Rea: hey there! umm…I'm not quite sure if the quote goes along with the chapter so I'll leave it to you to decide. SUSPENSE! eh...I'm weird...

Disclaimer: I don't own YuYu Hakusho, DC Talk, or Converse…I do own a pair of them though…

Chapter 14

"Speak your mind, look out for yourself. The answer to it all is a life of wealth. Grab all you can 'cause you just live once. You got the right to do whatever you want. Don't worry about others or where they came from, it's not what you were, it's what you will become."

-DC Talk

Hiei's eyes suddenly flew open. He toppled backwards and landed on his butt as Minna sat upright with amazing speed. She was breathing hard and suddenly coughed up blood as she rolled off the hospital bed. She was kneeling on the floor, trying to catch her breath and avoid her hair from being dyed red at the same time. It took her a few seconds before she was mostly back to normal.

She was still breathing a bit hard but her eyes wandered from person to person in the room with intense attentiveness. She examined each with a wary eye and moved on to the next only when she was satisfied that the past person was okay. She had gone through the entire room before she turned her eyes to Icama. For a few seconds Minna looked at Icama in the same way as she had looked at the rest of the room before Minna's eyes hardened.

Icama shifted uneasily, although she did not understand why. "Minna, what's wrong? It's me!" Minna said nothing but continued to stare at Icama with eyes of stone.

"Minna!" Boton exclaimed from the doorway. Minna was jerked out of her search by the sudden greeting and turned to face Boton. "Oh, Minna! I was so worried! Are you alright? Oh, you look so pale! Have you eaten anything yet? Oh, come on, I'll buy you lunch!"

Minna was dragged out of the hospital wing but her arm, leaving the rest of the gang behind. Icama tried to rub the goose bumps off her arms without anyone noticing. Icama's breathing was shaky without the knowledge of why. Yusuke was staring at Icama.

"Hey, kid? You okay?" he asked, looking a bit more concerned than Icama would have liked him to be.

Icama nodded, not trusting her voice to be steady. She walked towards the door and got two steps away when a loud voice erupted in her head.

"You know the darkest light?" it asked in a slightly feminine voice. Icama mentally nodded.

"Take me to her. I would like to see her without her seeing me."

Icama obediently turned around and was about to hide behind a bush to watch Minna when a thought came into her head. Why was she obeying this mysterious voice? What right did it have to suddenly invade her head? And why did it seem like she couldn't resist it?

"Never mind the trivial questions, dear. Just do as I say and you shall reap great rewards…"

Icama didn't like the sound of that but she felt an irresistible feeling of greed and want come upon her. This was no ordinary voice, that was for sure. This was an extremely powerful one with great skills that could get Icama whatever she wanted. Now, if only Icama could figure out what would be worth betraying her best friend over…

"Do not think of this as betrayal, Plant Demon. Think of this as…a skill building tutorial…"

"Riiiiiight," Icama whispered to herself as she turned back to Minna and Boton.

.:With Boton and Minna:.

"Oh, I'm so glad that you're alright. I was worried sick! What happened anyways?" Boton asked, dipping her spoon into her ice cream/chocolate syrup mix. Minna considered this for a moment.

"I dunno. I guess it was that blast of energy that I gave off…or something…. I can't really remember…." Minna's voice was hoarse. It was a mystery as to why, along with a lot of questions that were currently popping up in Minna's head. She cleared her throat and spoke again. "Do you know why Icama seemed…different? It was weird…like something had taken hold of her right before I woke up. I was dreaming that I was fighting off something really, really bad that was trying to take over my head or my mind or my powers or something but…all of a sudden it was gone. Then I woke up a couple of seconds later and Icama looked pale."

"I have no idea. Icama looked pretty normal to me…then again, I haven't seen her in a few months. You're starting to look pale, too, Minna. Maybe we should head back?"

Minna nodded and left her half eaten ice cream on the table and walked away with Boton following.

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Bonus time!

Little known facts about my characters (little known because I'm the only one who knows them…-.-'):

Icama: abandoned when she was five at Koenma's doorstep, trained to be a great fighter both mentally and physically. She's the best martial arts student in all of Spirit World and Minna is close behind her. She has a secret love of ice cream (especially strawberry, which is odd because strawberries are plants and Icama is a plant demon…) and can play the cello.

Minna: (I forgot her name for a minute…-.-') Her favorite color is red and her favorite food is mozzarella sticks! She also enjoys eating chicken because she considers them evil and that is why people kill them and then put them to good use by eating them! She has about a million different pairs of Converse shoes because she's absolutely in love with them.

How'd you like that? Wakky, yes, but I was a bit bored…-.-'…

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