Dream: Here's chapter 2! To repeat what I said before this chapter is probably going to have some fluff in it...and the pairings are going to be Kurama/Autumn and Flash/Hiei. So I don't want ot get any reviews saying 'You suck! You shouldn't have the characters fall in love with OCs!' or anything like that cuz well...You've been warned and you don't have to read it if you don't want to! Also we'll be finding out what happened to Kuwabara and Yusuke!

Now, without further ado I shall begin the story.

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Hugs, Kisses, and CANDY!:

          It was the day after the little Friday the Thirteenth prank that Autumn, Flash, and Hinote did. Hiei was sleeping in a tree in the park near Kurama's house. He was having a nice dream about burning down Koenma's palace while Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Koenma were trapped inside.

          "HIEI!" Kurama yelled causing Hiei to fall out of the tree and land on the ground with a thud.

          Hiei sat up and glared at the kitsune. "What do you want?"

          "I wanted to know if you were doing anything special today." Kurama put one hand in his pocket while the other held a bunch of roses.

          Hiei noticed the roses and got the wrong idea about what Kurama had just asked. He got a disgusted look on his face. "I'm not in to that sort of thing, kitsune..."

          "Wha...?" Kurama looked confused. He then looked at the roses and realized what Hiei thought. "Oh! No, these are for Autumn. I wanted to know if you were doing anything special for Flash today."

          "Why would I?" Hiei was confused but tried his best not to let it show.

          Kurama chuckled slightly. "Because it's Valentine's Day."

          "Valentine's Day?" Hiei was even more confused.

          Kurama waved the roses to indicate the other people in the park. There were happy couples all over the place exchanging gifts and looks of love and stuff like that. "Valentine's Day is the day of the lovers Hiei. It's when people show their affection for the ones they love by doing something very special for them."

          "Hn. Baka ningen holiday."

          "I take it that you aren't going to give Flash anything?"

          Hiei crossed his arms, "Why would I?"

          "Because you love her."

          "I DO NOT!" Hiei shot the kitsune a death glare.

          Kurama chuckled, "Whatever you say, Hiei. Now I really must get these roses to Autumn so she can put them in water..."

          "Lovesick fool." Hiei hopped back into the tree.

          Kurama smiled at the tree, "Yes, Hiei. I am a lovesick fool and I have a feeling you'll be joining me soon enough..."

          "Hn." Hiei replied as Kurama walked away.

          Kurama walked down the street passing by a bunch of happy couples saying how much they love each other. There was a guy giving a girl a ring and asking her to marry him. Another guy was walking out of a toy store with a large plush toy. Kurama decided to take a look at the toys. He walked around the whole store and finally spotted the perfect toy. It was a silver fox toy.

          A little while later Kurama was on his way to Autumn's house again. He again saw so many happy couples and quickened his pace. He finally reached Autumn's and was greeted by Dariken. Dariken had been sitting down staring at the clouds. He looked over when Kurama showed up.

          "Oh, hello thief." Dari greeted coldly.

          Kurama sighed. He wished Dariken liked him, "Hello Dariken. Is Autumn home?"

          "Yes. She's waiting by the phone to see if you'll call her."

          Kurama smiled, "Thank you."

          "Feh." Dariken turned back to watch the clouds.

          Kurama walked inside the house to find Autumn and Tenka sitting on the floor in her room and staring at the phone. He chuckled a bit causing Tenka to look up. Tenka poked Autumn. Autumn shooed him away. Tenka looked up at Kurama and shrugged.

          "Err...Autumn?" Kurama said.

          Autumn put up a hand to shush him, "Not now, Kurama. I'm waiting for you to call..." She paused and blinked a few times. "KURAMA!!!"

          Kurama smiled as she jumped up and hugged him. "Hello, dove, having a good day?"

          "Now I am!" Autumn noticed the box he was carrying, "What's in the box?"

          Kurama handed it to her, "Open it and find out."

          "Present!" Autumn sat down with the box in her lap. She undid the ribbon and slowly lifted the top off the box. "KAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

          Kurama smiled again, "I had a feeling you'd like it..."

          "It's so cute! I'm gonna call it Youko!" Autumn said as she held the fox toy over her head.

          Kurama handed her the roses, "Oh, these are for you, too."

          "Yay! You're so sweet, Kurama!" Autumn smiled.

          Tenka elbowed her, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

          "Huh? Oh! Here, Kurama!" Autumn reached into her pocket and pulled out two tickets. "You said you wanted to see that carnival with the gardening show thingy so I got tickets!"

          Kurama smiled, "Well, let's go have a good time, ne?"

