AN: This chapter was a little rougher then the last. I tried to get rid of the spelling in grammatical errors before posting. Hopefully I didn't miss to many. Thanks to my reviewers on the first chapter. I really wasn't sure how many readers there still were for this fandom.


Reluctant

How had this happened? Hiei was fuming from his position on a tree branch. Of all the troublesome things he could have been pulled into this was ridiculous. And now he found himself hanging around Genkai's temple trying to figure a way out. He should have known better then to be baited so easily by a fox.

Speaking of, this was all Kurama's fault turning to glare in the direction of his former teammates. The fox sitting calmly with the girls, watching with humor in his eyes as Yusuke and Kuwabara roll around over some pointless argument. If the Redhead had not insisted he accompany the dark tournament veterans to that damn bar none of this would have happened.

Hiei's glare only intensified, as if willing the seemingly unaware fox to feel responsibility for his current predicament.

If it weren't for him he would have never run into the other fox. He would have never been drawn into starting that conversation. He would have never been tricked into agreeing to that damn bet. And most importantly he would have never lost. If possible he glared even harder, his foul mood radiating out from his treetop perch.

"Damit Hiei!" The former detectives words cut through his thoughts. "Would you cut it out already? Even I can feel that bad attitude of yours and its getting old."

The idiot never one to let Yusuke do all the talking voiced his thoughts as well. "Yea shorty, what's with you? You've been all pissy since you got back from the demon world. You get dumped by a girl or something?"

Not interested in discussing his problems Hiei responded with a glare.

"Don't pay him to much attention." The redhead adding to the conversation, and as a result drawing attention momentarily away from Hiei. Much to Hiei's relief. If only he had stopped after the first statement. "I'm sure Hiei is just anxious awaiting his date tomorrow."

"Date?!"

That had done it. All parties present were now fully focused on Hiei. As Hiei griped the hilt of his sword tight, all he could think was this was defiantly the damn fox's fault. Now the only question was which fox was he going to run through first.


If he though this situation couldn't be any worse he was wrong. After Kurama made his situation known to the rest of their group the former detective and the oaf had been unbearable. He knew he should have never discussed the terms of the bet with the redhead, after all it was a fox who was to blame for this whole mess in the first place. But who better then a fox to help get him out of an agreement with another of his kind. Apparently Kurama had no intention of helping. As made all the more obvious by the current conversation.

"Come now Hiei we really must be going if we are to get you to the shrine on time. You mustn't be late to your date. That wouldn't be polite." Hiei's only response to the redhead was to continue glaring from his position in the same tree as the day before.

Seeing Kurama's struggle and no doubt feeling somewhat guilty for anything they may have said contributing to the fire demons reluctance, Yusuke and Kuwabara attempted to provide some encouragement. "Come on Hiei. It won't be that bad. Maybe this chick will be hot?"

"Yea shorty! Just take her for ice cream or something. Girls like that." At Kuwabara's comment Yusuke couldn't help himself turning to look at the taller male. "Like you know what girls like?"

That one comment was enough to have Kuwabara jumping to glare down at the detective. "I do to know what girls like."

For once Yusuke passed on the chance at a fight, likely deciding getting Hiei out of the tree held more importance. "Yea. Yea. If you say so. Anyways I can't really see Hiei hanging out with some chick licking an ice cream cone." With that he turned his attention back on the fire demon. "You got to come down sometime. Might as well do it now and get it over with before this thing gets worse." Hiei continued to ignore them.

Sighing audibly Kurama tried again. "It's not like you to not to keep your word Hiei. You made an agreement and you should follow through with it." Hiei was beyond irritated at this point turning the full weight of his glare on his friend. After all this was all his fault.

"I don't care what I promised in that stupid bet. I. AM. NOT. GOING."