Chapter 3: Making Enemies Already…?
"Stop the sarcasm. I don't see why they can't go off by themselves." Hiei complains.
"Well they could be attacked and seeing as though they are both vulnerable with out their powers. Hiei just go with Kiyoshi and we can get this over with a lot faster."
Megumi beams with her victory of Kurama choosing her.
"I'm not vulnerable. Stay here Hiei." Kiyoshi says now loathing Kurama for thinking she was weak. She walks off in the opposite direction as Megumi and Kurama.
Hiei stands alone, watching everyone leave. However, Kiyoshi hit a nerve with Hiei, she gave him an order stating for him to stay put. He glared at her as she walked away, how dare she do such a disrespectful thing to him someone much more powerful then her. He decides to disobey, and he follows her.
Meanwhile, "Say Kurama, how did you know we didn't gain our abilities yet?" Megumi asks remembering he wasn't in the room when Koenma was explaining everything.
"Hiei told me." He puts simply,
"When was this?" Megumi questions skeptically.
"When Koenma was informing Hiei."
"How is that possible?" Megumi thinks out loud,
"He has a Jagan eye that allows him to communicate telepathically." Kurama explains.
"That's kinda a scary thought. He can know you every thought with out you knowing?"
"Pretty much."
"Anyway to stop the mind reading madness?" Megumi hopes,
"I don't think so."
"Wonderful. My apartment is down this street." Megumi states pointing to the street coming up on the left.
Once the two of them reach the apartment, "Make yourself at home. I'll just grab a few things then we can go." She walks off into the back of her apartment, into her bed room. Kurama looked around the living and kitchen area. It was extremely organized and looked like it had just been cleaned. Megumi came out from her room, with a black messenger bag tossed over her shoulder,
"Okay, I'm ready to go." She states as she makes her way towards Kurama.
"Do you live her alone?" He asked, noticing there didn't seem to be anyone else in the apartment.
"Yep, since I started high school." She smiles, proud that she was able to live comfortably, be in school, and have a part time job. They both walked to the door, on the way down the stairs Kurama asked,
"Megumi, I don't mean to be rude but where are your parents?" He asks,
"Somewhere on the other side of the world." She answers nonchalantly.
"The world?" He repeats shocked,
"Yeah, they didn't like staying in one place so they decided to travel the world. Last time I talked to them they were in Italy." They leave the apartment building and make their way back to the portal, taking their time.
Kiyoshi and Hiei however, weren't getting along as well as Megumi and Kurama. Kiyoshi knew Hiei was following her to her house; she bitterly picked up her pace wanting to lose him. She was getting closer to her house, and began to run. She disappeared from the street and ran into the woods. A while later she reached an old run down house, hers. The house was one story, very small, and was hardly staying together.
She opened her door, and walked to the back of her house, looking for some things she needed.
"What a dump." Hiei states as he walks in her home. Kiyoshi came out of her room, with a backpack, wondering how Hiei found her.
"I told you not to come!" Kiyoshi states, replacing her wonder with anger.
"I don't take orders." Hiei glares,
"Feh idiot." She walks past him and out of her house, heading back to the portal. Hiei was fed up with her and her superior attitude; he unsheathes his katana and puts it to her neck.
"Look girl, I'm willing to spend the rest of my life working for that toddler if you get to die by my blade. I suggest you drop the thoughts that you are superior to me." Hiei threatens. While Hiei was talking, she smirked, pulled out a small dagger from her pocket and pointed it behind her, towards Hiei's abdomen.
"Then do it. I dare you." Hiei had noticed her weapon,
"Fool." He removed his weapon and placed it back in his sheath, as did Kiyoshi. They continued walking towards the street, the two of them making sure the other didn't try anything.