          "As long as we don't spend all day looking at flowers." Autumn put the fox plush on her bed. Tenka changed into his rabbit form and hopped into her bag.

          "Going somewhere?" Dariken asked as they walked outside.

          Autumn nodded, "We're going to the carnival! Be back later, Dari! Oh and go do something special with Thorn. There's no sense in sitting outside my house all day..."

          "Yeah, sure, whatever. Have fun." Dari turned his attention to a squirrel climbing a tree.

          Autumn and Kurama were walking down the street. Autumn seemed to be looking for somebody. "You seen Flash or Hiei today?"

          "I saw Hiei earlier...why?" Kurama turned to look at her.

          Autumn pulled two more tickets out of her pocket and took a dramatic pose. She held the tickets out. "Because today is Valentine's day! And by the end of today I will have gotten those two together as a couple or else my name isn't Billy Bob the Hillbilly!"

          Some dramatic music played in the background. Kurama sweat dropped, "But your name isn't Billy Bob the Hillbilly...it's Autumn..."

          Autumn blinked a few times, "Oh...right then...let's just forget that ever happened and keep walking, shall we?"

          "Yes, that would be a good idea." Kurama nodded and laughed slightly. He knew that she was just acting that way for the sake of laughter and that at any given moment she could become quite serious and sane. Unless this was her true personality and the seriousness was the act...

          Kurama's thoughts were interrupted as Hiei walked up to them. "Do either of you have any idea what happened to my katana?"

          "Hiei lost his katana! HAHA!" Autumn pointed and laughed.

          Hiei shot a death glare at her, "Shut up, baka kitsune."

          "Did you try retracing your steps?" Kurama asked.

          Hiei crossed his arms, "I had it last night when I went to sleep then after you left this morning I realized it was gone."

          "Well, yeah. Flash took it...oops...forget I said that." Autumn laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her head.

          Hiei glared, "Flash took it??? Why???"

          "Don't be silly Hiei! Flash didn't take your katana! I was just joking!" Autumn waved her hand and laughed nervously again.

          Hiei arched an eyebrow, "Tell me now, kitsune, or I'll be forced to kill you."

          "And how are you going to do that without your katana?" Autumn smirked.

          "Hn." Hiei crossed his arms.

          Autumn smiled and pointed off towards the park, "Flash should be there right now. Let's go!"

          "But what about the carnival?" Kurama asked.

          "We can go after we find Flash! Remember what I said about Billy Bob the Hillbilly!" Autumn turned to yell at him while walking backwards.

          Kurama sweat dropped and pointed behind her, "Err...Autumn?"

          "Nani desu ka?" Autumn blinked as she continued walking backwards. Kurama pointed more urgently. Autumn turned around and her face was promptly greeted by a no parking sign. She fell backwards onto the ground. "ITAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

          Kurama ran over, "Daijobu?"

          "Yeah, I'm fine. At least I landed sitting up so that Freckles didn't get hurt!" Autumn smiled up at him.

          Hiei walked over, "Baka kitsune, can't you at least act smart for once in your life?"

          "How do you know I haven't acted smart before in my life? You've only known me for half a year. For all you know I could be acting this way to annoy the hell outta you!" Autumn said as she stood up and brushed herself off.

          "You're doing a good job at that." Hiei glared up at her.

          Autumn gave a small bow, "Why thank you. I try my best."

          "Hn." Hiei turned and started walking to the park. Kurama and Autumn followed after him. Once they reached the park they found Flash sitting under a tree and sketching something. Autumn ran up to her as quietly as possible and stood behind her and to the side.

          "HI FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Autumn yelled causing Flash to jump into the air and land with a thud. Her sketchbook and pencil landed nearby.

          Flash stood and glared at Autumn. "You're too happy! What're you planning?"

          "Nothing..." Autumn smiled innocently as she rocked back and forth on her heels.

          "Bullshit. I know you're planning something. TELL ME! Tell me now or I'll rip out your pancreas and shove it up your...Oh hi Hiei!" Flash smiled warmly at Hiei.

          Hiei crossed his arms, "Where's my katana?"

          "You told him???" Flash glared at Autumn.

          Autumn put up her hands palm out, "I didn't mean to! It slipped!"

          "Baka kitsune..."

          Autumn sighed, "I've been called a baka kitsune three times within the last five minutes..."

          "That's because it's true." Hiei nodded.

          Flash chuckled and took out a long package wrapped in black paper with a silver bow. She handed it to Hiei, "Here."

          "What's this?" Hiei asked as he took it.

