Chapter 3 - See Me, Hear me

Just Call Me Blue : Hiei is the only thing you care about huh? You'll love his speech...in...way later chapter...then. And yes, Hiei sitting in a hole in the snow is pretty funny to think of.

NeoLannia : Thanks. I would post anyways. Oh, mind you...I may stop posting for awhile due to my mother's fury and bad grades...One bad grade...

Kurama woke up, a thought in his head. 'Those boys, that girl, they're connected.' He thought and thought and thought, but still he couldn't figure it out. So he got up and ate breakfast. He was about to go out when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey" it was Yusuke, but he sounded strange.

"Yusuke, is something wrong?" Kurama asked.

"No Kurama" he sniffed. "I'm fine." He said sarcastically.

"Oh, you have a cold. Well, that's your fault."

"Shut" sneeze. "Up...I'm not in the mood today. I'm stuck in bed but I'm wondering if you've seen the news."

"The news?"

"Yes, some robberies have been made. Each time it was done the same exact way, but by a different guy. They" sniff. "Think it's the same guys just." Loud sneeze, Kurama held the phone away from his ear for a second, then brought it back. "wearing a different outfit each time." he sounded horrible.

"Ok Yusuke, I get it. You need to stop talking though, your colds getting worse."

"Whatever..." sneeze. Click.

Kurama thought on this. Then something clicked. They were all connected, because they were all the same person. Yusuke may not know what he just told Kurama, but it worked. The boy, the girl, and the other boy, they were the same person, just in a disguise.

He put on a quick coat and shoes, then hurried out of the house, leaving a note for his mom. 'I'm going out, be back later, bye!'

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A girl with short blonde hair wearing a white shirt with a giant snowflake on it, a white sweater, light blue gloves, and white jean like pants on with black and white shoes on was on a walk. She turned and stared at the sky. The clouds were high as was the humidity.

"It's going to rain...or snow actually." she said. Two fur balls at her feet stopped play fighting and looked up as snow started falling down.

'Can you read the mind of the earth too or something?' Buster asked.

"No, that's simple observation." she answered. The foxes began to run around again.

Kurama ran up the hill. From the park he'd be able to see if she...or he, was around anywhere, or at least one of her...his...w/e, disguises. Halfway up he heard a voice. "It's going to rain...or snow actually." a pause. "No, that's simple observation." It sounded like the answer to a question. Who asked?

He got to the top of the hill and saw the blonde haired girl, her light blue eyes reflecting in the flittering light and snow. Two balls of fur tumbled about her feet. She began to dance. She was humming something as she danced.

Her feet didn't leave marks in the ground and her clothing seemed to be a blanket of snow that surrounded her. She danced around like a ballerina on ice and it seemed she was flying. Her voice flowed over to him as she whispered what appeared to be the last line of a song's chorus, "Can you see me now?" (yes, it's a T.A.T.U. song, I like the line a lot. I really think it should be called Can You See(Me Now))

As the words left her she spun and didn't stop until what seemed a while later, when she had stopped her position was facing Kurama. She opened her eyes and jumped with a small yell of surprise.

"It's...I mean...Who are you?" she asked, stuttering.

"Heh, well, we've met before. I gather that much from your first try at conversation. But your appearance and voice are a bit different than before. Is this your real self?" he asked, walking around her, his eyes never leaving her face.

She was like a ninja, prepared for attack. The girl kept her eyes focused on his eyes, but out of the corner of her eyes she could see if he was about to attack her or not. Instead, she tried picking up his thoughts. His mind was blank except for one sentence. "It's the same person, I know it." Just when she was about to stop listening she got, "She's pretty" and gasped softly.

"What?" Kurama asked.

"N-nothing. You shouldn't stare." she said, turning away to hide the blush.

Kurama noted that while she stared at him her eyes turned into black orbs with a tint of red, then back to normal when she gasped. What it meant, he didn't know. "What is your name." It was almost a comment.

"Why should I tell you?" she snapped.

"Well, I shall introduce myself, then it will be only polite to introduce yourself." He bowed as he introduced himself. "I am Shuichi Minamino."

She paused. He was right. She would have to introduce herself now. But should she be truthful, and give him her real name? Or come up with a fake? She thought about it and then answered him.

"My name is Ikkensurunitariru, but you can call me Ikken." She said much less coldly than she had planned. Well, she had decided...to give her real name. Ok, so it wasn't her real name. She didn't have one. But she had been named later in life based on her power of disguise. Given too her by her trainer.Ikkensurunitariru meaning 'to be worth seeing' and Ikken meaning 'apparently, seemingly.' These characteristics made up her being now, her ever conscious plea. That someone would see past the disguise to the real her. She hated anyone who couldn't do that.

Kurama was surprised to say the least. "Wow. That is a very long name. Does it's meaning have anything to do with it?" he gave a piercing stare, as if he could see right through her to the secrets she held. She turned her head away so he couldn't see her face.

"Maybe...But you said that all I had to do was give my name, not the reason behind it." she said, glaring at the snow as if trying to make it melt.

"It's a beautiful name." She looked quickly to Kurama, but he was gone. She looked down at the two fox that were staring at where he had been.

"Where'd he..." she mumbled. Jasmine shrugged and Buster stared.

'He...does seems like a fox...just...not one like us...' Jasmine had a fox-dreamy expression on.

'Oh great! She's got a crush on him!' Buster said, exasperated. But he seemed to be slightly less obnoxious than usual.

Ikken smiled at Jasmine and then were Kurama had been. All that was left were the marks his shoes made when he walked. She saw that they headed for the edge of the park, but didn't follow them. Best to let things lie. He couldn't see her true self, so why should she care? She found herself still staring when her friends began running towards the exit.

'Come on Ikkensurunitariru!' Buster called.

She turned slowly to head out the opposite exit. "Can you see me now?"

Note: You will probably never..I can't remember...but you probably wont ever hear her being called Ikkensurunitariru ever again. Just a note.