Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the fanfic other than Blaze and the black clad person…. And maybe… Oh nevermind! I don't want to give anything away so I'm not going to say what I own if it's not in previous chapters! So you all know what I own and do not own! -
Lyra: Yes… So can you get on with this already? Some people have things to do…
Blaze: Yeah, yeah, yeah. What ever you say…
Chapter Three!
A month had passed and the gang went on a mission every other day. Koenma had orders for Blaze to stay. He told her that he needed her to find information on a certain organization. Blaze wasn't one to complain but when she's part of a gang and she isn't a part of their missions, she gets a little upset.
One day when Botan was off being Grim Reaper, Keiko was in school, Yukina was with Genkai and the gang was on another mission, Blaze went and had a 'little' chat with the Spirit Ruler.
Blaze burst through the large doors with a glare and slammed them shut. The force was almost enough to shake the whole palace!
"KOENMA, I'M GETTING TIRED TO THIS!"
Koenma glared at her. All the stacked papers that were on his desk were now scattered all over the floor from Blaze's door incident. "What are you getting tired of Blaze?"
The angry neko slammed a paper onto the desk, on top of scattered papers. "I got the damn information you wanted. I'm getting tired of being your little spy! I'm apart of Team Urameshi and I want a part of their missions!"
Koenma looked over the paper with a blank stare. The look in his eyes went from blank to surprise. "Blaze, do you know what the Black Market is?"
Blaze rolled her eyes. "Yes I do, now what's this got to do with what I'm talking about?"
The toddler ignored the last part and looked at her with seriousness in his eyes. "This organization I had you spying on is more advanced than the Black Market."
Blaze glared at him. "Naw, I didn't realize that when I pretended to join the damn thing!"
Koenma stared at her with wide eyes. "You did what now!"
Blaze glared at him. "You told me to spy on the damn organization and I saw the only way to do that was to join it. See what a mess I'm in because of what you wanted?"
"Is there anyway you can just get out of it?"
Blaze growled at him and her glare intensified, if possible. "The only way to get out of it is death. Other than that, you're S.O.L on getting out."
"Then you're just going to have to do both spy on them and work for me."
Blaze blew up on this. "YOU ARE SO THICK HEADED! DO I HAVE TO SPELL EVERYTHING OUT TO YOU TODDLER!" Her yelling shook the palace itself.
Koenma flinched but did nothing else.
Blaze gave him a death glare. "If I continue to come to Spirit World after next week, they're going to start to wonder what I'm doing. They have one of their 'secret weapons' follow me. You know what will happen after that, the next time I go back to their HQ, they'll kill me."
"What if you killed their weapon?"
Blaze was about ready to strangle the toddler but controlled what cool she had left. "If their weapon doesn't come back before I do, they'll start to get more suspicious and interrogate me. I've seen how they interrogate people, and it works. It'll even work on Hiei and we all know that takes a lot."
Koenma nodded. "Fine, after this week you are to not come to Spirit World. Write a report every Sunday and give it to Botan. No one can see her unless she wants them to."
Blaze nodded, her anger starting to subside. "Gotcha, so I have one week with the gang."
"What are you talking about?"
Blaze turned around and Koenma just looked around her.
The gang walked in; Yusuke and Kuwabara had a victorious look on. Kurama smiled at them. Hiei pushed a very angry woman forward.
Blaze shrugged. "Just that crazy spy job he had me on for the past month." Blaze sighed inwardly, glad that they didn't over hear what she and Koenma were talking about.
Kurama nodded and Hiei just glared at her suspiciously.
"So is the job finally done Blaze?" Kuwabara asked with his idiotic happiness.
Blaze shook her head. "Actually it isn't. I still have a ton of work to do." They didn't know that she was spying for Koenma and that's the way Blaze wanted it.
Yusuke smiled. "Who cares right now? Come on Blaze, come with us we'll tell you everything that happened!"