          "Open it and find out." Flash rolled her eyes.

          Hiei unwrapped it and discovered it was his katana in a brand new sheath and polished to maximum shininess. He swung it once as a practice and then sheathed it. He looked at Flash, "Why did you...?"

          "Because it's Valentine's Day!" Flash and Autumn yelled at the same time.

          Hiei's response was interrupted by Yusuke and Kuwabara walking up. Their clothes were torn in random places. Kuwabara was missing a sleeve. They had scratches all over and they were dripping wet. They also had dried mud on them.

          Autumn pointed at Yusuke, "Hey! It's Yusuke the defective detective!"

          Kurama put his hand over his mouth to keep from laughing. Hiei smirked. Flash didn't bother trying not to laugh and Kuwabara passed out. Autumn poked him with a stick and then turned back to Yusuke.

          "Where've you two been?"

          "Well, after we fell down those trap doors at the house that you led us to we found ourselves about to be sacrificed by rats to a giant tuna."

          "A giant tuna???" Autumn asked.

          Yusuke nodded. Kurama blinked, "As unlikely as that sounds I'm curious to know how you escaped from such a situation."

          "Kurama, you're confusing me. Stop talking." Yusuke said.

          Kurama sighed. Yusuke then started his story. "Well you see we were tied to poles and watching the rats dance when this giant tuna rises out of the water..."

~*~Yusuke's story:

          "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M TOO PRETTY TO DIE!!!!!!!!!" Kuwabara yelled.

          Everyone stopped and stared at him even the tuna. Yusuke frowned. "Kuwabara, shut up."

          Kuwabara then started whimpering. Yusuke decided to do something crazy, "Hey, umm...you really don't want to eat us. We don't taste good. I mean we're all muddy and disgusting. Wouldn't you rather eat one of those nice tasty looking rats?"

          The tuna seemed to consider his words. Yusuke let out a sigh of relief but no sooner had he done so then the tuna swallowed him and Kuwabara whole.

          Well, as it turns out this was no ordinary tuna. Other than being abnormally large for a tuna it also had an alternate dimension in its stomach. This alternate dimension was a jungle full of blue grass, purple trees, and a green sky. It was very cold and at any given moment a pile of snow would just fall out the sky on top of something.

          Yusuke and Kuwabara fell out of the sky and right smack dab into the middle of a small clearing. They fell onto what appeared to be a ceremonial stage. All around them were strange yellow monkeys with wings that looked a lot like they were made of cheese. The monkeys stared at them for a moment and they stared at the monkeys. Then the monkeys erupted into cheers.

          "AAH! They're going to eat us!" Kuwabara yelled.

          The monkeys quieted down and a monkey wearing a hat filled with fruit stepped up to them. Another monkey grabbed a pear out of the hat and was quickly attacked by other monkeys. Nobody seemed to notice.

          "Welcome, two footed strangers from the sky. We are the cheese monkeys and we exist in this dimension. Everything that exists here was made up by a person from another dimension. Everything that has ever been imagined exists in this dimension." The leader monkey said.

          "So basically you're telling us that you don't exist? And that we're in somebody's imagination?" Yusuke narrowed his eyes at the monkey.

          The monkey nodded, "Would you like to see the creator of our world?"

          "Sure why not." Yusuke shrugged. The monkey snapped his fingers and a sheet fell off of a nearby statue. Yusuke's eyes widened, "Bloody hell! Even when she's not around she still finds a way to torture me!!!!!!!"

          Yes, folks, the statue that Yusuke saw was a statue of Autumn in all her insane glory. The statue her was wearing a hat in the shape of a duck's head and had squirrels all around her. It was giving the victory sign and winking. The whole statue was very shiny as if it was polished daily. Sitting on the statue's shoulder was a squirrel with pilot goggles on his head and a backpack. Nearby was a small statue of Tenka sweat dropping.

~*~Interruption:

          "No way. You're saying that you were in a world created by my overactive imagination?" Autumn blinked.

          Yusuke nodded, "Yes and I hated every minute of it. You're imagination tried to kill me!!!"

          "...I love my imagination." Autumn smiled.

~*~Back to Yusuke's story:

          "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yusuke screamed and started running away as fast as possible. Kuwabara followed.

          The screaming alerted the nearby guards to the humans' presence. Soon Yusuke and Kuwabara found themselves being chased by radioactive squirrels, some of which happened to have saddles on their back and were being ridden by Chibi Sesshoumarus. They were also being chased by what appeared to be a flying walrus, a giant talking boot, a strange little dog that kept turning things into muffins, a small fox, a unicorn, and a zombie space cow.

