Chapter 6. Please r&r. Enjoy!

Chapter 6 Dead End

"You act like I'm another person." She stated. Nora couldn't help but gawk at her old childhood friend. "You look like another person. Oh my god, how have you been?"

The girls hugged and Nora took a sit next to Sonya, who once was the most timid and virginal dressing person she knew. But here Sonya was in a provocative top and low rise boot cut jeans and heels. She looked usually older with her pink lips and pink eye shadow.

"I'm great. Fantastic actually. You?" she answered cheerfully.

Nora gave s small smile and shrugged nonchalantly. "I've been better. How do you two," she gestured between the two, "know each other?"

"We met at a club meeting like two months ago." Sonya replied, her fingers playing with Summer's. Nora thought for a moment Summer was in one club at school which was the Gay Alliance; so, that meant two things: one Sonya is gay and second she went to her high school.

"Whoa, whoa!" Nora waved her arms frantically. "First thing first, I thought you were into guys I mean you dated Michio for two years in elementary school."

"Yeah," she laughed, "Well I still like guys but I like girls too."

"When did this happen?" Nora asked, still reeling in shock; she and Sonya were friends for years and she never guessed that Sonya would be the least interested in chicks. She giggled again. "I felt that way for some time just never went for it till recently."

"So," the raven-haired began with s smirk, "you were you ever attracted to me?"

"Nora!" Summer scolded. "What? I'm curious."

Sonya sighed. "Argg I don't know how many of my straight girlfriends ask me that. If you are than they are gross out if you aren't then they get angry at you." Summer nodded in agreement.

"I just wanna know." Nora slumped in her chair, arm crossed looking quite childish.

"You're pretty but not my type." Sonya finally answered. Nora sighed dramatically. "Story of my life."

"Shut up, dork. So what you guys doing here?"

"Looking for a friend, you?"

"My dad owns the club, so I'm here all the time." Nora gawked at her old friend. "What? Your dad's the owner?"

"Yea." she said waving it off as if it was nothing of interest. "Who are you looking for?"

Nora picked her jaw off the table; she was learning a lot about her childhood friend who was bisexual and who father ran the most popular club in downtown. You stop talking to a person for a year…gez.

"Jessica." The duo replied.

Sonya bit on her finger, thinking, then said. "She's here. But first," she sat up and offered her hand to Nora, "we dance. Come on. You too, Summer."

The girls held hands, holding on to each other as they merged with the mass of bodies on the dance floor. Finding a small space, enough for the three of them to dance in a circle, Sonya started moving to the music with Summer using some very cheesy dance moves. Nora didn't recognize the song that boomed overhead but it was techno music. Colors swirled and flowed across the sea of teens moving and jumping to the rhythm of the beat. Blues and greens splashed on Sonya, making the glitter on her top sparkle brightly, she watched her friends feeling out the track. Soon it was engulfing her completely; her hips sway left to right, swinging her head side to side which made her hair fall out its binding. But she didn't notice as she gave her body to loud beats, she mind wasn't there at the moment. She thought of nothing. Mass of bodies bumped into one another the heat on the dance growing steadily rapid causing a stream of sweat to tickle down all the dancing teens' back.

There was a tap on her shoulder, Sonya leaned towards her ear, "There's your girl. Right there," she shouted as she pointed a pink-polished finger at a bar across the dance floor. Nora yelled a thank you and squeezed her way through the mod of teens, finding Jessica sitting in a stool wearing a short shorts and a lacey blouse. Jess smiled and waved at Nora.

"Hey." Nora waved.

"Same to you. I never thought I see you here." Jessica stated.

Nora smoothed out her locks, straightening out the knots. "I was actually looking for you. I was wondering if I could talk to you about what happened."

Her expression changed slightly before smiling again. "Sure. But I can't tell you much honestly. Whoever came after me did it from behind, so I never saw how the guy looked like."

"Did you see anyone before you got knock out?"

"Yeah but I was walking back to class so I only saw students."

"Like who?" Nora pressed, making mental notes on all her answers.

Jessica paused. "I saw Nero, Mia, um..Josh…Mr. Humira. That's it."

The determined teen sighed; all of those names were of students who have been at school with her since freshmen year. None of them could've possibly done it. Damn and here she hoped she get a leg-up on the case. All the eagerness that once casted her feature, faded away like poking hole in a water balloon. "I'm sorry." Jess said, seeing her disappointment.

She should of seen it coming though if the cops couldn't find anything to the link the offender then it was a long shot that she could. Nora had one more question though but she had a dreading feeling it wouldn't be much help. But best to ask Jessica anyway. "Did anything weird happened before the attack? Like did you notice anyone shadowing you?"

