See I told you the next chapter would be soon! Anyway I was going threw all my music looking for a song I could use for this IMPORTANT chapter I have in mind for this story and I figured something out… I have at least 2 songs for every kind of scene in a story you would want… that tells me something… I need more music!
Chapter 26: The visit to Koenma's and a flashback
The next morning all was silent in the temple grounds, this is until Shi walked out onto the Patio silently and over to Hiei. "Hiei!" She screamed right next to him. His eyes snapped open and he almost fell off the banister.
When he regained his balance he glared at her and received a jolt of pain from his Jagan. As she watched this Shi started to laugh at the chain of events she had caused.
What Shi?" He asked.
"Well that's no way to talk to your girlfriend. She said. "Anyway I'm in a lively mood today!" His look fell to one of slight annoyance. "I'm glad someone is." He murmured. "You woke me up for that?" He asked.
"Well no."
"Then what for?"
"I have to ask you a question." He stayed quiet, "but I forgot!" He almost fell over again. "You woke me up for that?" He asked again.
"Now look who's asking all the questions." If he didn't get these jolts of pain he would be glaring hard at her. "What time is it?"
"Six o clock." She stated as she sat herself on the banister in front of Hiei. "No actually I know what it is I just like annoying you!" Shi said with a smile.
"Do you remember when we were on vacation, we stayed at that hotel and the first morning Kuwabara and Yusuke started banging on our door demanding entrée and that they knew everything?"
"When you put it so vivid like that, yes why?"
"When they said that, did they mean they knew about your Jagan choosing me as your mate?"
"Yes why?"
"Just wondering." He got off the banister and looked at her, "is anyone else up?"
"No."
"We should go." She got off the banister and followed Hiei down to the middle of the temple. "Where are we going?" A portal opened in front of him. "To see Koenma."
"Oh good… wait why?"
"We need to discuss the light demon's being here." He explained. She simply nodded and went threw the portal with him, instantly being transported to the Spirit world and in Koenma's office.
"Hello you two, I'm surprised to see you here so early." Koenma said in a lively tone from behind his desk. "Yeah whatever." Shi said.
"Koenma there are light demons in the Ningenkai." Hiei explained getting straight to the point. "I know." He said. "I gave them clearance to be there."
"Why?" Shi asked puzzled.
"They have no history of evil intentions-."
"What about Yusa?" Shi cut in, Koenma was silent a moment. "Even him, he was not committing crimes, his intentions were simply… misunderstood."
"Well you need to get them out, they're after Shi." Hiei's tone was rather firm. "I know that to, for the Changing Decisions tradition. Her father is not able to give clearance for that, but their intentions are carved in stone whatever they really are."
"What does him giving his okay for the tradition have to deal with anything?" Shi asked, observing as Hiei rolled his eyes. "They need a demon parent's agreement to change the child into the different type of demon, because the transformation can always prove fatal." Her eyes widened.
"I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do about their being there. No doubt they know of Yusa's death so they must have different reasoning, I'll warn you not to underestimate them; even if you have the upper hand." Koenma's voice tone suddenly became very serious.
"Light demons are the most cunning and strategic demons in existence, even more then a Yoko can be." (Okay I don't want rebels against the whole 'Yoko' thing, I'm using it for the meaning of it; just had to make that clear.)
Hiei glared at the toddler and headed out of the room with Shi on his tail. 'You look… like her now Shi.' Koenma thought as he watched them leave.
"He knows something we don't." Hiei stated when the doors to Koenma's office closed. "Or else he wouldn't have told us all of that."
"So it's a mystery now?"
"More then likely, I have a feeling it's not going to have a good ending to it either."
"Yeah… you know what I just noticed?"
"What?"
"You talk more word wise to me than anyone else, even Kurama it seems now." Shi stated as she tried to meet his eyes, but they stayed locked in front of him.
"Hn." She smiled at his response.
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"Shi." Kurama called to her. She looked up from the T.V Yusuke, Kuwabara and her had been watching. "Is it true your dropped out of school?" He asked. "Yep." Yusuke's mouth fell open.
"That's kind of irresponsible don't you think?" She smiled, "don't worry I'll pick it up again after I solve this mystery thing." Hiei had explained to Kurama what had happened at Koenma's when they got back.
"Wait a second!" Yusuke called. "You mean Shi gets to drop out of school completely on her own will and I don't?"
