"So Yukina," Yami began hesitantly, "it's nice to meet you, I'm Yami." Yukina turned to her and smiled brightly, bowing,
"Nice to meet you Yami, are you Kazuma's friend?" Yami smiled softly, her eyes glazing slightly,
"You could say that," she agreed. The team was currently seated around in the boy's room, Kurama by the table removing the plant from his nervous system, Hiei in the window sill, and the rest playing cards.
"Miss Yami, if you don't mind my asking…" Yukina paused nervously, "W-Why aren't you at the village?" Yami stopped, a small smile on her face,
"Well, I decided I would leave the island, it didn't feel like home," she lied easily, drawing the attention of the two other demons in the room. Yukina perked up,
"Really? That's a lot like me, though I still live on the island, I leave every so often to try and look for my brother," she gestured to the humans, "they're helping me look for him too." Yami pretended to be surprised,
"Really now? I'm sure you'll find him in no time then with such helpful people huh?" Yukina nodded before turning back to talk to Keiko.
'Girl.' A voice echoed through her head, 'Why do you lie to her?' Yami smirked slightly, leaning back,
'Because, Hiei, she seems kind, and I don't want to ruin her view on the village. They are giving her shelter and a place to call home, so why ruin her happy little mirage?' Hiei's eyes narrowed from where he was sitting,
'I do not trust you.' Yami did her best not to flinch at the harsh tone,
'I understand that. For now, however, you do not need trust, you need allies. This is a dangerous game you all are playing, it is rather useful not to… what is the human saying? 'To burn your bridges?' Anyways, I suggest that for now, you don't trust me, but you keep me around.'
'Don't treat me like a child. I understand that this place is crawling with things that want to kill us, it's rather obvious.' He paused, 'But, the humans seem to like you, and better you than me to be annoyed.' With that their mental link was cut. Yami closed her eyes, smiling slightly,
"Hmph," she hummed in amusement, opening her eyes again to join in the conversation next to her.
'Oh dear, you seem to be pouting, Hiei,' a smug voice echoed in the fire demon's head.
'Shut your mouth, fox,' Hiei snarled back. Kurama laughed quietly, continuing to slowly untwine the vines from his arm,
'Hiei… she seems to have good intentions… but I still don't trust her either. She hasn't given us a single reason why we should, in fact, she agrees when we say that we don't trust her.'
'Yes fox, I was there for that.' Kurama smiled in amusement,
'All I'm saying is that perhaps we should worry about her later.'
'…Fine.'
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Hi guys! I'm back! :D My computer's still a tad wonky, but I promise that I will finish this if it's the last thing I do! ('pologies for the shortness, but the next chapter will be longer, and have Jin in it! ;3)