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Only Human Chapter 3

Hiei followed the girl, Katina. As they walked through the house he was silent. She kept chatting, explaining the rooms. How am I going to survive in here? This baka onna talks as much as the baka ferry girl.

"Here is your room," Katina said, pointing to an all white room with a large bed, but no other furniture. Hell no, Hiei thought. Katina scratched her head thoughtfully. "I guess if you asked Angel nicely, she might paint your room for you. She's a great artist."

"Hn." There is no way I am asking that girl for her help. "I'll paint it myself," Hiei said. Katina smiled, showing shiny white teeth. "Great! We have sheets and blankets for the bed in all colors too, and if you want more furniture, we can go shopp-"

"I don't want furniture," Hiei said. Katina's smile faded a little bit, but then came back bright as ever. She led him to another room. Angel was in it with her hair braided down her back. The room itself was also white except for one wall. The sea and a beach had been painted beautifully down to every last detail. Angel herself looked out of place, the one black thing in the room. She was at another wall, started on another scene. She didn't seem to notice they had come in. Her eyes had not left the wall.

"Hey Angel, Hiei needs to borrow some paint for his room," Katina said. Angel's eyes never left the wall as she stopped and wiped the sweat off her face. She pointed absentmindedly to the closet. "All the black paint is in there," she said. Katina looked at her curiously. "What if he wants to paint his room another color?" "I don't." Hiei jumped in. Angel turned and looked at them, then smirked. "Told ya Kat." Katina frowned, but went to the closet and got out the black paint. "How's the room coming?" she asked Angel. "How does it look like it's coming?" Katina didn't respond to that, but clapped her hands together. "Oh, Amaya will be so happy!"

Hiei watched this conversation with mixed feelings. "Why are you painting a beach?" he said, his voice monotone though, made specifically not to betray any curiosity.

"Amaya is a water demon," Angel said, now back to painting and keeping her eyes trained on the wall. "Hn."

Katina helped Hiei find the bed linens which he also made sure were black. As she led him back to his room, he found out more about Amaya.

"She's really a sweet girl, only eight. Angel found her left alone in the Makai and brought her back." Hiei had a hard time imagining the girl he had just met caring about a little girl in the Makai.

"Amaya's a water demon, but she can't use her powers too much yet. I've been training her though, and she's coming along fantastically. May you'd like to watch one day?" Katina looked expectantly at Hiei. He could see his door from here. "Hn," he said, then his body and face blurred. The next thing Katina saw was his door closing. She laughed a little. Well, he and Angel ought to get along great. I can see their conversations together. Just grunts. She chuckled to herself as she walked down the hallway and approached the kitchen.

Dinnertime

Katina had a table full of chicken, mashed potatoes and corn. She and Angel helped themselves and Hiei grabbed some bread and sat on the windowsill. Everything was very quiet, only the slight sounds of chewing and silverware clinking could be heard. Katina, of course, broke the silence.

"I hope Amaya's having a good time over at her friend's house. She does rarely stay over at anyone else's place." Katina frowned slightly, concerned. Angel stood up to put her plate in the sink. "She'll be fine, she's a demon stuck in a school of ningens. Do you expect her to make friends easily?" Angel said, sitting back down at the table in a chair. She then shot a glare over at Hiei. He took my spot. Asshole.

"Well, she does seem to do a lot better than you. You haven't made any friends with the people at school. What's your excuse?" Katina countered. She had this stubborn look on her face that made it look like everyone should get along. Angel grumbled, and stood up.

"I don't like people. I'm going to train." Katina scowled. "It's raining outside." Angel kept walking, and Katina didn't follow. Instead, she looked at Hiei, as if expecting him to now become her source of entertainment. Then she sighed, got up and started on the dishes. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.

Angel swung her katana, slashing through the rain. She vented her frustration out on the air, the rain, everything around her. Her hair was soaked, as were her clothes, but her green eyes flared with more brilliance than ever. At once, her movements stopped, and she sheathed her katana. I ought to check on Amaya. Her body blurred, and she jumped from tree to tree for a few minutes. She had arrived at a road, bordering what she called "civilization." When Koenma had helped her find a house, she made sure it was far away from all other people. She now stopped running, but walked calmly, as if it were natural for her to be there. She stared ahead, into nothing. Until she came to a two-story blue house with dark blue shutters. All the lights were out except the porch one.

