Jake jumped at something tapping at his window. "Tobias," he hissed
opening the window. "What are you doing here? You are supposed to be
watching Suuichi and Hiei!"
/\I know, but I found out some information./\ Tobias retorted.
"And what is that?" Jake was curious now.
/\Well they met with Melissa by the goats at The Gardens. They were talking about some sort of mission./\ Tobias thought about what he had heard before he continued. /\The most interesting thing was that they were talking about some powers or energies or something coming from somewhere, they also spoke of demons. I think Melissa called them demons but I could have misunderstood. She did say something about Hiei having something called a Jagan eye. I don't quit understand what was going on but I trust those to even less now. I'm also slightly suspicious of Melissa now. What are we supposed to tell the rest of the group?/\ he paused /\Especially Rachel?/\ He looked at Jake sure the older kid would make more sense out of it.
Jake only frowned. "We will tell them the truth Saturday. Now go back to your forest, the sun is almost down and I don't want you to get hurt."
Tobias turned and flew away. He did want to get to his tree before the owls began to hunt for the night.
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Kurama and Hiei walked through the forest looking for a place for Hiei to sleep. "I like this one." Kurama looked up at the tree of Hiei's choice.
"Do you want me to adjust anything?" Kurama asked looking for a way to flew his kai; he hadn't used it for quit a while.
"Just let me look fox." Hiei jumped into the tree startling a Red Tailed Hawk, he ignored the bird and continued to look around the tree. Finally he jumped back down, "Fox, there is a branch that is almost what I want. I guess there is something you could do for me."
"Oh, Inari! Hiei is asking for help!" Kurama spoke teasing evident in his eyes.
"Hn. Don't let it go to you head. This is once in a life time." Hiei jumped back into the tree followed by Kurama.
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Tobias woke suddenly to see Hiei standing next to him; Hiei only spared him a glance before inspecting the tree. Finally he jumped back down effortlessly and began to speak to someone. "Fox there is a branch that is almost what I want. I guess there is something you could do for me."
"Oh, Inari! Hiei is asking for help!" The person that replied with a playful tone sounded to much like Suuichi for Tobias's tastes.
"Hn. Don't let it go to your head. This is once in a life time." Effortlessly they both jumped into the tree. Suuichi looked at Tobias, he looked slightly curious.
"I saw that bird before; that exact bird. I think this might be its territory." Suuichi sighed. "I can't say I don't agree, it is a beautiful forest." //I can't wait to run around in my true form.\\ He added silently.
"Hn." Hiei turned ignoring the others comment and jumped to a different branch. "That branch over there, baka kitsune."
Kurama finally looked away from the bird holding his attention and looked in the direction Hiei was pointing. "Hmmm . . . The branch is almost dead; I guess you want it wider, and a little more leaves for bedding."
"Just a little wider and more alive so it wont brake and cause me to search for somewhere else to sleep."
If Tobias's eyes could have gotten wider they would have after what he saw next. Suuichi jumped to the branch next to Hiei then positioned himself just right and touched the branch spoken of before. Tobias could see a soft green light surround Suuichi and the branch. Slowly the branch came back to life leaves grew out of nowhere; the branch grew slightly wider as well. He could practically *see* the said branch become sturdier. He was shocked to say the least as he realized that these people whoever they were if not already working for the Yeerks, then if discovered would certainly be hunted and captured. He had a new reason to keep an eye on them. The only difference would be that he had his own reasons now. He had to make sure nothing happened to them. He would befriend them in his human form and then watch them like the hawk he was – just to keep them from danger.
"Well I'm going to go back to Cassie's house. She will be worried about me." Suuichi spoke as he straitened up dusting off his hands, and then leapt gracefully from the tree.
"Kurama you care to much for ningens. When are you going to realize they wont be here forever?" Hiei's question was sudden and showed disgust by his friends actions. "They die, we don't, not like they do. You are over Three Thousand years old! You should know that you can't trust anyone."
