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The New Girl Chapter 3: Forbidden Love
Ohkami was lounging on the couch in her house. Koenma had been sending them on missions left and right, and she finally had a day off. She walked into her kitchen only to find it nearly empty. After leaving the assassin business she had lost her only steady income. Her ears fell flat; she needed to find some kind of paying job, before she starved to death. But she couldn't go back to her old line of work again. Not after she broke one of the biggest rules of the business.
The doorbell rang and Ohkami growled. She headed towards the door, and the bell proceeded to ring three more times.

"I'm coming, I'm coming! So can it!" she screeched, as the bell rang yet again. Ohkami absolutely detested visitors, she'd much rather be left to herself. Of course, now that she was out of work visitors were rather rare.
When she opened the door she found Hiei and the goon squad standing on her stoop. She also found Kuwabara about to ring the doorbell another time. She glared at him, and his hand shot away from the door like he'd just been bitten by a piranha.

"So, what is the gaggle of idiots doing here on my day off?" She asked them, shooting Yusuke a deadly glance.

"I'm afraid this is no longer your day off," Yusuke stated, and Ohkami let out a growl. "Koenma's called us in on what he calls an "urgent mission"."

"Every fucking mission he sends us on is supposedly urgent. Well, this one's just going to have to wait, I was promised a vacation, and I'm sure as hell going to get it."

"Actually Ohkami, I think you'll want your vacation to wait once you hear about this mission." Kurama answered.

"Wait!" Kuwabara exclaimed, "Why does Kurama get to know about the mission already?"

"Because if they told you, the whole world would know about it." Hiei growled, "Now let's get this over with, I'm supposed to be on vacation, too."

"Thank you all for coming in here today. This situation must be handled immediately." Koenma explained. Ohkami sat in the back of the room, rocking on the hind legs of her chair. She was still angry about being called in today, and wasn't particularly interested.

But that was about to change.

"Ok, so what is this big urgent mission, anyway?" Yusuke asked.

"A gang of rogue demons known as the himitsu clan-"

THUD!

Ohkami was sitting on the floor, in a bit of a daze. Her chair, which she'd tipped over, lay on the floor as well, in several pieces. Yusuke looked at her skeptically. What, he wondered, could've a demon like Ohkami to be in such shock? Koenma hadn't even fully explained their mission yet.

"What in the world is wrong?" Koenma asked, rather perturbed that all this commotion had interrupted his story.

"There's something you all need to hear," Ohkami stated, still looking absolutely bewildered, "it's the story about how I met Hiei."
Ohkami walked into the "Crimson Crypt" bar, her trench coat billowing from the harsh winter wind. She sighed; she'd never really liked this bar. It was a bit to clean for her, but it was the customers who picked the meeting place, and it wasn't her place to argue. Her new client must be high class, a fact that benefited her greatly. They may be more difficult to deal with, but they always paid better, making putting up with them much more tolerable.
She saw her man sitting at one of the small tables in the back, right where he said he'd be. She headed to the table, and sat across from her companion.

"You're a minute and a half late," The shadowy figure said, "that doesn't bode very well."

"I had some important business to attend to." Ohkami answered, immediately regretting that she'd said it.

"Business more important than mine?" he asked incredulously.

"Of course not. I'm terribly sorry." Ohkami replied quickly. She shifted in her seat, trying to get a better look at her current employer. She made out very little through the shadows. She didn't need to see much though; his heavily ringed fingers and champagne glass were enough to confirm her assumptions were correct.

"Very good. Let's get down to business then. I'm the leader of a group of aristocratic demons known as the himitsu, and I'm an extremely busy man. I need you to take care of someone for me, because I simply have no time to do it..."

"Ok. So what's his name? Appearance? Any other information you have on him." Ohkami cut in, not particularly caring to hear the guy's life story.

"Oh, impatient aren't we?"

"Well, the quicker you tell me, the quicker I can kill him for you."

He chuckled, "Yes, I like you. Well his name is Hiei. Here's his picture." The demon took a picture out of his coat pocket. Ohkami studied it, memorizing the features of her next victim, lest she forget what he looked like. He was noticeably short, the trait Ohkami felt stuck out most. His ruby eyes were cold, and overall emotionless, while his hair was spiked and jet-black, with the exception of a little white in the front. He seemed pretty normal looking to Ohkami, and she couldn't figure out why this demon would want him dead, although the name Hiei did seem rather familiar to her. That's when she noticed the bandana wrapped around his forehead. Her hand touched the bandana around her own. This "Hiei" must have had a jagan eye. 'Hmm, that ought to make this case a lot more interesting.' Her client put the picture back into his pocket, knocking Ohkami out of her trance. "Is that enough information for you?" She nodded her reply, "Good, then take this, it's half of your pay. The rest with obviously be given to you when you've completed the task. Now if you'll excuse me, I must be going. As I said before, I'm a very busy man."

"Hold on. How am I supposed to find you after I've done this guy in? Don't think you can sneak out of the rest of the cost that easily."

"Oh, I would never do such a thing. You don't need to worry, I'll find you." He said, chuckling again. He promptly got up and exited the bar.

