Disclaimer: I don't own YYH or any of it's characters. I do own Katrina, Lisa, Serena, Marissa, Alex, and Cassandra. And I own Garn Roak.

IMPORTANT: I changed the chapter drastically. I had decided that it was getting too serious too soon. So please reread!

AN: Tell me what you think about this new character. My first male character, that is if you don't count the characters from my extinct GWing fanfic. I don't even rememer what it was called. crazyotaku knows though. She advertised it in her fic. By the way, if you like the risque stuff, go read Obligation and Duty by her. Both versions! ;) You'll be in for a yummy treat, more than fluffy cotton candy. Hey the Kritios boy is an actual statue by the greek sculptor Kritios. Famous because it was the first statue displaying controppasto!

REVISED Note: More small details changed for certain event timelines! Important so watch out!

Bewitching Ties

Legend

-Thought-

-Telepathy-

Noise

Chapter Eleven: New Kid, and Updates

Katrina walked into class four days later to find a new student sitting in the desk next to her. He was tall, close to six feet if she was guessing right by looking at him. He had dark brown short hair, closely clipped against his skull except for his bangs which were three inchess long and hung in front of his face which was like a face from some statue from ancient Rome. Best of all where his eyes which were a sparkling dark indigo. -He's handsome!- Katrina thought as she took her seat beside him.

She stuck out her hand. "Hi, my name's Katrina Lee. Is this your first day?" she asked.

He shook his head as he shook her hand. "No, my first day was Tuesday. And my name's Garn Roak. Though I hate the name," he said in a pleasent baritone.

Katrina smiled. "Sorry I didn't get to greet you Tuesday. I had a cold from the terrible storm," she said as she sat in her seat.

"Sorry to hear that. Storms can be havoc on the sinuses and health in general" Garn said sympathetically.

Katrina shrugged, saying, "Feh, I personally think that the storm was a good thing in one aspect." Garn's eyes sparked in curiousity. Katrina smirked. "We got out at least got out of school for a day, and it gave me a good excuse to get out of school for four days. That doesn't happen often."

Garn nodded. "Yes, you're right about that. I personally hate school. It's so boring."

Katrina noticed his odd accent. "Where do you come from?" she asked.

"Norway," he answered as the teacher came in, effectively stalling anything else she might have asked him.

Hiei watched his witchling talk to a strange boy. His eyes narrowed when he felt the girl's thoughts about the boy. She was attracted to him. Hiei gave a low growl as he took an instant dislike of the strange boy.

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"Who was that ningen?" Hiei growled as he walked 'home' besides Katrina.

Katrina shrugged. "A new student from Norway."

Hiei growled again. "What's his name?" He prompted for more info.

"Garn Roak, though he hates his name. Probably resents his parents for it, I can just imagine the nasty nicknames the kids gave him, like 'Garnet' or some other refrences to various 'sissy' gems, considering that Garn sounds close to garnet. Then there's his last name, 'Roak', some kid might have decided to add 'c' to the front and called him 'Croak'." She turned to smile at him. "He's really nice though. Not to mention he's an artist. Though he usually draws fire and skulls and such. But they're really good drawings. He mostly sat next to me doodling, not really trying hard at drawing, just drawing whatever came to his head. Sheesh, I have to concentrate to do fire and skulls, and I'll erase and start over again and again. He's really talented. I envy him. Though I think I am better in some drawings than he." Hiei glowered at her, disliking the interest she was showing in the strange boy.

Katrina saw his glower. "What's your problem?" she asked. Hiei just 'hn'ed and turned his head away, not having to answer because he didn't know. "Fine moody!" She stormed off home, forcing Hiei to jog to catch up with her.

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To: EmeraldLies, YellowCries, FireNeverDies, OceanSighs

From: GoldenAmethystEyes

Subject: Hunk Alert!

Oh My Gods! Today I went to school after missing over a week due to a storm and cold. I'll get to the storm in another email. When I went to homeroom there was this gorgeous HUNK! He had dark brown hair that was cut close to his head with three inch bangs hanging in front. His face looked like it came from some statue that the greeks created, you know like the Kritios boy. And his eyes...wow! Gorgeous indigo eyes! You say my purple eyes are pretty but his are just awesome. His name is Garn Roak and he's from Norway. He's an awesome artist. Maybe I can ask him to scan one of his drawings and then I can email it to you. For some reason the demon, or apparition (I'll get to that in the storm email), doesn't like him. But who cares what that asshole thinks! :( The other day he grabbed my arm and said he was fed up with my 'antics' and 'tongue'! I told him that the next time he touched me like that again I would order him to do harm to himself, particularly in the nether regions, then he ordered me to never order him to do harm to himself or us the words 'fuck' 'screw' 'rack' or 'hump' when I order him. And dammit! It works too! Though it doesn't stop me from telling him to do that when it's not my turn with the 'master card' that's what we call it when we get the chance to do the ordering. Oh well, this emails finished. Oh! And I wanted to ask Marissa and Alex something... ;) did ya'll enjoy yourselves? I mean that in the perverted sense! ;p Well off to the next serious email.

