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Hiei held the small girl to him as he walked the halls towards Koenma's office. Yusuke was ahead of them, walking eagerly to Koenma's office, with Boeton at his side. Yusuke was hoping Koenma also had information about Kuwabara, and not just the blood work on Ichiko. Yusuke liked the girl, or course, but he wanted for all the strange things she'd said to be false, and for Kuwabara just waiting for them. And they'd be together like they used to be.
Kurama was looking back at Hiei, who held the child in his arms, and his face looked peaceful. "Hugs!" Ichiko laughed, and Hiei immediately said, "Bugs." Ichiko cheered and asked, "Okay...what rhymes with...Laugh." Hiei smirked, "Cut in half." The girl laughed again, and Kurama frowned at Hiei, "Cut in half? Like you do to someone?" Hiei smiled at Kurama and nodded, Kurama shaking his head.
"Cake! Come on Hiei, Cake!"
"Take."
"Ok...yellow!"
"Mellow."
"Park!"
"Dark."
"Pluck."
"Fu-"
Kurama placed a hand on Hiei's mouth, and cleared his throat, "How about duck?" Ichiko nodded, closing her orange eyes, "Very good." Yusuke turned, and softly said, "Hey come on. We're here." Hiei set the girl down, and she ran to Yusuke hugging his hand, "What rhymes with Orange?" Yusuke smiled, and ran his hand through her blue curls, "Orange, nothing else will rhyme with it." The group entered, and Ichiko went back to Hiei's side, hiding behind him. Hiei placed his hand down, and when her small hand grasped his he held her hand tightly.
Koenma was looking at them, with a demon sitting at his desk, with a laptop. "Is that the girl?" The demon asked pointing at Ichiko. Koenma nodded, and rushed to meet with them. "Uh Boeton, go play with Ichiko." Boeton nodded, and smiled down at Ichiko. "I know where there are some cookies with our names on it." Ichiko looked up at Hiei who nodded, and released her hand. Ichiko turned and waved good-bye to Hiei. Hiei swallowed, his son's small, smiling face flashing in his head. Kurama placed his hand on Hiei's shoulder, and smiled at Hiei, who looked away.
Koenma waved the three over to the desk and introduced the demon, "This is Muhtop." The demon nodded at them, and then pointed at his screen. "This is the little girls blood work. Now everything's fine, everything all checks out, but here's the thing. She has XY chromosomes." Yusuke looked at Muhtop confused, while Kurama's and Hiei's face both lit up with shock. "What's that supposed to mean?" Yusuke asked. Kurama looked at him and sighed, "Did you ever pay attention on your science classes?" Yusuke smiled and shook his head 'no.'
"It means," Hiei began, "That Ichiko is...a he." Yusuke's eyes went wide, and he looked at the spot where the little girl had been. "No...no way." Muhtop nodded, and plugged the laptop into a large t.v screen. A picture of Ichiko, and her blood work showed up. "She was experimented on, see those blue dots? That means the experiment wasn't done," Muhtop looked at Hiei, "You saw the insides of the lab...what did you see."
Hiei remembered all the dead children, and his eyes narrowed. He looked strait at a now nervous Muhtop, "I saw a bunch of children who had...taken their own lives. I'm guessing they two were experimented on." A sick feeling welled in everyone's stomach, and a heavy tension hung about them. "What about...the girl, Ichiko, she didn't...she hasn't shone any sign of remembering she was a boy!" Yusuke gasped. Muhtop sighed in aggravation, "Didn't I just say the experiment wasn't completed? Hiei must have freed her before they could finish what ever they were trying to do."
"What were they trying to do?" Kurama asked. The demon looked at them, and whispered, "Those blue dots...if the experiment was done we would have a very powerful, psychotic little girl on her hands. I'm guessing the other children killed themselves in the early stages before they turned." Hiei frowned and shook his head. "No," he said, "They were all too little, It doesn't make since. There where three year olds that killed themselves..." Muhtop looked at Hiei thoughtfully, "Maybe not only is she boy, but she used to be a man."
Hiei's eyes widened and said quickly to Muhtop. "The picture of Ichiko...age it to where she's in her early twenties." Muhtop looked at him, and Hiei snapped, "DO IT!" Muhtop gulped, and whispered what ever you say!" He did so, and the others watched the screen, curious at what might be running through Hiei's mind.
"Switch the eye color and the hair color," Hiei went on.
The image now had orange hair and blue eyes.
"Narrow her eyes, not too sharp, just make them smaller. Put here in a sky blue boy's uniform."
This was all done, and Yusuke had begun to tremble, suddenly realizing what Hiei was thinking. Kurama grabbed Yusuke, bot because he was afraid Yusuke would fall, but Kurama felt the need to grab something. Koenma was now just as eager, and instructed Muhtop how to gel the girl's hair so that it looked just like a friend that they had all lost.
"Make her toller, and fatten her chest."
That was Hiei's final instruction. For when this was all done, they knew too well that this was who Ichiko used to be. There was no way she could be anyone else. Hiei stormed through the doors, and found Boeton with Ichiko. The girl spotted Hiei and ran to him. Hiei scooped her up, and held her to him, and demanded, "Boeton, where is a mirror." She looked on confused, but the others showed up behind Hiei, and she realized this must be important. She led them to a room, with a full length mirror, and Hiei brought the girl to the mirror, and stood her in front of it. "Ichiko," Hiei began softly, "Who do you see in that mirror?"
Ichiko smiled, "It's him!" She ran putting her hands on the mirror, and smiled at everyone, "Behind the glass it's him! It's him!" The room had gone very quiet, and stared at the girl as she hugged the mirror.
"Hello Kuwabara!" She laughed, her happy laughter being the only sound in the room.
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I hope this surprised you all at least a little. Well Next chapter is them trying to figure out how to turn her back to the friend they lost, and Hiei coping with the fact the he has to let this little girl go.