          "Bloody hell! This girl needs a psychiatrist!!!!!!!!!!" Yusuke yelled as he ran. He then crashed into a brick wall that just randomly was there in the middle of the jungle. "SHIMATTA! Autumn! If I survive this I'm going to kill you!!!"

          They were then attacked by the creatures. Yusuke tried firing his spirit gun but it was turned into a muffin and it was quickly eaten by the strange dog thing that did it. The creatures then ganged up on the boys at once. Yusuke was finally able to push the animals off of him and he grabbed Kuwabara. They started running again.

          They ran until they reached a cliff overlooking a large orange ocean. The animals had them cornered so Yusuke dove into the orange water and started swimming. Kuwabara did the same. They swam for hours and hours until they saw a small island in the distance. They swam to the island and once there discovered that there was a portal sitting in the middle. Next to the portal was a sign.

          "'Thank you for visiting Autumn's imagination. We hope you didn't enjoy your stay and never come back. Please use this portal to get back to whatever place you came from. That is if you trust us with your lives which you really shouldn't do because Autumn tends to lose things and I'm just bored so I might decide to kill you or send you to a dimension of eternal suffering or some such thing. Now, since obviously you haven't left yet, I suggest you do so before I decide to get violent. I have a lot of free time on my hands you know. I've been thinking of different ways to torture people. All I need is a victim...You! You are now officially my victim! You will die! ...ok so maybe not...just go! Why the hell are you still reading this damn sign??? Get away from here! Go back where you belong! GO AWAY! LEAVE!!!!!!!!! That's it! I can't talk to you despicable people any more!'" Yusuke read the words on the sign.

          He and Kuwabara looked at each other and then walked through the portal.

~*~End

          "Then we wound up here." Yusuke finished with a nod.

          Autumn looked thoughtful, "I really have got to find something for Harmony to do during the day. She obviously has too much free time."

          "...so basically your squirrel army lives in your imagination?" Flash asked.

          Autumn nodded, "And that little critter that turns things into muffins was created especially for the purpose of bothering the hell outta Yusuke. I see that she did her job well."

          Yusuke's eye was twitching rapidly. He pointed his finger at Autumn and started summoning his spirit gun. "I am going to kill you now. It was horrible knowing you."

          Kurama walked over and knocked Yusuke unconscious, "Let that be a lesson to you, Yusuke. Never threaten my girlfriend."

          "Now, we're off to the carnival!" Autumn pointed off into the distance, blinked a couple times, moved so that she was facing in the opposite direction while still pointing and started walking.

          Kurama ran up to her and took her hand as they walked. Hiei and Flash looked at each other before following. After a while of walking they reached the carnival. They gave the tickets and walked into it.

          "Where should we go first?" Autumn asked Kurama.

          Kurama looked around, "How about we play some games?"

          "Yay!" Autumn said before taking Kurama's hand and skipping off to the games.

          Kurama chuckled. They passed by many games. Hiei looked around and frowned, "Remind me why we're here."

          "To have a good time!" Autumn yelled over her shoulder.

          "And how are we supposed to do that if there are so many people here?"

          "...ignore them?"

          "Baka kitsune..."

          "Baka fire youkai..."

          Hiei and Flash both glared at Autumn. Flash spoke first, "Hiei is not stupid. Take that back or you will suffer my wrath!"

          "Eep!" Autumn moved behind Kurama for protection.

          Kurama looked over his shoulder at her, "Perhaps you should just apologize?"

          "Yeah...good idea! Hiei, sorry I called you stupid!" Autumn smiled sweetly.

          Flash quieted down and then pointed at one of the games. It was a game with stacked bottles. The prizes are what caught Flash's eye because they were plush toy dragons. She pointed at a black one.

          "It's so kawaii! I want it!"

          Hiei looked at the toy and then at Flash. He thought for a moment before saying, "I'll get it for you..."

          "You will?"

          Hiei nodded and walked over to the game. The game guy person man gave him the ball to use. Hiei threw it and the bottles all went flying in the same direction. In fact it looked like they were all glued together. The man sweat dropped and laughed nervously. Hiei pointed at the toy and brought it back to Flash.

          "Here."

          Flash took it and then hugged Hiei, "THANK YOU!"

          "Hn." Hiei had a very faint blush on his cheeks.

          Kurama and Autumn smiled at them. Hiei glared at them, "Baka kitsune, stop smiling."

          "It's a free country Hiei; we can smile if we want to." Autumn nodded.

          Flash moved away from Hiei and looked around. "Let's see...where to go..."

