Tales Of The Silhouette King

[Star Stealing Kidd]

Tear moved and gripped his hurt arm, because he'd rather feel that pain than his arm. He let out a deep breath and slowly looked up at Isuna and let out his deep breath. " Thank you Miss Kaze" Tear said and shifted slightly once she was done and it was splint or which ever. The Demon king slowly stood up and rubbed his neck and dropped his bad arm beside him again. " Let's return back to the castle." He said and glanced at Kazu.

Kazu who had been beside Neko the whole time. " Trust me, I get you. He got me pretty good. He cut a nerve in my right wing. I'm unable to fly now" Kazu explained and moved pulling out a smoke pack and sticking one in his mouth and held the pack toward Neko. " Hiei told me not to worry anymore about able and that I'm under the kings safety. " He added and shifted looking at the side. " It was probably best you didn't wander close. The last 5 years my water powers started to show so i got scales and what not. Able was angry." He said with a sigh but it still turned into a smile. " Come and visit more often, I truly miss you. You were like a mother to me growing up" He said and nodded and blinked staring at King Tear for a second and shake his head with a chuckle. " why do you smell like Pickle Fruit?" He finally asked.

Tear stood there slowly working his leg to get used to it. " Oh, I suppose I stumbled into a stall or something. I suppose that is a very over coming scent." He said and looked at Neko. " It wasn't the rat Demon who got me. He had some other demon who got me with fla-" King Tear stopped and glanced to the side " a type of sleeping herb. Knocked my a** right out." He said fast.

Akuro was still standing by the door and sniffed the air" Yeah, I never noticed you held a strong scent of Pickled fruit. You normally smell like Sakura blossoms and blood." Akuro mumbled and shook his head. " if you are all ready to head out. I have a small group outside the market ready to make our trip back. Neko please join us. So we can repay you for what you've done." Akuro added.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Isuna nodded, putting her supplies away and stood. She walked over to stand by Akuro and wait while everything else was tied up.

Neko nodded to Kazu. "Yeah, I will from now on. I'm glad your okay." She kissed the top of his head carefully and moved from the desk.

"Neko, what are you doing now a days?" Isuna asked, curious of how the shadow cat spent her time.

Neko looked up. "Oh, a little of this. A little of that. No shortage of bounties out there, and occasionally someone needs something stolen. Just another day in demon world. Sometimes I skip over to human world and kill time over there." She explained. "Though, totally my first time finding a king. Mostly try to avoid politics." She grinned.

Once given the signal to leave, both girls joined the group to head out.  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

Akuro moved and pulled Isuna in for a second " Thanks for coming out on the field again. Sorry our King is a pain in the a**" He said with a chuckle and moved pulling the hood over Tear's head again. " Ready Kingy?"

Tear moved and looked around his group and nodded toward Kazu. " I'll send you money for your help. thank you again Kazuhiro" He said and fixed the shadow cloak as they headed out. Walking a litlte slower than normal of course.

Kazu smiled and had waved at the Shadow cat and blushed at the kiss before looking away as they left.

It didn't take long for them to get to the Castle. Walking in, Tear headed toward the stairs and started to walk up the stairs and ignored Mukuro yelling. " Enough, I'm done with you for the day. You failed me again" Tear said glancing at Mukuro with death in his eyes.

Akuro shivered a little and looked at Neko. " Give him a few seconds and then just head into his office. He'll pay you for the help. then come down to the kitchen and Join Isuna and I for some food." the vampire said looking at Neko and headed down the stairs.

Tear moved walking into the office and left the door unlocked which was not normal for him. He moved ripping his mask off and through it on the office desk and ran his hand over his cut face as he pulled his mask down. He moved removing his upper outfit that was trashed, he just wanted to remove the smell of the black market, the memories that attacked him wasn't something he liked. For the first time in awhile Hiei...King tear had been scared. That door wasn't locked and could be open for anyone to walk in...to learn the truth.

He moved looked toward his tear closet and dropped the tattered shirt on the ground and looked around for a long sleeve shirt for now pulling it on but kept the mask off for now due to the cut on his face he was cleaning.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Isuna just smiled. "Its cool, kind of nice to get out of the office once in awhile. I may need to come back though, there was a couple things that caught my attention." She responded, heading out with everyone.

