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It wasn't long before we arrived at the run-down house. We had chosen to walk. Taking a vehicle would have seemed very rushed and very expected. It might have taken us longer to reach our destination, yet we would not be heard coming so easily. During the long walk I had given much thought to whether or not I might be able to pretend to be under the influence of the agent. Should this be my plan of action, or should I just jump right into the battle? I finally decided upon the idea that it would be best to just let things play out. Nobuyuki might make speculations all on his own. Sho certainly might. He was arrogant enough.

We raced our way up the walkway, but it was just as I had suspected. The house was abandoned. I should have known better than to think that they would still be here.

I barely gave the others a chance to view the room. Turning quickly on my heels, I ran down the street, searching for the truck that Sho and I had taken to the facility. I felt Hiei just behind me the whole way. There was no chance that he would allow me to slip from his sight again. He was too protective of me now. Then again, he had always been protective. I had just ceased to view it as an annoying and irksome action.

One could only assume that Kurama, Kuwabara, and Yusuke had stayed behind to search the house. They could have no idea what I was looking for as I ran blindly down this street. A few more paces, and it came within my sight. It was just as we had left it, though there was something different. I could sense it. Hiei would not have liked me to act rash, to search it on my own. I slowed before it and pointed, allowing him to take control of the situation. Of this, he seemed quite grateful. He had slowed down to catch up with me, questioning glance soon dispelled by my gesture.

In a flash quicker than light, he was on the car, searching it intently with not two eyes, but three. After giving him a few seconds, I figured it was safe enough to being doing my own prodding. I joined him by the car, one eye searching the truck, the other the home of the owner it belonged to. We did not have any need for extra problems or enemies. We all shared one plate, and it was plenty full.

Hiei took another second, then looked up at me, a slight shake of his head. There was nothing wrong with this vehicle. It was not sabotaged, it was not rigged. It was very ordinary, and very much how we had left it, indeed. Yes, except for one small thing. Certianly Hiei would not have seen the small piece of paper sticking out from under one of the windshield wipers, mainly because he did not know to look for it. This was unfamiliar to him. He did not know what to see, and what to look for as I did.

Leaning over, I pulled the small piece of paper out from under the wiper and unfolded it. I began to open its folded contents as I heard the racing of the footsteps of the others heading toward us. It was a simple piece of paper, but it was a large key for us, for it was not a blank piece of paper. On it, there was a note from Sho.

'Dearest Amaya,

Master is most pleased that you have managed to round up all your goons. He would take pleasure in both watching you slaughter them, and slaughtering them himself. It shall be determined upon your arrival. Follow the signs.'

I read it first to myself. Then, as everyone had finally gathered around me, out loud.

"Signs?" Kuwabara asked, cocking his head slightly to the side. "What signs? How the heck are we supposed to know what signs to look for?"

"Beats the crap out of me," Yusuke sighed his agreement with Kuwabara's query.

"Well," Kurama shook his head thoughtfully. "We'll just have to walk about and see."

"That's annoying." Yusuke said as he kicked at a small rock on the pavement.

"Annoying, yes. But Nobuyuki likes to think of himself as a sort of grand trickster...in case you haven't noticed." Hiei commented. He seemed very distracted, and it was a wonder he had even heard what Yusuke said. After hearing the note, he began to stare up at the sky.

"As we go, be sure to look out for any sort of oddity or nonconformity. Even if you are uncertain it is valid. We must be on the highest of alerts." Kurama cautioned.

We set out down the sidewalk, each of our heads turning in all directions, looking for the slightest imbalance in all that was around us. Kuwabara would take note of birds flying in strange patterns, and often commented that his spirit awareness was acting up. He would break out in a fit of chills, and demand to stop and inspect the area we were in thoroughly before continuing on. After stopping and searching, with no success, four times, we each of us attributed his attacks to nothing more than rampant paranoia.

"Maybe," he said. "But I know one thing for certain: When we get this guy, we're gonna put him out of our misery."

This statement was unanimously supported by each of us. We were all beyond playing these tiresome games. I, more than anyone else. Yet we had no other options. We had nothing more to do than to continue on, and find clues that didn't exist.

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