SIM: Next chapter peeps!!!
Hikari: Don't do that.
SIM:-scowls at Hikari- Well I own nothing so don't sue me plz. Don't steal my ocs either. They're mine!!!
Last time on So much for Retirement: "Hideki, what did you do this time." Aya asked with a glare. He sweat dropped at this and got up to go after his mate.
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"Bro, I think you should let Aya go after her. You just don't really have much of what we'd like to call tact if you know what I mean."
"What's that s'posed to mean?" Hideki retorted.
"It means you'll just make things worse. Aya knows how to put things to not make her mad. Not to mention she's a third person party and Ami's not completely pissed at her." Shizuru explained.
"Go ahead Aya." Hikari finished.
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Ami lay on her back in a clearing of the forest staring up at the clouds. She heard a twig snap in the trees.
"I know you're there Aya. You can come out." Ami mumbled, but Aya heard her perfectly. She moved slowly into the clearing and over to Ami who was on her side with her back to Aya.
"What happened chica? Did you have a fight with Hideki?" she said gently, sitting down next to her. Ami rolled over onto her stomach and turned her head to face Aya. She nodded.
"He doesn't love me anymore." She whimpered, tears coming to her eyes.
"Sweetie, that's impossible. I've seen the way he looks at you." Ami shook her head.
"We were talking about what we were going to do after the tournament. I said I wanted a family and he completely flipped."
"Hun, that's natural for guys like Hideki to be scared when us girls bring up the 'f' word. Hideki hasn't completely grown up yet. He's just scared. Did you hear what Yusuke did when he found out Keiko was pregnant with Akemi?" Ami shook her head. Aya giggled. "He passed out. Then when he woke up and he found out it wasn't some horrible nightmare, he puked. Keiko was really upset but it turned out Yusuke was just really scared of becoming like his father."
"You really think that's it?"
"I know it is. Let's go back and Hideki can tell you himself." Aya smiled softly. Ami nodded, whipping her tears.
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Ami and Aya walked into the living room of the temple. Ami to her room and Aya made a motion for Hideki to go talk to her. He got up and followed her to the room.
"What was that all about?" Keiko asked.
"Just a little misunderstanding. Nothing to worry about. They'll figure things out." Aya replied.
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"Ami, what was that?" Hideki started, but he was cut off by his mate-to-be crashing into him and nearly tackling him to the ground. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around her waste. "You mind telling me what's going on?" he whispered to her. She pulled back, wiping fresh tears off her cheeks.
"I'm sorry. I just was really scared when you freaked out. I know it sounds stupid, but I was afraid you didn't love me anymore."
"What? Ami, how could you even think that?" Hideki questioned with wide eyes.
"I told you it sounded stupid."
"Babe, it's not that I don't want a family. It's just, I have no idea how to raise a family."
"I know, and I understand. I'll wait until you're ready." Ami sighed. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him into a passionate open-mouthed kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and backed him up against the wall.
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"This is getting boring… LET'S PLAY A GAME!!!!" Shihira shouted out randomly.
"What exactly do you suggest we play?" Aya asked hesitantly. The kids were in the playroom with Genkai, so she figured it couldn't hurt.
"How about… Never have I ever?" Shihira continued.
"I'm having de ja vu. Didn't we play that at the Safe House last time?" Yusuke asked.
"No, we played I've Never. There's a difference." Hikari replied.
"Oh, excuse me." Yusuke mumbled.
"Uhh… How exactly do you play?" Keiko asked cautiously.
"Well, it's set up like a game of musical chairs. Everyone has a chair except one person who will be the starter. The starter stands in the middle, and the others sit down in a circle around the starter. The starter now says "Never ever have I ever..." and then says something they have never done. Anyone sitting down who HAS done that thing must stand up and switch chairs. The person in the middle can grab a chair at this point. The last person standing is the next person to say "Never ever have I ever…" and repeats the game." Aya explained with a wicked grin that made everyone nervous.
"Sounds like fun." Yukina said with a smile. And so, they got forteen chairs and sat them in a circle. It was decided that Shihira would be the starter which caused many groans. She stood in the middle and smiled maliciously.
"Never have I ever… had a one night stand." A number of faces turned bright red. Aya, Kurama, Hiei, and Ami stood up and switched seats while Yusuke, Kuwabara and Botan fell out of their seats laughing. Hikari and Hideki cocked their eyebrows at their individual significant others. They each cleared their throats and muttered 'demon world' under their breath. It turned out that Aya was the one who remained standing.
"Hmmm, never have I ever… gave someone food poisoning." She smiled and tried to hide a giggle.
"OI! THAT WAS ONE TIME!!!" Ami and Shihira shouted in unison. Grumbling they both got up and Ami remained standing.
"Erm… never have I ever… shoplifted." She said. Yusuke, Kurama, Hikari, and Shihira stood up and switched seats until Hikari was the one standing.
