It began with a fortune cookie
Chapter 7: 2 weeks later
Angel was sleeping peacefully on the nice Saturday morning. Hiei was sleeping also. What woke the two up was a loud crash from her closet. Angel jumped up and saw Patches next to the closet meowing pitifully. Angel ran to the closet and saw that everything collapsed. Her family wasn't home so she started to get things out of the closet. She heard the meowing of her bigger cat come from under the pile of clothes and games.
"Hold on Luna I'll get you out." Angel said while throwing things onto her computer chair.
Hiei heard the crash and sat up when he saw Angel throwing things out calling for her black cat. He heard the cat's muffled meow and knew that the poor cat was caught under the stuff. Angel was frantically pulling things out. Hiei came up next to her and helped her. When they saw black fur they stopped.
"Luna." Angel said grabbing the cat and nuzzling it before checking for injuries like what a veterinarian does at the normal check up.
Seeing how professional she seemed and how experienced she looked as her fingers pressed into the cat's stomach and looking around for open wounds.
"You're ok. Thank goodness. My poor baby. Come on I'll get you some treats." Angel said carrying the cat out to the kitchen.
Hiei watched the cat meow and rub itself against her legs as she got the bag of kitty treats out. He was still trying to find out how to get back to the Dark Tournament. Angel turned to look at Hiei to see his distant eyes. She held her tongue from sudden questions welling up in her mind to ask. She went to the fridge and took out a carton of eggs. She got out a frying pan and non-stick spray.
"You want something to eat?" She asked Hiei snapping him out of his train of thought.
"Yeah." Hiei answered.
Angel made some eggs and bacon and then cleaned the kitchen as Hiei ate. Hiei watched Angel clean the kitchen from the corner of his eye. She was acting strangely ever since she had been sick the week before. Some times at night he'd heard her sit up in bed panting or crying. He concluded to himself that she just had nightmares the whole time but what caught him off was when it came to school yesterday she was saying what would happen next in a low mutter. This was changing what was happening to her. She did say that she was slightly empathic. Angel felt very disturbed ever since she got sick the weeks before. She had been having premonitions like crazy. Some of them felt so real; she could feel the pain, and heartache as well as loss, which made her awake in the middle of the night crying. The phone rung as she was heading to her room to change.
"Hello? Oh hey Jasmine. Nuthin' why? WHAT?! No! I am NOT going to dress like that." Angel's conversation began.
Hiei watched a crimson blush glow onto Angel's face as she talked to her cousin.
"Alright. If we're going to the beach. No one knows me out there. But if I get hit on I'm going to kill you." Angel said before hanging up.
"What was that about?" Hiei asked.
"Jasmine wants me to go to the beach with her today. So . . . you want to come with us or stay here?" Angel asked.
"I'm staying near you human." Hiei replied.
"Ok." Angel said going into her room and grabbing some clothes and heading towards the shower.
Hiei went into the livingroom and watched TV. He watched the local news and knew why Jasmine wanted Angel to go to the beach. A new club had opened and teens were allowed to go in. He smirked knowing that the usually naive teen in the shower would just look the other way when it came to having fun. When he heard her leaving the bathroom he saw what she was wearing. She was wearing one of the shirts her aunt gave her. It was a belly revealing spaghetti strapped red tank top with shorts that rode up her thighs that seemed tight on her.
"Why is it that you're wearing THOSE clothes?" Hiei asked.
"Jasmine said I should 'Try and live for once' although this is totally uncalled for. I look like a whore." Angel said with a blush.
"Your clothes look tight." Hiei asked.
"That's because I can somehow fit into these shorts and they're two sizes smaller than what I usually wear. My grandma approved of these clothes." Angel said.
"Your grandmother? Whose mother?" Hiei asked.
"It's my moms." Angel said while taking her car keys.
Hiei went and touched Angel's cheeks they were still slightly warm. Angel tried to not blush badly from how close he was. Hiei went and changed and then went to the carport to see Angel had started the car and turned the AC on. He got into the car and sat in the passenger seat to see that she had her favorite CD in. They drove off to her uncle's house to pick her cousin up. Jasmine was in a bit more revealing clothes. She was wearing her string bikini top under a VERY skimpy white string top with really short shorts.
"Jasmine, bold can only describe your dressing. You're very bold girl. I wish I could have the guts you have." Angel said.
"You have the flat stomach." Jasmine said.
"Tell me again why I am doing this?" Angel asked.
