First of all, I would like to thank everyone who reviewed with their oppinion on Fai and Kurama. It helped a lot (and allowed me to win hours of argument with Yuki) ^^
I will also apologize to everyone who got a nasty reply from Yuki, since she's denying that there's anything between Fai and Kurama... But we all know that there is XD

Anyway, sorry that this chapter took so long (or at least, longer than usual) I havn't really been able to write much lately... its not really writers block, cause I do have ideas, its more like I havn't been confident in my ability to keep you guys amused. Well, hope you like the chapter :)


*MO-MO'S POV*

"DAMMIT! There has to be something we can do!" I shouted as I watched the screen, upon which I could see my body trying to kill itself.

Sakura sighed. Her expression had become very serious with this current development. "This room is the problem. It's a creation that resulted from Serafin's spell, and so long as you're in here, he has full control over your body."

"So if I can get out of here, then I'll have my body back!" I exclaimed as I looked around. There didn't seem to be any exits, and all the walls looked the same. "Okay..." I muttered as I readied myself. I then charged at one of the walls, full-force. I collided with it with a loud THUD! But it didn't budge in the slightest.

Sakura stared at me with a bewildered expression and then sweatdropped. "You really are pathetic." My face flushed from embarrassment.

We both turned to the screen again. Yusuke was holding me back, but he was having trouble. Hiei was still focusing on getting me out of this spell, but I hadn't detected any sign of him yet.

Sakura sighed. "Damn... We're running out of time, and the midget hasn't shown up yet." Then she turned to me. "Although you don't have the proper training, we'll give it a try anyway. At this point there isn't anything to lose."

"Alright, what do I have to do?" I asked.

"Basically, you have to restrain all your energy until the spell on you can no longer hold it back." Sakura explained. "It sounds simple, but most people have trouble completely holding back their power. They'll usually let out a little subconsciously. So I need you to concentrate, and hold everything back. Unless you want to stay under Serafin's control, of course."

"Okay..." I nodded, accepting the challenge. I closed my eyes and focused. I could feel the strain, but it wasn't so bad at first. I wasn't sure how long I was supposed to hold it in, but I figured that there would be some kind of indication when the body control thing was overpowered. Or Sakura would tell me when to relax.

It was starting to get difficult to hold back my aura. I could feel it trying to escape, but I refused to give up no matter how hard. Besides, Hiei was on his way to help. At the very least, I have to hold out until he gets here. Suddenly, I heard an explosion, and then something that sounded like glass breaking. I opened my eyes, and saw that the room I was in had shattered. I didn't see Sakura anymore, and the surroundings had returned to the black floor and red sky. I started to feel dizzy, and felt as though I was going to fall over. I caught a brief glimpse of Hiei, and then everything faded to black.

**********

My eyes shot open, and all I could see was a white ceiling and a bright light. It was kind of familiar, and when I sat up and looked around, I realized I was in my room in my apartment. I staggered as I stood up, since I haven't had control of my own body for the past couple of days. In the living room I found Yusuke and Kuwabara watching TV, and Hiei was sleeping on the couch.

"Mo-mo, you're awake." Kurama said as he walked out of the kitchen with a relieved look on his face. "How do you feel?"

"Fine." I replied, despite the migraine I could feel coming. "Where's Fai?"

"She's still unconscious. Hiei was able to break the hypnosis on her, though it was apparently more difficult than the one used on you. It took all his strength, and caused him to pass out." Kurama explained.

"Oh..." I muttered as I processed everything.

Suddenly, Yusuke burst out laughing from the other side of the room. "Personally I think he's just faking it, cause he's too embarrassed that you guys got 'married'!"

"What?! C-come on... I didn't even agree to anything..." I stuttered as my face flushed red.

"Now, now, Yusuke... She just woke up, so take it easy with the jokes." Kurama muttered as he stiffened awkwardly. "Don't worry, Mo-mo. Since you and Fai-san were under hypnosis, Koenma agreed that no one is bound by marriage to anyone. You must be hungry; I'll go get you something to eat." And with that, Kurama left the room.

"So... What happened to Serafin, anyway?" I asked.

"He disappeared in all the confusion at the wedding." Kuwabara explained. "Koenma's had people out to look for him, but so far they've found nothing."

"But you don't need to worry about him right now. You and Fai gotta rest and regain your strength." Yusuke said.

"Sure." I sighed with relief. I really wasn't up for any missions, or hunting down Serafin. Some good R'n'R was what I needed at the moment. Suddenly I heard a HIC from behind me. "HICCUP!" I exclaimed as I turned around to a groggily Fai.

