It began with a fortune cookie

Chapter 9: 6 months later

Angel looked at her final exam papers in agony. She was a good student and all but when it came to studying she just didn't want to do it. Hiei saw her death glaring at the papers as if hoping they'd just spontaneously combust into flames. He had a small smirk of amusement until it actually happened. The small study paper stack was on fire.

"MEEP!!!" Angel squeaked while stepping back from her desk.

"Now how did that happen I wonder." Hiei joked.

"Not funny!" Angel yelled while trying to save her papers.

"Seems like your training is going well." Hiei said while taking a sip of the green tea that she prepared for them as they studied.

"What training? I think it's all abuse to the mind." Angel said while rubbing her head in mock pain.

"What was that thing you signed up for in Choir?" Hiei asked.

"A talent show." Angel said with a smile.

This brightened the mood in the room.

"What are you going to be doing?" Hiei asked.

"Singing." Angel said.

"Singing what?" He asked.

"The power of goodbye. Why do you want to know?" Angel asked.

"Just wanting to know." He said before going back to the papers in front of him.

Angel went to work on the hand-held dimension portal gadget as he studied. Hiei started to notice how slowly she was making the machine. It was as if she was fighting herself or forcefully making herself make the thing. Lately he had been getting worried for Yukina. Being away for this long without him there to protect her was making him uneasy. And especially with Kuwabara showing interest in her was making him uneasy at the moment. Angel saw him tense and got off her seat and touched his shoulder.

"I'm sure he won't do a thing. He's probably too scared." She said to him when he was glaring at her.

"How are you so damn sure?" Hiei asked.

"I may not be a scholar in the area of romance but I know one thing for sure." Angel said with a smile.

"What's that?" Hiei asked.

"If I had an older brother like you guys would keep their distance. The guy who would seriously want to date Yukina-san would come to you first for permission." Angel said pointing out a good point.

"Are you sure there is no such thing as a college degree in romance out there?" Hiei asked, his voice stern and serious.

"I'm sure. Because being a degree holder would have had a longer love life than I have." Angel said before heading back to her desk.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked, now interested in what she had to say about things in her opinion instead of society's.

"I've only had 2 boyfriends, most girls these days are either saying they're going to marry their boyfriends or they're dating their one hundred and some odd number of guy." Angel said.

"You've only dated 2 guys?" Hiei asked surprised.

"You make that sound bad. I wait for the one to come. I don't this whole game with guys. I don't like my emotions being toyed with." Angel said with her arms stubbornly crossed over her chest.

"The one?" Hiei questioned.

"The one will be there with me to never leave me alone and be next to me for eternity. The one I would bear children for. And the one I'd take care of until the day I die." She answered with a smile that reached her eyes.

Hiei nodded his head in understanding.

"Although me and Rose will probably become seamstress' instead of wives to some guys. Because we're mostly incompatible with any guy." Angel said with a laugh.

Hiei noticed that now a days ever since he talked to Angel that one night about Rick that she had became happier and smiled more brightly. Angel got up and stretched. Her back popped as her joints snapped from her stretching. Sitting practically all day had made her body slightly sluggish. Hiei watched her stretch. Her shirt crawled up her flat stomach as she reached for the sky. Her hair had fallen out of its tie earlier and was now fanning behind her.

"Man I need a nice hot shower. I'll work more on the device when I come back." Angel said grabbing her pjs and extra things before leaving the room.

Hiei went to the computer and opened a folder and found something interesting to him. It was a diary of somesort. Knowing that he shouldn't read it he was about to close the window when something caught his eye.

**The entry**

Lately I have really had rainy weather. I can't distinguish these emotions in me. I still can't believe he left me behind and it seemed like he was happy too! The bastard. But then that is what every guy does. Tear your heart out of your chest, bleed it in front of you, and then step on it as if your emotions are nothing. That's why I silently swore when he left that I'll never fall in love again. I don't want my feeling trampled on like that ever again. Well here's a bit of what I feel right now . . . .
(This is original work so no stealing!!!!)
My song 'Days come to an end'

I looked around
And noticed the darkness
When days come to an end
Nothing else is more important
Than love

My heart was taken
And I want it back
Before the days come to an end

I look around at the darkness
As my tears fall
Nothing will remain

When the days come to an end

I wish silently
That these days would last
But I know they'll come to an end

I look at the stars
To see them fall and hit the seas
Showing the fallen dreams that'll dim

When the days come to an end

My dreams were shattered
After the death of my star
All my hopes of love have faded
Making my star die and fall into the sea

I've never had someone to hold me
I was afraid he'd tell me
'I don't love you anymore'

I only pushed away to avoid the pain
Of heartbreak

My friends told me my time would come
But I doubted everything they said
I believe in destiny
I believe in fate
And I must find mine before I find love

I must get things done first
Get through with growing
Become a true woman
Finish my path
My destiny

