15.
You left Hiei to ponder about what you said and left to go stand by that horrid Brandon. You quickly glanced back at Hiei and he looked like he wanted to say something but was holding it back. He didn't seem to notice your glance but quickly wiped off that look and regained his composure. You really didn't want to leave him but you had to, people might get suspicious that you're cheating on 'Brandon,' which you're not 'cause you're not even together for real, but it would then spread to rumors that would eventually lead to Brandon himself and that would ruin the plan.
"Nmad Terb dna sih diputs oge dna evissesbo hsurc (translation: Damn Bret and his stupid ego and obsessive crush)," You muttered before stopping beside your 'loving fiancée' and staring at the crowd before you. Brandon began talking and your eyes were now a deep crimson red. Luckily, no one seemed to notice. When everyone was seated and Brandon finished his speech, some house elves came in and set the food on the table that appeared earlier. You put some of the food on your plate and started to eat quietly. For some reason, all of the energy that you stored up from the chocolates was depleted. Obviously it had to do something with that power surge from that earlier dance with Brandon.
Oh yeah, while you were eating, guess where you were sitting. Yep, To the right of you was Brandon/Bret while on your left was Hiei and in front of you was Kurama while Touya sat in front of Hiei. Beside Touya was Jin, and beside Hiei was Yukina with the Kuwabaka pig on her other side. Isn't that a perfect seating arrangement? Luckily, you were sure that Brandon wasn't a telepath which meant that you could still talk to the others through a telepath connection and come up with a plan. While you were eating, you excused yourself to go to the bathroom. Yukina excused herself too, after you sent her a mental note that asked her to do so, and followed you to the public bathroom that he luckily had. When you two were about halfway to the bathroom, Yukina asked you a question.
"Lea-I mean Laena, Why are you Brandon's fiancée?" she asked. You suppose that Hiei and Kurama didn't tell her yet since she corrected herself and asked that question. You don't know why but you found yourself laughing. Yukina looked at you confused, she wondered what was so funny, and so were you for that matter. You tried to recompose yourself, but it was difficult.
"Sorry Yukina. I don't know what came over me. To answer your question though, I'm not his fiancée and never will be. He only thinks I am. Oh and that Brandon guy is really the dude named Bret that I told you about. Turns out he's a shape-shifter. As well as an elemental demon. Don't worry, I'll be coming back with you guys tonight after the party is over and Bret's through with. Ok?" You apologize. After you said this, you two had arrived at the bathroom. You wanted to see what that strange power surge was all about, but you didn't want to scare Yukina or anything. After all, you guys were good friends and all and up until tonight she thought that you were kidnapped and possibly tortured. Then she sees you after weeks and finds you beside a man with a happy expression on your face, thinking that you were being controlled or had amnesia or something. You would probably be a little scared too if you were in her position.
"Um…Yukina. Earlier when I was dancing with Bret, I felt a huge power surge course through me when I grabbed his hand. That's the main reason I went to the bathroom, that and I wanted to explain what was going on to you. I'm curious as to what happened and I want to find out," You said. Yukina nodded in understanding and you tried to access your powers. Suddenly, as you were standing in front of the mirror, you grew about a foot and your body changed. You now looked like an exact duplicate of L from Death Note.
"Lea, is that you? What happened?" Yukina asked.
"I think I just absorbed Bret's shape-shifting powers. I just have to think of someone and I can turn into them. I even sound like L from Death Note," I replied. It was true, I sounded exactly like him. I tried focusing on turning myself into Alucard from Hellsing and I did. I focused on what my original form was and turned back into that. You guys thought that you had been gone enough so you went back to the table where everyone else was.
'heh. This is going to be easier than I thought. This new ability will certainly work to our advantage,' you thought. You then began to think of ways to use your new power in order to defeat Bret.