I'm back! Yayness for me! Lol. Sorry I took so long to update. Just to warn you I was in the mood to use big words… I mean really big words that I myself had to look up. Have fun!

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Blah mind speaking

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I hate phones

I glared at him. He had been trying to get into contact with someone named Koenma for numerous days now. Who that was I have no clue. I got ready for school. It's April 2nd, I realized. Time sure does fly. I just hope Hiei doesn't decide to follow me to school. I yawned and told Hiei where I was going and made him vow not to come with me or show up anywhere near the school district. That took maybe thirty minutes.

I ran towards the building and closed the entrance behind me. I managed to reach the classroom before the bell rang and I sat down. Only a few students decided to show up today. Brilliant, the less the better. My stomach made a nauseous sound and I groaned. My cell phone rings. Wait, how did my cell phone get in my bag?

"Hello?" Maybe it was Hiei. But then again I don't think he can activate phones and nor know my number. No one answered at first but then an extremely high-pitched scream blared through the phone. I had to put the phone away from my ear.

"Look behind you, Varia," An awfully eerie voice said on the other side and I ran out of the classroom. And ran smack-dab into a different Japanese teacher.

"Oh my god! I am so sorry!" I apologized to her. She gave me a peculiar glance and moved away. Probably because I said it in English. I was very paranoid. To the point I actually wanted to run home to Hiei. I laughed out loud. This was bizarre. My cell phone rang again and I wasn't sure if I should answer it or not. I took a chance.

"Umm.. Hello?"

Nothing again. I could feel my heart beat rise and goose bumps cover my skin. Who the hell was calling me? I hung up and tried to call my house but something made me stop. There was a deep breathing on the other side of the phone. I twitched.

Hang up, you idiot! Celosia yelled at me and I obeyed without thinking.

My breathing became really asymmetrical and I jumped sky high when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Hiei.

"What the hell are you doing here! You do realize that you just scared the living crap out of me!" I wanted to asphyxiate him. I looked around.

"And you're stepping in school boundaries. Did I not say to stay out!"

Hiei growled at me and shoved me against the wall.

"What the hell was that for?" I was getting infuriated but he gave me a strange look. "What now?"

"Why are you shivering?" He asked me. "Why did you jump?"

Great now I have to elucidate everything.

"I just got a scare that's all."

"Why?"
"I got a weird phone call," I twitched and he noticed that.

"What phone call."

"Nothing. Never mind. I don't want to talk about it."

He frowned at me and let it pass for once. The phone rang again but I didn't bother to answer it. A few seconds later, whoever called left me a message. I read it out loud.

"See you next time."

Did I ever tell you that I abhor telephones?

Hiei gave me a questioning glare and I shrugged. He growled at me and walked home with me and for once his company didn't bother me. Well it never bothered me in the first place but you know what I mean. I stepped up to my front entrance and felt a dark specter standing somewhere at my right.

I gave another shiver and wondered if Hiei felt the person. Or maybe it was just my imagination. I didn't want to go inside anymore. Since I was taking so much time Hiei decides to shove me in. Now I don't have a big house but at the moment it looked enormous and that bothered me.

"Hiei are you up for walk?"

"Why?"
"I don't feel like being in my house at the moment."

"Well in that case no."

I guess this was my punishment for not telling him about the phone issue. I sighed and wherever he went I followed. I suppose I should have felt secure since Regulus was there but right now the tiger was sleeping. Hiei sat on the edge next to the window and opened the window.

"Where you going?" I asked him nervously. Now was not the time to leave me alone.

"Hunting."

"Hunting for what?"
"Food. I'll be back later."

"How much later?" Geez. Am I that paranoid? I received a glare for that. I sighed and muttered a "whatever." He jumped out and moved hastily among the trees. I felt something behind me shift and I stood up straight. My cell phone rang.

GOD DARN YOU PHONES! Celosia was just as fearful as I was.

We're here for you, Varia Solace said in a very cold voice. Note to self: never anger the alien. I sighed in relief. Remembering that they were there. A shadow moved again and I jumped. What is wrong with me?

