Flames of Deceit _ Chapter one – A Date For Three

Ok basic summary- what seems to be a harmless date, turns out to be worse than a nightmare. A young woman may hold the key to who Hiei's father is, but what will it cost to retrieve the information?

Disclaimer- No, sorry I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. This fic is based loosely on a game I found online.

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Yusuke Urameshi leaned against his junior high school building as he waited for class to let out. He held up a hand to block off the sun's glare. His back felt pleasantly warm as the building had been heated by the sun's rays. The day was pleasantly cool despite the sun giving it's all. Far off the sound of birds chirping reached his ears. The day was perfect, complete with the cloudless sky. A dull scent of freshly cut grass lingered in the air.

He yawned and listened lazily as the bell rang signaling school's end. The sound grew gradually as the front doors to the school opened up with. The students that exited were either talking amongst themselves or running at break neck speed to escape the captivity of long school hours. Hundreds of obnoxious kids ran down the stairs, among them was Keiko. The only girl that Yusuke was close to. In fact, the only girl who would talk to him at this school.

He straightened as she approached him. A natural reaction for him. He watched in amusement as the kids around her backed off as she made her way towards him. It seemed that his presence still struck fear into the many students that attended this learning facility. He looked back to Keiko only to flinch seeing the angry expression on her face. Apparently he had done something that she did not approve of. He did that a lot, maybe more then he should. Keiko was a force to be reckoned with.

She approached him, not even trying to conceal her fury with him. Her brown eyes seemed to be shooting sparks in his direction. "Yusuke, why weren't you in class?" He still didn't know why she kept bothering to ask him that. He always skipped his classes. It annoyed Keiko to no extent, though no one was quite sure why.

His response to this was a shrug. He has been right at assessing that the anger had been aimed at him. He felt a twinge of guilt at being the cause of it. He instead tried to take her mind off of it. "Uh, Didn't you want to go somewhere tonight," he asked, changing the subject. Keiko's eyes narrowed, he was trying to avoid her question. She sighed and gave a reluctant nod.

"Yes, I did. I'm surprised you even remembered. You always run off without telling me where you're going." Yusuke shifted uncomfortably. That was true, he always promised to go with Keiko somewhere and always got sidetracked. Even more so since he became spirit detective.

Keiko seemed to forget that quickly though, giving a glance behind her. "Plans kind of changed. You think you can be free next week? There's a new kid here, and I thought we could bring her along. She's a pretty nice girl." She stepped aside to show a girl of about 16. Yusuke thought she looked kind of dark with her waist long black hair and piercing green eyes. They looked almost cold and lifeless. It seemed to him like she could see right through him. He resisted the urge to shudder. He also wondered why someone of that age was still in junior high. That wasn't normal, maybe she kept failing the high school entry tests. She had given him a once over as well; she didn't seem too interested in him though, which seemed to relieve Keiko a bit.

Yusuke noticed this, puzzled by why she cared so much. "Don't you have a friend that could go with her? It'll be like a double date," Keiko said, interrupting his thoughts. She gave him a look that said don't-even-think-about-backing-out-of-this. It was enough to scare anyone out of their wits.

Yusuke laughed nervously, he thought for a minute. He didn't have any friends at school. "Well of course, there's Kurama, and well, no not Kuwabara," he doubted the girl would put up with his flirting habits. "I doubt Hiei would." That would have been an interesting event. He'd only resort to him as a last resort, if Hiei would even consider it. That pretty much left him with one option. "Um, I'll ask Kurama." Keiko seemed pleased with this answer. Yusuke sighed in relief. Some of the pressure seemed to ease off of his shoulders.

"What are you guys talking about?" Who else would be eavesdropping but Kuwabara. He seemed to always show up at the wrong time. The new girl backed away from him as if he had a disease. Yusuke would have seen this if Kuwabara wasn't in his breathing space. Just a little bit too close for him, he took several steps back. "Are you guys going on a date?" Yusuke shot a glare at Kuwabara, and much to his dismay Keiko explained the whole scenario to him. Yusuke's face took on a forlorn look, great how about we tell him our whole life stories too. Kuwabara never noticed the sour look sent in his direction, he had been intently listening to Keiko. His face lit up with an idea. Yusuke was sure he almost saw the light bulb floating over his head.

"Really? I wonder if Yukina would like to come with us?" Kuwabara smiled as he imagined the ice apparition sitting next to him during a horror movie. The killer was coming, Her grip tightened around his arm. Don't worry I'm here.

