Kyla: Okay, working on chapter 3 today! Lol. Let's see... yay! I'm getting reviews! I'm so happy! Well, I suppose, I'd better get started on it! I want to post this chapter TODAY, so... here we go!

The Return of a Legend
:Chapter Four:
"Missing Hiei"
by
Kyla

"Ouch," Danielle flinched as she felt another hole being ripped in the dimensional stream. She was getting weaker with every new tear in the dimensions, and she could only close so many of them.

"What's the matter?" Amanda asked when she she her friend wince. She had noticed Danielle hadn't been looking so good: she didn't eat as much, and she was paler than usual, and she always seemed distracted nowadays.

"Hm? Oh, nothing. I'm fine!" Danielle answered absently with a fake smile, not even really realizing what was going on around her. They were sitting in English class and had just finished up their assignment for the day, so they were just chatting and stuff until the bell rang.

Amanda gave her a look that told the dimensional kitsune that she knew something was indeed wrong. "Right," Amanda drawled out the word to show she clearly didn't believe her friend. "Well, anyway... I'm so excited!" she exclaimed and clapped her hands together real fast as a sign that she was excited, "When I come over, what should we do? We could ask your parents if we can go skating or something," she babbled. You see, she was going over to Danielle's to spend the night that weekend, so they were planning ahead so neither of them got in trouble like the last two times...

"Sorry, but my parents said that we had to stay home, so I guess we'll just have to stick to music, TV, and eating," Danielle said, "but it'll still be fun." She just wanted to go home and sleep for a while, but she couldn't do that... She had homework, chores, not to mention closing some of those portals.

"Aw, well, that'll be fine. We can listen to my man Tim McGraw!" she giggled and danced around in her seat. Danielle just shook her head and laughed at her friend. That afternoon, the duo arrived at Danielle's house, where they went inside and straight to Danielle's room. They turned the TV on to CMT to listen, sing, and dance to country music.

Then, they got into a pillow fight, hitting one another with fluffy pillows off of Danielle's bed. "Ah! Okay, okay... I give!" Danielle shrieked and laughed, falling onto her bed and landed on her back trying to catch her breath with a wide smile on her face.

Amanda, laughing as well, plopped down on the floor and tossed her pillow away to wipe away tears of laughter. "I win!" she exclaimed with a big grin. The bed was a mess... They hadn't stopped with just pillows... It had started out when Danielle threw a blanket over Amanda's head, and the two began flailing the bedsheets at one another, then they decided it would be safer to use pillows.

"Yeah, you did," Danielle panted, still chuckling. Her eyes absenlty swept over a picture frame that was hung on the wall beside her bed. Even though, from her point of view, it looked upside down, she knew exactly what it was... It was a picture she had drawn about two weeks after the Yu Yu guys left her dimension. It was a picture of Hiei, exactly what he looked like when he said, "I love you."

Danielle heaved a sigh and sat up, feeling sad again. She really did miss them... so much. She looked up just in time to see Amanda's knowing face. "Something's wrong. I know it. Do you.. want to talk about it?" Amanda asked and sat beside her friend on the bed, but Danielle remained silent. "It helps to talk about these things... That's what best friends do! They tell each other if something's bothering them! That way they don't have to deal with it on their own!" Amanda said wisely.

Danielle sighed, "It's nothing..."
"Boy problems?" Amanda guessed softly after a moment's silence. The sigh from her friend told her yes. "Want to talk about it?" she insisted on knowing.

"Nothing to talk about really... I just don't think I'll ever see him again," Danielle muttered, sighing once again. For all she knew, Hiei could've already forgotten her and moved on.

"Why?"
"He... had to go away, but... he can't come back—at least, not any time soon... I don't get to talk to him, but before he left... he told me that... that he loved me," Danielle explained with a faraway and dreamy look in her eyes.

"Aw! That is so sweet!" Amanda squealed and hugged Danielle then clapped her hands excitedly. "I'm sure you'll see him again! Definitely!" she added, sounding very sure of herself.

Danielle let a small smiled slip onto her face. She felt better actually, now that she had gotten it off her chest. "Yeah, and-- " she began to speak but was suddenly cut off when something happened...

Kyla: Ooh! What's going to happen? Muwahahaha! Only I know! Well, me and Alicia know.. so, nyah! Review and I'll try to update again sometime soon!