This is the 11th chapter. I'm gonna try and keep the characters like themselves, but I ain't promising anything. And remember I haven't seen the whole series, so bear with me okay?
Disclaimer: I don't own…anything but my characters. Boy, no wonder I'm so bored all the time…
Hiei and Yukina's prov.
Hiei raced to Koorime as fast as his legs could carry him, and being Hiei that was pretty fast. Never the less, it still took him a while to get where he was going.
He didn't even bother to knock when he discovered the door was unlocked.
"Hiei, it's good to see you. Not that I am not pleased, but what are you doing here? Did you find my brother?" Yukina appeared out of no where and made Hiei jump slightly.
"You really should keep your door locked. There are a lot of dangerous demons out there." Hiei mumbled. "What did you say?"
"I asked if you found my brother." Yukina's red eyes reflected so much hope that Hiei had to avert his eyes when he lied.
"No I haven't." Yukina gave a small sigh.
"That's okay; it's not your fault. I appreciate you looking for me." Yukina smiled. "What are you doing here then, is there something I can help you with?"
Hiei looked up. "Yes. I ran into an…old friend of mine. She said she knew you. Hiko?" He watched her face anxiously for any recollection.
Yukina's head tilted in thought. "Hiko? No, I don't believe I know anyone by the name of Hiko."
Hiei sighed heavily with relief. "Well, that's all I came for. Thanks."
"Oh Hiei." Hiei turned back around. "Do come and visit me more often. I enjoy seeing you." Hiei's cheeks burned slightly and Yukina giggled.
Just as Hiei had his hand on her doorknob, Yukina's mind remembered something. "I did meet someone else who said they were an old friend of yours' though, some years back."
Hiei's head whipped back around. "What did she look like? Where'd you meet? What was her name? Did she say anything to you?"
Yukina looked a little flustered. "Well, she had very long red hair, a shade darker than Kurama's, and big glowing yellow eyes. She was unusually short, shorter than me, and well curved. We met when I got lost in the woods and she helped me back home. She said very little and appeared quite shocked when I told her my name. Is there something wrong Hiei?" Yukina looked at the fire demon with great worry.
Hiei felt like he was choking. "What was the woman's name, Yukina?" He said, hoping that she wouldn't say what he feared. If she said what he worried, then Yukina thought of her as a friend and she could use Yukina against him.
"Her name was Maruhi."
Maruhi's prov.
Maruhi looked at the other's standing at her desk, looking confused. "You all had better be off to the cafeteria again."
Kurama looked slightly off guard. "No, we should stay-" "I said go. I'm your teacher and unless you want a private meeting with the headmaster, I suggest you do as I say."
Kurama was taken aback by this, but did as he was told, followed by a grumbling Yusuke and Kuwabara. Maruhi watched them go and then finished reading her story. When she finished, she thought about her own plot.
"Having Hiei here was not part of my plan. I don't want him to get hurt." Maruhi thought about her last thought. She caught a glimpse of herself in the little mirror propped up on a photo of her and her 3 best friends.
"He betrayed me. I don't care if he's killed." Maruhi looked at her furious expression in the mirror and didn't miss its falseness. She tried to remember all he had done to her, why she should hate him with everything in her. When her thoughts came to Murkuro, they came to a stop as one surpassed the rest.
"Perhaps I can use Hiei's presence to my advantage, hit two birds with one stone. If I play my cards right, I'll bring down Koenma and Murkuro." That evil grin played on Maruhi's lips for the second time in two days.
YYH gang's prov.
The second Kurama sat down again at the lunch table, Yusuke and Kuwabara pounced.
"We're not going any further on this little mission until we get some answers." Yusuke said while Kuwabara nodded.
Kurama looked a bit worried. "Um…okay."
Yusuke had an air of triumph at his answer. "Okay, you've already explained to us who Kai and Leeoyasha were, but who is Auzrieal?"
"I looked her up on Koenma's computer earlier, before school. From what've I've read so far, she's a famed assassin. She is #4 on the most wanted list, and the other 3 are believed to all be one person, Hiko."
Yusuke looked confused. "How does that happen?"
Kurama sighed. "Hiko is an illusionist." "A what?"
