Hiei watched the sleeping city with mild disinterest. This was his second try at assassination. Kikirko had gotten mad, really mad. But withheld it, telling Hiei was a shaky voice to try again tonight. There was a portal waiting with Saya by it in the park, it would close at midnight.
It was 11:30.
Kikiro seemed confident enough that Hiei could kill the detective in thirty minutes, and Hiei was feeling quite sure of himself. But little snippets of memory that included scenes of Yusuke fighting left him doubting his strength.
Putting that out of his mind he jumped from the top of the building onto the roof of the next one. Becoming a blur he dashed across the lighted city towards Yusuke's apartment building.
Saya sat in the large tree with her eyes closed in a completely relaxed position. The portal, glowing slightly with blue light, floated behind her, up further on the branch. It was out of the way and inconspicuous. In her mind she could see the pulsating black ball of energy that was Hiei moving and jumping around. He was in good health and his vitals were excellent. She could hear his breathing and feel the tensing of his muscles as he leaped nimbly from rooftop to rooftop. That steady rhythm was making her drowsy.
She slapped herself hard across the face, scaring herself. She opened her eyes (not that she could see anything, she's blind) and took a few deep breaths. She had to stay awake, for Hiei's sake, if not for her own.
11:40 had Hiei standing outside Yusuke's window staring at the sleeping boy. He was debating whether he would just crash through the window, or sneak inside the house. He decided upon the latter. That would give him a few more moments of secrecy and he wouldn't wake up the whole house.
He had just got the door unlocked when a fleetingly familiar voice rang out behind him.
'"Stop, Hiei."
He turned around. A young redhead with emerald eyes was staring at him, a rose was in his hand.
"Who are you?" Hiei asked, "And how to you know my name?""Perfect," Kurama muttered. "Hiei, my name is Kurama, you know me."
"I don't associate with humans, nigen," Hiei sneered, "Now run along before I slice out your stomach."
Kurama grimaced. "I won't let you go into his house, Hiei. It would be best if you come with me."
Hiei glared. "I don't have to go anywhere."
The door opened behind him. "Hiei?"The fire demon looked over his shoulder. Yusuke Urameshi, teenage Spirit Detective was standing behind him.
"Hiei? Look, we don't want any trouble, just calm down and come with us," Yusuke said loudly.
"Shut up," Hiei said. He turned back to Kurama. "And you just ruined my mission." He glanced down at a clock. It was 11:50. With silent speed he drew his sword and whipped around, going down on one knee. The tip of his sword caught Yusuke on the shoulder and sliced at an angle down his chest.
Damn, Hiei thought. He had misjudged the length of his sword and how far Yusuke was and the gash was only an inch deep. Nothing even remotely life-threatening to him.
"Hiei!" Kurama yelled.
Hiei darted off. He heard Yusuke yell at Kurama to go after him and heard footsteps closing in. Hiei increased his speed, jumping onto a rail, vaulting to a window sill and flipping up to the rooftop. He glanced down and saw the boy called Kurama chasing him, still on the ground. With a growl Hiei ran even faster.
Saya was waiting anxiously at the portal. She knew Hiei had hurt Urameshi, but it wasn't very serious. How Hiei was running from someone who wasn't human, but wasn't demon either. The pursuer was a ball of green energy in Saya's mind, relentlessly dogging the black orb that was Hiei. Saya calmly sat down, meditating, unlocking her energy in case she was needed.
The energy of the portal was starting to fade. It only had a few more minutes before the portal closed and they'' be stuck here, in the Living World, until they were caught by the Spirit Detectives or Kikiro opened another portal. That would be bad.
In her mind a sliver of the green energy snaked out and wrapped around the black ball of Hiei's energy. Both stopped moving, then Hiei was pulled back by the connecting sliver. Saya gritted her teeth. This was bad! Every second Hiei was delayed was a second less they had to make it through the portal. She had to something, her own little power was good for something. Right?
Kurama's rose whip was wrapped around Hiei's wrists, binding them together. Hiei's sword was on the ground not an inch from his feet. He grimaced as he recounted his situation. It was embarrassing, a warrior of his caliber, being subdued in this manner. Hiei know Saya was in the tree, waiting for him. It should be almost midnight by now. Time was running out!
Then all of a sudden, the whip snapped right in the middle. Hiei didn't pause to question what happened, time was low as it is. He grabbed his sword and raced towards the treem where the dimming portal was waiting.
Saya breathed a sigh of relief when Hiei didn't stop to battle the boy. He was on his way, but she didn't think he would make it in time. The portal was all but gone. It had to be midnight already. She bit her lip. Hiei was coming, fast, but it wouldn't be fast enough. And she couldn't go through the portal without Hiei. Oh, Kikiro will be so mad!!
The white haired demon girl felt Hiei's energy on her skin as he came closer. But, just like that behind her, the portal closed on itself. Saya stood frozen. He didn't make it. They were stuck here, alone together.