Okay, so when I said that I wanted to fight in the next round, I was kind of lying. Well, really it wasn't because I didn't want to, but because I just flat out couldn't. Of course, I would never admit any of this to anybody. Being bitten by a damn snake was the worst thing that's ever happened to me by far, and the next time I saw a snake I was shooting it, that was for damn sure. I rubbed my temples after dressing in black boots, light blue skinny jeans, and a red and white polka dotted tank top. I decided to leave my hair down today, and I grumbled again, knowing that Zee and Rosetta were going to be taking over for Hiei and I. But at the same time, that also meant Hiei and I was going to have some alone time.
Yusuke still hadn't told anybody about what he saw, and I was thankful for that. But he was still giving me a sour attitude, and he wasn't talking to Hiei at all. He could be such a baby sometimes, honestly. I understood why he was upset, hell; I would've been upset too. But he went about it the wrong way. Yusuke seriously has good intentions, he always has, but sometimes he just let's his anger overtake his better judgment. But I knew he'd come around soon, at least for me anyways. It was a damn near challenge to stay mad at me. But I felt bad for Hiei. Hiei and Yusuke had an odd relationship. They were both misunderstood, both incredibly powerful, both lonely in life, and both chosen for something special. And so they understood each other, and they respected each other. In fact, I'd even go as far as to say that besides Kurama, Hiei trusted Yusuke the most, and was closest with him. And I felt bad about that, and I frowned, realizing I needed to fix that.
"You don't have to fix anything, Onna. The Detective and I will be fine." Hiei said, coming up behind me. I turned to look at him and frowned a little, crossing my arms.
"Hey, short stuff, have you ever heard of knocking?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Hiei gave me an incredulous look and walked up to me, and I took notice that I did have to slightly look up at him.
"Did you just call me short?" He asked, emphasizing the fact that he had to look down to look at me. I glared at him.
"I try to teach you a lesson about knocking, and all you take from the question is that I called you short…you don't learn very well, do you?" I asked. Hiei snorted and turned around.
"Hn." He muttered. I stared at him for a minute before smiling softly at him. If anybody were to tell me that Hiei was cold-blooded, ruthless, and just downright mean, I would laugh in their face. They seriously didn't know Hiei that well. He sighed. "You're wrong. Your perception of me is entirely wrong. It seems it's you who doesn't learn so well." He said quietly.
"Well, I do know that I don't tie you down and force you to spend time with me. I don't force you to smile, even if sometimes it's only a half smile or a twitch. I don't make you kiss me, and I don't make you stay with me rather than going off and killing some people." I said with a shrug. Hiei turned and looked at me, narrowing his eyes a little bit.
"But you are…different." He said. I smiled at him and nodded.
"That's exactly what I meant." I whispered, walking up to him and placing my hand on his face. He stared at me for a moment before growling and looking away, a very small blush tinting his cheeks. I grinned at him. "I love when you do that." I muttered, leaning up and kissing his cheek.
"Shut it, Onna." He said harshly. He was such a sweetheart, really. I rolled my eyes and released him, starting to turn around, only to have him grab my wrist and pull me back to him. I hit his chest and yelped a little, playfully glaring at him.
"What are you-" I started, but was cut off.
"I said, shut it." He growled out, before pulling me up for a kiss. One of his hands was still grabbing my wrist and was holding it at his chest; his other arm went around my waist, while I gripped his shoulder with my free hand. His tongue traced my bottom lip and my knees suddenly felt weak. Ugh, if only he knew just how damn good he tasted, and then a thought hit me. With a lot of effort, I managed to pull myself out of the haze and jumbled thoughts, and pulled back to glare at him.
"You are an asshole." I muttered, pulling away from him completely. He gazed at me for a moment before smirking and crossing his arms. "If I can't fight today, you can't either. Jerk." I hissed out, crossing my arms as well.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said with indifference, walking towards my window. I wanted to throw a brick at his big fat stupid head.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about, twerp!" I yelled after him. He gave out a growl and hopped onto the ledge, preparing to leave. "Look, you agreed." I said, referring to last night. Hiei, being the softie that he really is, asked me not to fight today, in his own subtle and very rude way.
