollering to come from the girl's mouth, but all that came was. "I can trust you right?"
It took a few seconds for Kurama to realize he wasn't being yelled at. Then he started talking calmly. "Yes, of course."
"Then, I'm asking for your help."
"With those demons, I'm assuming."
Kami nodded.
"Why are they after you in the first place?" Kurama continued to speak. "They seem like they are after something. Even demons like those aren't stupid enough to go wondering off from Makai just to kill some random, human girl."
"Where do I begin…? Well, first thing's first. My real name is Tsume Yoshiiwa. Next thing I have to tell you, the demons were hired to do so from the main demon, Ronin, in charge of all this. He is after the gem that hangs around my neck."
"Why would he be after that?"
"Long ago, my father and the rest of my family were to protect this gem from demons such as Ronin. This jewel has extreme powers, but nothing compared to the powers once both jewels are combined. I have one of them, the second one is lost. Konin, nor I, know where it is. Konin wants the one whose whereabouts are known. In other words, mines."
"It is the least we can do for lying to you all this time."
Ume glared at Kurama. "Wait a second, why do I have to help out to?"
"Even if you reject helping her now, once we tell Ko-Enma about the power of the jewels, he's going to tell you to find it anyways, and since you wanted to be Spirit Detective (see story 1-chapter 1) in the first place, you have to listen."
Ume began mumbling. Kurama was right, she had no choice. She was the one who wanted to fight demons, she couldn't back down. "All right, fine! I'll help. But don't you think we should train her to become stronger?"
"What do you mean?"
"Yea, I'm plenty strong. I just beat all those demons…" Kami was cut off.
"Who were all F-class (S class is best, then A, and so on, in case you didn't know), weak, demons, just to let you know. Even a simple punch from Kuwabara could have killed them."
"What do you mean 'even'?" Kuwabara butted in.
"Alright then, each of us will help her train. Kuwabara and Yusuke will both help her train once, then Hiei and Ume, then just me." Kurama said.
"Wait, wait, wait! I agreed with helping get the jewels back and all that, but who said I'm helping her get stronger?"
"If she contains such a valuable item, the demons that are sent to retrieve it will undoubtedly get stronger." Hiei retorted.
Kuwabara decided to take this chance and tease Ume. "If you're not helping out, I guess Hiei and Kami will be alllllll alone."
"Ok, I'll help after all." She then whispered to Kuwabara, "I hate you, ya know that?"
Kami thanked them and Kurama arranged what time the training will begin.
Ume and Hiei had to train Kami with Spirit Energy on Mondays and Tuesdays at 2:30 P.M. Kuwabara and Yusuke were to train her with physical strength at 3:45 P.M. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Kurama will help Kami with strategy from Friday to Saturday at sunset. Sunday would be a day-off.
"I guess since tomorrow will be Monday, Hiei and I will help her first." Ume said, very miserably. "Laters everyone, I've gotta go."
Ok peoples, you've probably noticed that this story has kind of directed its attention to Ume x Hiei. Don't worry. Kami x Kurama will be coming up during training. 'Til then!
