MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! HIEI VS KURAMA!!!!! *puts Hiei fans on one side, and Kurama fans on the other side of the battlefield to root* ^__^ Now, even if u won't admit it, you all know you've been waiting to see these 2 hotties fight eachother! And now….START THE CHAPPY!!!!!!!!

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Rini was standing in the kitchen making Mika some nachos, she was waiting for them to come out of the microwave. "Hiei hasn't been around for a few days…" she thought. She didn't know why, but she missed his being there. 'Beep, beep, beep!' went the microwave. Rini snapped back to reality, and took out Mika's nachos, which were loaded with salsa and cheese. Rini sighed, she wasn't in the mood to eat, "here Mika…" she said, handing her the plate of nachos. "YAY!!!" Mika exclaimed, and went to share them with moon-Ohki and Shadow. Rini didn't know why she missed Hiei, and she didn't know who to talk to about it. Normally, she'd run straight to Kurama, but in this case, she didn't want it to sound like she was in love with Hiei or anything. Her second choice would be Kitsune, but she was out on a date with Yusuke. Sakura! it suddenly came to Rini, she could talk to Sakura! Sakura, was one of Rini's best, and most trusted friends, this was a matter she was sure she could talk to Sakura about. A little while later Rini went to Sakura's house. Sakura opened the door. She blinked, "oh, hi Rini, this is a surprise, I thought you'd be with Kurama. Rini shook her head, "no..i was wondering if I could talk to you about something…" "of course you can!" Sakura replied, letting her in.

Kira came up and jumped on Rini's lap. "Hi Rini!" Kira said cheerfully. "hey Kira!" Rini replied, scratching Kira behind the ears. "so, what did you want to talk about Rini?" Sakura asked. "well, you see its kind of about Hiei.." Rini began. "about Hiei?" Sakura said, taken by surprise. Rini nodded, "I don't know why, but he hasn't been around lately, and…I think I miss him….i'd talk to Kurama about this but, since he's my boyfriend and all, I don't want him to get the wrong idea.." Rini finished. Sakura thought a little before she spoke again. Was Rini getting a crush on Hiei? Her Hiei! The guy she wanted to be with! How could she talk to Rini about this without totally loosing it. "well Rini…I don't know…maybe you are getting some sort of crush on Hiei" Sakura stopped herself. She didn't want Rini to start going after Hiei, there was already too much competition for him as it was, Sakura could sense both Daimon and Kage liked Hiei, as well as herself. "but I think that's highly unlikely Rini, you probably just miss seeing him around all the time." Sakura finished, hoping Rini wasn't going to try and get Hiei. Rini smiled a little. "thank you Sakura, you really helped." She said. "anytime.." Sakura said. Rini then left.

Preparations had been made for Hiei and Kurama's fight. Hiei had invited Kurama to meet him in a secluded place in a nearby park around 7:00, he had said he needed to talk to him about something. Yue also had some work to do. She had to keep Rini and Mika distracted, so they couldn't find out about the fight. Yue knocked on the apartment door, at around 6:30. Mika answered, "Hiya Yue!" she said cheerfully. "ALOHA SENORITA!!" Moon-Ohki exclaimed. Yue sweatdropped, "um..Hi you guys…is Rini here?" she asked. "Flamingo head is in the is in her room!" Mika replied. "I'll get her though!" Moon-Ohki said, and got Rini out of her room. "oh, hi Yue" Rini greeted. "I hope the mini bitch here didn't give you any trouble" she said looking at mika. Mika stuck her tongue out at Rini. "no" Yue said, "but I wanted to ask you something" Rini blinked, 'well what?" she asked. "do you and Mika wanna come down to the arcade with me, Moon-Ohki and Shadow can come too of course!" Yue said smirking. 'sure that' sounds great!" Rini said. So Rini, Mika, Moon-ohki and Shadow went with Yue to the arcade.

Kurama showed up at the place he and Hiei agreed to meet at when he was supposed to. Hiei gave an evil smirk. "so Hiei, what did you want, it sounded quite important" Kurama asked his friend. "oh Kurama, it is important, but I'm afraid, I'm not in the mood to talk!" Hiei said, and quickly cut kurama across the cheek with his sword, then appeared in front of him again. Kurama wiped the blood from his cut, he looked stunned. "d-did you want to train Hiei, you should've just said so in the first place.." Kurama asked. "No Kurama, I'm afraid this is for real!" Hiei replied, and punched Kurama into a tree. Kurama got up, "wh--why Hiei!" Hiei's eyes grew cold. "because you do not deserve Rini, and once I kill you, I'll take her for my own!" he replied, and drew his sword. Kurama gasped, so this was all over Rini? He had never been aware Hiei liked Rini. "I'm sorry Hiei, but I can't let you do that, and if I must use force to get that through your head…I will" Kurama said. "Hn. Let us begin then Kurama!" Hiei said in an evil tone, and tried to get Kurama with his sword. Kurama blocked it with his Rosewhip though. "Rosewhip Lash!" Kurama said, and got Hiei across the shoulder. Hiei held his bleeding shoulder. His eyes held fire in them, "now die!" he exclaimed, and began to move too fast for Kurama to keep up with. He then appeared behind Kurama and swiftly stuck his sword through his back. Kurama coughed up some blood and fell to his knees. Kurama stumbled to his feet, he glared at Hiei. "Rosewhip Thorn wheel!" Kurama said, twirling his Rosewhip around. Hiei tried desperately to dodge, but he got slashed across his side. Kurama then kicked Hiei in the stomach, making him hit a tree. Hiei coughed up a little blood and rose to his feet. He disappeared and then reappeared in front of Kurama, Hiei then punched Kurama in the face. Kurama stumbled backward, but then managed to punch Hiei in the stomach, just as Hiei kicked him in the stomach! The two coughed up more blood, and fell backward, but quickly got up again. Kurama knew that this fight wasn't going to end well.

