Yusuke and Kurama finally made it to the cliff, the sight before them made Yusuke annoyed.
"There's two of you, you don't need me. Could have just said you were getting her." Yusuke mocked Hiei from a distance.
Kurama chuckled, nodding in agreement. Ryuu turned her head, finally noticing the two men behind Hiei and her.
"What do you mean you couldn't sense them?" Hiei asked her as they walked over to their friends.
Ryuu sighed heavily, shrugging her shoulders. "I blame you." She told him finally. Her accusation was bold, leaving Hiei confused. Even though he was confused he wore a smirk. He found her interesting. Ryuu had herself locked into Hiei, He seemed to cancel out her senses.
"What happened!" Yusuke laughed, pointing at the scrape on Hiei's jawline. Ryuu frowned a bit, playing with a strand of hair. A nervous habit of her's.
Hiei grunted, rolling his eyes. "Nothing, let's go."
Kurama and Yusuke both wore grins, nodding. They all began to head back to the temple.
They reached the temple to find Genkai on the doorstep. She had herself wrapped in a blanket as she held a cup of tea in one hand as she puffed on a cigarette in the other. Ryuu and her stood still in a staring contest. Their eyes exchanging words. Ryuu sighed, looking away, rubbing her arms.
"Don't do it again." Genkai told her simply. The older woman's eyes moved to Kurama's with a death glare. Kurama shot her a guilty smile. He knew if Genkai still had all her energy she would have hit him with all her might. "Never again." She repeated.
Ryuu carefully slithered her way around Genkai to get inside, making her way to her room. The air outside had grew cold, making her wish for her bed. She wanted warmth, but the slight thought of a certain fire demon made her blush. She fought it away as she shook her head. He wasn't exactly the ugliest thing she ever saw. She was annoyed with herself for even finding him remotely attractive. She sighed, throwing herself into her bed. Her face was buried into her pillow as she lazily wrapped herself up with her thick blanket.
Yukina chuckled noticing the rash on her brother's jawline. Hiei and Yusuke we're in the middle of playing some fighting game. Keiko had made herself cozy next to Yusuke on the couch. Yukina slid across the room so that she was next to Hiei, she reached her hand out to heal him.
"Don't," Hiei warned her. Yukina pulled her hand back, covering her mouth as she giggled. Hiei rolled his eyes at her. "It's not funny." He hissed at her.
"What even happened?" Yusuke asked Hiei. Keiko leaned forward to get a look at the scrape. The fire demon's face flushed slightly, making him look away. Yukina couldn't help but to wear a smile, noticing her brother's reaction.
"She was upset. When you two finally found her, you ended up scaring her." Hiei said simply. Yusuke grunted at the answer.
"No, how did that happen. She made it look like a accident." Yusuke asked again. Hiei growled, annoyed with his friend. Keiko noticed this, grinding her elbow into Yusuke. The movement quietly demanding her lover to stop talking.
Yukina smiled happily at Hiei. Her angry brother may have actually found someone.
"Are you going to do anything about it?" Yukina asked Hiei softly.
His eyes shot her a surprised look. "What?"
She giggled softly at her brother, deciding he probably wouldn't feel comfortable talking in front of everyone. "Nothing." She sang happily, walking off to her room.
Hiei watched his sister leave, confused. Keiko though, understood. She wasn't going to push Hiei though.
Yusuke raised an eyebrow, equally confused. The two men shrugged, deciding to get back to their game.
The night passed away fast, making morning come too quickly. Ryuu whined, dragging herself out of bed, hearing someone bang non-stop on her door.
"Stop!" She cried, opening to the door. There stood Yusuke, awake, and ready. Ryuu sighed heavily as he wore a big grin.
"Get ready, training starts in twenty." He told her simply, walking away quickly. Ryuu rolled her eyes, slamming her door shut. She recollected her hair, putting everything up into a messy bun. She stripped herself from yesterday's clothing. She decided to put on a thin black hoodie and a pair of tight black shorts. If she was about to train she needed to be comfortable. She skipped the idea of socks, knowing she would be more comfortable barefoot anyway. She made her way out her room, seeing Hiei down the hall. He looked like he just woke up. His hair was a mess and he rubbed at his eyes. Ryuu couldn't help but to giggle at him. Hiei moved a hand away from his eyes, noticing Ryuu. His face became slightly flushed at the sight of her. Not just her, more like the lack of clothing compared to the normal. Ryuu whipped her face away feeling her face burn up. How stupid, she thought. She quickly made her way to the entrance of the temple to meet up with Yusuke. She ran by into the kitchen to grab a water bottle, almost knocking over Genkai. "Sorry senpai." She said softly, bowing her head before running off again.
