Chapter 3:

Good Things Come In Small Packages

"I'm really sorry guys" Mika bowed repeatedly.

"It's alright Mika. Kuwabara really shouldn't have said that so don't worry." Yusuke snorted.

"What's her problem anyway. She acted like she was all high and mighty. To good to even talk to us!" Mika nodded.

"Yes well I guess that's partly my fault. I should have told you about Terri's curse."

"CURSE!?" Mika looked at the floor sadly.

"Yes. Her curse...she is unable to talk you see so she wasn't ignoring you just listening."

"Hold on what do you mean unable to talk?" Kurama asked.

"Well...a few years back Terri met this witch and well one thing led to another and the witch stole her voice."

"Why would she want Terri's voice?" Yusuke asked interested.

"Umm well Terri had this special ability with her voice. You see she was able to hypnotize people and control them by singing. When she lost her voice she couldn't talk, sing, or laugh. She can though still growl and groan and stuff like that."

"Oh"

"Since then Terri's personality has gone down hill. She doesn't trust people any more and she rarely smiles...and when she does it's empty. For a time she was angry with revenge but now she's just depressed. It's sad really...as her cousin and friend I've always been close to her which is why I can communicate with her without words. Anyone who knows her well and is close to her can. It's more like we understand her I guess."

"Wow...sorry." Yusuke looked down at the floor guiltily.

"Don't worry about. Well it's getting late and this storm doesn't seem to be going anywhere I guess I should start dinner and then make up some beds for you...lets see.... the den should be big enough for you." Mika got up and gathered the cups.

"Do you need any help." Offered Kurama.

"No no...you four just feel free to wander around ok" She smiled and pushed them out of the kitchen. The boys made their way to the den. Upon entering they were greeted by Terri and Kiro. Kiro looked at them and glared. He turned around and was about to leave when Terri grabbed his tale.

"Heeeey! Oh come on Terri. Don't make me do it." Terri glared at him, put something in his hand and shoved him towards the boys. Hesitantly Kiro walked up to Yusuke. He gave a pleading glance back at Terri. She glared at him and Kiro turned around to glare at the floor. Slowly he raised his hand up to Yusuke revealing Yusuke's coin. Yusuke took it, looking at it skeptically. Kiro took a step back to leave but was stopped by a growl from Terri.

"I-I'm sorry Yusuke for taking your coin. It was mean and a bad thing to do. Please forgive? I'm sorry!" He bowed quickly and turned towards Terri.

"Can I go now?" Terri nodded satisfied. With that the little squirrel demon scampered off. Yusuke looked at Terri shocked. Terri didn't do anything. She stared at them each in turn before turning around and walking out of the room. Yusuke looked down at the floor. He felt really guilty now.

"I think I owe her an apology." Giggling was heard behind him. They all turned to see Mika with an amused look on her face.

"Yeah Terri has a way to make ya feel guilty. I should have known she was going to do that sorry."

"Its not your fault Mika." Kurama said. "You couldn't have known what she was thinking."

"Actually I should of. Since she lost her ability to speak I've been her interpreter. Though she is unpredictable..." Mika was interrupted by a scream outside. Everyone ran out into the rain. There stood a green demon holding a crying Kiro by the tale.

"Mika!!! Help!!!"

"That's right come out Mika....come and I'll let him go." The demon snickered

"Kiro." Mika's eyes widened. Yusuke growled

"Hey pal why don't you pick on some one your own size huh. Leave the kid alone!'

"Stay out of this human or I'll AHHHHHH" The demon was cut short when his body floated into the air before slamming into a tree, dropping Kiro who ran into Mika's arms. Everyone turned at the sound of a deadly growl. There was Terri. A dark purple, dark blue aura surrounded her form. The rain beaded through her hair unnoticed by her. She was glaring a promise of pain at the demon, who had now gotten up to face her.

"Well Well" He smirked. "It's the runt. I see you haven't changed. I'll make this quick. You and Foxy over there are to come with me NOW!" Terri just smirked. Her aura flared. The dark crescent on her forehead turned to a shimmering silver. The boys stared. It look like an ocean. Silver waves that gave off an unearthly glow. The demon didn't seem impressed. He charged her with a katana in his hand. Terri never moved and inch. She simply raised a hand and the demon was once again flung into a tree.