"Yeah basically." She said.
"Yusuke she's being pursued by high class demons." Kurama corrected.
"Dang, maybe I should go piss off some demons." He grumbled. "Even if you did do that your reason would be plain irresponsible no questions asked." Kurama said.
"You know what Kurama… no one asked you!" Then Yusuke glared at Shi. "I really hate you right now." He kept glaring at her.
"Oh I'm sorry… then again let me think about that for a while." He didn't say anything to her.
"Alright, well I'm going shopping with the money Koenma gave me." Shi declared as she stood up and moved towards the door. "Koenma gave you money?" Simultaneously Yusuke and Kuwabara almost shouted.
"No, but he gave me a card to charge one, I'm going to use it to it's full potential." She smirked as she spoke.
"She gets money to! Why don't we get any of this stuff?" She ignored them, "Hiei." She looked over at the fire demon; who sat on the windowsill silently. "Come on you're coming me with me." Hiei starred at her for a long minute before getting up and walking to the front door.
"Hiei listens to her without question I thought he only did that for Kurama… but still that's not fare!" Everyone seemed to ignore Hiei, shi and Hiei walked out the door.
"Why are you bringing me onna?" Hiei asked glancing over at Shi as they walked threw the open air and down the steps of the temple. "I don't know, because I can I guess." She had a smile on her face as she spoke.
"You confuse me."
"I know, I have a tendency to do that to people."
"So I see."
The walk into town was quiet for the most part, but as soon as She spotted a building she liked she ran in. "What kind of shop is this?" Hiei asked but followed her into the large display room.
"It's a car dealership."
"Why are we here?" He asked looking at the parked cars on the tile floor. "Ever since I was a kid I've had my eye on one car, one car I swore to myself someday I would get." She stopped in front of a dark blue car.
"And that is?"
"A Lamborghini." Her voice was slick as she spoke.
"Why don't you get it then?"
"250,000 dollars yeah right." (I don't know how much that would be in yen.) Hiei gazed upon the automobile so slick and so perfect. "Why don't you pay half then, and the other half later?"
"Good idea, I shouldn't let this long awaited purchase slip from me, damn I'm glad I thought of it!" Hiei scowled but said nothing. Shi took the black card out of her pocket and looked around for a dealer.
"Hey." She went over to a free standing man dressed in a nice suit, presumably a dealer. "Yes ma'am, what can I do for you today." His smile fell to a odd look when he laid eyes on Shi and Hiei.
"Are you old enough to be interested in these kind of cars?" Shi was the one to glare at the man for his abrupt question. "I'm sixteen and more than capable of knowing where my boundaries lie."
"Okay then, what can I do for you?"
"I'm interested in that Lamborghini over there. I'd like to pay half for it now and half later." She explained while pointing to the car, he looked at the car then back at Shi.
"Yes ma'am, so that would be about 125,000 dollars for you?"
"Hai, I'll also be waiting till I pay next time to deal with the insurance and everything else."
"Okay, how are you paying for it?" She gave him the black card and he walked away with it instantly. "You think Koenma will be upset at m for charging so much money?" Hiei looked at her.
"Maybe but it was his own fault for giving it to you in the first place, so he can only blame himself."
"Yeah, I wonder what everyone will think when they learn what I got." She chuckled at the mere thought of it; the man returned soon with her card in hand.
He handed it back to her; "alright ma'am your first half has been paid off and we will see you next time if there is nothing more I can do for you."
"No that's it, thanks." She smiled at him and then led the way out the door. "Now where are you dragging me?" Hiei asked from beside her. "I'm not dragging you anywhere you're coming because you chose to stay." She explained.
"I'm not sure where we're going next probably a clothes store if I can find something I like. Yesterday night I liked that outfit and I want to get something along that trend."
"Hn." Hiei said simply.
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When the two demons returned to the house, Shi was carrying two bags filled with clothes with two different name brands printed in a neat fashion on each bag.
"What did you two get?" Kuwabara asked when he spotted them. "Clothes." She said happily. "And a ningen transport thing." Kurama looked confused at Hiei.
"You mean… like a car?"
"Hai." All eyes fell onto Shi. "You bought a car?" Everyone but Hiei asked all together and in a very surprised way. She smiled, "well half of one at least." She explained.
"What kind?" Yusuke asked.
