"Yusuke!"
The drowsy teen yelped at the harsh sound yelled right next to his ear. One chocolate brown eye peeped open and found the ferry girl smiling down at him.
"Go wae otan" Yusuke grumbled into his pillow and bundled his blanket over his head. Annoying ferry girl. "Leaf me lone"
"Huh? Yusuke? Hello! Anyone there!"
Yusuke growled when he felt Botan knocked gently on his head. Throwing off his pillow and blanket with a huff, he yelled at the grinning girl.
"I.said.go.away! It's too freaking early to be up!" Sparing a glance at the battered alarm clock next to his bed, his eyes registered the blinking neon numbers. "It's only 1:48p.m Botan!"
"Yusuke, its afternoon already!"
"…Your point is?"
Botan huffed in exasperation and pushed the teen off his bed. Earning a sleepy glare and a lovely comment that involves the word 'stupid' and 'Botan' together.
"Hmph! Koenma wants you in his office at once. So get dressed and get your big lazy butt over there. I'm going to get Kurama. Good. Bye!"
Botan grumbled as she hopped on her oar and flew off towards Kurama's home. Next time, Yusuke will not be getting such a nice wake-up call.
After informing Kurama, as well as asking him a favor to find the fire apparition, Botan returned to her boss's office, waiting patiently for the arrival of the spirit detectives.
"Good, you're all here. I-"
Koenma twitched in annoyance as he was interrupted by a loud thud followed by a crash. Glaring at Yusuke whose hand is curled into a fist and at the tall boy lying on the floor, Koenma sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Urameshi! Why did you do that for!"
"Next time, don't talk incessantly like an idiot right next to my ear, you big moron!"
"Why you! Why don't you come up here and say it straight to me huh!"
"You idiot! I am already so damn close to you that if I move anymore I will-"
"Shut up!"
Looking at the furious young lord face, Yusuke scoffed and sat back down, followed by Kuwabara slumping down into the seat next to him.
"Ahem!" Koenma cleared his throat importantly before continuing. "I want all of you to go after a band of thieves. They had stolen some very important treasures from the vault. I need all of you to retrieve the treasures and arrest all of the band members. Clear?"
"Geesh, your vault security sucks"
Koenma glared at the teen in front of him. Why oh why must Yusuke be his spirit detective?
"I have very little information on the thieves," Koenma continued. "I'm not sure what the thieves call themselves. But I do have slight knowledge of who's in charge of the thieves. Although he's probably dead, the demon who used to be the leader is Hitoshi." Koenma gave Hiei a glance when he saw the fire apparition looked slightly disturbed for a millisecond before recovering.
"Hiei? You have something you want to share?"
"Hn"
"How useful" Koenma remarked dryly. Passing Yusuke a folder filled with a couple of papers, he went on. "This information is collected quite some years ago. They might be outdated, but better these than nothing."
"Ugly leader dude, arrogant looking freak, demons with freaky features…" Kuwabara muttered, looking over Yusuke's shoulder at the papers the detective was sifting through. "Man, that's one old woman…Hey look! Hot chick!"
Hiei rolled his eyes and walked nonchalantly over, snatching a few papers from Yusuke.
"Hey! Do you mind!"
"Hn. Yes"
Yusuke glared at him before returning the papers left in his hand. "Never mind"
Hiei glanced down at the thief Kuwabara is calling a 'hot chick'. Natiya. He remembered the seer who has came between him and Naiya during their first encounter.
"Whoa! Why is there a little girl in the band!"
Eyes slightly widening, Hiei snatched the latest piece of paper from Yusuke's hand, earning a very annoyed grunt.
Naiya. Hiei looked down at the picture of the young dragon staring coldly up at him. A pang of guilt hit Hiei. He never did go back and look for her.
But she probably doesn't care, does she? After all, he is the forbidden child…
"Na-Naiya"
Naiya growled with frustration and glared at the demon stuttering to her. Grabbing his neck, she raised him up slightly by her hold despite the height differences.
"Don't stutter when you talk to me. What do you want?"
The demon gulped before continuing. "I have information that the sp-spirit detective-ss are loo-oking for uss" The demon cringed as he tried to control his stuttering. He couldn't help it. He's terrified that the others have chosen him to talk to Naiya.
Naiya threw him a few feet away from her before growling. She knew it already. Of course Koenma would send his spirit detectives after them after the heist they pulled at his vault.
Totally oblivious, the foolish demon went up to Naiya again and started mumbling. "Sh-shouldn't w-" The demon interrupted his own sentence with a scream, writing on the ground in agony as flames enveloped him coming from the distressed dragon.
Naiya's golden eyes flashed with anger as everyone in the band of thieves edged away from her. Sparing a glance at the half-charred demon on the ground in front of her, she stopped her attack and watched as the demon whimpered and pulled himself up slightly.
"Pack up, we leave once everyone is done" Came the cold command.
Everyone scrambled to gather their belongings from where they had rested for some times. All of them trying to stay as far from their leader as possible. None of them particularly want to offend her after the little scene that just happened.
