Meh, I decided to try and update my other story, 'Surprise, Surprise' now.
>w

Truths and Consequences
"Ah. So you called me. I knew you would. No one ever turns down me."

"Shut up."

"Fiesty are we? Well, I can fix that. Why don't you just drop that nice ass of yours off at my house at… Let's say… Eight-ish? Then I'll fix you up real good."

Xyana rolled her eyes, a disgusted frown crossing her innocent looking features. This nigen was one of her minions. Of course he didn't know that. He was being manipulated by Clarice. Clarice was a good butler, a good playmate, and a good manipulator.

"Listen up. There's this girl. A picture of her is in the package I sent you, is that correct?" Xyana muttered, still disgusted with this minion.

She usually never called him. But he was her only LIVE nigen minion, and she needed him to dirty his hands now.

"Hai. What's up with her? She's alright looking. Is she a reward from you, my darlin'?"

Her frown deepened, and she stuck out her tounge in total disgust.

"Do what you want with her."

"You mean she's mine!"

"I meant…" Xyana took a deep breath, and griminced. It took a lot out of her to control Clarice, especially since his body was all the way in Nigenikai, while hers was still in Maikai. It didn't help that he had a natrually rebelious soul, either. "Do what you nigens do, and how do you say… Kill her."

"Can I have fun with her first?"

"Do what you want." Xyana said, sterner, getting weary of this nigen man, "Just make sure she's dead by the time you're done."

"This is going to be fun."

XOXOXO

"Goodbye! And come again! You know you're always welcome."

He closed the door, taking out a silk hankercheif, and wiping away at the sweat that had been forming on his forehead.

Ever since that little girl, Xyana, came, with that Clarice boy. He had gone from being an amuater murderer, to a rich, invincible, murder.

His eyes glinted with delight, as he grabbed the package from a servant's hand. "Get out of here now. Get! You're dismissed for the day." He muttered to the servant.

The servant was more than happy to obey. He grabbed his coat and rushed out the door before his employer could say 'come back!'

The man closed the door once more, and leaning against it for support, he opened the worn out envelope once more. Digging deep, he pulled out a photo, as if it were a diamond. "You, my dear," He crooned, "Is a big paycheck for me. Not to mention, you look like you'll be fun."

Above him, near the tippytop of the high roof, was the young water fairy. She fluttered back and forth on the ceiling, glad for the fact that the man was too stupid and obsessed with the picture to look up and notice her.

"Hiei-san." The young fairy muttered, holding her tiny hands tightly together, "I think you and that girl are in trouble…"

She looked down once more, her eyes focused on the picture.

A young girl, around 17. Black hair, blue eyes. And behind her, a person only youkai could see, was Hiei.

"Jo." The young fairy whispered to herself, "Jo."

XOXOXO

I yawned.

It was only eight o'clock at night, but it was dark outside, and since I was bored to death on my BIRTHDAY, no less, I was sleepy.

Oh yeah! I could always call my parents!

They had promised me the other day that they would be here for my birthday. Perhaps they were already at the airport!

I quickly jumped up to my feet, dialing in the numbers for my father's celluar.

It rang around 5 times, before that stupid operating voice said that he was out of service.

I frowned. And then dialed in the number with the France area code thing.

It rang about 3 times, before my father picked up.

"Dad? You're still in France?" I said, trying to sound normal, and not like this situation effected me.

"Hey hon. Sorry. Your mother and I got caught up in work. And then the planes got delayed. You understand, right?" He replied, sounding really stressed.

I bit my lip. My gawd, he always thought, since I was 17, I could take care of myself, and wouldn't need him anymore.

Well, you know what? He was wrong, I barely had a chance to be happy after I was 10. Sometimes I think he's selfish, but I know my father works hard to get a bunch of money to let me and my stepmom and himself survive in a high class manor.

"Yeah, don't worry Dad."

"M-hm… Study your french, 'kay? And I promise, I'll allow you to go anywhere you want, with anyone you want! Just call when you know where you want to go!"

