Raye walked through her closed door, then stopped and looked at something on the doorframe. Come on kitsune, you can do better than that, Raye thought to herself as she plucked a movement detector and mini camera off the door frame. She stuck the two things on the kitsune's doorframe, and hoped she could see Lita's face when she found them. She walked down stairs to the kitchen, where Rini and Lita were having their midnight desserts. Lita heard a soft sound of feet behind them.
"HEYYY! Leave some chocolate cake for me Rini-san!" Raye said suddenly. Lita cringed at the loud noise in her sensitive kitsune ears and Rini nearly jumped out of her skin. The two of them turned around and glared at the smiling Raye. Raye just (tried) to give an innocent little smile that said ' What?'.
"Did you have to YELL in my ear?" stated a very pissed off Lita. Raye pretended to think about for a minute, "hmm...Yes!". Raye then reached behind Rini and grabbed the last two pieces of chocolate cake. Rini and Lita stared as Raye put her hand through the freezer, grabbed the vanilla ice cream, served herself ice cream (actually opening the drawer), and put the ice cream away through the freezer door.
"Raye, How did you..." Rini pointed at the freezer, "And then you..." Rini pointed at Raye then held her head, "Owww, my brain hurts". Lita started yelling after, Rini's comment, at Raye to pay attention to what they were saying. Five minutes later Raye looked up from her dessert and stared up at her best friends. "I'm sorry kitsune, did you say something?" Raye said with half interest. "WEREN"T YOU LISTING TO ANYTHING WE WERE SAYING?" Lita practically screamed at Raye. "Hmmm... no." Raye said returning to her cake and ice cream. Lita let out a big sigh and starting cursing at Raye under her breath, Raye could still hear anyway, but she was too busy eating to care. Rini stood there blinking as Raye absent-mindly twirled her finger inside the wood of the table.
"Okay, I'm done I'll be asleep in my room if anyone needs me," Raye said as she put her dishes in the sink a washed her face, "But please knock first". "Where do you think you're going baka fire apparition?" Lita said suddenly behind Raye, who was almost to the stairs. "Your ears need cleaning, kitsune? I'm going to bed." Raye stated flatly. "Na-ah-ah," Lita said as she wagged her finger and stepped in front of Raye, " You aren't going any where until you tell us how you walk through things". "Like what? My door?" Raye smiled as she walked through the angry kitsune and up the stairs. "HEY! YOU GET BACK DOWN HERE AND TELL ME WHAT YOUR HIDING BAKA FIRE APPERITION!" Lita yelled as Raye reached her room, opened the door, and closed it softly behind her. Wait a sec; I had some sensors and cameras on her door. She didn't... Lita glared at where Raye had been standing and then walked over to her door, examining her doorframe closely. "Damn you Raye, you took off my fire-proof cameras!" Lita muttered under her breath. "What's the matter Lita?" Rini asked curiously. "Its nothing Rini." Lita said as she carefully plucked the cameras off her doorframe and put them in her pocket. Rini shrugged and walked down the hall to her room and fell asleep on her bed.
The next morning Lita and Rini found Raye swimming in the indoor pool. "I still don't get why Raye likes water so much, I mean, she IS a fire apparition." Lita said shaking her head. "She did say that she proclaimed that herself as 'The Weirdest Fire apparition to Ever Live'.", Rini said looking at Raye. "That's for sure", Lita said under her breath. "I heard that kitsune!" Raye yelled at her from the high diving board. Rini blinked confused at Raye, who was now diving into the water. "How the hell did she hear that?" Lita said now looking at Rini's bewildered face. Rini looked at Lita with obvious confusion on her face, "Lita...Why is our best friend coming up with new powers?" Lita set a determined look on her face and looked at Raye, "That's what we're going to find out". Lita and Rini started walking toward Raye. I can spot that look from a mile away, the kitsune is going to start asking questions. Raye thought to herself. You going to answer any of them? Kayrana asked her boredly. I won't deny anything, I just won't tell them who is occupying my bed at the moment Raye responded also bored. Why are you being so mean to your best friends? Tittina asked sadly. Shut up I'm not being mean, just annoying. Raye replied silently. Lita and Rini had finally reached Raye, who had now positioned herself comfortably in the shallow end of the pool awaiting the round of questioning to begin.
