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Chapter 4: Meetings and Gossip
'Finally! I'm done with these stupid demon files!' April thought as she stretched her arms over her head and felt her backbones pop back into place.
It surprised her how fast she had gotten through the last couple thousand files in the past six hours.
She was definitely on a roll! 'All of this because of a kiss, too,' she thought as she began to separate the files of the demons alive and dead.
Though what a kiss it had been! Her knees were going weak just thinking about it.
All she knew was that it had put her in a very good mood.
Putting the last file in a carrying case, she looked up at a knock on her office door. "Come in." April looks over to see Botan and a smirking Hiei come through the door.
"Since when do you two go anywhere together?" Botan looked confused at her question. She looked over her shoulder to see Hiei standing there.
"Oh Hiei, I didn't even know you were following me," Hiei just snorted and walked over to one of April's office chairs.
"Obviously, baka deity."
"Hey now children; let's be nice to one another," April scolded walking back to her desk. "So what brings you guys to my humble office space?"
Botan smiled and leaned forward. "How was the date?"
April sighed. "I knew it. I just knew it."
"Well? Come on! Tell us what happened, and don't leave anything out," Botan was practically jumping in her chair.
April leaned back in her own as she studied the two in front of her.
Hiei was smirking about something and it was kind of freaking April out.
He was looking at her like he knew her deepest darkest secret. Which isn't possible of course.
"What?" she asked him having enough of that stupid smirk.
"Nothing," he said trying to play innocent. She raised her eyebrow and gave him another look before turning to Botan and smiling.
"Last night was amazing. He was a real gentleman," she said putting her head in her hand.
"Where did he take you?"
"To that new Italian restaurant in town. You know, the one you've been wanting to go to?" she heard Botan sigh happily.
"That's so romantic and thoughtful, since you love Italian so much. So what did you talk about?"
"We talked about our families and our jobs and some other things that aren't very important to mention," she said with a wave of her hand.
Botan gave her a weird look. "You didn't tell him about Spirit World did you?"
April's jaw fell open. "And risk not only my job but also being able to live outside of a loony bin? Of course I didn't tell a normal human about Spirit World. Geeze! Thanks for the vote of confidence."
Hiei's smirk got bigger as he let out a small chuckle.
April turned to glare at him. "What the hell is your problem?"
He quickly tried to hide his smirk and look somewhat innocent. "Nothing is my problem. I'm just as curious about your date as much as she is," he said jerking his head in Botan's direction.
April's eyes narrowed. "I'm watching you mister."
Botan smiled at the two. "Well, I didn't mean it like that. But tell us about him! What does he do?"
"He owns his own business and it's doing very well. So that's a plus. And he actually knows how to dress too! Like I mean what colors look good together. Not like my last dates in America that just quickly found the closest articles of clothing to wear. He looked like he wanted to make an impression."
"And what kind of impression did he make on the lovely April?" Botan asked leaning forward.
April smirked. "A very, very, very good one."
Botan laughed. "Somehow I don't think we're talking about the date anymore."
"Nope. We most certainly aren't!" April said.
Botan squealed. "He kissed you?" At April's nod, she clapped her hands. "That's wonderful! How was he? Was it one of those sweet little kisses or was it one of those passionate, up against the wall ones?"
Both April and Hiei stared at her shocked. Where had that come from?
April recovered first. "Actually it was one of those long slow kisses that make you weak in the knees."
"Oooh those are the best ones."
Hiei just shook his head. "You women."
April laughed. "But anyways, I hope this works out."
Botan looked at her confused. "Why wouldn't it?"
"Because I'm not going to lie to him if we do have a relationship. I'll have to tell him about my job and Reikai," April said running her hand through her hair.
Hiei decided to put his two cents in. "Somehow I don't think where you work will be a problem."
April tilted her head. "What makes you say that?"
He shrugged. "I just have a feeling."
"Oh! I just remembered!" Botan yelled jumping up from the chair she had been sitting in. "Koenma-sama asked me to tell you that you can leave at noon today," she said looking at the clock on the wall. "Which is now!"
