Shadowess: I'm so glad that this story is going well. Now, I can tell you now that the sequel is already longer than this one! Crazy, no? And I only started it in November of 07. Its already near the end of Jan of 08. Three months!

Kyla: Your mom is right. You have typing verbal diarrhea.

Nyssa: You're not even half way done that sequel, are you?

Shadowess: Nope! Not even close, and the plotline is actually existant! Enjoy this chapter and thank you to all those who have reviewed.

Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, DNAngel, Caramilk, FF8 music

Chapter 10: Awkwardness

A furious yell could be heard throughout the darkened halls of a mansion. Its source slammed down his hands on a desk.

"Damn those imbeciles! To think that I was fooled… to believe that they wanted to share my goal!" his hand brushed away papers, and heavy cracked vases from a desk. They shattered on the ground, sending sharp objects to each end of the book-engulfed room.

He waltzed around in the shadows, grim for his situation. "What must be done? What step shall be taken next?" he pondered and scanned the titles of his books. Nothing was jumping out as a solution… his fingers grazed the olden scriptures when… He stopped. His hand grasped a rather old book and he pulled it out

Blowing off the collected dust, he read the title and started to laugh…

"This… this could work…" He sat down in a large chair and opened the book upon his now cleared desk. "Yes… this could work…"

"Bye-bye Nyssa! Thank you and Kyla for helping me!" little Amelia called from the arms of her mother.

"Take good care of her, ma'am." Nyssa smiled at the two.

"About time she left…" Hiei muttered. He lay across Nyssa's shoulders, seeing as he didn't like to be held or to follow around, looking up at every individual that he crossed. He hissed when Nyssa pulled at his tail.

"Attempt to be nice, Hiei." She glared at him. "Bye, Amelia." Her expression went to a cheerful one when she looked back at Amelia, going through the portal.

When it closed, Nyssa and Hiei looked at Koenma. "Portal?"

"Alright then. Thank you both for watching her until I got her mother here." He reached in to a drawer and pulled out a toy ball. Hiei stiffened and watched it intensely. "A little cat toy with catnip to kill time until the spell wears off. Catch." He tossed it to Nyssa.

Nyssa caught it and noticed Hiei watching it. She moved it around and he followed it, like he was hypnotized. "Thanks Koenma. See you later." With a smile, Nyssa shook the ball in front of Hiei. "Say 'bye-bye', Hiei."

"…bye bye…" he muttered, unaware that he said that since he was hypnotized.

Koenma stiffened a laugh as he brought up a portal for her to fall through. Nyssa and Hiei were in the living room where Kurama was trying to paw at the cat toy that Kyla held above him. She was laughing at his innocence act.

Kurama saw Nyssa and Hiei and sat up, tearing his sight off the toy. He sat up and looked at them directly. "Welcome back." He gave a cat smile.

Kyla looked up at them and grinned. "Koenma gave you a cat toy too?" Nyssa nodded. "Who is more attached to that? You or Hiei?"

She glared at him. "Just because I like cats and their toys doesn't mean that I own any. Hiei is the one who is hypnotized." Nyssa waved the ball in front of him. "Do you want the ball Hiei?"

He jumped from her shoulders at the ball and grabbed it, sinking his teeth in to it. He was caught by Nyssa before he fell with the ball in his mouth. He gave a small growl as he gnawed at the ball, being set down on the ground.

"That is cute." Kyla pointed at him.

"Very. So were you two having fun while we were gone?"

"Oh yeah! Kurama, like all other cats, have a blast with catnip!" she smiled as Kurama pounced on to the toy that Kyla put down beside him. "Which reminds me… Yesterday, did you and Hiei go out?"

"We went to the mall for my weapon. I told you yesterday."

"Did you do anything else before that?" Kyla kept a keen eye on her as she sat down.

Nyssa raised an eyebrow at her. "Are you trying to imply something, girl?"