"Hiei, I may be older than you by only Two Thousand Fiver Hundred years but that doesn't mean that I don't respect your opining." Kurama smiled up at Hiei. "But just because I respect your opinion doesn't mean that you have any right to boss me around." He turned to leave then turned around to give the child in the tree a warning. "Remember I may not be you direct probation officer, but I still report to her. Any false mover by you and we both get in trouble. You'll be going back to jail and Urimeshi might become my probation officer instead of Boton."
"Hn." Hiei turned from his friend, he didn't need the reminder, he didn't want to go back to jail.
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Tobias woke early Saturday morning. He had watched Hiei as every morning he would go to a field and train. Tobias was to impressed by what this creature did he made a habit of watching him. He looked at Hiei's branch through the corner of his eye, then looked at it head on; Hiei wasn't on his branch! Tobias heard something bellow and saw that Hiei had just landed. But before he could get any good thermals under his wing Hiei just disappeared, this action was new to Tobias; he had never seen him do it before.
Tobias made a last minute decision to finally speak with someone about the two Japanese boys. He would go speak with Cassie, she would understand and be able to help – not to mention she had a right to know – Suuichi was staying with her after all. He would hunt rats in her barn later.
A sea of rats had decided to visit the barn not long ago and hasn't left yet. So he told Cassie he would "persuade" them. He arrived at Cassie's and saw Hiei in a tree next to a window, but Tobias couldn't remember seeing that tree there before. "It's about time you opened the window fox." Hiei muttered as he hopped onto the windowsill. Tobias landed on the roof out of sight. "I see you grew a tree last night."
"Yes, I felt that you might want somewhere to sleep if you had to wait for a while before I opened the window." Suuichi shrugged. "Well anyway, were going today."
Hiei was stunned. "Going where?"
"To the mountains." Suuichi said simply. "It would be a good time to go since Cassie wont be around. She is meeting with her friends for a hike. We simply are going to go up to the power source and see what's hiding there. It just might be powerful renegade demons, but it could also be something else." He paused there as if thinking then spoke slowly as if weighing his words as to not infuriate is little friend. "You know, I think we should go explore the forest before we have to go meet Melissa."
"What will you tell Cassie?" Hiei asked mockingly. "You want to go use your inept fox senses to figure out the best way through the forest?"
"No, I'll just tell her I want to go see the wild life inhabitating the forest. That red tail hawk we have been seeing intrigues me. There is just something about it."
/\Tobias where are you?/\ Ax asked.
/\I'm at Cassie's, Suuichi and Hiei are here./\ Tobias replied matter-of- factly.
/\They are going to the forest soon. So you might want to morph. I don't think you want them to find you and realize it isn't a normal animal./\
/\Yes, I think I will morph to my eagle morph and hide out in a tree./\
A few seconds later both Suuichi and Hiei could be heard. "Hiei go check it out. I'll be right behind you."
A few second later Tobias saw Hiei hit the ground then disappear again. Tobias took off to go find Ax, what if them morphing were the undetectable power surges that they were suppose to be trying to find? There was only one way to find out. He didn't notice Suuichi at the barn arguing with Cassie.
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Ax began to morph into his gold eagle morph. He was about halfway though when he caught something just behind him.
He turned his head slightly because his stalk eyes had just retreated into his head. There standing behind him was a human boy dressed in all black with spiked black hair and a white star burst in the front of his hair. The boy drew a sword suddenly and held it up to him. "Turn back!" He demanded. Ax just stared at him, he didn't know what to do. He decided he would listen to this person then if there seemed to be trouble he would at least have his tail.
Hiei wouldn't say he was surprised when he saw two eyes on blue bendable polls disappear into this bird's head. But there was also the fact that the power source was disbanding itself from the creature as slowly the eyes came out again. The feathered tail turned into a long blue tail with a sharp razor on the end. The half bird half – whatever else it was – grew it was tall. It was half horse half man by the time it was done. It had no mouth and two slits in the face for a nose. Two large almond eyes stared at Hiei while the other two searched around.
Hiei let out a little of his spirit energy for Kurama to find since no more power was emanating from the creature in front of him. He began to search with his Jagan, well as much as he could do without taking off his bandana.
"I still don't understand why you insisted to follow me." He heard Kurama inquire.
"Because you might get lost." Cassie's voice floated through the woods behind him. Hiei bit off a groan.