"Because I'm your cousin and you love me and you wouldn't let me go to such a place by myself." Jasmine said.
"I wonder why I care so much." Angel said.
"Prepare to be hooked up." Jasmine said.
"Jasmine." Angel said in warning.
Hiei watched the cousins talk to each other. They were total opposites like day and night. One of bold and boycrazy while the other did reasonable thinking before acting and has the touch of reality.
"Why do you listen to this CD all the time I'm around?" Jasmine asked.
"I love this cd." Angel said.
"It's sooo morbid. You should be one of those Goths." Jasmine said.
"I'm a Goth at heart then Jas." Angel said with a smirk while waiting for the light to turn green.
They got to the club and Angel was about to murder her cousin when a guy came up to her and asked for her name. Angel glared at Jasmine as Hiei came up to her side. Hiei put an arm around Angel's slim waist and told the guy not to hit on her. The guy was VERY intimidated and walked off.
"Uh arigatou Ho-kun." Angel stuttered.
"Don't mention it." Hiei said while looking around.
Jasmine was dancing as Angel and Hiei were looking out at the Gulf. When Jasmine was done having her fun she came up to Angel and Hiei.
"Ready to go now?" Angel asked.
"Yeah." Jasmine said.
The three were now in the car on the way back home when Jasmine's cell went off. After a moment she whispered to Angel something which Hiei should have told her that it was fruitless to whisper.
"WHAT?! GRANDMA IS ON HER WAY HERE?!" Angel yelled.
"She's bringing Gabe, Neeko, and Awenah too." Jasmine said.
"Well you get to see them for the first time unless your mom is going to be a bitch." Angel said.
"Knowing you you'll gush over Gabe and Neeko like during the summer. Chris told me that you helped Neeko with his breathing treatments and all." Jasmine said.
"I love my baby cousins." Angel said while pulling into the driveway to see her Grandmother's red van.
"How long have you known that they were coming?" Angel asked.
"Well I guess I DID leave out the detail that she left last night and was arriving any time now. And that she brought Nicky and Austin too." Jasmine said.
"NO!!! I'm going to be chased out of my room! AGAIN!!!" Angel said while parking on the other side of the street.
"Angel!!!" Austin and Nick yelled practically plowing her over.
"Nick, Austin what a surprise." Angel said.
"Victoria wants to see you." Austin said.
"Come here you brat!" Angel said grabbing Nick and putting him over her head.
The 6-year-old screamed and kicked as he was being carried toward the house.
"Seems like Jasmine's plan worked." Her mom said.
"Mom." Angel sighed.
"Oh you look nice Angel. So has Rick asked you out?" Her grandma asked hugging her.
"No, he moved away." Angel said.
"Damn girl two sizes small and it fits you like a glove. I wish I had that figure again." Her aunt, Victoria said while feeding her son a bottle.
"Oh oh where's Neeko?" Angel asked.
"Right here. And I haven't gotten his breathing machine out but he needs his treatment. Want to help me?" Her grandma asked.
"Oh Neeko Neko, kawaii!!! Come here to Auntie Angel." Angel said picking up the baby.
Hiei saw how the baby smile toward her to see her smile back and then make a funny face which made the infant gurgle. Jasmine got the bouncy seat and his machine from the van and brought it into her room. Angel seat and strapped the baby into the seat before taking the medicine and putting it in the machine. She held the thing to Neeko's face as the baby happily sucked on his pacifier.
"That's my boy. I want a baby just like you when I get older." She said after taking him out of the seat and patted his back.
Neeko saw Hiei and started to smile to the fire demon and started to kick Angel to try and get to him.
"Ow that hurts. I just have to do this for at least 3 more minutes and then we'll see if Hiei wants to hold you okay?" She said to the baby.
Neeko gurgled. Right then his older sister of 10 months, Awenah came in and jumped onto Hiei's lap. Hiei looked at the girl in his lap and then heard Angel laugh.
"Awenah come her sweetie. Come give me a hug." Angel said holding a free arm out to her cousin.
The chubby toddler got off of Hiei's lap and hugged Angel before plopping herself onto Angel's lap and poking her baby brother. Angel was finished patting Neeko's back and held the two children in her arms.
"So have you been a good girl for Grandma and Grandpa?" Angel asked.
Awenah shook her head yes and then said 'juice'. Hiei could tell that this human was NOT at all what she seemed from earlier. She was good with kids. Austin and Nick came into the room and asked Angel to play her playstation.