"Yea… Au revoir, Dad." I said, taking a deep breath.

There was a click, and I sighed.

My dad had hung up without saying goodbye.

XOXOXO

Hiei stared at Jo, a bit of pity showing in his gaze.

She was just standing next to that… That… 'Telephone'. She was looking down on the ground, her hair covering her face. Not to mention, she hadn't moved from that position in 10 minutes.

He crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall. However, there was nothing he could do for the girl. In some ways, it was better for him to watch and pity her from afar, than bother her when she was moping.

And so he did.

He watched her from afar.

XOXOXO

The phone rang.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

Beeeeeeep.

'Hello, you have reached me, Jo! Currently, I'm not near the phone, DUH! Leave a message after the beep! Oh, and don't forget my birthday! It's tomorrow!'

I smirked. I had to change that answering machine answer to something more depressing.

"Hey. Jo? 'Tis Shai! I've got something to show you! And I promise you it's got nothing to do with mourning. So… Get your ass over here, girl! And be happy! Or else I will be calling you over and over again. 'Cause I know you're there!"

I perked up.

Something happy?

I crossed my arms, debating wether I should go.

It would brighten your mood. 'Cause damn, girl. Your mood ain't so bright, I have'ta say.

I smiled, and nodded.

I would go.

I spun around, and found Hiei behind me. "Neh, you stay here, 'kay? I'll be back in a bit."

I couldn't let him follow me, he would find out about that and everything else and… Probably kill me for not telling him.

I waited until he nodded, before I ran out the door, heading towards the temple.

You selfish, selfish BITCH.

Beeeep.

'Hello, you have reached me, Jo! Currently, I'm not near the phone, DUH! Leave a message after the beep! Oh, and don't forget my birthday! It's tomorrow!'

"Hey, Jo? Hurry up and get here! We're all wai-"

XOXOXO

Shai stuck her tounge out at the phone, and slammed it down. "Stupid Jo still hasn't answered…" She said, crossing her arms and pouting in a very childish mannor.

Yukina smiled. "I'm sure she's just taking her time to get over here, Shai-chan. It's to annoy you."

"Of course she's doing that!" Shai exclaimed, "She always gets back at me when she has the chance!"

Knock.

"She's here!" Shai squealed, and rushed to the door, throwing it open.

XOXOXO

"Wait! I'm going to the bathroom!" I laughed, and swung the door shut.

I sat down on the edge of the bathtub, and sighed. It wasn't a depressed sigh. It was a happy one!

Yay! Finally, a happy sigh! Please note the sarcasm.

It was obvious the boys didn't really want to be there at first. But of course, Shai probably threatened them or something. She did that a lot.

But after a while, Yusuke and Kuwabara settled down a bit, and actually started to enjoy her very small party.

Especially since Shai spiked the drinks.

Suiichi… Well… He was depressed, yes, but he did his best to hide it.

Yukina was throughly enjoying herself.

And so was I.

"You lied…" A voice hissed.

My eyes widened, I knew that voice.

A hand slid onto my shouldar, and I winced, as his grip tightened.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

I gulped, and closed my eyes.

Why couldn't my birthdays ever be happy?

"Why didn't you tell me you already knew everything about me?" He said, I could feel his ghostly auroa darken with anger, "My past, my sisters, the others…"

I winced again, as he squeezed my shouldar, hard, and then released it. "You could've at least told me my own name, onna."

He let go of me, and I turned around.

"R-I mean, Hiei! I'm really sorry!" I cried, but he was gone by the time I looked behind me.

I took deep breaths, trying to calm myself down. But it wasn't working.

Shakily, I got up to my feet, and opened the door.

I don't know why, but it hurt so much.

Not physical hurt, or mental hurt, the fact that he…

Well…

It was a different kind of hurt.

XOXOXO

"You guys, I think it's time for us to tell Jo what we really are."

The three boys looked up, surprised at Shai's sudden remark.