She finally meet up with Yusuke, Kuwabara was there too.
"You ready? First thing, you're going to spare with Kuwabara." Yusuke told her as they began to walk towards the training grounds. Ryuu nodded, stretching her arms out.
Kuwabara shot her a smile with a thumbs up. "No holding back." He told her, flexing his arms. Ryuu giggled, "you can't hold back either, just because I'm a girl you know."
They stood a few feet apart, ready to fight.
"Begin!" They heard. Kuwabara flared his spirit sword, Ryuu watched in awe. She pulled up her sweater, revealing her own weapon. The side of hips were laced in dragon scales. She picked four off, placing them between her fingers in her right hand. Kuwabara cringed at the sight. "Doesn't that hurt?" He questioned her. She shot him a wicked smile. "They grow back." She jumped up into the trees, she is best at a long distance fighting. "Come at me." She told him. Kuwabara growled, racing towards her with his sword. She threw a scale at him, cutting his cheek. The cut was cold, almost ice cold, the blood dropped slowly down to his chin. The attack didn't stop him as he jumped up towards the tree, making her jump back to the ground away from him. She threw another scale, which was layered in ice. It hit him in the side of his stomach. She wasn't hurting him, she knew that for a fact. She was really just playing with him. Like a dragon and it's food. A bit primal of course, but she couldn't help herself. Kuwabara turned quickly, lunging towards her. She grabbed his sword, bouncing her energy into it. His sword quickly disappeared. He gasped in shock. "What was that?" He whined. She pressed her finger into his stomach, shooting his energy back at him before he could jump away. He went flying back a few feet, landing on his feet. She shot another scale at him, this one landing on his leg. The scale planned on staying there, cozy right under his knee cap. Kuwabara winced, getting his sword ready again. Ryuu mastered the art of water, but the one thing she didn't let people know was that she could change the temperature. She shrugged. Maybe it would be fun to have a sword too. If Kuwabara could make a sword out his energy, who said she couldn't either. Her energy spiked, a light blue sword appeared in her hands, using the remaining scales to hold onto the body. She stared at in awe, swinging it around. Close combat wasn't something she enjoyed. But Kuwabara's close range attacks made her long distance attacks useless.
She could hear Yusuke laugh. "I'm getting bored." Ryuu told Kuwabara. Kuwabara charged at her again, she met him, making their swords clang together. He wiped her sword away, making Ryuu jump away. "You're going to have too try harder. Hiei helped me with my swordsmanship." He told her wearing a grin. Ryuu rolled her eyes. "You don't know anything." She told him seriously. She took the distance from Kuwabara, using it to shot a water bullet. The bullet was hot, hitting him in the chest. He winced, grabbing at his chest. He could feel the hotness create bubbles of burnt skin. She didn't stop there, coming after him. Kuwabara jumped up in time, using his sword to hit Ryuu in the side. His hit never landing, getting blocked by a sudden wall of water. Ryuu smirked, ramming her own into Kuwabara's side. He winced, punching her in the gut. Ryuu feel back onto the ground, shocked. She jumped up quickly, kicking Kuwabara in the stomach, sending him flying again. "Are you done yet? Or do you want me to keep going?" Ryuu questioned him, that same wicked smile laced her lips. Kuwabara sighed, getting up. He was annoyed. He felt out of breathe, but here Ryuu was not even breaking a sweat. Yusuke stepped in, placing a hand on Kuwabara's shoulder. "Keep going, put her in the floor." Yusuke grinned. Ryuu sighed, wiping her sword to disappear. She used the remaining scales to shoot at Kuwabara. Yusuke caught them, dropping them quickly as they burned his fingers. Kuwabara smiled, getting ready again. Ryuu giggled slightly, "I don't really want to hurt you." She told Kuwabara. She proceeded to put her index and middle finger in her mouth. An old trick, she hadn't used in a long time. Kuwabara watched her questionably. "Acting cute isn't going to help you," Kuwabara told her, charging with his sword ready to attack. When she gathered up enough saliva she pulled her fingers away, spreading them out. "I'm not flirting with you." She hissed, rolling her eyes. She blew on her fingers creating multiple bubbles. They hovered there momentarily until Kuwabara was within feets of her. They shot forward, hitting him in different places. He tried to block the bubbles, but they moved around him in order to land a strike. Yusuke watched in amusement. Ryuu had allot of tricks. Kuwabara sighed, sitting on the ground. He had a big burn on his chest, along with cuts here and there. The bubbles hurt, surprising him. They looked like normal bubbles, but when they reached his skin they left dents that appeared burnt also. "I'm done." He said simply. Yusuke laughed loudly. Ryuu sighed happily. She knew Yukina would heal him, making him seem perfectly fine. "That was fun." She smiled, resting her hands on her hips. Kuwabara smiled even though he was in pain. "Go see Yukina." She told him.
