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Chapter One

(Reiko)

Finishing off another whiskey I looked around the grungy barroom that was thick with cigarette and cigar smoke and many customers. Bikers, prostitutes, drunks, and college students you name it, some were more intoxicated than the others but that really didn't matter. Glancing over at the bar I caught sight of my reflection and stopped staring at myself in the mirror, my snow-white hair was artistically mussed and my unique eyes were hidden by blue colored contacts. Breaking eye contact with myself I stared down into my empty glass wondering if he was even going to show, my bet was on him not coming. It was finally time for me to exact my revenge from the ones who had destroyed my life well beyond repair and now they would feel my wrath.

"Who the hell are you?" A masculine voice demanded and I lifted my head to see Hiei Jaganshi standing in front of me danger and darkness radiating from his body. He was taller than me with slashing scarlet eyes that burned like fire and black hair that pointed up toward the heavens like a flame a with a starburst of white in the front.

"My name is of no consequence at this point," I quietly informed him pouring myself another drink.

"What do you want?" He snarled and I swung my feet down from their position on the table in front of me.

"Revenge," I answered lifting the glass to my lips taking a long drink from it.

"Don't you mean suicide? An amateur like you wouldn't last a minute against me." He sneered at me and I couldn't help the tide of fury that rose inside me as I lightly set my glass back on the wooden surface.

"No, I want my revenge against Taro and I will get it," I watched his eyes narrow at the demon I named. "That's right, Taro the lord of the Demon Underworld, he is my target and contrary to your belief I am most likely of equal age or older than you with just as much knowledge and power." He didn't respond or say anything so I continued, "I'm not asking much, all I need from you is to go to his children's birthday party with me as your date."

"Mad you weren't invited?" He quipped watching me closely.

"If you do this, I can make all your enemies disappear, I can make it so that you can finally tell you sister who you are." I stated this and observed him tense up anger burn in his eyes for using his sister to get to him. "You do have the option to say no I will let you go without the threat of me leaking it to the demon society. My only goal is to make Taro pay, I'm not going to try and force you to help me because after I have exacted my revenge I will have enough enemies."

"And I should believe you?" Hiei snapped his eyes glowing with barely suppressed rage at me.

"If you don't want to please do leave so that I can start formulating another way to get in." I said before downing the rest of my whiskey. "Have a nice life, hopefully we'll never meet again." Setting the glass down I pulled my laptop out its case and opened it on the table barely taking the time to register that the fire apparition had left.

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Sliding my key into the door I turned it and walked in setting my laptop down onto the little table before sinking into the closest chair unable to believe I was actually going to execute my plan. He was going to pay for he'd done to me. He was going to scream long and loud for every tear he had caused me to shed. Pulling my wayward emotions back to myself I shoved them back into the far recesses of my mind.

"Isn't it bad to be tired before you've even started?" A voice questioned from behind me and I threw out my energy to see who it was. It was Hiei what an interesting twist, what could he want? Standing up I found him leaning against the far wall surrounded by shadows arms crossed, eyes closed. When he opened them I found myself mesmerized by their ruby hue barely able to wrench myself from their gaze.

"Yeah, I guess it is if you're tired," I replied ending the staring contest and began gathering up the stuff I had lying around which was minimal at the most.

"Hn," was his response and I hardly expected even that.

"What are you doing here? I thought you didn't want to help me?" I shoved the stuff into a small backpack that was made so that it could never be filled, anything could go into it.

"What's your plan?"

"Why do you care?" I retorted zipping up the bag no longer facing him so I was unable to see his face.

"How would you fulfill your promise?" Was his next question and I smiled to myself, well, well, maybe I wouldn't be going alone after all.

"Seeing as who and what I am no one wants me mad at them, their very own personal fears would come to pass right before their eyes and they would never be able to sleep again." I said, "If by some miracle that doesn't work I have a lot of connections and favors I can call in, I take it you're coming?" No response except that of the door closing, maybe I would be going alone. Flopping down onto my bed I stared at the ceiling and traced the stains with my eyes until I drifted off into sleep, the state my body was most natural in.

Opening my eyes I looked around and began to take in where I was, who I was and what I was doing. Hearing guns go off I ducked and rolled listening to the bullets whiz over my head as I realized I had a gun myself.

"Just you wait you little slug!!!" Someone yelled at me as another volley of ammunition was fired at me. Taking a deep breath I stood up and stepped into the open shooting at anything that moved and then quickly retreated back to the safety of the wall I had been hiding behind. Listening to them approach I reloaded my gun and waited, there seemed to be three by the footsteps. At the last possible moment I discarded my hiding place and fired three times dropping them but one got a shot off and it grazed my cheek.

Jolting awake I clapped my hand to my cheek wincing from the pain it caused and slowly pulled my hand away to look at my blood stained fingers. Sighing deeply I lay back down adrenaline still pumping through my body as I stared off into the darkness thanking my lucky stars that my dream hadn't been about my past. This time I might not be so lucky.

Extremely short I know.....I tried...my brain wasn't functioning properly.....Review please....