"I mean, I tried telling her myself, millions of time. Ivy knew, her brother knew, only she didn't know… And then, you guys came into the picture! I'm not blaming you of course, I'm just saying... If I tell her what I am, you guys will be brough into the picture, and…" Shai's voice trailed off, and green eyes gazed at the floor.

Silence filled the room.

"I agree." Kurama said, breaking the silence.

The other two boys' heads whipped up.

They looked at each other for a split second. Kuwabara hesitantly nodded. Yusuke shrugged. "Hey, if you three are doing it, I can't back out, can I?" Yusuke said, his trademark grin slipping onto his face.

Shai looked up, her eyes bright with nervousness and happiness. "Arigatou you guys!" She squleaed, jumping up to her feet, "Now… All I need to do is find out a way to tell Jo…"

Yusuke pushed himself off the floor. "I'm goin' to get another drink." He called over his shouldar, holding up his empy glass just to prove his point.

A hand ran through his gelled black hair, before he slid open the door, and stepped out. He paused for a moment, and closed the door again.

A sigh escaped the boy's mouth. Who knows what Jo's reaction would be. It would be worse if she had heard their short, but important, conversation in there…

He looked up, and chocolate brown eyes widened.

Jo sat on the ground, her black hair covering her face. If this wasn't such an emotional moment, he would probably be teasing her about how she looked like that girl from 'The Ring.'

"D-Did you hear our conversation in there?" Yusuke hurridly asked, the plastic cup falling to the wooden floor.

She looked up, hurt in her eyes. "W-What? H-Hai…" She muttered, her voice sounding far off and distant.

His breath caught in his throat. "S-Shai would've told you sooner! Seriously! And me and the others would have told you as well!" He was panicking now, after losing Hiei, he seriously didn't have the heart to lose another friend, "C-Come on Jo, you understand, right?"

Her head snapped up, a bit of curiousity and confusion now edging into her blue eyes. But Yusuke didn't notice. He just kept blabbing on, like he did when Keiko was angry with him. "I mean, you can accept us for what we are, right? Shai told us you saw ghosts… Y-You can accept demons and half demons, and humans with spiritual powers, right!"

"WHAT?" Jo screamed, jumpimg up to her feet.

At once, Yusuke had a sinking feeling in his gut. Jo hadn't been depressed looking because of their conversation in there. She had been depressed about something else…

The black haired girl roughly pushed Yusuke to once side, and slid open the door, almost tearing through the paper.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS YUSUKE TALKING ABOUT?" She screamed again, her eyes locked with Shai's,.

Shai's eyes widened, her eyes darting from Jo to Yusuke, than back to Jo.

But as her surprise faded away, which it did pretty quckly, anger edged into her voice.

"Don't get so FUCKIN' mad Jo." Shai hissed, "I tried to tell you millions of times. You FUCKIN' never LISTENED."

"S-So it's true?" Jo gasped, her anger evaporating like water on the sun. She seemed stunned, and the color drained out of her face.

"Hai." Shai said confidently, "Everyone knew. Ivy, your brother. They knew I wasn't normal. And you know why I'm not normal, Joanne? Because I'm a demon. A wolf demon to be exact."

All eyes darted from the two best friends, Shai stood tall, she was set on telling Jo everything. Jo, on the other hand, had collapsed onto the floor, her face pale, too pale.

"A-And Yusuke is a demon as well. So is Kurama, or Suiichi, as you know him. Kuwabara's a human with spiritual powers. Yukina's a demon." Shai said, her voice faltering for one second.

Jo sprung up to her feet, and slapped away Kurama's hand, as he had come over to try and comfort her. "W-What about Hiei?" She croaked, her blue eyes darting around the room, as if searching everybody's face to make sure this was a joke.

"A demon."

Shai took this chance to transform. Her tall form was added another inch. Green eyes turned darker. Two black wolf ears appeared in a puff of smoke, her human ears disappearing. A black, long tail, with a white tip was stiffened up, waiting for Jo's response.

