Chapter Three
Following Her and The Net
When they reached his house, he opened the door for Mica, being the gentleman he is. They both went inside.
" Sit here first. Feel at home. I'll just get something from my room." He led her to the couch.
" Okay." She said, sitting down on the couch. Then, Shiori entered the living room.
" Hello Mica." She said.
" Good afternoon Mrs. Minamino." She stood up and bowed.
" Please sit down and make yourself comfortable. Do you like something to drink? Eat?" Shiori asked.
" Yes, please. Thank You." Mica said, still standing up.
" Okay, I'll prepare something for both of you." Shiori said exiting the living room.
" I'll help." Mica said, following Shiori.
" No need. Just make yourself comfortable there." Shiori said, smiling at the sweet girl.
" It's okay. I'll help." Mica said, returning the smile.
" Thank you dear, you are an angel." Mica just smiled at the compliment, remembering something from the compliment.
She helped Shiori prepare some brownies and milk (A/N: couldn't think of anything else…hehe…). Mica then brought the tray with a plate of brownies and two glasses of milk in the living room. She saw that Shuichi was there with his laptop on. She settled the tray down on the coffee table.
" Shuichi, I'll be out for more than a couple of hours. Don't wait for me." Shiori said.
" Okay, take care mom." Shuichi said. He then turned to the brownies.
" That looks good." Shuichi said.
" Well, your mom is a good cook." Mica said.
" But you helped, too, you know."
" Just a little." Mica said. " What are we going to do?"
" I'm thinking of doing a DNA model. Do you want that?" Shuichi asked.
" Okay, it's fine with me. A live structure or graphics?" Mica asked.
" I was thinking of doing both." Shuichi said.
" Fine with me. This will be fun." Mica said with a smirk on her face.
" Okay, let's start." Shuichi said.
" I would start with the graphics and you start with the structure." Mica said.
" Okay." Then they start doing their project. Mica took over the laptop and Shuichi was doing the DNA model. After a couple of hours, and after eating all the brownies, they stopped.
" Mica, look at this." Shuichi showed her what he had done. The model was standing on a thick hardwood and is made of different colored glass.
" Wow, that is so beautiful. How did you do that?" Mica asked, fascinated with what Shuichi made.
" It is just simple. I just carved it from glass and painted it." Shuichi said. " But it is not finished yet. I still have to add more so that it will be taller."(A/N: I don't know if you could really do that but this is only a fanfiction.)
" Okay, that was really beautiful. You are amazing." Mica said.
" Don't tell me you are turning into one of my fans." Shuichi said, joking around with her.
" What! Over your dead body!" Mica said, flustered.
" Why my dead body?" Shuichi asked, tilting his head.
' He looks so cute.' Mica thought. ' Wait, what am I thinking?'
" Well because one… I don't want to die yet and two… you're the one who started this." Mica said. She turned to her side and pouted like a little child. Shuichi laughed a little.
" Okay, let me see your work." Shuichi said. She looked at him and beamed. She led him to his laptop. What Shuichi saw made him stare at it in awe.
" What do you think?" Mica asked.
" This is great. Now let me ask the question, how did you do it?" Shuichi asked, his eyes not leaving the screen. There was a 3D graphic of a complete DNA strand and it was moving.
" It is just a little program that I created." Mica said proudly.
" Where did you learn to do that?" Shuichi asked, now looking at her.
" That is a secret." Mica said. " I'm not finished yet. I have to add information about the DNA."
" That was truly amazing." Shuichi said.
" What now? Are you starting a fan club for me?" Mica asked, a smile gracing her lips.
Shuichi just smiled at her.
" It's late. We should just continue this tomorrow." Shuichi said.
" I can't. I have to find a job tomorrow after school." Mica said.
" Yeah. I have to help you find one, right?" Shuichi remembered.
" That's right." Mica said.
" Okay, now let's go. I'll walk you home." Shuichi said.
" No, it's okay. I can handle myself." Mica said.
" No, I'm going to walk you home." Shuichi insisted.
" But—" Mica protested but Shuichi already got her school bag and was ushering her out of their house. Shuichi closed the door behind him and they started to walk. They were walking in silence until Mica decided to break it.
" Shuichi, thanks for everything. You can go home now." Mica said.
" But this isn't a house. This is a grocery store." Shuichi said.
" I'll be fine, I promise. Now just go home. Thanks again." Mica turned her back at him and started to walk when…
" And don't you dare follow me." Mica said. " Now go home like the good boy you are." She said, smiling and gave him a pat in the head.
" Okay, good night and take care of yourself." Shuichi turned his back and walked the way back to his house. When Mica saw this, she turned her back and started walking, just to give Shuichi the impression that she was walking home in case he looks back. When she looked at where Shuichi had gone off to, she saw that he was gone.
