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.

AN: I would do replies but I read on another fic that we can't anymore, sorry. : ( I don't know how to pronounce seirei tsuin I just typed in certain words to translate into japanese on an english to japanese site and combine them to get this term. It's the closest I could get to what I wanted, sorry...eek...I was rereading it and realized Hiei is soo oc, even for this story. I've made some changes.

Bewitching Ties

Legend

-Thought-

-Telepathy-

Noise

"Ghost speach"

Chapter Thirteen: Shocking Confessions and Discoveries

"Here," Katrina said as she threw a ziploc baggie at Hiei when she walked outside an hour later.

Hiei caught it and found that it was four peices of french toast. "Hn, I didn't particularly like these the last time you gave me some," he said as he opened the bag and sniffed.

Katrina smiled, "That's because my mom made them. I think only dad and I can take her cooking. I'm the better chef of the family."

Hiei tried a bite as they started the long journey to Genkai's. He didn't comment, though he did think it was extremely better than the other ones. He studied the girl beside him. She had obeyed him and dressed practically in a white tank top, short blue jean shorts and white tennis shoes. He took a sniff, she no longer smelled of beer and body sweat but the memory was there.

Katrina caught him staring and blushed, turning away to not meet his eyes, knowing that he was thinking about the beer and sweat. His eyes narrowed, -Time to get to the bottom of this.- "What all did you do from the time you left your house with that boy to the time you came home to pass out on your bed?" he asked sharply.

Katrina cringed, -Damn.- she thought as her mouth opened to spill her guts. "Well, he picked me up at seven and we drove to the dance. It was pretty boring so we decided to leave early, at 7:45. I thought he would just drop me off at home but..."

/ Katrina looked out the window as they drove through town. She sighed as she saw the turn for her house come up. -Well, so much for a first date.- she thought. She made sure she had her purse and jacket ready to leave the car when Garn drove right past the street. She turned to him, "Uh, where are we going?"

Garn smiled as he flipped open the glove compartment and brought out two IDs. He passed them to her and she looked at them in shock, they were fake IDs for herself and Garn, saying they were 21 and 22, respectively. "But how?" she asked. "Where did you get my ID picture?"

Garn smirked and reached in the compartment and brought out her real ID. "I also happen to be an ace pickpocket on the side." He laughed. "And in answer to your earlier question, well, we're going to some fun places, alot more exciting than the dance." He smirked. Katrina looked at him, not sure if she liked this new side of him.

A few minutes later they arrived at a club. The line was pretty long and Katrina was hoping that it would discourage Garn but he only walked up to the bouncer, leaned close to him to whisper a few words and pass him something. The bouncer nodded and ushered them in. Katrina was immediately suffocated by the smoke that hung in the room like fog, not all of it from cigarettes. Cigars, weed and several other smokable drugs were passed around. She looked again to Garn, wanting to tell him that she wanted to go home, but as she looked at his eyes something stopped her.

"Let's get something to drink," he said, smiling./

"..." She paused.

Hiei didn't let her pause long, "What did he buy? What all did you drink last night?"

Katrina sighed. "I lost track after the second bottle of vodka, third margarita and fourth beer."

Hiei hissed and grabbed her arm, "You fool! I'm surprised you're not in the hospital with that much alcohole in your system!"

Katrina tried jerking her arm out of his hand, ordering, "Let go!" He immediately let go. She sighed again. "I know, I know how dangerous it was, I don't know why I did it." She fell silent.

Hiei's eyes narrowed, -That explains the smell of boose, but not sweat.- He pressed her, "And where did the body sweat come from, I'm sure it's not just because you were in a crowd."

Katrina gave a frustrated growl, "Dammit, I was in the middle of an orgy! We had gone to several bars and finally to a sex night club! Then Garn and I made out in the car! Happy now!" She started to storm off, rushing up the steps to Genkai's that they had finally reached.

Hiei growled and grabbed her arm, "No! I'm not happy! How could I be with the thought of you involved in an orgy with strangers and especially in the arms of that boy!" he growled loudly.

Katrina glared at him. "Why? Why do you care? You don't care about me! You're only here because the binding keeps you here! If I could I'd release you! I don't want to be around someone that hates me!" She was yelling when she finished.

Hiei yelled back, "I don't hate you dammit! I do care about you! I care that you're in the arms of some other boy because I wish you were in mine!" He paused for a split second, seeing the stunned look on Katrina's face, then he acted on instinct and grabbed her waist, pulled her in close and kissed her passionately but roughly, like the first time he kissed her.

He kissed her for a long time before Katrina gathered her wits to push him away. She backed away from him, shocked, hand to her lips. After a few seconds she whispered, "Why? Why did you do that?"