Rini and the others had been at the arcade for about an hour now. Yue was trying her best to keep Rini and Mika occupied. Rini just knew something was horribly wrong though. Finally Rini couldn't take it any longer, she needed to find out what was wrong. "Yue I'm sorry, but I gotta go, I have this really bad feeling…" she said and walked out of the arcade with Moon-Ohki on her shoulder. Mika and Shadow followed, "Mika has a really bad feeling too!" Mika said. Yue grabbed Rini's arm. "No wait, you cant go!" Rini gave her a death glare, "and why not?!" she asked impatiently. "You just cant, ok!!!!" Yue said. Rini eyed Yue strangely, "alright Yue, come on, you know something, spill it, whats going on!" Rini asked desperately. Yue clenched her fists, she was cornered. "fine…" she said coldly, " Hiei and Kurama are fighting…" "HIEI AND KURAMA ARE WHAT!!!!!!!!!" Rini exclaimed. "w--where are they Yue!" Rini begged. Yue sighed, "in that secluded place in the park." "come on Mika!" Rini said, running as fast as she could. "Shadow!" Mika said, and Shadow transformed into her big cat demon form. Mika jumped on Shadow's back and headed for the park. "dammit!" Yue thought, she decided she better follow.

Hiei and kurama were clashing the sword and Rosewhip with one another. "Enough playing around Kurama!" Hiei said, and appeared behind Kurama, and dug his sword into Kurama's shoulder. Kurama winced in pain, but managed to swing his Rosewhip up and get Hiei in his already injured shoulder, causing Hiei to loose his sword, and thankfully Kurama's arm wasn't cut off! (phew!) Kurama fell to his knees, and tried to stop the bleeding in his shoulder. Hiei also held his shoulder, which blood was coming out of like a river. Hiei managed to stand up. "K--Kurama!…DIE!!!!" he exclaimed, and charged for Kurama with his sword again. Kurama was to weak to get up and dodge, and hiei slashed him into a tree. Rini, Mika, and Yue then made it there, Rini looked in horror at the two. Kurama looked over, "r--Rini, g..go! its---t-to dan--gerou--s!" he choked out. "Rini…" Hiei thought. He looked at Kurama, "now….i finish you!" Hiei said evily, and prepared to stab Kurama in the stomach. "KURAMA!" Rini screamed, and ran inbetween the two. "no, Hiei, please sto--" it was too late, Hiei had acciedently gone through Rini with his sword! Hiei's eyes widened as Rini fell to the ground and Kurama caught her. He dropped his sword and fell to his knees. What had he just done? "R..Rini!" Kurama exclaimed, tears filling his eyes. "K--Kurama…i..i'm sorry…I was …so late.." Rini said weakly before she fell unconscious. Tears streamed down Kurama's cheeks, he hugged her, and blood stained his already bloody shirt. Mika looked terrified and hid behind Shadow. "RINI!!!!" Moon-Ohki cried, and ran to try and help. Yue just stood there, completely stunned, she had no clue what to do. Botan appeared on her oar, and stared in horror at the scene.

"Mika, we need to use Shadow to get kurama and Rini to Kuwabara's" Botan said. Mika nodded, and they put Kurama and Rini on Shadow's back. "Yue, you can meet us there if you want." Botan said and then looked over at Hiei coldly, "and if you want to join us, you can!" she said in a cold voice. Then they flew off to Kuwabara's. a little while later Kurama was asleep in one of the guest bedrooms, and Rini was asleep on the couch, with her wounds bandaged up. Hiei looked a her, and a tear rolled down his cheek as he did so. Hiei decided on what he had to do. He sat down by her, and held her in his arms, and with tears in his eyes, he hugged her. Rini woke up, she looked at Hiei with fear in her eyes…

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ANOTHER CLIFFIE!!!!! Now this is the part where drama comes in, so 4 the next chappy, I suggest u have a box of kleenexes handy. And when u review I want u to make a prediction of whats going to happen in the next ch.!!!! And the title down here may give u some hints. Ja ne 4 now!

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