Kidnapped?

It had been about two weeks since Halloween, and no one in the group knew where Delis could be. This fact was annoying Yusuke, because he wouldn't get another case until he solved this one.

It was another lab day for Nuema and Kurama. Their teacher walked in with a big grin on his face. The rest of the class watched him cautiously, like he was a dangerous animal. He straightened a few stacks of paper, letting everyone in the class, except for Nuema and Kurama, get nervous.

"I have great news class. Since it's the start of a new marking period, you all are getting a group project." There were several groans in the class and Nuema didn't look very thrilled at all either. "What's more is that I'm choosing the groups." There were several more loud groans.

By the end of the first period, everyone was working in different areas of the classroom. Nuema and Kurama had been assigned to work together, and Nuema found this arrangement tolerable. Right now they were gathering information on the parts of a cell.

"How do you want to do the presentation, Shuuichi?"

"A model perhaps?"

"Sounds fine to me."

"Where would we get the materials to make the model?"

"My house. I'm pretty sure there's some junk lying around that we could use."

"When would we work on it? Its due next week."

"Today, after school. It's a Friday after all and I'm not going to be home much this weekend."

"Okay."

Hiei was relaxing rather comfortably in a tree. His eyes were closed and he looked to be asleep, even though he was wide awake.

Hiei's eyes snapped open and he glared at Shiei. She was sitting on the branch right in front of him, smirking.

"Do tell me, did I sneak up on you?"

"Hn."

Shiei smirked again and jumped onto the ground. Hiei followed suit soon after. He glared at Shiei, he hadn't seen her since she gave him that confusing riddle one month ago.

"You know who Delis is."

Shiei returned Hiei's glare. "That maybe true, but I'm not telling you."

"Hn."

'Did you figure it out yet?' Hiei heard Shiei's voice in his head and he gave her his death glare. "Hn. To find Youko, not Kurama, would be difficult. Delis will be as well."

"Do you know why?"

"Delis is a demon spirit trapped inside a human body."

"Hn. You figured it out."

"Which human?"

"I'm not telling you." Shiei jumped into a tree. With that, Shiei jumped through the trees.

Hiei growled to himself. He waited a minute before jumping into a tree. He then followed Shiei, after masking his spirit energy.

Nuema leaned against a wall, tapping her foot impatiently. She had been waiting for Kurama for a few minutes by now. What in the hells was taking him so long to get out of school?

She spotted Kurama coming out of the gates and muttered, "Finally." Nuema walked over to Kurama and adjusted her book bag's position slightly.

"Finally decided to come out, eh, Shuuichi?"

Kurama turned to face Nuema. "Oh there you are, Zaira."

"Ready to go?"

"Yes."

Nuema walked down the streets, Kurama following her.

Yusuke ran up to Kurama, Nuema stopped walking and turned around.

"Kurama, you need to come with me."

"Why?"

"Koenma. Come on."

Kurama looked past Yusuke's shoulder to Nuema. "Do you mind?"

"Nah, just stop by when you're done. I need to go home. I trust you remember where the 'eye' house is."

"Yes, I remember its location."

"Okay then, 'bye." Nuema continued walking while Yusuke led Kurama in the opposite direction.

Nuema stopped at the corner of a street. This was the fastest way to her house, it was on the other side of the street. Still, she wished she had another fast way to get to her house.

She started walking again, but stopped when a shudder ran down her spine. An arm wrapped around her throat. Fear flashed through her, natural instincts of clawing at the arm tried to take over. She calmed them, though, and glared at the offensive limb, unable to see its owner.

"Let me go, now."

The only response Nuema received was a cloth to be placed over her face. An acrid scent burned her nostrils and she coughed slightly, having to breath in through the cloth. She slipped into a semi-unconscious state. She looked to be out cold, but her mind and senses still worked. This seemed to be good enough though and the cloth was dropped onto the ground, and Nuema fell fully unconscious.

Shiei was completely oblivious to Hiei's presence behind her as she moved through the trees. She slowed as she neared Nuema's house. Shiei stopped on a branch near a window. She deftly opened it and went through the window, closing it behind herself.

