A/N: This story was constructed completely from the quote: "I know as much about games as I do about hugs and puppies, and I care for them even less. Wake me for the end of the world." Well, Hiei, I'd like to test that theory.

Disclaimer: Insert corny joke about not owning anything here. Except quite possibly Samurai Blades X-treme, which may or may not exist.

Video Games

"Haha! Got 'im!"

"No, you didn't! That was me!"

"Actually, I believe that you both beat it at the same time…"

It was another game day. After Yusuke had resigned from the Spirit Detective job, the first Friday of every month was dedicated to the Tentai getting together for discussions on life, help with problems, and reliving past events. Or, at least, that was what Kurama had intended it to be. After about five minutes of talking, the meetings invariably dissolved into several hours of hard-core video gaming.

The only difference this month was that Hiei, on leave from his usual mind-wiping duties, had deigned to join, using the broadest possible meaning of the word. In reality, he sat looking out the window while Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara tried to best each other's high scores. As near as Hiei could tell, the point of the game they were playing at the moment (Samurai Blades X-treme) was to yell at the screen a lot while holding a piece of plastic. Quite pointless, really, he thought.

Then, the shouting stopped. At first, he thought they were changing games…until, of course, he heard Kurama's unmistakable, "Now, I believe we've all played each other…except…Hiei…"

Before he could move, they were on him and he was suddenly sitting in front of Kuwabara's TV. Hurriedly, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama explained that the tiny animated figure on his side of the screen was supposed to be a human samurai that he controlled. The one on the other side was Kuwabara's. Simple enough. He reached for his headband; he'd need the Jagan to control the human.

Kurama started laughing, "No," he said, pulling Hiei's hands down from his head. He pushed one of the oddly shaped lumps of plastic into Hiei's hands.

"Use this."

Kurama explained that the bumps on the plastic thing were called buttons and that pushing them in certain sequences would make the figure on the screen do things. For a few moments, Hiei practiced moving the character around the screen and then pushed the "Attack" button. The character swung its tiny pixilated sword quickly, albeit not as quickly as Hiei would have liked. Even so, he couldn't help feeling a bit proud of his accomplishment. After a few more moments, he nodded, ready to begin. Kuwabara took up his controls.

Instantly, Hiei moved his character into attack mode and, with a single swing, killed Kuwabara's character. As the Game Over inscription appeared on the screen, Hiei smirked at Kuwabara and said, "Hn. Obviously this game isn't as hard as it's made out to be."

Kuwabara looked somewhat confused. Yusuke looked like he was about to explode into laughter. And Hiei was pretty sure that Kurama was smirking behind him as he tapped Hiei on the shoulder.

"Hiei," he said, "You didn't win. The objective of this game is to join with the other player in order to defeat the computer."

Hiei glared at the television screen, picked up the controller and began to play for what would be the longest game day that the Tentai would ever experience.

A/N: I must confess this story is a little bit biographical. I do not own any video games and so, when playing with friends who do, I always end up pushing random buttons and inevitably end up killing everybody.

Well, I've sort of run out of silly Hiei ideas for the moment. If you have any, tell me and I'll consider them. In case you're wondering, this is a cheap way of begging for reviews. But without the exclamation points.