Chapter 3 people. Thanks a million times to everyone who is reading and reviewing. You are truely awesome people! Please enjoy.
Just 2 Dream Of You: Thank you. Lol I thought it was a nice touch. I could imagine him all in black in a lingire department of hell. I couldn't resist having a joke about him and Kuwabara. It's too juicy.
Chapter 3 The Plan
The art studio was an oversize apartment with enormous metal slabs serving as desks for the students. The group sat at their assigned table with propped sketch books laying before them with a stick of charcoal in hand. Their instructor, Ms. Gale, a leggy redhead circled the entire room as her heel clicked on the title floor. She preached to her students about sketching whatever came to mind. The lesson was to familiarize one with the medium of charcoal. Nora glared heatedly at the gray shaded parchment, she hands smear with black smudges. She couldn't draw; plain and simple. A year ago when she decided to sign up for art class that she breeze through it; however, she forgot the most important factor art meant drawing which was a skill she lacked greatly.
She huffed impatiently, burning holes into her paper, as if staring hard enough would make an image appear on the page. Nora's hair was pulled back into a messy bun, strains of her black hair falling to her face that she puffed at childishly. I despise art, she growled. She was wearing black boot cut jeans with a white polo and black boots. The rest of her group seemed to be faring better than her. The fire demon worked on his sketch book with great intensity, never once stopping his diligent effort. He sat next to her in a pair of black shorts and blue tank (someone was feeling sassy this morning). Kurama was adjacent to her his hands brushing the parchment with elegant and precise strokes. The fox demon had a great variety of color to his wardrobe as he fashioned blue jeans and a red shirt. Kuwabara was in deep thought as he examined his finished product; wearing baggy cargo pants and a blue polo. She smiled as she noticed Yusuke grumbling curses at his artwork. So at least she wasn't the only unskilled member of the group. The sleeves of his brown hoodie were pushed up to his elbows a white shirt was underneath it and surprising well forming light blue jeans. And by well forming she meant Yusuke had a pretty nice butt, the boy could wear jeans like nobody business.
Ms. Gale sauntered her way over to the group; Nora hastily sketched an orchard which resembled a black stick with a round ball on top. She hissed at her crappy artwork flipping the book over. "So.." Ms. Gale cooed. "How are we all doing? Oh my Hiei…" Ms. Gale looked over his shoulder with an approving smile. Nora leaned over, peering curiously. It was a dragon –a skilled fully draw dragon- with sharp canines and claws, gray smoke whisking around the fearsome beast. Now that just wasn't fair; he was good at everything even his grades were good and he never paid attention in class the creep.
"Wow. Who would of guess shrimp boy was an artist." Kuwabara commented earning a cold glare from the said shrimp. Ms. Gale made over way over to Kurama. He smiled humbly as she gasped in delight over his exquisite portrait of a geisha admiring a waterfall. She offered Nora and Yusuke a half smile calling them both abstract artist which in Nora's term meant people who can't draw for shit but their crap is somehow consider art.
Nora didn't even listen to what Ms. Gale told Kuwabara but he had a huge grin plastered on his dorky face. She was too busy scorning enviously at Hiei and Kurama.
"Totally unfair." She grumbled. "Fucking Van Goah gotta up stage us. You guys suck." Nora whined.
Kurama eyed her a bit shock at her statement but giggled realizing she was only playing. Hiei smirked clearly enjoying his superiority over Nora. "When you lived as long as we have you find time to sharpen your skills." The fox demon explained.
"Of course you need talent in the first place." Hiei added with a not so modest smirk.
"Are you saying I have no talent?"
Hiei shrugged. "Take it as you will."
"It's that sexual tension thing again, isn't it?" she retorted, earning a deadly glare from Hiei and a union of puzzled expressions.
Kuwabara looked between Nora who smirked evilly and Hiei. "What sexual tension?" Hiei flustered causing Nora to laugh loudly, holding her sides in pain.
"Nothing you baka."
"Hey!" the carrot-topped teen retaliated.
"It's nothing. Just an inside joke, right Hiei?"
