Chapter 53

Quadruple Date

"GET BACK HERE WOLF!!!" Hiei yelled as he chased Riku with his katana. He'd caught Riku touching Yukina a little to low for his taste. "Calm down Hiei" Riku replied as he dodged a swing. Yukina, Keiko, Botan, and Nami watched from the sidelines, Crystal was playing with Eikachi, Kuwabara and Yusuke were raiding the fridge, Kurama still hadn't arrived, and Rogato and Lila had left to do some shopping for Sakura. 

"They've been at it for two hours" Keiko said. "Hiei's just trying to be a good brother" Botan said cheerfully. Nami remained silent. "Hey Nami, what's up with you and Hiei?" Yukina asked. Nami didn't reply. She and Hiei hadn't been speaking much to each other since their fight.

"Sorry I'm late" Kurama said as he reached the top of the stairs. He ducked when a fire blast was sent at him. It came within millimeters of singeing his hair (phew). "What's going on here?" he asked. "Riku's hand went a little to low for Hiei's liking" Botan replied. "We should stop him. I didn't really mind what Riku was doing" Yukina said as she went to stop her brother.

"Hard to believe she was so innocent at one time" Keiko whispered to Botan. "You have to remember, she was still a child by demon standards when we met her. Her growth spurt showed she was entering adolescence. So naturally her hormones will start working up" Botan whispered back.

Riku managed to stay one step ahead of Hiei but he suddenly tripped on a rock. Hiei was about to chop of his tail when Yukina gently grabbed his arm. "Hiei, don't harm Riku. Especially his tail" she said. "Hn" Hiei said as he sheathed his katana. Everyone knew Yukina loved Riku's fuzzy tail.

"Now that Kurama's here we can finally go shopping" Botan said. The girls cheered while the guys sighed. They headed down the steps to where their transportation was waiting. Riku and Yukina got on his chopper while Yusuke and the others piled into a van. Kuwabara and Crystal waved goodbye from the steps as the others sped off.

"Uh Crystal?" Kuwabara said nervously. "Yes" Crystal said as Eikachi swatted at the half dog's ears. "Well there's this dance at school and I was wondering if you…you would" "I'd love to" Crystal said while smiling. "Really!!!" Kuwabara said. Crystal gave him a peck on the cheek and handed Eikachi back to him. "I have to help Genkai with something so I'll see you later" she said as she ran back up the stairs.

Yukina tightened her hold on Riku's waist as he sped up. She always loved going on rides with him and feeling the wind through her hair. Motorcycles made her feel freer than cars or other automobiles.

They pulled into the mall parking lot and found some spaces near the front. They unloaded and went inside. Almost immediately they were mobbed by Kurama and Riku's fan clubs. "I love you Riku" "Your soooooo sexy" "Oh my god he looked at me" Riku's fans said. "Marry me Shuichi" "Kiss me" "He smiled *faints*" Kurama's fans said.

Botan and Yukina both pouted. Kurama and Riku slipped an arm around their girlfriends' waist and continued on. "Hey who's the sexy guy with the bandana" one said. They all stared at Hiei. "HANDS OFF YOU BITCHES!!!" Nami roared. "Who does she think she is?" one said. "I'm his girlfriend and I'm only stopping you for your own good" Nami replied as she cracked her knuckles. The fangirls epped and ran for it. 'Thanks' Hiei said telepathically. 'I only did it so you wouldn't kill them. Now get out of my head' Nami replied. Hiei sighed and closed his jagan.

"This is where we split up. We'll met you in five hours" Yusuke said. The girls nodded and headed for the nearest cloths store. The guys went to get measured for some tuxedos.

"Should I go with the aqua dress or the red dress?" Yukina asked. "I think you'll better in the red dress. It goes with your hair" Botan said while holding two dresses. One was a regular pink and the other had sparkles on it. "I think I like the sparkles" Botan said. Keiko was searching through racks for a good dress.

"Where's Nami" Botan asked. "I found a dress she would look good in and sent her to the changing rooms" Yukina replied. Botan headed for the nearest changing room. "Nami, you in there?" she asked. "What do you want?" Nami said from the other end. "Are you done in there, it's been a while" Yukina said as she walked up. "I'm not coming out" Nami replied. "Oh come on, why not?" Botan said. "I don't look good in dresses" Nami said. "Nami, a girl like you would look good in anything. Why do you think Hiei fell for you?" Botan said. "Alright" Nami said as she opened the door.

The others gasped when they saw here. "Nami, you look terrific" Yukina said. "Hiei would pass out if he saw you" Keiko said. "Are you sure?" Nami said nervously. "Yea, we're defiantly getting it" Botan said. "I've found mine" Keiko said. "All we need now are shoes and accessories" Botan said. The girls headed for the checkout line.