Once back at the castle, Neko waved goodbye to Isuna and Akuro in the lobby as they went to eat. She counted to 10 before heading up the stairs, following the scent from earlier easy enough. She found the office, and knocked once before testing the handle, finding it unlocked, and opened the door to walk in.

"Ah...." she froze. Shed seen enough wanted posters to know who she was staring at. Hiei Jaganshi stood half in half out of tears clothes. The mask on the desk still. "I-i'll just umm...You know, you should really lock this door." She closed it behind her, standing in the room with him now.  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

Sitting in the Kitchen area Akuro moved and dropped his head to the side. " Well you tell me when and I'll take you right back to the Market and even use the Castle money to get whatever you want" the vampire said with a chuckle and dug around for some food. " Tell me about your shadow cat friend. She seems fun." He started.

It seriously took a few seconds for Hiei to realize that A) he left the door unlock and B) the pretty shadow cat woman from earlier was staring at him half in his gear half out. He groaned a little and let out a sigh messing up his hair. " Tell you the truth I thought I locked behind me. I'm a little flustered" He said and held his hand up, using his telepathic power to fully lock the door behind her as he sat down at his desk and removed the bandaged his arm showing the bone slightly sticking out on his dragon tattoo. That was why he didn't want Isuna to see. Because Isuna knew Hiei had a tattoo and not Tear.

" I guess it could of been worse. You could of caught me with my pants down." He said dully and leaned back working on re setting the bone in his arm. " Asking a stranger to keep there mouth shut about a secret this big is probably asking a lot but I can." Hiei said. " Or I can offer you a decent paying job."  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Isuna looked up from what she was doing. "Mm, Neko? Shes an old friend of mine, she use to get fixed up by the hag all the time, and once the Hag kicked it, She started coming to me. And uh...we dated...awhile." she trailed off. Going back to what she was doing. Currently it was chopping veggies for soup.


Neko smirked, hearing the door lock. "You say worse, I say interesting." She took a few steps forward and leaned forward on the desk. Her hand propping up her chin as she watched Hiei reset his arm."That is an awfully lot to ask. What sort of job is this that could warrant my silence" she purred, smiling devilishly. She looked at his arm again and drowned. "Do you want help with that? I could tell Isuna I tripped you down the stairs."  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

Akuro who had been in the middle of cooking stopped and turned around pointing a knife at the fox girl. " Wait, What you and the cat girl and...Lesbian sex?" He asked staring at Isuna and shook his head. " I mean. s**t that is awesome but. You ...you like girls too?" The Vampire was flushed for sure or maybe turned on. " You don't talk much about the old hag. But when you do. You sound upset. She wasn't that great of a person was she?"

Shaking his head at the cat demon he looked at her. " Are you sure you arne't a scubas because you kinda sound like one" He said about her comment. Though again the fire demon himself was getting a little flushed just looking at her and well trying his hardest to keep a proper and professional style level to himself.

" I mean, I can tell by looking at you your clever, skilled and I'm pretty sure your an assassin. Meaning you would be a better bodyguard than most of the s**t that Mukuro gives me already. I mean you know the truth about Tear by accident so the best job to give you is something like this." He said and moved as he grunted in pain and held his arm before moving to wrap it back up. " Wont work, I have to shower before I can even go downstairs as myself. I smell like Tear still." the fire demon said. He had a system worked out pretty well and only this time by accident was caught.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Isuna looked at the knife, cheeks rosy as she collected herself. "Yeah, we had a sexual relationship, but it didn't last very long, just a few months. We stayed friends though. To answer you second question, yes, I like both. Moving on." She scooped the vegetables into a bit of broth a d stirred while Akuro asked about the Hag. Isuna frowned, ears drooping. "She wasnt the worst person alive, but she had some moments. I tried to run away from her once, ended with her locking me in a cupboard for a couple days." Isuna shrugged. "Still hate tiny spaces. Though, she did teach me a lot too, so it could of been worse I suppose. She just, I dont know. She always made it a point to remind me that I was her property. But then she dies, and leaves me all her stuff. She was...odd"

Neko grinned. "Nah, not a succubus, but I do have a great set of assets that tend to distract and lower the guard of most males, and some females come to think of it. Sometimes it's just fun to get a reaction" she stood finally, removing any view Hiei would of had of her chest.

