~*~*~*~*~*Jenny's POV~*~*~*~*~*
The fire demon sat down on a nearby bench to lace up his skates. They looked no different from his usual choice of boots except for the blade.
Jessi, pleased with the commotion she had caused, now pulled on Kuwabara's arm towards the middle of the pond, "Come on Kazuma!"
She dared to spin around in circles as I drew closer to her. I didn't trust getting too close, she could else lose control and use her arms to grab anything close enough to try and stay upright. As if to prove my point once more, she lost her balance, "Uh oh…."
Instead of falling she headed straight for me, teetering all the way. I panicked and got out of the way, "You are all accident prone!"
WHOOOOOOSSHHH!!!!!!!!!
SLAM!!!
Eeek, right into the snowbank.
"Jessi!!" Kuwabara cried out as he skated over to her.
I winced myself as Kuwabara dug her out of the snow, "Ouch…"
By this time Hiei had gotten his skates on and was now testing out his abilities on ice. He went slowly at first, but then a little faster. The look on his face gave me the impression he didn't know what he was doing here in the first place.
"I'm ok…ugh…" Jessi was attempting to stand once more, but the ice did not agree with her and she fell right back into the snow.
"WHEE!!!!!!" Yusuke had decided he was good enough to show off now. He skated by me on one leg, the other was in the air behind him.
I picked up some speed and went by Jessi, who was still trying to stand with Kuwabara's help, "It'll come to ya once you have some experience!"
"Uh oh..." I heard come from Yusuke's direction, a loud shriek followed. I turned just in time to see the Spirit Detective fall once more and slam into Keiko.
Laughter made it past my mouth, "He shrieked!" For some reason I found this hilarious. Kurama sighed and left Yukina's side to aid Urameshi, "Are you alright Yusuke?"
Meanwhile…
My dear friend had finally used The Force and found balance on the ice, "I'll be ok! Ooh, there's Hiei…"
I got the impression that Jessi wasn't thinking about having tea with the demon…
Faster than I could tell Jessi had gotten over to Hiei and skated directly into the unsuspecting rebel, "HA HA HA HA GOTCHA!!!!"
Hiei had no time to react at all, only his eyes widened as he realized what was about to happen.
WHAM!
Jessi was still standing and Hiei was left on the ground a little swirly-eyed, "SCOREBOARD, JESSCHEAUX 1 HIEI 0!!!"
Kurama glided by with a troubled look, "Um, Jesscheaux, I do not think it was wise to do that intentionally."
She only rolled her eyes at this comment, "Kurama, please…"
"Kurama's right, Jess. At this rate, this will end up like the water fight last night," I voiced my opinion as I slid past, careful not to hit the fox in my way.
Jessi gave me this 'well duh' look on her face, "Exactly!" Evil laughter followed.
"Come on, Hiei!"
Kuwabara decided to declare war and scooped up some of the snow and threw a snowball with Yusuke's name on it.
Yusuke turned just in time and took it full in the face, "OW!! HEY! WHO THREW THAT?!!"
Kuwabara started whistling innocently, taking a sudden interest in the sky. I really didn't think that mattered, Yusuke homed in on him like a fly would honey, "KUWABARA!!! TAKE THIS!"
He threw his own rather large snowball and thus a war commenced. Well, that war was nothing compared to what Jessi was planning for Hiei. She aimed for him once more; at least her skating was improving…
Hiei growled, "Baka human! What are you trying to do?!" I think he knew the answer to his question, though it was a bit too late to get out of the way…again.
"This!" Jessi declared as she plowed into him.
SLAM!!
"Ooo..." Kurama, Yukina, and myself all got out wincing. I don't care what dimension you're from, that's gotta hurt…
Jessi skated a little victory skate, "WHOOO! JESSCHEAUX 2 HIEI ZIPADEEDOODA!!!"
Yukina scooted a bit closer to Kurama, she looked a bit scared, "Is she always this violent?"
I felt bad for Yukina, she was at the top of Jessi's hit list. The Koorime had better watch her back.
Jessi dropped her guard and skated happily over to her husband, "Didja see that?! VICTORY!"
Kuwabara had a silly/cute grin on his face, "Oh yea! Shrimp didn't see that coming!" He gave her a high five.
I spotted Hiei sitting up on the ice, growling. His eyes were angry and fixed solely on Jessi. I knew it wasn't good, but I couldn't warn Jess in time. I didn't even see Hiei skate over to Jessi, but the next second he was gone and….
BAAMMMMM!
Jessi screamed as she went flying across the ice and into a deep snow bank. Hiei crossed his arms and showed his trademark smirk, "I believe I'm on the scoreboard now."