Hiei looked away, "I don't know." After a few minutes he sighed. "I don't know why I did that or why you drive me crazy. Hell, I don't even know for sure if I want to go or stay. I used to always think of nothing but a way to escape the binding. Now... I'm not sure what I think."

Katrina thought for a few seconds then stepped up to him and took his head in her hands, forcing him to look at her. "I've been wondering at the comments you've made about me driving you crazy, but I never wanted to ask because I didn't really want to know if you liked me driving you crazy or hated me driving you crazy. I still don't want to ask." She laughed softly, "If it makes you feel better, you're driving me crazy too. To the point I don't know what I want to do with you. Kiss you madly or slap the shit out of you." She looked into his surprised eyes. She licked her lips and leaned in close, "Though right now I'm sure I want to kiss you madly."

Then she kissed him, lightly at first. Wanting to give him the choice to continue the kiss or stop it. Apparently Hiei decided to continue it, for he put a hand at the nape of her neck and the other just above her butt, pulling her close for a deeper kiss.

They were soon interrupted by a low whistle above them. They instantly flew apart looking horrified at the familiar red-head as he came down the stairs. "My, don't let me interrupt you," Shuichi said politely. "You two seemed awefully cozy." He grinned at their pink faces. Kurama turned to Hiei, "Sorry, but I was coming to find you. Koenma and the rest of the gang are up there and you're needed." Shuichi turned to Katrina, "You were also invited."

Hiei's eyes narrowed, -Why would Katrina be invited to Genkai's by Koenma? What's going on?- He thought as they started to walk up the steps, the two short people on the opposite sides of Kurama/Shuichi. -Kurama? What's going on?- Hiei asked the kitsune.

Kurama didn't look at him when he replied, -I don't know. Koenma has something important to tell us.- "Why don't we hurry up," Shuichi suggested looking at the other two. "We don't want to keep them waiting."

Katrina smiled, "How about a race?" she suggested. The two boys nodded and the three took off.

Hiei, predictably, was the first one, then Katrina, due to Shuichi 'stumbling' several times. Katrina laughed as she bent over, hands braced on her knees, gasping for breath. "Shuichi, did you have a klutz attack or are you always that graceful," she said through gasps of breath.

"Well, glad to see that Kurama found you two so quickly," a male voice said in front of her. She looked up to find a tall brown haired teen dressed in a purple robe with 'Jr' tatooed on his forehead and a pacifier in his mouth.

"Uh..." She said, unsure what to make of the teen.

"I'm Koenma, son of Enma, god of Reikai," he said, bowing slightly.

Katrina gawked at the godling, his name finally clicking in her head, bringing back her memory of what Hiei had said about Makai, Ningenkai and Reikai. "Dyah uh...um..." she stuttered. Finally something came to her head, though she wasn't sure if it was a sensible question, "Who's Kurama?"

Koenma fell over, as did Hiei and Shuichi nearly followed suit. Instead he recovered to say "Uh, I am Katrina. We have a lot to tell you." Katrina nodded dumbly, unsure of what to say.

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Inside the shrine she saw Yusuke, Genkai and met another tall red haired teen named Kuwabara. "Hi, it's nice to meet you, Urameshi has been saying something about a purple eyed girl with strange powers," he said, shaking her hand.

Katrina's eyes narrowed and she turned to Yusuke. "What does he mean?"

"Uh..." Yusuke looked embarrased, hand behind his head, at being cornered by the petite girl.

"Face it girl, we know about your powers, have for awhile now." Genkai said. "We also know about the binding between you and Hiei and how you think we don't know Hiei's an apparition. Trust me, we've known that since the beginning. We also know that Yusuke's a Mazoku and that Kurama's a kitsune."

Katrina just stood there in silence. After awhile she said, "Shuichi's a youkai too?"

Kurama nodded, "Yes, and please, call me Kurama."

Koenma sighed, "With the pleasantries over let's get down to business now folks." He turned to Katrina. "Listen, what I am about to tell you will come as a shock...Are you ready?" Katrina nodded though not really sure. He sighed again. "Katrina, you're an apparition." Everyone was silent, shocked by the news.

Hiei was the first to recover. "How do you know this?"

"Simple," a voice like Katrina's said. "They found me."

Katrina gasped, put her hands to her mouth, and backed away from the front door that she had been facing. The others looked behind them to see what had made her turn so pale. In the doorway was a blue haired woman in a pink kimono and the twin of Katrina.

Cassandra walked in slowly, smiling sadly. "I'm sorry to scare you like this sis. And I'm sorry that I left you," she whispered.

Katrina cried out and ran towards her purple haired twin. She stopped barely an inch away from the spector and reached out a hand. It went right through Cassandra.