"NO!" She burst out, suddenly becoming very alert. "HICCUPS ARE FICTIONAL, THEY DO NOT EXIST!"

"Good to see that you're normal again." I smiled as I gave her a hug.

"Yeah, yeah. You too." She muttered. "What happened to Sparkey-chan?"

"When he wakes up, he'll scream at you about it." Yusuke muttered as he stared sleepily at the TV.

"Okay..." Fai blinked at us. "Then where's Kurama?"

"In the kitchen making food." I smiled. "Wanna go get some?"

"Uh... No, I-I'm not hungry..." Fai muttered as she walked over to the couch. "Move it, Sparkey-chan, I want my couch." She said as she pushed him onto the floor, waking him with a start.

"What the hell??!" Hiei shouted as he sat up and rubbed his head. "You could be more courteous to the one who saved your mind!"

"Ahhh, so you broke Serafin's spell." Faiyuki smiled playfully.

"That's right! But if this is how you show your appreciation, I don't think I'll help you next time! In fact, I'm tempted to give you back to that bastard!" Hiei growled as Fai stuck out her tongue at him.

"Chill out, man." Yusuke muttered. "The more you let her get to you, the more she's gonna annoy you."

"Yeah, just ignore her." I said as I sat down beside Fai.

"Easy for you to say..." Hiei muttered as he pouted and crossed his arms and legs.

Just then, Kurama walked into the room with two bowls of noodles. "I thought I heard you out here, Fai-san. Here, you must be hungry as well." He passed one bowl to me, and held the other out to Fai, but she didn't take it. In fact, she wasn't even looking at Kurama. The room then became silent to the point of awkwardness as we waited for Fai to say something. "Um... Fai-san?"

"Hey, detective, turn up the volume on the TV. I can barely hear it." Fai said finally. Kurama stood there looking as though he had just been slapped.

"Is something wrong?" I asked Fai with a confused expression.

"No, why?" She said cheerfully with an obviously fake smile.

I sighed, and then turned up the sarcasm level on my voice. "Oh, I dunno... Maybe because you're completely ignoring Ku-"

"I'm not ignoring anyone." She interrupted.

"Fai-san... If I did anything to upset you, I'm sorry..." Kurama said with an almost helpless expression. Faiyuki still said nothing. "Look, we can talk if you-"

"Gosh, I keep hearing some buzzing noise in my ear... Is it just me?" Fai muttered, cutting off the fox demon.

"Hn. Your stupidity is making me nauseous." Hiei muttered.

Kurama sighed in utter, pathetic defeat. "I'll just go then..." He muttered as he retreated into the kitchen with his head hung low.

"What's wrong with you?!" Kuwabara exclaimed. "He's tryin' to be nice, since you've been through a lot in the past couple of days, and you treat him like a jerk!"

"Well, maybe I don't want his sympathy." Fai shrugged.

"Come on, you're acting like a real bitch!" Yusuke exclaimed.

"Will you two just shut up?!" I shouted at the baka-duo. "Tell me what's wrong Fai. What happened between you two?"

"It's none of anyone's business." Faiyuki said as she stood up. "Well, I'm tired, so I'm gonna go to bed. We've got school tomorrow, right? Better get some rest." With that, she went into her room.

"How pathetic." Hiei muttered as Kurama stepped back into the room.

"I'm honestly not sure what she's so upset about." Kurama said to us. "I mean, when Serafin kidnapped her, she said some harsh things to me... But I assumed that was to please him, so he wouldn't attack me while I was weak."

"I swear, I'll never understand girls..." Yusuke sighed. "Anyway, I gotta head home. See ya at school tomorrow, Mo-mo.... Maybe."

"My mother will worry if I'm out much longer." Kurama sighed. "So I'll see you later."

"Sure thing." I replied with a wave as the four boys left.

**********

THUMP!!!

"GAHHHHH!" I screamed in shock from the unexpectedly loud dropping sound right in front of my face. My eyes shot open, only to be met with the angry expression on Mr. Iwamoto's face.

"Hmph. You dare sleep in my class after being absent for nearly a whole week, Miss Zetsubou?!" He lectured harshly. "It figures that someone who's friends with Urameshi would also have no sense of respect or discipline." He sent Yusuke (who hadn't been to class in the past two weeks) a dirty look.

"I'm very sorry Sir... I promise it won't happen again." I tried to sound as sincere as possible, but it's not my fault I'm exhausted from going on a mission and then being kidnapped by some pervert who tried to marry me and Fai.