~*~*~*~*~*~*Jesscheaux's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*
THAT BUM!!! Alright, I know, I'm just as guilty as he is, but that smug smirk UGH! I'm going to get him for that….
Kurama shook his head like 'there they go again' and resumed skating around with Yukina.
Jenny laughed hysterically, "Just like bumper cars…" she said amusedly to herself.
I, on the other hand was ready to make my comeback. Climbing out of the deep bank of snow, a vicious smirk adorned my face. Man, I think I'm getting really good at this smirking thing!
"Oh Hiei….you REALLY shouldn't have done that…." I trailed off, glaring intently at the fire demon as I brought my hands forth menacingly, "BONZAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed, jumping into a flying kick.
Kazuma looked absolutely petrified; probably worried that I'd hurt myself.
Jenny froze and looked on in wonder at my attack. I usually didn't do stuff like this, but I figured this was a special occasion.
BAM!
My attack hit Hiei full in the chest, much to my surprise, and delight. Shrimp-o went flying across the pond and into another snow bank.
"AWWW YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!" I screamed in victory, pumping my fist.
Jenny, however, didn't find this as amusing as I did, "OUCH! Jess! You're wearing skates! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" And I wondered why on earth she would care if I hurt Hiei…
I turned to her with a crazed look in my eyes, a wry smile tugging at my lips, "Yes…" I said sounding kinda like Megatron from Beast Wars; a show Jenny and I both happened to be fans of.
Jenny looked at me incredulously and pointed at her own ice skate blades, "VERY SHARP!" she reprimanded.
"Pshhhsttt…." I scoffed, "He's a demon, he can handle it."
What happened next made me wish I'd have left well enough alone…
"HANDLE THIS!" Hiei yelled, sneaking up behind me and taking a hold of my neck with both of his hands. He began squeezing my neck tightly; cutting off my air supply….
"Gah…can't breathe…" I managed to choke out, struggling just to keep composure and a sense of balance, but no, Hiei lifted me at least 6 inches off the ground, pretty amazing considering that I'm 5 inches taller than him…
From my awkward position I could see Kazuma's face turn an unearthly shade of white, "HIEI YOU FREAK! LET HER GO NOW!!!!!"
"Make me, oaf." Was the sinister reply.
"WHY YOU!!!!!!" Kazuma yelled and began charging at him.
Kurama stopped in mid-skate, "HIEI!!!!"
It was then that I lost consciousness…..
~*~*~*~*~*Hiei's POV~*~*~*~*~*
Hn, the oaf's mate should've known better than to challenge me. We never liked each other, and we had always yelled at each other, but THIS was personal. She had gotten in an attack that I never expected.
And that infuriated me.
I know I'm stronger than her, and the desire to take revenge became overly strong…I held her tightly in my grasp, but then she went limp. Hmph. Just as weak as I knew she was.
The oaf swung a few punches at me, but I deftly dodged them all, even while holding his stupid mate.
The others began yelling at me…fools…could they not see the justice?!
"MY GOD HIEI!" the detective yelled.
"JESSCHEAUX!!!" came from the Toddler.
Why is she of so much worth to them? If it wasn't for Yukina, I wouldn't even be on this damn trip.
My thoughts consumed me and I soon became aware of the baka's friend approaching me. She seethed with anger, and I thought she wouldn't be foolish enough to attack, but she did...
"HOW COULD YOU!" she shrieked as her hands took hold of my neck and she tried in vain to choke me in the same manner I had Jesscheaux.
I dropped the baka onna to the ground and pried the human girl's hands off of my neck.
"It's just a game, lighten UP!" she hissed at me.
Yukina ran over to check on Mrs. Baka, her mate already tending to her worriedly, cradling her in his arms. Hn. Affection is truly disgusting.
~*~*~*~*~*~*Jesscheaux's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*
I opened my eyes groggily, everyone was standing over me and I realized Kazuma was holding me. What in the world was going on?
"Uh…where am I? What happened?" I asked in a dazed voice, still not fully aware.
"Shorty strangled you, Jessi! I tried to stop him but…"
"Oh Kazuma, thank you….it's ok…" I said softly, looking at his worried face. My demeanor then changed to anger, "Why….that…..BAKA!!!! LEMME AT HIM!"
"Seems she's feeling better." Kurama observed, "Well Jesscheaux, it appears that Jenny is already taking care of him."
