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Chapter Four

(Hiei)

Reiko woke up about an hour before it was time to go down to the party; she looked refreshed. As soon as she rolled out of bed she stripped with absolutely no never mind to who was in the room. Her skin in this false form was flawless, with just the right tonnage to make her look perfect. The few scars that I had noticed earlier were gone and I wondered at how easily she was able to wear such a different form, live in body that was the opposite of her true one. Around her neck hung a beautiful blue gem pendant on a silver and gold chain. Old ancient symbols were carved into it and when the light hit them just right it was if they glowed.

Carefully she slid into a pair of black pants that were so tight she had to do this ridiculous little wriggling, wiggling maneuver until they were securely around her waist. Through the belt loops she weaved a silver link belt that had small blue gems placed at intervals around it. Next on was a silky blue tank top that had black ribbon lacing up the sides loosely, so more than just a little skin was showing. Her necklace was tucked underneath and out of sight before she slid a silver armband, with a glowing blue sapphire in it, on her right arm. A few rings were added on and then she swiftly and efficiently put her hair up in a clip so it cascaded down in a tumult of curls.

"So what's going on?" I questioned as she slid her feet into a pair of black open-toed sandals.

"You don't have to do anything else; you've done your part." Reiko gave me a crooked smile as she pulled off her glasses and set them down on the bedside table. "All you have to do is let me be your date." With a nod she headed for the door and I followed watching closely. With ease she led the way down to the courtyard where the party was just beginning to turn into a huge blast. There was a band with Ningen instruments, three of them played what I believe were called the "guitar" while one was on a "keyboard" and the last was beating on the "drums."

"Welcome to the party of the century!" The lead singer bellowed into the microphone and I winced at the horrendous sound. He had dark purple hair that looked like a rats nest and his teal eyes contained red flecks. The guitar he held had an intricately drawn dragon on it that was half black and half white. Behind him the guy at the drums laughed, his long black hair was clubbed back in a ponytail and a pair of sunglasses concealed his eyes. One of the other guitarists was a girl with long black hair that hung around her in a dark curtain that couldn't dim her bright purple gaze. The last guitar wielding terror had dark green hair and light lavender eyes and the keyboardist had white hair and purple eyes as well.

"Hello!" A girl with dark brown hair skipped up to us. "The beverages, both alcoholic and non are over there -" She pointed to a tent where Taro, the Lord of the Demon Underground was bartending. "And the food's on that table. Have a nice time."

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Lounging against the base of one of the walls I watched Reiko shrug off repeated advances from a drunken idiot. It served her right, wearing such a blatantly sexual outfit. On her left I spotted another guy coming up. He had greasy black hair and he swaggered with a drunken arrogance that showed he thought he was quite the thing. As he opened his mouth to call out to Reiko I caught his eye and snarled. It was a low feral sounding growl that would send shivers up the stupidest moron's spine.

"Hiei, can you go get me a drink?" Reiko called as she slapped the guy's hand away.

"Don't you have two legs?" I demanded. It was quite obvious that she had two legs, seeing as how every male at the party was staring at them.

"Please?" She ground out and I got the feeling that she really didn't want a drink; she just wanted me to meander away for a few minutes. Well if that's what she wanted. I pushed myself up and made my way over to the drink tent.

"And on request from the great man in charge of the bar tent –" the lead singer called into the microphone. "We have some R.L. Burnside!" Whoever the hell that was.

"What's a little guy like you doing here?" Someone's voice whined, the only thing that it could be compared to was an over grown fly. Glancing off to the side I saw a demon, who was about six foot four standing there a cocky grin on his face, and most definitely drunk. Deciding to ignore the fly I flicked my gaze forward again not once breaking my stride.

"Arrogant little snot, aren't you?" He growled stepping in front of me and grabbed me by the front of my cloak.

"You're not worthy of my time," I replied curling my lip as I brushed his hands off the front of my clothes. "If you come near me again, you won't be able to do it again." Even though I kept staring ahead I was aware of every movement he made. If he decided to attack, I was ready.

It was the last mistake he would make.

As he reached out to grab me I snapped around planting my foot firmly in his gut satisfied at the loud whoosh sound he made as the breath was forced from his flabby body. With an elegant maneuver I removed my foot and did a jab into his face, then a cross jab to the chin followed with a left hook forcing his head to the side finishing up with an uppercut snapping his head back again. The brainless imbecile staggered backward and his friend stepped in as a second, he reached for me, but I drew my sword and smacked his elbow with the flat of the blade, spinning him to the side. Smoothly I slammed the hilt of the katana into his temple.

Hearing someone coming at me I crouched down allowing him to trip over me and land face first on the ground, whirling around I blocked another moron's punch and countered with an attack of my own. He was out cold after that and I swept the legs out from under a new lummox who thought that because I was short I was weak.

Less than five minutes later I stepped over the unconscious bodies into the tent and walked up to the bar. I ordered two drinks as some man 'sang' about how, "You know ya wrong," and that "If you don't leave and make it fast, I'm gonna put my foot right up your ass." Extremely appropriate.

"I popped the top off one of them and started slugging it down as I headed back to where Reiko was, my only regret about the fight was that I couldn't have swatted flyboy with a huge fly swatter.

"Oh thank you sooooo much, I really needed this," Reiko sighed as I handed her the beer. She knocked the top off and drained the bottle in one long pull. It was then I noticed that she was taller. Suspiciously I looked down and saw that she was standing on top of the guy who had been hitting on her earlier.

"New footstool?" I asked finishing my drink and throwing the bottle into a nearby bin.

"Oh yes, it's very comfortable," Reiko answered grinding the heels of her sandals into his back with gusto.

"Hn." I leaned back up against the wall.

"You look relaxed, what happened?" She demanded tossing her bottle into the bin too.

"I squashed a couple pesky flies," I said.

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