Chapter 2: Just like before

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The assassin started to feel a throbbing pain go through her head. She let a soft groan come from her throat. She didn't want to open her eyes and see where she was. What if that boy she saw took her away? The pain started to hurt more in her head.

Her long dark lashes started to open. Her blue orbs scanned the area only to see it was night and there was a fire in front of her. Two fishes were roasting above it but one fish was in front of her and was cooked well. She then looked in front of her to see the same boy.

She quickly placed her hand to her pouch to only realize that her dagger was gone. She looked at Hiei to only see him holding it. She glared at him with hatred for she hated everybody. Even herself. Hiei looked at her and noticed she was awake.

Hiei through the dagger at her face that landed on the tree that was an inch away from her pale skin. Hiei glared at her and she glared back. He enjoyed her quick movement or her face would have been sliced. The two were now in a staring contest. None of them blinked until Hiei turned his face. Inside his head, he was grinning.

"Eat you ningen" He said in a crude tone. The girl just looked at him not talking. She never ate food from people who prepared it for her. Only she made the food, or bought food. Every time she ate at a restaurant, she felt crowded.

'He must not be human if he keeps calling me a human.' She thought. She encountered a demon that took appearance of a human one time. But that was a few weeks ago. "I don't care." She said softly. Of course she knew the boy would hear since he was a demon.

"Hn" was all Hiei could say. The girl heard that and thought he was dumb. He should have killed her when he had the chance. She wouldn't mind if he did, she doesn't have a reason to live. And now he's trying to feed her. She looked at him jump up into the tree watching her with the blood red eyes.

"Baka" was all she said. She raised her hand to the side of her cheek and pulled out the dagger. She pulled out a cloth from her breast pocket and started cleaning her dagger. She never kept her dagger un-cleaned, especially after a kill.

Hiei stared at the ningen before him. She had a dark blue skirt with black shorts underneath. She had a black hood less sweater with the sleeves rolled up. Her hair was in a tight braid down her back. She was crude, silent and dangerous as he was. He enjoyed her attitude. But her smell bothered him, she reeked of demons blood.

"Why do you smell of demon blood ningen?" He barked at her. She looked at him like a snake about to feast on a little mouse. 'Why does he talk to me?' She thought. His presence made her feel crowded but warmer.

"It's no of your business!" She yelled. It's been three weeks since she spoke and she did not enjoy it. She stood up and started walking away. She didn't get far though. She only got a few feet away. 'Damn, why won't my legs move!' Then she heard a growl come from her stomach. And Hiei heard it too. 'Oh.' She thought. She moved to the nearest tree and rest against it away from the glare of Hiei.

"Hn." Hiei sat back down on his branch when he saw the human sit against a tree. 'Why did I get up when she was about to leave?' He mentally mutilated himself with his katana for caring for the human. He, the almighty Hiei never thinks about ningens. But he felt his body get warmer.

"You'd be dead by now if your dumb dagger wasn't with you" Hiei said. ' Now why am I starting a conversation with her?' He thought. Then he thought he heard her say something like 'Oh' or 'Why'. But he couldn't be sure. "Where did you get that?" he said.

She looked behind her to see the boy's form on the branch. It seemed like he was sitting, but she couldn't be sure. ' I know I've seen him some where, but where? Oh yeah, he used to be wanted, but now he's not. I wonder if the rumor about the Jagan eye is true.' The girl pulled out a book she had for a year and skimmed the pages. She sighed in disappointment for it only held information about the demons life process and how they feed and other useless information.

Hiei started getting ticked off since she didn't answer him and nobody ignores Hiei. He hoped down the branch and started walking towards her. Passing the fire, he grabbed a fish that was still hot, but he didn't care. The girl saw this and cringed in disgust. She despised demons and she wanted to kill him nice and slowly.

When he was across her on a low tree branch, he bit into the fish. It was awkward to see a demon feast on a fish. He saw her stare at him, so he stared at her cold and hard. "Why do you stare?" she asked with out emotion. 'I'm talking. No. not for nobody.' Her body started getting warmer.

"Because you seem different from the other humans. You would have been dead right now." He bit back. Her eyes were being violated by the red pupils that belonged to the demon. "Who are you?" He asked in a cold tone. 'Stop asking her questions. Kill her now' Hiei didn't know what to do with the ningen.

She once again turned her head and did not speak. She spoke too much in one-day, especially to a demon. She blinked her eyes and then felt pressure go onto her shoulders. When she opened her eyes, she was standing against the tree.

Hiei's hands were pressed against her shoulders and his head a few inches away from her face. She wanted to hiss in pain, but then he'll think she's weak just like the rest of the ningens. But she's not like them. For he did not know that there was a big gash on her left shoulder. Her body can sustain pain and anything that came to her.

"Nobody ignores me twice, not even once!" He said. His eyes started to flash red from anger his grip tightened on her shoulder. "I asked you, what is your name!" He yelled. His grip tightened on her shoulder, then he felt something squishy in his left hand. Then a new aroma filled the air. The aroma of blood. He removed his hands and saw the girl's right shoulder was turning red. It was hard to see it when she was wearing black, but it was visible enough to notice it was blood. He backed up a little in disbelief that he never realized the blood.