"Why did you have to bring the ningen along?" Hiei snapped without taking his eyes off the one in front of him.
"Because she –" Kurama stopped, when he spotted the blue figure in front of him. "-insisted." He finished slowly.
"AX!" Cassie exclaimed. "What are you thinking I thought you had better sense then this!"
"You 'knew' about this?" Kurama questioned.
/\Of course she knew./\ Someone said through a telepathic connection. /\She is my friend./\
"Your friend." Hiei sneered. "I don't understand why so many insist upon having friends."
"You have a friend Hiei." Kurama reminded the small Koorime.
"No, I have allies fox, friends only make you weaker. I don't need a week link that baka's think they can use to make me do there will." Hiei put his katana away and glared at the creature, it cringed.
"This is the energy source then." Kurama said out loud, not as a question but as a statement. "Okay then, we better check in and say we found one of the three."
"No, there are more like the one in front of us. Remember there was more than one untraceable power spurts." Hiei was trying to get this job done. He didn't trust whatever was I front of him.
Kurama looked at Cassie. "I'll radio this one in. Koenma should know about it at least." He pulled out a pink compact no longer disguised by a kitsune illusion. A few second later a girl with blue hair appeared on the screen.
"Kurama I didn't think we would hear form you for a while." She spoke cheerfully. Cassie was guessing this was Boton.
"I wasn't expecting to report in so soon. How is everything in Reikai? Is Urimeshi faring well without us?"
"Yes, he is doing fine. The Reikai is as always. I'm gong to send you though to Koenma-sama, there is a soul to pick up in Tokyo."
"Okay, I'll talk to you soon Boton." She nodded, five seconds later a toddler appeared on the screen.
"Kurama you are aware there is someone looking over your shoulder correct?" He asked before doing anything else.
"Yes, sir." Kurama replied. "But it is okay. We found a creature that has been sending out spurts of power. We think it is from its ability to transform. I'll send you a visual so you can run it though the Yokai data base if you would like." Kurama faced the mirror that wasn't really a mirror towards the "demon" in front of him long enough for Koenma to copy the picture in front of him. Kurama gave Hiei a glance of thanks for letting him know what he caught the blue creature doing. Then spoke in Japanese to his boss. "I think it best if we get your American Spirit Detective out of this case. I don't think she can handle something like this."
"I don't have the right to do such a thing. Only my sister Tajima has that kind of power with her." Something in the background beeped. "Kurama," Koenma said after reviewing the returned info. He was again speaking English. "He isn't a Youkai."
"What do you mean?" Hiei demanded.
"Hiei you know what a yasha is, he isn't a yasha." Koenma repeated. "I just don't know what he is yet."
/\I'm an Andilite./\
"Well that clears things up for me, but I still don't know what that is. My father will kill me if I failed – Wait! Andilite you say. I've heard of those." Koenma appeared to be thinking. "Oh, yes, there was one that stayed on earth for a while sixteen years ago, he just disappeared. No trace of him ever being on earth. Except one thing, but never mind that. It stayed in a human form. Hmmm . . . He had to have special permission of course. My sister was amazed at the fact that he could turn to a human himself. Well that is a long story I'll have to tell you that later." Koenma ruffled threw a few papers, "Hmmm . . . I can't find his name anywhere . . ."
/\Try Elfangor./\ Someone new said. /\He was my father. (A/N: Okay in this fic, Tibias knows that Elfangor is his father, he knows the whole story. I don't know if they ever find out in the books. And they are going to be sixteen, 'bout a year after, Elfangor gave them there powers I do believe.)
Everyone was surprised at this.
"Well I wasn't going to tell anyone that," Koenma's voice showed he was pouting. "Oh, yes, and Kurama, are you prepared for your transformation? I understand it should be in a couple of days."
"Hmmm . . . Yes, I do believe, but I lost track, I'll double check."
"Well just be prepared."
"Yes, sir." Kurama hung up after saying good bye and looked at Hiei.
"I'll warn you." Hiei spoke voice slightly irate. Kurama nodded and muttered his thanks.
"I don't understand. What is going on?"