Trina-Kat

Katrina sighed and hit the 'send' button. "Ooh boy...What am I going to tell them about the storm, other than it was caused by storm youkai. I also need to tell them about that. This is going to be one big email." She returned to typing.

To: EmeraldLies, YellowCries, FireNeverDies, OceanSighs

From: GoldenAmethystEyes

Subject: The Freak Storm and new demon info!

Okay, to start with. I had met Shuichi and he invited me to Genkai's, a shrine deep in a forest, the owner, an old lady, is like a grandma to Yusuke. While there, Hiei ordered me to order him to do as he liked while we were at Genkai's. So of course I ordered him to do that. Well, he had been gone for several hours before I decided to go find him since I figured we should leave soon before it got dark. Well, while searching for him an unnatural storm brewed up. A viscious storm with hail and fierce wind and rain and the whole shibang. I ran farther into the woods, lost. Until I found a place that the trees were so thick that they made a cave-like grove. In there however, I found a large bat demon. It attacked me, picked me up, I kicked it and it dropped me, knocking me unconcious. By the way when I fell my grey dress was still caught in it's claws and it was ripped to shreds so I was stuck in my black lace bra and my black thong. Well...Hiei found me and I guess he did something to the demon cuz it was gone. He wrapped me in his cloak and had started a fire when I woke up. I asked him what happened and he said a bat youkai had attacked me. I asked what a 'youkai' was and he said that it's what we call a 'demon'. So I'm like that's why he didn't answer me when I asked what type of demon he was. Then I asked what type of youkai he was and he said he wasn't a youkai and i asked what was he then. He said he was a fire apparition. apparition is a youkai that is connected to the elements, different from youkai...

...Then he ordered me to always truthfully answer him...He asked about my past then...and I told him everything, at least the major stuff...even about 'that'. It was terrible. I've tried so hard not to think about her, but ever since I came here I've been constantly reminded of her, from the boys asking if I had a sister, to seeing the cd, to hearing a song on Sirius, to having to tell Hiei about her.

Well...we stayed in the cave-like grove for about two days when finally the storm let up enough so that Hiei could run us to the shrine, btw he's super fast. I had stayed there for three days and the storm hadn't let up. So finally I called Anitra to go find what or who was causing the storm and she came back with a vision of several grey skinned youkai in darker gray robes. Hiei had been able to see my vision too and said that he would deal with them. He said they were trying to create a tunnel between here and somewhere named Makai. I'll have to ask him about that now that I think about it. He also yelled at me that he was stuck in Ningenkai, I'll ask about that too. Oh! And I found out something...I found a large blue bird in one of the rooms and felt that it was demonic and Hiei said it's a spirit beast for someone, whatever that means, but had turned demonic when it's master turned into a demon. Guess who it is...Yusuke! I never would have expected that! Well, I better go. Seeya

Trina-Kat

Katrina sent the email and sat back. She had seriously edited the updates, leaving out the parts where Hiei had seen her half naked, her panties, her in only a towel and how she had 'slept' with him, how he had grabbed her boob, and how she had seen him totally naked on accident. She blushed as she thought about that again. -Dammit Kat! Don't think about it! He's an apparition! Turn your fancy onto someone human, like Shuichi or Garn!- she reprimanded herself. Then she really thought about Garn. Something about him was magnetic. His personality, his eyes, just his presence was magnetic and pulled on her hypnotically. As she thought about him she gazed into the distance as if in a trance.

Hiei watched her through the window as she slowly ambled around her room, shutting the computer off, the lights off, and turning down the bed sheets to climb in, all the while in a daze. His eyes narrowed, something deep down wasn't right but he couldn't tell what. Something was happening to his witchling and he didn't know what. Somehow that brought up an emotion he hadn't felt for a long time. Fear.

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The next day at school she spent her whole time in class passing notes to Garn, 'talking' about inconsequential things. When she wasn't sharing a class with him, which was only a few, she was doodling his name in her notebook or sketching his face. While in gym she sat on the sideline to watch the 'girls', feigning she still felt out of it from the cold like yesterday to actually watch Garn run track. She knew it was a crush and a bad one at that but she didn't care. She was pretty sure she had the guts to ask him, but not yet. She was going to ease into it. Talk to him for awhile before she asked. But she would have to do something about Hiei, she knew the apparition didn't like the indigo-eyed boy and more than likely he was going to make things difficult for Garn. -I know what I could do, but I have to be specific and have the timing right...- she thought as she walked home, her dark 'shadow' trailing her, obviously brooding over something.

A thought came to her. "Hey Hiei? What's Ningenkai and Makai?" she asked.