"Me and Kurama saw you two at the carnival. Were you two on a date?" Kyla poked at her arm.

"Hardly." Nyssa scoffed. "I just dragged him outside since I didn't feel like playing card games all day. Plus…I noticed you and your boyfriend go in to the photo-booth." She grinned mischievously.

Kyla's cheeks tinted pink. "Oh really?" she kept her voice strong.

"Yeah, and I saw some really cute photos be fore I left. You looked so cute and shocked when Kurama kissed you on the cheek!"

"I don't like being called cute!"

"Fine then. You are a hideous freak of nature, you horrible monster!" Nyssa said in a louder tone, grabbing Kurama's attention away from the toy in his paws.

His jaw dropped and he had shock written all over his furry face. It dissipated in to shock when he heard Kyla's reply.

"That's better! You know that I hate being called cute."

"You only hate it because it's true."

"Shuttup!!!"

Kurama jumped up on Kyla's shoulder and nuzzled the side of her face. "I believe that you're cute, vixen. A very kawaii kitsune." He licked her cheek.

"Now that," Nyssa pointed at them, "…is very cute."

Kyla blushed and set down Kurama on to her lap. "I don't like being called cute." She petted him lightly.

"Vixen it is then." Kurama smiled and purred.

They heard a sound and Nyssa turned to look at Hiei. He was hacking and… the toy ball was gone. Her eyes widened. "Hiei! Did you eat the catnip ball!?"

He couldn't respond since he was hacking too much. It got worse with each progressive cough. Nyssa picked him up and set him across her lap, patting his back to help him.

"Catnip is not meant to be eaten, dummy. It's the scent that gets felines wild." Nyssa shook her head at him as he kept hacking.

"Um… Kurama, I suggest you don't gnaw on your chew too hard unless you want to cough up something nasty…" Kyla looked down at him.

"Agreed."

Hiei gave a choked sound and up came the chewed up material of the ball and some of the catnip plant. It was covered in his saliva and Hiei was gasping for air. "Goddamn… plaything…"

"You really ought to be careful, Hiei… But now you know what it's like to get a hairball so to say…" Nyssa stroked his back, with a look of sympathy in her eyes.

With that said, both guys were engulfed in the familiar rainbow sparks as they turned back to their teenager forms. Kurama and Hiei were on the girl's laps, lying across on their stomachs.

The guys were just kind of shocked until Kyla started nodding. "Yup… this is awkward…"

Kurama got off her and sat down beside her, his face tinted with embarrassment. "Uh… any requests for supper?" he said, trying to recover.

Hiei stood up and went over to his window seat, pretending as if nothing happened. Nyssa blinked in confusion. "Um… that's a first… what did you say?" she looked at Kurama.

"I asked if there are any requests for supper?" he repeated.

"I don't care. You can decide." She rubbed her neck. "I'm going to go and…" there was a sloppy squish from her hand when she was standing up. She looked down and saw that her hand went in to the gooey regurgitated mess. "…wash my hand and clean this up…"

"Gross…" Kyla leaned back in disgust.

Kurama got up. "I can get that, Nyssa."

"Nah, it's alright. Just tell me where the cleaning products are." She held her gross hand out, which was quickly occupied with a damp cloth. Nyssa turned to see that Hiei had put it there. "Oh! Thanks, Hiei."

"Hn. It's my mess, onna." He knelt down by his… clear vomit and started to clean it up.

Nyssa started over to the bathroom, using the cloth given to her to get off the excess liquid. Kyla looked over at her and saw, not a disgusted face, but a smiling one. Her suspicion rose with her raising her eyebrow.

"Do you have any suggestions, Kyla?" Kurama grabbed her attention.

"How does pasta sound?"

"Sounds like an idea. Would you like to assist me?" Kurama held his hand down to her to help her up. Hiei finished cleaning and went back to his usual spot. Kyla accepted the hand and got pulled up.

