Chapter 4! I wanted to tell everyone who has read, review, added and all that good stuff for this story. I am honor. Thank you all for the support. You guys are great. Ugh I know I drag on this chap; it's one of those days were you have it set up perfectly in yu head but wherever you attempt to type it up. It like pulling teeth. But I push through and probably waste a few of your minutes reading this. Please enjoy.
Chapter 4 Breaking and Entering
New moon, the sky was an endless sea of black clouds and navy skies, no stars illuminated the shadowy city below. Four bodies stood underneath a florescent lamppost in a park. They waited for their final member of the group, who begged mercilessly to tag alone, least to say Nora got her way. It was a short while later that she emerged from the darkness dressed all in black; she even had some black leather gloves. The boys gave her a once over; they were all dressed in the same attire as earlier today. Nora was the only one who appeared to be- well she looked like she was going to break into the school. She looked to herself then back to the guys.
"Why didn't anyone give me the memo that tonight dress code was casual?" she complained. "I feel like a idiot now." Hiei smirked at her. "Shut up."
Yusuke laughed. "No one thought you were gonna dress up like a damn ninja."
"What with the gloves anyway?" Kuwabara asked.
"Finger prints." She stared at him dully. "Duh."
Kuwabara panicked. "Oh crap! Did anyone else bring any gloves?"
"There is no need, Kuwabara." Kurama assured. "Yes. No one guards a school, fool. There is nothing worth of stealing." Hiei added with a roll of his eyes.
"That's not true. There's computers, books, oh and those vending machines." Nora countered.
Hiei's eyebrow twitched. "Well we are not stealing anything, now are we?"
"No."
"Then?"
"I'm just saying. There are things to steal. So technically you are wrong."
"Onna."
"Hiei." She mocked with a smile.
Kurama sighed. "Really. You two bicker like a married couple." Hiei scoffed. "I would never marry someone like her."
Nora crossed her arms, glaring at Hiei. "Well I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on the planet and the world depended on us to reproduce!"
"What makes you think I even consider having sex with you?" Hiei yelled.
Nora threw her arms in the air. "The fact that you're a man and you have a penis!" She smirked. "Unless you're not a man-"
"Watch it, human." Hiei hissed. "You watch it, demon boy." She spit back.
"Hey." Yusuke commanded. "I have to spoil your little fight but we got a school to break into."
"Yes stop one bad act to follow another bad one." Kurama muttered under his breath.
"I gotta get home before my sis-"Kuwabara began before Nora yelled. "Alright! Let's go then. Miss pissy pants."
Clearly this case was pushing all the boys even the normally calm and sweet Kurama. The group set off from the park; the school was a few blocks away. The three-storied building loomed over them, appearing quite sinister in the night sky. The entire area was vacant except for the few cars that passed by. The school had four entrances one on each side of the building. They entered through the east entrance as it was the farthest from street shielding the group from any possible passerby. Two double doors were framed into the brick walls; Kurama pulled the handle and it didn't give. He knelt down pulling a few items from his pocket and worked on the lock. Hiei looked on please while the others watch Kurama in amazement as click sounded and he opened the door.
Kurama took point, pulling out a grey flashlight, with the rest of the members following after him. The halls were spacious and tall with brown worn out tiles. Their soft footfalls echoed loudly and the school felt extremely eerie. The structure of the whole school was very modern; during the daytime it didn't feel this creepy.
"So where are we going?" Nora whispered quietly. "Why are you whispering?" Yusuke yelled.
"Ssh." Kuwabara hushed him. "There's no one here anyway. No point in whispering." Yusuke grumbled.
"The second floor," Kurama answered, "I did a bit of scooting after class ended. The student records are in a small back room in the dean's office."
They proceeded up the stairs. The school seem unusually empty without the hustle and bustle of hormonal teenagers macking on one another, singing loudly in unison, or playing on their phones. Approaching another door, Kurama got to work on the lock, there was a window framed into the door and with black letters it read "Dean's Office". A click sounded as the redhead entered the room; it was a tiny space with a large desk in the center and two chairs seated in front of it. A few filing cabinets lined the walls of the office and in one of the corners was a tall plant which was conveniently located near another door. The skilled fox thief wasted no time unlocking the door; Nora expected -well she wasn't sure. A long never ending corridor with millions of storage cabinets with files on every student but quickly settled for the small desk with a high powered desktop and printer.
"Does anyone know how to work these things?" Yusuke asked as he cast a odd look at the device.
"It's a computer." Nora stated. He looked at her. "So?" She rolled her eyes. "So? So you are a teenager. What teenage doesn't know how to use a computer?"
Yusuke shrugged his shoulders. "I'm too busy you know protecting the world from demons and saving humanity more than once."
"Sound like an excuse to me." The short teen retorted and earned a hard pinch on her arm from Yusuke. Kuwabara took the chair in front of the desktop. "Gez Urameshi. You gotta get away from demon world."
"Wow." Nora started. "Kuwabara knows how to use it and you don't. It must suck- being the weakest link."
"Hey!" Kuwabara typed furiously on the keyboard as the screen lit up. Nora would have never guessed that he would be the wiz at tech. She wondered into the halls as Kuwabara and Kurama search the system for the student records. Nora leaned on the wall next to the doorway, twirling Kurama's flashlight in her right hand. All the walls were made of brick and adorned with large bulletins boards tack with flyers and school advertisement. Thud. Nora head perked and her ears strained as she listen intensely. Thud. There it was again and again; whoever it was coming closer. She turned off her flashlight when a figure emerged from the corner down the hall. The figure was tall with a light in one hand, with very step a jangling noise sounded. She scampered back into the room, shutting the door as quietly and quickly as possible.
"Guys?" Her voice squeaked. Yusuke popped his head from the other door. "What is it?" She tiptoed over to the half-breed, gripping his forearm in a vice. "Someone's here. We gotta go. Now." Nora whispered harshly.
Yusuke walked over and took a peek out. He closed the door hastily, running over to the closet-sized room. "Now be a good time to hurry your ass up, Kuwabara."
"One more minute. It's printing." The organe-haired boy argued. "We don't have that kind of time, dumbass."
"Hmm. Seems you were mistaken Hiei, they do have guards on school grounds." Kurama said, appearing behind Nora. She hadn't even seen him move from his spot next to Kazma. The clever demon pried open an window that was behind the dean's desk, something else she hadn't notice. Kuwabara reappeared from the room, papers stuffed into his jacket pocket, and launched out from the window. Nora would have yelled out a curse at his stupid but she saw Yusuke and Kurama do the same. Hiei looked at her then the window.
"What the hell. I can't jump from this height. I'll break something. No. Don't you there." She warned as Hiei snake an arm around her waist, pulling her with him as he leaped out. Nora clamped her eyes closed fighting the urge to scream her lungs out. It was a moment before she peeked them open that she realized they were no longer at the school but in front of her house. And by they she meant her and Hiei. He still had his arm around her and pulled apart when they both noticed this.
"What the hell just happen?" she asked, surveying the area; she didn't black out, did she? "I took you home."
"But where are the others? Did I black out?"
"No. They all went to Kurama's house to look through the files. We won't be able to do anything investigating until tomorrow. "
Nora stared at him as if she had been kicked out of a club. "But I can help you guys-"
"No." Hiei stopped her. "No?" she questioned the fire demon.
"We can handle it from here. You shouldn't get further involve with this case." He explained. "But.." Nora started.
"Just go to bed." Hiei said. Nora scoffed. "Why does everything you say have to sound like an insult?" Hiei smirked and walked away from her. "Jerk!" she yelled.
"Go to sleep, human." He shouted without turning around.