Giving a quick glance around to make sure everyone's ready, Naiya gave a small nod of approval at the short time they took before taking off, the rest of the band slightly behind her.
The group of criminals ran through the thick forest, some of them jumping from tree to tree, others running on the ground. Through a human's eyes, only blurs can be seen.
Spreading her powerful black wings, Naiya took off in the air to watch after the band as they ran. The thieves respected her not only for power, but also because she watches out for them. Occasionally, she would take her anger out on them, but she never went to the extend where she actually killed a fellow thief.
Soaring over the thieves, Naiya's golden eyes swept through the demons to make sure all of them are there before slightly relaxing. She had finally managed to access all the abilities she has as a dragon after continuous training. Wings, claws and power over fire. She is now even able to transform fully into a black dragon the size of a small building.
"How long will we be walking! My feet hurt!"
"Shut up Kuwabara! They'll know we're coming!"
Naiya twitched when she heard the faint conversation. She didn't expect the spirit detectives to catch up so quickly. Dropping down in front of the thieves, she brought everyone to a confused halt as they look enquiringly at their leader.
"Leo"
The earth demon walked cockily forward. Brown hair hung over one eye as he smirked. Naiya growled. She so badly wanted to rip that smirk off his face. But however much Naiya wanted to get rid of Leo, she couldn't. One, he was one of her fellow thieves. Two, besides Naiya, he is the strongest within the group. He might even have a chance at defeating Naiya.
"Lead the band deeper into the forest as fast as possible. I'll stall the detectives."
Leo's eyes flashed with concern as he heard what she said. Even though Naiya never returned his affections, he is still deeply infatuated with her.
"Honey, you can't do it on your own."
Naiya snarled with her fangs showing. In a blink of an eye, she's right in front of Leo, claws ready to strike.
"Don't. Ever. Call. Me. That." Naiya threateningly waved her claws near his face. "Now go"
Shrugging, Leo gathered the thieves and led them off. But not before blowing a kiss towards the now lone dragon.
'How dare he!' Naiya seethed as she took off into the air once again. Flying the opposite way the thieves were going, it wasn't long before she saw the people after them.
"Guys, I have a bad feeling about this" Kuwabara shivered and rubbed his arms.
Yusuke's eyes flickered about suspiciously before giving Kuwabara a wry glance. "You sure? Or is it just because you're scared?"
"Urameshi! I mean it! Something's coming!"
Hiei's head jerk upwards as a shadow flitted over them, he drew out his katana a second before Kurama's rose transformed into a whip. Yusuke started charging up his spirit gun as Kuwabara summoned his sword.
"Spirit detectives" Came the taunting voice.
The four of them whipped around to a large tree in a distance. Sitting on one of the branches, golden eyes glowed as it stared at them. From far, the girl looks normal, almost innocent. But with a closer look, anger and hate burned in her golden eyes, although her face held a frightening calmness. Black pointed ears peeped slightly from her shoulder length black hair. A rather thick black tail with thin spikes waved about behind her.
"Whoa! It's the little girl!" Kuwabara screeched before backing up a little. The girl gives off an evil aura that isn't very welcoming to him. He gave a shudder before continuing. "Except she's not that little anymore…"
"Little girl or not" Yusuke started cockily, he aimed his infamous spirit gun at her. "She's going down!"
Naiya 'tsk-ed' before jumping out of the way as the spirit gun destroyed the tree she was previously on and several other trees near it. She landed a few meters away from the group and smirked.
"That was a stupid move detective." She grinned as she circled them. "Besides, why are you attacking me for?"
"You took something that doesn't belong to you. Now give it back!"
Naiya swung the flawless ruby tauntingly. She had strung in a chain of silver the night she had stolen it. Naiya smirked at the look on the detective face as she teasingly swung the ruby slightly.
"You mean this?" She took a few steps backward before jumping off. "Come and get it!"
"Why that little-!" Yusuke got ready to go after her before realizing no one is following. "What's wrong with you guys!"
"I'm not fighting a little girl Urameshi!"
"A dragon. They're almost extinct…"
"Hn"
Yusuke gave a snort of annoyance before leaping after the girl. Sadly, Naiya was faster than him and was soon far ahead from him. Just as Yusuke was about to give up, a black blur overtook him and chased after the girl
"Naiya…" The thought echoed in Hiei's mind as he chased after her. However fast she is, she is no match for him in speed. Within seconds, Naiya is brought to a halt as a black figure dropped down in front of her.
Cold golden eyes stared into crimson ones. The two of them stared at each other in silence as both of them slowly draw out their weapon. Hiei with his infamous katana and Naiya with her long bladed daggers.
"Naiya…" Hiei finally spoke, his voice barely louder than a whisper.
"…Who are you?"
A/N: Well, hope you guys like this chapter. I really don't have anything to say so yah, on to replies.
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Oh yeah, to those who read both fics… which one do you all like better? This or Frosted Love? Just curious…
-Lene