- - Last night
"You're really going to fight tomorrow?" He asked me, making random patterns on my arm. We were lying in my bed at the hotel, and I was quiet for a minute.
"Yeah, why wouldn't why?" I asked him quietly. He was silent for a moment.
"Because you'll get your ass handed to you and you know it, and you're just putting up this tough guy front for the sake of your pride. It's very pathetic and very human of you." He said indifferently. I narrowed my eyes and looked up at him.
"Wanna run that by me again?" I asked in a flat voice. Hiei smirked a little.
"You know I'm telling the truth. You're worried about it too. You aren't at your full strength, and it is getting closer to the finals. How humiliating would it be to be beaten this far because you hadn't heed the doctor's warnings of taking it easy until the semi-finals?" He asked in a mocking voice. I stared at him for a moment before grinning and giving him a starry eyed look. He glared at me. "Why are you looking at me like that, Onna?" He asked.
"Aww, Hiei! You're worried about me. You don't want me to get hurt." I said, truly touched. He gave me a look before scoffing and looking away.
"Don't twist my words." He said in defense, but I shook my head.
"You're such a big softie." He said. He glared at me and growled, before letting me go and turning over and crossing his arms, his back now facing me. I giggled a little and snuggled up against his back.
"Tell you what, I won't fight tomorrow, if you won't." I said, knowing he wouldn't give up a chance to fight. He was quiet for a minute.
"Fine. I won't fight." He said. My jaw dropped a little and I looked at his back. His very well toned back that was seriously distracting to my mental thought process right now. I blinked a few times to clear my head.
"What do you mean you won't fight?" I asked, sitting up and looking at him. He turned his head and smirked at me.
"I don't feel like it. It's a waste of my time anyways. They're not anywhere near as strong as I am, so what's the point? Besides, I couldn't pass up the chance to torture you since you'd so willingly let me." He said. I glared at him. He was evil. Oh so evil. I was going to wind up punching him straight in the face one of these days. I scowled and laid back down with a huff, and suddenly Hiei turned over and rolled on top of me. "Aww, don't be mad at me. I'm just being a big softie." He said in a mocking tone, pretending to make kissy faces at me.
"You disgust me." I said in a low voice, causing Hiei to actually laugh out loud for a moment. "And you're absolutely evil, and I think I might just hate you a little." I said, glaring at the ceiling. He bit his lip for a moment, trying not to laugh at my state of distress and leaned over me. "And you're seriously going to cause me to wound my pride and ego while I tell them that I can't fight, and I can't tell them why either. Ugh, you're such a jerk!" I said to him. He gave me a mischievous look that made me want to do some R rated things to him and leaned over me, smirking a little.
"Maybe you can show me these R rated thoughts of yours tomorrow." He said in a low voice that made my heart flutter. I playfully glared at him.
"And what makes you think I'd be willing to do that? You've made an enemy out of me tonight." I said, eyeing him a little. He didn't seem phased at all, which was really, really annoying. "I mean it, and don't you try anything either, mister." I said.
"Mmhmm." He said, leaning down to trace my neck with his tongue, which felt scorching hot against my skin. I bit my lips and cleared my throat a little.
"Cheater." I hissed. He chuckled at me and kissed the soft spot behind my ear, and luckily I was able to catch the moan that was about to leave my mouth. "Evil. You're pure evil." I whispered, wrapping my arms around his neck. He made another noncommittal noise before biting into my shoulder. He suddenly stopped and laid back on his side, pulling me in next to him. I gave a noise of disappointment and he smirked at me. I wanted to slap him.
"Tomorrow." He said, his voice low. I bit my lip and nodded. Tomorrow sounded good.
- - Present Day
And now the little prick was trying to back out of it, like I knew he would. I glared at him a little. "If you fight today, I fight. That's how it works." I said. He scoffed and looked over at me, and then smirked.
"Fine, have it your way." He said, leaving my room. I gave an aggravated sigh before leaving my room, knowing that Hiei had already told them he wasn't fighting for whatever excuse he came up with. They were all waiting for me, and I crossed my arms and looked at them.