Blaze shook her head. "I'm going to take the captive down to the prison. I'll be back at the quarters later." She walked over to the glaring woman and pulled her up.
"I'll get outta their, and when I do I'm going to kill every single one of you!"
Blaze tightened her grip on the woman's arm causing her to flinch and look down. "Shut it girl. There's no way in hell you're going to get out of this prison."
When the two got down to the prison level the woman looked down at Blaze. "If you let me escape I swear I'll pay you. I'll give you anything you want. I'll give you anyone or anything."
Blaze pushed her into a cell and punched in a code. High spirit bars were put up. She glared at the woman. "Sorry woman, I don't make deals with low lives like you or anyone else in this level of this place." She smirked and disappeared.
Blaze reappeared in the Team Urameshi Quarters and sat down on a couch. She lies down and closes her eyes.
"What's this job Koenma has you on?"
Blaze opened her eyes and sat up, looking over at the window sill to see Hiei. "It's just a simple job."
The kajihenge glared at her with full force. "If it was a simple job then you'd be done with it already. You wouldn't have taken a month to finish."
Blaze gaze him a glare. "Where are the others?" She lowered her voice to below a whisper.
Hiei raised an eyebrow at her curiously. "They're in the other room."
Blaze stood and turned. "Come on, we're going up to my room."
The neko disappeared, the kajihenge right behind her. They reappeared in her room. She shut the door and locked it. She went over to her desk and sat down. She fished through some files she made herself.
"So why are we up here shoujo? Why was this mission so secretive?" Hiei sat on the window sill while looking at her.
Blaze took out a slip of paper and looked it over. "A month ago the baby gave me a mission. I was assigned to spy on an organization higher than the Black Market. Well, the only way to do that was to join. I got in successfully but now in a week they'll start to get suspicious if I continue to leave. In a week the final test is taken. There are three of us; three people eligible to be full members. In one week we are to go back with a design. We had the past two weeks to design it but I've been busy spying on them to be too focused on the weapon."
"So what are you saying? Why couldn't you tell us, the others, about it?" Hiei was off of the window sill and looking at the paper in her hands.
"Once you're a member you can't just call it quits, you're a member until you can't fight anymore, and for a demon, that can take thousands of years, you know that. If I were to tell the others I'm spying on an organization that I must join and won't be able to quit, well high hell would occur."
"I see, but you could've told me at least. I wouldn't get as protective as the kitsune would." Hiei took the paper and continued to read it.
Blaze nodded. "Well it was something that I felt weird to tell anyone. I just don't know why though, it's strange."
Hiei set the paper down, having finished reading it and looked at her. "So what are you planning on doing?"
Blaze sighed and leaned back in the comfortable rotating black chair. "I plan on staying for the next week, spending as much time as I can with all of you, while getting a plan down and designing my weapon. It's the only thing I can do at this point."
Silence enveloped the two demons.
Blaze turned the chair and stood up. She went over to the new addition to her room near the entertainment center in the corner, a fountain. Blaze looked into the fountain that fit perfectly in the corner and sighed.
I only have a week left with all of them. Then I'm leaving for who knows how long! What am I supposed to do? I could be gone for ages. What if Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Keiko are dead by the time I actually do get out? I wouldn't have had any good times with them. I guess I have to make due with the time I do have left with them. I guess I'll go shopping with the girls tomorrow, maybe let them stay the night so we can play T&D and watch scary movies. That would be fun, and it'll be a change. I never had any sleepovers while in Ningenkai.
Blaze smiled and turned around. Hiei was sitting in her chair and looking at her.
The neko blinked and tilted her head. "What are you looking at?"
Hiei smirked. "You want to sit down?"
Blaze blinked and realized what he was really referring to. She blinked again and just stared at him. "Hiei is there a board loose in that attic of yours? You're not acting yourself…"
Hiei leaned back in the chair.
Blaze controlled her facial emotions by putting up the emotionless barrier.
"And how is it that I act like Blaze? You're not really acting yourself sometimes yourself." Hiei smirked.
