Hey, everyone! This was a request by DarogaDaae, so that's pretty much why it's up here. It's a weird pairing, I'll admit, but enjoy, nonetheless!

A/N: Don't ask where the title came from. I seriously couldn't think of anything better and I was listening to lostprohpets. (dies). Sadly, it'll fit in kind of well with the fic

"Man, that girl was cute." The redhead thought as he made his way to an abandoned school. A small smirk covered his lips as he thought back to the brief encounter he'd had with Little Narumi and the girl he was with, "What was her name? Hi...yoto? No... Hiyolo? Gods, I hope not... oh, Hiyoko! That was it!" Proud of his recollection skills, Kousuke made his way into the empty building.

The south wall and classrooms had been destroyed in a bombing incident, and funds for the school had never reached enough to fully repair all the damages. Instead of simply half-assing it, the board members decided to just leave the place and relocate the students. Kousuke, of course knew the true reason why the place had been demolished, though. He shook his head of past thoughts and previous Hunter attacks and focused on his trap for Kiyotaka's younger brother.

"Save us?" the Blade Child thought, bitterly, "He can't even stand up to an insect, literally. How could he possibly save us?" Eyes' words of how Little Narumi was their hope faded in his anger, "Only we can save ourselves... that.. that's what Kanone said... even if we have no hope on our own, he don't need his!" A thud ended his rantings in his head as he kicked a wall in frustration. He glanced at a large container and grinned again, "And I'll show him how much the Blade Children don't need him."

He had the brunette right where he wanted him; everything had been set up perfectly and there was no doubt in his mind of the outcome. Little Narumi would be dead. "Maybe that will show Rutherford that some little punk kid can't possibly be our hope... we're already doomed." He could hear Ayumu questioning him from inside the room that was now locked and soon to be filled with bees. He hadn't been paying close enough attention to what the boy had been yelling about, but he figured it was something along the lines of 'why'. So, Kousuke told him, "The Blade Children have no hope, anyway. What good would keeping you around do?"

Of course, Ayumu shouted something back, or maybe he didn't-- in all honesty, Kousuke couldn't care less. The nagging thought that he was leaving something out kept pulling at him until he heard Hiyono's voice tell Ayumu something. While he still didn't care enough to listen to the words, her cheery face flashed in Kousuke's mind. He muttered a curse under his breath and spoke up so the two could hear him. As soon as he called Ayumu's nickname out, he received a short, snappy, "What?"

"The girl." It was all Kousuke had to say to shut both of them up. He smirked at this, and continued, "Little Narumi, I doubt you want you girlfriend to get stung by the big bad bees."

After a quick comment from both of them about how they had no interest in a relationship with the other-- much to Kousuke's delight and dismay; delight because it meant the cute girl was available (though, he didn't know how willing she'd be to go out with him after trying to kill her friend) and dismay because it seemed that they were both attracted to each other, but neither would admit so-- Ayumu spoke up, "You'll let her go?"

The girl in question firmly stood her ground with a comment about not leaving him, but Kousuke ignored it, "Why not? I'm only here to get rid of you."

Ayumu shot a quick glance to Hiyono, "Go." He ordered.

"Wha... go?" she parroted, frowning, "No, Ayumu, I'm not leaving you."

"I'm not giving you an option." He informed the blonde, pushing her towards the door that Kousuke was near. He was sure he quite trusted the redhead with his friend, but he knew that if he was going to die, it would be painful and ugly, "I don't need anyone, especially Hiyono, seeing me like that." He thought, grimly.

"But..." she trailed off there, looking down and closing her eyes tightly, "I don't want you to die." She confessed quietly, in a whisper that maybe even Kousuke hadn't heard-- not that he would have cared if he had.

The sentiment barely shook Ayumu's resolve to get her out, "Just trust me." He said, cockily enough to raise her sights to his steely gaze. He was scared half to death about what would happen, but he knew that he couldn't show his fear now. If he did, Hiyono would never leave. "What is with me?" he wondered, "Why do I care?" Ayumu wasn't one to care much about anyone at all; he was hardly even fazed when he got news of Kiyotaka's disappearance. Sure, he was saddened slightly by his brother leaving, but they were never that close to begin with.

Snapping back to reality, Ayumu saw that Hiyono was slowly coming around and heading towards the door. Once she reached her destination, she cast one last, worried glance over her shoulder to the brunette before the door in front of her swung open to reveal a serious, yet cocky, redhead. He held a knife, ready and waiting for Ayumu to make a move, and ushered Hiyono to the slightly safer room. Just as Ayumu was about to be sealed in the room that may likely hold his death, he noticed Kousuke's eyes follow Hiyono. He decided to chance it and dashed towards the open door.

Unfortunately for him, Kousuke was a Blade Child and very quick on his feet. He slammed the door shut and forced the younger boy to skid to a stop to avoid running into the now-closed door. Hiyono frowned and shouted a complaint at the treatment and began immediately pestering Kousuke to let Ayumu go; that none of this was his fault. The redhead simply brushed her off, "So what? It's not our fault that we should have to be hunted, either, but we are."

This silenced her for a minute, "Hunted?" she wondered, "What do you mean 'we'? You're talking about the Blade Children, right?" Her journalist skills were kicking in and she wanted answers.

"It's none of your business." Kousuke dismissed her.

"It is when you have Ayumu trapped in a room full of bees!"

"Little Narumi will only prove to be a complication for us. Besides, if he's so much like Kiyotaka, he'll have no problem getting out." At that point, Kousuke could have sworn he heard a mumble from the other room about how Ayumu wasn't a thing like Kiyotaka, but he just ignored it; he found that becoming necessary around these two.

"I have faith in Ayumu." Hiyono told herself, "I know he can do this." Now a bit more calmed down, she glanced back to the door. Even though she had faith, things were a little too quiet for her liking.

