Chapter 2: "It's not easy… for a human that is."

I sat there for a few moments, waiting for the smoke to clear from my lungs. The man who took the child from me I guessed was the leader of the team. I watched as he took control of everything.

It was about an hour before the fire was out. The leader came over to me, introducing himself as Keith. I reluctantly shook his hand.

"That was pretty brave of you. Did you get hurt at all?" I just shook my head. "Are you sure you're throat and lungs are alright? You don't feel sick or dizzy or anything?" Again

I shook my head. "What's your name, kid?"

That was it. "I'm not a kid and my name's Hiei." Wait, what made me tell him my real name instead of my human disguise? What made me tell him at all?

Keith grinned. "Well, Hiei, You're a kid if you're younger then me and you're a kid if I say so."

I glared at him resisting the urge to give him a glimpse of what I really was just to get him to shut up and leave me alone. I knew I was far older…. At least seven hundred years older. "Hn." I hesitated. "What does it take to be a firefighter?" What the hell possessed me to ask I still don't know.

He grinned. "Guts, strength and a lot of discipline. It's not easy."

I blinked. "Okay. Where're they staying?" I nodded to the family.

"Well, we'll take care of them and once the doctors give you the 'Okay' you can go on home." Doctors? Damn… I couldn't see them. They wouldn't let under my bandana go unnoticed and even if I could use my Jagan to trick them I wasn't going to risk the chance of getting in trouble with the Reikai.

I got up and started to walk away. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, calm down kid. Smoke's as…"

"Deadly as fire. I know. Smoke can kill you before fire and you're more then likely going to die from the smoke before the fire. I don't have any burns or smoke trauma. I'm fine. I just want to go home."

"And you will but…"

I turned into an ally, pulled my bandana off and got into Keith's head, making him hesitate going after me then I teleported home. When he turned the corner I wouldn't be there.