"Face it Roi." Mika put Kiro down on the ground and began approaching the demon Roi. "You can't defeat us no matter how many times you try." With that she raised her hands and a dark green aura surrounded her. Suddenly giant vines burst from the ground wrapping around Roi immobilizing him. Roi however looked calm.

"I'm not here to defeat you my dear. If you didn't know already, a bounty has been put on both your heads and it's double the original price. Unfortunately it's only there if you are captured alive." Mika sighed.

"Look lets just make this easy. As you can see we have company and are not in the mood to play cat and mouse again." With that she turned around and picked up Kiro heading towards the hut, the vines retracted as she did so, freeing Roi. "Just go home and tell you brother to get a life would you." Terri motioned for the boys to follow and they hesitantly did with her taking up the rear. Roi however was angered by this display and fired a mass of green energy towards them. Hiei turned ready to block it but he never got the chance. Terri once again beat him to it. This time though she never turned around. She was about a foot in front of him, eyes closed, crescent shimmering.

'That mark...Koenma said to look for a mark like this...and that onna kitsune did say she was only half fox demon...so if they really are the half Hexas Angels we've been searching for then Terri has to be half shadow demon.'

The energy blast broke against an invisible barrier. Obviously Terri's doing. Terri opened her eyes. They were completely silver with tints of purple. Her power flared. Clearly she was angry. Mika groaned and rubbed her temple.

"Roi...your reeeaaaaly asking for it. Out of all the bounty hunters to ever challenge us you should know that it is extremely unhealthy to anger Terri. You know you can't stand up against her. She is not as generous as I am and I can only control her to an extent. Normally at this point I'd knock you out and ship you back to your brother, however I grow tired of this game." She turned to Terri still in the previously spoken state. "Terri you can handle this. Hopefully when this is done he'll at least know when to quit." Mika turned and walked inside with Kiro. Before disappearing she turned to the guys. "The porch has a much better view." She smiled and disappeared. Kuwabara and Yusuke looked at each other before racing up the ladder. The four stood there and watched. Terri's energy flared again and again and each time another bead of sweat fell from Roi's face.

"Geesh, thinks she's got enough energy?! It's like there's no end." Kuwabara yelled.

"It would seem she is trying to scare him. To show him she is superior and he couldn't possibly win with out killing him." Hiei explained with out so much as a glance at Kuwabara.

"Yikes." Was his only answer. Roi had started to charge Terri. In a split second Terri was back to her normal appearance. She spun around and drew her sy's just in time to catch his katana. Roi, clearly the taller one, smirked down at her.

"Time to die" he fired a blast of energy at her at. Terri was engulfed but the light.

"Holy shit. There's now way she could of avoided that." Yusuke commented. "That was at point blank range."

"Don't be too sure detective" Hiei said. Yusuke looked back at the fight. Terri was no where in sight but he definitely sensed her. Roi didn't seem to be able to though as her was looking desperately around for her. Suddenly a mass of dark energy hit Roi. When the dust cleared there was a fairly large crater in his place.

"With out killing him eh?" Yusuke smirked. Some rumble at the bottom of the crater shifted and up came Roi drenched with mud.

"Great now we have another pond." Mika walked up to them standing next Kurama.

"Mika?"

"Yes Kurama?"

"Could you possibly explain as to what is going on." Mika smiled.

"Well Me Terri and two other friends live here. We spend most of our time as thieves, traveling around till we can find something interesting to us. As you can imagine we get a lot of enemies from this. Roi and his brother Toi are the head of a bounty-hunting group whose soul purpose is to defeat us. However none of them can possibly take on the four of us and win so we've never lost."

"Why don't you just kill them?" Hiei asked

"Because they have many connections. If we wiped out their gang...we'd have to deal even stronger groups then stronger ones then even stronger ones. Besides at least this way we won't get rusty..."

"Oh." Yusuke leaned over to Hiei a whispered in his ear, "Any chance these girls are the ones we've been looking for?"

"Hn... it's looking that way."

Terri's POV

I walked up to the crater, which was quickly filling with water. Roi was crawling out of it. He turned towards me.