"Uh uh me and Victoria are going to play dance dance revolution. You can watch though." Angel said while taking the dance pads out.
"Ready? I've gotten better." Victoria said making sure her dance pad worked.
"Well you aren't the only one who practiced." Angel said.
Hiei watched the two play their first battle round. He wondered why this was the craze.
"Aw man I got a C. I'll beat you next round." Angel said to her aunt who was laughing.
"Come on lets do non-stop mode then." Victoria said.
"You're on." Angel said tying her hair into a loose braid before taking the mate first.
Hiei watched as her hair fell out of its tie as she jumped at each step.
"Aw man! I missed that one! HA! Got it now." Angel said while moving her feet to where the arrows needed to be stepped on.
"Well, 5 songs in a row and ended up with a C. Not bad. My turn." Victoria said as Angel wiped her sweat off her brow with a towel.
"I bet you can't beat my score Tori." Angel panted while getting a bottle of water off her desk to drink.
""We might tie though." Victoria said before having to start.
"You should try this game Ho-kun. Since you're from Japan I know you MUST have played this game before." Angel said sitting next to Hiei.
"Yeah, I can do the hardest song there is. It took me a long time though." Hiei answered.
After Victoria finished and Angel bragged for a moment Hiei took a shot at the game. He did 'La Senorita' at maniac and beat it with an A.
"Damn!" Angel said.
"That was easy." Hiei said with a smirk towards Angel.
"Hmph you can say that! You've played it longer than I have. I just got this game 2 months ago." Angel said with a frown.
Victoria went out to the livingroom leaving Hiei and Angel alone.
"You suck. You and your demon blood and your speed." Angel growled.
Hiei chuckled at her sign of jealousy. He pat her on the head and saw her glare.
"Why is it that everyone pats my head like I'm some kind of puppy?" Angel asked.
"I'd have to differ. You seem more like your kitten Patches." Hiei said.
Angel blushed from this while being patted on the top of her head by the demon.
**Written in the middle of the night in a private journal**
It's strange but now I feel attracted towards him. Oh god what the hell am I sayin?! But that's all. Beside my premo/nightmare. I just hope it don't happen.
**Fin de etapa*
Chapter 7: 2 weeks later
Angel was sleeping peacefully on the nice Saturday morning. Hiei was sleeping also. What woke the two up was a loud crash from her closet. Angel jumped up and saw Patches next to the closet meowing pitifully. Angel ran to the closet and saw that everything collapsed. Her family wasn't home so she started to get things out of the closet. She heard the meowing of her bigger cat come from under the pile of clothes and games.
"Hold on Luna I'll get you out." Angel said while throwing things onto her computer chair.
Hiei heard the crash and sat up when he saw Angel throwing things out calling for her black cat. He heard the cat's muffled meow and knew that the poor cat was caught under the stuff. Angel was frantically pulling things out. Hiei came up next to her and helped her. When they saw black fur they stopped.
"Luna." Angel said grabbing the cat and nuzzling it before checking for injuries like what a veterinarian does at the normal check up.
Seeing how professional she seemed and how experienced she looked as her fingers pressed into the cat's stomach and looking around for open wounds.
"You're ok. Thank goodness. My poor baby. Come on I'll get you some treats." Angel said carrying the cat out to the kitchen.
Hiei watched the cat meow and rub itself against her legs as she got the bag of kitty treats out. He was still trying to find out how to get back to the Dark Tournament. Angel turned to look at Hiei to see his distant eyes. She held her tongue from sudden questions welling up in her mind to ask. She went to the fridge and took out a carton of eggs. She got out a frying pan and non-stick spray.
"You want something to eat?" She asked Hiei snapping him out of his train of thought.
"Yeah." Hiei answered.
Angel made some eggs and bacon and then cleaned the kitchen as Hiei ate. Hiei watched Angel clean the kitchen from the corner of his eye. She was acting strangely ever since she had been sick the week before. Some times at night he'd heard her sit up in bed panting or crying. He concluded to himself that she just had nightmares the whole time but what caught him off was when it came to school yesterday she was saying what would happen next in a low mutter. This was changing what was happening to her. She did say that she was slightly empathic. Angel felt very disturbed ever since she got sick the weeks before. She had been having premonitions like crazy. Some of them felt so real; she could feel the pain, and heartache as well as loss, which made her awake in the middle of the night crying. The phone rung as she was heading to her room to change.