"We will tell you, but you might want to sit down." Kurama smiled sweetly at Cassie as she sat on the grassy floor of the forest, while Hiei and Tobias had a staring contest, Tobias winning.
"And that bird out of that tree!" Hiei yelled increasing his glare, Tobias blinked in surprise while his competitor smirked triumphantly.
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"Wow that is extremely interesting. Something I never thought I would hear." Cassie spoke slowly after Kurama's explanation of what was going on.
"It is true every bit of it." Kurama said, what he told her was true, although he did forget to add the fact that 'he' was the Legendary Thief Yoko Kurama, he had only told her that he reminds his friends of him. He also left out the Dark Tournament.
"So Hiei is a demon?" Tobias asked softly. He had morphed human not long after Hiei threatened to torch him if he didn't get out of there. He felt as if Hiei was a little more secure now. But it was a ridicules thought, wasn't it? He shook his head and returned to the subject at hand. "That is an interesting fact." Tobias had a feeling Kurama was leaving something out. He wasn't just called Kurama. Hiei called him fox, or kitsune - whatever that meant – Tobias was still unsure.
/\Your friend is very smart./\ Hiei muttered to Ax. He liked the fact that he was a telepath. Although Ax didn't have the skills Hiei had.
/\Cassie is so trusting, but smart. I'm surprised she read past his web of lies./\ Ax focused one stalk eye on Cassie the other on Kurama while his main rested on Hiei.
/\Not the girl, the bird./\ Hiei corrected him like he would correct Kuwabara, minus a baka. He had filled in blank to Ax where Kurama would conveniently forget something that had happened. He noticed right away that something was wrong with his friend just as Kurama's communicator went off.
As did his own. He had given Yukina a communicator mirror so that she could contact him. She didn't trust him off by himself. She was too fond of him for her own good.
"What?" Kurama snapped into his communicator the same time Hiei saw his sister's face and asked a question of his own. "Yes Yukina?"
"Kurama I need you and Hiei where are you located?" Kurama effortlessly gave off the information. "Good you are closer than I am. But you will probably be able to make it there faster as well." She gave him coordinates and hung up. Meanwhile, Hiei was trying to console his sister.
"We will find him I promise." Hiei again assured his sister. Yukina had lost all hope of finding her brother and it hurt Hiei to see her like this.
"It's not just that Hiei!" Yukina said through tears. "It's that baka Kuwabara. I – I- I caught him telling Yusuke that he wanted to be able to finally get me while you were gone." She was in utter tears then. Hiei raised his ki in anger.
"I'll kill him when I get home." He spoke through clenched teeth. Yukina looked up suddenly. She was surprised Hiei would say something like that; yes he was protective over her but . . .
"Hiei you could go back to Reikai prison! I don't want that." Yukina was tired, and her checks were glistening with tears, but soon fell to become tear gems at her feet.
Sighing Hiei simply said. "It doesn't matter if I go to prison. I will kill him." Hiei spoke that last sentence harshly. Then suddenly added. "And you only don't want me to go to jail so I can find your brother. You would hate him anyway!" Hiei started but didn't mean to continue. "He is a murderer a cold blooded murderer. You don't want him in your life." Hiei then whispered to himself. "He would ruin it."
Yukina looked surprised to hear such a thing. Someone gently put their hand on Hiei's shoulder. "Just tell her." Kurama whispered softly so that only Hiei could hear.
"But I don't know want her to know." Hiei spoke just as soft back to his old friend.
Yukina finally spoke up. "I want him in my life as much as I want you. You are like a brother to me." She then thought of what Hiei just said to Kurama. "Do you already know who he is?"
Hiei was taken-a-back. "Yes Yukina." He spoke after a soft eerie silence. "But I can't tell you now. Kurama and I have to go take care of something." He hung up without saying good-bye. After putting the communicator away he jumped swiftly to a tree.
"I will return shortly." Kurama said before running after Hiei. Not noticing the birds that landed moments before.
/\Cassie you have some explaining to do./\ Jake said.
"Yes, I do. And not just to you." Slowly she began to morph.
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SSW: Okay let me explain what has been going on, for some reason every time I update this there is a whole lot that is just deleted, then the words are being mumbled together. So I am hopping that it has been fixed. If not then I will more than likely be deleting this story. I apologize to all my readers for this taking so long!
