2.
When you stepped out of the other side of the portal you looked around the room you were in and saw that you were in Koenma's office room. There were several chairs and couches scattered throughout the room. You found Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama in three chairs that sat in front of a desk that was piled with mountains of paperwork. Hiei was walking over to a corner of the room to lean against the wall. Behind the paperwork you could just barely make out the top of Koenma's brown hair. Koenma was in his teenage form in order to, what you thought was to, impress you and not explode with silent laughter. You also noticed that Botan was standing to the right of Koenma's desk looking as cheerful as ever, probably excited about meeting you. All the guys turned to you as you walked to a chair by Kurama. Koenma moved a pile of documents so that he could see you as you sat down and pulled the front of your hat down as if to shade your eyes from the bright lights.
"Ah. I see you've arrived. Now we can get to business. Now before we start, I'd like for you to tell us your name. As for mine I'm Koenma, ruler of the spirit world and son of King Yama," Koenma said as he handed you a piece of paper and a pen. You were tempted to write down one of the 'nicknames' you knew him by, but thought better of it. You quickly thought of a name and chose Lee Roshin. That way you wouldn't have to go by an alias name that was completely different from your original one. You also decide to startle him a little by adding on, "And you can cut it out with that form you're in. Don't worry, I won't laugh at your true form." You hand him the paper and he reads it out loud to everyone. Everyone but you was startled that you knew he wasn't in his true form. Hiei was in the back so he was able to recompose himself before anyone saw, though you saw out of the corner of your eye.
Just then Yusuke piped in, "Ah! He was able to see past your fake teenage form toddler! Looks like your plan to impress him failed. I didn't think anyone could do that. I mean none of us could even see past it if it weren't for the fact that we've seen your true toddler form." Koenma then transformed into his toddler form with his pacifier still in his mouth.
"Yes, well, back to business. Hiei, were you able to find out any information about Lee here?" Koenma asked.
"No. He has a barrier around his mind," Hiei replied. You were a little aggravated that he tried to read your mind but at the same time you were relieved to know that he can't unless you let the barrier down.
"I see. If that's the case then I guess we'll just have to get your voice back and have you tell us more about yourself then. I have a proposition for you Lee. If we get your voice back, and you turn out to be a fairly decent fighter, I would like for you to become a spirit Detective and a part of Team Urameshi and participate in the Dark Tournament with us as a way to return the favor. What do you say?" Koenma continued. He handed you a piece of paper for you to write your answer on. You write your answer and hand it back to Koenma to read.
"'I will accept your offer, Koenma, if it is ok with everyone else. It is the least I can do to abide by the laws of equivalent exchange.' Laws of equivalent exchange? Oh well. Ok then its settled. You will be staying here with the others. Tomorrow you will return to your house and gather your belongings. You will start training the next day to see how skilled you are in combat and to learn how to access and control your spiritual powers. You are all dismissed," Koenma announced.
You all nod and file out the door, including Botan. Once out of the office Botan comes over to you and introduces herself, "Hi there my name's Botan. I'm the guide to the River Stix or what your people would call as the Grim Reaper. It's nice to meet you." Botan was then about to give you a huge bear hug that would suck the air out of you when you backed up against the corner of the hall. 'I sure wish I was over there by that shadow where she wasn't.' you thought as you felt the wall coming in behind you. Suddenly, while everyone was watching you and Botan, you back up into the shadowed corner and disappeared. Everyone stood there in complete shock once again, wondering where you went.
You on the other hand kept walking backwards with your eyes closed, expecting to hit the wall and receive a bear hug. When you didn't feel the wall you stopped walking and opened your eyes. You found yourself standing behind everyone who you saw was very confused and once again shocked. Where you were standing moments ago was now a startled Botan. You found yourself standing in the very spot where you were wanting to be instead of in front of Botan. Hiei turned around to find you standing in a shadowy corner at the other end of the hallway looking just as confused as they were. He elbowed Kurama to turn around and snap him out of it. It worked and Kurama saw you at the other end of the hallway walking towards them.
He then pointed you out to the others and Kuwabara shouted, "Hey How'd you get way over there?! You were just in front of Botan a second ago!" You just shrugged your shoulders and wrote on a piece of paper, "No clue. Maybe I'm part shadow Demon or something like that."
"Hm. It's possible. Whatever it was we should head back to the living area of here. It's close to diner time and I'm sure that you two are hungry huh?" Kurama suggested.
"You just read my mind Kurama. I'm starving. Hey I'll race you guys there!" Yusuke shouted as he started the count down. You decided to go along with it and got ready to race knowing that you could follow Hiei since he's apparently running too. Everyone was in the race and started running when Yusuke shouted go. Hiei and you were in the lead with Botan on her oar and Kurama running close behind. Yusuke and Kuwabara were in the back trying their best to keep up. Hiei then decided to kick it up a notch and started going faster. What he didn't know was that you weren't going at your top speed either so you sped up as well.