"I'll help for sure!" their hands never separated as they both went in to the kitchen.

Nyssa returned from the washroom and looked over at Hiei. He appeared to be dazed in watching the leaves being gently blown off the trees. She approached him and put a hand on his shoulder. "You alright?"

He didn't look at her. "Yeah."

She looked around as she heard the light laughter from the kitchen, then back at the forbidden demon. Her mind tapped on his thoughts to talk with him. 'Are you sure? You look a bit pale.'

'It's nothing, onna.'

'Nothing is considered something. Now what's wrong?'

His gaze went to hers, face still weak in complexion. 'Catnip is not meant to be eaten.'

'That I knew. Is there something else bothering you?' her hand comforted his shoulder. 'I'm here, you know. I always have time to listen.' Nyssa usually felt she had to lend an ear to someone who seemed troubled.

He sighed, as though in defeat. 'Later tonight. Bring sweet snow.'

The connection between them broke. Nyssa went in to the kitchen and saw Kyla's tail swishing around behind her with great joy. She stood beside Kurama and was giggling at what Kurama was doing. Curious, she went up behind them to see what was so amusing.

Kyla was watching with mass interest as Kurama was cutting up vegetables. He cut them so quickly, that he did light tricks with them. He made a little mountain of onion, and made little shapes with tomato chunks.

"Can you do a cat?" she asked with enthusiasm.

"You're hooked on cats, aren't you?" Kurama smirked as he elbowed her side.

"I'd be hooked on foxes if I saw you turn in to one." She hinted.

"Honestly, I hope you don't meet Youko. His actions are uncontrollable by my part." His face flashed with a sorrow crossed with fear. Kurama's smile returned as he showed her the head of a cartoon cat carved in to a tomato.

"Still, I want to see you in your fox form one day." Kyla patted his arm and huggled him gently.

"I'll be sure to have a camera so that you two can remember such a memorable day then." Nyssa spoke up from behind, causing them both to jump a bit.

"Grr! How do you always do that!?" Kyla yelled in surprise.

"I'm light on my feet and you were distracted." Nyssa went up to her and poked her. Kyla poked her back. "So what is next for the foxy couple?"

They both had their cheeks toned with rose. Kurama simply smiled, "Since today was cut short, I'm not sure whether to take her out tonight or tomorrow."

"Well, there might be something good at the theaters. Just a suggestion." Nyssa took a couple spoons from the drawer and went upstairs.

"Why did she take spoons?" Kyla asked confused.

Kurama shrugged. "I don't know."

"Oh well… probably plotting my death again. But…" Kyla crossed her arms and looked up. "What did I do this time?"

Kurama smiled and put the cut up vegetables in to a tomato paste mix with meat. "I'm sure she's not plotting to kill you."

"And how can I be sure that you're not plotting to kill me either?" She took a step back from him.

"Because I wouldn't do that to my vixen." He put his knife down and went around her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. Kurama rested his chin atop of her head.

"Can we go for a walk through the park tonight?" Kyla asked out of the blue.

Kurama smiled. "Of course." He leaned forward and gave a peck on her cheek before attending to the pasta that was boiling for a long time. Kyla smiled wistfully and started setting down plates and utensils on the table.

"This is really nice, Kurama…" Kyla sighed as she leaned against his arm as they walked through the park.

The sun had set only moments ago, causing the sky to be colored in pink, orange, red, and purples. There was, also, the moon already visible above them, past the half moon stage and still waxing. The park lights hadn't come on and there was a gentle breeze, blowing the autumn-art leaves to the ground with graceful flight. No one else was around… It was perfect.

"I'm glad that you suggested this… It's beautiful out here." He looked down at her.

"Yeah… it's absolutely gorgeous…"

"Not as gorgeous as you though…" he caught a leaf that flew in front of her face, causing her eyesight to move up to his. Lowering the leaf, he made her smile and continued to walk with her down the path.