"But yeah, shadow skills do make assassinations a lot easier, and I am rather good at it. I guess being a body guard wouldn't be too bad." She smiled, and held her hand out. "Kuroneko, at your service."  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

Akuro shifted a little and just pictured it before moving his have over his nose a little bit. " holy s**t that's hot." He said more to himself and looked at isuna." I don't blame you, I'm not the best in small spaces either. Probably why I don't sleep in a coffin" He said with a chuckle and kissed her cheek before moving to look at the clock. " what's taking your friend so long to come down. Her and Tear must of hit it off. Maybe his being a man whore again." The vampire said.

After all the king was decently famous in the castle for being woman home once and awhile. . .

" Well I can tell that you have a great set of assets. I myself got a little distracted at the holding cell." the fire demon said not lying about it. It took a lot for him to get distracted about stuff like that. He shook his head a little and moved reaching for a contract in his desk and dropped the paper on the desk. " Well sign your life away then like the rest of them. Mind you, I will allow you to leave when ever you'd like. Babysitting King Tear isn't a full time job as a lot of the times I spend my time at the castle as myself. So you'll be able to continue your assassination jobs. " The Fire demon said and held his hand out to shake her hand. " But Akuro and Isuna do not know about my two lives"

" It's nice to have you on my team, Kuroneko." Hiei said looking at the shadow cat.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Isuna smirked, handing him a tag for his nose. "I'm thinking a coffin gets a bit cramped if you decide to entertain for a night." She joked. "Ah, Tear may bite off more then he can chew if he pursues Neko. Shes a lot to handle, knows what shes doing too." Her cheeks got rosy with the last statement, and she quickly turned back to finish up the soup.

Neko shook his hand, then signed the document. At the bottom she wrote her cell number down, a heart next to it, and handed it back to Hiei with a wink. "I'm usually pretty easy to get ahold of. Just call if need the extra help. Now, I do believe our two unknowing friends are expecting me for dinner, so I'll leave you to finish getting cleaned up." She stood, gave a mock bow, turned, then headed for the door. Before she opened it though she stopped and looked over her shoulder. "And if your ever interested, you can always call to inquire about my 'assets' too." She smiled, and with a flick of her tail was out of the room, door closed behind her.  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

" Might be good for him to get someone like Neko then. might knock him down a few pegs. " He explained and moved cleaning up his nose and leaned on the counter looking at the food. " Where the hell is Hiei. He said he'd be back by now." Akuro finally said, realizing that they hadn't heard any screaming from Mukuro and Hiei like normal. . .

Hiei glanced toward the paper with her number and raised an eyebrow before putting it back in his desk for now and leaned back on his desk. " Well if your offering." Was all the fire demon said before the door closed and he stood up and ran his hand through his hair to gather some things before he pulled on one of his long black cloaks on and left the office and used a key to lock it behind him and headed to his own Room and left the door slightly opened and through his shirt and cloak on the bed before walking into his shower and stripping to get the smell off his body. ' That woman. She's going to give me a run for my money. . . she also knows my secret...' He thought as he sat under the hot water.

It worked out, He just used different type of soap for himself. Normally a duller scent that was commonly made in the fire village, it smelt like a common flower in the area but it was also strong to dull the scent that could mix to be Tear. His Tear soap was almost like Sakura blossoms. He had to use over powering scents to screw up Akuro and Isuna after all. He didn't need them mixing. He leaned his head back and gripped his head slightly. " I ******** hate the black market, I could of became a slave again." he mumbled to himself. Hiei was once a slave worker when he was younger. Getting caught again really had him stressed out.

Walking down the hallway Mukuro moved and knocked on the office door and sighed before she started to walk. " Where is that idiot. I know his back." She grumbled.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

Neko wandered a bit before finally finding the kitchen. She had managed to avoid Mukuro anyway, though not entirely intentionally. She didn't feel like explaining everything really. She waved to Isuna and Akuro once she found them, smiling like normal. "Smells good, whatcha making?"

