An Interesting Development Occurs

L.A.: So…yeah… I've had a lot of work and family emergencies but I'm back again.

Amu: (gives L.A. death glare)

L.A.: I know, I know, I should have updated sooner but to get your forgiveness I've made this chapter really long, 13 pages to be exact, and hopefully enjoyable.

Amu: (sighs) You should appreciate your readers. You have abnormal updates yet they still follow you.

L.A.: Speaking of which. I've just hit over 300 reviews! (does happy dance) That is so awesome.

Amu: (does happy dance as well)

L.A.: Anyway for those of you who guessed that part of Sira's story came from the chapter A Miraculous Bonding Occurs over Soap Operas, you guessed correctly.

Amu: Hoozah! You get brownie points.

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The foxes scurried about the castle. Their eyes were wide and they winced at the loud booming sound that echoed through the building.

"We're all doomed," Despair, a gray fox, howled as she covered her ears.

"Don't give up yet," Hope, a pink fox, said. "It's not over yet."

"Where the hell is the Argos?" A red fox, Wrath, said as he stamped his foot.

At that moment, the doors burst opened. All the foxes cowered as a figure emerged from the darkness. Their eyes widened as they saw a clawed hand. In that hand was the Argos. The Argos let out an aguish cry as it thrashed about in the figure's grip.

The figure laughed. "You are no longer in control, Argos." It tightened its hold on the Argos. "I am in control now." The castle rumbled as the foxes stood frozen in place.

A white fox shakily turned to his siblings. "What do we do now?" Fear whispered.

In celebration of making up, Tori and Sira decided to have a good old fashion slumber party. After changing into their pajamas and raiding the kitchen for everything unhealthy, they headed back to Tori's bedroom.

As they passed the den, they saw Genkai in her arm chair reading a newspaper. She glanced up at them and smirked. "Enjoy that while you can cause tomorrow at 6 am you start training."

"What?" Tori said as her eyes widened.

"No fair," Sira added.

"Suck it up, wimps" Genkai said as she went back to her newspaper.

Once they were in the safety of Tori's room, Tori let out a sigh. "Well, that just ruined my mood."

"Sometimes I think Genkai's is the spawn of the devil," Sira said as she dumped her snacks on the ground.

Tori held a finger up to her lips. "Shh! Not so loud. If she hears you, she might make our practice worse."

Sira looked quickly towards the door before whispering, "good point."

They goofed off for a couple of hours while they enjoyed eating their junk food. It was near one when they finally settled down. Tori and Sira were sprawled out on their sleeping bags in a sugar induced stupor. Akira and Haku were already curled up and fast asleep.

"Hey Tori," Sira whispered.

"Yeah?"

"Are you asleep?"

"Yes, I'm just talking in my sleep," She rolled over and grinned at Sira.

"Ha, ha, very funny." Sira propped her head on her hand. "But I do have a serious question."

Tori sat up. "Alright, what?"

Sira frowned as she tried to phrase her question in her head. "How…are you able to let yourself be close to them?"

Tori raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"How can you act like we're all best buds considering the circumstances?"

"You're friends with them too," Tori said.

"I know," Sira sighed. "It's just… even though I like spending time with them, I put up a barrier. We're going to go home eventually. When we do, we aren't going to be able to see them, call them, or email them. It will be as if they were nothing more than a fantasy."

Tori flopped back on her sleeping bag. "You know, I don't look at it that way." She put her arms behind her head. "So, we might not see them again but that doesn't mean we should just ignore them. I mean, come on, we are living the dream that every fan girl wishes they could have. How could we not enjoy this?" She played with the draw string on her pajama pants. "We may not see them again but at least we'll have the memories." She glared when she noticed Sira grinning. "And yes, I do realize how cheesy that just sounded."

Sira lay down as well. "Hm, when you put it like that…"

"Just try to relax," Tori said. "Forget the stupid rules to your stories that you keep relying on. For once, just go with the flow and see where it leads."

"You totally just sounded like a hippie," Sira said.

Tori playfully smacked her arm. "Shut up, smart ass."

"I was wondering," Sira grinned mischievously. "Is Kurama as good of a kisser as all his fan girls think he is?"

Tori blushed. "Well, he is Yoko Kurama."

They both giggled.

Tori turned over in her bag. "Anyway, we should probably get some sleep. We've got training with Genkai tomorrow."