"Of course. He doesn't want me getting overtime again," gathering her stuff, April, Botan and Hiei left her office.
Walking down the hallway to the portal, April and Botan continued their conversation with Hiei trailing behind them.
"He asked you out on another date? That's great! I wouldn't be surprised if he asked you to be his girlfriend after the next few dates."
April looked over at her friend. "How many do you think it'll take?"
"Five."
Both girls looked over their shoulders at Hiei.
"What makes you say five?" Botan asked.
"Obviously this guy is into April. And if I were him I wouldn't want to take so long to snatch her up," he said putting his hands in his pockets.
"Thanks for not at all making me feel like a piece of property, Hiei."
"No problem."
Laughing April stopped next to the portal. "Well it's time for me to go home and try to find something else to do with my day."
Hiei walked next to her. "I'll come with you. Mukuro didn't give me anything to do today anyway."
"SWEET! Company!" April yelled doing a little dance.
"Nevermind. I don't want to go."
April grabbed his arm before he could walk away. "Nope you're stuck with me mister."
Botan laughed at them. "Well I'll see you tomorrow April. Oh and Genkai is having a little get together at her temple in three weeks from today Hiei. Yukina wants you to be there."
Hiei scoffed. "Blackmail doesn't suit you baka onna."
April whacked him on the back of his head. "That wasn't blackmail. That was a message from your sister to come and see her. Even though she doesn't know about that part."
He glared at her while rubbing his head. "You're lucky we're friends or I'd have to kill you for that."
"Uh huh, sure whatever you say."
Botan smiled. "Maybe you can bring your boy toy with so we can meet him. And you'll be able to meet everyone."
"Like who?" April asked.
"Like Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, Yukina, Genkai, Shizuru, Ku-."
"April let's go I'm bored. You'll meet everyone soon enough," Hiei said dragging her to the portal. April managed a goodbye before she was dragged through the portal.
She pretty much tripped out of the portal and would have ran into a tree if not for Hiei stopping her.
Knocking his hands off her, April rounded on him.
"What's the matter with you? Why are you acting so weird today?"
Hiei just looked away from her and started for her apartment.
"HEY! Get back here mister I'm not done with you yet!"
Kurama thanked his last customer before closing the door and locking it.
Turning over the open sign to close he walked to the counter.
He went through his routines of closing up. Looking up at the clock on the wall behind the counter and sighed.
He couldn't believe he had been open this late on a weekday.
"Open till seven. Maybe I should start doing that once a week, since I had more costumers during the evening then the day," he said to no one as he started for the door and locked up.
Though the only reason he had been open so late was because of his meeting with Yomi.
~Flashback~
"And as you can see our troops have successfully captured and erased the memories of the humans in your territory milord. Much faster than Alaric and Tourin combined," Youda said turning from the screen he had up, which showed the numbers of the three territories.
'Of course we finished first; Hiei hasn't been in Alaric territory for some time. And the only way their 'sniffer' will sniff out humans is if it's taking orders from Hiei,' Kurama thought as he tried to show as much interest in this stupid competition as possible.
Since the Demon Tournament, the three territories have been competing over which got the humans that venture in, out first.
'I guess some things never change with demons,' Kurama looked over at Yomi. He seemed just as bored as Kurama was.
"Thank you Youda. That's enough about humans. Next time I hope you have something more interesting than this bit of information," Youda bowed and walked to the side of the room. (A/N: I never understood why he didn't get a chair at meetings. He gives important info for them. Sorry venting.) "Now I think it's time to finish this meeting for the day. Goodbye gentlemen," he said as everyone left except for himself and Kurama.
"So Kurama what was the purpose of your meeting with me?" Yomi said turning in Kurama's direction.
"I was wondering if you knew about Enki's plans for human technology in Makai," Kurama said looking out the window.
"Yes I have actually. What are your thoughts on it since you did, of course, bring it up."
