Sorry this chapter took longer. I have my stupid research paper to work on and a whole buch of tests to study for. But fear not, this chapter is out and 9 will be typed and posted by Friday. It will also be longer and a gap-filler.
Enjoy!
Riley sat on the couch in her 'aunt's' living room. Her four true brothers and almost brother (Takini) sat around her. Yusuke, Keiko, Kazuma, and Yukina sat on the other couch. Shiori was sitting in one of the lazy boys while Hiei sat on the window seat. Liz, Kurama, and Botan stood behind Shiori.
"So, you've been alive this whole time?" Damian asked her.
"Yes."
"Okay."
He jumped up and picked her up, placing her over his shoulder while heading outside. Mind you, he is much taller then her despite him being 3 years younger. She knew what he was going to do and just rested her head on her hand, laying her elbow on his back. Damian carried her to the backyard and dropped her into the recently installed pool. He expected her to fall into the water, but she caught herself and floated above the surface.
"How...what the hell?" Damian exclaimed.
"He he...psychic powers are awesome."
"Psychic?"
"Yep. Cool, ne?"
She floated over to the edge and stood up on the edge. Her brother just watched her. When he dropped his guard, she gave him a hard shove and knocked him into the pool. Damian didn't expect that and swallowed water. He came up chocking.
"Payback...is a bitch." she said to him, happily.
"Yeah...like you."
"Love you too."
Giving him a victory sign, she hurried into the house, throwing a towel from the laundry cupboard just inside the door outside for her brother. The others watched this out of the back window and were laughing their asses off, Yusuke and Kazuma especially.
"Aunt Shiori. Since I kind of live in Reikai and the bathroom recently broke because of one of the Oni, can I please borrow a shower?"
"Make sure you return it." Yusuke chuckled.
"Haha, Yusuke. What about that thing you call a brain? Isn't that about 21 years over due?" she retorted.
"Ouch." Kurama said.
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want...who is the one in college here?" the Tantei asked.
"You...but that does not mean that I am less smart, well, I am smarter then you. I am the one with a job in Reikai's record room, as well as Koenma-san's assistant and a ferry girl. I also get anything I ask for. So I, in turn, have one, actually, three, up on you."
"What do you mean anything?"
"I ask, I get. Now, Shiori, may I have a shower?" she begged.
"Of course dear."
Shiori walked over to Riley and lead her up the stairs to use the shower in her room. It was a big bathroom with a sunken tub and a large walk-in shower. Riley nodded her head in approval. Leaving her to her shower, Shiori set off to gather clothes from her room for Riley and get Hiei so he may use the spare shower next to Kurama's old room.
Riley sat on the floor of Shiori's room, a towel wrapped tightly around her body. She was currently cleaning the muck off of her black, shin-high boots. An outfit sat on the bed. Her unofficial aunt picked it out for her; a floor-length white skirt and ¾ sleeve black, v-neck shirt. She was so immersed in her cleaning that she didn't hear the door open then close. It wasn't until a shadow fell over her that she looked up. Her eyes widened as she met an...interesting sight. A shirtless, wet Hiei wearing only a towel around his waist. His hair was limp and bangs fell into his eyes. She had to admit, to herself, that he did look rather attractive. She might have loved Hitomi, but she couldn't linger in the past forever. Even if it was out of anger, Hitomi told her to move on...and she will.
"Onna, have you seen my clothes?" he asked her, gazing at the wall so as not to see her body, which was currently partially exposed.
"Umm...no actually. Kurama might have collected your clothes while you were bathing and put them in the washer. That is what Shiori did with mine. And if I know Kurama, which I do, there must be an outfit laying on his old bed for you. Best hop to it, do not want the others to see."
"Hn, whatever." he walked over to the door, but paused as he opened it. "Put some clothes on."
"Why? Do you not like what you see, Hiei?" she asked, standing up and placing her hands on her hips in a seductive manner.
"Umm..."
He got slightly red in the cheeks before turning around and heading out of the room. Riley smiles at her work and strips herself of her towel. Putting her undergarments on, she eyes the outfit. Her father and her mother both told her she looks beautiful in white...not in the marriage way, yet. Pushing that to the side, she puts the clothes on and sets to work on drying her hair with the towel. Once again, she is immersed in her task and doesn't hear the door open. Kurama and Hiei walk in, but stop upon seeing what was lying on the bed. On top of Riley's cloak, there were four hand guns, a belt of clips, and a disassembled sniper rifle. The kit (baby fox) that she had found was perched just to side of these and was watching the newcomers with slight interest.
"Riley...why the hell do you have guns?" Kurama demanded, startling her.
"Well, I need to protect myself some how and guns are effective. I cannot always depend on my psychic abilities." She replied nonchalantly.
"It is just...interesting. No knives?"
"I do. They are in my boots."
As if to prove her point, she lifts of the fabric to show the knives slid into her boot. Hiei eyed her outfit. It was different, but he had to admit it suited her. Riley gazed at him as well. He had on sliming dark blue jeans and a button up black shirt with a blue dragon embroidered on it. She whistled.
"Wow, Hiei. I approve. You should consider dressing like that more often."
