Hello again my faithful viewers. Thanks for the reviews. I've been watching rerun episodes of the show. It got boring after a while, and then they shut off my cable! Now I can no longer watch them. Oh well, I still have my story to keep me company. I just realized I made an error in the first chapter...I said Yusuke was at high school, I meant Jr. High. Yusuke is curious as to why someone of Neko's age is still at that grade level. The error has been corrected and I've added on a bit to the past chapters. Ok lets see here...

Summary of last chap-Hiei got drug along on the "triple date", ended up getting left alone with Neko. For odd reasons, he took her to a restaurant, and with his less than adequate patience, blew it up. They were then attacked by a youkai for unknown reasons. Neko ended up having a dream that could have been a memory from a past life.

And........here we go.

Flames of Deceit-Chapter 3-Unthinkable

Neko sat by herself at break, keeping her eyes down. Several eyes were peering at her; she had chosen to ignore the dress code and was wearing a simple black T-shirt and black jeans. Frenzied whispers went around the room like wild fire. A couple brave ones even pointed. Neko found herself growling lowly in her throat. Don't people in this town have manners? She picked annoyingly at the questionable food in front of her. A lump of gray looking stuff that smelled just as plain as it looked. She crossed her arms and looked up at the staring faces. Abruptly people suddenly found something more important they needed to do. Perfect, they're all a bunch of cowards too.

She went back to poking at the mystery whatever the hell it was that sat in front of her. The conversation about her picked up just as quickly as it had died. She listened to those around her, suddenly feeling very agitated. "Doesn't she know that every girl has to wear a uniform?" "Maybe she hasn't gotten her uniform yet." "She looks real creepy sitting there like that." "What is someone her age still doing in Jr. High? I wonder if she got held back." "I heard she tried to kill someone and so they put her here." "Maybe we should tell her to go away, I don't want to be a victim of attempted murder."

A crashing noise was heard as Neko suddenly jumped up. Her tray was scattered on the floor several feet away from her. All eyes gazed wide-eyed at her. Her fists were clenched and trembling and her eyes held fire in them as she glared at the whole room. All talking about me, what the hell did I do to deserve this? She thought about which one she should attack first. She shook her head, deciding against it. She sat calmly back down and crossed her arms, not taking her eyes off of those who had insulted her. Damn them all, I don't want to be here. The least they could do is stop talking about me.

She nearly punched at something when a hand hammered down on her shoulder. She thought better and turned around with an angry demeanor. It was only Yusuke. She relaxed and offered a seat to him. "You shouldn't let them talk about you like that." She only blinked back at him. She shrugged, it didn't matter now. The room's noise had died as soon as Yusuke had entered the room. She could imagine their thoughts though. Oh great, she's friends with Urameshi. We better stay away from the murderer.

"What do you want," she asked, sounding colder than she wanted. She still hadn't forgot about him and the others ditching her with Hiei. Her eyes must have given her away.

"To apologize, Keiko is forcing me to. Just don't tell her that," He didn't want the face the wrath of another one of Keiko's slaps. He had gotten plenty of those for making fun of that idiotic movie last night. "We shouldn't have left you alone with Hiei," especially with his mental stability, he added silently. "He didn't do anything stupid did he?"

"He only blew up the restaurant we were in," she said casually. The look on Yusuke's face was priceless, she wished she had a camera on hand.

"HE DID WHA-Wait, he took you to a restaurant?" Neko noted that Yusuke's reaction had greatly differed in mid sentence from angered surprise to astonished surprise. It quite amused her. To Yusuke Hiei causing mass destruction was believable, but him in a restaurant was hard to acknowledge. His shock grew when Neko nodded. He suddenly envisioned Hiei in a tie at a formal restaurant. He suppressed a smile at the hilarious image.

Neko suddenly stood, "I'm going back to class. Break's almost over." She gave him an unethusiastic wave and walked off in the other direction. Yusuke noticed she was on crutches today and that her arm was bandaged. He sighed, pondering on why Hiei had even bothered to stay around the human girl after they had left. It was unlike him, he'd have to bug him about it later.

"So, do you like her?" Hiei raised an eyebrow in the spirit detective's direction. The question came as a surprise, partly due to the fact that the teenager had just barged in.