"No. Nothing too weird well there was this one night that I don't know- I told the cops and they didn't think it meant anything. But when I was walking after school I thought I saw a flash of light like someone took a picture of me."

"Mmm." It was odd but she could have mistaken anyone for taking a picture of her. So again it wasn't much help.

"Sorry."

"It's cool. Thanks though." She waved farewell and proceeded back into the crowd, weaving her way through in search for her friends. But to no avail, she stood within the mass of people scanning them. They were no doubt either lost in the sea of endless dancing girls or lip lock in a bathroom; she knew from the way they watch one another that something was going on between them. Nora just hoped Sonya didn't turn into one of those crazy manipulating girlfriends Summer usually ended up with. She was about to go back to the bar when a hypnotic track played and well her body willed her to move to it. It was like when you're favorite song played on the radio station and regardless of where or who you were with you just had to dance and scream the lyrics. It pumped her blood and she whirling her body alongside strangers that took no notice of her. Again, she lost herself to it dancing in a provocative manner, appearing quite sexual and animalistic with her movements. Hair falling to her face, it didn't block her sight of a familiar face across the floor. He stood still observing her with curious red eyes but that all she could read. Hiei's expression was black like usual never giving anything away.

Nora immediately ceased dancing and darted over to Hiei, blushing madly, as she got closer he smirked. "What are you smirking at?" she glared heatedly. How long had he been watching her? Nora panicked worrying if she looked as if she has spasm attack when she danced. No one had ever told her she had no groove but no one said she did either.

"Nothing." He answered with the same smirk still in place.

She placed firm hands on her hips, shooting daggers at the demon. "What? Just say it!"

He looked her up and down, taking in her wild hair and sweaty chest. "Nothing. You just remind me of those professional human dancers."

Nora dissected his comment, "professional human dancers", was he calling her… Hiei grinned as she slowly started to realize what he meant. "Are you calling me a stripper?" she shouted.

"Take it as you will." He replied but that grinned told her that what he meant exactly. She wasn't sure if it was a good or bad thing from his perspective.

Nora puffed and crossed her arms over her chest. "How would you how strippers dance? Unless you've been to a strip club or Kuwabara gave you a lap dance."

Hiei's grinned quickly vanished, replaced by sneer. "Onna. I swear I will kill you."

"Uh huh. Keep telling yourself that." Nora was unfazed; she knew she got him good his death threats were usually a sign when he couldn't come with a smart remark.

Hiei remained silent. She noticed that he was dressed in his favorite attire: his black cloak, pants, boots, and white scarf (even Hiei was a fashionasta). Nora wondered if he was wearing a blue or black tank today. Then it hit her; the initial shock she had that was replace by fear and embarrassment; what the hell was Hiei (out of the whole gang) doing here at a human club? He never cross her as the clubbing type though the image of Hiei doing the hustle was extremely amusing. Nora giggled, glad that Hiei didn't read her thoughts or he might have killed her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, placing great stress on the "you".

Hiei barely glanced at her. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he countered.

"I would."

"What a shame. I don't feel like telling you." He said with an undertone of amusement.

"Aww. Please Hiei. Tell me."Hiei paused, rubbing his chin in deep concentration and she could tell by his demeanor he was just being an ass. "No." he answered finally after a great deal of silence.

"Please." She pleaded, tugging on his sleeve, as she pouted her lips.

"Nice try. But no."

"I'll get you some sweat snow." She cooed.

Hiei looked at her fully and glared as his stomach rumpled angrily. Damn her. She was exploiting his weakness for sweets and if it weren't for the lack of sweets at Kurama's house he wouldn't have cave. "You're a monster."

Nora smiled sweetly. "You know you like it."

"I don't."

"Shut up and tell me why you're here or you won't get any sweet snow." She warned.

Hiei glared. Damn onna. He shouldn't of never reveal his great need for it; he swore he would find her weaknesses and exploit it to the fullest. Until then, he would plot and wait patiently for her to share her weak point. Females always wanted nothing but to bla on and on about themselves.

"Well?"

He grunted. "I'm following one of the suspects."

Nora's eye lit up with eagerness; she looked at Hiei then surveyed the crowd hoping somehow the individual would light up like a Christmas light. "Who?"

Hiei didn't even bother to retaliate as he jerked his chin. "Her." The young girl follow the direction he indicated and her mouth dropped (though she did call it)- she saw Summer and Sonya locked in a tongue war. "Sonya..?" she asked.

"The blonde onna."

Nora looked back at Hiei, ready to clarify she wasn't a demon. "She's-" But Hiei beat her to the punch. "I know."

"Then why are you still here?"

Hiei shrugged his shoulder, his gaze crossing over the nameless faces in the crowd. "It the perfect hunting ground."

"You don't have to look so happy about it."