"Alright guys, you win. I'm not fighting today." I said. Yusuke immediately narrowed his eyes at me, but Rosetta and Zee looked happy, if nothing else.
"Yes! I mean, sorry to hear that, Pup." Rosetta said and I laughed at her.
"No, you guys seriously need another chance to show off your skills. Plus, I want to be in top shape when I fight in the semi-finals. These guys shouldn't be too hard to beat anyways, so why bother?" I asked, shrugging my shoulders.
"Well, if that's what you want." Kurama said with a smile. I nodded at him.
"That means it'll be you and the ankle biter today. Will you be able to handle yourself with him?" Kuwabara asked. Okay, so that was a really bad choice of words on his part. Yusuke snorted and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. "What did I say?" Kuwabara asked, frowning a little.
"Nothing. He's just being a baby. Don't worry about it Kuwa. And yeah, I probably won't even see Hiei today. He'll probably be off training somewhere." I said with a shrug. Kuwabara nodded and agreed with me, while Kurama laughed a bit.
"Yeah, sounds like Hiei. Well then, get lots of rest then Ayumi!" Kuwabara exclaimed, and I nodded.
"Right, I will. Go kick some ass for me Kitty." I said to Rosetta. She gave me thumbs up and left with the rest of the boys, but lingering for a moment after they left down the hallway. She looked at me for a moment and smirked.
"While you and Hiei are doing the horizontal tango, try not to break anything." She said. My heart dropped and I looked at her with wide eyes.
"What…are you talking about?" I asked her, a little breathless. She laughed at me and then poked at her ears.
"These walls aren't that thick. I have to say, I never would have expected it." She said. My heart was pounding and I looked at her with a nervous face. She laughed at me. "Don't worry Pup, I won't tell anyone." She said sincerely. I let out a breath and then nodded, still a little freaked out. "Your secret is safe with me. Ciao!" She said, shutting the door behind her. I forgot about her damn ears. Hiei walked out of his room then with his arms crossed.
"Well that was interesting." He muttered. I turned to look at him and laughed a little.
"Yeah, it was. Sorry." I offered. He shrugged a little and then went into his room, leaving it open. I bit my bottom lip and watched him take his shirt off, and he looked at me.
"I'm going to shower, Onna. You gonna join me or not?" He asked. My heart pounded in my chest, but I smirked at him and nodded. I walked into his room and took my own shirt off, throwing it on top of his. He stared at me for a minute and then turned, walking into the bathroom. I followed him and smiled when he shut the door, and he leaned over me to start the water. I wasn't going to lie, I was nervous. He chuckled at me. He turned me around and then picked me up, swiftly setting me up on the counter top. I let out a yelp and then laughed at him, wrapping my arms around his neck. He reached up and kissed me while I kicked my boots off. He unbuckled my pants and pulled them down, tossing them to the side once he got them off of my legs completely. I unbuckled his own pants and shoved them past his hips, and he stepped out of them once they hit the floor, pulling me into a kiss again.
He pulled me off the counter and I had to hold onto him or else I would have fallen. His intoxicating smell hit my over sensitive nose and it was making it relatively hard to think straight. Before I had time to process what was going on, I found myself completely naked now, with Hiei staring at me. I blushed a little and crossed my arms, and he smirked, grabbing them and uncrossing them.
"I'm pretty sure you have to be naked too for this to work." I huffed. He laughed again and shrugged, before taking his boxers off. He stepped into the shower and pulled me in with him, and for a moment the only thing I could do was stare at him. Kami, he was beautiful. I traced a deep scar that ran over the left side of his chest and smiled at him.
"Looks like the cat was wrong." He muttered darkly. I gave him a questioning look. "It seems we won't be so horizontal after all." He said, causing me to blush. The hot water poured down over us and the room started to steam up, but Hiei's skin was like fire under my fingertips. He hitched one of my legs around his waist and I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, holding myself to him. He kissed me deeply then, his tongue playing with mine for a while before he pulled back.
"Stop thinking so much." He said, and for once, I didn't argue.