He nodded, getting up, slowly making his way towards the temple. Ryuu shot a look at Yusuke. "You don't seem out of energy at all." He told her. Ryuu shrugged. If anything she felt pumped after being able to stretch her energy.
"It doesn't take much to do what I did, I was a bit worried about making a sword, but I feel fine." She told him as she rolled her sleeves up. Yusuke eyed her arm, She didn't ever show off her arms. Ryuu saw him staring. She assumed he was staring at Mitsuraryuu's clan marking. The marking was a thick dark blue ring that circled her left arm. "It's kinda like Hiei's dragon marking. Only difference is that I'm bonded differently. Hiei can summon and attack. But Mitsuraryuu, I can't summon. But she protects me, attacks as she pleases." Ryuu explained.
"But you can summon her." Yusuke told her. Ryuu shook her head. "I understand why you think that, but really I just ask for her to appear. It's up to her if she does." She told him. Yusuke made a face, possibly understanding. He wasn't going to question her again though. "Well let's take a break, I'm hungry." Yusuke said, clapping his hands together. Ryuu nodded, she too had hunger pains.
They made their way back to the temple, heading straight to the kitchen. Ryuu could smell Hiei, her nose locked onto his scent, blocking out everything else. She hated how he somehow had the power to do that. Why was he able to do that. Yusuke gave Ryuu a confused look as he met up with Keiko in the kitchen. The dragon demon walked straight by the kitchen, heading elsewhere. "You have half an hour!" She heard him yell. She kept walking straight to Hiei. Her nose led her to the living room where Hiei, Yukina and Kuwabara were.
"Hey scary scaly." Kuwabara hollered. Ryuu smiled, walking over to him to inspect her damage. "A few more rounds and your skin will look new." She told him with a grin, she teased him by pretending to poke at the gooey skin. Yukina sighed heavily, leaning back into the couch. "Ryuu Chan, please don't burn Kazu Kun again." Ryuu wore a smug smile, watching Kuwabara wrap his chest up. "I warned him though." She teased. Ryuu hadn't said a word to Hiei. Being in the same room was enough to please her odd demanding behavior to go to him. Hiei didn't say anything either, he wasn't exactly trying to look at her. Her lack of normal clothing had already made him hot this morning. He could have just jumped her if he pleased, but he ignored his primal demands. "I wonder what Urameshi will put you through next." Kuwabara wondered, talking to Ryuu. She shrugged, flopping onto the couch, she wrapped her arm around Yukina's, earning a giggle from her friend. "Yukina, I don't wanna." Ryuu complained. Yukina sighed, knocking her head against Ryuu's. The two girls had become close over the short week Ryuu had been there. Yukina had grown accustomed to Ryuu's never ending whining. The dragon demon was cute while she did it, making her not exactly annoying. Hiei couldn't help to watch the sight infront of him. When had Ryuu and Yukina became so comfortable with each other? Maybe that's just how Ryuu was, a people magnet. Everyone seemed to enjoy her.
"Hey Ryuu, why do you have scales?" Kuwabara asked suddenly. Hiei turned his head becoming interested.
"I just figured because I am a dragon demon." She laughed, matter of factly sounding. Hiei rolled his eyes as the idea hit Kuwabara like a brick. "Makes sense I guess." Kuwabara agreed. "Ryuu, let's go." Yusuke yelled from the kitchen. The dragon demon jumped, releasing her grip on Yukina.
What was round two?