"Okay fire apparition. I'm going to ask you some questions, and your going to answer them truthfully. Got it?" Lita stated with deadly tone of voice.
"Ask away, kitsune." Raye said without any concern whatsoever.
"Where were you last night?"
"On a raid."
"Who were you with?"
"You should know. You did follow me after all." Raye stated with a slight smirk. Lita blinked confused for a second, then continued.
"What I don't know is who that girl with you was."
"Who? Faith?"
"No you baka fire apparition! The other girl." Lita said aggravated.
"Other girl? OH! You'll know who she is soon enough."
"WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME NOW?" Lita said REALLY pissed now.
" 'Cause you'll see her at dinner. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to swim some more. I'm going to have to take her to the beach sometime." Raye said mumbling the last sentence under her breath. She dunked her head under water and swam to the other side of the really big swimming pool. Rini looked at Raye swimming off then back at Lita.
"We are not going to follow Raye anymore. Right?" Rini asked Lita with a hopeful look in her eyes.
Lita sighed and said, "You don't have to come with me if you don't want to Rini".
"You shouldn't be following Raye anyways." Rini said sort of annoyed at Lita now.
"I know, but I don't want to wait until dinner to know who the mystery girl is!" Lita said as she started to follow Raye to the girl's locker room. Rini let a huge sigh of exasperation as she followed a few feet behind Lita. By the time Lita reached the locker room, Raye had finished getting dressed and started walking to breakfast. The three of them walked silently to breakfast, which wasn't to far of a walk. They walked in and saw a table full of breakfast foods, including...
"MUFFINS!" Raye screamed at the top of her lungs lunging at the plate full of muffins. The blueberry and chocolate muffins were down to three each by the time Raye was finished eating. She then grabbed three apple muffins and started walking up the stairs to her room. Lita either didn't notice or didn't care that Raye left, because Raye was able to walk to her room in peace. She reached her room the door opening by itself and closing behind her. She saw the girl who had taken her bed last night still asleep now stomach down. She leaned down and shook her lightly. Not even a little twitch of the eye.
"I got some apple muffins for you on the table, freshly baked." Raye whispered gently into the girl's ear. The girl moved her face to look at Raye with half open eyes. "Apple, Muffins?" The girl asked sleepily. "Yes, but you can't eat on my bed. Get up." Raye said getting off the bed. The girl stretched like a cat and got off the bed, red marks of sheets covering the front of her body. She sat down on the red sofa and started happily eating the warm apple muffins.
"We're going to go into the human city and see if you blend in well." Raye said trying to find the girl some suitable clothes in her closet. "I thought we already did that." The girl questioned. "Yeah, the real reason is your running out of things to wear. This is your last clean outfit." Raye said handing the girl a set of blue clothes, "That, and you need a new dress. The only one you own is worn out and to small for you". The girl smiled at Raye and started put on her clothes. "OKAY! Off to the human mall we go!" Raye said loudly enough for the kitsune in the next room could hear her. The girl drew a line with her finger in midair and a portal opened just big enough for the two of them to step through. The two of them walked through the portal and it closed behind them. The door had swung open only a second earlier; Lita caught a glimpse of Raye's hair through the almost closed portal. DAMIT! I missed them! Raye shall pay severely for toying with me! Lita thought as she closed Raye's door with a slam. If Lita was angry before, she was now going to explode at the first thing that bugged her. Maybe that's why Rini said nothing as she passed the kitsune glaring daggers at Raye's door.
4:00 p.m.