But still covered in darkness
My eyes filled with uncried tears
Will everything change when

The days come to an end

I look around at the darkness
As my tears fall
Nothing will remain

When the days come to an end

I wish silently
That these days would last
But I know they'll come to an end

I look at the stars
To see them fall and hit the seas
Showing the fallen dreams that'll dim

When the days come to an end

Oh I wish silently
That the days would last but I know
They have to end
I can't hold tears back
Loneliness is a burden

I hold in my heart
My soul

Well that's how I feel. Oh I haven't even opened my fortune cookie yet. Well school starts tomorrow. Oh hell with it I'll open the cookie. I'm hungry again anyway. *Opens yummy cookie and reads fortune* Now this is the oddest fortune I've ever had. 'Someone from an unusual place that you admire will sweep you off your feet' Doesn't that sound strange? The person . . . Er I guess it would be person I admire isn't even real so why am I so uptight about these damn fortunes. Oh well. I have to go to bed. I think my 'Pre-Junior' jitters are over now.

Sayo!
Angel Renee AKA Pryo maniac (MWAHAHAHAHAHA *cough cough* HAHAHAHHAAHA!!!!!)

**Fin**

Hiei closed the window quickly and was back on the mattress before Angel could open the door. Her hair was in a towel, which was on the top of her head as her pjs stuck to her. Though she had a small form Hiei could see it. (Sadly she doesn't have the 'A+' figure guys want ok!) She took her seat back at the desk and started to work more of the device late into the night. Hiei fell asleep before she finished her work for the day. Angel finished what she wanted done and shut her computer off and was trying to jump over Hiei to get to her bed. What she didn't expect though was for Hiei to grab her ankle and pull her onto the mattress. She landed right on top of him.

"Gomen! I didn't know you were awake. I tried to stay quiet." Angel said.

"You were about to hit me human." He said before letting her off his chest.

With no retort, which surprised her, she just crawled under the covers and went to sleep as Hiei wondered if he was too harsh on her. The next morning he saw that she wasn't in bed. He got up and walked around the house to see she wasn't there. He stepped outside to see her car wasn't in the driveway. Concluding that she was at the store for groceries he went back into the house to see a small note written in a code. Remembering this from somewhere he went to the trapper where Angel kept her notes and translated the strange code.

'Angel, I have to tell you something you might not like. For starters Rick is over here wanting to talk to you. About what I don't know but I know it will probably hurt you. Come over before meeting him. For a pep talk of sort. So if he does hurt your feelings again you can be heartless to him when he tries to get you back in the near future.

Your worried sister,
Rose'

Hiei dropped the letter and remembered where Rose lived and started to run there. When he go to the house he saw Angel there with the guy she liked and Rose standing next to her. He remained in the tree as things were unfolding.

"Angel. I know you like me and all and I like you too. But this sudden moving has brought many things to light. The like I had for you was merely because I felt pity for you. You always have to isolate yourself from others because you feel insecure around others you don't know. Always hide your emotions when you're sad or angry. Anti-social when it comes to events when you're alone. It was all pity. I'm sorry." Rick said.

Hiei saw hate as well as sorrow come to Angel's eyes as Rick said that to her.

"So . . . it was pity you felt for me? I'd fallen for you and all you can say is that it was pity you bastard!! You love to toy with people don't you? DON'T YOU?! Well I'm NOT going to be anybody's game anymore. Rose lets go to my house and leave this excuse of a man here. I'm fed up with games of the heart." Angel said coldly as Rose got into the passenger side of the car.

"I loved you . . . but now . . . I hate you Rick." Angel said before leaving Rose's house.

Hiei ran back to the house and saw Rose and Angel on the porch. Rose was patting Angel's back as her shoulder's shook and rattling sobs escaped her lips.

"There's someone out there just for you. I just know it. Oh Angel I'm sorry. It's my fault to have let you be hurt this much. I knew I should have protected you like you protect me from hurt. I'm sorry. I can't be a sister if I allow those around me to be hurt so easily." Rose said.

"No, it's not your fault Rose. You're the best friend a human being on the earth would ever want to have. I'm happy that you're my friend. You did nothing wrong. But now I can keep to my oath." Angel said.

"What oath is that?" Rose asked.

"To never fall in love again at all." Angel said coldly.

"Then we shall both be seamstress' for the rest of our lives." Rose said trying to cheer her friend up.

"I shall start on a petticoat then, ne Rose-chan?" Angel asked with a plastered smile.

"Yeah, but then. What if a man comes and sweeps you off your feet. A man who would never hurt you even if he tried? A man that would be the best husband and father? You'll actually let 'The One' escape your hands Ms. 'I want to be a mother and have a wonderful life'?" Rose asked.

"Screw the romanticism. My days of being a hopeless romantic are over. I've experienced too much of the world's harshness to be truly happy." Angel said.

**AW SHIT!!!!!