CHAPTER 6
FIRST KISS
about 1 hour later, she got up, rubbing her head
[oh gosh...my head hurts...what happened?]
[oh yea..hangover...]
[it seems like hiei was just here for a second...]
[but then again...i dont really remember anything...]
[but i do remember...him saying something about me and miwa...]
[thats right! i remember...hiei was...jealous.]
she just sat there, thinking about hiei and what he said.
she decided to wait for him to talk it out with him later.
she sat on the couch and just waited and waited...but he didn't come back
after about one hour.
she just lied down on the couch and fell asleep.
about 10 minutes later, hiei walked back into the hotel, seeing pan asleep.
he walked over to her resting body.
"fiesty...wake up." he said quietly.
she didn't wake up, but she just stirred a bit. he rolled his eyes. he
stared at her for a moment.
he just leaned over and gently placed his lips on hers. their lips parted
as he got up and touched his lip.
he just walked away.
abrutply, pan awoke suddenly.
[was this a dream!?!?!?]
[did hiei just kiss me?!?!]
she smelt around the air, and noticed hiei's scent.
[no...it wasnt a dream!]
[hiei just..kissed me.]
[ urgh! that jerk! ]
[i have to just pretend nothing happened...]
she just got up and walked over to the dinner room.
she walked in and saw everyone, and hiei was sitting at one of the
tables...with nara.
they seemed to be having a good time, having one on one conversation. a
rush of anger swished through her.
[ THAT JERK!]
[first he kisses me, and now hes flirting with NARA...]
[ i am SO mad at him!]
she just stomped past the table.
"fiesty." hiei called out. but she ignored him and just angrily walked over
to a different table and sat next to keiko and miwa.
[ whats HER problem? ] hiei thought to himself. he growled at the sight of
her and miwa laughing together.
[ kisama...if he lays a hand on her...]
[ i'll slice him in half.] he mentally threatened him.
the rest of the night, hiei just watched pan and miwa. he got the sudden
urge to get up over to their table.
"pan."
pan looked up at him, and scowled.
"what?"
"follow me" hiei said.
"no." she refused
"follow me" he ordered, as he started out the banquet doors.
she doesnt know why she did it, but she followed him
"what do you want?" she coldly questioned
"i want to know why your ignoring me"
"baka...you should know why." pan looked away.
"its not nara again, is it?" hiei crossed his arms.
"k'so!! no!!! its not ONLY her...but its YOU too!!" she raised her voice.
"goodness hiei. your sucha jerk" she insulted
hiei snarled and grabbed her wrist.
"what are you doing!?" she struggled.
"are you mad at me?" he asked
"YES" she boldly answered
"alright...is it because of me?"
"yes" she answered again
"are you jealous?" he questioned
"NO!" she shouted.
"LIE." hiei shot back.
[ thats right...]
[ hiei's telepathic...]
[ he also has lie detecting skills...]
there was a silent for a minute.
"...do you have feelings for more than a friend for me?" hiei looked
straight into her eyes as he asked this.
she was quiet for about a second, and then slipped her wrist out of his
grip and slapped him with her other hand.
"you dare ask me personal questions like that?"
he was silent.
she just turned on her heel and walked away.
* * *
pan lied down in her bed and thought about the incident.
she told bura that she was skipping dinner and going to bed early.
[ i dont get it...]
[ why would he ask a stupid question like that? ]
[ but...i havent even answered that myself...]
[ DO i really have feelings for more than a friend...?]
[ for HIEI?]
she thought about it some more.
[ i should go down there...]
[ to apologize...]
she got up and went downstairs to the dining room. she walked over to
hiei's table...he didn't look too happy.
"hiei...i...can we talk?" she mumbled.
hiei got up and walked out the dining room with pan and sat down on the
couches at the lounge in the lobby
"...hiei...i'm sorry."
"theres nothing to be sorry for."
"but you acted like it was wrong of me to talk to miwa..."
hiei paused for a moment.
"and what about you? you acted the same with nara and i" hiei said
"...i know. i'm sorry for that too--"
"i already told you. theres nothing to be sorry for." hiei interrupted
"okay...i was just a little worried..i was just...scared that my best
friend...would be taken away from me." pan said, turning pink
after every word.