Kurama looked back at him. "I personally think it's a great idea of expansion for your territory and make it easier for everyone."
"Even yourself, Kurama?"
Kurama paused for a second. "Yes, I would like to take back the position as your top adviser but I do not want to live in Makai. If we had that technology we could be more productive."
Yomi seemed to be considering his answer. "It seems I won't be able to convince you to be in Makai; but with the technology it would certainly make things simpler." He smiled at Kurama. "I'll have Youda look into it and I'll give you my answer later."
Kurama stood up. "That would be acceptable. Thank you for considering this Yomi. Good bye."
~End of flashback~
Kurama hoped that Yomi would agree to it. That way he could pursue April. He just hoped that when the time came for the truth to be reviled that she was as open-minded as he thought she was.
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The sound of Slipknot suddenly filled the air as April grabbed the rest of her dirt clothes and brought them to the washer and dryer in the small room across the hall from her room.
For seven hours she had done as much work around the house, as she does during the weekend.
That meant she could just relax this weekend. And that sounded amazing.
Walking out into the living room she looked over to where Hiei sat at her computer listening to her music.
When they had gotten to the apartment, he had tried to go on first but she distracted him with sweets that her mom had sent from America so that she could go online and email her family. And with her big family; it had taken two hours.
But after she was done she gave the computer to Hiei and let him have at it. And since then, for five hours, he has been sitting there listening to music.
April wasn't even aware she had that much music. Though he did repeat a song or two, but still!
She had even made him dinner to try to distract him, but it was still sitting next to him waiting to be eaten.
Though every time she tried to grab it he always smacked her hand away saying he'll eat it. And that happened three times in the past hour.
April sighed before jumping to the sound of her home phone ringing. Looking at the caller ID, she smiled.
"Hello?"
She heard a laugh from the other line. "I think you're the only person I know that answers the phone in English."
She laughed. "Well I am American so that gives me an excuse. Plus old habits die hard."
Kurama chuckled. "Yes, I guess you're right. I was calling to see if you remembered our date tomorrow?"
April rolled her eyes. "Tch, of course I remember. I'm just curious as to where you're taking me this time. Because it's gonna be hard to beat that dinner." She moved so that she was sitting on the couch next to where Hiei was at the computer.
He didn't even seem to notice her, but she knew he could hear their conversation crystal clear.
"I have a feeling it will be to your liking. Have you heard of that new club opening tomorrow night?"
Her eyes widened. "You mean the Venue? I've heard that it plays American music."
"Yes that's why I wanted to take you there. I thought it would be fun."
She smiled. "I'd love to go there with you."
"Alright! I'll see you tomorrow at seven."
April smirked as an idea popped into her head. "Actually I think you'll be seeing me sooner. I have a few errands to run after I get off of work and I was thinking of stopping by that tattoo parlor by your work. And I might just, I don't know, stop by?"
There was a pause on the other side of the connection. "That would be wonderful April. I'd like it very much if you stopped by."
She smiled. "Okay well, until tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye. Sweet dreams."
Hanging up, April sighed. So far it seemed she had found a very thoughtful guy. Looking over at Hiei, she found him staring at her.
"What?"
He blinked at her before turning back to the computer screen.
Looking between Hiei and the computer, she got an idea. 'Maybe I can buy a little something, something for Hiei. That way I can have my computer back.' With that decided, she got up and went over to her movie selection and picked one she hadn't watched in a while, and one that Hiei hadn't seen yet. Popping it in, she got comfortable.
During the first five minutes of the movie, she heard Hiei get up from the computer and sat next to her on the couch with the plate of food in his hands. She smiled as she leaned against him.
'So predictable.'
A/N: I think I might know what you're thinking and no, Hiei isn't the least interested in April. This is strictly a KuramaXOC story. They are just good friends. Not friends with benefits. Just thought I would make that clear.
But any who! Isn't Hiei sneaky or what! Next chapter is the second date of Kurama and April and we'll find out what the present is for Hiei! Though you probably already guessed it….REVIEW!
