:: Chapter Thirty-Five; Umbrella ::
The next few months went by pretty easily. My schedule was as such: wake up, train with somebody (most of the time it was Hiei), eat, shower, train some more, shower again, gym set work out, eat, luxury time (most of the time that was spent with Hiei as well), more training, another gym set work out, shower, dinner, and finally passing out. It was a well thought out, ridiculously retarded, plan. In my opinion anyways. It was definitely worth it though. I could feel myself becoming stronger, tougher, faster, and better. My endurance had risen tremendously, and I was as fast as Yusuke running at full speed now. My reflexes were top notch, and I was becoming accustomed with all of my Sun Weapons. I finally got annoyed with all of it though, and asked Yusuke why I was training so hard. He gave me a look, of course.
"Ayumi! The Dark Tournament is a few days away! Jeez, it's like you live on another planet, completely oblivious." He muttered, sticking his tongue out at me. I gave him a bashful look before giving him a sad face.
"Sorry! It's not my fault. I haven't had time to breathe, let alone know what's going on around here!" I said, sticking my own tongue out at him. He gave me a look before chuckling and ruffling my hair. I grinned up at him before leaning on his shoulder. It was my luxury time at the moment, finally. Rosetta came down the stairs, taking two at a time. She swung around the banister to head out the back door, but stopped and turned to face Yusuke and I.
"Hey guys, have you seen Zee anywhere?" She asked, blinking a few times. Yusuke and I both gave her a look. She couldn't be serious. Zee was massive; he wasn't somebody who could just 'disappear'.
"You lost Zee!?!?" I asked, completely amused now. Her curious gaze dropped as her eyes narrowed.
"No, I didn't lose him! I just…misplaced him…" She said, trailing off with a small smile. Yusuke threw his head back in laugher as I covered my own mouth to laugh.
"Misplaced him? Dude, have you seen him!? The guy is as big as a bear! How did you lose him!?" I asked, still laughing a bit. She shrugged her shoulders and laughed a bit, turning on her heels.
"I didn't lose him!" She said, walking out of the house. I shook my head at her before sighing and sitting back on the house.
"What a nut case." I muttered, yawning. A portal opened then, and Botan poked her head out.
"There you guys are!!! The other three boys are already with Koenma, they're waiting on you guys, silly!" She said, a little flushed. Yusuke and I looked at each other before shrugging and following her into the portal.
"There you guys are!! I swear, it's like trying to contact an apparition God!" Koenma said, a frown on his face. Yusuke and I looked at each other, before flipping Koenma off at the same time.
"Calm your tator tots binky-breath! We were just sitting on the living room couch. It's not like we were hiking in the deepest corners of the abyss." I said, crossing my arms. Koenma glared at me and I grinned, rubbing the back of my head. "Sorry…but don't yell at me. I'm not in a good mood." I muttered, before taking my seat with a grumbling Yusuke. Koenma shuffled some papers on his desk and cleared his throat before beginning, still giving Yusuke and I a reproachful look.
"Guys, as you should know, the Dark Tournament is just a few days away. All of your training is officially over, and I need you guys to begin packing. This is going to be a tough tournament this year, especially with Demeter going to be there. I heard that he's not actually fighting, but he's got a team together so I'm not sure what to be expecting out of this. You guys leave in less than three days; I want one of you to explain to Ayumi the rules of the tournament. You all can go." He said, returning to some papers. I sighed and stood up, following the boys back into the living room.
"Alright Ayumi, things are pretty simple. We basically go in, do our thing and-" Yusuke started, but got cut off.
"And king every demon butt we see!!!" Kuwabara finished, quite enthusiastically. Yusuke gave him a look and grinned, looking back at me.
"Pretty much." He said, sitting down. "The team leaders decide how the fight will be fought. 90% of the time, the only way to win is to knock out your opponent for ten seconds, or kill them." Yusuke said, yawning. I nodded, shrugging off the disturbed look on my face. Yep, easier than cake.
'I believe the term is easy as pie.' Hiei thought to me. I straightened up a little and turned my head slightly to gaze at him from the corner of my eye.
'I know what the term is. But, I don't like pie…I don't like cake either, actually.' I thought, chuckling a bit.
'So then, what do you like?' he asked me, a smirk on his face.
'I like donuts.' I thought, a small smile on my face. I could see him giving me a small look, before looking back out the window.
'Wow. That's dumb.' He thought. I glared at the back of his head.
'You're dumb. Mr. I-love-ice-cream.' I thought. I could see his head irking a bit and I smirked at him.