"Ningenkai is the world of humans and Makai is the world of youkai and apparitions. Makai is 'Hell' to you. Then there's the Reikai, the world of spirits and home to the god King Enma and his son Koenma, they rule over beings that deal with the dead souls, such as the spirit guides or ferry women that escort the souls of the dead to the afterlife. If Makai is 'Hell' to you then I suspect 'Heaven' would be Reikai, though 'Heaven' and 'Hell' are both in the land of spirits." He answered more thoroughly than she had been expecting him to. Something must have been on his mind, he seemed to be half paying attention to what he was saying.

She started her next question, "Okay. Now what's a spirit beast?"

Hiei sighed, "A spirit beast is a special animal that helps guide some spirits back to their bodies when they have a second chance at life, like Yusuke. His first death was unplanned for so he was given a second chance but he had to pass a trial, succesfully hatch a golden egg. The egg fed off of the vibes from the soul, if the soul was mostly good, there was the chance of hatching his spirit beast, if the soul was mostly bad, then a monster would hatch to eat the soul. The soul would totally be gone, no afterlife. Yusuke sacrificed his first egg to save Keiko from dying in a fire. Koenma went out of his way and gave Yusuke another trial to come back to life. He passed. He was also given another spirit egg. A little over half a year passed before it hatched and Puu came out. Then he looked like this, open your shields," he said, even though she didn't have to obey she did.

An image of a small blue penguine-like being with a small yellow beak, long ears and a tuft of black hair flashed through her mind. "Ahh, how cuuute!" she giggled.

Hiei rolled his eyes. "But when Yusuke died again, his demonic blood in him from his ancestral demonic father, a mazoku, woke in him and brought him back. With his new youkai blood Puu transformed to reflect Yusuke's new inner spirit, since the spirit beast reflects the inner spirit of it's master. That's what a spirit beast is," he ended.

They walked on for a bit before something hit Katrina. She turned sharply to Hiei. "What! Yusuke's died twice!" she blurted out.

Hiei sighed. "Yes, and it's very complicated. I don't want to go into it until we see him again," he said, hoping he wouldn't see Yusuke for awhile.

Katrina thought about it then nodded. "Fine."

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The next week went pretty much the same. The girls hadn't replied to the emails, which wasn't unusual, they didn't always have the time to look at their emails. She talked with Garn constantly. And when she wasn't talking to him, she was yapping about him to Hiei. Hiei would get a dark look on his face when ever she did. He did notice that no matter how long she talked to him she never found out anymore details about his past, only his name, origins and his liking for fire and skulls in his art. -Doesn't the witchling ever think about asking him about his past?- he thought one night as Katrina typed on the computer.

Orders:

'Come here' Me

'Get lost' Hiei

'Kiss me' Me

'Never order me to do that again' Hiei

'Don't leave me by myself' Me

'Tell me your address' Hiei

'Always truthfully answer me' Me

'Tell me what you know about my secret' Hiei

'Never let me be late again' Me

'Tell me whether or not you are tripping on purpose' Hiei

'Stop moving and let me wail on you' Me

'Buy me food at Shuichi's bakery this morning' Hiei

'We'll share' Me

'Order me to do as I will while we're here' Hiei

'Do as you will while we're here' Me

'Always truthfully answer me' Hiei

'Come back after you deal with these youkai and seal the portal' Me

'Never use the words 'fuck', 'screw', 'hump', 'rack', 'injure', 'damage' or anything to do with causing bodily harm to myself when giving an order.' Hiei

Katrina sat back as she finished updating her 'Orders' list. "I know what I'm going to do with my mastercard. Lalala," she said to herself in a singsong voice. Then she laughed.

Bing "You've got mail."

Katrina smiled as she checked her email.

To: GoldenAmethystEyes

From: EmeraldLies

Subject: Re: The Freak Storm and new demon info!

Good job on getting more info! Try to find out more on Yusuke. But you won't be able to contact me for awhile, so don't bother on replying. I'm getting shipped into the middle of no where for a stupid class trip. Contact Alex and Marissa. They'll be replying to you on your other email, no surprise there.

Well bye.

Lisa

PS: Keep up on your training!

Katrina just sighed. "'Good job'? I get caught in that huge storm and all she can say is good job? Sheesh!" She sighed again and stretched. "Well, I better get to bed. I wonder when Marissa will email me. It better be better than Lisa's."

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Katrina spent most of the weekend catching up on her homework and the homework the teachers still assigned for the week of the storm. -Well, at least they went over it before dishing it out.- She didn't have much trouble with it, it was the fact that it was so much homework that was taking her so long. She sighed and stretched from where she was sitting at her writing desk. "Man! This sucks. I won't be able to go find Yusuke and talk to him now. I'll have to wait another week before I get the chance to." She paused, "Though I could always ask Hiei about it." She shook her head. Hiei had gone through a lot of trouble out in the forest for her, she didn't feel it was right to force him to answer her. Besides, she had other things on her mind anyways.

She went back to her school work, smiling. "I think I'll ask him Thursday," she said to herself.