Isuna grinned. "Just soup, what took you so long? Please tell me you didn't jump the king." Isuna asked, smiling nervously.

Neko laughed once loudly and shook her head. "Nah, he offered me a job as thanks. I accepted. Itll got in nicely with the rest of my work." She explained. Moving to take a seat at the table.  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

" did he offer you a job being his new escort or something actually useful?" Akuro asked with a chuckle as he reached for a few bowls. " What type of job did you get offered? I didn't even know we were hiring right now." the vampire added. He shifted a little looking toward the door. " Where the hell have you been? The king was missing."

" Shut up, I'm the second right hand. I have other s**t to do then babysit King Tear. You are a big boy and can do it yourself" Hiei said dully walking into the kitchen. He wore black pants, jogging style to hide the splint under his pants and a long sleeve shirt to hide the injured arm. He looked toward Neko with a look. " I'm assuming your Tear's New body guard. Try and do a better job that the other ones" He said as he sat down at the table to dish out food. Having to fake like he wasn't hurt was taking a lot to keep the mask up. Each walk his leg hurt and each time he used his arm it hurt even more.

It was only seconds before Mukuro walked in. " You need to come talk to me. Now. This is getting tiring." Mukuro said and Hiei grunted. " I'm off the clock. if you have a problem with today. take it up with me later. I have things to do. Like teach the new hire here some rules around the castle."

" New hire? Who hired her? Who is she?" Mukuro asked and Hiei gave a s**t eating smirk. " Lord Tear did, It's his new body guard. This one probably wont be useless like the last one." Hiei said.  

[Neko_Shinobi]

"Nope, surprisingly, not an escort. He offered me a job as a body guard. When needed only, so I'll still be out and about most of the time." Neko explained, grabbing a bowl of food and sitting down as Hiei walked in. She watched him a moment, smirked, and went back to her food.

Isuna took a seat next to Akuro just as Mukuro walked in and started up with Hiei. "Theres the familiar background noise." She mumbled popping the spoon in her mouth the avoid saying anything to sarcastic.

Neko looked over at Mukuro a moment, this time not smiling. "I assisted in finding King Tear earlier today. He offered me the job as a reward." She explained, voice completely professional. "I was just getting know my co workers." She offered. Gesturing to Akuro and Isuna.  

[Star Stealing Kidd]

" you helped locate the king?" Mukuro asked staring at the woman and shifted looking at Neko. " Actually from the report Tear handed me. She Located and saved his a**. Sorry Mukuro. where were you?" Hiei asked dully reaching for soup and flinched from his arm and shook it off. " She'll make a fine addition to the group. " Hiei added.

" I have another job to head onto shortly. How about we save the playful banter for when i return " Hiei said dully and started to eat. Mukuro only gritted her teeth. " Take someone with you, Would be a shame to have you come back and be useless for a few days." She said.

Akuro chuckled a little and leaned into Isuna. " Look, Mom and Dad are fighting again. Think there gonna get into a rough fight? Hope your ready for over time, babe" Akuro said into her ear quietly before looking up toward Mukuro and Hiei. It seriously looked like Mukuro was going to lose it. A few seconds later and Mukuro huffed and turned and left.

Hiei rolled his eyes and leaned back in the chair watching her leave before he stood up, He didn't eat much just a bit. " thanks for the food, I better head off. I have another job to do. " He explained and moved pushing the seat in. " Do you want one of us to come with you?" Akuro asked and Hiei waved his hand. " I'll be back soon. Tear is in a meeting upstairs on the phone with some land rulers, leave him alone. contact Mukuro for anything you need. I'll be unreachable." he explained and tried to tighten the grip on his hand. He was iffy about doing this job, it was easy to see in his eyes but he had s**t to get done. "Welcome to the Circus Neko." Hiei said.

" Seriously why does Tear never come downstairs to watch this s**t? You and Mukuro going at it, it amazing to watch" the Vampire said with a chuckle.