"Hello? Oh hey Jasmine. Nuthin' why? WHAT?! No! I am NOT going to dress like that." Angel's conversation began.
Hiei watched a crimson blush glow onto Angel's face as she talked to her cousin.
"Alright. If we're going to the beach. No one knows me out there. But if I get hit on I'm going to kill you." Angel said before hanging up.
"What was that about?" Hiei asked.
"Jasmine wants me to go to the beach with her today. So . . . you want to come with us or stay here?" Angel asked.
"I'm staying near you human." Hiei replied.
"Ok." Angel said going into her room and grabbing some clothes and heading towards the shower.
Hiei went into the livingroom and watched TV. He watched the local news and knew why Jasmine wanted Angel to go to the beach. A new club had opened and teens were allowed to go in. He smirked knowing that the usually naive teen in the shower would just look the other way when it came to having fun. When he heard her leaving the bathroom he saw what she was wearing. She was wearing one of the shirts her aunt gave her. It was a belly revealing spaghetti strapped red tank top with shorts that rode up her thighs that seemed tight on her.
"Why is it that you're wearing THOSE clothes?" Hiei asked.
"Jasmine said I should 'Try and live for once' although this is totally uncalled for. I look like a whore." Angel said with a blush.
"Your clothes look tight." Hiei asked.
"That's because I can somehow fit into these shorts and they're two sizes smaller than what I usually wear. My grandma approved of these clothes." Angel said.
"Your grandmother? Whose mother?" Hiei asked.
"It's my moms." Angel said while taking her car keys.
Hiei went and touched Angel's cheeks they were still slightly warm. Angel tried to not blush badly from how close he was. Hiei went and changed and then went to the carport to see Angel had started the car and turned the AC on. He got into the car and sat in the passenger seat to see that she had her favorite CD in. They drove off to her uncle's house to pick her cousin up. Jasmine was in a bit more revealing clothes. She was wearing her string bikini top under a VERY skimpy white string top with really short shorts.
"Jasmine, bold can only describe your dressing. You're very bold girl. I wish I could have the guts you have." Angel said.
"You have the flat stomach." Jasmine said.
"Tell me again why I am doing this?" Angel asked.
"Because I'm your cousin and you love me and you wouldn't let me go to such a place by myself." Jasmine said.
"I wonder why I care so much." Angel said.
"Prepare to be hooked up." Jasmine said.
"Jasmine." Angel said in warning.
Hiei watched the cousins talk to each other. They were total opposites like day and night. One of bold and boycrazy while the other did reasonable thinking before acting and has the touch of reality.
"Why do you listen to this CD all the time I'm around?" Jasmine asked.
"I love this cd." Angel said.
"It's sooo morbid. You should be one of those Goths." Jasmine said.
"I'm a Goth at heart then Jas." Angel said with a smirk while waiting for the light to turn green.
They got to the club and Angel was about to murder her cousin when a guy came up to her and asked for her name. Angel glared at Jasmine as Hiei came up to her side. Hiei put an arm around Angel's slim waist and told the guy not to hit on her. The guy was VERY intimidated and walked off.
"Uh arigatou Ho-kun." Angel stuttered.
"Don't mention it." Hiei said while looking around.
Jasmine was dancing as Angel and Hiei were looking out at the Gulf. When Jasmine was done having her fun she came up to Angel and Hiei.
"Ready to go now?" Angel asked.
"Yeah." Jasmine said.
The three were now in the car on the way back home when Jasmine's cell went off. After a moment she whispered to Angel something which Hiei should have told her that it was fruitless to whisper.
"WHAT?! GRANDMA IS ON HER WAY HERE?!" Angel yelled.
"She's bringing Gabe, Neeko, and Awenah too." Jasmine said.
"Well you get to see them for the first time unless your mom is going to be a bitch." Angel said.
"Knowing you you'll gush over Gabe and Neeko like during the summer. Chris told me that you helped Neeko with his breathing treatments and all." Jasmine said.
"I love my baby cousins." Angel said while pulling into the driveway to see her Grandmother's red van.
"How long have you known that they were coming?" Angel asked.
"Well I guess I DID leave out the detail that she left last night and was arriving any time now. And that she brought Nicky and Austin too." Jasmine said.
"NO!!! I'm going to be chased out of my room! AGAIN!!!" Angel said while parking on the other side of the street.
"Angel!!!" Austin and Nick yelled practically plowing her over.
