Author: Wow I feel like I'm really making progress!

Hilu: That's because you are.

Author: I know! I'm so excited!

Hilu: rolls eyes You have too much energy sometimes.

Author: giggles On with the chapter! Enjoy!

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Chapter 11

Kurama walked to his apartment building thinking about what he would say to Hiei. He knew the fire demon would be asking questions. He had gotten curious in the last few years and was not above asking questions anymore. Many times it was about where Kurama went when he left the city. This was forbidden information. He could not tell Hiei he went to Reikai to see his sister, the most powerful demon known. He had no idea what he would tell his friend. He walked into the room and noticed Hiei's aura.

"Hey Hiei! What are you doing?" Kurama asked hoping Hiei wouldn't ask.

"Who was that girl, Fox?" Hiei asked.

"Just a girl. Why do you care Hiei?" Kurama asked his friend.

"She looked young," was all Hiei said.

Kurama sighed, "She is. She is sixteen today, not that she looks it, but that doesn't matter. Why were you guys in the mall today?"

"Yusuke sensed you in the mall and we know how much you hate that place, so we decided to see what you were up to. I didn't say anything because I was sure you would want the others to know about your girl," Hiei said.

"She is not my girl Hiei. Let's just say she is like a sister to me," Kurama said.

"What are you hiding, Fox? There is something you are not telling me. Why?" Hiei asked.

"It's nothing, Hiei. I wish I could tell you. I don't want to hide it anymore, but I have to. I have to or risk something I would never wish upon my enemy, so I definitely wouldn't want to have to go through it myself," Kurama said sadly.

He hated having to lie to his best friend, but he didn't have a choice. If Hiei knew who Kirana was he would ask questions; questions Kurama wasn't sure if he could answer. He also knew that if he told Hiei, King Enma would find out and then he would never be able to see Kirana again. And that was something he would never let happen. He loved his sister too much to let anything get between them.

"I'm sorry, Hiei, I really am. I would tell you if I could, but this is bigger than anyone. This is bigger than King Enma himself," Kurama said hoping that his friend would understand.

Hiei looked at Kurama knowing that if the fox could tell him he would. He believed his friend, but had a feeling they would all know the girl before too long. And Hiei was patient. He sensed something strange about the girl and wanted to know more about her, but he would not push the fox demon for information he was not allowed to give out.

"Hn," then Hiei was gone out the window.

Kurama sighed. He would have told Hiei everything if he could. Then he remembered what his sister had said about the fire demon being cute and he laughed. He knew how Hiei would react to that and it would not be good. But then again the demon had calmed down quite a bit in the last three or four years. Hiei was now a very good friend and even admitted to Kurama that he was his friend. Hiei had spent a few years with Mukuro, but then he couldn't stand it anymore and came back to the Reikai Tantei. He wouldn't admit it to anyone but Kurama, but hehadmissed his friends. And they had missed him.

The next few months went by without a hitch, until Kirana decided she wanted something that King Enma had told her he would not let her have.

"Kurama! Enma is so mean. How come I can't get my belly button pierced?" Kirana greeted her brother five months after her birthday.

"What?" Kurama asked.

"Why can't I get my belly button pierced?" she asked again.

"Because you can't," Kurama said.

"What?" Kirana said. "You won't let me either?"

"No, I won't let you do that," Kurama said forcefully.

"But, I want it!" Kirana said. "And it's my body!"

"Nice try Kirana, but no you are not getting your belly button pierced," Kurama said. "And that is final."

Kirana rolled her eyes, but she knew better than to push him. If she pushed too hard she stopped talking to Kurama and started talking to Youko, and he was even less likely to let her have what she wanted. So she decided she would do it herself.

"Fine! You are all so mean to me!" Kirana said, saying what Kurama would expect her to say if she was really giving in.

The next seven months passed without a hitch as Kirana made her plans. She would use her Jagan to convince Botan to take her to Ningenkai and sign for her. Then she changed her mind. She didn't want her friend to get in trouble, so she would convince Botan to get her to the piercing place, and then she would use her fox magic to have an ID that would say she was eighteen. She would go the day after her birthday. She couldn't wait.

The day before her birthday Kurama came to Reikai.

"Kirana, I can't come tomorrow. Something came up in Ningenkai," Kurama said hoping Kirana would not get mad.

Kirana was shocked. Kurama had never missed her birthday. No matter what. He had always been there for that day. That day that meant so much to her. And now he was going to abandon her! Fine then she would move her plans up a day and get her piercing on her birthday!

Kirana ran the other direction not wanting Kurama to see her cry. She was almost seventeen and her brother would not have that satisfaction. She ran to her room and would not let him come in.

"Go away! I don't want to talk to you!" Kirana said trying hard not to cry.

"Kirana, I am sorry. You know I would be here if I could. I will try to be here the day after, but I may not be able to get here till the week after. I'm sorry Kirana," Kurama said through the door.

"Whatever I don't care! It's not like my birthday is important anyway! Just go!" Kirana said deeply upset that she would not be able to spend her birthday with her brother.

The next day Kirana tried to convince Botan to spend the day with her, but the ferry girl claimed she was busy. So Kirana used her Jagan and got Botan to take her to Ningenkai to a tattoo and piercing place. She then used her fox illusions to make an ID that would say she was eighteen and got the piercing like she wanted. Then she made sure to get all the things needed to take care of it and her and Botan went back to Reikai.

The next day she decided to wear a mini skirt and a crop top. She was hoping someone would notice. She wanted someone to notice. No one had paid any attention to her yesterday and she was upset. She walked through Reikai and finally Botan noticed the piercing and dragged her back to the room.

"Kirana, please tell me that is not what I think it is?" Botan said worried.

"I got my belly button pierced," Kirana said simply.

Botan groaned. Shewasn't surehow the girl had gotten the belly button ring, but she had a pretty good idea.Botan hopedKirana hadn't done what she thought the girl had, but she had to be sure.

"Kirana, did you use your Jagan to get out of Reikai?" Botan asked hoping she would say no.

"Yes I did. No one was going to spend my birthday with me so I did something for myself," she answered.

"Did you use your Jagan on me?" Botan asked trying not to be upset.

"Yes, but only because you wouldn't spend the day with me either," Kirana said starting to cry. "I just didn't want to be alone on my birthday."

Botan sighed, she was upset that Kirana had used the Jagan on her, but could understand where the younger girl was coming from. Everyone still wanted to see her as a little girl, which she was not. But she was still part human and kitsune and would want someone to spend her birthday with her.

"Kirana, you know I have to talk to King Enma about this don't you?" Botan asked.

"I will tell him myself. I am so sick of everyone thinking I am too young to stand up for myself. I know what I did was wrong. Why does everyone keep pretending like I'm perfect! I screw up too! I am not perfect! Sometimes I just want to be human, maybe then I would be seen as a person instead of the dangerous weapon everyone here sees me as!" Kirana said thenran cryingout of the room toward King Enma's office.

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Author: Wow! That one was a little harder to write… I hope you all understand where Kirana was coming from with this little outburst. She is not a bad person…

Hilu: Don't give everything away!

Author: I didn't I just wanted to make sure they didn't hate her! Oh well, review please. Ja ne!