Ohkami waited patiently in a shaded tree. According to her information, Hiei should be passing through the area any moment, and she intended to catch him off guard. Sure enough, a few moments later she caught her first personal glimpse of the fire apparition. He was right on schedule.
She sat perfectly still, careful not to snap a branch or rustle any leaves. The night air was still, so she had no breeze to blame any slip-ups on, and she knew she'd need the element of surprise on her side more now then ever before.
Hiei was moving quite quickly, he clearly wasn't a lingerer. She quietly jumped along within the trees. She had to keep her eye on him, since she had no idea what to expect from him. She got a ways ahead of him and remained in the tree, waiting for him to get closer. As he did, however, she noticed his jagan eye glowing under his bandana. He knew she was following him. Ohkami cursed under her breath. Of course, there was still one last way she may be able to surprise him.
Ohkami lunged out of the tree, colliding with Hiei and taking him down to the ground. She pinned him down, a victorious smirk crossing her face.

"What do you want?" He asked; sounding rather irritated.

"What do you think? I want to ki-" But she stopped mid-sentence. Hiei had one trait that she hadn't noticed until now; h e was extremely handsome.

"Ah. You're an assassin," Hiei commented, his jagan eye was glowing under his bandana again, telling Ohkami he was reading her mind. For some reason, however, she couldn't find the will to stop him. He smirked, "This ought to be interesting. I'll let you live, for now."
In one quick motion Hiei had freed himself of Ohkami's grip and pinned her to the ground. She knew that under normal circumstances she would have at least been able to put up a fight against this guy, but for some reason found her mind unable to function right. The feeling in her legs was reminiscent of Jell-O, and she could feel the blood rushing to her face. Apparently Hiei noticed this as well, as he was giving her a rather blank stare. He cast her one more defiant smirk, and then was gone before she could even blink.
Ohkami lay there for a moment, trying to regain herself. Sure, Hiei was incredibly handsome, but it didn't matter. She had to kill him; it was her job. It was one of her first and foremost rules; never let personal emotion get in the way. Of course, she'd never felt emotion this strong towards anyone. She knew she had to do it, but she didn't know if she'd be able to make her body co-operate.

"This ought to be interesting indeed." She said to herself.

Everyone stood in silence for a moment. Ohkami's story had come as quite a shock to them, particularly Hiei. Yusuke had the feeling he hadn't particularly wanted her disclosing the information she just had. The silence was soon broken, however, by Kuwabara.

"So what happened? Did you kill him, or not? You didn't finish the story!" he shouted, sounding rather anxious.

"You know," Ohkami stated dryly, "I was foolish enough to think you couldn't get any stupider."

"Oh, he should surprise you yet." Hiei told her, "But on another note, did you really have to tell them that story?"

"They would've found out eventually, Hiei. Might as well be now." Kurama added.

"Well," Koenma cut in, tired of being ignored all of the time, "Now that we've got that off our chests you have a mission to get to. As I was saying before the himitsu clan has been terrorizing the human world recently. Random murders and destruction of property have occurred among many other things. What you may find most interesting, Ohkami, is that all the victims have in some way been related to you."

"Oh shit. They're looking for me." Ohkami nearly whispered; her ears going almost flat against her head. Yusuke realized it was the first time he'd ever seen her look truly scared.

"Wait, how is Ohkami related to humans?" Kuwabara asked, "She's a demon."

"He doesn't mean family, you dolt. He means that they know me in some way. I was willing to work for humans, as well. Of course, I didn't actually tell them I was a demon."

"Anyway," Koenma, having to regain everyone's attention once again, "You obviously cannot allow these acts to continue. You're going to have to destroy the himitsu. Displayed on the screen are the co-ordinates of their most recent attack. You can start looking for them there. Look familiar, Ohkami?" She nodded, and they were off.

"So where are we going anyway?" Yusuke asked as they walked along the bustling Tokyo streets.

"To the house of one of my old employers. She was having trouble with an ex, and wanted me to take care of him." Ohkami explained.
They came to an average looking house on the outskirts of town. There was nothing particularly special about it, until they entered the woman's bedroom. It was a rather disgusting scene; there was blood everywhere. The body appeared to have been taken away, or it had been destroyed beyond recognition. The comforter and sheets were off the bed, and a lamp was in pieces on the ground. She had certainly put up a fight, as best as any human could've.

"Looks like they're already gone." Hiei commented.

"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that." The voice came from behind them. They turned around to find a demon sitting on the windowsill, filing her nails. She flashed them a smile, her pale blues eyes sparkling in the light, winking at Yusuke. "The boss told us you might come snooping around, so I decided I'd wait for you. Won't he be happy when he finds out I killed the girl and Hiei."

"Pfft, I'd like to see you try. I could kill you it ten seconds flat." Ohkami retorted, getting ready to fight.

"No. Let me take this one." Kurama cut in, pulling a rose out of his hair.

TBC
Ohkami: OK, hopefully this'll make up for the lack of Kurama this fic has seemed to have so far. I'm really sorry about that by the way, for any Kurama fans out there.

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