"and those questions...they made me feel...kinda low." she said, looking
down.
"i apologize for that. i know that i shouldn't have asked you such personal
questions" hiei looked away.
"i forgive you...but just this once!" she said, crossing her arms
hiei just smirked.
"but why would you ask such questions? i hope your not doing that for your
own sick twisted pleasure..."
"for my sick, twisted pleasure? well...thats not why i kissed you." hiei
just said, standing up.
pan stood up.
"you...knew..wait...what!?!?" pan said, turning even more pink than she was
before.
"i knew you were half awake...i felt your body move when i did it." hiei
said
pan just blushed even more.
"you dont have to be so embarassed...i did it because i like you." hiei
simply said, looking at her.
he said it as if it was nothing.
just then, pan just lost it.
"URGH! HIEI YOUR SUCH A JOKESTER! AND QUIT TEASING ME LIKE THAT!" she fumed
as she stomped away.
"but..." hiei tried to explain, but she was gone.
hiei smiled to himself.
[i did it because i like you.]
the words repeated in her head as she walked back into the dining room.
[ could it be true?]
[ no...i cant trust that...]
[ hes always teasing me...]
[ how can i tell if he truly means it...?]
pan went to her bed. she couldn't sleep, and all she could think about was
what hiei had sad to her.
* * *
the next morning, pan ran downstairs again to see hiei before he left for
his fight.
but she noticed the whole group was there.
just sitting around and playing cards.
"guys? what are you doing? your tournament already started!!" pan exclaimed
"no it didn't. we have the whole week off. the stadium is under
construction" kurama explained.
"oh..." pan looked down at her feet, feeling pretty dumb for waking up so
early.
"why did you come down so early?" yusuke asked her, knowing the reason
anyway. she turned pink.
"its none of your business. i like to wake up early so i can go to the gym.
yusuke, maybe you want to be my punching bag today?" pan shot him a dirty
look
"no, its alright. i'll pass."
throughout this whole conversation, hiei didnt say a word to pan and only
continued with his card game.
[ is he mad at me?]
[ he didnt say goodmorning or anything...]
[ nothing...] pan looked down at her feet again.
hiei noticed she was upset. he was about to offer her for a drink, but he
was interrupted.
"hey pan!" a voice said from behind.
she turned around and saw miwa.
"hey miwa!" her despaired look turned to a gleeful smile.
hiei growled under his breath.
"why dont we go out to the computer lab for a bit? i have new hacking
techniques i wanna show you." miwa offered.
"sure. hold on though, i have to get my bag." she raced to the elevator to
her room.
just then, nara came down.
'hey everyone! ohhh can i play? pokers my favorite card game." she said.
"sure you can." kurama dealed the cards again
"hey hiei" she said with a smile.
hiei just looked forward.
"hiei...whats wrong?"
"nothing..i'm fine."
she sat and thought for a moment
"you know what...lets go for a walk..." she grabbed his hand and they
walked out together.
pan saw everything from there. she just stood there, blinking in shock.
"you know...miwa lets just get out of here..." she said to him.
he just walked out with her.
"20 dollars that she'll pick miwa." yusuke bet after they were gone
"30 dollars that she'll pick hiei." kuwabara followed.
* * *
"nara-chan...ever since we were in the same training school you've had
affection for me...but..i'm in love with someone else..." hiei said to her.
"i know. i know...you're in love with pan, am i right?" she said solemly.
"...yes...how did you know...?" he asked her questioningly.
"i can tell. i see these things, hiei...i can also tell...that she loves
you very much...she just doesnt know it..."
hiei just looked at her.
"but shes a lucky girl to have someone like you. i know that she might hang
out with miwa a lot...but...you and pan...
you guys have something...that no one could ever take away from you
both...that thing is destiny...just when i look
at you two...you guys...are...just...i dont know...i could just tell that
you guys belong together..."
as nara spoke those words, hiei began to deeply think of pan. all of her
faces that she makes, the words she spoke...
everything. images of her flashed through his head.
"nara-chan..." hiei spoke.
"hai?"
"...arigato." he said, standing up, he ran over back to the hotel, leaving
nara there. she was happy for him,
but still aching deep inside.