Cassandra shook her head, "I'm sorry, but I'm not solid, we will never get to touch again in this life. I've been hiding from the ferry women of the River Styx ever since I died to stay near you, but the night of the storm I had shown myself to Hiei. That immediately alerted Botan here, the chief ferry woman," she motioned to the pink clad woman, "And she came to get me. I was brought to Koenma and he was able to identify me as an apparition, though he hasn't told me what kind."

Koenma coughed, "That's where I come in." He walked up to the sisters, "Katrina, Cassandra, you both belong to a race of apparitions known as seirei tsuin, or 'spirit twin'. The race consists of sets of same sex identical twins but their hair and eye color are total opposites, like you and your sister. I'm not sure how you ended in the Ningenkai to live among humans." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "At least I know now why your sister's soul never came to Reikai, as seirei tsuin apparitions you have power over Spirit and therefore can go where ever you want after you're dead, using your powers." He shrugged, "At least she didn't cause trouble. As spirits your race is notorious for being tricksters, seirei tsuin tend to be the ones that do the common hauntings." He paused, "Wow, seirei tsuin isn't a word I'd like to use all the time so I'll just refer to you as spirit twins, okay?"

Cassandra and Katrina laughed at the same time, their voices sounding like a single chiming bell. They looked at each other and started to laugh harder with tears, it had been so long since they had laughed together.

"Why did you tell us this?" they asked together after they finished laughing.

"You know, that's just creepy," Yusuke said, eyeing the twins. "Even though I see two talking I only hear one voice."

Koenma ignored him, answering the twins, "I called you and everyone else here because something bad happened. I don't have exact details, but the storm that happened a few weeks ago was caused by storm youkai as you all know."

Katrina looked to Hiei, "I thought we were the only ones that knew."

Hiei shrugged, "It had to be reported, the king of Makai has a law forbidding any trouble in Ningenkai and to find so many breaking the law and creating a tunnel to Makai, I figured I had to get word to the king some how. So I told Genkai and Kurama."

Koenma nodded, "Kurama then relayed it to me and I told Enki, the king. Now, back to what I was saying, the storm youkai were creating a tunnel to bring something here, but I don't think it was a normal tunnel, I don't think it went to Makai."

Kurama's eyes narrowed, "Where else could it have gone?"

Koenma shook his head, "I don't know, I only know something came out of it. The reason I wanted Katrina here and tell her of her true self was because she's a powerful psychic and Spirit manipulator, especially with the help of her sister. I think you'll need her help, if only for back up. That and the fact that Hiei can't leave her side for very long she would need to be close so that Hiei can do some action." Koenma put up his hands to fend off Hiei's glare and coming protest, "Now hold a minute, I know it's dangerous for her, but with four fighters protecting her along with her twin she should be fine."

Cassandra nodded, agreeing "Yes, she should be fine, I found that now that I'm dead my elemental power has gotten stronger and that I can lend my power to her. She won't be a burden."

Katrina looked at everyone, "Well, now that that's over...I want some background info on all of you."

Hiei secretly smiled as his witchling's comment undermined the seriousness of the conversation, making almost everyone fall to the floor in shock. Cassandra somehow knew he was smiling inside, and said to him telepathically, 'Thank you, I can feel her starting to truely move on after my death, and it's all because of you. I believe you two are a good match.'

Hiei didn't know how to respond, he was still reeling from what had happened on the stairs. -Good match?-

Through out the next few hours the rest explained their history dating back four years ago when Yusuke died the first time. They explained how Yusuke came to be lead spirit detective, or Reikai tantei, of how he first met Kurama and Hiei. Kurama then gave her the abridged version of how he came to be human. Then the group told her of all of the missions that they had taken on as the Reikai Tantei.

All the while Hiei kept to himself, thinking about the time since he was 'summoned' from Makai by his witchling and her friends, wondering at how his whole demeanor towards her had done a 180, from despising her to...-To what? I know through the past month being around her has been driving my hormones crazy, but is it more than that?- He again thought about the scene on the stairs. He had said he cared about her and that he wished she was in his arms, but was it more than just caring and wishing, was it love?

Normally he would scoff at the word 'love', before he had met Yusuke and the rest he hadn't even had friends or family for more than fifty years, not since the bandits he had considered as 'family' had abandoned him. True, it had been mostly his fault, if he hadn't been so blood thirsty they wouldn't have come to fear him. Ever since, he had avoided anything to do with 'friendship', 'comrades' and especially 'family' and 'love'. After meeting Kurama he had come to think of him as a comrade, then after fighting alongside Yusuke and the others he had found friendship, even though he denied it constantly. Then there was Yukina, his twin. He had refused to let her know he was her long lost twin, he still did, believing he didn't deserve her love. Then he met Mukuro, a kindred spirit. After awhile he came to see her as the family he had lost. Yet he still refused to believe in 'love', until now.