"Ugh," Sira said as she slammed a pillow into her face. "Why did you have to remind me?"

It was early in the morning when Tori woke up in a cold sweat. Her heart was racing as she quickly surveyed the room. She wasn't sure what had triggered this sudden alertness, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to fall back to sleep until she figured out why. She became rigid when a faint sound reached her ears. It was a crackling sound almost like the static on a radio.

She glanced at Sira and saw that she and Haku were still fast asleep. Her hand reached out for Akira but all she felt was the cold floor. Now where did he get to? She thought as she stood up.

The static sounded suddenly hissed loudly before fading into background noise. Tori frowned. Okay, someone needs to stop playing with the radio. She walked over to the window and peered out.

It was a cloudless night allowing the almost full moon to shine. As her eyes traveled over the scenery, she spotted Akira. He was perched on top of a rock and staring intently at the moon.

Tori grabbed a light weight jacket and quietly tip-toed out of the room. When she went outside, she saw that Akira was still in the same exact position.

"Contacting your boss?" Tori asked as she came to sit down beside him. Although it was still dark, the morning dew had already settled on the grass causing her a slight chill.

Akira frowned as he continued to stare, transfixed at the sky. "Sometime doesn't seem quite right. I do believe my brothers and sisters are in a plight."

Tori's eyes widened. "Wait, you have brothers and sisters?"

"Over two hundred, yes," Akira said. "But the Argos likes me the best."

Tori rolled her eyes. Someone's got a big ego.

The static sound roared loudly once more before completely fading away.

"Did you hear that?" She asked.

Akira nodded. "Someone is picking up waves from the ionosphere. I wonder who could be picking them up here."

Tori remembered from her science class that at night the ionosphere bounced radio waves so that one could pick up radio stations they would normally not get. Looking back at Akira, she could see that he was upset. "What do you think is wrong with your brothers and sisters?"

"I don't know," Akira said as he shook his head. "I'm probably just paranoid but something doesn't feel right."

Now, Tori was beginning to get worried. Akira was so distracted by this problem that he had forgotten to rhyme.

"I…think… I pulled…my spleen," Sira panted as she doubled over. It was around noon when Genkai finally decided to give them a break from practicing. Genkai hadn't been kidding when she said it would be tough. Every muscle in the girls' bodies were aching.

"You can't pull your spleen," Tori said as she leaned against the temple's wall for support.

"I know," Sira stood back up. "But I still think I pulled it."

"Alright, wimps," Genkai said as she walked up to them. "Break's over."

"What?" Tori said.

"But we just stopped two minutes ago," Sira whined.

"If you don't want to be demon food then you need to keep practicing," Genkai said as she crossed her arms.

"I'll be demon food if it means I get a longer break and water," Sira said.

"I second that," Tori raised her hand.

Genkai groaned. "Fine, go get water and meet me back here in twenty minutes." She turned and walked away. As soon as she was out of sight, both girls collapsed on the ground.

Yukina came out of the temple and walked toward them. "I thought I'd help you two out," she said as she held up two water bottles.

"Yukina, you are amazing," Tori said as she took a water bottle.

"Yeah, ditto from me," Sira took the other one. As she sipped from her bottle, she looked around. "You've haven't seen Haku by any chance?"

Yukina shook her head. "No, why?"

"I think he has fleas," She said. "He's been scratching a lot and when I went to confront him about it, he ran and hid from me."

"Yikes," Tori said.

"Anyway, I better go find him," Sira said as she waved and headed off. It took her ten minutes, but she was finally able to find Haku. He was hiding in a flower garden. She crossed her arms. "I don't know why you are hiding from me. I just want to help."

Haku shook his head as he tried to hide further in the garden.

Sira tapped her foot. "Haku…"

She jumped as someone landed behind her. Whirling around, she saw Hiei looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Your spirit beast has fleas," Sira said.

"Hn," Hiei crossed his arms.

"You should take better care of your spirit beast," Sira frowned. "I'm not going to be able to take care of him forever, you know."

"Then let him die," Hiei said.

Sira clinched her fists. "Ugh! You're so…" She stamped her foot. "ugh!"She turned away and walked off.

"You should quit messing with her," Kurama said as he walked up to Hiei.

Hiei smirked. "It's amusing."

"You're growing too attached," Kurama said.

