Chap. 4- Full Moon
When they got back to the house, Genkai, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei were all sitting around a table eating. Genkai looked up.
"It's about time." She said after swallowing what she was eating. The rest of the group turned around to look.
"Wuff ook oo o ongf? said Yusuke, not bothering to swallow. Natsuki pressed a finger behind her ear and said.
"Pardon?" Yusuke chewed quickly and corrected himself
"What too you so long?"
"Some people actually teach Urameshi-san" Natsuki answered coolly. Yusuke just smiled.
"Yeah, I guess your right." He said cheerfully and went back to eating. Natsuki sat down by Hiei. There was a steaming bowl of soup in front of her. She too the spoon and began to eat very fast. In no time she was done. She set her spoon down and exhaled. When she looked around she noticed everyone was looking at her.
"What?" she said in a clueless manner. Hiei shook is head, Kurama chuckled lightly to himself, and Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Genkai went back to eating.
After dinner Genkai gave new orders.
"Kurama, you shall come gain tomorrow at ten. Hiei you will come at eleven. Yusuke and Kuwabara, you may have the day off." Nods came from Hiei and Kurama, a quiet yes was heard from Yusuke. He obviously had not liked teaching as much as he thought her would.
"Botan will be here around noon to inspect Natsuki. We will then go to Koenma to see if we can find out anything about her..." Kurama stood up. Every one looked at him. Kurama's eyes met Natsuki's. She looked pale.
"That is...uh..." For once Kurama was at a loss for words. Natsuki stood up and went over to him. He was much taller than she was and she had to look up at him. She smiled. "They were bound to find out sooner or later." She said quietly. Yusuke and Kuwabara didn't hear this, but Hiei and Genkai did. Hiei just looked at her but Genkai pretended like she didn't hear anything. Natsuki turned around. Hiei caught her eye. Their gaze lingered for a moment until Natsuki turned away.
"If you don't mind Master Genkai, I am feeling weak and I thing I will go lie down." She said playing the part well. She walked out onto the porch and down where her bedroom was located. Only there was no part to play. She really felt different.
"I think I'm gonna go home," Yusuke said stretching.
"Yeah me too..." Kuwabara followed Yusuke out of the door.
"I should probably go to." Kurama said hurrying out the door. Hiei stepped in front f him.
"Hold on fox, I need to talk to you..."
Natsuki sat on her bed, her head in her hands. What is happening? Why am I shaking? Maybe it is the side effects from training. I'll just lie down. She laid back on her bed and closed her eyes. As soon as her eyes had closed a shinny orb appeared in her mind. It looked like the moon.
"What did that whisper mean?" Hiei asked Kurama sternly. Kurama looked him straight in the eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Stupid. Hiei clenched his fists together.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about fox! What did they were bound to find out sooner or later mean?" Hiei was furious. Not only had Kurama kept a secret from him, but also he hadn't even found it out first! Kurama just looked at him, maintaining his coolness.
"Why don't you ask her about it?" Kurama tilted his head towards Natsuki's room. Damn that fox Hiei thought to himself. He flitted off into the trees. Kurama walked down the long flight of stairs leading away from Genkai's house.
Natsuki woke later to a knock on the outside of her room. She went to the door and slid it open. Hiei was standing on the porch looking at her.
"Hiei? Wha-what are you doing here?" she asked still half asleep.
"I....I need to ask you about something." He said solemnly. Natsuki stepped to the side to let him in. She went over and sat down on her bed.
"Yes," she said sleepily. Hiei took a deep breath. She could tell he wasn't good with after hour speaking.
"I want to know about your record." Natsuki froze. "The one Kurama knows about." Natsuki was not quite sure what to say. She decided playing dumb wouldn't do anything so the truth was the only option.
"He says that I have killed many. He says I have served as hit men and spies..." Hiei made a noise that sounded similar to I knew it. "But this is just from researching my name, because I don't think I could ever kill that much. I mean, I would if it meant out of self defense but..." she stopped short and stiffened. Her gaze was staring past Hiei. She was looking at the moon.
"Close the door." She said as if in a trance.
"What?" Hiei asked, beginning to feel awkward.
"CLOSE THE DOOR NOW!!" she screamed darting to the back of the room. As she was running back there she tripped and fell landing hard. Hiei ran over.
"Have you gone crazy? What's wrong?" He reached out his and was about to touch her when a low growling noise came from the crumpled mass of Natsuki. Hiei withdrew quickly. His eyes got wide. Ears were sprouting out of the top of her head. A long black tail withering its way out from her long vest. Hiei's first thoughts were Yôkô Kurama, but Kurama had never growled.
Natsuki slowly began to stand. It took a long time, almost as if she was being pulled by strings.
"Run." She said softly. "Run while you still have a chance." This time slightly louder.
"What are you talking about?" Hiei refused to listen.
"I said go." This time her voice was deep, almost growling. Hiei was beginning to become slightly uncomfortable. Not frightened, just uncomfortable. What the hell was going on? Did he run and get Genkai? Too late. Natsuki whipped around. Her eyes had turned yellow and she had developed long fangs. Her fingernails were long and yellow.
"I gave you a warning, now you must pay, Jaganshi Hiei." This was not Natsuki. The voice was totally different. It was almost as if she was being controlled by someone else.'
"I have come too far to have some foolish demon girl get in the way of your destruction!" The thing began to approach Hiei. He drew his sword. The creature laughed.
"So you will destroy the girl to save your own neck? Tsk tsk, I thought you were more honorable than that. I am using her body and if you kill me you kill her!" Hiei lowered his sword. The creature smiled. "That's right...little bit more." Hiei sheathed it.
The creature lunged. Hiei swerved out of the way and pinned the creature on it's back.
"Genkai!" he yelled. "Come NOW!" The creature struggled beneath him.
"Release me!" Hiei held tighter.
"Shut the hell up and leave!" Hiei demanded, holding tighter still. Genkai ran into the room.
"What the hell are you yelling about...Holy shit!" Genkai had just saw the struggling Hiei holding down the creature inside Natsuki's body.
"Hold her still Hiei!" Genkai ordered.
"It!" Hiei corrected, struggling to hold the beast down.
"Whatever! Faaut Laughn!!!" Genkai blasted the creature with a blue light throwing Hiei and Natsuki's body up against the wall. A strange looking dog-thing lay where Natsuki had been.
"Curses!" It screeched as Genkai shot it with her spirit gun. The blast practically destroyed the whole room.
After the smoke had settled, Genkai hopped over the big hole in the floor to where the unconscious Natsuki lay on Hiei's lap. She reached down and opened one eye. It was rolled to the back of her head. Genkai sighed.
"Put her on the..." Genkai turned to where the bed used to be. Instead there lay a shriveled mass of cloth. Damn it!
"Never mind. We will have to take her to Kurama's"