Lita had given up waiting for Raye to come through her door after a couple hours and went down stairs into the greenhouse to grow some deadly Maki plants. Rini was hiding out in the kitchen, having trouble finding anything good for an afternoon snack. She finally made herself a peanut butter sandwich and carried it into the dining room on a plate. She went back into the kitchen to find a good drink out of 1 of the 3 refrigerators. While she searched through the large refrigerator, pushing aside many bottles of sake, she heard a loud ripping sound. Looking around the refrigerator door she saw Raye and a girl with orange hair walk through a portal that had appeared just ten feet in front of her. "This is why we're working on your portals, even though they're called rip portals, they're not suppose to make a ripping sound." Raye smiled at the girl. The girl turned her head and smiled at Raye, but, to Rini's surprise, her face wasn't visible. It was almost like looking at blurred picture, you can tell where the features of the face are, but you can't make out who it's supposed to be. ", Let's go order your dinner." Raye stated happily.
Okay now that was REALLY weird. Rini thought, officially confused. For in that sentence, Rini knew Raye had said the girl's name. But Rini couldn't seem to hear it, or even remember what it was. In fact, she couldn't remember anyone she knew with orange hair. It felt like she was pounding on a locked door in her brain that wouldn't open. Wait a minute! Don't you know someone who could tamper with memories? Dark angel asked quickly. Yes...No... I don't know! It's like something is shielding my memories from me... Rini answered confusedly. Maybe something is... Dark Angel replied thoughtfully. What do you mean? Light Angel asked curiously. Maybe that girl can control memories, and she's using a spell to block all memories of herself! Dark Angel realized. That would explain a lot. Rini thought as she closed the 'frig door and followed Raye into the cooking part of the kitchen.
"Okay, let only me and Kanta access our memories of you." Raye said expectantly. The girl's face was one of complete concentration; at least that's what Rini guessed it was. The girl told Kanta what she wanted for dinner, and then walked with Raye out the door. They passed Rini on the way out, and Rini caught a glimpse of the girl's eyes. They were blue.
(Let's skip the boring stuff shall we?) Dinner
The table was set for twelve people, one chair on each small side of the table and five chairs on each long side of the table. When you look to the left, closet to the kitchen and farthest from the entrance door, you see Kurama (in his demon form at the moment) sitting at the head of the table. To his right (getting closer to 'you') sat Lita, Rini, Kuronue, and two empty chairs meant for Raye and the orange haired girl. At the other head of the table was Koenma's seat, which was currently empty. On the right side of his empty seat sat Kris (Raye's boyfriend), Yuske, Boton (sp?), Hiei, and Kanta's seat. Kanta was off cooking, Koenma was Enma-knows-where, and Raye was late along with her friend (At least, that's what we're assuming right?). Everyone was chatting boredly. Well, all except for Lita who was staring at the door waiting for Raye to walk through. The door opened, getting Lita's hopes up for a split second, but it was just Koenma in his teenage form (A/N: Probly so he wouldn't need a high chair:P). A few minutes later there was a crash of something falling down the stairs, only one room away.
"OW! Damn that hurt!" Raye yelled shortly after the noise was heard. "Are you okay Ma-" the orange haired girl was cut off by Raye in mid sentence, "I'm okay, but please don't call me that". "Sorry Ma-...err, Raye." The girl stumbled over her words. "My hair's really messed up now." Raye stated her voice getting louder as she neared the door, "Well, at least more then usual". Raye walked through the door followed closely behind by (A/N: I'd end it here but I promised to say who the mystery girl was in this chapter) Kaysta. (Lita and Rini: I knew it! Everyone else: Who?) The two sat down as Lita whacked herself mentally for not recognizing her voice when she first heard it, Wait I should be whacking Raye right about now, what the hell am I mentally hitting myself for? Lita thought as she looked over to glare at Raye. Koenma clearing his throught to speak interrupted her glare.