"Umm… Hello?" Well, I'm dumb I know that for sure. No answer once again but what else could I expect? Regulus snarled. I guess whoever was here woke him up. I went to the home phone and picked it up. Sure enough there was deep breathing.

Like the person from star wars that wears a black mask. Ok Varia, no panicking allowed. Breathe in and breathe out. I was getting anxious but this time my invisibility urges didn't come. I wish Hiei were here. I mentally smacked myself for wishing that.

"Who's there?" Me, being dumb again, followed the whatever it was upstairs. Hey, I'm braver than I thought. The shadow stood over the bed with the other home phone in its hands. I flicked the switch and the light came on. The thing ran over to my closet and slammed the door shut.

Clearly, he/she/it can't go anywhere now can it? Might as well check it out. I opened the closet door but found nothing there. I relaxed maybe I was seeing things. I looked over at my bed. Apparently I wasn't because the phone was lying on my bed. I twitched again.

"Hiei! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!" I yelled at myself.

"Right here."

I jumped again and found him standing at my doorway chewing on some rabbit bone. I threw myself at him and clung to him very tightly. My knight in shining armor. Ugh, I am so pathetic.

"What is wrong with you?" He asked me angrily.

"A lot if you haven't noticed."

He frowned. "What's wrong?"

"There's something in the closet," I pointed at it and he raised an eyebrow.

"What is?"
"I don't know but it's been after me since I was at school."
"Was he the one using your phone?"

"Well, I'm not sure of what gender it is but yea. I mean no. It called me. It didn't use my phone," I muttered. He rolled his eyes.

"Hey, I'm serious! There's something in my closet!"

He pried my fingers off of him and checked the closet. He sniffed it. Again with the sniffing. What is with you demons and sniffing?

"Whatever it was, it's not in there anymore. Care to tell me what happened?" He said as he closed the door and I gradually nodded my head. I explained to him what transpired at my school, the phone deal and the shadowy thingamajig. He glowered at me.

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Because I didn't feel like it. Do you know what it is?" I asked.

"No but I will soon."

I did not like the way he said soon. You mean that thing is coming back? Hiei, hate to tell you this, but you're not going anywhere for a while. He grabbed my wrist and took me outside. I glared at him.

"Now what?"

"I'm going to find a way to get to Spirit world," He answered and I raised my eyebrows. Spirit world? Why does that sound familiar? Hiei heaved me outside and made me linger in the forest. How I hate wooded areas. They make me tremendously paranoid. I waited for him for twenty minutes and he finally returned. I glared at him and he smirked.

"What now?"

"I finally found it."

"Found what?"

"The portal to Spirit World."

"Spirit world? I thought you wanted to go to Makai."

"I do but I have to be at Spirit World first."

"Why?" I asked. Spirit world seemed familiar to me. Maybe because of Celosia. She told me about it once and how she met a ferry girl that carried her over to see Natalie and then to me. Hiei didn't answer me and I frowned.

You know, sometimes, he's really annoying I said to them and I could hear Shiva laughing in the background.

Just put up with him.. or would you rather confront the closet creature? Celosia teased me and I sweat dropped.

Never mind… Hiei wait up for me! I followed the fire demon into the portal. I had to wonder how he managed to get a portal to open. Perhaps one of the many qualities of a demon. That made me shiver. If that was so, maybe a lot of demons have made into my world, and that was scary.

I followed him into a big door and I'm not kidding when I say big. Heck, who were they expecting to come in through those doors? King Kong? Godzilla? I shrugged and ignored the door's size. Hiei shoved them open and took my wrist and we traveled throughout the palace place.

I scanned the area. It was filled with papers; different colored skin creatures and the list could go on. I felt like Alice in wonderland. Hiei frowned and waved his right hand to catch the attention of a girl wearing a pink kimono. She had blue long hair that tied up in a ponytail and purplish red eyes. Weird, I tell you but then again the place felt proverbial.