The room was silent, except for Jo's almost silent whimpers.

The door slid open, and Yukina stepped in with a tray full of tea. Of course, she automatically stopped, feeling the tension in this room.

"A-Ano… Did I miss something?" She asked softly.

Jo turned around, and her eyes grew fearful. She rushed towards the door, knocking Yukina out of the way. The tray flew into the air, and boiling hot tea splashed onto Yukina's arm. The ice koormine didn't even have a chance to cry out.

"DEMONS DON'T EXSIST!" Jo cried, standing at the end of the hall.

And with that, the girl was gone.

"Yukina-chan!" Kuwabara automatically cried, rushing to help the scalded girl.

But she shook her head, shakily getting up to her feet.

"Was that the best idea, Shai-san?" She asked slowly, crimson meeting green.

"Hai. It's best for her to know." Shai replied, tears filling up in her eyes, "Let's just hope it doesn't kill her…"

XOXOXO

I ran through the temple, jumped the stairs, stumbled, fell, scraped my knees, but still, I didn't stop running.

How could I have been so stupid? That's why Shai and Ivy and my brother would be discussing things in secret, and when I entered, they would stop, and look up at me, fake smiles on their face.

That's why Shai was so overly athletic. People always used to call her abnormal. That she took steroids or such.

Tears rose in my eyes, and I found myself in the bustling night life of the city.

Everyone knew. Everyone knew… The others were demons. Demons killed humans… Right?

BZZT! That's not completely true! Come on! Listen to me for once! If you don't, something bad'll happen!

But I shook my head. Something bad had to happen.

NOW.

What could I do, that nobody knew?

Something that no one expect immature, moody, Jo to do?

My eyes fell onto a bar slash club thing.

Drinking, dancing, going into one night things.

Perfect.

XOXOXO

"S-She's gone insane!"

"Hai."

"B-But that means…"

"Her end has come."

XOXOXO

A smirk played at my lips, as I was being dragged off by some dude in his late twenties.

It was sort of strange. He was the first one to approach me. He even convinced the guard dudes to let me go in. He bought me drinks, and even knew my name before I even told him.

And now, he was leading me off to a Motel 6 thing.

"Room for two please. The best you can give us." He purred to the elderly, bored-looking, clerk.

He rose an eyebrow at me. I looked young. I know. But without any words, he tossed us a key.

The boy took it, and walked over to the elevators.

He pushed the button to go up, and the elevator door slid open.

As we got in, and it closed, he was upon me already. His tounge slid into my mouth. And his hand traveled from my ass, to my neck, slowly, and seducingly.

It didn't feel right to me.

But hey? What did I know? I was a girl who could see ghosts, her best friends were demons, oh, and, she never had sex before. PLUS, while this dude was stealing my virgenity, he just stole my first kiss.

Before I knew it, again, I was on the bed, one hand handcuffed onto the steel headboard thing.

I lifted a head and looked around.

I thought Motel 6's weren't that bad…

The room was dark, and dirty. Stains covered the bare ground. The only thing in here, besides the bed, was a garbage can. Glass from beer bottles littered the floor. And the bed itself reeked of barf, sweat, and… Blood?

"I didn't know you would be so easy to seduce, my dear…" He muttered into my ear, lustfully, his hand traveling up my leg.

Panic struck me, as drunk as I was.

"You're a real big paycheck for me…" He muttered again, and he was upon me, once more, without any words.

And I knew at once, that this room was where I was going to die.

And it scared me to death.

XOXOXO

Shai blinked. The sun had risen. Jo hadn't come home last night…

She inhaled deeply. That could mean only one thing.

Trouble.

In seconds, she was up on her feet, her hands fumbling with the cellphone. Clumsily, she dailed the phone number she had memorised.

He wasn't picking up…

"Neh, Kurama-kun? Jo hasn't come home. Something's wrong. Something doesn't feel right… Call the others, help me look for her, please?" Shai begged, leaving a message.