"My name?" She said softly as if she was dying. Hiei looked at her strangely. Why does he feel funny, why does his body seem hotter than it was before, why did he have an urge to apologize? Why was he feeling pity towards the ningen? Then his attention went back to the girl. "My name?" She laughed lightly; nobody asked her what her name was before. "My name" she said one more time. "It's…

YUSUKE'S HOUSE

"CLINK CLINK" Botan hovered outside of Yusuke's window hoping he would wake up. She saw some movement in his bed, then she saw him sit up. He got out of bed and lazily walked to the window. When he opened it, he saw Botan smiling at him. "What are you doing Botan! It's only twelve o three!" Yusuke tried whispering.

"Hurry up sleepy head, Koenma has a mission. Kuwabara and Kurama are waiting we don't have time. Get changed!" Botan turned around and waited till Yusuke was done changing.

"Alright Botan, this better be important." Yusuke said with a hint of sleepiness in his voice. He hopped onto Botan's ore and was off to spirit world. "So Botan, what's the mission about?" Yusuke asked.

"It's a secret." Botan said. She was so happy that this mission was happening.

"Fine!" Yusuke said.

AT THE PALACE

"WHAT!" Kuwabara and Yusuke yelled. They both leaned forward on the desk with their hands underneath them.

"Yes as I said. She is a girl that is merely alive. Although her physical health and appearance is good, her soul and spirit are rarely in tact with her body." Koenma said while piling the papers.

"And what did you say her name was?" Kurama asked.

"Ah yes. Her name is Kasumi. She is supposedly running the forests that you were just in. well you should be going to get her before she runs away. She's fast, so be on your guard you three. And if you see Hiei, tell him the new mission." Koenma then went back to his paper work not daring to say more words.

Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama started walking back until the met up with Botan. "Ah yes. Since your now done talking to him, I have to tell you three something exciting. While I was looking for some info about Kasumi, I found out that she's an assassin. They call her Assassin of the Wind and she previously was working for Sakyou!" Botan jumped in excitement.

"Oh great, Botan is on Kasumi's side." Yusuke said in a sarcastic way.

"Botan why are you excited? Sakyou is bad," Kurama said.

"I know, that's the thing! She's gonna hopefully join you guys and then I won't be the only girl!" Then she started walking off while laughing.

"Great, not only will we have a girl on our team, but she's just like Hiei! Did you see how mean she was?" Kuwabara said. So the three were now on their way to the forest to get the girl and Hiei. Only if Hiei doesn't kill her first.

BACK IN THE FOREST

"It's… it's just like before" She said. Kasumi grasped her head and looked at Hiei. She stood up straight and placed her hand on her leather pouch. She grabbed the hilt of her dagger and charged towards Hiei.

"Dumb Ningen!" He yelled. He grabbed his Katana from his sheath and charged towards Kasumi. His weird feelings of pity were now gone and replaced by anger. "You'll know now that you should never mess with a powerful demon!" Hiei yelled. His face had on a cocky smile knowing that he will kill the girl.

" I don't care about powerful demons!" She was pushed back a little, but she recovered quickly. "You're just like everyone else. Nobody cares about me!" She charged again towards Hiei.

Hiei just was about to strike until he noticed she disappeared. Hiei quickly turned around and stumbled back a little. He looked forward in disbelief that a ningen got behind him and attacked without sensing it. He saw his white head band fall to the ground and felt a little bit of blood trickle down his forehead. She nearly got his Jagan eye.

"Damn you stupid ningen bitch!" Hiei jumped in the air, his blade aiming for her chest.

Kasumi evaded the blade with her dagger that caused her to bend back. "Don't you ever call me that!" she yelled with hatred. She lunged forward and took a side step to the left. She was about to stab him in the abdomen, but his katana blocked. The two blades crashed together as they fought. Ningen against demon. Girl against Boy. "You fight well for a ningen." Hiei claimed.

"I'm an assassin." She said without fear. Hiei was starting to get pissed. He never lasted this long with a ningen. It was about time to finish her off. He started running towards her about to strike but she ran towards a lake that was a few meters away.

For Kasumi and Hiei, it only took a few seconds to get to the lake. Kasumi jumped into the lake that was deeper than she thought. The night must have made the lake look shallower than it appeared. The girl swam towards the middle of the lake and looked at Hiei.

"WHAT'S MATTER HIEI? I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ALMIGHTY FIRE DEMON!" Kasumi yelled cupping her hands over her mouth. She let out a slight laughter for finding the weakness of the fastest fire demon.

"You. Will. Pay!" Hiei said angrily. Of course he knew how to swim, but he didn't want his white cloth around his neck and tunic to get wet, or his katana. And if he left it there, he would be defenseless. He now knew that this human was different. For she had cut him and he never smelled her blood till now. No ningen ever fought him and lived this long, even demons can't last this long with him.