"Where did that come from." He asked slightly agitated. He crossed his arms and continued to sit on the windowsill, staring out at the setting sun. The sky was tinged with an elaborate display of pinks and oranges. He may have enjoyed it, had he not been actually thinking about the question. It puzzled him that he actually cared. Did he like the human girl? The cold emotionless barrier he wore told him no. Though he couldn't help but still ponder on it. He scowled at himself for such thoughts. Love was an ignorant thing. Then why had he done such a foolish thing earlier today? He had told no one of what he had done, of course he didn't want to admit it himself, so that didn't help much. He kept mentally kicking himself because of it.

"Just a question. You like her don't you? That's why you took her to the restaurant," the boy said in a taunting voice. Hiei turned slowly to glare at him. He would have thrown something at the boy if there was anything within his reach. If only looks could kill, the boy would be on the ground twitching right now.

"Detective, if you value your voice box, I suggest you drop it." Hiei looked quite infuriated, and even Yusuke knew when it was time to quit agitating him. He looked as if he was giving a pretty good struggle with it though. He instead decided to somewhat change the subject, though not by much. That may have not been the best of ideas.

"Don't suppose you heard about any restaurants blowing up?" That had done it. Hiei's eyes narrowed with death showing in them. He would have lunged at the boy's throat had Kuwabara not come down the stairs at that moment.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" He looked at the two of them, one looking like the angel of death. He finally looked back to Yusuke. "What's eating shorty?" He pointed a thumb in the youkai's direction. He scowled and turned back to the window.

After a brief description of the restaurant incident from Yusuke, who seemed intent to keep looking over warily in Hiei's direction, Kuwabara looked dumbstruck. Hiei looked at him slightly bemused. And here he thought the boy couldn't look any stupider than he already did. "You should keep that pose, it suits your small intellectual capacity." Hiei's arrogance hid some of the anger in his eyes. Too bad Kuwabara didn't notice it. Hiei could have done with attacking something at the moment.

"Hey shrimp, I heard that!" He rose quit quickly, causing Yusuke to topple over. He clenched his fists and started yelling. "Why don't you come over here and say that to my face!"

"Sorry, I don't wish to lower myself to your level of idiocy." It took a moment to sink in, but by that time, Hiei had already exited the room through the now open window. Kuwabara stared with his mouth hanging open.

"If you keep that up long enough, you might catch a few bugs for dinner," Yusuke laughed as his friend quickly shut his mouth. That of course didn't last long. He opened it just as suddenly to start yapping.

"He just left cause he's afraid of my wrath," Yusuke rolled his eyes. Kuwabara's wrath would probably have included him in the ER He was no match for Hiei when it came to swords, or speed, or well just about everything. Yusuke seemed to find that thought funny and left an aggravated Kuwabara wondering while he laughed. "Urameshi, you're weird."

The two turned when Botan entered, looking less cheery than usual. She looked around uneasily, "Are you sure it's ok with Kurama for you guys to be in his house while he's gone?" Yusuke held up a key in reply.

"He told me to look after his place. I think it's ok enough. He didn't seem to care as long as we don't kill the neighbors."

"Or his house," Kuwabara added trying to be helpful.

"You idiot, you can't kill something that was never living to begin with." Kuwabara shot him a look that really wasn't all that terrifying. He laughed and threw a pillow at him. "Lighten up would you, now what do you want Botan?" He had nearly forgotten that she was there. She looked as if she had something urgent to tell him.

"Koenma sent me, I'm afraid we have some bad news," she said.

"What's new?" Yusuke was always receiving bad news; it didn't really seem to bother him anymore. Botan thought he was still taking it too lightly.

"Yusuke I wish you would take this seriously, this is your job after all," she said watching him yawn. She gave an exasperated sigh. "There's been some recent youkai activity in the area. Koenma wants you to check it out and see what you can find." She stopped as the spirit detective started to laugh.

"Did I forget to tell you that Hiei blew up a restaurant," he asked innocently.

"No, Yusuke that's not what I mean-HE DID WHAT?!?" Yusuke picked at his ear trying to make the ringing stop. He was amazed it took her that long to realize what he said. Kuwabara remembered what he had been told began laughing with Yusuke.

"That was pretty much my same reaction," Yusuke commented to Botan. "You have to admit, it's pretty funny." The image of Hiei dressed as a gentleman intruded his thoughts again.