/\I know, but I found out some information./\ Tobias retorted.
"And what is that?" Jake was curious now.
/\Well they met with Melissa by the goats at The Gardens. They were talking about some sort of mission./\ Tobias thought about what he had heard before he continued. /\The most interesting thing was that they were talking about some powers or energies or something coming from somewhere, they also spoke of demons. I think Melissa called them demons but I could have misunderstood. She did say something about Hiei having something called a Jagan eye. I don't quit understand what was going on but I trust those to even less now. I'm also slightly suspicious of Melissa now. What are we supposed to tell the rest of the group?/\ he paused /\Especially Rachel?/\ He looked at Jake sure the older kid would make more sense out of it.
Jake only frowned. "We will tell them the truth Saturday. Now go back to your forest, the sun is almost down and I don't want you to get hurt."
Tobias turned and flew away. He did want to get to his tree before the owls began to hunt for the night.
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Kurama and Hiei walked through the forest looking for a place for Hiei to sleep. "I like this one." Kurama looked up at the tree of Hiei's choice.
"Do you want me to adjust anything?" Kurama asked looking for a way to flew his kai; he hadn't used it for quit a while.
"Just let me look fox." Hiei jumped into the tree startling a Red Tailed Hawk, he ignored the bird and continued to look around the tree. Finally he jumped back down, "Fox, there is a branch that is almost what I want. I guess there is something you could do for me."
"Oh, Inari! Hiei is asking for help!" Kurama spoke teasing evident in his eyes.
"Hn. Don't let it go to you head. This is once in a life time." Hiei jumped back into the tree followed by Kurama.
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Tobias woke suddenly to see Hiei standing next to him; Hiei only spared him a glance before inspecting the tree. Finally he jumped back down effortlessly and began to speak to someone. "Fox there is a branch that is almost what I want. I guess there is something you could do for me."
"Oh, Inari! Hiei is asking for help!" The person that replied with a playful tone sounded to much like Suuichi for Tobias's tastes.
"Hn. Don't let it go to your head. This is once in a life time." Effortlessly they both jumped into the tree. Suuichi looked at Tobias, he looked slightly curious.
"I saw that bird before; that exact bird. I think this might be its territory." Suuichi sighed. "I can't say I don't agree, it is a beautiful forest." //I can't wait to run around in my true form.\\ He added silently.
"Hn." Hiei turned ignoring the others comment and jumped to a different branch. "That branch over there, baka kitsune."
Kurama finally looked away from the bird holding his attention and looked in the direction Hiei was pointing. "Hmmm . . . The branch is almost dead; I guess you want it wider, and a little more leaves for bedding."
"Just a little wider and more alive so it wont brake and cause me to search for somewhere else to sleep."
If Tobias's eyes could have gotten wider they would have after what he saw next. Suuichi jumped to the branch next to Hiei then positioned himself just right and touched the branch spoken of before. Tobias could see a soft green light surround Suuichi and the branch. Slowly the branch came back to life leaves grew out of nowhere; the branch grew slightly wider as well. He could practically *see* the said branch become sturdier. He was shocked to say the least as he realized that these people whoever they were if not already working for the Yeerks, then if discovered would certainly be hunted and captured. He had a new reason to keep an eye on them. The only difference would be that he had his own reasons now. He had to make sure nothing happened to them. He would befriend them in his human form and then watch them like the hawk he was – just to keep them from danger.
"Well I'm going to go back to Cassie's house. She will be worried about me." Suuichi spoke as he straitened up dusting off his hands, and then leapt gracefully from the tree.
"Kurama you care to much for ningens. When are you going to realize they wont be here forever?" Hiei's question was sudden and showed disgust by his friends actions. "They die, we don't, not like they do. You are over Three Thousand years old! You should know that you can't trust anyone."
"Hiei, I may be older than you by only Two Thousand Fiver Hundred years but that doesn't mean that I don't respect your opining." Kurama smiled up at Hiei. "But just because I respect your opinion doesn't mean that you have any right to boss me around." He turned to leave then turned around to give the child in the tree a warning. "Remember I may not be you direct probation officer, but I still report to her. Any false mover by you and we both get in trouble. You'll be going back to jail and Urimeshi might become my probation officer instead of Boton."