He had no other choice but to get her. He took off his tunic and white scarf and placed his Katana on the grass. He dove into the water finding it was cold as ice. 'How can a ningen who never ate for five days and have a gash on their shoulder survive this ice cold water?' Hiei was getting interested into Kasumi, but he wanted her dead for challenging him. Even he was cold in the water, but he kept his speed, but the girl was slowing a little.

Hiei had a grin on his face now that he can catch her. They were almost on the other side of the lake after swimming for five minutes straight in cold deadly water. Kasumi made it to the other side nearly out of breath. She started crawling towards land since she was now at the shallow part. Her chest heaved up and down almost collapsing on the edge of the river and land. Her hands and her knee's were now the only things supporting her.

Hiei saw her at the edge of the river, she was hardly moving now. Hiei picked up his pace at swimming now near the girl. She had no idea he was behind her, so he slowly sneaked up behind her and grabbed her ankle. He was hoping for her to shriek out in fear, but she didn't make a loud noise, all she did was gasp.

Hiei pulled the girl in the river a little bit so she was leveled towards him. Hiei was hovering above now. His legs were propped on each side of her waist and his hands pinned her arms above her head. "How did you know my name?" Hiei asked. Only demons would know his names.

"I know your name just as I know mine." Kasumi said trying to struggle against him. She felt warmer when he hovered above her and her face felt like it was getting warmer. She saw Hiei's face move forward to hers that made her feel nervous. 'Why am I feeling like this? Don't betray your body! You're a lone wolf. Get him off you!'

"What's is your name ningen?" Hiei growled lowly towards her. Hiei heard her heart quicken in pace, but he felt his heart quicken too.

"It', uhh!" she yelled bucking her hip upwards (don't get the wrong idea folks). That made Hiei feel different in his lower region, but he didn't know what it was. He felt pulsing sensations go through him, but why does it happen now if she's just a ningen?

"KASUMI…AHHH!" Yusuke and Kuwarbara yelled. Kurama just looked at the two in the water. The three boys looked at Hiei and Kasumi in disbelief. For they misinterpreted the scene. They stood a few meters away with their jaws to the grounds.

KURAMA, KUWABARA, YUSUKE POV

They saw Hiei and the girl Kasumi near the shore of the river. There was Hiei hovering above her. They both were panting for some reason… Hiei was shirtless and for the girl. Her skirt was rising her thighs so high you can see her black booty shorts. Her sweater was soaking wet that it hugged every curve of her body.

Hiei pinned the girl's poor hands above head and their faces were close together as if they were gonna kiss. And there skin were drenched with water making Kasumi's skin look as if it was a white rose covered in rain water. Her hair clung to her face as if she was sweating. And the last thing the three boys wanted to see was the girl lifting her hip towards Hiei.

NORMAL POV

"Eww gross! You could have got a cave or something!" Kuwabara pointed to the two teens. Hiei felt a blush rise up to he cheeks. They were embarrassing him, but why? 'Nothing like this ever made him feel so embarrising.'

"Dude Hiei, you're scoring! Ha Ha! That's a Kodak moment right there!" Yusuke said. He leaned over and slapped his knees. Even Kurama laughed a bit.

"Hiei, your lower than I thought! She was are mission!" Kurama plastered a huge smile on his face and laughed some more. Kasumi looked up and saw Hiei was off guard. Kasumi raised a leg and kicked him in the stomach. Hiei fell back in the water feeling a pain in the stomach. The three boys looked at the girl in disbelief and saw her run towards their way.

Hiei stood up and ran towards Kasumi. He ran past Yusuke and Kuwabara, which was a mistake. The two boys grabbed the angered fire demon by his arms and stopped him before could rip the girl to shreds. Kasumi stood there a few yards away from the group and held her beautiful dagger. 'Mission?' Kasumi looked at Kurama with confusion.

"Excuse me, um, Kasumi is it?" Kurama started speaking towards the tense girl. She looked at the red head and realized that he wasn't going to harm her. She loosened up a little, but was still on guard. She placed her dagger back in the pouch and wrapped her arms around herself.

"LET ME KILL HER!" Hiei was yelling towards Kasumi. The boy was kicking and yelling at her, but would never reach her. Kasumi started walking backwards, but started to feel weird. She looked ahead and saw her vision disappearing. Her legs gave out and she fell forwards.

Hiei stopped fighting when he noticed Kasumi fall. Kurama ran towards her and caught her before she fell forward. "Hurry, we have to take her some where to get help!" Yusuke yelled. Before Kasumi's mind blanked out, she saw Hiei in her head and heard the sentence. "Just like before…"

AWWW! What is going to happen now? And what does "Just Like Before" Mean? Well please review! I hope I get more than twelve reviews this time. I'm sorry for typos, but I don't like rereading the chapter. Here's a preview for the next chapter:

She sat up and saw people around her. And she saw Hiei. He glared at her as he leaned against the door. What happened? She placed a hand on her head and felt a sting on her right shoulder. She saw her shoulder wrapped in bandages and her clothes were discarded. "No, I need to go. I don't belong here." She said softly.

She brought the sheets to her chest and shivered. She almost got off the bed until somebody stopped her…

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