Here's the third chapter! Yay! "Drunken Play." Alright, well, this is kinda a lazy chapter, got caught up in schoolwork. The next ones kinda *cough*really*cough* hentai (perverted) so I decided to leave the good stuff for chapter 4. Read on!

Yuusuke and Kurama waited patiently outside the door to the room where Atari and Hiei were talking. Suddenly, Kuwabara walked in, yawning, wearing just shorts.

"Well, that's attractive, Kuwabara. Put some clothes on, man," Yuusuke snickered.

Kuwabara grabbed Yuusuke and held him in a headlock. "Shut up!"

Kurama glanced toward them, then back at the door as it swung open. Hiei walked out slowly, then following him was Atari, smiling.

Kuwabara stopped, and looked at Atari. "Well, good morning."

Kurama tilted his head and noticed something. Hiei was staring at Atari with eyes that could only mean.

Kurama shook his head, and shook away the thoughts. "Don't be foolish." he said to himself. Then, glancing at Atari, he thought, "But then again. She is unlike anyone I've ever seen. It's almost as if she's perfect."

Atari suddenly looked over at Kurama, with shocked eyes and said, "What's that?"

Kurama's eyes widened. "What?"

Atari shook her head. "Nothing, I thought-"

She was interrupted when Yuusuke pushed Kuwabara out of the room, yelling, "C'mon! Get decent for the lady!"

Then there were some cursing on Kuwabara's half, and Yuusuke eventually locking the door on him. "Baka."

Atari giggled, then suddenly noticed Hiei, who was staring out the window.

"Hiei-sama?"

"Don't call me that."

Atari cringed and Kurama and Yuusuke exchanged confused glances.

"Gomen ne. I'm sorry, Hiei-san."

Hiei looked back at her, about to say something, but stopped himself.

"Hn. I'm going out."

"Hm? Where to, Hiei?"

"None of your business, Kurama."

Kurama glared. Hiei was definitely not being himself lately. Well, no one was really being themselves. Kuwabara and Yuusuke were still angry at Hiei for skipping out on the mission, and Kurama had been buried up to his neck in schoolwork, since he skipped three days of it to try and find that artifact in the Makai. But, Hiei didn't have any schoolwork, he didn't exactly miss out on anything, yet it seemed like he was angrier with himself, for some reason, than anyone else.

"Can I come too, Hiei-san?" Atari chirped.

Kurama flinched. Knowing Hiei, he was probably going to try and drown his anger away with alcohol. He had Yuusuke to thank for that, ever since he taught Hiei that when you're drunk, you're happy. And Hiei's not the best demon to mess with, even when he's not drunk.

Hiei did one of his famous "hn"s, and walked out. Atari went to go after him, but Kurama stopped her.

"Atari-chan, Hiei needs some time to think.Lave him to himself."

"But I-"

"I know, you mean well. It's just. Hiei's kind of dangerous when he's like this."

Atari smiled. "I'm a tough girl! I'll be fine! I just want to spend some time with him, get to know him!"

Kurama felt a pang of jealousy, and let Atari go.

"Oh. well. er. I respect that." He forced a smile. "Whatever makes you happy."

Atari smiled and kissed him quickly on the cheek. "Thank you so much, Kurama-san!"

Kurama nodded, his heart jumping when she kissed him, and watched as Atari ran down the steps of the temple, toward where Hiei was headed.

Kurama sighed. "Oh no. I think that Atari just might be." He cursed under his breath. "I have to talk to Botan!"

~*~

Hiei sat in a tree in the middle of a deserted park. It looked late, and it had been many hours since he had left the temple. A bottle of sake in his hand, he jumped out of the tree, and started walking, when he heard a whisper.

"It's about time you got down!"

Hiei turned, surprised, and saw Atari.

"I thought I told you not to- hey wait. How long have you been there?"

Atari smiled, but looked a little sad. "I've been waiting all day. I think I got here about an hour after I left the temple. Do not worry, I was not seen by the humans."

Hiei's eyes widened. "You've been sitting there, watching me, for almost twelve hours?"

Atari giggled and nodded, "Hai!" Then she walked up to him, wrinkled her nose a bit, then started giggling again, pointing at him.

"Na ni?"

"Hehe! You're drunk!"

Hiei arched an eyebrow, a little surprised. "I am not."

Atari suddenly grabbed the bottle of sake and jumped back into the tree, then into the next one, giggling.

"Hey!"

"Come and get me!"

Hiei blinked, then scowled. "This isn't a game."

"Okay." Atari suddenly pounced on Hiei, toppling him over. She smiled at him, got off, then giggled. "Now it's a game!"

Hiei blinked for a few seconds, then smirked. "Okay."

Suddenly, he disappeared. Atari looked around, then pouted. "You're no fun."

All of a sudden, Hiei came out of nowhere, and pounced on Atari, knocking her over. He quickly grabbed the bottle of sake, got up, smirking, and took a sip. Atari smiled.

"I guess I was wrong, you are fun!" Then she tilted her head at Hiei, eyeing the sake bottle. "I've never tried alcohol before."

Hiei tossed her the bottle. "Try it."

Atari looked at it for a minute, then took a sip. "Hm. it's pretty good!"

"I thought you'd like. it." Hiei's eyes widened as Atari drank the whole bottle. "Um."

Atari smiled. "C'mon! Let's. walk, talk, and drink!" Her smile was so hard to say no to.

~*~

About two hours later, Hiei and Atari entered the temple. Well, I should say Hiei entered the temple, completely wasted, with Atari asleep in his arms. Yuusuke looked up and yawned.

"Finally, you guys are back."

Hiei looked around, his eyes hazy. "Where's Kurama?"

Yuusuke shrugged. "He ran into the room, said "I gotta go talk to Botan! It's an emergency! Be back tomorrow!" and left.

"That's not like him."

"So what happened to her?" Yuusuke asked, cocking his head toward Atari.

"Drunk."

Yuusuke grinned. "Oh, I see how you do it."

Hiei glared. "Do what?!"

Yuusuke just snickered and left the room, calling out, "I'll leave you two alone for a while!"

Hiei scoffed, and Atari stirred, looking up at him with dazzling azure eyes.

"Hiei-san.?"

"Hai, Atari-chan?"

She smiled. "I had a good time."

"Me too."

"Would you. mind. staying with me tonight? Last night, I felt so lonely, I couldn't sleep."

Hiei didn't even need to think about the question. "Sure."