FIRST KISS
about 1 hour later, she got up, rubbing her head
[oh gosh...my head hurts...what happened?]
[oh yea..hangover...]
[it seems like hiei was just here for a second...]
[but then again...i dont really remember anything...]
[but i do remember...him saying something about me and miwa...]
[thats right! i remember...hiei was...jealous.]
she just sat there, thinking about hiei and what he said.
she decided to wait for him to talk it out with him later.
she sat on the couch and just waited and waited...but he didn't come back
after about one hour.
she just lied down on the couch and fell asleep.
about 10 minutes later, hiei walked back into the hotel, seeing pan asleep.
he walked over to her resting body.
"fiesty...wake up." he said quietly.
she didn't wake up, but she just stirred a bit. he rolled his eyes. he
stared at her for a moment.
he just leaned over and gently placed his lips on hers. their lips parted
as he got up and touched his lip.
he just walked away.
abrutply, pan awoke suddenly.
[was this a dream!?!?!?]
[did hiei just kiss me?!?!]
she smelt around the air, and noticed hiei's scent.
[no...it wasnt a dream!]
[hiei just..kissed me.]
[ urgh! that jerk! ]
[i have to just pretend nothing happened...]
she just got up and walked over to the dinner room.
she walked in and saw everyone, and hiei was sitting at one of the
tables...with nara.
they seemed to be having a good time, having one on one conversation. a
rush of anger swished through her.
[ THAT JERK!]
[first he kisses me, and now hes flirting with NARA...]
[ i am SO mad at him!]
she just stomped past the table.
"fiesty." hiei called out. but she ignored him and just angrily walked over
to a different table and sat next to keiko and miwa.
[ whats HER problem? ] hiei thought to himself. he growled at the sight of
her and miwa laughing together.
[ kisama...if he lays a hand on her...]
[ i'll slice him in half.] he mentally threatened him.
the rest of the night, hiei just watched pan and miwa. he got the sudden
urge to get up over to their table.
"pan."
pan looked up at him, and scowled.
"what?"
"follow me" hiei said.
"no." she refused
"follow me" he ordered, as he started out the banquet doors.
she doesnt know why she did it, but she followed him
"what do you want?" she coldly questioned
"i want to know why your ignoring me"
"baka...you should know why." pan looked away.
"its not nara again, is it?" hiei crossed his arms.
"k'so!! no!!! its not ONLY her...but its YOU too!!" she raised her voice.
"goodness hiei. your sucha jerk" she insulted
hiei snarled and grabbed her wrist.
"what are you doing!?" she struggled.
"are you mad at me?" he asked
"YES" she boldly answered
"alright...is it because of me?"
"yes" she answered again
"are you jealous?" he questioned
"NO!" she shouted.
"LIE." hiei shot back.
[ thats right...]
[ hiei's telepathic...]
[ he also has lie detecting skills...]
there was a silent for a minute.
"...do you have feelings for more than a friend for me?" hiei looked
straight into her eyes as he asked this.
she was quiet for about a second, and then slipped her wrist out of his
grip and slapped him with her other hand.
"you dare ask me personal questions like that?"
he was silent.
she just turned on her heel and walked away.
* * *
pan lied down in her bed and thought about the incident.
she told bura that she was skipping dinner and going to bed early.
[ i dont get it...]
[ why would he ask a stupid question like that? ]
[ but...i havent even answered that myself...]
[ DO i really have feelings for more than a friend...?]
[ for HIEI?]
she thought about it some more.
[ i should go down there...]
[ to apologize...]
she got up and went downstairs to the dining room. she walked over to
hiei's table...he didn't look too happy.
"hiei...i...can we talk?" she mumbled.
hiei got up and walked out the dining room with pan and sat down on the
couches at the lounge in the lobby
"...hiei...i'm sorry."
"theres nothing to be sorry for."
"but you acted like it was wrong of me to talk to miwa..."
hiei paused for a moment.
"and what about you? you acted the same with nara and i" hiei said
"...i know. i'm sorry for that too--"
"i already told you. theres nothing to be sorry for." hiei interrupted
"okay...i was just a little worried..i was just...scared that my best
friend...would be taken away from me." pan said, turning pink
after every word.
