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First Fan Fiction! Hope you like it. Little bit of romance. Not much. No homo stuff. Don't sue, don't copy. Contains foul language, violence/gore (not much gore otherwise it would be R), heterosexuality, and other potentially offensive things, so if you don't like it don't read the story.

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Chap. 1- Fates Workings

It was eleven o'clock at night when a great light shone brightly from a nearby wheat field. A girl named Natsuki Kimuran stumbled out of the field, looking as if she had just been through a tornado. She practically had. Traveling from demon world to human world without a good tunnel made the sudô space rather bumpy.

"Damn, oh my head..." she moaned grasping her head, scrunching up her dark brown

hair in the makings. She looked around with her piercing blood red eyes. She didn't plan to end up here. Good thing though. If anyone saw here, she might be shot.

Her physical appearance was not to terribly shocking, but what she was wearing was rather questionable. Her attire consisted of a ripped tube-top that ended just below her rib cage, a tattered skirt with a large leather belt holding it up, and fishnets that had holes in several places. Her necklace was a crystal strapped to a thick leather band that someone had given her. She couldn't really remember who though. There was an arm band on her upper left arm which had the words:

Nesohc Eno

on it.

"That's odd," she thought.

"I should know what that says." But her attention was quickly diverted when she saw a light shining from a near by path and the sound of an engine. Her basic instincts were to attack this thing but something held her back. She had come to the human world for some reason. Maybe se shouldn't try not to get herself killed first thing.

With this new thought in her head, she ran; ran extremely fast as a matter of fact. Running faster than the human eye could see. She was not quite sure where or when she would stop. She started to come up on a city. It had many bright flashing neon lights that she couldn't help but stare at. As she was staring at one that read "Late night karaoke with sushi bar" she ran into something. She stumbled back and fell hard on her rear.

"Ow!!" she said. Then looking up, saw what she had run into, a human. Oh damn it not this! She had made a pledge not to die! Why did this have to happen!!! The boy, who had also been knocked down, looked up. His face turned very pale. All of a sudden he screamed.

Natsuki jumped clear over him and ran as fast as she could, which was very fast mind you. She kept wondering if her yelled because he could sense her demonic aura or because she had red eyes. She darted into an alley after she had put a great distance between her and all the people.

"That was way to close!" she said to herself.

"Not very smart on your behalf." said a voice from the front of the alley. Two figures were standing looking at her. Well, she thought they were looking at her. She couldn't really tell since she could only see their profile. One was about her size, around 5'. He had a demonic aura around him. The other was much taller and she couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl.

"Well don't just sit there..." one voice said. It was very harsh.

"Easy, Hiei, she's probably in shock," the other replied in a more friendly voice. Okay, so there were both guys.

"Humph," said the mean voice.

"Please tell us your name." Natsuki's eyes darted to the taller figure. She could tell who was talking now.

"W-why should I?" she stuttered. She heard the tall one laugh. Not a mean laugh, but just a friendly chuckle.

"Quite a display you put on back there," said the shorter figure. "Are you trying to get yourself captured, or do you just live a life of stupidity?"

"Hiei!" said the other one.

"Who are you anyway?" Natsuki asked. Silence.

"Oh yes I suppose it is quite rude. I am Kurama." The taller figure bowed. "And this is Hiei." He pointed to the person beside him. A disapproving noise came from the smaller figure. Natsuki felt a little more relieved.

"I am Natsuki Kimuran." She was going to say pleased to meet you but wasn't quite sure if she was.

"Please, don't hurt me. I was just trying to escape and I had a rough time coming through the sudô space and that stupid boy..."

"Slow down! We're not going to hurt you, are we Hiei?" Another disapproving noise. Natsuki was extremely relived. Not only were they not going to capture her, one of them was a demon. She stood up, her legs feeling like jell-o.

The taller figure came over to help her. She could see his face clearly; he had red hair and bright green eyes. He almost reminded her of a fox. Not that bad looking, actually. He helped her out of the alley. As she looked at the supposed Hiei she saw he was not exactly bad looking either. His wine-red eyes looked at her with a "why in the hell did we have to run across this skank" look. She scowled slightly but couldn't help but like him. Kurama let go of her arm.

"You would probably be safe at my house." he said. "Come on..."

Natsuki followed them for a while, wondering what might await her. Finally, they came to a mediocre house. It looked pretty cozy. Natsuki felt reassurance flood through her body. It's all going to be okay. I'm going to find out what I came here for and I am going to be able to accomplish my goal!

"Come inside," Kurama beckoned. Natsuki followed them into the flat. She was told to sit on a squish, forest green couch.

"We will be right back," Kurama said pulling Hiei into the kitchen. Natsuki was a naturally curious demon. Her ears were very sensitive and could pick up things easily. She listened to them talking in the kitchen. Hiei was talking.

"...don't think it should know our names. It could be a spy or a hit man," It? Was he talking about HER?

"Did you see the state she was in? She even told us she had trouble coming through the sudô space. Besides, what harm could she do? She didn't look very powerful..." How dare he say such a thing! She was an upper B class yokai! Hiei growled.

"Looks can be deceiving..." he said quietly.

"Forgive me Hiei."

"Hmph. Whatever, right now we need to figure out if she is good or..." he trailed off.

"What's wrong?" Kurama asked.

"She's listening..." Natsuki squeaked and almost fell of the couch. She had just heard Hiei's voice inside her head!! If you are a spy, I will kill you myself!

Kurama came out of the kitchen, is there a problem Miss Kimuran? She felt uncomfortable under his gaze and looked away.

"I'm fine, just...a little shaky." She replied weakly.

"Maybe you should go to bed." Natsuki jerked her head around. What was he proposing?

"Come, I'll show you to the spare bed room. You should be okay in there for the night." Natsuki followed him down a hall and into a small room which contained a bed that was very low to the ground, two pillows to sit on and a lamp.

"Sorry if it's small." Kurama said looking around. Natsuki realized how kind he was being and dropped onto her hands and knees.

"Thank you so much for everything! She said in her elaborate bow. "I do not deserve such kind treatment from a human." Kurama was silent for a moment then started to laugh.

"Me? No, no, I am also a demon. This is just my human form." Kurama continued to chuckle.

"Get up," Hiei had come in. "You look pathetic..." Natsuki looked up to see Hiei scowling at her. He walked away. Natsuki stood up, blushing slightly.

"Why does he hate me?" she asked, because she really did not want him to hate her.

"Well, he sort of hates every one at one point or another. Don't worry, you just have to gain his trust." Kurama smiled encouragingly.

"Goodnight Natsuki-san." Kurama flicked off the lights leaving Natsuki sitting in the middle of the room. She crawled over to the bed and settled herself in. She was going over in her mind every thing that had just happened. Why did Hiei's name seem so familiar? What was Kurama's demon form and why was she here in the first place?

She fell asleep after a while. Then she began to dream. Her dream seemed so real. She was standing in a large room. The tiles beneath her bare feet were cold and the room was cold and damp. Poisonous vines grew up the walls and some sort of ooze dripped from the ceiling. There was a large desk with someone sitting behind it. He was talking to her. "I want you to go to the human world and destroy..." she woke up. It felt like someone was watching her. She jerked her head towards the window and saw no one. She strained her head to try and remember what her dream was about. She could not remember, so she fell back asleep.

Hiei stood outside on her windowsill. She had almost seen him. Even though it was a close call, he was going to watch her for a while. Just to make sure she didn't try anything sneaky.

TBC