'Leave my sweet snow out of it.' He growled back in my head. I almost couldn't stop the laughter that built up in my chest.
'I swear, you're so possessive over that.' I thought, turning to walk up the stairs.
'Hn.' He thought, leaving my mind.
"I'm going to go pack." I said, yawning a bit as I headed up the stairs. I noticed Hiei got up and walked out the back door, probably going to go 'train'. I wasn't at all surprised to see him sitting on my window seat when I walked into my room. I smiled at him and shook my head, turning to get a suitcase out of my closet.
"Hello." I mumbled, smiling at him. He glanced at me and smirked.
"Hi." He said, his voice kind of distanced. I glanced at him, frowning just a bit before placing my suitcase on the bed.
"Are you going to pack?" I asked, my voice indifferent.
"I am packed." He said, shoving his hands inside his pockets. I couldn't help but chuckle at him as I begun placing my training gear at the bottom.
"Well, aren't you an over achiever?" I asked, sarcasm in my voice.
"Hn." Came his reply. Figures. We sat in a comfortable silence for a while as I packed, commenting to each other about a few random things. I couldn't help but think of the tournament though, only giving Hiei half of my attention. I wondered what kind of fighters would be there, and if I would be easily beaten. I frowned a bit, trying to shove the thought out of my mind, though that wasn't such an easy thing when Hiei brought it up.
"You'll be fine. I wouldn't worry about anything until the semi-finals. Everything under that is exercise." Hiei said, crossing his arms. I raised an eyebrow at him before smiling and shaking my head.
"But you've done this thing before. I've fought Shimi, a puppet of Demeter, and some demons that are so weak they don't even have a class. I highly think that'd qualify for the Dark Tournament. And you're still a lot stronger than me, so you can be confident all you want. I'm gonna be nervous." I said, another small frown forming on my face. Hiei cocked his head to the side as he watched me cross back and forth from my bed to my closet and dresser. We sat in a comfortable silence for a few more minutes and finally I walked over to my stereo and placed in a CD. The band was called All Time Low, and they redid a song by Rihanna called Umbrella.
In my luxury time that I spent with Hiei, I had played ningen bands that I thought he might like, and I was right. He liked bands like All Time Low, A Thorn For Every Heart, Secondhand Serenade, Van Halen, Cold, Sugarcult, Hollywood Undead, Linkin Park, and other bands similar to that style of music, which didn't surprise me at all. For now, I blasted Umbrella and sung to it, dancing from my bed to my dresser as I put clothes in and sung.
Hiei sat on the window seat, his head lightly bobbing up and down as he lip sung the words. It was cute, really. I gave him a small smile and finished packing. I had one suitcase, and a small duffel bag for all of my toiletries when I was finished. She's The Blade by Sugarcult was playing now, and Hiei was listening intently to the guitar. I kept the thought out of my mind directly so Hiei wouldn't know, but I was going to get him a guitar for Christmas.
It was the beginning of November now, so I had to start looking for guitars in town as soon as I could. I was also getting myself one so Hiei and I could rock out together. I almost giggled at the thought but I cleared my head and set my stuff next to the door, all ready to go. I flopped down on my bed and let Hollywood Undead play through the speakers as I felt a weight hit the bed. I looked up and saw Hiei climbing on top of me. I grinned and laughed as a small smirk appeared on his face.
He placed a hand on the middle of my back, and the other on my face and pulled me up to him. I let my arms set loosely on his shoulders as I smiled into the kiss a little, before making it deeper. I felt a tingling sensation in the pit of my stomach, but I couldn't quite place what it was, but ignored it as I sat up and laid Hiei on his back and straddled him, not breaking the kiss.
This was becoming routine with us, and I was becoming happily familiar with it, and I had a feeling Hiei felt the same way. I pulled away finally and rested my forehead on his, smiling.
"I can't believe I was afraid of you when I first met you." I said, laughing a little.
"Afraid? Woman, you were terrified." He said, a familiar smirk appearing on his face. I rolled my eyes and kissed him quickly before pulling back again.
"Shut up. I didn't know what was going on." I said, using my lame defense. He rolled his eyes and said nothing as he kissed me again, before letting the back of his head fall back onto my bed. Hollywood Undead ended and Hiei looked over at the stereo, contemplating something.
"Put Linkin Park in." He demanded, narrowing his eyes as he looked up at me. I narrowed mine back and made a face.
"What am I, your servant?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes." He said, flinging me off of him.
What a douche.
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