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"I'm not a morning person, so what?" Kuroko responded. Everyone continued to laugh at her. She growled. She sighed. "And to think I just moved here a few days..."

"Nani?" Kuwabara asked.

"I'm already fighting and stuff like I've been here all along. I like it here." She chuckled at how childish she had been in some of her fights with Hiei.

"I still can't believe you made us clean up the entire kitchen," Yusuke exclaimed.

"It was either that or you'd have to deal with an angry Kurama. Would you want that?"

Yusuke considered it, and said, "No."

"See, I saved your hide."

"Hmph." Kuroko stood and left the house, sword in hand.

"Where's the shrimp girl going?" Kuwabara asked.

"Who knows?" Yusuke replied.

She walked up to a tree, and kicked it, reducing it to splinters. She continued on like this, her victims being inanimate objects such as, rocks, cliff faces, trees, and the ground. Kuroko stopped in the midst of all this, as she sensed a familiar energy coming her way. She heard someone land nearby, and turned on her heel to face the intruder.

"Hn."

"What are you doing here, Hiei?"

"Nothing of your concern."

"I suppose your excuse is that you're training. Then, why here of all places?"

"You're my student, as far as I know, and I came to watch you." Her eyes narrowed, she didn't believe him, but couldn't find any evidence as to otherwise. He smirked.

"What're you smirking for?" Her eyes narrowed to slits. "You used your Jagan, you shrimp."

"You're in no position to call me that." It was true, she being an inch shorter than him.

"The position having the margin of an inch."

"Hn."

"Don't ever use your Jagan on me!! You're such a jerk!! How I put up with you, I don't know." She threw a right hook at his face, but he caught it. She tried punching with her other arm, but he blocked it. He now had ahold of both her fists. Kuroko kicked him in the jaw, causing him to release her.

They each took their fighting stances. He charged first. She managed to evade his first two blows, but the third hit her on the face. She began sending numerous blows his way, only two or three making it past his defenses. The tide turned, and now Kuroko was defending. She kicked him once in the stomach, though she had taken five or six to hers.

He began to run around her at top speed. She struggled to follow his movements. He broke out of his route and pinned her to the ground. She then flipped them, so she was on top. He switched the positions once more. "If all you do is defend, you'll never win a battle."

Hiei stood, leaned against the cliff face, and crossed his arms. He continued. "You're stubborn enough, but you lack any thought behind your attacks. You're just dishing out blows, and not predicting your opponent's next move."

Kuroko nodded in understanding. "I feel better." She had forgotten she was even mad at everyone. "But you're still a jerk."

She collapsed at the base of one of the remaining trees, and leaned against its rough trunk. Hiei flitted to the lower branch of a nearby tree. Soon after, he found himself closing his eyes and letting his thoughts wander.

~~Flashback~~

After Kuroko had left the hotel, everyone had slowly filtered out. Today there weren't any matches so the gang had an entire day to do whatever they pleased. Botan, Shizuru, Yukina, and Kuwabara were going to play cards in the girls' room, and they brought along Puu. Keiko dragged Yusuke along to do some shopping on the island.

Halfway down the hallway, Kurama turned to see Hiei staring at...nothing. The kitsune waited for a moment, but Hiei never moved a muscle. "Hiei?"

Hiei snapped out of his reverie. "Hn?"

"Are you alright?" the fox asked, worry evident in his voice.

"Of course. When am I not?" Obviously the former thief wasn't going to receive a straight answer, so he retreated to his room to do some schoolwork. Hiei's gaze fell upon the single Hiroseki stone that lie beneath the coffee table. A Hiroseki....My sister's....She should know...I made a deal with Shigure. I cannot tell her. She wouldn't want to have an assassin as a brother anyway.

He kneeled on the oriental rug that was placed underneath the table, and reached for the small blue stone. His pale hands closed around the said gem and placed it in his cloak pocket. The fire youkai glanced around and flitted off to find Kuroko.

~~End of Flashback~~

"Hiei?" Kuroko was waving a cautious head in front of Hiei's face.

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