The next morning, Hiei got up early. He waited outside at the intersection to Ari and Chetara's room. Soon enough, fanboy came running up. He looked eager and excited.
Hiei growled at him.
"Excuse me...Do you know where Ari's room is?" Kenji asked.
"Yes." Hiei said. He didn't move. He growled at him.
"..." Kenji looked at him.
"Leave her alone, fanboy." Hiei growled. "Unless you WANT to die."
"Ah..." Kenji said, frightened.
"If I see you near her again, I will rip your intestines out and strangle you with them." Hiei growled.
"No...no thank you." Kenji said, terrified.
"Get out of here, fanboy."
Kenji took off like a thing possessed, thinking, (She didn't tell me she had a boyfriend!)
Hiei felt happy, in spite of what had happened. That went incredibly well. Turns out fanboy was a weakling. (All that was left was...) He frowned. This was the not so fun part. This was the hard part.
"Morning, Hiei." Ari came up, yawning.
"Ari." Hiei nodded at her.
"Have you seen Kenji?" Ari asked. "He was SUPPOSED to be here."
"No." Hiei lied. "Fanboy stood you up."
Ari froze. "Oh?"
"Yeah."
Ari frowned, as if thinking about something. Chetara and Arika came up.
"Hey, Hiei." Chetara said. "Sleep well?"
Hiei growled. "No. With the kitsune cooing and having gabfests with his plants ALL NIGHT LONG, I couldn't sleep."
"Gabfests?"
"Yeah. This plant is cheating with this plant while sleeping with this other plant." Hiei growled.
"What?" Chetara asked.
"What the hell?" Arika asked.
"That wasn't the exact conversation the eight of them had, but it was close." Hiei growled.
Kurama came out of his room, yawning.
"Morning..." Kurama yawned. The girls sort of stared at him a minute.
"Yes...?" Kurama asked.
"Nothing. Morning, Kurama." Ari said.
"Morning." Chetara said, with a grin. They looked at Kurama. He SO wasn't ready to step outside that door. It had to be a mistake, because his beautiful red hair was in tangles. On top of talking to his garden plants, his hair was one big knot, almost.
"What the hell's wrong w/ your hair?"
"Did you brush your hair this morning?" Ari asked.
"Why?" Kurama put a hand to his head. He freaked out.
"What happened to my hair!" He ran back inside.
"Weird. Kitsune usually doesn't have to brush his hair. It stays silky smooth and straight." Hiei said, calmly. It sounded strange coming from his mouth. Ari realized something.
"What did you DO to his hair?" Ari asked, with big eyes.
Hiei grinned. "I couldn't sleep. So he's going to suffer."
Chetara couldn't stop laughing. They heard Kurama call, "Hiei!"
"What?" Hiei called back.
"Help!" Kurama yelled.
"What'd you do?"
"I broke the hairbrush!" Ari slammed onto her knees, laughing hysterically.
"Ah...HE BROKE THE HAIRBRUSH!" Ari cracked up.
"In your hair?" Hiei called.
"YES! HELP ME!" Kurama called.
"Why?" Hiei growled.
"PLEASE, HIEI?"
"I'll help..." Chetara said.
"Guess I will too." Ari sighed. "Taking care of your hair is so hard." They left Hiei wondering, why are they helping the fox? Grr... He jumped up and ran after them.
They were standing around Kurama, who was almost in tears.
"Poor Kurama." Ari said. "The best bet would be to untangle it section by section, I think."
"Yeah. You work over there, I'll try over here." Chetara agreed.
They gently set to work untangling the thick locks of hair. It still hurt Kurama a little, though.
"You're a wimp when it comes to your hair, Kitsune." Hiei commented. Ari gently untangled the broken hairbrush from Kurama's hair. Hiei watched them.
"You know, you do have beautiful hair, Kurama." Ari said. Hiei growled quietly.
"Thanks. I take good care of it." Kurama sniffed. "Usually. I don't know what happened."
"It'll be really gorgeous when it's untangled." Chetara agreed. They continued to seperate the sections of hair.
"Ow." Kurama said.
"Sorry," Ari apologized.
"It's ok." Kurama said. Hiei continued to watch. Ari took the brush through the part that was mostly untangled. Half of it fell free, untangled. Chetara took the brush and finished untangling the other half.
"There!" Ari said. Hiei just watched. They were done. Fox's hair was all straight, and according to Ari, beautiful. That made him unhappy. Hiei, not Kurama.
"How much time do you spend on your hair a day anyway?" Ari asked. "And what keeps falling out of it?"
Kurama's eyes widened. He got down and started picking up the fallen things. Chetara got down too.
"Seeds?"
"Yes. I'm a plant elemental." Kurama explained. "I can turn these seeds into deadly weapons."
"Oh, ok." Chetara said, and helped Kurama.
"How much time do you spend on your hair a day to get it to look beautiful like that?" Ari asked. "You oughta become a human beautician."
Hiei snickered.
"I might." Kurama said. "I spend on a daily basis, 6 hours on it. I brush it slowly and carefully, brushing out the seeds, then I wash it carefully and thoroughly and then condition it. Then I blow dry and..."
Kurama went over his whole daily hair routine for the girls who were listening carefully. Hiei fought the urge to laugh at them.
"So, once a week you put lemon juice on it?" Ari asked.
"Yes. It adds shine. And the egg rinse adds body." Kurama said.
"Ooh!" Chetara said. "And..."
They were having an entire discussion with him about how to wash your hair! Hiei was getting ill just listening.
"And the human shampoos are bad for your hair?" Ari asked.
"Most are, yes." Kurama smiled. "I can make you two some special shampoo, if you wish. It'll take me three days, though. If I grow it any faster it'll have demonic properties and it'll try to eat you two." Kurama laughed.
Ari and Chetara laughed too. "Evil shampoo!"
Hiei was seriously getting ill. He couldn't figure out what it was. He wasn't so sure it was the conversation, now. There was something else.