          "Bumper cars! Bumper cars!" Autumn hopped up and down pointing at it.

          Kurama chuckled at how much she was acting like a little kid. "Alright, let's go on the bumper cars."

          "YAY!" Autumn grabbed Kurama's hand and started dragging him to the bumper cars.

          Flash smirked, "This should be fun..." She walked off after them and Hiei followed.

          "What kind of baka ningen game is this?" Hiei asked as they waited on line for the bumper cars. He was watching the ningens crashing into each other.

          "The kind that gives people concussions!" Autumn smiled happily.

          "Is there a point to this?" Hiei asked,

          Flash nodded. "The point is to crash your car into the other people out there. It's a very good way to work off your anger."

          "Actually, I think I might like this game..." Hiei smirked.

          Once they were seated in their own cars and the game had started Flash and Autumn went after each other. Autumn had buckled her bag with Freckles in it to the seat. They repeatedly crashed their cars into each other. Hiei had targeted a little kid and the kid was now crying. Hiei then went after Kurama. Kurama had been watching Autumn and Flash to make sure they didn't hurt anybody or each other. Hiei crashed into Kurama's car.

          "Out of the way, baka kitsune!"

          "I never thought I'd live to see the day Hiei had any kind of fun..." Kurama said quietly to himself as he turned his car and crashed it into Hiei's.

          After the ride on the bumper cars the group decided to walk around for a bit. Autumn and Flash were a little bit dizzy after crashing into each other so many times. Autumn stopped walking and pointed.

          "Ice cream!!!"

          Hiei perked up, "Sweet snow? Where?"

          "Yonder! In that thar ice cream truck!" Autumn pointed.

          Hiei ran over to the truck followed by the others. Flash saw that they had one of those frozen coffee drink thingies so she got that. Hiei got a large cone of ice cream. Autumn got a cone with sprinkles (yay! Sprinkles! *feels childish* ^_^;;;) and Kurama got a cone of strawberry ice cream. They all parked themselves at a table to eat.

          "Well, this has been a great day so far!" Autumn smiled.

          Flash nodded, "And it's not over yet!"

          "Where should we go next?" Hiei asked.

          Autumn thought for a moment, "Well, Kurama and I are going to go to the gardening show they have here. Why don't you two go do something together? Like play more games or go on the Ferris Wheel?"

          "Ok, sounds good. See you two later." Flash waved as Kurama and Autumn left.

          Once they were out of sight Autumn put Freckles on the ground. He changed into Tenka. Autumn pointed, "Do everything you possibly can to get those two as close together as possible."

          "Yes sir...I mean ma'am!" Tenka saluted and then ran off.

          Kurama and Autumn continued on their way to the gardening show. Hiei and Flash were walking around looking for a game to play. They finally settled on a game with water guns and targets. They would be facing off against each other at it. Halfway through the game Hiei decided to get even for the day before and turned his water gun to shoot it at Flash.

          "HIEI! I'm going to kill you!!!" Flash yelled as she turned her water gun to shoot Hiei with it. Soon they had completely forgotten about the targets and were busy having a water war with each other. The guy running the game chuckled as he watched them. After the game was over Flash and Hiei were both drenched. Flash walked away and the guy handed Hiei a plush toy duck.

          "Here ya go, kid. Give this to your girlfriend and have a good Valentine's Day."

          Hiei took the duck and blinked, "Oh...she's not my girlfriend she's just a friend."

          "Sure she is, kid. Sure she is."

          Hiei frowned at the ningen and walked away to find Flash. She jumped out of the bush he was passing. "BOO!"

          "FLASH! DON'T DO THAT!" Hiei yelled as he took a step back.

          "Ha ha! I scared Hiei!" Flash pointed and laughed.

          Hiei threw the duck at her. Flash caught it and hugged it, "DUCK!"

          "Come on, let's go find something else to do." Hiei said as he turned and started walking again.

          Tenka was hiding in a tree nearby with binoculars in his hands. He had put black paint on his face and had some twigs and leaves in his hair. He hopped out of the tree. "Time to put operation Lovey dovey into action!" He said quietly as he ran off after the two. Random people stared at him as he passed. It's not every day you see a little boy with rabbit ears and a rabbit tail.

          Flash and Hiei were arguing about something. They were facing each other. Flash had her arms crossed. "I want to go on the pirate ship ride!"

          "Well, I don't!" Hiei glared at her.