"Hn." Hiei turned from his friend, he didn't need the reminder, he didn't want to go back to jail.
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Tobias woke early Saturday morning. He had watched Hiei as every morning he would go to a field and train. Tobias was to impressed by what this creature did he made a habit of watching him. He looked at Hiei's branch through the corner of his eye, then looked at it head on; Hiei wasn't on his branch! Tobias heard something bellow and saw that Hiei had just landed. But before he could get any good thermals under his wing Hiei just disappeared, this action was new to Tobias; he had never seen him do it before.
Tobias made a last minute decision to finally speak with someone about the two Japanese boys. He would go speak with Cassie, she would understand and be able to help – not to mention she had a right to know – Suuichi was staying with her after all. He would hunt rats in her barn later.
A sea of rats had decided to visit the barn not long ago and hasn't left yet. So he told Cassie he would "persuade" them. He arrived at Cassie's and saw Hiei in a tree next to a window, but Tobias couldn't remember seeing that tree there before. "It's about time you opened the window fox." Hiei muttered as he hopped onto the windowsill. Tobias landed on the roof out of sight. "I see you grew a tree last night."
"Yes, I felt that you might want somewhere to sleep if you had to wait for a while before I opened the window." Suuichi shrugged. "Well anyway, were going today."
Hiei was stunned. "Going where?"
"To the mountains." Suuichi said simply. "It would be a good time to go since Cassie wont be around. She is meeting with her friends for a hike. We simply are going to go up to the power source and see what's hiding there. It just might be powerful renegade demons, but it could also be something else." He paused there as if thinking then spoke slowly as if weighing his words as to not infuriate is little friend. "You know, I think we should go explore the forest before we have to go meet Melissa."
"What will you tell Cassie?" Hiei asked mockingly. "You want to go use your inept fox senses to figure out the best way through the forest?"
"No, I'll just tell her I want to go see the wild life inhabitating the forest. That red tail hawk we have been seeing intrigues me. There is just something about it."
/\Tobias where are you?/\ Ax asked.
/\I'm at Cassie's, Suuichi and Hiei are here./\ Tobias replied matter-of- factly.
/\They are going to the forest soon. So you might want to morph. I don't think you want them to find you and realize it isn't a normal animal./\
/\Yes, I think I will morph to my eagle morph and hide out in a tree./\
A few seconds later both Suuichi and Hiei could be heard. "Hiei go check it out. I'll be right behind you."
A few second later Tobias saw Hiei hit the ground then disappear again. Tobias took off to go find Ax, what if them morphing were the undetectable power surges that they were suppose to be trying to find? There was only one way to find out. He didn't notice Suuichi at the barn arguing with Cassie.
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Ax began to morph into his gold eagle morph. He was about halfway though when he caught something just behind him.
He turned his head slightly because his stalk eyes had just retreated into his head. There standing behind him was a human boy dressed in all black with spiked black hair and a white star burst in the front of his hair. The boy drew a sword suddenly and held it up to him. "Turn back!" He demanded. Ax just stared at him, he didn't know what to do. He decided he would listen to this person then if there seemed to be trouble he would at least have his tail.
Hiei wouldn't say he was surprised when he saw two eyes on blue bendable polls disappear into this bird's head. But there was also the fact that the power source was disbanding itself from the creature as slowly the eyes came out again. The feathered tail turned into a long blue tail with a sharp razor on the end. The half bird half – whatever else it was – grew it was tall. It was half horse half man by the time it was done. It had no mouth and two slits in the face for a nose. Two large almond eyes stared at Hiei while the other two searched around.
Hiei let out a little of his spirit energy for Kurama to find since no more power was emanating from the creature in front of him. He began to search with his Jagan, well as much as he could do without taking off his bandana.
"I still don't understand why you insisted to follow me." He heard Kurama inquire.
"Because you might get lost." Cassie's voice floated through the woods behind him. Hiei bit off a groan.
"Why did you have to bring the ningen along?" Hiei snapped without taking his eyes off the one in front of him.