"You stupid wench..." He spat. I glared at him. Stupid wench...ha! I'd like to see him try to say that after I've ripped those teeth out. He's going to regret that. Mika shouted towards Roi again warning him he was in trouble.

"This is your last warning Roi. Give it up and go home!"

"Never!" He began to charge me. Moron. I charged up another one of my Dark Light attacks. I'm getting annoyed by his persistence. Between getting insulted by a weak human and underestimated by a low level...my anger is pushing me over the edge...and what a better way to get rid of stress than beat the crap out of some one, no? Raising my hand I aimed my spirit attack at the insolent bastard that dared to call me stupid! My aura flared...I'll send him flying...the dark energy surrounded me and I focused it to my hand with all my anger and annoyance. My power is light-years ahead of his. The idiot finally realized this and stopped his charge staring nervously at my attack. He started backing up. Too late to back out now, dumb ass. I fired my attack and hit my target. It sent him fly through the forest, knocking down trees in it's path. I relaxed my spirit and turned to the audience standing on the porch. I grinned and started walking towards them. Their expressions were priceless. Mika was shaking her head as she walked inside. The two humans were in complete shock as was Kurama and Hiei though they hid it better.

'Good things come in small packages..' I smirked as I repeated my motto in my head. I climbed the ladder and casually walked inside and into the Dinning room to sit and have the dinner that Mika was placing out. The others followed and sat down in silence. Mika and Kiro sat as well. Hiei sat at one end. To his right was Yusuke and Kuwabara. On the other side was Kurama and Mika. Finally and few empty chairs away sat me and Kiro. Kiro was such a cutie. He follows me everywhere and is like my little brother. Sometimes I think of him as my own son. Mika and I found him during a storm huddled under the house. We took him in and raised him. That was a little over 3 years ago. Back when I could still talk...though it seems longer.

We all began to eat until Kurama broke the silence of which I savored.

"So Terri, are you a shadow demon?" Everyone looked at me expectantly. I nodded my head. Hiei and Kurama looked at each other. Hiei spoke.

"Are you half or whole?" My head snapped up at the question. Something wasn't right. I could feel it. I glared at him. He glared back. The tension was rising and Mika sensed it.

"Terri." She said. "They already know I'm half kitsune. It's not going to make a difference in the end. They are of no threat to us." He spoke The Language. In a tongue that we learned as children. The others were oblivious as to what was being said. Just like before when she stopped me from killing the Baka Ningen.

/Is that the truth or is it just your infatuation with Kurama that talking/ I sent her a mental message and smirked when I saw her blush. She sent a glare in my direction before turning to the boys.

"Yes Terri is half shadow demon." /I don't have an infatuation with Kurama/

/Don't lie. After you saw him at the Dark Tournament you wouldn't stop talking about how 'hot' he was. And now you meet him and it's only natural that you want to please him to get him to like you/

/I hate you/

/So you have said before/ With that I severed the link and yawned. I glanced at Hiei, who was watching me. I half glared at him when an idea slipped into my head. I motioned for him to turn towards Kuwabara who was stuffing his face with the rice. I used my mind and forced the bowl to move away from his chopsticks. Like an idiot he tried again to eat the rice. And again I moved the bowl away...and again and again. I saw Hiei smirk at the sight. He sent me a mental message.

/Dinner and a show/ I blinked slightly surprised. 'ooooo...a telepath...' I smirked and replied.

/Too bad the star isn't too bright/ Hiei stared at me

/I thought you couldn't talk?/

/I can't. Telepathy isn't talking but then again I can only communicate with other telepaths like you and Mika./

/hn/

/Hey/

/Yeah/

/Here comes the finale/ I waited for Hiei to turn to Kuwabara who was still chasing the bowl. I have amazing concentration, no? Anyway I sent my mind out and focused on what was to happen. By this time everyone was watching...perfect. 'Ready...3..2..1..' I moved the bowl right in front of Kuwabara. '...Blast off' The bowl flew up and hit him right smack in the face. And what was even funnier was I kept it there. He tried to pull it off but my mental strength far surpassed his. I heard him screaming into the bowl. Yusuke and Kiro were on the floor laughing. Mika had tried not to laugh but eventually gave in as did Kurama using each other for support. Hiei was trying not to laugh but he was given away by the shaking of his chest as he tried to suppress the laugh. 'And what a nice chest he has...NO! BAD TERRI BAD BAD BAD!!!' I mentally slapped myself. I turned my attention back to laughing group. 'Kami I miss laughing.' Sighing I returned to my food and released Kuwabara. The laughter eventually subsided.