Hiei glared at him.

"I've known you long enough to know you would not spend so much time with someone you despise."

"I tolerate her because she is amusing," Hiei said. "You should keep that advice to yourself."

Kurama's eyes narrowed. "Tori and I have an understanding."

"If you say so," Hiei flitted away before Kurama could comment.

Sira stood outside the temple door, taking deep breaths. She hated how Hiei made her emotions go all over the place. "I just don't get Hiei," Sira said with a sigh. "He can be sort of nice but then he's an ass. Then he can be sort of funny but then he's an ass." Her eyes widened as realization hit her. "Oh god." She quickly ran to the kitchen. "Tori!"

Tori and Yukina were both in the kitchen. They seemed startled by Sira's panicked expression.

"Sira, are you alright?" Tori asked.

"I'm attracted to an ass." Sira sobbed.

"Uh," Tori patted Sira's back.

Yukina gave a confused look. Tori shook her head and mouthed. "I have no idea."

Since Sira was upset, Genkai had to cancel the rest of practice. It took a glass of coke and a batch of Yukina's cookies for Sira to finally calm down. By then though, she wasn't in the mood to talk about her breakdown. Since Tori was her best friend, she understood that Sira didn't want to talk…but she still wanted to know anyway.

"Come on, Sira, tell me." Tori whined. "I'll be your best friend."

Sira glared at her. "What are we, four?"

"Four was a good year for me. I started my littlest pet shop collection then," Tori said.

Luckily for Sira, the boys decided to enter the room at that moment.

"So, you have to leave tonight?" Kuwabara asked.

Kurama nodded. "It would be better for all of us."

Sira frowned. "What's tonight?"

"Demon's moon," Yusuke said. "It happens once a month."

"It heightens demon's powers," Kurama said. "The only problem is that our demon side becomes more prominent making us a danger."

"Oh," Sira said. "So, it's like a demon's time of the month."

Silence filled the room.

"Sira," Yusuke said as his eye twitched. "Don't ever call it that again."

Sira rolled her eyes. "What is it with guys? You freak out with anything related to feminine problems."

"We do not," Yusuke said.

"Oh, yeah?" Sira stood up. "Periods, tampons, pads, menstrual cycle."

The three boys winced.

"Please stop," Kuwabara shifted from one foot to the other.

"Ha, I rest my case," She grinned as she held up two fingers. "Peace, I'm leaving." She exited the room, leaving them all very confused.

"You'll have to excuse her," Tori said. "I think Genkai's training has gotten to her head. I'm actually surprised it hasn't gotten to my head."

They nodded in understanding. Any normal person would be scarred by Genkai's training.

"So, Yusuke," Tori said, "since you're half demon, are you affected by this demon moon?"

"Sort of," Yusuke shrugged. "Keiko says I get grouchier."

Kuwabara snorted. "Like that's new."

Yusuke glared at him. "What did you say, carrot top?"

"You heard me." Kuwabara said.

Both the boys started fighting. Kurama and Tori quickly stepped to the side.

"You know," Tori said slowly. "If Sira were still here, she'd probably start shouting Jerry."

Kurama frowned. "Jerry?"

"I forgot, you've spent most of your time in Makai. You probably have no idea who Jerry Springer is." Tori paused. "So, do you turn into Youko Kurama or something during this demon moon?"

Kurama nodded. "Yes, I do, which is why I need to get as far away from here as possible. If I took advantage of you, I wouldn't forgive myself."

Well, I don't think I'd mind, Tori thought as a dreamy smile crossed her face.

"Is something wrong?" Kurama asked.

Tori blushed as she looked away. "Uh, nope. I'm fine."

Genkai chose that moment to enter the room and separated the two boys.

It was around one when Sira woke up to the sound of static. Who left the radio on? Sira thought as she sat up. Haku was passed out beside her. The trauma from the flea bath hours earlier had taken its toll. She winced as her body protested to the sudden movement. It was going to take awhile for Sira to recover from Genkai's training session.

However, her curiosity got the better of her. She crept out of her room in search of the strange static sound. She looked for the source for ten minutes. When she reached the kitchen the static sound faded away.

"Okay, odd." Sira said. She glanced at the fridge and grinned. "Since I'm here I might as well have some ice cream."

Hiei sighed in frustration as he rearranged himself against the tree. He hated demon moons. They always made him feel restless. His senses were heightened making him aware of everything.