"Because she –" Kurama stopped, when he spotted the blue figure in front of him. "-insisted." He finished slowly.
"AX!" Cassie exclaimed. "What are you thinking I thought you had better sense then this!"
"You 'knew' about this?" Kurama questioned.
/\Of course she knew./\ Someone said through a telepathic connection. /\She is my friend./\
"Your friend." Hiei sneered. "I don't understand why so many insist upon having friends."
"You have a friend Hiei." Kurama reminded the small Koorime.
"No, I have allies fox, friends only make you weaker. I don't need a week link that baka's think they can use to make me do there will." Hiei put his katana away and glared at the creature, it cringed.
"This is the energy source then." Kurama said out loud, not as a question but as a statement. "Okay then, we better check in and say we found one of the three."
"No, there are more like the one in front of us. Remember there was more than one untraceable power spurts." Hiei was trying to get this job done. He didn't trust whatever was I front of him.
Kurama looked at Cassie. "I'll radio this one in. Koenma should know about it at least." He pulled out a pink compact no longer disguised by a kitsune illusion. A few second later a girl with blue hair appeared on the screen.
"Kurama I didn't think we would hear form you for a while." She spoke cheerfully. Cassie was guessing this was Boton.
"I wasn't expecting to report in so soon. How is everything in Reikai? Is Urimeshi faring well without us?"
"Yes, he is doing fine. The Reikai is as always. I'm gong to send you though to Koenma-sama, there is a soul to pick up in Tokyo."
"Okay, I'll talk to you soon Boton." She nodded, five seconds later a toddler appeared on the screen.
"Kurama you are aware there is someone looking over your shoulder correct?" He asked before doing anything else.
"Yes, sir." Kurama replied. "But it is okay. We found a creature that has been sending out spurts of power. We think it is from its ability to transform. I'll send you a visual so you can run it though the Yokai data base if you would like." Kurama faced the mirror that wasn't really a mirror towards the "demon" in front of him long enough for Koenma to copy the picture in front of him. Kurama gave Hiei a glance of thanks for letting him know what he caught the blue creature doing. Then spoke in Japanese to his boss. "I think it best if we get your American Spirit Detective out of this case. I don't think she can handle something like this."
"I don't have the right to do such a thing. Only my sister Tajima has that kind of power with her." Something in the background beeped. "Kurama," Koenma said after reviewing the returned info. He was again speaking English. "He isn't a Youkai."
"What do you mean?" Hiei demanded.
"Hiei you know what a yasha is, he isn't a yasha." Koenma repeated. "I just don't know what he is yet."
/\I'm an Andilite./\
"Well that clears things up for me, but I still don't know what that is. My father will kill me if I failed – Wait! Andilite you say. I've heard of those." Koenma appeared to be thinking. "Oh, yes, there was one that stayed on earth for a while sixteen years ago, he just disappeared. No trace of him ever being on earth. Except one thing, but never mind that. It stayed in a human form. Hmmm . . . He had to have special permission of course. My sister was amazed at the fact that he could turn to a human himself. Well that is a long story I'll have to tell you that later." Koenma ruffled threw a few papers, "Hmmm . . . I can't find his name anywhere . . ."
/\Try Elfangor./\ Someone new said. /\He was my father. (A/N: Okay in this fic, Tibias knows that Elfangor is his father, he knows the whole story. I don't know if they ever find out in the books. And they are going to be sixteen, 'bout a year after, Elfangor gave them there powers I do believe.)
Everyone was surprised at this.
"Well I wasn't going to tell anyone that," Koenma's voice showed he was pouting. "Oh, yes, and Kurama, are you prepared for your transformation? I understand it should be in a couple of days."
"Hmmm . . . Yes, I do believe, but I lost track, I'll double check."
"Well just be prepared."
"Yes, sir." Kurama hung up after saying good bye and looked at Hiei.
"I'll warn you." Hiei spoke voice slightly irate. Kurama nodded and muttered his thanks.
"I don't understand. What is going on?"
"We will tell you, but you might want to sit down." Kurama smiled sweetly at Cassie as she sat on the grassy floor of the forest, while Hiei and Tobias had a staring contest, Tobias winning.