Jo… How could you be so stupid…?

XOXOXO

Run. Run. Run.

Don't you fuckin' stop.

I'll fuckin' die if I stop.

My breath catches in my throat, my heart thumps loudly against my chest.

My eyes are closed.

I'm running blindly into the forest.

I wrap my arms around, and scratch at myself.

Dirty, dirty.

I feel so dirty.

Branches tore at my already ripped clothes. I shuddered in pain as new scratches were opened in my flesh.

Dirty, dirty. I'm so god damn dirty…

A flash of light reflecting off water.

I quickly ran into it.

I could hear his footsteps behind me.

I took a deep breath, and splashed in.

The cool water was refreshing against my hot skin.

"YOU BITCH!" He screamed, and a knife flew past me, leaving a deep scratch imprinted on my cheek.

Tears rose in my eyes, but even now, so close to death, I would not break my promises.

Instead, I ran deeper into the water.

Towards the middle of the lake.

My feet no longer touched the wet floor.

I floated for a bit, before starting to sink.

Dirty.

Dirty.

Why was I so dirty?

My breath was gone.

I was going to die. I was going to drown, here. Here, where I blindly ran. Somewhere I do not know.

S-Sorry, You guys…

XOXOXO

Shai grasped her cellphone to her chest, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Don't worry, Shai." He said soothingly, patting her on the back, "Jo'll turn up. She's too strong to die."

"I-I shouldn't have told her!" Shai sobbed, "I shouldn't have! Not on her birthday!"

Jo was missing.

It was the third day now.

And Shai was worried to death. She hadn't slept in those three days. Not to mention, had barely eaten.

Kurama sighed. It was going hard on Shai, really it was.

Shai suddenly tenses up, and she twitched.

"K-Kurama? C-Can you feel another ki in this room?" She whispered in a urgent voice, her eyes gazing upwards, and then back to him.

He concentrated for a moment. Then nodded, slightly. His hand slipped into his pocket, and a seed appeared in the palm of his hand.

With no hesitatino, he threw the seed up. A horrible splitting sound ensured, and then a tiny squeak of fear.

A second later, the seed, no, the plant fell down. A small blue fairy trapped in its clutches.

"P-Please. I mean no harm!" She squeaked, her body struggling to escape.

Shai observed the small creature and then tuged on Kurama's sleeve gently. No need to be afraid of a fairy. They always kept their word.

The plant lifted its grip on the tiny creature, and she sat up, breathing heavily.

"P-Please. I only come here to bring news about that nigen… Jo…" She squeaked, her voice like the sound of a bell.

Green eyes widened, and quickly, Shai scooped up the fairy.

"W-Where? Where is she?" She whispered urgently, not noticing that she had transformed into her wolf demon form.

The fairy stared at Shai with wide eyes, before squeaking out once more, "M-Maikai. S-She was captured by y-youkai…"

"So.. In other words… S-She's DEAD?" Shai sobbed, her hands clutched to her chest.

The fairy was startled at Shai's sudden retreating of her hands, but she quickly regained her balance, and floated in the air. "Iie." The fairy whispered, "You still have time to save her…"

After cleaning up the reamins of his 'one-time-use' plant, he turned towards the small water fairy.

"Where? Which part of Maikai?" He asked, his cellphone out and ready to call Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"You must follow me."

XOXOXO

Crazyloony598:
A weird soap opera?
Thanks.
xD

Suntiger:
Thanks for your spelling error corrections.
;-;
This computor doesn't seem to have that spell check thing... >>

Youko-Naome:
Well, Jo's technically not a meditator. But I'm guessing you read 'The Meditator' Books, neh?

Makuryami Ookami:
o.o
You reviewed like, all of the chapters.
-huggles-
Thank you!
xD

insanenigen14:
She is rather sadistic isn't she?
>w

fangimation:
Spoiled? Really?
I wasn't really aiming for her to be spoiled, but hey, it fits the story.
XD

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED!
;3
You people have Hei's love.

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