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Hiei and Ume followed the unusual couple all day long and they did nothing strange at all. The whole day had been wasted.

Tsume and Kurama had a fun time relaxing. It was getting late and Kurama headed to the library because he promised he'd check out any books on wolf demons or demons. Tsume tagged along to help. They only found one single book by some man named Dai Fujita.

When Tsume had asked the librarian working there for a book on demons, the librarian told her that there was only one such book.

"Dai Fujita disappeared for several weeks before that book came out. Everyone figured he was making a biography or something real, but he came back with something about demons. Many people laughed at him. Dai tried to convince everyone that the book was about creatures that existed but he failed. Everyone thought he was crazy! He just went back to making non-fiction books." She told them.

"You'd think that children would at least want to read that book." Tsume said.

"Actually, the book is very bloody. It tells of 'demons'' habits and diets. Children aren't allowed to read it and those who are older wouldn't want to waste their time." She continued to talk, "You two may keep that book until the end of the cruise. I'll let you know if someone wants to borrow it. It's a pretty big book, so I'll just tell you this: Don't spend all your time reading that stupid thing and enjoy yourself here. Otherwise, you won't get your money's worth of relaxation."

"Well, you get what you paid for, but apparently, that saying doesn't work for us." Tsume joked. She was referring to the fact the tickets were free, thanks to Ko-Enma.

The two nodded. They went to Ume and Hiei's room and knocked on the door.

"It's open." Ume's voice was heard.

Kurama and Tsume went inside and saw the two in their beds, completely wiped out. Tsume dropped the giant book on Ume's dresser.

"What happened to you two?"

"You wouldn't believe how fast the stinkin' couple move. They went practically everywhere. Not to mention they did it in a hurry. If I didn't know better, I'd say they knew we were following them."

"We got the book you requested." Kurama said in sympathy for the two, and for Tsume and himself. The next day, they had to search the boat for strange things. He also told Ume and Hiei what the librarian had said about the book and its author.

Instantly, Ume jumped up from her bed and grabbed the book. She dumped it on to her bed. Kurama and Tsume stretched and left to go to their rooms so they'd have enough energy for the next day.

Ume opened her book and turned to the introduction. She looked at Hiei, "Don't you want to see what's in this book?"

"Not interested." He lied on his bed and flipped over to face the wall.

"I had finally found an entrance into the legendary Makai. Two demons saw me coming here. When I explained my situation to them; that I just wanted to learn about demons so humans could learn more about demons, they understood and promised to be my guide and protect me from other demons. They thought that if humans knew more about demons, they wouldn't hate them as much and the two worlds wouldn't fight as much." She read the introduction aloud.

"That's foolish. Humans wouldn't believe such a book." Hiei said, obviously more interested than he led Ume to believe.

"These demons appear to be wolf demons. It seems their last name was-" she didn't finish.

"What is it?" Hiei asked. "Is something the matter?"

"No." she continued on, "It seems their last name was Hogosha (see story 2, chapter 6 for details on that). Their first names, from my observations, are Mei (the female) and Kira (the male)." She finished reading the section of the book. "So that's what their names were."

"They were you parents?"

Ume nodded. She flipped to the page about wolf demons and began to read again.

"Wolf demons are powerful creatures. Some have two personalities, and others have a thing called mana. Those who have this can half infinite powers. This 'mana' grows more powerful due to anger or other strong emotions. Once it grows, it stays that way and continues to get more powerful every time. Only a rare amount of wolves have such a thing, and even if they do, most don't achieve the second 'level' before they die. Most die, trying to anger or sadden themselves to achieve the great powers." She took a deep breath. "Well, apparently I have the 'second personality' thing (see last couple of chapters of story 1 for details on that)."

"As for my wolf demon guides, they seem to be disliked by many demons and they help other humans. When passing by, other demons gave them, and their pack, dirty looks, especially if I am following the wolves around. They had a single child, a female. She was odd from most. Not only was she able to fight in the first three weeks of birth, but she had both two personalities and mana."