His nostrils flared as a smell greeted his nose. It was chocolate sweet snow… and her…

He knew it wasn't wise but he found his body moving on its own accord. He flitted from tree to tree until he was perched right above her.

She was sitting on the temple's steps eating chocolate sweet snow. He was surprised to see that her hair was down. She usually had it in a ponytail and out of the way. He suddenly had an urge to run his fingers through her hair. He shook his head. Stupid demon moon. Always made him hunger for stuff he didn't really want.

Sira jumped slightly when Hiei landed in front of her. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be away because of the demon moon?"

"No," He said as he snatched the ice cream and spoon away from her.

Her eyes widened. "That's my ice cream. Give it back."

He took a bite. "It's good sweet snow."

Sira's eyes narrowed. "For the last time, it's ice cream. Not sweet snow, ice cream. And, it's mine!"

"Hn," Hiei said as he took another bite.

Sira sighed. "Will you at least share?"

They both sat down on the steps as they passed the spoon. She knew should be grossed out but at the moment she was too tired to get another spoon. Probably, she should feel honored that Hiei actually bothered to share at all.

"So," she said, "What were you doing?"

"I was in a tree."

"Are you always in a tree?" Sira asked.

"A tree is a good place to rest." Hiei said as he took another spoonful of ice cream. "Your back is always protected, it's a perfect vantage point, good cover, and no one can sneak up on you without hitting a branch."

"Huh," Sira said as she leaned back on her hands. "Never thought of that."

They sat in silence as they continued to eat. She didn't want to admit it, but she was enjoying herself. She could see the stars twinkling in the sky. Although she had never wanted to go camping, it was nice nights like these that she thought she could enjoy a night under the sky.

Hiei shifted uncomfortably in his seat. He had always had side effects to the demon moon but he had always been in control. Sitting next to her right now was almost unbearable. He needed to get away before something happened.

He frowned. Why did he care though? Why did he care if he accidentally lost control and took advantage of her? It didn't matter that she was under Koenma's protection. It hadn't stopped him before. So, why was this different?

He blinked as a hand was waved in front of his face.

"Uh, hello?" Sira said. "Earth to Hiei. Are you there?"

Before he realized what he was doing, he reached out and grabbed her hand.

Sira protested but she stopped when he picked up her and pushed her against the wall. He grabbed her other wrist and pinned them over her head.

She wasn't scared like he thought she would be. No, she looked more annoyed. "What the heck, Hiei? I didn't even touch you."

Her scent engulfed him. He had never found himself so enthralled by a human before. Her blue eyes seemed to shine in the night as a whispie fell across her face. He found he wanted her to whisper his name. He wanted her to belong to him and no one else.

Stupid demon moon, He thought. I don't care about this human. And, yet he found he couldn't step back.

"Hiei," Sira began.

That was all it took for his control to break.

Sira let out a gasp as Hiei leaned forward and kissed her. That thought soon vanished as her mind shut down and her body took over. His kiss was lustful yet she still felt passion behind it. She could taste the chocolate ice cream and she found herself kissing back. She wiggled her arms out of Hiei's grip and wrapped them around his neck. He pressed his body against her barely leaving any space in between. His hands roamed her body sending pleasant chills running down her spine.

The sound of static shattered the moment. Hiei immediately stepped back, his hand hovering over his sword. Sira took several deep breaths as she tried to look for the source of the sound. After a moment, the static sound faded once more. Sira turned back to Hiei to see that he was gone.

It was at that moment that her mind decided to work again. Her eyes widened as a blush crept over her face. "What the hell was that?"

Socrates' knuckles were almost white from gripping Daragon's hilt so hard. How dare that fire demon take advantage of the girl. He would pay.

Socrates knew though he had to wait. With the demon moon out he wasn't in the correct state of mind to enact his plan.

He grinned as he glanced off the right. He could hear the soft hum of his machine as it slowly rebooted. "Soon," he whispered. "Very soon."

L.A.: Er…surprise?

Amu: So yeah, this was the chapter that everyone was expecting last chapter.

L.A.: I plan to finish this story by the end of August. So, I will be doing at least a chapter a week maybe even more.

Amu: That is if she doesn't get the 'Ah, my story's almost over, I don't want it to end' syndrome

L.A.: Anywho, you know what to do. Read and review!