Chapter 20: Wake up call

Well, after that amazingly busy night, you'd think I'd sleep until the finals of the tournament but that was not in the cards for me. I felt like sleeping until AFTER the tournament but my, ha, 'wake up call' came much earlier than I expected. I awoke to the sounds of a very sick and needy person trying to, in vain, wake me up. I knew it was a man and he was standing over my very private bed. Only it wasn't Hiei like in my beautiful romantic dream! I could tell it was Kuwabara. He was saying something, probably trying to wake me up. Poor, naïve little Kuwabara! Only after an effort bordering on the Herculean did I manage to pry open a very bleary eye to stare disdainfully up at Kuwabara, the present offender.

"Kuwabara, what time is it? I don't remember ordering a wake up call." I mumbled as I sat up on my elbows but not opening my eyes. When I did open that ONE eye, I could see Kuwabara was staring over at the beside clock.

"It's 8:00." Kuwabara said and with that, I collapsed back down against my bed and pulled the covers up over my head.

"Kuwabara, I went to bed only a few hours ago and that was only AFTER an insane but cute Fire Demon tried to kill me. Now Kuwabara, my darling, listen to this: I'm going to ask you a few questions and I want you to answer yes or no? Okay? Good! Now, is Toguro in the living room?"

"No."

"Are Hiei and Kurama dying on some desert island?"

"No."

"Is the moon about to hit the Earth?"

"No."

"All of these things are no? GOOD! THEN LET ME SLEEP!" I said with my words muffled by the pillow I had placed over my face. Kuwabara simply yanked the pillow away from me and spoke rather sternly. Oh goody, Kuwabara's turned parental! Just what I need: A father who doesn't know WHEN to let sleeping dogs lie.

"Aw, come on, Siren! You need to get up! Hiei and Kurama have already left to train or something like that. Cause they said to find them in the forest if we wanted to train with them. Or at least that's what Kurama said. Hiei didn't say much except the girl could go with him if she wants but not the fool. And ya know what! I think he was talking about me!" Kuwabara said indigently, not bothering with the fact that when he pulled the pillow away, he nearly blinded me with the sun that was streaming through the nearby open window. I groaned and pulled the covers higher around me.

"Kuwabara! I know you want me to get up but I can commit you to Bayville later; right now I wanna sleep!" I said, trying desperately to sound mean but my voice was already retaining that airy, cheery sound to it. I stayed under the covers until finally, Kuwabara decided to annoy me to the fullest. He actually had the NERVE to grab the covers and pull them off of me. I leaped up with a glare.

"For Hiei and Kurama's sake, I will arise! But for that, you get this!" I muttered and snapped my fingers. My Sprit Energy leaped into my already twisted covers and they leaped of their own accord around Kuwabara like a snake. He fell onto the bed with a yelp and tried to fight off the cover anaconda. It would keep him busy for, oh, about a few good minutes. I smiled and headed into the bathroom. I leaped into the shower and took a fast and scalding hot shower. After that, I slipped into my low cut jeans and light, billowing blue shirt and put on a few silver bangles, little eye shadow, blush, light lipstick and then tied my hair back into a ponytail. That completed the ensemble for that day! I grinned and left the bathroom to the cheery sounds of Kuwabara's screeches as I headed into the elevator without him. THAT'LL SHOW HIM NOT TO MESS WITH MY BEAUTY SLEEP!