"HIEI! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU! EVERYONE HAS BEEN SO WORRIED!" The woman exploded. Holy shit I think a cyclone just hit us. Hiei glared at her and made a growling noise. Should I try to calm him? I think not.

"Onna, now is not the time, where is Koenma?" Hiei asked.

"Who's that?" The lady pointed at me. Hmm, wonder if she was ever notified it's rude to point. I tilted my skull.

"Depends on who you want. I have many names," I was kinda referring to the others but she doesn't know that. Hiei rolled his eyes at me.

"Her name is Varia."

"I could have inform her myself you know," I scowled at him and he smirked. "You were too busy talking to the others."

"I was not."

"Hn."

"How do you put up with him?" I asked the blue haired girl and she chuckled. I'm sorry but did I neglect something amusing?

"Seems that Hiei is flirting with you," She said.

Eh… flirting? I took a step away from the fire demon. Stay away you… alive solid person.

You are the weirdest creature I ever met Hecate smirked.

I have to agree with her on this one Solace chortled.

Leave me alone.. you alien and robot peopleI muttered.

"Is something wrong with her?" The blue haired girl's voice made me come back to reality and Hiei scoffed. "No, she's talking to the others like I said."

"What others?"
"Never mind."

"What's your name?" I asked her. She smiled brightly. "Botan."
"Nice meeting you, Botan, but do you know anyone by the name of Koenma?" I asked. She gave a small nod.

"Well, can you take us to him?"

"Sure thing. See, Hiei, she is so much more polite than you. You could learn from her," Botan said cheerfully. I take it that Hiei doesn't fancy her very much because he started twitching. Maybe now I should step in.

"Hiei, don't do anything you'll regret. She's watching you."
Of course I meant Shiva when I uttered She. Like I said, blackmail. Hiei froze and glared at me. He really loves to glare at people. Botan led us to another big door room. What is it with you people and big doors? Botan opened them.

Impressive indeed Hecate mumbled as she studied the room. There was a chair that looked empty but as I looked lower I found a youngster sitting on it. Well, that's weird.

"Hi?" I greeted the critter.

"Hello. You must be Varia. I have checked your profile. HIEI! MUKURO IS GOING TO KILL YOU FOR BEING ABSENT!" The child yelled.

"Hn."

Like I said. He's so social I rolled my brown eyes.

"And of course, I am Koenma."
I turned to Hiei who folded his arms over his chest in aggravation. Okay, this wasn't a joke. "Err.. Nice to meet you."

"You do know that you're no normal human, right Varia?" Koenma shuffled some of the files on his desk and I leaned on it.

"Well, sort of. I have powers I know that much."

"You're a soul redeemer."

"What's that?" I would have asked the others that but they seemed confused too. I felt Hiei's gaze rest on me. Really now, I just love being at the center of attention. NOT!

"A soul redeemer is a person who collects spirits of the dead and gives them their body for them to use. In other words, you have other souls that possess you sometimes. Am I right?" Koenma smiled.

I nodded and smirked. No wonder this fellow was the king of the underworld but out of all things! A child!

"How do I free them?" I questioned and I received an immediate kick from Celosia. It wasn't that I did want to get rid of them but I was curious.

"The same way you got them. They're all there because of their deaths. As you know, spirits only stay behind when they have unfinished business," Koenma replied and I thought about this.

"Solace and Hecate yearn for revenge, Shiva wanted to find her childhood friend, and Celosia.. Well I don't know why she's here," I said out loud and Koenma nodded his head.

"Hecate wants to kill her inventor, Solace wants to kill her murderer, Shiva wanted to find her friend and did so but she also needs to find the person who killed her, and Celosia needs to get over her hatred of men," Koenma explained. I sighed.

"I know who did," Hiei suddenly muttered and I looked over at him. He was snarling with anger. "He also attacked me." He then glanced at me. So that's how he got his wounds.

"Do enlighten me," I said.

"He said that his name was Cyrus."

Cyrus? How ironic Solace growled.

Eh? You know him? I asked.

Of course she does Celosia scoffed and I gave her a confused look.