          Tenka smirked. This was the perfect opportunity for him. He quickly pushed a random person into Flash. This caused her to stumble forward into Hiei's arms and also caused their lips to meet. They were both stunned for a moment before pulling away from each other. They were both blushing and looking everywhere but at each other. Tenka snickered and put away the camera Autumn had given him as part of his mission. She would be very proud.

          "...I guess we could go on the pirate ship..." Hiei broke the silence between them.

          Flash smiled, "Thank you, Hiei! Then I promise we'll do something you want to do."

          "Ok." Hiei said as Flash led him through the crowd to the Pirate Ship.

~*~Meanwhile:

           Kurama and Autumn had left the gardening show after Kurama had gotten into an argument with the "expert" gardener and had won. They were now walking along wondering where to go. Autumn was hopping along from bench to bench while Kurama watched.

          "Maybe we should go to the arcade?" Autumn suggested. She then seemed to like her idea and hopped off the bench in front of Kurama. She pointed at him, "Yeah! We can play a game against each other! I am so gonna beat you!"

          "You're on." Kurama smiled.

          Autumn smiled slyly then reached out and tapped his shoulder. "Tag, you're it!" She then took off running towards the arcade.

          "Oh now you're going to get it!" Kurama yelled as he started chasing her.

          Autumn was dodging around people in the hopes of losing Kurama. He wasn't having too much trouble with the obstacle course. They were both laughing. The adults that they passed by smiled at them.

          "Almost...there..." Autumn said to herself as she saw the arcade. She had almost reached the door when she felt arms wrap around her waist and pull her back against something warm. She looked up to see Kurama smiling down at her.

          "Gotcha." He said teasingly.

          "So I see." Autumn smiled.

          "Now, what do I win?"

          "Who said anything about winning something?" Autumn smirked.

          Kurama pouted, "Oh, that's not fair."

          "All's fair in love and war, Kurama." Autumn turned around so she was facing him and leaned up to kiss him. He returned the kiss and the nearby adults that had seen the chase chuckled and shook their heads.

          Moments later they broke away from each other and walked into the arcade. Autumn picked out a puzzle game where you had to match the colored chips to make four in a row. You couldn't allow this line to touch the top of the chips. Autumn had had practice with this game and she easily beat Kurama. After a few more different games the score was tied between them.

          Autumn smiled, "One last game? Winner takes all?"

          "What does the winner win?" Kurama asked.

          Autumn thought, "Well, if you win then you get another kiss..."

          "And if you win then I'll get you one of those stuffed animals." Kurama pointed off at the prize counter that had some really adorable fuzzy bunny toys.

          "Kawaii! Deal!" Autumn held her hand out for a shake. Kurama took her hand and they shook.

          Kurama looked around. "Which game?"

          "Hmm...That one!" Autumn pointed at the dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution. (I think that's what it's called...I've only played that game once, I suck at it. At least I think I did better than the friend I was playing with...until I stopped trying)

          Kurama nodded and they walked over to it. They were both doing ok. Every time one of them would mess up they would laugh at themselves and each other. A small crowd had gathered to watch them have fun. The game ended in a tie.

          "Well, that doesn't solve anything..." Kurama said.

          "Sure it does! According to fate we've both won!" Autumn smiled. She then leaned up and kissed him again. After she pulled away she pointed at the bunny toys, "I gave you your prize."

          "And I'll go get yours." Kurama said as he led her to the prize counter. He picked out a bunny with floppy ears that looked a lot like Freckles. After that they left the arcade and started to wander around again.

          "Where should we go?" Autumn asked.

          "Maybe we should try to find Flash and Hiei?" Kurama suggested.

          "Not yet, we need to give Tenka more time. These things don't happen instantly you know."

          "Then how about we go ride the pirate ship? Or that ride over there." Kurama pointed at a ride called the Gravitron.

          Autumn squealed happily, "I love the Gravitron!!! Let's go there! Please? Please, can we go?" She gave him her puppy dog eyes.

          "Sure, if you want to go, we'll go." Kurama smiled at her.

          Autumn jumped up and threw her arm in the air. She then landed and gave a victory sign to Kurama before turning and running off to the ride while laughing. Kurama followed after her also laughing. They got on the ride and waited for it to start. The ride started spinning and they felt like they were being pushed back against the wall mat things. Autumn moved up on the wall and maneuvered herself so that she was upside down against it. Kurama laughed once he noticed this.

          "Try it, Kurama! It's really fun!" Autumn yelled over the music.

          Kurama shrugged before also turning himself upside down. Autumn then put her bunny toy upside down against the wall as well. Kurama and Autumn looked at each other and started to laugh. After that ride was over they took a moment to sit down and let the world stop spinning. It was already getting dark.