"OH HIEI IS SOOOO DOOOOMED!!!!" I shrieked, I just couldn't BELIEVE he'd stoop that low! Wait, this IS Hiei we're talking about… I tried to climb to my feet but immediately fell back down, "Maybe…I should rest…"
"JESSI!" Kazuma cried worriedly, catching me again, "I'm gonna KILL Shorty for this!" he growled, holding me closer.
Koenma decided to play referee for Hiei and Jenny and flew over, "Hiei, you do realize you almost broke the rules…IT'S A GOOD THING I WAS HERE!"
"SHUT UP!" Jenny screamed angrily, this was really getting to her, "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Koenma yelled right back, "Which is precisely what I should've done, thank you! I've been co-ruler of the Spirit World for HUNDREDS OF YEARS!" he went on; probably ready to proclaim his greatness.
Yusuke snorted, "Oh stuff it, Koenma."
Jenny glared at him, "Then I'm surprised there's anything left of this world."
I tried sitting up again, only to be wracked with pain. God my neck hurt…"Ow…Ow…"
"YOU." Jenny addressed Hiei, her face wearing her most menacing death glare, "Apologize to Jess."
~*~*~*~*~*Hiei's POV~*~*~*~*~
As if I had any intention of listening to that fool, "I most certainly will not. SHE started this foolish 'war'." I spat angrily.
"Well, I don't care, I'm finishing it."
"Ka…Kazuma…" Jesscheaux no baka moaned weakly.
Her stupid mate responded by holding her tighter, "It's ok Jessi! I'm here!"
"Hn…" I folded my arms tightly across my chest; there was no way I was backing down.
"Kill Hiei for me…" I heard Mrs. Baka say.
Then that foolish human girl grabbed my arm and dragged me over towards the two idiotic mates.
"Nobody touches him!"
I stood over them, glaring down at her, "Human, you'd do well not to start anything with me again."
She reached up her hand weakly, "Lemme at him!"
I folded my arms and rolled my eyes, "Pathetic."
Kurama frowned, "You should both apologize to each other."
"NEVER!" we said at the same time, hmph.
"That's not fair, Kurama! HIEI needs to be sorry; HE CHOKED JESSI! SHE COULDA DIED!"
"No." I said again, more angry this time. When would those fools take the hint?!
"This is giving me a headache…." The human girl moaned and finally started skating away, "As soon as you guys decide to stop acting like children, I'll be over there." She pointed to a part of the lake that was empty and left.
About time, Hn.
Jesscheaux no baka began mumbling something under her breath and then stood with the help of her mate, holding out her right hand, "Fine. Hiei, I apologize for my foolishness."
I stared at her hand as if it were the worst thing imaginable. Does she think I'm going to agree with this?! She better think again, I refuse to give in.
Kurama sighed, "Jenny has a point Hiei, this is pointless."
"Can't you just get along with each other for the rest of the weekend?" Yukina asked sweetly.
And Jesscheaux just kept staring at me expectantly, "WELL I'M TRYING!" she yelled, "But this ARROGANT BAKA won't apologize!!!"
Yukina looked at me again, "Please Hiei?"
"I will NOT apologize to a human!" I exclaimed, firm that I would never do it. She deserved what she got….
But then, my sister… her eyes watered up with hiruseki stones, just waiting to fall and she begged, "Just for the weekend…."
I hesitated (Yukina…why must you look at me like that…) I was thinking, how could I possibly tell her no; the one being I actually cared for.
Damn.
"I…apologize…" I choked out, taking Jesscheaux's hand briefly.
"Well that's more like it!" Jesscheaux said with a smile.
The oaf gasped in disbelief, "Are you sure you're feeling ok, honey?"
"I'm fine darling! Wanna go build a snowman? How about a snow Yusuke?"
I did it…I apologized….to a human!
I'm never going to live this down …
~*~*~*~*~*Jesscheaux's POV ~*~*~*~*~*~
HAHAHA YES VICTORY! I cannot believe this! HIEI actually APOLOGIZED to ME! I almost went into a little victory dance after that, but fortunately held myself back.
Ok ok, so it was Yukina who pushed him over the edge, and even though I don't really like her, MAN THAT WAS GREAT!
I'm never going to let him live it down…! Somebody write this in the history books!
Now where was I…
Oh yeah! Snowman building time!
Kurama grinned as he agreed, "That sounds like fun, we should build one also Yukina."
"Snowman?" she asked, completely clueless as usual, tch.
"Hey Kazuma! How about at Snow YOU beating up a snow HIEI!"
"Hey, I'm game for that!" Kazuma agreed and began helping me build my snow people.
Kurama in the meantime took Yukina's hand, much to his delight, and led her to the shore, "Come on, you might like it."
My work in progress began to take the shape of Hiei's face, frozen with a terrified _expression; HAHA this was too fun!
