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Chapter 10: Comatose and Finals

Jazzmyne expertly gathered, fluffed, and arranged the pillows onto her bed carefully creating a nest of them, before lying Hiei down on its comforting surface. After his fight he was in a state of hibernation, that most demons go through when they over exert themselves. He needed time to regain his lost and expanded energy. His fight had put a major strain on her nerves; she was still having a hard time controlling these new protective urges. She would need to meditate and believe in his strength. She was strong, granted, she needed to be stronger but it was wrong to doubt her potentials strength. Instinctually, Hiei was chosen, now it was up to her to get to know him.

During his match she had thought that his infamous black dragon had actually swallowed him whole, thankfully her first thought was wrong and Hiei was able to absorb it instead… nevertheless she was scared. Throughout her life, she has loved and cared for many. The thought of losing people did make her worried, but nothing compared to the chills that ran up her spine as she mentally recalled his match.

Slowly shaking herself out of her thoughts, she adjusted herself so that she could pull a blanket around them and run her fingers through his Hiei's hair.

Call it a woman's intuition or perhaps paranoia, but she had a feeling nonetheless, that Yusuke's match was going to get dangerous for the current inhabitants of Hanging Neck Aisle. For now, she would be sharing her energy with Hiei, trying to speed up the process in which he regained his strength. Granted, she could get both of them off the island, but she'd rather Hiei in better shape, less vulnerability on his part meant less difficulty in the long run if something happened and she couldn't defend him.

Soaking up the comforting silence, she gently ran her fingers through Hiei's spiked locks of black hair. At first glance at Hiei you would automatically think that his hair would be coarse or maybe even knotted, knotted with stuff humans called gel. Honestly, it was very soft, even though it looked unkempt.

Lazily, Jazzmyne closed her eyes and continued to lend out her energy. As long has she was touching him, she could give him her energy. Did this always work? No, but being mates or even similar classes of demons meant that she could share energy. She was relaxed being this close to him; it was a more comforting feeling than watching him seemingly risk his life and not be able to help.

Throughout the last couple days she'd been having exceptionally explicit dreams about this adorable fire youki, it was definitely a strain when it came to sleep. One good thing though, was that it usually worked both ways. If she was having those kinds of dreams, then it was almost assured that Hiei was as well, after all male demons, like male humans, had a harder time with their imagination when it came to women.

It was a bit stressing at first, not knowing if Hiei actually felt the connection, having it be one-sided would put a damper on just about anyone, but she knew he felt the pull as well when she had locked eyes with him. The look in his eyes, though it lasted only a few seconds, assured her that he felt it as well. Sexually, there wouldn't be a problem, but like any relationship, both needed time together to get past the sexual attraction and move on towards the more emotional part. After this Tournament, she vowed to get to know him, as the humans so plainly put.

Jazzmyne knew that Hiei wasn't perfect, but she was seeing and reading many amazing qualities so far. Throughout his matches she watched him closely. She found that he was strong, quick witted, and had a smart ass attitude that was backed up with strength. As humans would call it, there was a "bad boy" image about him, but he cared for his friends, though he put effort into hiding those feelings. He protected them with an iron fist, or sword in this case. He was also loyal and stood up for what he believed was right, although he hid that aspect with a seemingly flawless uncaring expression. Jazzmyne also knew about his past, and knew that his determination to survive was a major part of his life. He'd grown from nothing, and became a something.

When Jazmyne went to talk to Koenma she also borrowed his files on Hiei, to get a better idea of who he was. She knew that it wasn't right to pry, but curiosity had gotten the better of her when she saw and realized that Koenma had information on just about everyone. Like any other Casanova, she took the plunge and took the files to better understand him. She returned them after reading over only a page or two, scanning through and only reading small important facts before handing it back. She had felt guilty, but flushed the guilt away when she hadn't learned anything that she didn't already know. She had wanted to get more information on him, no matter how little it actually helped, but the information only confirmed what she knew from rumors.

As she mulled through her thoughts and stroked her fingers through Hiei's lusciously soft crop of hair she sighed in contentment. But before she could truly enjoy her peace and stolen moments with Hiei, he finally came too looking around slowly.

"W-where am I…?" Hiei drowsily said as he sharply sat up from the bed of pillows.

He took note of his surroundings before glancing behind him, when he saw Jazzmyne smiling.

"I'm glad that your finally awake, and you're in my room I figured that you'd be more comfortable here," she lightly touched Hiei's shoulder easing his tension, before moving off the pillows carefully, preparing to take Hiei back to his teammates. Silently she wished for more time with him, but she was a patient person and could wait for a more suitable time to relax with him. "Don't worry if I wanted to hurt you I would have already," she said when he watched her cautiously move around.

