Zaira sighed as she walked through the forest, she hadn't felt like going home immediately. Zaira shivered slightly as a cold feeling shot down her spine and she ducked into the woods, hiding behind a tree.
Voices filled the air where she was, male voices. Zaira crouched down lower as they came closer to the area she was in, closing her eyes and concentrating hard on something before she opened her eyes again.
"Do you sense Kurama near by, Hiei?"
"Hn."
"I don't sense anything here, Urameshi."
"That's funny, Kurama's never late like this. I coulda sworn I sensed something here earlier."
Zaira could see three people now. One was Yusuke, the person to his left was extremely short, only about 4' 10", he had tall spiky black hair with a white starburst and red eyes. He was wearing a white scarf, black cloak, and black boots, along with a white bandana. The other one was tall, had messy orange hair, black eyes, and a blue school uniform.
As Zaira's eyes stopped on the shortest one, she accidentally let out a low gasp of shock. The boy's red eyes focused on where she was.
"There's someone in the woods watching us."
"What are you talking about Hiei? I don't sense anyone nearby, or hear anything."
Hiei disappeared without a trace and Zaira felt something cold and sharp uncomfortably close to her throat. She turned her head slightly and found herself looking down at Hiei, and his katana. She raised an eyebrow at the blade, as if asking "planning to kill me?"
Yusuke and Kuwabara came into the trees and looked over at Zaira and Hiei.
"Aw, shrimp, it's just a girl. Put your sword away."
"Hn." Hiei shot Zaira a warning glare before pulling his sword away from her throat and sheathing it.
"Why were you hiding in the forest?"
Zaira looked over at Yusuke strangely and sighed, not really able to bring herself to explain it to strangers. "I thought you were someone else." She shifted uncomfortably, why did she have to mess her cover up like that? Two of them had demon energy, that didn't make her feel any better about her current position.
Yusuke nodded and snapped his fingers. "Hey, that's a uniform from Kurama's high school!"
Zaira blinked and hoped Yusuke wasn't referring about the kid. Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara walked back onto the path, pulling Zaira with them. Suddenly she felt a burning sensation on her back and she turned to face Hiei, who was smirking. Zaira blinked and suddenly realized in her anger she had let her concentration slip ever so slightly and her energy reappeared a little, and it wasn't exactly human.
"I thought that strange energy from before had come from you." It was a whisper so that she could hear it only. "Why are you in human world?"
As if saved by some mysterious force Zaira heard footsteps coming down the path and turned her head. She saw Shuuichi coming up the path. He stopped in front of the group.
"Sorry to be behind schedule."
"That's okay Kurama, you were only a half hour late."
Zaira blinked. "Kurama? I thought his name was Shuuichi…" She quickly took the opportunity and backed quickly and silently back into the forest, masking her energy once more.
"Hey, Kurama, there's this girl..." Yusuke trailed off looked around, trying to spot her, although she was gone. "Damn it, where'd she go?"
"What are you talking about, Yusuke?"
"Hn. I suppose she used you as a distraction to sneak away. She looked like a human, but her energy said otherwise."
"A demon?"
"Hn. If I knew that she wouldn't have been able to get away."
Kurama looked over to Yusuke, shaking his head. "I'm here now, what did Koenma tell you to do this time?"
Yusuke blinked, having forgotten why he had asked the other three to come here, "Koenma told me to look out for this demon chick that is in human world. He doesn't know much about her except that her name is Delis Nuema. Also, he says, she should have a large white phoenix shaped scar."
"Do you know anything else about Delis?"
"Koenma said she should be about 'S' class and has a short temper."
Zaira had been running silently in the woods to her house. She only stopped when she got to the safety of her house and leaned against the closed front door. She dropped her book bag onto the ground and went up to her room. The window was open and someone was leaning against a wall, eyes closed and arms crossed.
"Hello, Shiei."
Shiei looked vaguely similar to Hiei, as if she was of the same race. Her skin was a darker tone, however and her hair was finer. She also had higher cheek bones then Hiei. Although she had a starburst, it was floppier, while Hiei's was due to the ends of some of his spikes being tinted white. The ends of her hair were tinted in ice, and kept in a thick strong braid. Her outfit was varied from Hiei's quite a bit, but it mainly involved black.
"Hn."
Zaira sat down on a chair. "Didn't take you that long to find me this time."
"Why would it, Nuema?"