As Botan, Yukina, and Keiko talked about how excited they were about the date Nami looked in the bag that held her dress. I hope you like it Hiei she thought.

Meanwhile the guys were having their own problems. "Hiei put down the katana" Yusuke said. Hiei was in a fighting stance with his katana. "Tell him to keep his hands off me" Hiei said motioning to the tailor who was cowering behind Riku. "All he has to do is take a few measurements" Riku said. Hiei growled. "You do want to look good for Nami don't you?" Kurama asked. Hiei loosened his grip as he thought about what the fox said. He wanted Nami to speak to him again and this was his best chance. "Very well. But make it quick" Hiei said as he handed his katana to Kurama.

"Will you two follow me?" another store employee asked Riku and Kurama. The two followed him to another section of the store. "This is everything in your sizes" he said. Riku and Kurama started to search through them. "Hey have you noticed something's up between Hiei and Nami?" Riku asked. "It's really not to difficult to understand. Hiei's torn between being a good boyfriend to Nami and keeping his image" Kurama said. "Hopefully tonight will fix that" Riku said as he searched through the suits.

Later that night

Kurama put the finishing touches to his outfit by pinning a red rose over his heart. He was now dressed in a white tuxedo with a maroon tie (fangirls may faint now). He made sure his hair was perfect before heading for where the other guys were getting ready. 

In his room Riku and Yusuke were having a dilemma. "Come on Hiei put it on" Yusuke said. "That thing itches" Hiei replied with katana in hand. "You have to wear it to the restaurant we're going to" Riku said while holding up a black tuxedo. "Hn" Hiei replied.

"It's only for one date" Riku said taking a step toward him. Hiei prepared his katana to attack. "Take a step closer with that thing wolf and you can kiss your tail goodbye" he said with his most evil smirk. Riku backed away.

"Uh Yusuke, you put it on him" Riku said tossing the suit to Yusuke. "No way, you do it" Yusuke said tossing back. "No, I insist" Riku said tossing it back. They kept doing this till they heard a chuckle at the door. They looked toward the source and saw Kurama leaning against the frame. They then looked back at each other. "Kurama, you put it on him" they said at the same time. They tossed the suit to him and pushed past him making sure to slam the door.

They pressed their ears to the door. It was surprisingly quiet inside. After a few minutes Kurama opened the door perfectly fine. "I have a riddle for you" he said. "Okay" Riku said. "How do you get a short tempered fire demon into a suit?" he asked. Riku and Yusuke stood there for a minute thinking of possible answers. "No idea" Yusuke said. Riku nodded in agreement. Kurama reached into his pocket and pulled something out. "You give him coupons for free sweet snow at the store" he said holding up a few coupons. Riku and Yusuke anime fell. 

They pushed past him back into the room and found Hiei arms crossed, eyes narrowed, and pouting in a black suit with a red tie. "Note to self, sweet snow plus Hiei equals complete control over him" Riku mumbled. "Can we hurry this up before I burn this thing off" Hiei said. "If that suit is damaged in any way then no coupons for you" Kurama said. Hiei growled and leaned against the corner.

A few minutes later, Riku and Yusuke were dressed and ready to go. Riku was in a dark blue suit with a yellow tie. Yusuke was in a blue suit with a black tie. They heard a honk outside. "That must be the limo" Yusuke said. Riku went to go see how it looked. He gasped and turned to the others. "You idiot!!!" he growled. Hiei and Kurama went to see what had gotten him so riled up. Waiting on the street in front of Kurama's house was a black funeral car.

"You got us a funeral car!!!" Hiei yelled. "Well it looked kinda like a limo. Oh and the guy said we'll have to share space with someone's uncle" Yusuke said. Riku sighed and pulled out his cell phone. "What are you doing?" Yusuke asked. "Yukina is not riding with a corpse so I'm ordering us a real limo" Riku said as he punched in some numbers. "Yea is this Al's limo rental?" he said after a few seconds. "Well I need a white limo and I need it fast…no fifteen minutes isn't fast enough…I need it here in under five…Oh really then let me give you some motivation" he said. He handed it to Hiei. "Give em your worst" he said. Hiei smirked and brought the phone to his ear. "Listen, if you want to live to see tomorrow you'll be here in under five minutes, got it!!!" he said in his most threatening tone. A few seconds later he smirked and hung up. "They'll be here in two minutes" he said as he handed the phone to Riku.

Less then two minutes later, they heard the sound of squealing tires outside. They looked out and saw a white stretch limo. "That was fast" Yusuke said as they left Kurama's room.  

After a short ride to Keiko's they got out and headed inside. "Ah you've arrived. Keiko your dates are here" Keiko's mom said. "Be down in a minute" Keiko yelled back.