You and Hiei were neck and neck and going so fast that if anyone saw you and him pass by them they would see you as nothing more than black blurs. You could see the doors that led to the living areas and sped up even more until you were at top speed. In the end you won.
Hiei said you could go and find a room upstairs that you wanted and that he would tell them when you got there. You nodded and headed up the stairs. You kept going upstairs until you were on the top floor. You figured that barely anyone would be up here except for Hiei and started searching through the rooms for one you liked. You looked at rooms until you found one that said 'Hiei Jaganshi' on the door.
You decided to take a peek and found that inside was a dark room. The walls were black and the carpet was a crimson red. The bed was also black and had crimson red pillows. The furniture was just like the rest of the room, black and crimson red. To your right were two doors that you figured were the bathroom and closet. On the far side of the room was a pair of glass window-like doors that led to a balcony. You liked his room a lot but knew you couldn't have it so you then left the room and continued searching until you found the perfect room.
The room you found was almost the exact opposite of Hiei's but had a bit more of a tomboyish girl's touch to it. Just so that it gave you enough feeling that you were still a girl but not so much that even Kurama and the girls couldn't detect the girl's touch to it. It had blood red walls with a black carpet and two doors that led to the bathroom and closet. There was a black, king size bed in the far left corner of the room. On the far side of the room was a balcony separated by glass doors that had a blood red curtain pulled to the side. To the right of the balcony, set a black dresser with a mirror and a vase with about ten black roses in it. You went to the closet and opened it to find it a walk in closet. It had several loose men's training outfits and a couple of pairs of shoes. You placed your bag on the shelf along with your sakabato and your katana, keeping your short sword.
You then closed your closet and walked out onto the balcony and found two lawn chairs, a small table and a beautiful view of a lake with a waterfall in a forest. The view was pointed in the direction where you could see the sunset descend behind the forest. You walk back inside and grab a chalkboard you brought with you and a piece of chalk and headed back downstairs. When you got downstairs you saw everyone but Kurama in the living room. Hiei was on the windowsill staring out into the forest in deep thought, Yusuke and Kuwabara were playing videogames on the big screen TV, and Botan was watching Yusuke and Kuwabara play. When Yusuke noticed you he paused the game and came over to you.
"Hey Lee. Want to play against me and Kuwabara on Kya Dark Lineage?" Yusuke asked, leading you to the game station. You nodded and took the controller he handed you. They restarted the game and you guys played. You had been beating their butts for the tenth time when Kurama came in and called for dinner. You finished beating them, grabbed your chalk and chalkboard and headed for the kitchen. When you entered the kitchen/dining room you saw Yusuke and Kuwabara wolfing down chicken and rice with some garlic toast. You mentally laugh to yourself at how they wolf down anything edible like you always do when watching the series. You went and took a seat at the far end of the table and started helping yourself to the food that Kurama kindly prepared for you.
You took a bite of the chicken and rice and it was the best that you had ever tasted. Then again you wouldn't have expected anything less from Kurama's home cooking. You continued eating until Yusuke asked you, "So what do you think Lee?"
You gave him a thumbs up and continued eating, not even bothering to look up. "You don't find it weird that Kurama can cook?" Yusuke continued. This time you put down your fork and show what you had written earlier on the chalkboard since you knew that he would ask that question, "No, I don't. My father cooks and I can cook a little. Why? Are you supposed to be implying that he's gay or something, Yusuke?"
When everyone read this Kurama went as red as his hair and Everyone else was laughing their head off, including Hiei who nearly fell off of his chair besides you.
"What?! No, I'm not implying that, I was just asking!" Yusuke hastily replied back to cover himself. You then wrote back, "Ok, Ok, I was just saying. Next time you should probably make it sound like you're not implying anything though." After you showed them that you finished your dinner. As you got up and started to leave the table you were stopped by Kuwabara.
"Hey Lee! Where did you learn to play? I've never known anyone who could beat me and Urameshi like that," Kuwabara asked enthusiastically. You put your plate down and wrote, "I have that game at my house and I mastered that part of the game months ago. Beating you two was easy." With that you went to the kitchen sink and washed your dishes. When you were done with that you grabbed your stuff and headed to your room. As soon as you got there you headed for the balcony and sat down in one if the lawn chairs to watch the sunset. You knew that Hiei was following you and was currently watching you behind you, but you didn't care. You had put on your headphones and you were listening to your music wishing you had your singing voice back so that you could sing your favorite songs that expressed your deepest feelings that you never showed to anybody, not even your family and friends, except in song.