"Honestly... Acting this way so close to Christmas vacation." Iwamoto muttered as he returned to the front of the class. "I may just have to give you all more homework for the vacation as punishment for your classmates' lousy behaviour." With that the entire class groaned and pretended to do their work.

That's right... Christmas is coming up soon. I guess that means I have to get gifts for everyone... Which sucks cause I'm no good at this kind of stuff. Fai and I could probably go together on some of the gifts. Now, let's see; I could get Keiko and Kurama something nerdy... A day at the spa for Shizuru, Atsuko and Botan... Something to do with fighting for Yusuke... Something to do with kittens for Kuwabara... What would Hiei want, though? Do demons even know what Christmas is? Hm... Well, to start, what does Hiei like? Thieving... Swordplay... Blood... Slaughter... Yukina. I guess that's a start.

Finally, I heard the bell ring, signalling that it was lunch time. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei and I re-arranged our chairs so that we were sitting together and started eating. Hiei hadn't brought anything to eat and was thus sitting in silence, while Yusuke was wrestling with Kuwabara over a sandwich. Keiko and I were about to start a conversation, when Kimi and Natsuko - Keiko's friends - approached us.

"Hey, guys. Do you need something?" Keiko asked them.

"Well, we just wanted to ask Zetsubou-chan if the rumours were true." Natsuko asked.

"What rumours?" I asked curiously.

"Well, apparently all last week while you were gone, some thug from Kasane was around here looking for you." Kimi explained. "And he was telling everyone that you and Sachiko-san are dating."

"Wait, what?!" I exclaimed as I jumped out my seat, and Hiei fell out of his. Yusuke and Kuwabara ceased their fooling around and stared at us with wide eyes. "How many people are in on this?"

"Oh, so it's true! That's a relief." Natsuko said with excitement.

"Yeah, I mean, our entire class knows about it, so it would a shame if it wasn't actually true." Kimi continued.

"But it's not true!" Hiei screamed at them, slightly scaring them. "Are you humans so stupid that you would believe anything you hear?! Use your common sense! There's no way I would date anyone!" The two girls stared at Hiei with wide eyes. That was probably the most he's said to anyone at school. Kimi and Natsuko probably weren't even aware that he was capable of yelling.

"Yeah, it really is just a rumour." I assured them.

Suddenly Yusuke and Kuwabara came up behind Hiei and I. "Awwww, look at the two of them, getting so embarrassed... Isn't it cute?" Yusuke muttered with a wide smile.

"Yeah, don't listen to them. They're just shy about their relationship." Kuwabara teased.

"I will kill you two..." Hiei growled under his breath, as his expression became murderous. In fact, I was coming close to pounding in the baka-duo's faces myself.

"Oh, I get it now." Natsuko smiled.

"Let's go tell everyone!" Kimi said as the two of them skipped off.

"This can't be happening..." Hiei muttered with a horrified expression on his face.

"Wow guys, when I first heard that you two were dating, I thought it was just a stupid gag." Keiko said to us with a smile on her face. "But you two are serious? That's great, I'm so happy for you."

I ignored Keiko, and then spun around and grabbed Yusuke by the neck. "What the hell was that for?!" I shouted as I shook him back and forth. "You of all people should know that even if there was something between us, we wouldn't want the entire class to know about it!"

"Aww, come on. It's just a joke." Kuwabara shrugged.

"Yeah, and in a week or so you can just tell people you broke up." Yusuke laughed.

"Will you two shut up?! This isn't funny!" Hiei shouted. "Dammit! I can't stand this, I'm leaving!" Hiei exclaimed as he opened a window and then jumped out, completely disappearing.

"Hiei, wait!" I called out, but he was already gone.

"Woah, if Hiei's ditching, then I'm outta here too!" Yusuke exclaimed with glee as he too jumped out of the window.

"Yusuke, get back here!" Keiko shouted, though the Spirit Detective ignored her and started running away.

"Where the hell are you going, anyway?!" I demanded as I followed him, with Kuwabara close behind.

"That's a good question..." Yusuke muttered, falling into thought. "Say, speaking of breaking up, let's go see how Fai and Kurama are doing."

"Good idea, Urameshi. I hope she's not still treating him the way she was yesterday!" Kuwabara agreed. "But wait... Isn't their school in the next town over?!"

"Then we'll just have to hijack a bus." I muttered. "Hiei, are you coming?" I called out, knowing that he was probably listening.

Suddenly he appeared beside me. "Let's go."