A few minutes later she walked down the steps wearing a baby blue dress, blue high heals, a blue purse, and a pair of diamond earrings Yusuke hade bought her. "All right Botan" she called. Botan came down the steps in her sparkling pink dress, gold earrings, white high heals, and a white purse. Yukina was next in a red dress. The straps crossed over her back. She also wore a pair of tear gem earrings, and red high heals. Her hair was in a bun. "Nami come on" Botan called. "I'm not coming down" Nami called back. Botan sighed and rushed back up with a few sweet snow coupons Kurama sneaked her. She came back down hiding a camera so she could photograph Hiei's expression when Nami came down.

The angel/devil soon walked down. Hiei's eyes widened and he actually gasped. Nami was in a strapless indigo dress, with a pair of long gloves that went to her elbows, and black high heals. The dress hugged her curves in all the right places. Around her neck was the necklace Hiei hade given her. It was a gold thread with ten black tear gems hanging on it. It was the first time he had seen her with makeup on and at the moment he looked like a goldfish.

Nami blushed when she saw the way Hiei was staring at her. God he looks hot in that tux she thought. Neither noticed that Botan was taking dozens of photos of Hiei's expression. "Limo's waiting outside" Yusuke said as he looped arms with Keiko and walked out. Kurama and Botan and Riku and Yukina followed. Hiei and Nami were left alone. "You look good" Hiei said nervously. I thought she couldn't get anymore beautiful he thought. Nami blushed and looped arms with him. They headed for the waiting limo.

At the restaurant

The four couples got out of the limo and looked at the restaurant in front of them .It was called 'THE FOUR ROSES' and was one of the fanciest restaurants in town. It served food of various nationalities like Chinese, Mexican, French, and classic US. "Shall we?" Riku said. They headed inside as the limo went to find a good parking place.

Kurama walked up to the waiter. "Do you have a reservation? The waiter asked with a French accent. "I asked for a table of eight" Kurama replied. "Name please" he said. "Shuichi (I forgot his last name *blush*)" Kurama replied. "Please follow me" the waiter said as he walked off.

He escorted them to a round table with eight seats around it. The boys pulled out the seats for their girlfriends to sit and took their own seats. "A waiter will be with you shortly" he said as he walked off. The eight picked up their menus to see what to get.

What they didn't know was that seven pairs of eyes were watching them. "So they finally arrived" Demonus said as he looked toward them. He was in a black tuxedo with a silver tie. "Hard to believe that wolf's the Devil Wolf" Amai said from her seat next to him. She wore a green dress. "Looks can be deceiving" Demonus said turning back to his table. Seated with him and his mate were all the members of Dusk's clan except Dusk himself and Draco. They were all in formal outfits "All right take your pick" he said. "Dibs on Riku" Shade said. "Hiei" Javik said. "Kurama" Azeri said. "Nami" Naien said. "I'll handle any reinforcements Koenma sends" Lita said. "My father gets Yusuke so Draco is stuck fighting that stupid human Kuwabaka" Shade said. The others chuckled.      

Back with the others their food had been served. Yusuke had the well done t-bone steak, Keiko had a ceaser salad, Kurama had the chicken and rice special, Botan had some French dish that was hard to pronounce, Riku had the Italian spaghetti, Yukina had lobster, Hiei had grill fajitas, and Nami had a medium rare steak. The whole meal Hiei was trying to be as polite as can be to Nami. He would do stuff like help her with sorting the utensils, helping her with the napkin, and personally getting her a fork when she accidentally dropped hers.

Finally Nami had had enough. She stood up abruptly and slammed her hands on the table. "Hiei, cut it out" she said. "What am I doing?" he asked. "Your being so polite, it's creepy" she said. "Well I'm just trying to be a romantic boyfriend. What do you want from me? First I'm not romantic enough and now I'm to romantic!!!" he yelled. By then the entire restaurant was staring at them. "This should be interesting" Demonus said.

"You don't get it do you!!!" Nami yelled. "Madame please keep your voice down" a waiter said nervously. She glared at him, which made him scream like a girl and hide under a table. "What do you want then!?" Hiei said. "I want the old Hiei back. The short tempered, great kissing, stubborn guy I fell in love with!!!" she said. Hiei was taken aback by what she said. "You want the old me back?" he asked. She nodded. He looked around for a few seconds. He grabbed the tablecloth and pulled it off along with all the silverware. He kissed Nami and caused her to fall back onto the table. They were soon lying on the table making out with Hiei on top.