"Not if Koenma or his father finds out," Yusuke looked at her for a moment. "Don't worry. I won't tell, but I just hope he doesn't do it again." Yusuke sighed with relief. Hiei had his bad moments, but to Yusuke, he was a pretty decent guy. "If that had been the incident, we'd know about it. But it was another youkai. We think he's been hiding out on Earth for years. He's not on any recent records, as a matter of fact we can't find any data on him." Yusuke looked up. No data huh?

"So, you guys are sending me in blind like you did with the Saint Beasts and Toguro?" Botan nodded solemnly.

"Oh goodie," Yusuke said, lacking enthusiasm. "How bout I start tomorrow? I wanna get some sleep. You're lucky I'm doing this at all. Maybe I'll ask Hiei if he's seen any thing out of place."

Botan looked up, "That reminds me. What is he doing staying at Kurama's?" Yusuke shrugged.

"I dunno, he said something about staying here for a while to see how humans live. That's weird even for him. Oh well, that's his business." He yawned and stood. "I'm going home to sleep. See you all later." He waved and exited, the other two following shortly.

On the roof...

Hiei had heard everything. With a little help from his telepathic abilities of course. He already knew about the youkai activity. It had to have been the one that attacked him. He tried to push the thought from his mind. Too late, he was already thinking about it. So, do you like her? The question rang through his mind. He kept telling himself no, but that didn't seem to solve anything. He finally shook his head and stood. Maybe running would clear his mind, he suddenly remembered he couldn't let any humans see him using his abnormal speed. He could always go into town. That idea was quickly shot down. He shivered at the thought of being near so many humans.

Another thought intruded his mind. What he had done earlier. He suddenly hit himself muttering what sounded to be stupid. He would have to deal with it now. It meant he actually had to go through with it. He cursed himself.

He kept battling himself. He didn't like her. But maybe he did. No, that would be stupid. Well, maybe-No! He growled, this was going to be a long night. After several minutes, he became fed up with it and ignored the voices in his head. He sighed and looked around for something to take his mind off of it. The sky seemed adequate enough. He looked out at the full moon. It shown brilliantly in the darkened sky and gave a peaceful glow to everything it touched. Night had fallen quickly and now all was quiet.

Neko walked along the road scowling. Several families sat on their porch enjoying the night, until Neko went past them. Odd enough for her to be out that late. Even odder for her to be muttering profanities at someone she referred to as old geezer. Whoever it was, they had definitely upset her. She was also muttering about stupid kids and their idiocy.

Apparently one of the kids at school had pulled the fire alarms. It had reminded her of the dream. She shook her head and looked up at the moon. She looked back down quickly. She hated the moon. She wasn't sure why, she just did. She continued walking, watching the ground beneath her.

Finally she came to the path that led to her house. The gravel crunched beneath her, she didn't notice the footsteps that had been imprinted there. She walked up the stairs to her door. All the lights were off, no car, and no noises from within. To Neko, that was normal. She pulled out her key and started to unlock the door. She stopped after noticing something white at her feet. She bent down picking it up, revealing that it was a letter. Odd, who would be leaving letters on her doorstep?

She opened it carefully and read the contents. Her eyes widened and she flipped the letter over then looked around the street as if looking for evidence of the letter's deliverer. She quickly opened her door, threw her bag on the floor, and fell into a chair. She flipped on the lamp, and read the letter again. Maybe she had read it wrong. This was unthinkable. For some odd reason, she thought a third read would change the message. It didn't. She glanced at it again, this time reading aloud.

Neko

Looks like you survived the restaurant encounter. I suppose you're upset about being interrupted, I'll make it up to you this Friday. Something that is going on then interested me, thought I might as well bring you along... I'll meet you at your house at 6 p.m. Be ready.

Hiei

Oh Hiei and his way with words. Ok dokey....eh sorry bout making Hiei so emotional. He has to have some emotions right? I'll make him toughen up in the next chappies. The only reason he's like that in this one is because he is actually puzzled by Yusuke's question.

I know some of my readers want to see Kurama, don't worry. He comes back before the end.

By the way, some of you forgot that Neko's real name is Tsuki. Here's an interesting fact. Tsuki means moon. It has a special meaning in this story. She hates her name and the moon. Anyone want to make any guesses as to why? Keeps you guys wondering.

I'm bored. I want sugar. Anybody like Inu Yasha? I do. One of my other favorite animes. Well if you do, check out Spitfire Kagome and Dark Kagome,. OK., I admit it. They're my friends, but you should read some of them.

Power Surge