Lab Day
Nuema had been in school for over a month now. She had settled down relatively easily into the high school, though she never talked willingly to another person in the school, except for Kurama. As of yet, Yusuke hadn't seen head nor hide of Delis, nor had the rest. Not even Hiei's jagan skills were of much help to them.
Nuema was staring out a window during her Lab Biology class. Today was a double lab day and they had a sub, meaning they didn't have a lab to do. The class was given a small amount of work, she was already done, everyone else, except for Kurama who had finished before Nuema, was still working.
The bell rung, signaling that the first half of their lab period was done. Everyone, except Nuema, Kurama, and the teacher, left the classroom. Nuema looked at the sink's counter, there were two plants; one was a spider plant the other was, she knew, a form of rose plant, even though it wasn't the traditional type. She looked over at Kurama, who was looking at the rose plant kind of thoughtfully. Nuema got up and walked over to Kurama.
"You know, you're staring at a rose plant."
"Huh?" Kurama looked up at Nuema then back at the plant. "Oh hi. How did you know that?"
Nuema sighed, "I've always been a bit of a gardener, in one of the places I lived, I had a plant like that one." She looked down at Kurama, who was looking at her strangely, "What is it my fault I happen to like flowering plants?"
Kurama shook his head and then looked back over to the plant. Nuema crossed her arms and smirked. "You like roses, don't you?"
Kurama blinked, wondering vaguely how she figured it out so easily. "Yes."
Nuema let a sly smirk cross her face for a brief second before she walked back to her seat. She pulled a piece of paper out of her notebook, a pencil soon following. She started drawing something. As people passed her desk they stopped and stared at what she was drawing. They eventually formed a crowd, muttering comments like "She's really good," "Wow," and "Great picture". Nuema eventually noticed the group when she finished. She froze in place for a second before shrugging it off mentally and scrawled a small message on the paper and put her pencil and paper away.
At lunch Kurama found Nuema sitting by herself. "What did you draw last period?"
Nuema snickered. "You're actually curious, Shuuichi?" She shrugged vaguely and pulled a piece of paper out of her folder, handing it over to Kurama. He stared at the picture for a few seconds, it was obviously a rose, but he couldn't tell which type. He then looked at the message.
Roses are red
Maybe blue
Mostly they're pink,
And you stink.
"That's a kind poem."
"The unchanged version is too nice." Was Nuema's simple reply.
"What type of rose is this?" Kurama had tried to be an expert on roses, but this was a variation he hadn't seen before.
"World Peace Rose. Oh you can have that drawing."
Yusuke was, as his norm, skipping school. He was walking in the forest when he heard voices, one he recognized as Hiei's, the other he didn't. He snuck as quietly as he could and hid behind a tree. He snuck a glance at Hiei and who he was talking to. He saw Hiei and was a bit shocked to see Shiei.
Hiei and Shiei were only two feet from each other talking about something, hands in their pockets.
"Hn, never thought I'd see you again Shiei."
"Hn."
There was silence for a few moments, then they both asked the other "What are you doing in Ningenkai?" in unison. Then "Probation," was their unison response.
"What did you do?" They asked at the same time. Then…"You first." Shiei smirked slightly, she had managed to say and finish that statement before Hiei. Hiei glared at Shiei before responding.
"I stole the Demon Sword from Spirit World."
Shiei's smirk got wider, "I hope you didn't think that you were going to get away with that."
"Hn. What about you?"
"Human killing spree." She glared at Hiei's expression, "those baka ningens annoyed me."
"Hn."
Yusuke snuck off, Hiei and Shiei seemingly not paying attention to him. Once Yusuke was out of hearing range they both sighed.
"That stupid baka detective…listening to other people's conversations."
"Hn, I believe he's looking for a demon named Delis, now."
Shiei's face flashed with recognition of the name, but for less than a second. Anyone farther from her than Hiei wouldn't have been sure if they had seen it, but Hiei was.
"You know her?" Hie was looking at Shiei carefully, trying to figure out if she was lying.
Shiei's physical reaction was null, so was her verbal for a few seconds. "No."
"Hn, I don't believe you." Shiei glared at Hiei, "You know her."
Shiei offered absolutely no response, except for a glare. "Hn." She walked out of the clearing. "You'll be able to find her as easily as Youko." With that she left the clearing.