Blaze found she was walking towards him and couldn't help herself.
"Well you wouldn't invite me to sit on your lap; you wouldn't be watching what I'm doing when I'm in the room from my reflection in the window. You clearly haven't been yourself lately." She sat on his lap and leaned closer and whispered into his ear. "I'm starting to get the impression that you like me Mr. I-Don't-Love-Anyone."
Hiei put his arm around her waist. "Well by the way you're reacting to all of this; I'd have to say you like me."
Blaze smirked. "What would you do if I did?"
"I'd take all your tears away."
Blaze's heart stopped for a moment. She pulled away from Hiei and stared at him with slightly confused eyes. She got off of him and went back over to the fountain.
He… He was the one that… Then this gem…
Blaze's hand went up to the gem.
Hiei stood. "Blaze, are you ok?"
Blaze nodded. "Just go… I need to think…"
Hiei nodded, although he wanted to know what was wrong, he left without a word.
When the door closed Blaze went and locked it. She put her back to the door and slid to the ground. Hiei was the one who wrote that poem? Who gave me this gem? Why didn't he tell me? That's a stupid question, his reputation of course... I just don't understand… Why'd this all have to happen now of all times? I guess I'll just grin and bear it. I'll have the girls spend the night tonight!
Blaze went to the desk and sat down. "There are still a few hours; I'll just work on my weapons design.
The neko took out a pencil and paper and started to draw, sunlight pouring in from her window the only sunlight. As she worked she picked up her phone and dialed the number Keiko had given her to the girls' place.
"Hello, Yukina speaking."
Blaze smiled and stopped working. "Hey Yuki, it's Blaze, I was wondering if you guys wanted to come hang out tonight. Be in my room, watch scary movies, play T&D. It'll be fun!"
Yukina giggled on the other end. "Sure, I'll tell Keiko when she gets in from school; Botan is already over there talking with Koenma. We'll get some of her stuff and be over there as soon as we can."
Blaze nodded. "That sounds great. See you then!" She hung up and continued with her design.
A few hours later
Keiko, Botan and Yukina picked the lock on Blaze's door after she didn't answer. They walked in and found Blaze knocked out at her desk. Her head rested on her arms that were crossed on the desk.
Yukina smiled. "She must've been really tired."
The other two agreed. "She's been working for Koenma really hard this past month. Koenma says that we won't see much of her after this week." Botan put her stuff down near the fountain as did the other two.
Keiko went over to Blaze and shook her slightly.
Blaze sat up in an instant, fully awake. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to fall asleep, it's just I was working on something and got a little tired."
The three girls laughed. "It's alright Blaze, we got here a little late, I had some stuff to do after school and didn't get home until an hour after school let out; so no worries!" Keiko patted the neko's head.
The neko slightly smiled at them. "So you guys want to go get some snacks?"
They nodded excitedly.
Blaze nodded and smiled. "You guys wait here; I'll go get the snacks!" Before they could argue, the neko ran out of the room and down to the kitchen. She went to the fridge and grabbed a six pack of soda. She then grabbed some Crunch and Munch for herself and popped some popcorn.
The fridge opened and Blaze turned around quickly to see the door open but couldn't see the person.
She inhaled through her open mouth and scented Hiei. She closed her mouth and blushed. She propped herself onto the counter and opened the box of Crunch and Munch and started to eat some.
Hiei stood straight and closed the fridge door, a soda in his hands.
Blaze didn't look up.
Hiei walked over to where she was and stood in front of her. She saw his hand reach out towards her.
She felt the heat rising in her cheeks but forced it away.
Hiei opened the cabinet door that was next to her head and looked in it.
Blaze couldn't help feel a little disappointed, but she brushed that away and continued to eat the sweet popcorn in the box.
Hiei leaned closer, trying to get something higher, or so Blaze thought.
He leaned next to her ear and whispered, causing her to blush. "If I did anything to upset you… I'd like to know…"
The dinger on the microwave went off signaling the popcorn was done. Blaze didn't move.