They reached the street and walked up along the sidewalk, and come up to a three way intersection. A young mother and her daughter were crossing the street. Kurama and Megumi were coming down the sidewalk to find Hiei and Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi stopped walking and watched the mother and child cross the street. Around the bend a car was speeding to the light, seeing that there were people crossing he slammed on the brakes making a horrible screeching noise. Megumi heard the noise and knew it couldn't bring any good, she saw the car was headed for the mother and child, her instincts kicked in. White feathered wings appeared, sprouting out of Megumi's back, and she took off towards the mother and child. Kiyoshi noticed Megumi and knew what she was going to try to do,
"We can't have that now can we?" Kiyoshi mutters as her wings appear and she takes off as well, beating Megumi to the scene. The car hits and spins into the middle of the intersection. The child lays on the ground only a few feet away from her mother. Megumi stands next to the mother, Kiyoshi near the child.
"M-My, m-my baby…" the mother mutters staring in disbelief at her little girl's mangled body. Kiyoshi and Megumi glare at each other.
"Why did you take the little girl?" Megumi questions angrily,
"Why did you save the mother?! They were both supposed to die!" Kiyoshi yells.
The young man who was driving the care gets out and stumbles over to the little girl in shock of what he did.
"I tried, I tried to stop. I really did! I…" He trails off, as his knees meet the pavement and burst into tears along with the mother.
Kiyoshi kneels down next to the little girl and places her hand over the girls head. The young girl glows a faint white color and Kiyoshi pulls the soul from the body. The girls' soul looks around confused,
"What happened? Why is my mommy crying?" she asks,
"You got hit by a car. You should go say good bye to your mother." Kiyoshi advises with an almost remorseful tone. The girl rushes over to her mother and Megumi, who was trying to hide her anger.
"Thank you for saving my mommy." The girl thanks Megumi and then goes over and tries to comfort her mother.
"I should have saved you too." Megumi mutters, "Kiyoshi put her soul back in her body! She is too young to die."
Kurama and Hiei stood on the side walk and watched. Kurama more fascinated then Hiei,
"That's interesting." Kurama states,
"What is?" Hiei asks,
"No one seems to care that there are two people with wings sprouting out of their backs."
"So what? I'm leaving, I have better things to do." Hiei states walking away into the forest behind them.
"I can't do that, Megumi." Kiyoshi responds, as ambulance sirens grow louder.
The little girl goes over to Kiyoshi again, and tugs on her sleeve.
"I'm ready to go now." She states, smiling through her tears.
"Alright." Kiyoshi holds out her hand and the girls soul turns into a ball of light in her hand. Kiyoshi carefully places the soul in her pocket. Megumi walks away from the hysterical mother on the rode, the ambulance arrives and checks out the mother for any injuries and they take the child's body away.
The three of them meet up near the portal.
"Megumi are you alright?" Kurama asks,
"Just fine." She responds while glaring at the back of Kiyoshi's head. Kurama looks at Megumi with worry, it was clear to see why she was upset.
Hiei was already gone; Kurama goes through the portal forgetting his manners occupied by his thoughts of what had just occurred. As soon as he his gone, Megumi pulls a throwing star out of her coat pocket and throws it at Kiyoshi's head. Kiyoshi knew it was coming, she had her dagger ready to block it. The throwing star is deflected and plants itself in a near by tree.
"You're a monster Kiyoshi!" Megumi states drenching her words in hatred.
"If you would have just stayed out of the way, then the mother and child would still be together in death. They wouldn't have to suffer though this separation. If anyone is a monster here, Megumi, its you." Kiyoshi states calmly before she too walks though the portal.
Megumi stands in shock of what Kiyoshi said. She clenches her fists, "No, I'm the hero in this story. It is you that is the villain my friend."
On the other side of the portal, Megumi saw Kiyoshi hand the girls' soul to Koenma. It made her anger swell, Koenma was actually letting this happen. However, Megumi calmed herself down.
"Kurama, please show them to their rooms on the 19th floor." Koenma orders, Kurama opens the office door motioning for them to go first.
A/N: Hey it's a not cliffhanger-ish ending! Darn it.
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