' Well, that was fast.' She thought and started walking until she reached a corner and turned to it. What she did not know was that Shuichi hid on a nearby tree and when he made sure that she will not look back anymore, he decided to follow.
When Mica reached the end of the corner, jumped on to the other side of the wall, just like she is doing everyday. Shuichi saw this and when she reached the other side, he also jumped to the other side. They were in a forest. He decided to hide behind trees, still keeping an eye on her.
Mica felt that someone was following her. She reached inside the right side of her blouse and pulled out a small gun. She started to go back, careful with her steps, looking everywhere in case she spotted someone. Shuichi saw this and jumped on a tree carefully.
' How did she know that I was following? I was really careful.' He said to Youko in his mind.
'Maybe she has spirit awareness, like the human you are working with.' Youko told him.
' I don't know. I should ask Koenma about her. And how come she has a gun?'
With that, their little conversation ended.
When Mica was sure that there was no one there, she started walking back to her house. Shuichi saw this and started following her, being more careful with every step he takes.
When she reached her house, she opened the number pad beside the gate and started typing the number combination. Then she heard something…Shuichi's communicator was ringing. Shuichi was surprised with the sound and saw Mica coming towards the sound with her gun held tightly in her hand. He decided to jump to trees to go back where he came from.
Mica heard a rustle from the nearby tree and looked up…nobody was there.
' What could that be?' Mica thought, she just dismissed it and walked inside her house.
With Shuichi…
He opened his communicator when he thinks that it was safe and Yusuke's face showed in the screen.
" Kurama, where are you man?" Yusuke asked.
" Sorry, I'm on my way. Had to take care of something." Kurama answered.
" Get your butt here as fast as you can." Yusuke said impatiently.
Kurama ran fast to Yusuke's apartment. He knocked on his door and Botan opened it.
" Hello Kurama. Come in." She said. Kurama went in and took a seat on the couch.
" What took you so long?" Yusuke asked.
" I just had to take care of something. That's all." Kurama answered.
" Anyway, Koenma said that we may be able to contact her through her own website." Yusuke showed him a piece of paper where the website is written.
" Don't the authorities know about this?" Kurama asked.
" They know about it and tried to trace her but they always ended up in a dead end." Botan said.
" Okay, so we need to access this website and tell her that we need her to kill some guy." Yusuke said.
" But who is going to be the bait?" Botan said.
" I'll be the one." Kurama volunteered.
" Okay, that's settled. Let's do it now." Yusuke got out his laptop. (A/N: How he got a laptop? I don't know. Just go along with it.)
They opened it and they logged on to the internet. When they did, Kurama typed in the web site on the address bar thingy.
The homepage was black in the background with silver fonts. On top, was written in bold, blood red letters. Below it was written in silver fonts, 'Enter'.
Kurama clicked on the enter sign and another web page appeared. It was still black in the background. All of the things written there were in silver. It was like this:
( A/N: I know it sounds corny, but I can't think of anything else.)
Client Information
Name:
Credit Card Account No:
E-mail Address:
Person/s want to be killed:
Name/s:
Address:
Company Address:
(If Any)
Occupation:
Other Description:
SEND ( By pressing this button, you agree to my terms.) TERMS
Kurama clicked on the 'TERMS'.
It said:
If I don't receive the amount after a day, my job will not be done.
Kurama entered all the information and pressed the SEND button.
" And now we wait until tomorrow." Kurama said.
" Whose account did you use?" Yusuke answered.
" Mine. But I put your name as the client." Kurama said.
" What description did you put?" Kuwabara asked.
" I could not exactly put my description because she might recognize me, since we were pretty close back in elementary. I just described Youko. Without the ears and tail." Kurama said.
" Okay, but what if she shows up and not see who she is looking for?" He asked again.
" I described the place where she can find me and then we'll take our positions to capture her." Kurama said.
" Sounds good to me." Yusuke said.
" Me, too." Kuwabara said.
" Hn." Hiei said. (A/N: Almost forgot that he was there, too… Hehe…)
" Okay, I'll just come by tomorrow so that we can see if she replied or something." Kurama said.
Kurama went out of the apartment and headed home. He sensed that the little fire demon followed him.
" Are you sure about this, fox?" Hiei asked.
" Of course. Now if you excuse me, I have something to do." He said, walking the trail back to Mica's house. He still sensed that the little demon followed him.
" If you want to join me, it's okay." Kurama said.
When they reached the forest, they jumped to trees until they reached the front gate of the house.
" We can't get in. I don't know the combination." Kurama said.
" What are we looking for exactly?" Hiei asked.
" My classmate, Mica. She was a new student just eight months ago." Kurama said.
Kurama saw a nearby tree beside a window. He jumped onto it and Hiei followed. They saw Mica sleeping, she was turning in her bed, like she was having a nightmare.
" Hiei, can you see what she is dreaming about?" Kurama said. Hiei removed the white bandana and concentrated. He saw the dream.
End Of Chapter
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