"Hn"
Nora was to occupy torturing Hiei that she didn't notice the students rising from their seats, the bell ringing annoyingly overheard. The group gathered their belongings ignoring their instructor like everyone else as she shouted over the bell about a surprise presentation tomorrow. Nora didn't care about what as long as she didn't have to draw another crappy fruit or shoe. She preceded down the long brick-walled hall with the guys a few steps behind her as she turned the corner she saw a circle of students gathering further down the hall. Before she could ask the obvious question Hiei and Kurama sprinted over in a flash; if everyone wasn't so distract she was sure someone would of notice to two. Yusuke and Kuwabara stood on her side they were just as lost as she. With great hast, they made their way over, pushing past the crowd to see a girl curled on the floor.
Kurama knelt next to the girl hauling her upright; her hair that shadowed her features fell away. Nora eyes widened. She knew her; the girl was her Human Biology class. Jessica was her name; a real genius, she was the only in the entire course that was receiving a perfect score if that was humanly possible. Jessica skin was sickly pale, red freckles becoming more prominent; Kurama examined the girl before staff member ushered the students to leave. The red-head left leaving the remaining members of the group to scrambled after him, going down the flight of stairs and taking another corner. He stopped abruptly causing Nora to collide against him.
"It stops." He whispered. His features looked grimed. "Okay. You care to live us in, Kurama? We are dying of suspense." Yusuke grumbled irritably.
"Sorry." Kurama apologized, facing the curious trio; Hiei appeared a second later next to the fox. "The demon- we caught his scent- he was the one that attacked the girl. Hiei left the building in case the demon tried to flee. But I followed his scent from the scene of the crime to here." He indicated with his hand.
"There sounds like a 'but' in there." Yusuke observed Kurama with a serious expression Nora never seen him take.
"There is." Kurama concurred. "The scent stops right here. But it couldn't be possible.."
"Kurama you're freaking out." Nora whispered.
Hiei joined in. "Demons can hide their energy; any idiot with a brain can do so. But you can't erase your scent, at least not permanently."
Kurama rubbed his chin, deep in thought. "How is it even possible?"
"Even I never encounter something like this. The demon is more skilled than we thought." Hiei said.
"Yes," Kurama replied, "and he's now attacking the students but for what means?"
Jessica. How could she been so selfish, she completely forgot about her. Granted she wasn't a good friend to Nora but she was always so helpful and nice to Nora in Biology. "Is she going to be alright?"
Kurama finally smiled. "Yes. She will be perfectly fine; the demon only knocked her out. But we should try to talk to her, see if she knows what happened."
They went to lunch sitting on the left side of the table. The boys didn't say much on their way to the cafeteria, Hiei and Kurama were both in deep contemplation, Kuwabara and Yusuke theorizes the demons motive. They were in the same situation from where they started. No idea on the identity of the demon or his plans. The table was eerily silent compared to the rest of the café, there was a loud chorus of students laughing and screaming at one another. She really couldn't stand being in a large crowd, she especially hated the loud murmurs that sweeped the cafeteria. How could anyone understand each other in this environment?
She covered her ears, shielding her eardrums from the harsh shrieks and squeals the swarm from the opposite side of the room. Her tray was left untouched in front of her. School lunch didn't appeal to her but in truth she was still shock from what happened to Jess. The demon wasn't trying hanging around messing with her peers, he was harming them. Who knows next time he might not leave the next one alive? The demon had to be stop. Her weary mind pondered searching her memory for something, anything that may trigger an idea. The demon came here recently just like the guys a month ago…
She banged her fisted on the table, startling the guys. Her eyes shine brightly as if she found a hundred dollar bill beneath her boot. "Kurama you said the demon recently came here right?"
"Yes but what are you getting at?"
"If he just came here like you then the demon would be a transfer student. Don't they keep records of new student migrating into their school?"
Kurama thought for a moment then said. "Ahhh. Brilliant thinking Nora."
She smiled sheepishly. "I watch a lot of Law and Order."
"Ugh. Hate to break it to ya guys. But I don't think they let students see that information." Kuwabara interjected. Nora frowned, thinking her plan was a stroke of genius.
Yusuke chuckled and shared a dark grin with Hiei. "Well them we will just have to break in." he said.