"A Lamborghini."
"Damn, those things are so expensive how did you get it?" He continued to interrogate, the other two seemed to stunned to say anything at all.
"I used that card that Koenma gave me." The smile stuck on her face taking the silence and walking out of the room and into her own and placing the bags on the floor next to the door.
"Now what do I do?" She questioned herself not entirely liking the fact that she had nothing to keep herself busy; it had never been like her to stay in still for long her mind just ran to fast for that.
But now she was out of idea's she fell onto her bed and decided to take a trip down memory lane, it was all seeming to come back up in her face now.
Her eyes closed as she searched threw them for the one she wanted…
Flashback:
"Daddy!" A young version of Shi ran up to her father from across the room. Her light blue dress flapped against her legs as she ran, her face full of joy at seeing her father finally after two weeks of being alone with her mom.
"Hey there's my little Alli." He said near a whisper to the small girl when she reached him and he instantly scooped her up into his strong arms. Her mother leaned against the wall in a annoyed way, "my little Ava." He corrected himself looking straight into her mom's brown eyes.
"Well?" She said the annoyance evident in her voice as her eyes sat unmoving from her Dad. "What did you find?" Her Dad sighed and placed the young version of Shi down on the ground again.
"Go play darling, your mother and I have important things to talk about." He didn't wait to a response, just motioned for her mother to follow him into the kitchen and to sit at the small round table.
"So?" She questioned obvious anxious about whatever it was. Shi stood behind a counter out of sight from them carefully eavesdropping on the two's conversation.
"I could not find anything." He said in a sorrow filled voice. "What about Jokil? Surly he would know something or another." She asked in a almost desperate tone.
"No not him either." His voice stayed sorrow filled.
"Oh." Her mother's face fell into her hands, like her shoulders could no longer hold the weight of her head. "Oh my poor Leleel." Her voice… was painful like something she loved was ripped out of her heart with brutal force.
'Leleel?' The young Shi thought to herself, but suddenly she felt happy again as if a plug was drawn and all her confusion drained from her instantly; she shrugged her shoulders and commenced playing on the floor.
End Flashback:
Shi's eyes snapped open, then around looking around her room; it felt knew to her. She shot upright, that memory, she had long forgotten it being so small as it was. The name… Leleel never stuck in her mind until now.
'Who is Leleel?' She thought to herself. She jumped up from her bed and stopped instantly to find that it was black outside. "Was I out that long?" She asked herself aloud.
"Yes." Came Hiei's voice from her desk chair, she jumped in surprise. "Don't do that Hiei you almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Darn." He said simply, he never took his eyes off her.
She sighed, "well I need to go back to the Makai… like soon. Now would be best." He didn't falter at all, "I know." She looked surprised at her. "You know?"
"Hai, I was in your mind when you saw the memory." He explained; she crossed her arms. "Fine… I'm going to let it pass this time but… just stay out of my head!" He smirked.
"We'll see about that. Well then, where are we going there?"
"To Jokil's." He got up and the two walked silently threw the temple as to not wake anyone up then outside to where a open portal lay waiting for them to pass threw.
"I hate these things." She stated.
"Why?"
"Because they get you there so fast it's annoying." He looked blankly at her… like she was stupid. "Alright we're burning daylight let's go!"
"It's not daytime." He said but followed after the shadow demon into the portal.
-
From a far corner of the temple the girl from the night before stood silently and completely masked of her energy watched as they went into the portal. Inconspicuously she raced threw Shi's mind.
'She knows to much.' She thought then disappeared.
-
"Jokil!" Shi shouted as she banged on the demon's wooden door. It opened rather quickly and the short demon stood panting. "What… is it Shi?" He asked between his pants for breath.
"I need information." He sighed and stepped aside to let them into the house, then resealed and relocked the door and meeting Shi's waiting look.
"What is it that is so important now?"
"I need you to tell me everything you know about a girl named Leleel." Jokil's look fell to disbelief.
"Oh gods no." He said in an exhaled tone.
A/N: Leleel is pronounced Le-l-eel for anyone who couldn't figure it out. I know I was kind of… jumpy I guess on the last part but… okay I don't have a excuse for it, that was all I could think to do!
Okay anyways for anyone who WANTS me to I'm not going to reveal that much stuff in A/N's because if I did it would be to easy for you to tell what was happening and I don't want that.
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