"Ahem" We all turned to Kurama at least they did. I continued to eat. Kurama put on a sweet smile and turned to Mika.

"Mika. I'm gonna ask you a question and I want you to answer truthfully." Mika smiled

"OK!" I coughed and Mika glared at me. I put on an innocent smile. Kurama continued.

"You and Terri are only half demon so is your other half, by any chance," He hesitated.

"Yes." Mika urged. I didn't look up. There was no way they'd guess it...no way.

"Hexas Angel. " I spit out the juice I had been in the midst of drinking ultimately soaking Kuwabaka.

'Kami please let her lie...' I prayed that Mika would deny it.

"I uh...umm" She stuttered. That's it! They know. It figures she couldn't lie after Kurama made her promise to answer truthfully.

"So its true?" Yusuke stared at her. "Your half Hexas Angel?" Damn! They know too much...oh well. I guess I half to kill them now. I flared my energy. My power grew and several things began to blow up. My energy created a mini indoor hurricane I readied a Dark Light attack but was cut off when I was pinned to the floor. Hiei was holding me down from behind. I growled and flared my energy again. I concentrated my mind and used plates, glasses and knives from the kitchen to rid myself of the demon. The never hit.

"SPIRIT GUN!!!!!" Yusuke used his spirit gun attack to destroy the kitchen supplies. I'm really getting pissed now...

MIKA'S POV

'Kami oh kami oh kami! How did they know. Damn now Terri's going to kill them...' Sure enough that's what happened. Terri began her attack, Hiei stopped her, and Yusuke blocked her onslaught of Kitchen supplies. Kiro was fighting Kuwabara. For a little guy he packs a powerful punch. Probably because he was trained by us girls. 'Well I guess I have no choice now huh?' I stood and flared my own energy, but like Terri was stopped...by Kurama. God why did he have to guess right. Now I have to kill him. It he was really cute too!! Damn it all!! I stared at him He stared back. The wind caused by Terri's power was blowing our hair in our faces but that didn't seem to stop us.

"Mika..." He took a step towards me. I took a step back. "Mika we're not here to hurt you..." He was taking slow steps towards me. I began to take steps back only to realize that he was cornering me. 'I really hate to do this but.' I took out my flute and raised it in one fist in front of me. Dark green energy surrounded me as I forced the flute to change.

"KAMIKA STAFF!" I called for my weapon. The flute glowed and lengthened into a staff. I gave it a twirl before taking up a fighting stance.

"I suggest you don't underestimate me and stay where you are Kurama." Kurama's eyes saddened and he stopped. He sighed and put up his hands.

"Why? Why are you doing this Mika? If you'd let us explain-"

"I don't need an explanation. The fact that you know what a Hexas Angel is, is evidence enough to show a hidden motive. Now, I suggest you stop approaching me like I'm some damn mouse hiding from a cat...I am not be prone to violence but I'm going to have to kill you now...sorry." I charged Kurama with her staff. Kurama dodged my attacks. 'DAMN! Why can't I hit him!!!' I began to get frustrated. I suddenly stopped and smirked. An idea forming in my head. Kurama looked some what uneasy about it too. I raised my hands and sent my energy into the earth. Kurama must have recognized the attack because he moved just in time before my vines could spear him. He took a rose out from his hair. He was summoning his rose whip. I saw him use it in the tournament. 'Not this time buddy' I quickly summoned my vines again before he could finish transforming it. They wrapped around him and held him securely.

/Terri! I've got Kurama in my vines stop you attacks!/ Terri must have gotten message because the wind died down and Terri's energy boost disappeared. My eye contact with Kurama never broke. I sensed Yusuke and Kuwabara coming at me.

"No don't you guys!" Kurama called to them. Too late. My vines broke through the floor tying them up as well. I spared a glance over at Terri and Hiei. Hiei had Terri in a strong hold. Damn! Terri isn't strong enough to fight him! She's never been physically strong.

"Let Terri go Hiei if you want your friends to continue to breathe." My voice was calm. It had to be so as to not betray what I truly felt. Guilt.