He "hn'd" and began to stare at the opposite wall. Jazzmyne giggled inwardly and turned around towards the shadows before Hiei spoke.

"Onna," he said as he reached out and grabbed my hand, almost instantly she felt the tingling sensation that seemed to happen when they touched. "How long have I been out for?" Hiei let go of her hand quickly after the awareness that spread through him.

Following suit, he slowly rose from the bed of pillows, his gaze never leaving her face. He knew what she looked like, her image was engrained into his mind, but being so close to her made him take in more of her beauty. Her eyes, for instance, he knew they were almond shaped, and a beautiful shade of dark blue, but now looking at them, they seemed to have vast pools of knowledge floating in them; they seemed to pierce into him, reading his soul.

His gaze dropped a fraction, unawares to her, to her full pink lips. They weren't overly large like most of the females that he'd seen but they weren't small, the only thing that came to mind was perfect. Yes, they were perfect. Wickedly, his inner beast noted how they'd look around something, perhaps him.

He instantly stopped himself from taking his thoughts any further, he already knew that he was going to have trouble already getting the image he managed to conjure out of his mind tonight, might as well stop while I'm ahead.

"Well, you've been out for about six hours if my counting is right." When she saw his face fall she quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the looming shadows before he could think about protesting, "Come on let's get you back to your team, last I heard they needed a new ring…" she said as she pulled him into her shadow, instantly arriving at the stadium standing with Team Uremeshi.

"Ah Hiei, your awake." Kurama stood there with a faint smile as Hiei stood between him and Yusuke. "We needed a new ring after your fight, they were going to have it shipped over but Toguro decided to just carry it on his back so the matches can begin shortly."

"What…" Hiei exclaimed in astonishment. Before he could finish what he was saying though the announcer came on the intercom.

"I just got word that the wring is in place and that we will begin the matches in thirty minutes. Please make your way to the stands in an orderly fashion."

Jazzmyne made her way to the stands sitting close to Botan, Keiko, Shizuro, and Yukina. She couldn't help over hear Koenma saying that he wasn't sure that Kuwabara would actually fight, that he may abandon them and run for the hills. They picked on him a little more before Kuwabara exclaimed: "Would you guys be quiet, I'm a real man, and the only way I'm leaving that wring is if I beat him or he's dead!" She couldn't help but hope that he won his match, she had inkling in the pit of her stomach that he would. Stealing a glance over the woman she noted that Shizuro looked worried. She probably had a bad feeling about her brother's fight.

Jazzmyne turned her attention back to the match that was about to start. The elder Toguro took the stage along with Kuwabara.

"Alright begin!" the referee jumped back and the match began, Jazzmyne anxiously watched Kuwabara and the elder Toguro, as they powered up.

"I can't believe this…!" Jazzmyne exclaimed in surprise when Kuwabara's spirit energy spiked and began to crackle around his body. Honestly she didn't think that he had that great of control over his energy, so much for thinking he was just a weak human, it just goes to show, don't judge a book by its cover, looks aren't everything.

Kuwabara then charged at the elder Toguro brother and swung his sword, slicing him almost down the middle. The audience all gawked; stunned that Kuwabara could accomplish that feat.

"Oh my, Kuwabara actually did it!" Botan exclaimed.

Jazzmyne stood and watched in total disbelief. This wasn't possible, not even Hiei could defeat him in one blow.

"I hate to burst your happy go lucky bubble, but it's not over… there's no way that he's going to be defeated in one blow, he's up to something…" She knew the girls were staring at her whether it be annoyed or shocked, but they quickly turned their attention back to the match after she finished her sentence.

Before Kuwabara knew what had hit him, the elder Toguro had speared through him with his fingers and appeared behind him completely unharmed.

Again Kuwabara left him in pieces, but again he put himself back together and harmed Kuwabara in the process. She knew it wasn't over... But she was worried to see what the end result would be as well.

"Get up Kazuma…" all the girls quietly chanted this as Kuwabara struggled against the elder Toguro's strength. Please get up Kuwabara, don't you dare make these girls cry… don't make your sister cry for you, or Yukina… When Jazzmyne first saw Yukina, the small ice apparition, she knew that she was related to Hiei. It may not have been obvious to the others, but she knew that they shared blood. Their life's aura was very similar to each other, the more probable cause being that their siblings.

Hiei was her intended life mate, even if they weren't together at the moment, she didn't want his little sister to cry.

Keeping her faith in him, Kuwabara luckily pulled through, all the girls jumped for joy as she smiled in relief. Another stage complete… we can actually win.

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