"Hey look." Kyla pointed down the path towards the sound of trickling water. Ahead was a water fountain that had a concrete and marble structure that shot up water from its base.

They approached and sat down on the ledge as the sky became black with stars slowly twinkling their appearance. A single light in the area flickered on to a gentle glow.

Kurama looked down at Kyla and saw the reflection of the water in her eyes. Kyla was looking up at his and seeing the same. Kurama put a hand to her face and leaned down to her. Kyla closed her eyes and leaned up to him to close the gap.

Suddenly… Kurama was shocked to a sensation, one that only familiar on the battlefield, to emerge within. He reluctantly pushed himself away from Kyla and tried to put distance between them.

Kyla watched him with great confusion and hurt in her eyes. The hurt vanished when she saw Kurama stop and double over in what seemed to be pain. She rushed over to him but stopped a foot away at seeing a transformation from him.

His hair went from its mid back length, extending to the ground. His clothes deteriorated and replaced with white robes that were materializing around him. His hair was turning white and the top of his head was occupied with fuzzy white ears. The ensemble was completed with a white long hairy tail. Kyla watched him straighten up. He was taller by a good foot more.

"K-Kurama…?" Kyla looked up at him.

He turned around. It was not Kurama's face, but a sharper one. His eyes were golden and full of mischief. "Not exactly…" his tone was different as well. He gave her a smirk. "I am Youko Kurama, the one he has told you about."

Kyla looked up at him, mesmerized by his appearance. She found Kurama handsome, but Youko was hot! "Hi…"

Youko held her chin with his fingers and grazed her cheek. "Kurama has exquisite taste. You are quite the vixen, Kyla, even in your human form."

"Um… thank you?" she was struck confused at the compliment.

"I promise I won't hurt you. Allow me to properly introduce myself." He let down her chin and smiled. "I am Youko, former thief and inner soul of Kurama Minamino."

"Pleased to meet you!" Kyla was over-joyed and held out her hand to him.

"A pleasure, Kyla…" he took her hand, and leaned down kissing it. He looked in to her eyes. "I see your eyes as a beautiful sea of fresh grass… Deep inside them I see your fox. May I be privileged to see the form before me?"

Kyla nodded, still having the blush that appeared when he first faced her. In an instant, she transformed in to her fox form, tail swaying gently with the breeze. She saw his face twist in to one of lust for a moment, yet it was forced away almost.

"Such beauty… Since I am technically Kurama, neither of you should be drastically affected by this." Youko said quietly.

"Affected by what?" Kyla asked but was quickly answered when Youko swooped her off her feet and brought her up for a deep kiss. She was in shock but quickly pushed it away and enjoyed the moment. Heat rose throughout her entire body as Youko's tongue brushed against her lips. She parted her lips, allowing his tongue to explore her mouth.

Both were in ecstasy. Youko parted from her and set her down on the bench near them. He was breathing a bit hard yet he licked his lips. "Kurama has made a… delectable choice. I approve."

"Well… thank you, I think…" Kyla was out of breath and in recovery from the intense moment.

"Perhaps we should go back to the house." Youko looked down the path at hearing something in the distance.

"O-okay…" Kyla just nodded.

Youko, again, swept her off her feet and ran with her in his arms. He ran all the way back to the house, being careful not to run into any humans and send them into shock.

Once at the house they stepped into through the front door. Both Nyssa and Hiei looked over and their jaws nearly dropped at the sight. Nyssa stood up and walked over to who she knew to be Kyla and… someone else.

"Hi Ny-chan, I'd like you to meet Youko Kurama. Youko this is my best friend Nyssa. Um… can I be let down now… I can stand you know?" she said turning back to Youko.

"So this is Kurama's demon form?"

"Yep!" she said cheerfully as Youko slowly let her to her feet. "So… what have you two been up to?" Kyla asked suspicious of them.