"and those questions...they made me feel...kinda low." she said, looking
down.
"i apologize for that. i know that i shouldn't have asked you such personal
questions" hiei looked away.
"i forgive you...but just this once!" she said, crossing her arms
hiei just smirked.
"but why would you ask such questions? i hope your not doing that for your
own sick twisted pleasure..."
"for my sick, twisted pleasure? well...thats not why i kissed you." hiei
just said, standing up.
pan stood up.
"you...knew..wait...what!?!?" pan said, turning even more pink than she was
before.
"i knew you were half awake...i felt your body move when i did it." hiei
said
pan just blushed even more.
"you dont have to be so embarassed...i did it because i like you." hiei
simply said, looking at her.
he said it as if it was nothing.
just then, pan just lost it.
"URGH! HIEI YOUR SUCH A JOKESTER! AND QUIT TEASING ME LIKE THAT!" she fumed
as she stomped away.
"but..." hiei tried to explain, but she was gone.
hiei smiled to himself.
[i did it because i like you.]
the words repeated in her head as she walked back into the dining room.
[ could it be true?]
[ no...i cant trust that...]
[ hes always teasing me...]
[ how can i tell if he truly means it...?]
pan went to her bed. she couldn't sleep, and all she could think about was
what hiei had sad to her.
* * *
the next morning, pan ran downstairs again to see hiei before he left for
his fight.
but she noticed the whole group was there.
just sitting around and playing cards.
"guys? what are you doing? your tournament already started!!" pan exclaimed
"no it didn't. we have the whole week off. the stadium is under
construction" kurama explained.
"oh..." pan looked down at her feet, feeling pretty dumb for waking up so
early.
"why did you come down so early?" yusuke asked her, knowing the reason
anyway. she turned pink.
"its none of your business. i like to wake up early so i can go to the gym.
yusuke, maybe you want to be my punching bag today?" pan shot him a dirty
look
"no, its alright. i'll pass."
throughout this whole conversation, hiei didnt say a word to pan and only
continued with his card game.
[ is he mad at me?]
[ he didnt say goodmorning or anything...]
[ nothing...] pan looked down at her feet again.
hiei noticed she was upset. he was about to offer her for a drink, but he
was interrupted.
"hey pan!" a voice said from behind.
she turned around and saw miwa.
"hey miwa!" her despaired look turned to a gleeful smile.
hiei growled under his breath.
"why dont we go out to the computer lab for a bit? i have new hacking
techniques i wanna show you." miwa offered.
"sure. hold on though, i have to get my bag." she raced to the elevator to
her room.
just then, nara came down.
'hey everyone! ohhh can i play? pokers my favorite card game." she said.
"sure you can." kurama dealed the cards again
"hey hiei" she said with a smile.
hiei just looked forward.
"hiei...whats wrong?"
"nothing..i'm fine."
she sat and thought for a moment
"you know what...lets go for a walk..." she grabbed his hand and they
walked out together.
pan saw everything from there. she just stood there, blinking in shock.
"you know...miwa lets just get out of here..." she said to him.
he just walked out with her.
"20 dollars that she'll pick miwa." yusuke bet after they were gone
"30 dollars that she'll pick hiei." kuwabara followed.
* * *
"nara-chan...ever since we were in the same training school you've had
affection for me...but..i'm in love with someone else..." hiei said to her.
"i know. i know...you're in love with pan, am i right?" she said solemly.
"...yes...how did you know...?" he asked her questioningly.
"i can tell. i see these things, hiei...i can also tell...that she loves
you very much...she just doesnt know it..."
hiei just looked at her.
"but shes a lucky girl to have someone like you. i know that she might hang
out with miwa a lot...but...you and pan...
you guys have something...that no one could ever take away from you
both...that thing is destiny...just when i look
at you two...you guys...are...just...i dont know...i could just tell that
you guys belong together..."
as nara spoke those words, hiei began to deeply think of pan. all of her
faces that she makes, the words she spoke...
everything. images of her flashed through his head.
"nara-chan..." hiei spoke.
"hai?"
"...arigato." he said, standing up, he ran over back to the hotel, leaving
nara there. she was happy for him,
but still aching deep inside.