Haven't been on the computer much…

Hiei was in the room. The doorknob started to turn but the door wouldn't open. He locked it. Hiei pretended to be asleep. The door suddenly flew open. Ume stepped in and saw Hiei on the bed.

"I know you're awake, Hiei!"

He faked a snore and then he kicked up his blanket a little. Ume threw her pillow at him. He threw his back. Ume threw her blanket and wrapped Hiei in it. While he tried to get out, Ume hit him with her pillow and laughed. A few moments later, the floor was covered with feathers from the pillows and stuffing from the blankets. It was a complete mess.

Slowly, Ume got up and looked around. She started picking up the trash and Hiei got up to help silently.

"What-" she stopped herself from saying 'What's wrong?'

Hiei glanced at Ume's way every now and then while they were cleaning.

"What did you talk to that human about?" he asked, not looking up from the stuffing he was picking up.

"Some party…" Ume said slowly, making sure she didn't say anything wrong.

"I hope you enjoy it with him."

"No…wait…Hiei…you, Kurama, Tsume, and I are all going."

Hiei looked up at her. "Hn."

"Well, I like you saying 'Hn' more than you saying nothing to me." She grinned. "Anyways, the couple we follow was married for about 3 years now. They live in a house in Nagoya and are here on vacation. That's what they say anyways. No concrete proof that's they're lying or telling the truth."

"It's better than nothing. Go on, what else did you get out of them?"

"Well, apparently, when I asked about their home, they not only mentioned a street that didn't exist, but they even said they owned a dojo. Now, I seriously doubt that. There aren't that many dojos there (actually, about 6. I checked at google). Not to mention that they mention many mountains, rivers, trees, skyscrapers, apartments, factories, oh, not to mention rainforests. I'll take a guess and say they mixed all kinds of scenery just because they have no idea what the place looks like."

"That makes them slightly suspicious."

"Ya think?"

"Let's keep finding what we can about them then…"

"Hiei, seriously, what is wrong with you?"

"Hn? What are you talking about?"

"Well, for one, you won't make eye contact with me. Two, you won't talk. Three, you act like something's bugging you, and you're not good at covering it up."

Hiei didn't reply. Someone knocked at the door. It was Kurama and Tsume.

"Hey you two, dinner's almost ready in the dining hall! The ship is serving a huge dinner! You can tell us all about what you found out today. Oh, and Ume, some guy named Hoshi gave Kurama and me invites to some party. He told us to give you two ones as well. Here." Tsume handed Hiei and Ume small envelopes.

Hiei tossed his on his bed and went on ahead. Ume simply puts hers on a nightstand near her bed and went with the others. They had gone pretty far and Ume quickly rushed out of her room.

Once in the giant dining hall, Ume found that Hiei already told the others what had happened with the strange couple. Of course, he left out the part where he fell asleep. They had a pretty fun time. Hiei was acting like his normal, still-cold-but-not-as-much self again…mostly.

Ume and Hiei got back to their rooms first. The other two were just looking at the ocean. When Hiei and Ume got back, they were surprised to see clothes were on the floor and beds, and the beds were turned to their sides, papers were everywhere, Hiei's katana was on the floor and his sheath was in the bathroom, his bandages were everywhere, Ume's small box (where she kept her locket) was on the floor, broken. Basically, it was a huge mess. Hiei and Ume went through there things and nothing seemed to be stolen.

"Looks like someone was looking for something and didn't find what they were looking for." Ume noted.

Hiei began to pick up his stuff and Ume picked up hers. Pretty soon, Kurama and Tsume knocked on the door.

"I can't believe this! Our room was completely trashed!" Tsume shouted as soon as the door was opened for her and Kurama. She took a look around. "Same thing with you guys?"

"No kidding…anything missing from your place."

"Nothing at all was missing." Kurama replied.

"It is the same situation here." Hiei stated.

"So someone was looking for something and couldn't find it. Who ever it was, they had to be sure we were the ones who had it. They knew so, but what ever they were looking for, wasn't in our rooms at the time." Ume gathered from the looks of things. "This is my fault. I forgot to lock the door before we left."

Hiei glared at Ume and simply said, "It doesn't matter. They got into Tsume and Kurama's room, and it was locked. The person or persons must have had a key of some kind to get in without causing damage."

"Well, they did a good job of not 'causing damage'." Tsume said sarcastically.

"I meant from the outside…where's it's noticeable…"

Ume took another look around their room. She suddenly realized something. When she came in and was cleaning up with Hiei, she hadn't smelled anything out of place in the room. No strange scent at all. It was odd, considering the fact she was a wolf demon and would be able to smell pretty much anything. She immediately headed to her friends' room, but not before checking their lock. It was opened like Hiei had suggested. A key had been used.

She went inside the room. Nothing (besides the mess) was strange. No scent once again. Whoever snuck into their rooms had been careful not to leave fingerprints, a scent, or anything at all. Whoever it was, s/he knew one of the rooms belonged to a wolf demon and Spirit Detectives!

The other three came in and Ume told them of her discoveries.

"Do you think it could it have been that creepy couple who came in here?" Tsume wondered.

"It's possible I guess…If it's them, they already know I'm a wolf demon, and I don't think that's possible. I haven't used a single ounce of my Spirit Energy so far, I haven't done anything the least bit wolfish or demon-related. How could they have known?"

"Maybe they noticed something when Kurama used his Rose Whip to save the dummy that fell into the water…"

"This is all too strange." Kurama declared.

Ume decided to take a small stroll by herself to clear her mind. She headed out to the deck. She stood on the edge with her hands off the boat. Suddenly hand grabbed her shoulder. It was Hoshi. At first, he did nothing but stare at Ume. Then he shook his head around and began to talk.

"I suppose I'll you at the party tomorrow night? It'll be the night right before we get to LA."

"It will? That's when it is? I didn't take a look at your invitation. Sorry." She smiled a fake smile, although she purposely made it fake-looking. "Look Hoshi, I'm not in the mood for this. Please just leave." She continued to lean on the side of the boat and closed her eyes. She opened one only to see Hoshi still there.

"What? Did you run into trouble back in your rooms? Well, ok then. I guess I'll leave."

Something clicked in Ume's mind. She just realized Hoshi was part of the staff. Hoshi knew something happened in their rooms. He worked in the art section of the boat. He might have keys to the rooms, or know where they were kept!

Not only was I not allowed on the computer much, I had no ideas. I've been using too much imagination on other junkies…my head hurts…but I still managed to finish this…hope you had fun…Now I'm gonna go and rub my head…and sleep…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…