"Nothing, why?"

"You two are boring; you're either playing cards or sitting and ignoring each other. I'm very disappointed with the both of you." Kyla crossed her arms shaking her head at them.

Youko just smirked at the little vixen and then turned to the boy sitting at the window. "Hello Hiei, long time no see."

He smirked in return. "Hey, Youko. I trust that you are holding your tongue?"

"For the most part." He gave a sly look towards Kyla.

Nyssa caught that look and glared at him. "And just what does that mean?"

Youko licked his lips and draped his arms around Kyla. "I've had my taste if that is what you want to hear." Kyla's face went red.

Nyssa's eye twitched. "No, I did not want to hear that fox."

"Well too bad. You have." He leaned down and nuzzled Kyla's cheek with his.

"Kyla, what did he do in the park?" Nyssa looked at her sternly.

"He… kissed me…" she said with her eyes averting to anything else. Nyssa heard her thoughts as well. 'As he swept me off my feet and just… wow… just wow… He's Kurama and not Kurama, but he is…'

"His personalities are completely opposite, Kyla." Nyssa said to her.

"I know but… Hey! I never said anything about that!"

"I want you gone, Youko." Nyssa didn't comment on her and look angry at Youko.

"I'm never gone, for I reside inside Kurama's subconscious." Youko stood up straight and smiled at Kyla. He looked towards Hiei. "Sorry I couldn't stay around longer to have some fun, but my time is up nonetheless." He did a deep bow. He took up a white rose from his hair and held it to Kyla. "For you, dear vixen… to know which of us is out when we are apart."

After Kyla took it, Youko went limp to his knees but he transformed slowly back to the red-head. Kyla knelt down beside him, after putting the now red rose in to her hair.

Kurama looked up, dazed at her. "Kyla…" he blinked and looked around. "Kyla! Are you alright? What did he do to you?"

"I'm okay, Kurama. Youko actually gave me a gift." She smiled.

"A gift?" he then noticed the rose in her hair, near her foxy ears. "I see… I'm glad that Youko didn't hurt you." He smiled.

Kyla nodded and tackled him in a hug, causing both to fall to the floor. Kurama laughed and hugged her back.

"Well, that would be really cute if it were two real foxes instead of demons." Nyssa commented and went to sit back down on the couch.

"You have been adapting to Youko's actions, haven't you, Kurama?" Hiei smirked and chucked at the two foxes on the floor.

Kurama lightly blushed. But Kyla laughed. "That would actually be funny if you acted like him and Youko acted like you." She pointed knowingly with her hand.

"How so?" Kurama looked at her questioningly.

"Because you're the gentleman and Youko is like… oh! Youko is like Dark from DNAngel! Remember that, Ny-chan?" Kyla looked up to her friend.

She shrugged. "You mean a tall, dark, mysterious guy who has somewhat of a perverted personality yet his other personality is a sweet, innocent guy who just so happens to be a red-head as well?" Kyla nodded. "Then sure."

Kyla smiled. "Yay! You agree with me!"

"Only that he's like Dark. Dark isn't exactly a… civil person. Dark was a thief and he was cursed to every male generation of that one family."

"But he saved Daisuke and Riku and Risa and all those other people when they were caught in evil magic released by Krad and Satoshi!"

The girls went back and forth without moving from where they were. Kurama and Hiei just watched in part amusement, part confusion, and part boredom. They went on for about five minutes more…

"You got to stop beating down Dark! He is Daisuke too, Nyssa!" Kyla said.

"And there were many parts where they were separated and interacted with each other to show that they are completely different people."

"Well… uh…" Kyla was stumped for a moment. "You like Daisuke and he has Dark inside him."

"I like his character, but you and I both know that it's a cartoon." Nyssa stated.

"So you're just saying that because Hiei is here?" Kyla smirked, luring her in to a trap.

Nyssa blinked. "What do you mean?"

"You like Hiei. I know it." Kyla's smirk began to mirror evil.

"So? Of course I like him. If I hated him I'd be avoiding him like the plague. I have a lot of guy friends, and so do you."

"I have a boyfriend who I like-like." Kyla gave Kurama a smile and hugged him lightly. "And I know we have guy friends. I am pointing out that you like Hiei more than just a friend."

Nyssa's face went lightly red with embarrassment or of anger, no one could tell which, not even her. "I'm just going to leave. I don't have to talk about this with you in front of the guys." She got up and went upstairs as calmly as she could.

Kurama lifted Kyla off of him and stood up, lifting her up as well. "I think you hit a nerve." He whispered in to her ear so that Hiei didn't hear.

Kyla nodded and looked over at Hiei, who seemed to be in deep thought. But… then again, he always seemed to be in deep thought.

Nyssa took the stored Caramilk ice-cream and vanilla ice-cream, that she swiped when Kurama and Kyla were out, from the drawer filled with blue ice fire. The spoons were also in her hands before she went out the door. She was already in pajamas with a lounging kimono on loosely over-top like a robe. The night was very close to midnight, so Kurama and Kyla were in bed.

Nyssa opened her door and saw Hiei just coming up the stairs. He looked up at her, pausing for a moment on the steps. He noticed the ice-cream in her hands and continued to his room.

Hiei opened the door and held it open for Nyssa to go through. She passed through and smiled at him in thanks since her hands were full. He closed the door and went over to the bed after she sat down on it.

"I brought you vanilla sweet snow." Nyssa held the vanilla ice-cream with the spoon on top to him.

He accepted it and sat down on the bed, crossing his legs. He opened up the bucket and tasted the cold sweet snow on his tongue. He felt Nyssa climb on to the bed and heard her open up the bucket that she was holding.

For a while, they sat in silence. But then Nyssa spoke out with her mind. 'What was it that was bothering you, Hiei?'

Hiei looked at her and put down his spoon. 'There have been a few things that have been bothering me, actually…' Nyssa put her spoon down as well and looked at him, waiting for him to continue. He looked nervous, debating whether or not he was really ready to tell her his thoughts.

"If you don't feel comfortable talking right now, then we can just eat sweet snow and you can talk about this later." Nyssa said quietly, almost sensing his uneasiness.

He looked down at the ice-cream in a crossed expression. Hiei had so many of those 'few things' on his mind and they mostly revolved around one thing. He gave a reluctant sigh as he put his ice cream down on a night table near him. "Get up."

Nyssa closed the lid of her ice cream and put it down as well, allowing a small flame to engulf it to keep it cold. She stretched over the bed and put a blue flame around his ice-cream. Finally, she got up and went over to the foot of the bed.

Hiei went over to a small stereo and turned it on, turning the volume down to soft. The music that came on was one similar to Waltz to the Moon. He looked over to Nyssa, who was confused. He went up to her, about a foot away and held out his hand. "Dance with me?"

Nyssa looked shocked at him. Not only did she dream about that ball where he asked her that exactly, but she believed Hiei to not be this kind of an open guy… Wait… did this have to deal with what was bothering him?

"I'd… love to." Nyssa accepted his hand, which was brought up to his lips to kiss. She blushed and went in to the dancing position with him.

Hiei started leading her along with the music. At the pause from the chorus of the song, he gazed in to her eyes. "Are you alright, Nyssa?" his voice was soft, just like in the dream sequence.

Nyssa's eyes widened. "You… said my name…" Only in her dreams had he said her name but… did he go in to her dream to know the exact things to do and say for this? "But… how…? Hiei, did you…? Do you…?"

He gently pulled her in to a hug and just stood there for a moment, trying to find words to explain his actions. He took a deep breath, thinking that it was now or never. "You, Nyssa… you're the thing that's been on my mind…"

Her eyes were burning, with tears threatening to fall. She rested her forehead against his shoulder and closed her eyes. New truths were just revealed to her. Hiei actually did go in to her dream, and those compliments were real. At the ball… he was jealous… He liked her.

Yet at the back of her mind, it doubted him.

"I really… really don't want to sound cold but…" Nyssa whispered.

"It is me and I'm not being controlled." Hiei answered her before the question was asked.

"Hiei… I…" Nyssa started to speak, but was finding it harder with each word she tried to say.

He pulled slightly away and looked at her. Slowly, he started to lean towards her and was almost in a kiss when…

The stereo made high-pitch screeching noises that pulled them both out of their little bubble of emotion. Nyssa jumped in surprise and Hiei let go of her. He glared at the machine and went over to it, switching it off.

The room went dead quiet.

Nyssa was still standing in the same place and was staring at the floor, still trying to allow all the new reality to sink in. She felt like she was standing in a completely black area with nothing around her… which wasn't too far from reality considering where she was.

Hiei walked back over to Nyssa and started to put a hand to her shoulder, but stopped himself. His mind started to turn to regret. He walked over to a window and opened it. He was about to climb out but was stopped when he felt Nyssa take his hand.

"You didn't let me finish, baka…" Nyssa finally looked up at him, with a tear falling from her eyes. Hiei looked at her and caught the tear, which had turn in to a gem in his hand. "I like you… more than a friend… much more…" she whispered the last part.

Hiei's heart felt lifted, as though an entire set of weights were taken off his chest. He placed a hand on the side of her face and gave her a genuine smile. He noticed her blushing then finally went down, for a third time including that dream.

This time, their lips connected in a kiss. Hiei's other arm went around her waist before they parted. Nyssa's eyes opened and looked up at him. She smiled and reached up to touch the side of his face.

Hiei ran his fingers through her hair. "You are a unique half-breed…" he whispered.

"And you're quite the demon… better than all humans that I know…" she whispered back. "But why didn't you tell me that you danced with me in my dream?"

Hiei didn't answer, but looked away from her face.

"Hiei… please tell me…"

"I was just going along with your dream. I didn't do anything on my control until after that arachnid appeared." Hiei told her.

"Then… everything that you said…"

Hiei nodded as he looked back at her. He traced her fingers along her cheek. "I don't mean any type of harm towards you… I'll never hurt you…"

"Hiei…" Nyssa's eyes were watering, so she quickly wiped them, so not to allow another tear gem to fall.

Hiei moved down again and kissed her, as though to prove that he meant his words. He soon felt her kissing him back as her arms wrapped around his neck. He, again, broke the kiss. Her kiss was cold as ice yet burned like fire. He opened his eyes to see her that she had turned in to her demon form.

Nyssa opened her eyes to see Hiei taking off her glasses. She gazed up at his glistening ruby eyes. She brushed some of his hair and held her hand to his face again. "You are really sweet when you smile… if you want, you can smile around me."

Hiei gave her another smile and touched his forehead to hers. "Speaking of sweet… our sweet snow is still here."

Nyssa's eyes widened in realization and she looked around to check the ice-cream buckets. She sighed in relief when she spotted the blue flame around them. "I forgot that I put the ice flames on them…"

"We should finish them so that they don't go to waste."

"Yeah. Shall we?" Nyssa nodded towards the bed.

Hiei picked her up and put her on the bed, then went to get his ice cream as she moved to get hers. They sat next to each other, opening the buckets to eat.

Shadowess: Awwww, now wasn't that sweet? I mean the kisses not the ice cream.

Hiei: I don't act like that, onna.

Shadowess: Oh! Hiei! When did you get here?

Kyla: He was looking for Nyssa cause he wants more sweet snow.

Shadowess: Ah... well she'll... come by soon. So don't put your katana down anyone's throat while you wait.

Hiei: Hn.

Shadowess: Remember! Reviews are love and not forced! Arigato!