The others watched in shock as the two swapped spit on the table. Botan was the first to recover. "Oh well" she said shrugging. She then jumped Kurama and they soon were making out on the floor. Yusuke nudged Keiko with a sly grin on his face. He was soon sprawled out on the floor with a red handprint on the side of his face. Riku and Yukina continued to watch Nami and Hiei with wide eyes.

Yusuke managed to stumble to his feet. "What a weakling" Demonus said from his table. "What was that buddy" Yusuke growled. "You're letting a weak girl like that slap you around. I say dump her" the devil replied. "Keiko is a lot stronger than most people and I wouldn't give her up for the world" Yusuke replied causing Keiko to blush. "So what you gonna do about it" Demonus said cockily. "This" Yusuke replied picking up the French dish Botan had and chucking it at the Demon Prince. It hit him smack dab on the forehead. Demonus growled and threw Azeri's meal back at the Spirit Detective. It hit his chest. "FOOD FIGHT" Yusuke yelled. He, Botan, Kurama, Riku, and Keiko started throwing food at Demonus's table and the demons threw back. Other young couples in the restaurant soon joined in while older people left mumbling about kids these days. Being the good boyfriend he was Riku covered Yukina with his jacket and told her to hide under the table so she wouldn't get any food on her. Even with food flying everywhere and some hitting them, Hiei and Nami continued to make out on the table.

After ten minutes of flying food they were kicked out. Everyone was covered in food. "That was entertaining, may our paths cross again" Demonus said as he and the ninjas left. "That guy's pretty cool" Yusuke said. "You all need a bath, " Yukina said. She was perfectly clean. Everyone glared at Riku who sheepishly laughed. "Lets head home" he said as he rushed into the limo.

At Genkai's temple

Crystal, Rogato, and Lila greeted them at the door. Sakura was wiggling in her mother's arms. "Hey look, walking buffets" Rogato said. "Looks like you guys had some fun" Lila said. Sakura giggled when she saw them. "How come Yukina's not messy?" Crystal asked. "Cause her wolf protected her" Hiei mumbled.

"You all can clean up in the bathroom. I'll make us some tea" Yukina said as she headed for the door. "Yukina" Riku said. Yukina turned around to see what he wanted. Immediately a pie slammed into the right side of her face. After the pan fell off she looked at Riku who had a grin on his face. "I had to be fair for the others so I snuck that pie out while we were leaving" he said. "Riku!!!" Yukina yelled as she charged toward him. Riku smirked and took off into the forest.

Everyone shook his or her head and headed inside.

Yukina finally caught up with Riku. She grabbed him but since they were on top of a hill them went tumbling down. Riku pinned Yukina down when they reached the bottom. Her face was still covered with cream. "You know you cute with cream on your face" Riku said. He wiped some off with his finger and licked it off. "You make it taste better" he said before kissing her. They started to make out right there.

Hiei was lying comfortably in a tree after getting cleaned up. He replayed the date over and over in his head. Nami appeared in front of him. "Hey there" he said. She smiled and snuggled on his chest. "Hiei, I'm sorry" she said. "For what?" he asked. "I was being stupid not talking to you. I was just mad about you pushing me off the tree" she replied. Hiei internally winced. He hadn't meant to do that it was a reflex. "Look, I know you want to keep your reputation so here's the deal. If I'm crowding you to much just tell me with that eye of yours" she said as she tapped his jagan. Hiei smiled and pulled her closer to him. "I think I can agree to that" he said. They fell asleep in ach others arms.

With Shade and his clan

"What happened to you all?" Dusk asked as his clan arrived at the temple. "We just had a little fun dad. Don't worry" Shade replied. Dusk sighed and left them to clean up. He walked down the corridors of his temple and stopped in front of a pair of doors. On them was a sign that said 'DUSK ONLY'. He opened it and walked in.

In front of him was a large capsule. He walked to it and laid his hand on it. "Soon, you'll be free" he said as he rested his head on it. One could have sworn a tear rolled out of the eyehole of his mask.

The Demon King's palace

Demonus and Amai walked into her room after answering a few of the king's questions. "Meow" Luna said as she hopped onto Amai's shoulder. "It was just a food fight" Amai said as she scratched the cats ear causing it to pure. She placed the cat on the dresser. "I think I'll take a bath to get rid of this food" she said. She was mainly covered in chocolate cause Botan and Keiko got their hands on a dessert tray. Demonus was mostly covered in whipped cream from the pies that hit him. Before she could head for the bathroom, Demonus grabbed her arm. "What is it?" she asked. "I know a better way we can clean up" Demonus said huskily before pushing her onto the bed.

That was some date huh? Hiei and Nami are finally speaking to each other again. Anyway, since it's a three-day weekend I'll update sooner than usual, I promise.

Next chapter, we finally return to everyone's favorite snapping girl and her victim/protector. Review please.