On the porch was a little girl, with dark brown hair that was cut short. Her head was buried in her knees and her shoulders quivered, as faint sobbing sounds were heard. Angel was there in less than a second.

"Amaya?" she asked, not quite sure how to respond to the crying child. The girl simply threw herself at Angel, wrapping her arms around her neck and sobbing more into the already soaked Angel.

Angel awkwardly patted her back, trying to calm the kid down. Finally, with one last snuffle, the girl wiped her eyes and looked at Angel with her blue eyes.

"They only invited me over to make fun of me! They-they called me a freak because I wanted to go play out in the rain," the voice was soft, quivery. Angel could already see more tears starting to brim in her eyes. Angel kept a blank face, but her eyes held a flicker of concern.

"Well, errr..." Amaya looked at her more tearfully and sniffled. Angel sighed.

"I'll take you home alright?" Angel said. Amaya nodded and got onto Angel's back. Angel walked carefully across the street, made sure no one was looking, and blurred once more.

After about ten minutes, they arrived at the house. Angel walked in and set Amaya down. Katina immediately started fussing about how wet they were, and ordered Angel to change while she helped Amaya. Hiei watched all of this with mild interest. At least, until Katina told him to go up to Angel's room and ask her what was taking so long. Hiei growled, but surprisingly went upstairs.

Hiei opened the solid black door instead of knocking. That was his first mistake. Angel was in the red and black room in only a tank top that showed off her back. Her hair was now dry, and she was in a pair of loose black jeans.

"What the hell? Get out of my room! You damned ningen pervert!" Angel turned around to grab a red shirt to pull over her tank top, but not in time. Hiei managed to spot a tattoo on her back. It was a pair of wings that seemed professionally done, yet they were very simple. He outwardly growled about the ningen comment but put it off for the time being.

"Why do you have a tattoo on your back?" Angel froze. She seemed caught off guard, and was carefully judging her next move. "It's none of your damn business, now get out of my room before I slit your throat," with this she appeared to spring back to life, pulling the shirt down and strapping her katana to her waist.

"Hn," was all Hiei said. He walked out the door. Angel followed him into the living room. Katina was there and Amaya was asleep on the couch. Katina looked slightly worried, and quickly relayed those worries to Angel.

"I convinced her enough that she'll go back to school on Monday, but she's really sad. Maybe we should try a new school? That way she could start over. It would also be easier for us to put Hiei into the school system." Hiei stopped and looked over at Katina.

"I'm not going to school," he said simply, like there was no question about it. Angel scoffed.

"You're ningen now or did you forget?" Angel said. "Ningens have to go to school. I go to school because of Koenma's wishes, and that means you go too." She now stood up and glared at him. Hiei growled loudly at this new found nuisance and unsheathed his katana. Angel looked at him boredly, but did not remove her katana from her side.

"You must be joking. I'm a half demon, I could take you down in seconds." Hiei held a confused look on his face for a split second, then sheathed his katana.

"Half demon?" he questioned. Angel glared at him, but he continued. He sneered at her. "So what? You're naturally half human?" Suddenly, he was up against the wall, her hand at his throat. Katina put her hand on Angel's shoulder but she shrugged it off.

"No," she said to Katina, before turning her piercing eyes onto Hiei. His angry crimson ones met her back. "I'm not half-human, I'm half demon, and that is all you need to know."

"Angel? What's wrong?" A small voice asked. It was Amaya, tugging on Angel's sleeve. Angel dropped Hiei. "Nothing, you should be in bed." As if to prove Angel's statement, Amaya yawned. "Did you finish my room?" she asked. Angel smiled a little tiny bit. "Yeah, you wanna see?" The girl nodded vigorously. Angel started towards the stairs and then stopped to look at Hiei, who was now standing. "You start school on Monday. I'll arrange a new school for us all with Koenma." Hiei glared at her more than he could ever remember glaring at anyone before.

I am not going to school.

Sorry this one focused more on Amaya, Angel, and Katina, but I needed to get a few explanations out of the way. Next chapter will include the entire gang and maybe the first day of school. For reference today was Saturday. I can't wait to send Hiei to school. Please review!