I then built a Snow Kazuma standing over Hiei holding a spirit sword, "Aw yeah, that's right Hiei! Beg for mercy before the Great Kazuma Kuwabara!"
Kazuma blushed; really flattered and I think my snowmen really bore striking resemblance to their flesh and blood counterparts.
Kurama and Yukina were building a more generic snowman nearby.
"You're right, Kurama. This is enjoyable." Yukina smiled at the fox.
Jenny had opted to keep skating, and I'm sure she was relieved that all of our stupid fighting was over. I asked her if she wanted to build some snowmen with us, but she declined saying it wasn't really her 'thing'.
*~*~*~*~*~Jenny's POV*~*~*~*~*~*~
No, building snowmen had never really been my thing. Knocking them down was much more enjoyable!
As soon as I let the rock fly from hand I turned and acted as if nothing had happened at all. My aim was terrible though, I only damaged the snow Spirit Sword….
No matter…
"WHO THREW THAT?!" Jessi yelled looking around frantically for the one who would dare ruin her masterpiece.
I saw her glance my way and I quickly looked away, humming a tune. Sadly, she never bought any of my acting. NEVER.
"JENNYYYY!!!" She crossed her arms and gave me a glare," Humph!" Hah! I was safe from her wrath! Well…for the moment anyway…
Smirking, I stuck my tongue out at her as she started rebuilding the weapon. One thing I needed to learn was to watch where I was going…especially when I'm getting cocky.
BAM!!!
Stars! Aren't they pretty!
Not paying attention to where I was going, Hiei seemingly materialized out of nowhere. Unfortunately he was in my path of destruction.
I wasn't terribly sad about this; I was still very ticked at him for nearly killing Jessi.
"Baka human, watch where you're going," Hiei growled at me. I lifted myself off of the ground, picking up a rock I had spotted.
"Sorry," I replied right back at him, not at all sincere. I picked a new target for my stone, the newly rebuilt Spirit Sword. Again, my aim was way off and I landed the rock smack dab in the middle of Snow Kuwabara's face…
"ARRRRGGGH!!!!!!" Jesscheaux jumped up and gave me her death glare.
"Eeep!" Oh no, that look! My eyes grew large realizing that there were lines that could be crossed by friends. Oh boy was I in trouble now…
I quickly pointed at Hiei, hoping she would buy it. Nope. She just gave us her well-known death glare and suddenly the snow went flying around her as she quickly built something else out of snow.
When it settled, there was a crude snow Hiei and snow me making out, "HOW DO YA LIKE THAT HUH?!"
I felt my face grow hot enough to melt snow; I had to be bright red. I quickly turned away from the group as they all started laughing away.
Not before I caught Jessi sticking her own tongue back at me. Payback's a bitch…
"Geez, I'm starved," Jess now declared, "We should all go get something to eat!"
"Sounds like a plan, I believe they're serving fish for lunch!" Koenma stated happily as he floated by. Probably thinking about how much squid he could eat…
Yuck, I never did like fish.
I noticed Yusuke froze at the mention of the dreaded dish, "Fish?" He asked as if he was afraid of them….oh wait…that's right. He did have to face a whole bunch of those freaky Makai fish with…um…what'shisface…
Kuwabara grinned and patted his friend on the back, "Come on Urameshi! That thing with Rando was YEARS ago!"
Rando! That was his name…it was at some tournament at Genkai's temple. I've only seen a few episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho, well enough to get me by. As I said before, I didn't really study this dimension's history before coming. It wasn't like it was planed…
I shot the back of Koenma's head with a glare.
"You knew what I was talking about!" Yusuke declared trying to hide his obvious fear, "Ugh...fish...no.....!!!!'
He took off running for the lodge at a full sprint, Keiko chased after him.
Kurama, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind today's special, "I think fish sounds good," He turned and offered his arm to Yukina, "Shall we?"
She blushed and smiled at him, nodding. Yukina took his arm and they headed off to catch up with Yusuke.
Well they did make a good couple, they looked so cute together. Getting to see Kurama blush was another positive aspect.
Jessi seemed to be reading my mind and I overheard her comment to Kuwabara, "Gosh, Yukina and Kurama are spending an awful lot of time together."
Her husband grinned, "Kurama's got himself a girl!"
Poor Kurama, he heard this comment and turned almost as red as his hair.
"He sure does..." Jessi's face turned oh-so-serious, "How do you feel about that, darling?"
Oh brother…not this argument again… I swear, she's always looking for a reason to hate Yukina. Well, you'd do the same thing if you had competition for your own bishie. You would not believe half the fights I've seen take place in the halls of Fanfiction.net between two girls fighting over Trunks or Piccolo.