Walking over to the bed, she placed the guns in their holders built into her jacket, put the belt on (the clips were on the back part and out of sight), and placed the sniper in a pocket also built into the jacket. Sliding it on, she made her way past the two boys and went downstairs where everyone awaited them. Botan was chatting with the other girls while Yusuke and Kazuma were having a heated discussion on video games, Riley's brothers watching with interest. A smile played at the girl's lips but she was pulled out of her amusement when her phone went off. Seeing who it was, she hurried into the next room.
"Moshi, moshi, daddy."
"Riley, we found the next Air elemental."
"Good. It is best if we send the Tantei to track him down."
"Yes...wait...how did you know it was a guy?"
"A vision. He has bleach blonde hair and unusual yellow-blue eyes, right?"
"Of course. So, you will tell them?"
"For you, anything."
"Thank you, Riley. Now...about Hitomi's body?"
"We will give her to her parents. They know all about what is happening, you know, the Elemental thing. Simply have Jorge and some of the other Oni deliver her to them. It is what they wished after all. If something happened to her, they want her body so that they bury her beside her grandmother."
"Understood. Hurry up, then."
"Got it. Love you daddy."
"You too Ri-Ri. Bye."
"Bye."
She hung up the phone and looked in the doorway. Hiei stood there with a smirk on his face. Riley smiled at him and walked over to his spot against the door frame.
"He found the new elemental. You and the others are to go and fetch him."
"What's he look like?"
Sending him a mental image, he implanted it into his mind. With a smile and, surprising him, a hug, she walked into the other room to relay the message, aside from the whole Koenma being her dad thing. They were excited, more action. Hitomi's death was pushed to the back of their mind. They cared for her, yes, but she would not like for them to be sad in anyway. The other three Elementals waited patiently by the door.
"Hiei knows what he looks like. Koenma should be contacting you momentarily with the location of him. Have fun. Mother, my brothers, and I must head back to Reikai. Best of luck."
She opened a portal. Damian (recently dried off), Dante, and Richard stepped in. Liz smiled and thanked Shiori, gave her hug while promising to visit, and entered as well. With a wave, Riley joined them, the portal closing behind her. Two seconds later, Botan's communicator went off, Koenma on the line.
Not even 2 hours later, the Reikai Tantei come back to Reikai with a little kid in tow. This was just not any little kid though, this was the new Air elemental, and boy was he adorable. He kept his hand in Yukina's and Keiko's as he gazed in awe at the Oni running about. His bleach-blonde hair fell limp on his head, covering his eyes until one of the girls brushed it aside. The boy's eyes were full of life. Once the Tantei told him what he was meant for, he went with them. Unfortunately, he was an orphan, his parents having died in a car accident 4 years before. With no relatives, he got stuck in the system. Yusuke opened the door and walked up to the desk.
"Yo, diaper-king. We got your kid for ya."
"Yusuke, who are you talking to?"
Everyone turned around to see teenage Koenma (he has been like that for a while now) walk into the office with Liz and her sons.
"Umm...you?"
"Try again, Yusuke-kun cause I do not look like him." exclaimed the person in the chair.
It swiveled around to reveal Riley in it, a smile on her face. She saw the child holding onto the girls. With a smile, she gestured for him to come over and he complied.
"Hello Kohaku. My name is Riley and this is Reikai. I assume the others have told you why we would like your presence here?"
"Ye-huh. I am needed for a big mission." the bubbly 6 year old said.
"That is right. We need your help to make the bad guys go away. But, you see, we cannot keep you here."
"Why?" he got small tears in his eyes.
"Well, we are currently fostering you. That is how they got you out of the orphanage. Now, if you want to stay here, one of us needs to adopt you. I already have the paper work and am waiting for one of them to step up and be your parent."
Yukina walked up to the desk. Riley could tell she had gotten attached to the kid. Kohaku wanted to be loved and despretly needed a mother. The Koormie was willing.
"May I?" she asked in a clear and confidant voice. "May I be the child's adoptive mother?"
"Yukina...you would be perfect. There are some papers that need to be signed for that, but for now I will put them in my desk drawer so that the two of you may become better aquainted. Understand, the court in Ningenkai prefers that it is a couple adopting and you also have no ligitimate records there, so I will have to pull some strings. Alright?"
"Of course."
Kohaku smiled broadly and waltzed over to the Koormie, hugging her tightly. Everyone shared a hearty laugh. Riley took the adoption papers on the desk and slid them into the top drawer. Kurama looked at her oddly.
"I thought you said you would put them in your desk, and not Koenma's?"
"I did. This is my new desk and this," She pointed to the large stack of papers in the corner of the hardwood. "is all the work I have to do."
Kazuma looked at the work.
"Hey...aren't these Judgment papers?"
"Sure are."
"But I thought that was Koenma's job?"
"It was, but he has kingly manners to attend to."
"Doesn't the person performing Judgment have to of the royal line?" Botan wondered.
"Yes, they do."
Everyone gazed at her. It was uncomfortable for her and she let them knew with a glare. They all took a step back simultaneously.
"Understand now that I am your boss, so you must listen to what I have to say."
"Wait...huh?"
Kurama finally pieced it together and gasped. Botan, who stood next to him, jumped.
"Honey...what is it?"
"You...are Koenma's...daughter?"
"Of course...or else this would not be my job."
I will work on chap 9. Keep posted and please review. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all...well, post anything...ya get point.
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