V
Alliance
"Hiei? Huh, that name sounds familiar."
Mirae looked at Shadow with surprise.
"It does?"
Shadow turned to look at Mirae.
"Yeah I am half demon after all. I do hear things."
"I see. Now back to him. I don't think he's going to tell us anything."
Shadow returned her gaze to Hiei.
"He doesn't have to.. If he joins us."
"What?!" asked Hiei asked with surprise.
"WHAAAT?!!!!!" Mirae's yell was so loud it echoed through out the dessert. It was probably heard for miles. Shadow squinted at Mirae's ear splitting yell.
'Man, she must really not like him.'
"Think about it. Our main job is to find the thief so we can get back the stolen item. And since he's a friend of Hiei here, he's gonna want to find him to find out what's going on. An alliance makes perfect sense." Shadow explained.
"That's true but there's a little thing called trust. And I don't think we can trust Him."
"Your friend has a point. How do you know I won't just kill you later for this?"
Shadow kneeled down. Looking in to his eyes.
"Well, I heard enough about you to know that you won't harm, or Kill rather, those you have alliances with. So, what do you say?" She kept her own voice calm, as she looked into his eyes.
Hiei took a moment to think on this. The Hanyu's words did make some sense. Also, since their target was the same, they no doubt would continually meet up any way.
"Fine, we have an alliance. But under one condition: When we find him, I speak to him first."
Shadow gained a look of satisfaction on her face. Accompanied by a gentle smile.
"Fine with me." She then turned her head to look at Mirae, who, in her opinion, looked like she was about to explode. "How about you Mirae?"
Mirae clenched her fist, and, made a mix between a groan and a growl.
"Alright Fine. But I'm NOT Healing Him!"
"Hn, fine by me. I'd rather not have you near me anyway."
Once again Hiei tried to rise, Finally feeling the slow spell where off as well. He actually made it to his feet before his legs gave out. This time though, Shadow caught him before he hit the ground, she stood up, spotting the demon as he was forced to lean on her. Her thanks, was a snarl of frustration. Shadow brought her eyes down to meat his.
"Would you rather be eating sand right now?" she said in a low voice. He replied with an angry look, followed by another frustrated growl, followed by a quick turning of his head away with a "Hn." Shadow rolled her eyes.
'Just great. He's as stubborn as a mule, He and Mirae hate each other's guts, and it looks like I'm going to have to study the language of "Hn" she thought and sighed again. A look of dismay on her face. 'Fan freaking tastic.' Her side then started to feel a bit damp. She looked down at the demon she was supporting, then her side. 'Great, he's also bleeding all over me. Which means I'll have to change. This was one of my favorite shirts too. Darn it.'
"Hey, Mirae, can you at least teleport us somewhere where he can get healed?"
Mirae grumbled a bit but agreed.
"Fine, Where to?" She asked, as she held her staff in front of her, ready for the transport. Shadow then looked to Hiei for the destination. It was a moment before he answered.
"Have you heard of a psychic named Genkai? I wish to go to her temple."
Mirae opened her eyes and looked at him. A look almost of surprise.
"Of course I have heard of her." Once again she closed her eyes in preparation for the teleport. "Genkai's temple it is."
The wind picked up and blue smoke began to surround them. Then when it cleared, they were gone.
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