Shiei frowned to herself when she saw that the room was empty. Her spirit awareness told her that the rest of the house would be the same, except for the cat wandering through the rooms. Shiei glared at Nuema's clock. Nuema was supposed to be home by now, so where was she?

Shiei growled and opened the window again. Crouching on the windowsill she looked around, spotting Hiei's eyes staring at her. She glared at Hiei and jumped into the tree closing the window. Shiei jumped to the ground and walked over to the tree Hiei was in, glaring up.

"Get down from that tree, Hiei."

Hiei jumped down from the tree, landing a foot from Shiei, he leered at her.

"So its that ningen from Kurama's school."

"Hn."

Hiei and Shiei suddenly looked at the house, as if they could see through the walls to the other side.

"Why is Kurama here?"

"Hn. No clue, but he's your friend."

Shiei snickered and walked away, leaving Hiei to figure it out. He glared at her retreating back and walked around the house. He spotted Kurama at the door and walked over to him. Kurama turned his head and looked at Hiei.

"Hiei? What are you doing here?"

"Hn. None of your business."

Shiei was at the other end of the street by now. There wasn't anyone there to see her, except Hiei and Kurama. She walked onto the asphalt and spotted a piece of cloth lying in the street. She picked it up, staring at a symbol on it strangely. A strong scent reached her and she suddenly felt dizzy. "What the hell?" Before she could do much else, she collapsed on the ground. She tried to move, but found to her surprise, and annoyance, that she couldn't.

At the other end of the street Hiei and Kurama were talking about the case.

'Hiei!'

Hiei closed his eyes. 'What, Shiei?'

There was a slight pause before Shiei's response. 'I need your help…'

Hiei smirked, not aware of the strange look Kurama was giving him. 'Why?'

'Hn. I'm in the middle of a the other end of the street in plain ningen sight, and I can't move.'

'What? Why?'

'No clue. Just get me out of this street.'

Hiei opened his eyes and broke off into a run to where Shiei was. Kurama shot Hiei's back a confused look before following him.

Hiei stopped when he reached Shiei, Kurama came up behind Hiei. He looked between the two confused slightly by their slight similarities. Hiei picked Shiei up in his arms and walked off the street into the forest. Kurama stared down at the cloth that had slipped from Shiei's hand and picked it up, pocketing it. He then followed Hiei.

Hiei placed Shiei against the base of a tree. Kurama looked from Shiei to Hiei with a questioning look. He knew full well Hiei wouldn't help a perfect stranger like that.

"Hiei, who is she?"

'Hn. My name is none of your concern.'

Kurama looked around the clearing. He had heard someone talking, a female voice. Hiei smirked at Kurama's confusion, doing nothing to help him. Kurama looked down at Shiei.

"Did she say something?"

'No, I'm using telepathy.'

Shiei's eyes opened and she glared at Kurama. She then stood up and leaned against the tree.

"What were you doing at Zaira's house?"

Kurama didn't bother to ask her how she knew he had been at Nuema's house. "School science project."

"Hn."

There was a whizzing sound in the air and Shiei raised her hand. Less than a second later there was the sound of something fast and hard hitting skin and Shiei closed her hand, putting it in her pocket.

"What was that?"

"None of your concern."

Nuema bolted into a sitting position. She shook her head and rubbed her eyes several times. Where in the hells was she?

She moved some black and red blankets off herself and stood up. She took a better look at the room she was in. There were three things in there other than herself. A black couch with black and red blankets on it, her book bag, and a table with something shiny on it. The walls were orange and the light was a bloody red.

She blinked feeling extremely out of it. She dropped to her knees and went through her book bag, books, folder, and notebooks. Finding nothing new or gone she closed the bag and hefted it onto her shoulder. She pocketed the thing on the table and opened the door.

Nuema sighed she was outside, somewhere. She glanced over her shoulder and saw nothing. She shrugged it off and walked around, still feeling out of it, to find a clue as to where she was.

As she ambled around wherever she was, after finding where she was she quickly devised, and took, the quickest route back to her house.