Or Cell…Catgirl tackled me that one time thinking I was flirting with the guy, sheesh!!
"Doesn't bother me!" Kuwabara wrapped an arm around Jessi's waist and pulled her closer to give her a tender kiss, "I fell in love with the most wonderful woman in the world!"
Aaww!! I sniffed. It was so sweet!!
Jessi blushed at the compliment, but she was loving every minute of it.
I took this opportunity to destroy the crude and totally uncalled for snow people. Just for the heck of it, I got rid of them all and hopped right back on the ice.
"Let's go eat before Koenma takes it all!" Kuwabara started leading Jessi towards the lodge.
"GAAAAH THEY'RE RUINED!!!!" Oh crap, she had glanced back. Jessi gave me an evil smile, "Oh well, I can always make them again later...."
"Hmph," I voiced as I watched her head back along with everyone else, leaving little ole me by myself. Yusuke was almost to the front door of the lodge, an arm around Keiko. He seemed to have calmed down some.
Kurama and Yukina weren't too far behind them and I couldn't even see Hiei, my guess was he had already made it in the lodge.
"That's right; go on...I'm not living anyway..." I almost pouted…and slapped myself, geez. Pity party for me was already over and done with…
"JENNY!" Jessi ran back, "You coming or not?"
Aww, She did care!!! Well, I felt better, "Nah chica, thanks, but no thanks. Fish makes me sick."
She frowned, "Well I don't like it either, but I'm sure there's SOMETHING we can eat!"
"I'll be fine! Honest!" I smiled warmly at her, "If I get hungrier later, I'll join ya."
She scrutinized me for a moment, before her own stomach growled at her, "Alright!"
Jesscheaux gave me one last comforting smile before she turned and headed back up the hill.
I let a sigh escape my lips, "Alone at last…"
One of the few things I do like now and then, some alone time. Of course, my alone time has busted through the roof in the past few days. I hated being depressed, but after all that had happened what else was there?
I eyed some families gathering on the banks of the pond; looking eager to get on the ice and have some fun. I suddenly spotted a little place that would be perfect. Mostly hidden from prying eyes, a nice big tree, to block me from sight.
I lazily skated over, not showing my eagerness to get away from the crowds. A wave of peace washed over me once I made it into the shadow of the tree.
However, it didn't last long as I noticed the infamous fire demon sitting under the large oak; arms crossed with his back resting against the bark. Hiei's skates were now beside him seeing as his boots once again graced his feet. Bah! Hadn't he gone with the group?
I realized I was still pretty ticked with him for what he'd almost done to Jessi. I narrowed my eyes, this simply wouldn't do, "Oh no you don't....clear out buddy."
At the sound of my voice, his head quickly turned to face mine. He gave me an evil glare, "You again."
Yes, me. Oh how I would love to get my hands around that neck of his and wring that tone of voice right out of his mouth.
"Come to try your pitiful attempts on my life again? Tch," He closed his eyes and his mouth curved into a nasty smirk.
Grrrrr…My hands balled into fists, "Threaten my friend's life again and we shall see who's pitiful after I'm through with you."
"Hn, you amuse me, ningen," He opened his eyes and his _expression turned serious, "But I don't have time for this, leave."
"I'm not that easy to get rid of. Besides I want to think. Alone. You leave," I gave him one of my best death glares to back myself up. I was ticked, I wanted to be alone. This guy was pushing my buttons a little too far.
"I don't intend on going anywhere. You can go." The demon stated as if his word was law.
Keeping eye contact with him I skated to the bank and situated myself right there, I was not to be moved, "No thanks."
My actions set him off, I could tell. His gaze burned into my own and I stared right back at him. If looks could kill, both of us would probably be dead by now.
Moments passed, my anger fueled me on. Hiei kept feeding the fire, "I thought I told you to leave."
"Funny," I smirked, "I didn't hear anything except myself telling you to get lost."
His glare grew much more intense than before, (Human scum....)
I nearly gasped, but anger covered my shock of him speaking to my mind and I growled instead, "How dare you!"
I was very touchy about the whole mind thing. If one had the know-how, you could erase entire memories. I should know; I'd done quite a bit of mind erasing myself. It infuriated me when someone got into my mind to speak to me without my OKing it first.
Hiei's glare dropped and his _expression went into one of total shock, (What?!)
I glared harder. Oh, did I have to spell it out for him now? "Insult me as long as you like, but do not go inside my head to do so!"
He looked so bewildered, (You can hear this?!)
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