Hiei kissed her neck.
Blaze felt the butterflies in her stomach and the heat rising to her cheeks, she knew her face was red. What the hell? Why am I acting like this? Is it because I know that… That can't be… Oh goodness…
Hiei started to make a hickey in the middle of her neck on the side. Blaze closed her eyes.
"Hiei…" Blaze couldn't finish. She wanted to tell him to stop but she couldn't.
Hiei wrapped both arms around her as she did the same.
After a little while Hiei let her go and looked at her.
Blaze looked away, the hickey showing to where he could see it. Hiei blinked and realized what he did. "Shit…" That's all he said before walking away and out of the kitchen with the soda in hand.
Blaze took a moment to calm down and regain her normal tanned color to her face. She got off of the counter and put the popcorn into a large plastic bowl and took that, her snack and the soda's up to her room. She glanced at Hiei's door but quickly went into her room.
The girls were still looking through her DVD's when she walked in.
Botan looked up and smiled. "What took you so long Blaze? We heard the microwave go off but you took forever to get up here!"
The other two looked at her and smiled as well. Blaze crouched down and set the snacks down in front of her bed. Some of her hair came over her shoulders a bit and out of instinct she went to pull it back.
The other three gasped. "Blaze…"
The neko looked up at them and saw them looking at her neck. She quickly pulled her hair over that shoulder to cover the hickey and looked away.
Botan and Keiko's eyes filled with excitement. "So which one was it?"
Blaze stood and went over to the DVD's. "What are you talking about?"
Keiko smiled. "We know it wasn't Yusuke or Kuwabara, so it had to have been either Kurama or Hiei. Which one was it that gave you that hickey?"
Blaze plucked a video from her shelf and put it in. It was one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies.
Blaze went over to the light switch. "Kurama's my cousin… That'd be sick… And Hiei and I are only friends… There's nothing that will ever happen between the two of us. So just drop it ok?"
Botan and Keiko sighed and went and sat on her bed.
The movie started playing and Yukina sat with Blaze on the floor leaning against the bed.
During the movie Yukina clutched onto Blaze's arm and screeched with the rest of them when Freddy jumped out at the girl.
When the door in the movie slowly started to open, so did the bedroom door, but none of the girls noticed.
"Don't go out there… Don't go out there…" The girls whispered it to the television screen.
The girl stepped out only to meet Freddy as the bedroom door flew all the way open and two guys jumped in yelling, "BOO!"
The girls screamed loudly.
The two guys fell on the floor laughing. The light flicked on to show Yusuke and Kuwabara on the floor laughing and Kurama at the light switch.
The girls glared at them. Blaze was the one who did something.
The neko stood up quickly and unsheathed her claws. "You better start running. I'm going to kill you!"
The two laughing idiots were on their feet in the blink of an eye and started running. Blaze counted down.
"Five… four… three… two… one… Get ready to die!" The neko jumped over Kurama and ran after the two idiots. They ran out into the dark and Blaze stopped in the woods, frozen.
After watching a scary movie, Blaze was always paranoid. She stretched out her senses but couldn't sense a single thing; it was as if she lost her powers. She looked at her hands to see her claws were still unsheathed.
The paranoid neko looked around. It was way too quiet. There were no crickets, no sound of Yusuke and Kuwabara running, nothing. It was as if time had frozen.
Her mind raced and she started to shiver. "Oh crap… I'm going to die…"
"Not yet little one, it is not yet your time." A soft but deep voice said from behind her.
The paranoid neko quickly turned around with her claws ready to attack.
There in front of her was the black clad guy from before. Blaze glared at him. "What is it you want? Who are you and what did you do to this place to make it so quiet?"
"Time simply froze is all, and who I am matters not. Not now that is."
Blaze hardened her glare. "But what do you want?"
The guy stepped towards her and she stepped back. "I know what your plans are after joining the Order."