Hiei looked at her. "And that would be you."

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious, Hiei…" she said, trying to sound sarcastic. Her thoughts were more focused on figuring out her past than trying to sound sarcastic towards Hiei. She read on, curious about her parents. There was only a small portion left. "Something happened, an incident. The wolves scattered from their den. The Hogosha family had left their pack to make sure some demon hunter wouldn't find the rest of them. The two leaders of the pack were unable to pass their child to safety with the rest. The Hogosha led me to a portal back to my world and told me to never return due to the danger and left. That was the last that was seen of them."

Ume finished reading and closed the book slowly. She threw the book at the wall. It made a loud thump.

Hiei sat on the edge of his bed, not knowing how to comfort his friend. Ume sat up which surprised Hiei. She smiled and assured him that she was fine. After lying on the bed, unsure if Ume was telling the truth, Hiei fell asleep.

About four hours later, it was slightly past 2:00 A.M., Hiei looked At Ume's bed. It was empty. He got up and looked about for her. He left to go to the deck and found Ume's clothes were on a chair by the side of the pool.

Ume was in the water in her a one piece. She began to swim laps in the pool until she stopped, grabbed her water bottle, and drank from it. As she drank it, she noticed touched her neck. She frantically dived underwater just as Hiei was approaching, still unnoticed to Ume.

Ume dove into the water. She found her necklace halfway down a drain at the bottom of the pool. She grabbed the metal string of the locket. It was stuck in the drain. Ume continued to pull at it but it wouldn't give. It just stayed there. Ume kept on trying until she eventually ran out of air. She knew she couldn't let go or the item would be lost. She wasn't going to let that happened. So she held on. She eventually black out, her hand was still holding on to the locket though.

Hiei saw bubbles arise from the water. It occurred to him that the air bubbles were Ume's oxygen coming up. He threw off his cape and dove into the water.

Once in the water, he saw Ume immediately. She grabbed her and saw her hand had clenched onto some string. Hiei's first reaction was to cut it but he stopped. He finally noticed it was Ume's locket. Hiei pulled on the locket until it finally came loose, threw it up to the surface, and helped Ume up as well.

Ume lied on the side of the pool, breathing very slowly. Hiei panicked. He didn't know what to do when someone had nearly drowned. Being killed was something he knew more about. He stood over Ume. He had to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He bent lower and closer to Ume…then…she woke up. (Tsume got her almost-kissing scene too. Now it's Ume's turn)

She looked up and saw Hiei right above her. She got up and made Hiei fall over.

"What the…!"

"You were…drowning…and I had to save you…and…" Hiei stammered as he talked.

"Uh…thanks, Hiei…but if anyone asks, this lil get-together never happened."

Hiei nodded. He looked at Ume's outfit. "Why are you in a one piece? I thought you told-"

"Funny story about that…" Ume cut him off. She blushed. A lot. Not only because she had almost 'kissed' Hiei, not only because she was caught lying, but because, once again, she was talking about thing she was not used to. And to Hiei of all people. "I didn't really lie. I said I bought a two piece, and I did. I just returned it afterwards and got a one. Heh. You can't expect me to go around with a two…"

"No. I suppose not…" he paused for a moment. "Let's get back. It's cold and you should dry yourself before you become ill. If we were to encounter the demons, I don't think you'll fight very well if you are unwell."

She nodded in response and grabbed her belongings and began to leave. Just as she was doing so, she remembered her locket. She asked Hiei here it was. They looked about the pool and didn't see it anywhere.

"Hiei, is it down the drain…?"

"No. I threw it to the surface and heard it make a sound when it hit the top."

"Odd. I can't find it anywhere…You don't think-" Ume was cut off by a sound heard on the other side of the deck.

Another pretty good ending. I just hope the end of the story will be this good…anyways…I'm going to tell you people this one more time…REVIEW THE STORY! Oh, and sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. I was having writer's block, not to mention I couldn't get the computer without my sisters being there…they still don't know I make stories. Heh. But that's what you get for not reviewing!