"Never have I ever… watched one TV show until I passed out from exhaustion." She said smirking. Aya, Ami, and Shihira got up, two of them grumbling while the other smiled in triumph. (Give you one guess who that was :p) They switched seats and Aya was up again.
"Er… uh… Never have I ever… been hit on by Kuwabara." She said, failing miserably in her attempts to hide her giggles. Keiko, Yukina, and Botan all stood up. Hiei and Yusuke both twitched and sent death glares at the carrot top while Shizuru swatted him upside the head. They switched around and Yukina stayed standing.
"Never have I ever… gotten drunk?" She almost asked timidly. Yusuke, Shizuru, Aya, Kurama, Hikari, Ami, Hideki, and Shihira all stood up and swapped around. Hideki remained standing.
"Never have I ever almost choked on a pixie-stick." Hideki shot out, turning red in an attempt to hold back his waves of laughter.
"You suck, Hideki." Aya stated simply. She got up and went to the middle of the circle.
"Never have I ever been in love with a serial killer." She stated. Shihira bounced up and to the middle.
"Never have I ever been a thief." She said. Kurama and Aya got up and Kurama went to the middle.
"Never have I ever fallen down the stairs in front of an entire clan of thieves." Kurama said, signaling out Aya with laughter in his eyes. Aya scowled at him before getting up and moving to the middle.
"Well, I'd say we should call it a day. You guys have early training tomorrow." Keiko said, stretching and standing up.
"That's probably a good idea. 'Night people." Aya agreed as she hugged Kurama and rushed off to be the first in the bathroom.
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The days passed much like this for the next nine weeks until the morning of their departure for demon world. Aya woke up early. That's never a good sign. She danced downstairs. That's a really bad sign. She skipped into the kitchen humming to herself. At that moment, everyone walked into the kitchen to see her cracking an egg into a frying pan. Gasps were heard all around. Kurama, Shihira, and Ami rushed to her side.
"What's wrong? Are you ok?" Kurama questioned, feeling her forehead for a fever.
"I'm fine." The three looked at her skeptically, "No really, I just got up early today."
"That's what's scaring us." Hikari commented.
"What, I can't get up before 7:00 on a Saturday without there being some sort of apocalypse?" Aya asked sarcastically.
"YES!" everyone exclaimed in reply. Aya face faulted.
"I'm serious guys, I'm fine."
"No you're not. You didn't sleep at all last night." Shihira said.
"Shihira, shut it before I use that picture on you." She clamped her mouth shut.
"What? Why?" Kurama asked.
"I just had a few nightmares is all. Nothing big." Aya went back to concentrating on flipping the eggs.
"What were you dreaming about? Tell me." Kurama pursued, taking the spatula out of her hand and giving it to Ami. It was immediately snatched out of her hand by Hikari. Ami pouted and crossed her arms.
"What were you dreaming about Aya?" Kurama whispered to her. She sighed and gave up.
"Soñaba con mi familia." (I dreamt of my family) This brought a guilty look to Kurama's face and he looked down, "Hey, it's not your fault. I miss them, but I chose to be with you. It's fine." She said, putting her hands on either side of his face and giving him a peck on the lips. She went back over to the stove and took the spatula from Hikari.
"So… what exactly is that picture?" Hideki asked. Aya pulled out a picture from her jeans pocket and handed it to him. Shihira screeched and passed out while everyone else just smirked. It was a picture of Nny getting shot in the head. "Cheery, huh? But very effective when you want to get Shihira to shut up." They all chuckled a bit and then Aya served breakfast.
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After nearly ten weeks of intense training, it was finally time to head off to demon world. As such, each of the people who were leaving someone behind took these final moments to say their goodbyes. Yusuke was holding Keiko who was holding their two children. She was crying, but when she pulled back she smiled sadly and said, "You better come back this time. Preferably in less than two years." Keiko added playfully. Yusuke chuckled and kissed her gently before joining Ami, Hideki, and Shihira.
"I hate having to leave her here." Aya remarked sadly as she held her daughter close.
"It's only for a little while. Yukina will take good care of her." Kurama consoled. Speaking of Yukina, she was standing a ways off next to Kuwabara, Hiei, and Hikari and holding Hoshi.
"I'm warning you fool, if anything happens to them, I'm holding you responsible. If we come back and there's a single scratch, I swear I'll kill you." The fire demon warned.
"What he said. Take good care of them." Hikari agreed.
"Don't worry, everything will be just fine." Yukina assured them. The two parents nodded before Hikari kissed her daughter's cheek and Hiei ruffled her hair.
"Time to go guys!" Yusuke called to the four parents. Aya handed Kaiya over to Shizuru and followed Kurama up the path to the spinning yellow portal. She turned around and waved before disappearing into the void.
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SIM: Well that's it for that chapter. Pretty long-ish if I do say so myself.
Hiei: Not really
SIM: Shut itshrimp
Kurama: -sigh- leave a review please