He's Solace's husband.. or ex-husband. You know, the one that killed her Shiva informed me and I gasped out loud. Hiei turned his gaze back to me in questioning. Koenma looked up from his files.

"What?"

"Cyrus. He's the ex-lover of Solace. He was the one that murdered her," I answered. That didn't make any sense. He killed Solace because he was married to her and wanted her kingdom. Why kill Shiva?

"Why would he kill Shiva?" Botan asked. She so totally read my mind!

"He knew that Shiva was the re-embodiment of Solace and might have thought that if he killed Shiva he would get rid of her for good," Koenma guessed. "But then again how would I know."

He's right you know. Varia, if he finds you he will try to eradicate you. You are the right heir to the throne. That is, if my daughter is dead Solace sighed.

You have a daughter? I said in surprise and she nodded.

We learn things everyday Celosia folded her arms.

"Well now, Hiei, Mukuro would like to hear from you," Koenma said and handed him an object that I have no idea what it was and he opened it. A lady popped out on the screen. She reminded me of a Cyborg and she was turning colors.

"HIEI! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! BECAUSE OF YOU I HAD TO FIND A NEW HEIR! LUCKY YOU, I HAVEN'T FOUND ONE YET. Explain yourself," She went from an erupting volcano to a calm sea. Bi polar much?

"I was attacked and found by a human healer," He muttered and pointed to me. I frowned at the sudden attention I got from the bionic female.

"A human healer? State your name child."

"Varia Caligo," I answered. I discovered earlier by Celosia that my name means Panther's darkness since Caligo is Latin for darkness. Like I said, Celosia is into names and their meanings. I wonder what her last name is.

Celosia Ziyana. It means Burning Dead beauty. How ironic Celosia muttered. I chuckled and agreed.

"Very well. What have you been doing to my heir?" She asked me but instead of hearing heir I heard hair.

"I haven't done anything to your hair."

"Not hair you, idiot. Heir," Hiei rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I've been annoying him with my stupidity. After all, everyone seems to like to call me human, which I am by the way," I answered sarcastically. Hiei looked like he was ready to use me as his punching bag.

"I see," Was all she said.

"As much as I like being here, I would like to go home," I muttered.

"You can't. Cyrus has sent his associates after you. Remember the shadow figure in your closet?" Koenma informed me since I forgot.

I ordered myself not to panic.

"Where do I go then?"

"You'll be staying with Keiko Yukimora. A friend of ours," Koenma stapled the papers together and set them aside. I gave him an annoyed glare but I didn't really have a choice. So off to Keiko's I go.

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Suntiger: Forgive me if the protagonist (Varia) seems to be acting like a bitch in the fiction. I was in bitch mode myself earlier. Don't know why…must be one of those days.. –Ahem-. Anyways:

Ugly Kitten: Well, I don't know if Varia is going to teach Hiei how to cook but if you want me to put that in there I will. It would be hilarious. Shiva is like his sweet snow isn't she? I wonder how I'm gonna alter this to a VariaxHiei fic.

Raven: Isn't everything weird though? Name one thing that's normal.

Kairos: GET OVER IT SIS! HIEI DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU OR ME! IT BELONGS TO THE CREATOR! DAMN IT ALL! T-T

EternalMidnight: No problems, I can deal with late reviews. LOL OCC where? When he's smelling her? True true. Maybe he wouldn't do that. Do you think I should redo the last chapter? LOL! And yea…she does have a lot of people talking to her. I pity and envy her.

Wolf-black-flame: HEY! DID YOU UPDATE YET! You're suppose to tell me these things. I can't always check. I WANT TO BE LAZY TOO YOU KNOW! Let me know when you repost the other story that was taken off too.

Suntiger: Okay very important question. Why is it that when Christians view things they say that anime is evil because it involves demons but yet the Japanese always contains demons, aliens and all sorts of other things. I mean I know the main religion of Christianity since I'm Roman Catholic but I tend to accept things.

What's Japan's belief of demons? And what's the difference between youma and youkai? I'm so frickin' confused!