"An illusionist. She makes her form appear to be something else."
"Like a shape shifter?" Yusuke asked. Kurama nodded. "The two are almost identical with only two real differences. A shape shifter can maintain their shape after they have been killed, while an illusionist cannot. Then again, a shape shifter can only change their own form, whereas an illusionist can change theirs, anyone around them, and even the setting."
"I've got a question that's a bit off topic." Kuwabara piped up. Kurama looked at him expectantly.
"Where did their names originate. Kai is Japanese and so is Hiko, but where did Leeoyasha and Auzrieal come from." Kurama frowned slightly.
"I have no idea where Leeoyasha got her name; it might be from the ancient language. As for Auzrieal, given her ancestry, my guess would be that it's German."
"Back to my questions, who is Hiko exactly?" Yusuke asked, shooting annoyed glances at Kuwabara.
Kurama thought a moment, and then answered. "No one really knows for sure except her closest colleagues. She's an illusionist, as I've already explained. Koenma and a number of others including myself believe she is a wolf demon. I also think she may be a fire youkai as well. She has a natural Jagan and she is the proud ruler of the Demonic Underground."
"Whoa, rewind and pause. What the heck do you mean she has 'a natural Jagan'?"
Kurama rolled his eyes skyward and hesitated before replying. "As I understand it, a natural Jagan Demon is made one of two ways. Either they are born from another Jagan Demon or turned into a fledgling by another."
"And a fledgling is…?" Yusuke questioned.
"Do you remember when Hiei almost turned Keiko into a minion?" Yusuke nodded. "A fledgling is like that, only instead of becoming mindless, they become demonic. Only a natural Jagan demon can do it."
"So Hiei wouldn't be able to?" Yusuke inquired. "No, and it's a good thing he can't. Normally, after years of training them, fledglings killed their creator to prove that they are stronger." Yusuke's brown eyes widened. "Yikes."
Kuwabara asked the next question. "So what's this Demonic Underground everyone keeps talking about?"
Kurama gave a feeble gulp. "Do you remember the Black Market?" "You mean those dirty scumbags that hurt Yukina?" Kuwabara asked, some of his old anger flaring up. Kurama nodded.
"It's like that, but 3 times as worse if you can imagine. All of the demonic gangs and murderers and thieves unite under Hiko's rule, doing unimaginable horrible things. If you ever come to doubt Hiko's power, just keep in mind that little tidbit of information."
"How long has Hiko been in rule of these barbarians?" Yusuke now looked worried with his mission.
"A long time. Youko was once one of her men, and even he was scared of her." The three exchanged worried glances when all of a sudden Hiei dropped in out of a nearby tree and took the seat next to Kurama, obviously distracted about something.
"Hello Hiei, have a nice trip?" Yusuke said sarcastically. When Hiei didn't respond, Kurama gave it a try.
"Hiei, I've been meaning to ask you something about Hiko." At her name, Hiei head perked up. "Hm?"
"If she's as beautiful as you say she is, then why does she use illusion? Why not just taunt people with her honest beauty?"
Hiei gave a mocking grin. "Illusionist rarely show their true form, surely you know that. The reason behind it is that everybody has something about them that sticks out. For example, for you Kurama I bet it would be your hair. Me, it's my eyes. When an illusionist shows their true form to anyone, that person can pick them out of any illusion simply because that feature sticks out."
"With Hiko, could you pick her out of a crowd?" Kurama asked, using an expression of innocence. Still, Hiei regarded him suspiciously.
"Why?" "Just wondering how close you two got." Hiei averted his gaze.
The bell rang as a signal to the students that it was time for the last period of the day. Hiei rose from the table and was about to jump back into one of the trees when Kurama caught his arm.
"Where are you going? We have class." "I'm not in the mood to see Hiko and I have a lot of things to think about. I'm gonna go sleep."
"But they'll count you absent!" Kurama exclaimed.
"And your point would be…?" When Kurama didn't reply, Hiei went off to find a comfortable tree. Kurama sighed and went to class.
That's all folks for now. I know my friend Kristen was threatening me to get this chapter out or she was going to shave my head, so here it is. Hope you enjoyed it. I'm kinda running out of ideas, so email me if you think of one. Later.