"Uh, excuse me. What do you mean us," Yusuke asked. Kuwabara came out of his trance and shrugged. "That isn't an answer. Now who said you were going? You can't just invite yourself."

"Oh, let him come Yusuke. He won't hurt anyone." Yusuke grumbled behind Keiko's back after she had turned. He could see Kuwabara behind her grinning dumbly.

"All right, now I can finally get Yukina to confess her love for me!" Kuwabara bent over to whisper in Yusuke's ear, "No offense Urameshi, but Keiko's friend is kinda creepy. Otherwise I'd go with her, but I get some kind of weird vibes off of her." Weird vibes huh? Yusuke wondered about this, Kuwabara had an eerily accurate sixth sense.

"You do know I can hear you, right?" Kuwabara jumped at hearing the strange girl talk; it seemed that everyone had forgotten she was there. She tapped her foot impatiently, her eyes filled with annoyance. No one liked to be forgotten.

Keiko's attention snapped back to her in an instant. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This is Tsuki, but she doesn't really like her name. So you can call her Neko. That's her nickname," Keiko explained. "Neko, this is Yusuke and Kuwabara." She moved aside and let the three stare at each other awkwardly. It was a humorous scene to watch them all stand around. The girl was the first one to react.

Neko glanced at each of them and held out her hand. When Kuwabara cringed away from her, Yusuke accepted her hand. "Nice to meet you. I'll see what I can do about Kurama. See you later," He waved as he walked off, Keiko and Kuwabara followed him leaving Neko by herself. They had left her in a hurry. She shrugged and walked in the other direction. As she left their field of vision, her shoulders drooped and her pace slowed. Her symptoms were that of a girl who was suffering inside. She stared at the ground and kept walking, people watching her as she went.

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"Please Kurama, if I can't get anyone to go with Neko, Keiko will kill me." Yusuke watched as the red haired boy shook his head, a response Yusuke didn't care to receive.

"I'm sorry Yusuke, but I promised my mother I would go to visit her relatives with her. I'm leaving tomorrow, and I won't be back for two weeks." He watched as Yusuke's shoulders slumped. "Have you tried Kuwabara, I'm sure he would go," he suggested.

"Actually, I don't know how he managed it, but he's going with Yukina," that was a miracle in itself. Yusuke thought for a moment. "So, if you can't go, then what am I going to do?" He slumped further down in the chair he sat in. He scanned the room out of boredom. His face lit up as he noticed that Hiei was sitting across from him. A smile spread across his lips. Hiei raised an eyebrow and stared back. His face went rigid in realization.

"Detective, don't even think about it. I am not a pawn in this." He crossed his arms and glared at Yusuke. Kurama giggled at this but ceased when Hiei glared at him. He seemed to have that effect on people. Yusuke was desperate though; he had waited till the last minute to ask around. He regretted that now, if Keiko found out she'd probably kill him.

"Aw, Come on. It's only once, no one said you had to marry her." Hiei's glare worsened, if that was possible. Yusuke shuddered. He held his chin in his hand, thinking hard on how to convince Hiei. His eyes took on a sly look and he turned back to the fire apparition. "You know if you go, you can keep Kuwabara from trying to do anything with your sister." He kept from smiling as Hiei's eyes narrowed. He waited patiently as Hiei pondered on this. It was an interesting concept to watch, his face held no emotion, but his eyes changed as he thought.

As much as he despised of the idea of going on this ridiculous date, he didn't want Kuwabara trying anything on Yukina. He could either forget about it, or watch his sister like a hawk. It was a five-minute battle but the latter won out. "Fine, but don't ask for any more favors. I'm only doing this to keep an eye on that idiot." He settled down into a chair and started to mumble. Remarkably it sounded just like this is stupid.

"My life is saved, I mean, That's great. Who knows, maybe you'll like her. She's dark and scary just like you," He decided not to push when a cold stare was sent in his direction. "Oh, one more thing before I leave, we're all going to meet at the park at 5:30. Try not to be late." He gave one last glance at Hiei and turned to leave. The youkai didn't bother to watch him and turned to stare out the window.

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Hiei did show up on time, in fact he was early. The first one there. He paced and muttered as he waited for the five humans to arrive. Not out of nervousness, but out of irritation and lack of patience. His mood was still sour from being talked into it. As far as he was concerned it was an obsolete ignorant human ritual. He had to remind himself several times as to why he was there so he didn't run in the other direction. That idea was becoming more and more enticing. The few humans that were out kept staring at him, seems he had become a spectacle.