You continued to listen to your music and watch the sunset until it had completely descended and showed nothing but the dark night sky. You had your bedroom light off and were currently watching the stars twinkle in the sky while still aware that Hiei was watching you. Just then you sensed someone heading towards your room. You could tell that Hiei sensed it too because his aura became tense. As the aura got closer you could tell that it was only Botan.
You then became even more tense than before when you realized how excited her aura was and thought that she was most likely coming to get you and Hiei to play Truth or Dare. You stood up and spotted a nearby tree limb that you could jump onto. You decided to grab your stuff off the table and jump on the tree to hide from Botan. You did so and jumped further into the forest to hide better and give Hiei a place to hide and still keep an eye on you like you guessed he was supposed to. Hiei did as you thought he would and jumped into the forest to hide in the shadows. You heard Botan come in and listened to her every movement.
She walked over to the balcony and called out your alias name and Hiei's name. When her attempt failed she tried again and eventually gave up. You sighed and leaned back on the tree as you heard her footsteps disappear after she closed the door to your room. You then heard a footstep behind you and you tensed. The tense feeling only lasted for a second as you realized it was only Hiei. He revealed himself from the shadows and stood in front of you.
"Why did you run from the baka onna?" Hiei asked with a faint hint of curiosity in his voice. You decided to tell him, with your chalkboard of coarse, "I sensed her over excited aura approaching and figured that she wanted to make us play Truth or Dare, since several people that I've known always get over excited like that when that game is mentioned. I wasn't in the mood for playing and I wasn't sure what they would ask or make me do."
This explanation seemed to pass for Hiei. You then told him that you were wanting to go get your stuff now so that you could get a head start on your training tomorrow. He agreed but only if he could keep an eye on you. You said ok and he opened a portal for you two to go through. You two appeared in front of your bedroom door and you once again asked for him to wait outside your room. This time he refused and you let him in, knowing that he would be stubborn if you tried arguing with him. And you didn't want to wake your parents. You knew that your sister was spending the night at her friend's house tonight so you didn't worry about that.
You both walked in and it startled Hiei a little bit from the colors of the walls. He didn't think that your room would be that color, especially considering what color your room in spirit world is. You saw the look that Hiei had and laughed inwardly to yourself where he wouldn't hear. You left him standing there as you walked to your closet and grabbed your red backpack and black duffel bag so you could pack. You went over to your shrine that you had made for your anime collection and quickly put all of the YYH stuff you had in your duffel bag before Hiei saw it.
You then gathered the black fleece that had your shrine and everything on it and stuffed it in your duffel bag, being careful with the fragile figurines. You grabbed all of your drawings and posters and stuffed them in the duffel as well. You then grab two boxes from under your computer desk and put your dragon wind-chime in one, and your glass red and blue winged dragon in the other. You put them in the duffel along with your folder of drawings and pictures.
Once you were done packing those into the duffel you grabbed your backpack and put all of you clothes in it. You put your guy clothes and girl clothes in it for when they find out you're girl. You put in a maroon colored dress and a black skirt and shirt incase you go out somewhere, everything else was just pants, t-shirts, and your underwear. Thankfully, Hiei was still in shock when you got your clothing so he didn't notice the female belongings you grabbed.
Once finished packing you shook Hiei and he snapped back to reality. You pointed out that you were done packing and he opened the portal again. You two stepped in and landed in Koenma's office like before.
"Koenma only lets me create a portal leading to spirit world if it goes to his office," Hiei explained, seeing your confused expression. You nod and notice the sleeping Koenma on his desk. You tell Hiei to wait outside the office for you. He gave his traditional 'hn' and left the office.
Though you were a tomboy you were still motherly at times. You walked over to Koenma, picked him up and laid him down on one of the nearby couches. You noticed that his hat and pacifier fell and you used the hat as a makeshift pillow while giving him the pacifier. You took out a blue fleece you had in your backpack and tucked him in. You leaned over, and whispered in his ear, "Good night and sweet dreams little prince."
With that said and done you left the office and met up with Hiei once again that day. "When we get to the living area we should do our best not to get caught by the others because they're probably still playing that ridiculous game," Hiei told you as you closed the door. He started to head in the direction the others were in when you grabbed his arm and pulled him into the shadows. You were both engulfed in darkness as you traveled through the shadows. When you emerged out of the shadows you were back in your room with your hand still grabbing Hiei's. You let go and went to turn on the light. You turned back around to find Hiei where you left him with his normal stoic face. He left the room without a word and headed for his room. You unpacked and arranged your belongings. You put the wind-chime out on the balcony and your shrine on a table across from your bed. When you finished you locked your door, took your hat off, and settled in for the night.