"And that bird out of that tree!" Hiei yelled increasing his glare, Tobias blinked in surprise while his competitor smirked triumphantly.
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"Wow that is extremely interesting. Something I never thought I would hear." Cassie spoke slowly after Kurama's explanation of what was going on.
"It is true every bit of it." Kurama said, what he told her was true, although he did forget to add the fact that 'he' was the Legendary Thief Yoko Kurama, he had only told her that he reminds his friends of him. He also left out the Dark Tournament.
"So Hiei is a demon?" Tobias asked softly. He had morphed human not long after Hiei threatened to torch him if he didn't get out of there. He felt as if Hiei was a little more secure now. But it was a ridicules thought, wasn't it? He shook his head and returned to the subject at hand. "That is an interesting fact." Tobias had a feeling Kurama was leaving something out. He wasn't just called Kurama. Hiei called him fox, or kitsune - whatever that meant – Tobias was still unsure.
/\Your friend is very smart./\ Hiei muttered to Ax. He liked the fact that he was a telepath. Although Ax didn't have the skills Hiei had.
/\Cassie is so trusting, but smart. I'm surprised she read past his web of lies./\ Ax focused one stalk eye on Cassie the other on Kurama while his main rested on Hiei.
/\Not the girl, the bird./\ Hiei corrected him like he would correct Kuwabara, minus a baka. He had filled in blank to Ax where Kurama would conveniently forget something that had happened. He noticed right away that something was wrong with his friend just as Kurama's communicator went off.
As did his own. He had given Yukina a communicator mirror so that she could contact him. She didn't trust him off by himself. She was too fond of him for her own good.
"What?" Kurama snapped into his communicator the same time Hiei saw his sister's face and asked a question of his own. "Yes Yukina?"
"Kurama I need you and Hiei where are you located?" Kurama effortlessly gave off the information. "Good you are closer than I am. But you will probably be able to make it there faster as well." She gave him coordinates and hung up. Meanwhile, Hiei was trying to console his sister.
"We will find him I promise." Hiei again assured his sister. Yukina had lost all hope of finding her brother and it hurt Hiei to see her like this.
"It's not just that Hiei!" Yukina said through tears. "It's that baka Kuwabara. I – I- I caught him telling Yusuke that he wanted to be able to finally get me while you were gone." She was in utter tears then. Hiei raised his ki in anger.
"I'll kill him when I get home." He spoke through clenched teeth. Yukina looked up suddenly. She was surprised Hiei would say something like that; yes he was protective over her but . . .
"Hiei you could go back to Reikai prison! I don't want that." Yukina was tired, and her checks were glistening with tears, but soon fell to become tear gems at her feet.
Sighing Hiei simply said. "It doesn't matter if I go to prison. I will kill him." Hiei spoke that last sentence harshly. Then suddenly added. "And you only don't want me to go to jail so I can find your brother. You would hate him anyway!" Hiei started but didn't mean to continue. "He is a murderer a cold blooded murderer. You don't want him in your life." Hiei then whispered to himself. "He would ruin it."
Yukina looked surprised to hear such a thing. Someone gently put their hand on Hiei's shoulder. "Just tell her." Kurama whispered softly so that only Hiei could hear.
"But I don't know want her to know." Hiei spoke just as soft back to his old friend.
Yukina finally spoke up. "I want him in my life as much as I want you. You are like a brother to me." She then thought of what Hiei just said to Kurama. "Do you already know who he is?"
Hiei was taken-a-back. "Yes Yukina." He spoke after a soft eerie silence. "But I can't tell you now. Kurama and I have to go take care of something." He hung up without saying good-bye. After putting the communicator away he jumped swiftly to a tree.
"I will return shortly." Kurama said before running after Hiei. Not noticing the birds that landed moments before.
/\Cassie you have some explaining to do./\ Jake said.
"Yes, I do. And not just to you." Slowly she began to morph.
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SSW: Okay let me explain what has been going on, for some reason every time I update this there is a whole lot that is just deleted, then the words are being mumbled together. So I am hopping that it has been fixed. If not then I will more than likely be deleting this story. I apologize to all my readers for this taking so long!