Hiei's POV

"Damn onna." I murmured and released the girl in my arms. Almost immediately vines came up and bond my hands and feet making me immobile. I glared at Terri. She stood there panting slightly. Her gaze remained on me awhile but she turned away. I felt her energy flare as she used her telekinetic abilities to clean up the room. All remained silent. I glanced at Kurama. Our eyes locked.

/Kitsune. How serious are your injuries./

/I'm not injured/

/Then how did the onna kitsune catch you?/

/She didn't seem to into the battle. She seemed to be holding back a bit. As did I./

/Well then are we going to get out of here now?/

/No we have to take Mika and Terri to Koenma/

/Well good luck convincing them. Why not just knock them out and/

/No!/

/Why not/

/Where not here to hurt them. If we just talk to them I'm sure they'd listen./

/hn/ I blocked out the damn kitsune's messages. Talk to them? Like they'd listen!! They think WE'RE the bad guys. 'Stupid onnas'

Terri finished cleaning up and now she was sitting cross-legged on the table...watching me. I glared at her and she glared back.

"Mika...please listen to us...we're not here to harm you."

"And how do I know that for sure Kurama?"

"Because we were sent to find you by Koenma." I answered. This was getting annoying and I have better things to do.

"Koenma? Why?" Kurama opened his mouth to answer but I cut him off.

"Your world was destroyed and Koenma is gathering the survivors in spirit world for safety."

"Our...World?" Her eyes widened. I saw her look over at Terri, who was looking at the floor.

"Thil Ite Fo Danl" Mika whispered. Terri nodded her head and stood. I felt the vines loosen then retract completely. I took a step forward but apparently I wasn't clear yet. The tip of Terri's sy was at my neck. The onna herself was holding it. Mika spoke.

"What do you mean it was destroyed." I looked around the room. The moron and detective were bond so that they're mouths were covered. Kurama had no room to move either. The vines held him tightly. My eyes fell on the onna kitsune. Her eyes held seriousness and Terri...looked plain pissed.

"Destroyed. As in gone, no more. Your people, The Hexas Angels were slaughtered about three days ago. The man responsible is still at large however and is looking for survivors. The ones that weren't there for the fight were here in Makai. Koenma had them all escorted to Spirit World HQ but there were two missing. He called us and told us to search the Makai for a half Kitsune and half shadow demon, whose other halves were Hexas Angel. You two" Mika seemed to think for a moment. Terri's sy never wavered, almost like she was unaffected by her home land being destroyed. After a moment or two the vines on the others retracted, freeing them. Terri however remained where she was. I glanced down at her. Her face was completely unreadable but as I looked into her eyes I saw anger mixed with sadness.

/I'm sorry/ I sent her the message. Her eyes hardened and the sy pushed further on my throat. It broke my skin and I could smell my blood.

"Terri!" Mika came up to us. "Let him go. Ko sti. He is simply doing his job. Ko sti." The onna used a bit of that indecipherable language which I can only guess is the language of the Hexas Angels. What she said worked cause Terri pulled back. She turned to leave the room.

/I don't need pity or sympathy. Especially when it's not sincere. So don't feel anything towards me or I'll rip out you lungs. / I watched her disappear from sight. Something wasn't right. Before she had a slightly cheerier personality. Weird. 'Onnas'

"You four should go get some rest. We can talk in the morning." Kurama was about to say something but thought against it. Mika picked up the yawning Kido and left.

"Well." Yusuke grinned "That went well." I smirked.

"Indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you get beat up by a bunch of dishes Detective." Yusuke glared at me.

"Speak for your self. You had trouble with Terri and you know it."

"Actually I only had trouble with her while on the floor. She was using her mental abilities to push off the floor. Once I was standing I found her to be surprisingly physically weak."

"I suggest you two get to bed...now." Kurama left the room . Yusuke walked out to dragging an unconscious moron.

"What's his problem." I asked. Yusuke grinned.

"Got the shit beat out of him by Kiro." I smirked...'Moron'

A/N END!! I'm finally done with this chapter!!! YES!!!!! Thanks be to the fuzzy elephants of Timbuktu. Uh if there are any fuzzy elephants at least...maybe it's pink ponies...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm