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Why now? Hiei thought, why did this group of idiots have to show up RIGHT NOW?!

"Hey, you got a girlfriend?!" Yusuke said, "how come you didn't bring her to meet us? Huh? She's pretty!"

Skylor leaned away from Yusuke invading her personal space. Hiei put an arm around her waist to keep her from falling, and he could hear her thinking: "Who is this weirdo and why is he hitting on me?"

"Uh, why would he have taken me to meet you?" she said.

She stepped away from Yusuke and made Hiei let go of her waist.

Please don't…Hiei prayed…please don't say what I think you're going to say…

"To watch him train with us, of course! He's one of the gang working for Koenma and spirit world. Not as cool as me, obviously," he said.

He gave her a charming smile as he followed her, never one to let a pretty girl out of his sight, despite his love for Keiko.

"You should've seen his last match! That guy was huge! I nearly wet myself when he dug his claws into Hiei's back!"

"You're…part of a…blood sport?" Skylor said.

She was looking up at Hiei

"Uh, duh!" Yusuke said, "weren't you listening to me?"

Right now, all Hiei wanted to do was kill the idiot for his big mouth as he kept going on about the fighting, ignoring Skylor's reactions, that showed she wanted to be as far away from Yusuke as possible. He just kept telling her all about how the match had gone and how cool it'd all been.

"Y'know, I'm really surprised you didn't bring her," Yusuke said, "I'd have thought you'd want her cheering for you at your match, like my Keiko does for me…"

He turned back to Skylor then.

"I bet you feel really honoured huh?" he said

"H-honoured?" she said.

"Well yeah, on account of him picking you as a girlfriend?" Yusuke said.

He did not notice his friends trying to get a word in edgeways to make him shut up.

"You know how many fangirls this guy has to choose from? Nearly as many as me! If he wanted he could have a different girlfriend every day of the week!"

"Is that…?" "Skylor said.

She was looking at Hiei, and she didn't even finish the question.

"I'm going home now, goodbye," she said.

Before anyone could stop her she ran away from Hiei and the gang, down the path, into the shadows and out of sight.

Hiei just stared after her, stunned.

Never in his life had anyone referred to what he did as a 'blood sport', and the WAY she'd said it made it sound as if he was going out and hurting random people on the street…Dear sweet God, her eyes when Yusuke had called her a fangirl…even in shock and pain they were pretty, he had to fight not to run right after her, kiss her again and apologise for lying to her, to explain why and that she was special.

Instead he turned his back on the others and walked back the way he'd come, ignoring Yusuke calling him like an idiot, apparently not too many people ignored him for long.

Hiei, however, didn't care for the detective and his friends…right now he cared about finding Skylor without seeming desperate or emotional.

He'd walk around the other way and find her at her house, maybe…maybe try to explain?

………No, forget it.

The friendship had ended, and that was just fine with him

Now he could go back to training without distractions.

He didn't need friends

He didn't need anyone.

Right?

Right!

What the hell had he'd been thinking?! She wasn't special at all…not at all…

…He just wished he could forget about those eyes and that kiss…if he could do that, he might actually be able to focus.

"Ouch! What was that for?!" Yusuke said.

"For being an idiot!" everyone said.

"You probably hurt her feelings carrying on about how Hiei 'could have a different girlfriend every day of the week'" Kuwabara said.

"But it's true! He COULD!"

"It still isn't polite to say that to the lady's face, Yusuke" Kurama said, "a girl doesn't like to be told that she should be honoured that a guy chose her."

"I dunno...Didja see the way she reacted to hearin' Hiei was a fighter?" Yusuke said, "It was like she had no idea who he was"

"Why wouldn't she know who he was?" Kurama said.

"He's been on the news in those alien sightings…" Kuwabara said.

"Maybe she's sheltered?" Kurama said.

"That must be it…" Kuwabara said.

"Hey! I'll bet she grew up in a nunnery or something like that! Those nuns aren't big on blood sports, right?" Yusuke said.

Darren wasn't surprised when he came upstairs and found a girl on his bed, this sort of thing happened since he was 5 years old.

"Did I leave my window open again?" he said

Skylor nodded.

"You mind?"

"Have I ever?"

He sat down next to her.

"What's wrong? Didn't you go and visit your mum?"

"Yes…but…he was there and…we were going to call off being friends…but…"

"But…?"

"We kissed…"

OK, THAT was new!

"Oh my god! Your first kiss?! "

He hugged her (really it was amazing that Skylor had female friends, because Darren was more girly than the lot of them)

"Where? When?" he said "How?!"

"Not the point…"

Skylor started to cry, not dramatically like her female friends would have, but quietly, tears simply running down her cheeks, that was something Darren'd always found slightly strange about her, even when they were small, Skylor didn't sob, she just cried.

"What's wrong? I'd have thought your first kiss would've made you happy, not made you cry"

It took another 10 minutes, but he got the whole story. She ended with saying that it was over now and she didn't care. It was better this way, right? She…she really didn't have time for guys anyway…right? It was much better this way because now she could focus on her music again and he…he could go back to his fighting and his fangirls and they could both get on with their lives…just like they'd agreed…before they'd…

"Is there a hole in your heart or am I mistaken?" Darren said.