          "This has been the best day ever!" Autumn laughed.

          Kurama smiled and nodded, "Yes, it has been a very good day."

          "I guess now we should try and find the others...Let's go to the pirate ship!" Autumn jumped up and pointed.

          Kurama stood up and shook his head while laughing, "Do your batteries ever run out?"

          "Nope! I'm the energizer bunny! I just keep going and going!" She put the bunny toy on her head and started walking like the energizer bunny while beating an imaginary drum. (Don't own the energizer bunny)

          Kurama laughed and pulled her into a hug. After pulling away they started walking towards the pirate ship hand in hand.

~*~Meanwhile:

          Flash and Hiei had finally gotten on the ride. Once the ride started Hiei clung to the seat in surprise. Flash threw her arms in the air and started laughing. Hiei then got used to the ride and also started to laugh. Especially with all the ningens screaming in fear.

          "Baka ningens!" Hiei and Flash yelled at the same time. They then looked at each other and laughed more.

          As the pirate ship reached its peak where it seemed as if it would turn upside down Hiei grabbed onto Flash in surprise. Flash was surprised that Hiei was that close and she blushed bright red. The ride paused for a moment and then swung down and up the other side so the ground was behind them. It paused again.

          "Err...Hiei?" Flash asked as the fire demon was still clinging to her.

          Hiei looked at her and noticed that he was clinging before turning bright red and pulling away. They avoided looking at each for the rest of the ride. After getting off they stood by a bench and looked around at everything.

          "Where should we go next?" Hiei asked.

          Flash shrugged. Tenka, hiding in the tree above them, dropped a paper for the laser tag part of the carnival. Flash picked it up, "Laser tag? Sounds like fun! Let's go!"

          Hiei nodded and turned to walk away. They were stopped by a voice from behind them. "HEY! Flash! Hiei! Where are you two going?"

          They turned and saw Autumn running towards them and Kurama following after. Autumn slid to a stop and Flash pointed at the bunny toy on her head. "Why is there a stuffed animal on your head?"

          "Wha? Oh! I was wondering what I did with that!" Autumn smiled as she took the toy off her head. Kurama stopped running and stood next to her.

          "Why are you two wet?" Kurama asked Hiei and Flash. Their clothes were still a bit wet after the water war.

          Flash laughed, "We had a war with water guns. Hiei started it. Look! Hiei gave me a duck!" She held out her duck toy.

          "Sounds like you've been having fun." Autumn smiled at them.

          Flash held out the paper, "We're going to the laser tag. Wanna come?"

          "Sure." Kurama and Autumn said at the same time. The group walked off to the laser tag. They got there and had to pick teams.

          "How about boys against girls?" Autumn suggested.

          Flash nodded, "Yeah! You guys don't stand a chance!"

          "We'll see about that." Hiei smirked.

          Kurama smiled, "Let's make this more interesting. Losers have to sing karaoke in front of a large crowd of people at the arcade."

          Flash and Autumn huddled for a discussion before nodding. The four of them then went and got their laser gun things.

          "The vixen and the lioness wait silently for their prey to come into view...These two fierce creatures will then secretly and stealthily fire at said prey until all their ammo is gone. Then they will run for their lives to get more ammo."

          "Autumn?"

          "Yeah, Flash?"

          "Be quiet."

          "Okee dokee!"

           Autumn and Flash turned their attention back to the dimly lit playing field in order to try and find the boys. Autumn saw Kurama pass by and readied her gun to see if he would come again. He did and she fired at him. At the same time Flash fired at Hiei. The boys were taken by surprise and just as Autumn had said the girls kept firing until they ran out of ammo. Then they ran for their base to get more ammo. Kurama and Hiei shot at them as they ran.

          After reaching their base and getting more ammo the girls were crouched behind a wall that led all the way to their base. Autumn came up with a plan. Or rather Harmony came up with a plan and Autumn took credit for it.

          "Ok, this time one of us will shoot while the other sneaks over to their base to shoot it. Then once the boys or one of the boys goes to protect the base the one that's their will run and hope that she makes it back without getting hit."

          "You're going to the base." Flash said.

          Autumn nodded, "Ok! Just try not to waste your ammo..."

          "Right." Flash looked through a hole in the wall to try and find the boys.

          Kurama was explaining his plan to Hiei. "One of them is most likely going to come and try and shoot the base so one of us will have to stay hidden around here in order to protect it. The other will try and make it seem like we're both out there trying to get to them."

          "Fine. You stay here to guard the base. I'll go." Hiei said before quickly walking off. Kurama hid himself between a few posts.