Blaze froze and gave him a death glare.
He took the hood off slowly to reveal a handsome guy with long dark blue hair maroon at the roots tied back with a dark green ribbon. His eyes were the same color as hers. Black ears were flat on his head as if he was sad or angry.
For some reason Blaze relaxed. Her glare disappeared and was replaced with blank stare. "Why do I feel I know you?"
The guy chuckled. "You really don't remember anything do you?"
Blaze glared at him. "What in the three worlds are you talking about?"
"No time now… Maybe later on I will tell you our relation… For now I come to tell you that I know what you're up to and that I will help you just do not go back after the week to come. You are in danger if you go back."
Blaze's glare returned. "I have a job to do and I'm not going to quit this job just because you say I'm in danger. How can I trust you?"
The guy lifted up the sleeve of his black thing on his left arm to reveal his forearm. On his forearm was a design of flames. "You have seen this in your dreams, have you not?"
Blaze stared at his arm. "Yes… A little boy that looked like me had it. It was strange actually. He was like my… my twin brother. But I don't recall ever having one."
The guy pulled his sleeve back down and smiled at her. "That's because your father sent him away right after being born. They may have been cruel, but they loved you dearly. They were torn apart from you and killed more. What no one knows is that they are reborn, and they want you and your brother back."
Blaze glared at him. "How do you know all of this?"
The guy simply smiled. "I can't tell you that just yet. But please, don't go back next week, they will kill you."
Before Blaze could ask him anything else he disappeared and the sound of a twig snapping met the girl's cat ears. She turned quickly to see Hiei.
He looked at her strangely. Her ears perked up.
Hiei stared at her blankly.
I knew it! He regrets what he did! His feelings have changed that quickly? Wait, why should I care!
Hiei turned away from her; he had heard what she thought without her knowledge. What she didn't know was that he was fighting the urge to go over to her, pin her against a tree and make out with her. He didn't know why he had that urge, or any feelings for her and it was getting on his nerves.
Blaze glared at him. She pushed passed him and walked further into the woods to where she could scent Yusuke and Kuwabara hiding.
She was behind them in a second and grabbed behind their necks, her claws slightly digging into their skin. They yelped and whined, begging her to let them go.
Blaze simply dragged them back to the palace. She walked into the quarters and threw them onto the couch. She stood in front of them and glared her hands on her hips.
"I should kill you for what you did. But because Koenma might just hurt me for that, I'm not going to kill you… But know this… The next time you do that… I don't care what the Spirit World Ruler will do to me… Got that?"
The nodded quickly with frightened eyes.
Blaze gave them one last glare before walking off. She went back to her room and walked in. The girls smiled at her.
"Let's play truth or dare with the guys!" The three of them raced out of the room.
Blaze chuckled. The conversation she had with the guy just a little while ago repeated in her head.
Someone put their hand on her shoulder and she turned around to see Kurama. She smiled at him.
"You ok Blaze? You seem kind of down." There was worry in his emerald eyes.
Blaze turned and smiled brightly at him. "I'm fine! Let's go downstairs before Botan drags us down there."
Before they walked out of her room they heard Yukina's soft voice. "Please Hiei-san? Will you please play with us?"
Hiei was silent for a moment. "Hn."
Kurama and Blaze smiled at each other and walked out of her room. Blaze turned off her light and walked out.
They walked next to each other down the stairs.
They sat down in the circle on the floor.
Blaze sat in between Yukina and Kurama. Hiei sat in between Yukina and Keiko. Yusuke sat in between Keiko and Kuwabara. And Kuwabara sat between Yusuke and Botan. Botan sat in between Kuwabara and Kurama.
"Ok! I'll go first!" Botan said cheerfully even in it was midnight. "Hiei, truth or dare?"
Hiei glared at her. "Dare…"
Botan's smile got even bigger, if that was possible. "I dare you to…."
Blaze: Sorry to leave you hanging like this… But it doesn't go with this chapter… Please R&R!