Uh oh. People are missing! Where'd they go?
Disclaimer: Do not own most of the characters.
"They're not on the island," Kaze said, opening her eyes.
"Wait, they'd said they couldn't leave, shouldn't they be here?" Yusuke asked, sitting in the chair in the room.
"They should, yes," Kaze agreed. "But they're not."
"Try again, maybe you hadn't done it right," Kuwabara suggested.
"I've never done a scrying incorrectly," Kaze snapped at him, frowning. "They aren't on the island."
"Here, try a larger map," Kiara suggested, pulling a map of the continent out and laying it down over the island map.
Kaze agreed and closed her eyes again. Once more the stone didn't move. "They aren't on the continent," Kaze said, beginning to understand what had happened.
"Well where are they!?" Kiara asked, panicking.
"Relax," Kaze sighed. "They'd said they couldn't leave until they'd lost, right?" Kiara nodded and Kaze raised an eyebrow, waiting for her friend to get it.
"They'd lost to us, so maybe they were sent back home," Kurama suggested.
"Do you have a map of feudal Japan?" Kaze asked. "Even one that was made recently I could use." Kiara pulled out a map of Fuedal Japan she'd bought after their first visit and spread it out. Kaze closed her eyes and the stone immediately lifted out of her hand and dropped heavily onto a place on the map. "See? They're in Rin's village."
With her question answered, Kiara calmed down and was able to go to bed. Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara followed behind soon after, leaving Kaze and Hiei alone in the room. "You and Kashi-sensei were talking about something pretty seriously today," Kaze began, still curious.
"It was nothing," Hiei said shortly, standing up and moving to leave.
"Why do you act like that around me?" Kaze asked him, angry. "I've tried being nice and you're just… you're a jerk all the time!"
"That's because you-" Hiei began before he sighed, giving up. He knew Kaze would think him being sensitive about the lies she'd told him when they met.
"That's because I- what?" Kaze demanded. "Why do you dislike me so much? What did I do to you?"
Hiei walked back to Kaze putting his hand on the back of the couch on either side of her and moved close so they were face to face. "I don't dislike you," he told her slowly.
"Then what's your problem?" Kaze asked, a little flustered by his sudden nearness.
"I'm jealous," Hiei told her. Kaze was shocked into silence by his sudden character change. He'd stopped being the cold, judgmental, angry demon she'd become used to and had changed into a gentle, shy man, focusing all his attention on her. She wasn't sure if she liked the change, but found she liked the attention. "I want the attention you'd given those other men. But I was angry that you'd pretended so thoroughly to be a man when we first met. I fell so hard for you when I first saw you and thinking you were a man had changed who I was."
"So, what, you want to sleep with me?" Kaze asked, scoffing.
"No, I want to touch you," Hiei replied, lifting on hand to lay it on Kaze's face. Kaze closed her eyes at the touch, surprised at how gentle it was. When she opened her eyes again, Hiei's red eyes were level with hers. She was drawn to the demon and his lips touched gently with hers, pulling a sigh from her. When he pulled away, Kaze's heart was beating quickly and her face was hot from embarrassment.
"Why did you do this now?" Kaze asked, locking her eyes with the demon again.
"Because that teacher of yours pushed me into jealousy," Hiei replied. "I was fine with the half demon, but a man so much older than you?"
"Technically, Inu Yasha was so much older than me also," Kaze said, her face still red. "And it's not like we were in a serious relationship. It was more… lust than anything." She cleared her throat before continuing, "And Inu Yasha and I weren't together for long before we ran into the witch that took my memories."
"Speaking of your memories," Hiei said, sitting down next to Kaze. "Did you remember that you were an angel?"
"Yes, I did," Kaze replied. "It's the reason the witch kept taking my memories away."
"Did you remember that you're a vampire?" Hiei asked next, watching Kaze carefully. She looked at him in confusion. "Looks like not."
"What do you mean I'm a vampire?" Kaze asked, turning to Hiei for an explanation.
"Don't worry about it," Hiei told her, pushing her down on the couch and pressing his lips to hers again. Kaze let out a sound as Hiei's hands slid slowly down her body.
"Don't do this," Kaze whispered when they broke apart for air.
"Stop me," Hiei dared her before pressing his lips to her again. His tongue found its way into her mouth and his hands rested on her hips, but she never tried to stop him.
In the morning, Kiara walked into the living room to find Kaze curled up in Hiei's arms, her head resting on his chest and his arms wrapped around her shoulders and waist. Kiara watched them for just a moment before tapping Kaze's shoulder to wake her up. Her eyes immediately opened in surprise and she looked up at Kiara before suddenly jumping up and out of Hiei's arms, embarrassed. "Ah, Kiara! You're awake!"
"So are you," Kiara said, hiding a smile. "How was your night?"
"Fine, fine," Kaze said, escaping the room as Hiei began to wake up. "I'm going to start breakfast."
"So… How did your night go?" Kiara asked Hiei teasingly as Kaze escaped and Hiei sat up, rubbing his head.
"It was good," Hiei mumbled, standing up and moving to the window. "Do we have a fight today?"
"I think it's the last one," Kiara said, deciding to talk to him later about what had happened. "But it's this afternoon, so we still have a few hours before we have to head over."