          Flash pointed, "I see them!" She then started firing at Hiei.

          "Ok, I'll go now." Autumn crawled off to the base. She got there and started shooting it. Kurama came out from his hiding place and shot at her. "GAH! EVIL!" Autumn yelled as she dove behind a post. They both kept shooting at each other until they both ran out of ammo.

          Kurama walked over to the base and refilled his ammo. He then smiled at Autumn. "Well, dove, it would appear I've won."

          "Not so fast, fox boy! I've still got a few tricks up my sleeve!" Autumn turned and ran a bit towards the base. Kurama chased her. She hid and he stood blinking and looking around. That's when she jumped out and tackled him to the ground. They rolled a bit until they were near where Flash and Hiei were firing at each other. Flash and Hiei stopped to look at them.

          Autumn was straddling Kurama's waist and was holding his gun. She pointed it at him and started firing. "TAKE THAT! FEEL MY WRATH!!!!!!!!!!!!"

          Kurama laughed and put his hands up to try and shield himself. "Nooooooooooooo!"

          "Err...Autumn? Kurama?" Flash came around to stand near Hiei.

          Autumn looked up, "Yeah-ha?"

          "That doesn't look right..." Hiei pointed at them.

          Kurama and Autumn looked at each other and blushed bright red as they noticed the position they were in. Autumn quickly got up and held a hand out for Kurama. That's when the timer ran out. Kurama's team lost because of Autumn's little stunt at the end so they made their way to the arcade. Hiei and Kurama got ready to sing. Autumn and Flash were debating what song they should sing and finally settled on 'Oops I did it Again' by Brittney Spears. (Don't own)

          The two boys started to sing. This attracted quite a crowd while Flash videotaped it. After the embarrassment was done the four were gathered outside. Tenka hopped out of the tree nearby and walked over.

          "The carnival's going to be closing soon. They're having special Valentine's day fireworks. I've heard that the best place to watch them is the Ferris wheel." Tenka said.

          "Yay! I love fireworks!" Autumn smiled.

          Kurama took her hand and started leading her to the Ferris wheel. He turned to Hiei and Flash. "Are you two coming?"

          "Sure, I guess so." Flash shrugged before following. Hiei walked after her. Tenka followed just for the heck of it. Once they got to the Ferris Wheel there weren't too many people waiting so they let Tenka sit in one little basket thingy with Autumn and Flash's stuffed toys. Kurama and Autumn went in one basket together. That left Hiei and Flash to go together.

          Flash and Hiei were silent through the first spin of the wheel. When their basket was almost at the top of the wheel the wheel stopped. (Tenka's basket is on the very top and Kurama and Autumn's basket is opposite Flash and Hiei's) Hiei and Flash looked around to see why it stopped. They heard a noise and turned to see that there were fireworks in the sky. The fireworks were pink and in the shape of hearts. There were also some red ones.

          Flash looked at Hiei while he watched the fireworks. She moved over next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. He was surprised but this but soon relaxed and hesitantly put his arm around her.

          "Hiei?"

          "Yeah Flash?"

          "Aishite'ru..." Flash whispered.

          Hiei's eyes widened when he heard that. He wasn't sure how to respond but he was shocked to find himself saying what he had never said to anyone before, "Aishite'ru Flash..." They both smiled and held each other closer.

          In the basket across from them, Autumn pointed. "Kurama, look!"

          "Well, it seems your plan worked after all..." Kurama smiled as he saw Flash and Hiei sitting close together.

          Autumn hugged Kurama closer to her and looked back at the fireworks. "Aishite'ru koibito."

          "Aishite'ru dove." Kurama responded.

          Tenka was sitting in his basket holding Autumn's bunny toy. "Y'know...these things are creepy..." he said while looking at the toys.

          The last fireworks were white shining ones. And in the middle of the sky was a red heart with a white arrow through it and the words 'Happy Valentine's Day' written on it.

~End~

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Zero: *gags*

Dream: *glares* oh get over it

Tenka: you do realize you're late with this chapter?

Dream: yeah, well...that's the way things are with me.

Zero: yeah, just rap this up.

Dream: Right, here's the dictionary for the Japanese words I didn't use in the last chapter:

Kawaii – cute

Nani desu ka? – What is it?

Daijobu? – Are you okay?

Aishite'ru – I love you

Zero: so, that's it. The baka kitsune is now going to get back to work on her other fanfics and things she has to do. Isn't that right, kitsune?

Dream: ...maybe...

Tenka and Zero: -_-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Dream: ^_^;;;;;; well, buh-bye! Please review!