The weather was morbid. Thick gray clouds darkened the sky suggesting rain. It seemed to fit Hiei's mood. It was once again cool, but not to the point to have to have to wear a jacket. Another human passed Hiei, giving him an intrigued stare. Perhaps the reason for the stares had been Hiei's attire. As normal he had on his black robe. He could have easily used telepathy to find out, but it didn't really matter to him. He didn't care.

Kuwabara was the second to arrive. When he saw Hiei, he looked around as if he had gone to the wrong place. The youkai chose to ignore him. He might as well be invisible as far as he was concerned. The boy didn't seem to like that response however.

"What are you doing here shorty?" Hiei's face remained impassive, something that quite irked Kuwabara.

"Something that your feeble mind couldn't comprehend. Now get out of my face you moron." Kuwabara stepped back, an aggravated look on his face. He always took on that look when Hiei insulted him. Today was no different.

"Hey, you take that back. I don't want to get all mad before my date." He looked Hiei over suspiciously. A suggestion entered his mind. "Hey wait a minute. You're not Neko's date are you!?!" He watched as Hiei smirked and nodded once. "Oh man! Neko may be creepy and all, but she deserves better than you." Hiei frowned. As if this was his idea?

"Quit yelling you baffoon, I'm only five feet away from you. You can thank Urameshi for dragging me into this." He rolled his eyes as he watched a dumbstruck Kuwabara. "Must I spell it out for you? Kurama couldn't go, so I stepped in for him." He closed his eyes and leaned against a tree.

"Hey shorty, don't ignore me! Well at least I got a date on my own." He stuck his tongue out at Hiei as he opened one eye and raised an eyebrow. He chose not to respond to this and looked away again leaving Kuwabara looking quite irritated.

"You know you guys fight too much. You're starting to scare people." They both turned to see Yusuke laughing at them as several spectators turned their heads away. At least someone is in a good mood. Yusuke sauntered over to them. Kuwabara gave the people watching a disgusted look. Most of them were walking away by now, recognizing the third member.

Yusuke scrunched up his nose and looked over at Kuwabara. "Kuwabara, are you wearing after shave," he asked as he inspected Kuwabara.

"It's cologne you dummy! I thought I should smell nice for my Yukina" He puffed out his chest trying to demonstrate his manliness. He slumped when Yusuke started laughing quite loudly. "Shut it Urameshi!! Hey where are the girls by the way?" He looked around anxiously. One might compare him to a lost puppy looking for its owner.

"They went to Neko's house, She doesn't know the way to the park yet, and they're going to show her." Yusuke sat down on a bench. "Might as well sit down yourself, it'll probably be a while. Besides we're all early." He glanced over at Hiei. "I see you actually showed." He grunted in reply.

"Against my wishes. Don't your forget that. You still owe me for this," an odd moment of silence followed. Yusuke was intent on watching Kuwabara fidget nervously. Moments passed quietly, which for Yusuke was welcome for once.

Hiei glanced around and stopped when he saw three figures approaching. "They're here." He made no effort to move from his spot, but Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped up. Though Yusuke wasn't trying to flex his muscles or puff out his chest like Kuwabara was. Hiei was quite amused at watching the boy making an idiot of himself. Yusuke slowly started to edge away from him.

Hiei waited with much patience as the three figures came slowly into focus. It didn't take them long to reach the meeting spot. He recognized the blue haired girl as his sister Yukina, though she still didn't know. Though neither did Kuwabara and the idiot was still trying to help her find her brother. Hiei found this to be a great annoyance. Even more aggravating was the fact that Yusuke and Kurama found it humorous.

He looked at the other girl with short brown hair and recognized her as Keiko. The unfamiliar one was obviously Neko. Despite himself he gave a slight smile at the outfit she had on. A black tank top, black mini skirt, and black knee high boots. Well at least one of the humans has taste. He slowly unfolded his arms and straightened up. As he looked at her, he thought for a moment that she had some connection with him. That was quite stupid, he had never met her before. He mentally shook his head and looked at the other two girls. He noted that they had on makeup and lighter colored clothes. Keiko had probably helped his sister get ready. Yusuke glanced from Neko to Hiei, if she had any objections to the black robe he wore, she didn't voice them.

Kuwabara and Yusuke looked quite shocked at the staggering difference in Neko's appearance. Part of her long hair had been pulled back and some curls framed her face. She was actually smiling too. Their attention was quickly diverted when they noticed Keiko giving them disapproving looks. Yukina didn't really seem to care that Kuwabara was still wide eyed. "Umm, should we go," Yusuke said, surprise still in his voice. Reluctantly, the rest of the group followed.

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