Her view was obstructed suddenly by Kousuke's arm stretching across her line of vision to rest against the wall, "Forget about Little Narumi for now." He said, flashing his ever-so-charming/cocky smirk. Hiyono knew then that something was wrong with her stomach, as she felt almost a stir of butterflies when the bright-haired teen cast his piercing gaze toward her.

"Maybe it was something I ate." She thought, though wouldn't believe it-- food wouldn't betray her like that. She was having trouble coming up with a better excuse, though, and decided maybe she was finally just going insane.

Noticing that he was getting a very minute response from the honey-haired girl, he decided to pull out all the moves. He knew trapping her friend in a room with insects that could easily kill him wasn't the best way to start out, but he could recover from it. Seeing as how his striking good looks weren't enough to make her melt, he tried striking up a conversation, "So... what was your name again?" he wondered, thinking she'd be quite happy that he'd already remembered, "Hiyoko?"

"It's HIYONO!" she screeched, nearly deafening the redhead, who had leaned in a bit too close in his attempt at flirting.

He visibly winced and leaned back against the wall near the door, wishing for the first time to be on the other side with Ayumu. Though, if he were to be honest, he doubted that the steel and bricks were enough to even muffle lungs like that. He closed his eyes and smirked once more, shrugging, "My bad."

Hiyono just huffed and crossed her arms, "When are you letting Ayumu go?"

"That guy again?" the Blade Child thought, tiredly. All Hiyono had talked about was Ayumu. It could have been simply because he was in a life-threatening position at the moment, but Kousuke got the feeling that the girl before him had more than simple friendly concern for the loser. Suddenly, his emerald eyes brightened with an idea. He chuckled and stood straight up, holding up a small box with a button on the top, "This opens that container in there." He explained, lightly placing his thumb over the trigger.

"Don't!" Hiyono yelled, a surge of fear running through her.

Despite loving the control he felt at the moment, Kousuke wanted something else even more. He continued, not paying her shout any mind, "I'll make you a deal."

The girl eyed him up and down suspiciously, "What kind of deal?" she asked, hesitantly. She had seen what a trickster, for lack of a better word, Kousuke was, and wasn't sure she could trust him with a deal.

"I'll give you the key to that door and this trigger." He stated, for once completely honest, "In return, you go out with me tomorrow night."

The last part, needless to say, took Hiyono by surprise, "A date?" she parroted, a million thoughts flowing through her head. They basically consisted of a very repetitive why would Kousuke want to go on a date with her.

"Yes, a date." He confirmed, "I like your personality, it's...fun." This, of course, only got him more confused looks, which made him chuckle, "Not to mention, you're pretty cute." Finally, he got a faint blush on her cheeks-- which looked absolutely gorgeous, in Kousuke's opinion. The soft rose color complimented her golden locks very well and made her eyes sparkle just the tiniest bit more than they already did.

Hiyono had the utmost faith in Ayumu, and proceeded to nibble on her bottom lip. Thoughts raced around in her head, "What do I do?" she asked herself, "I want to show Ayumu I have faith in him because I do... this would seem almost the exact opposite. On the other hand, he might be freaking out because of the bees and not thinking clearly. I don't want to be so stubborn that it costs him his life." She looked up at Kousuke and put a determined face on, "You have to promise to let him go."

"As long as you promise to go on a date with me." The redhead countered, "I can always kill Little Narumi later."

A small pause set a dead silence in the room before a slight nod, "Fine." She finally agreed.

Kousuke's mouth turned up in a self confident expression as he tossed her the small trigger box and a key, "Great." He sauntered past her to another door that led out into the hall they had traveled through to reach the rooms, "I'll meet you here tomorrow night, then, at seven." Another nod and the Blade Child disappeared from sight.

In a flash, Hiyono slipped the key in the lock and whipped the door open. Ayumu let out a small yell as he tumbled backwards right onto Hiyono, knocking them both back. The brunette winced and sat up, glancing back at his friend, "What was that for?" he demanded, both pissed and relieved; pissed that he'd been taken out of his daydream of a less complicated life, and relieved that he'd been taken out of that room.

"I save you and that's all the thanks I get?!" Hiyono seethed, "Why do I even bother?"

"Save me? What are you talking about?"

It then occurred to the blonde that perhaps Ayumu hadn't heard any of her and Kousuke's conversation. That also meant he had no idea about the agreement she'd made. Deciding it was best that he not know, she just smiled sweetly, "Well, I used my quick thinking and cute face to get you out of that little mess." It was almost a complete lie, but Ayumu would never know. Besides, Kousuke did say she was cute, so it wasn't totally untruthful.

"Uh huh." The messy-haired boy mumbled, unbelieving. Luckily for Hiyono, he didn't care that much and just shrugged and stood up, "Whatever."

Angry once again that Ayumu wasn't grateful, the older one followed suit as he left the room and headed down the hallway, "What do you mean 'whatever'?" she demanded, trying to stayed mad enough to get her point across. In reality, she was just immensely relieved that Ayumu was alright. Still, "I risked life and limb to get you free! You have no idea how annoying it can be to talk to someone that hotheaded and cocky, and all you can say is-"

"Hey." Ayumu interrupted her, glancing back as her ranting ceased almost immediately.

"Huh?" Her head titled to one side, patiently waiting for him to continue.

"Women." The boy thought, shaking his head and turning his attention back in front of him. "Thanks." He muttered, barely loud enough for her to hear.

She did, however, understand him. A smile crossed her face as she linked her arms behind her and looked up to the sky as they made their way outside. She continued to follow behind him, humming a soft melody the whole way.

No, it won't end here. I promised KousukeHiyono, and KousukeHiyono you shall get. Another chapter will be up shortly, so review!