"Nick, Austin what a surprise." Angel said.
"Victoria wants to see you." Austin said.
"Come here you brat!" Angel said grabbing Nick and putting him over her head.
The 6-year-old screamed and kicked as he was being carried toward the house.
"Seems like Jasmine's plan worked." Her mom said.
"Mom." Angel sighed.
"Oh you look nice Angel. So has Rick asked you out?" Her grandma asked hugging her.
"No, he moved away." Angel said.
"Damn girl two sizes small and it fits you like a glove. I wish I had that figure again." Her aunt, Victoria said while feeding her son a bottle.
"Oh oh where's Neeko?" Angel asked.
"Right here. And I haven't gotten his breathing machine out but he needs his treatment. Want to help me?" Her grandma asked.
"Oh Neeko Neko, kawaii!!! Come here to Auntie Angel." Angel said picking up the baby.
Hiei saw how the baby smile toward her to see her smile back and then make a funny face which made the infant gurgle. Jasmine got the bouncy seat and his machine from the van and brought it into her room. Angel seat and strapped the baby into the seat before taking the medicine and putting it in the machine. She held the thing to Neeko's face as the baby happily sucked on his pacifier.
"That's my boy. I want a baby just like you when I get older." She said after taking him out of the seat and patted his back.
Neeko saw Hiei and started to smile to the fire demon and started to kick Angel to try and get to him.
"Ow that hurts. I just have to do this for at least 3 more minutes and then we'll see if Hiei wants to hold you okay?" She said to the baby.
Neeko gurgled. Right then his older sister of 10 months, Awenah came in and jumped onto Hiei's lap. Hiei looked at the girl in his lap and then heard Angel laugh.
"Awenah come her sweetie. Come give me a hug." Angel said holding a free arm out to her cousin.
The chubby toddler got off of Hiei's lap and hugged Angel before plopping herself onto Angel's lap and poking her baby brother. Angel was finished patting Neeko's back and held the two children in her arms.
"So have you been a good girl for Grandma and Grandpa?" Angel asked.
Awenah shook her head yes and then said 'juice'. Hiei could tell that this human was NOT at all what she seemed from earlier. She was good with kids. Austin and Nick came into the room and asked Angel to play her playstation.
"Uh uh me and Victoria are going to play dance dance revolution. You can watch though." Angel said while taking the dance pads out.
"Ready? I've gotten better." Victoria said making sure her dance pad worked.
"Well you aren't the only one who practiced." Angel said.
Hiei watched the two play their first battle round. He wondered why this was the craze.
"Aw man I got a C. I'll beat you next round." Angel said to her aunt who was laughing.
"Come on lets do non-stop mode then." Victoria said.
"You're on." Angel said tying her hair into a loose braid before taking the mate first.
Hiei watched as her hair fell out of its tie as she jumped at each step.
"Aw man! I missed that one! HA! Got it now." Angel said while moving her feet to where the arrows needed to be stepped on.
"Well, 5 songs in a row and ended up with a C. Not bad. My turn." Victoria said as Angel wiped her sweat off her brow with a towel.
"I bet you can't beat my score Tori." Angel panted while getting a bottle of water off her desk to drink.
""We might tie though." Victoria said before having to start.
"You should try this game Ho-kun. Since you're from Japan I know you MUST have played this game before." Angel said sitting next to Hiei.
"Yeah, I can do the hardest song there is. It took me a long time though." Hiei answered.
After Victoria finished and Angel bragged for a moment Hiei took a shot at the game. He did 'La Senorita' at maniac and beat it with an A.
"Damn!" Angel said.
"That was easy." Hiei said with a smirk towards Angel.
"Hmph you can say that! You've played it longer than I have. I just got this game 2 months ago." Angel said with a frown.
Victoria went out to the livingroom leaving Hiei and Angel alone.
"You suck. You and your demon blood and your speed." Angel growled.
Hiei chuckled at her sign of jealousy. He pat her on the head and saw her glare.
"Why is it that everyone pats my head like I'm some kind of puppy?" Angel asked.
"I'd have to differ. You seem more like your kitten Patches." Hiei said.
Angel blushed from this while being patted on the top of her head by the demon.
**Written in the middle of the night in a private journal**
It's strange but now I feel attracted towards him. Oh god what the hell am I sayin?! But that's all. Beside my premo/nightmare. I just hope it don't happen.
**Fin de etapa*