"Now you are probly all wondering why I'm here. I need to tell you about your new -" Koenma's words were cut off, "No talking about missions until AFTER dinner Koenma," Kanta scolded holding some plates of food, "I'd rather not have my favorite tablecloth burnt by angry fire apparitions". Koenma, shocked by her behavior, immediately shut up. Dinner was served, everyone immediately grabbing his or her forks and began to chow down. "Why isn't Kwabara here?" Yuske asked suddenly over all other conversations. "Because he thinks there is still one of my plants in my front lawn that eats idiots." Lita stated casually. "Didn't you kill that plant last year?" Rini said looking over at Lita when she spoke. "Yeah, I killed it off after it ate one of my better servants." Lita said casually. (Anyone know another word for casually?) As everyone returned to their own conversations, Lita looked over at Raye. "And why didn't you tell me that it was just Kaysta walking around with you? Why did you do the whole 'Mystery girl' thing?" Lita asked Raye keeping her temper in check (amazingly). There was a silence on their side of the table as Raye finished chewing her food. She swallowed and spoke in a teasing tone, "It's so fun to make a curious, I couldn't resist! Besides, how else would I have helped Kaysta's stealth improve before Koenma assigned us a mission?"
This statement was the last straw for Lita Kitsune, the Greatest Female Thief in Makai and mate of Yoko Kurama. "WHAT? THE WHOLE REASON YOU MADE ME CURIOUS TO WHO WAS FOLLOWING YOU AROUND, IS BECAUSE YOU FIND IT ENTERTAINING?" Lita screamed at Raye. "Lita, could you please calm down? We have guests...", Yoko said trying to calm her. Tried, and failed. "NO I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!", Lita yelled rising from her chair slowly, "YOU SHALL PAY SEVERLY FOR TOYING WITH ME RAYE HINOTE!" Electricity started to cackle around her and plants were coming through the floor to meet her call. "NO!" Kaysta shot up from her chair, dark blue eyes becoming closer and closer to black, and pupils contracting like a cat's. "Oh shit." Raye mumbled recognizing Kaysta's signs of anger. "Boton! Make a shield now!" Raye yelled crawling on top of the table closer to her. Everyone (minus Kaysta and Lita) quickly ran to Boton's corner, Boton putting a force field as Kaysta yelled to Lita, "YOU SHALL NOT HARM MY MOTHER!" Lightning and fire clashed on the other side of the table until both Lita and Kaysta fell back hitting opposite walls. Neither was knocked out, but the shock brought them both to their senses.
Boton shut down her force field, looking around surprised that nothing in the room looked any different. No scorch marks on the walls, no plants growing up through the floors, nothing. Kanta immediately walked over to the kitchen mumbling something under her breath about how her soufflés were going to burn. Raye ran over to Kaysta to make sure she was calmed down all the way, Yoko ran over to Lita to make sure she was okay, and Rini and Kuronue stood in the middle of the said people, trying to figure out who to help out. Hiei and Koenma sat in their chairs as if nothing had happened; Boton and Yuske also slowly sat in their chairs, though they were a little freaked out. Kris walked slowly over to Raye and Kaysta silently praying to himself that he wouldn't have to see that again anytime soon. Everyone eventually sat at the table, stuck in an awkward silence as the finished their dinners. The plates disappeared into the kitchen as Kanta walked out of the room. "Can't forget dessert!" She smiled as she brought in everyone's' dessert plates on a tray. Hiei looked at her expectantly when she finally got around to him she pulled out 3 gallons of ice cream one chocolate, one vanilla, and one strawberry. She also gave him two ice cream spades mumbling, "I figured you aren't going to bother with a bowl, but if you want one just ask".
Everyone finished their desserts, plates and bowls disappearing into the kitchen sink. "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the kitchen." Kanta said as she pulled the tablecloth off the table, none of the flowery table centers toppling over. A few people watched her go, but most eyes were on Koenma. Koenma looked at everyone to make sure everyone was listening before finally speaking, "You all are going to be needed on this next mission, so listen carefully".
Yes I know I left another cliffie, but I'm not exactly sure what the mission is going to be about. Maybe wiping someone's memories...Maybe a rescue mission...Maybe I'll have Karasu in their...Nah, he's too hard too keep in character...
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