It was still raining outside. The sound of thunder rolling, and snoring was heard. Serenity kicked in her sleep. "Dumb Kuwabara..." mumbled serenity in her sleep and she kicked again. "Ouch !!" yelped Hiei. Hiei was about to punch Serenity in retaliation, but forced himself to stop and fell back to sleep. Shippo was deep in slumber and was dreaming good things were happening. "It's a giant donut !!" shouted shippo in his sleep. Serenity's hand was hanging off the bed. "Spirit gun..." mumbled serenity. A very small glow appeared at the tip of serenity's finger. Hiei awoke from sensing spirit energy. Serenity's ears perked up and she opened her eyes. "Whats wrong ?" asked serenity. "Let me see your hand" said Hiei. Serenity held up her hands, nothing was wrong. Hiei looked at serenity suspiciously. "What ?" asked serenity in a sleepy voice.

Hiei almost grinned at serenity. Serenity's hair was messier than normal, and she was wearing a pink night shirt with blue clouds on it. "Nothing" said Hiei as he turned over and went to sleep again. Serenity giggled a bit and joined Hiei in slumber. Shippo woke up and poked serenity on her shoulder. "Serenity ? You awake ?" asked shippo. "I am now" said serenity. Serenity sighed dream-like. "Whats wrong ?" asked shippo. "Nothing, im just glad Hiei let us stay. I know he acts tough, but I bet he's very nice on the inside" said serenity. Hiei was listening, he actually blushed a tiny bit. Serenity slowly fell back to sleep, shippo did also.

Later on, serenity had woken up and went downstairs. She came back upstairs with her heavily-modified left-handed Rickenbacker bass guitar and gently nudged Hiei with it. "Wake up" said serenity. "Need more sleep" said Hiei. "Wake up, its 10:30" said serenity as she nudged Hiei again. "Im not feeling well" Hiei lied. Serenity's eyes glowed red and she grinned. "Then stay right there...im gonna make you feel ALL better !!!" said serenity. Hiei sat up and looked at serenity just in time, she was just about to swing her guitar down on him. Hiei stopped serenity's guitar with his hand very easily. "I knew that wake you up" said serenity as her eyes went back to their normal violet color. Hiei glared at serenity. Serenity sweat dropped and giggled nervously. "Well, I'll go downstairs and stare at the four walls in the living room, shippo come on !" said serenity as she dashed out of the room, with shippo right behind her. "Weird girl..." thought Hiei.

When Hiei cane downstairs dressed in his normal black clothes, he was greeted by serenity who was dressed in her silk white shirt and leather- like biker shorts. "Nice to see your awake" said serenity with a smile. "You woke me up..." said Hiei. "Sorry, your not mad at me are you ?" asked serenity. Hiei set his hand atop serenity's head. "Im not a morning person, but im not mad at you" said Hiei calmly. "Can I ask you something ?" asked serenity. "Go ahead" said Hiei. "How come you never smile ?" asked serenity. "Because I don't want to" said Hiei simply. "Oh, alright then" said serenity.

The phone in the hallway rang and serenity ran to get it, nearly tripping again this time. "Hello ?....oh hi Kurama" said serenity. Hiei took the phone from serenity. "Kurama, its been awhile....yes, yes....I'll send it as soon as I can...ok, sayonara" Hiei hung up the phone and faced Serenity. "I have a job for you" said Hiei. "Really ? I'll take it !" exclaimed serenity. "Can you deliver something for me ? I'd do it myself, but have things to do" said Hiei. "No problem, I'll get my map" said serenity. Serenity went over to her duffle bag and searched through it a bit and pulled out a folded up map. Serenity opened it up and let Hiei see it. "I want you to deliver it here" said Hiei as he pointed to a place on the map. "That far ?" asked serenity. "That isn't a problem is it ?" asked Hiei. "No, I'll get there in no time" said serenity.

Hiei wrote down the address on a piece of paper and gave it to serenity. "It's a fairly big house, it has a blue roof" said Hiei. "Ok, I wont let you down" said serenity. "Shippo !! Come on we have a job !" yelled serenity. Shippo ran over to serenity and jumped on her shoulder. Hiei gave serenity a small box. "Give that to Kurama" said Hiei. "Kurama ?!!" shouted serenity. "Im gonna meet Kurama ?!" asked serenity. Hiei nodded. Serenity smiled and ran to the door and walked out. "You taking the bus ?" asked Hiei. "Nope" said serenity. It was still very cloudy outside. Serenity took out her magic leaf and the wind blew up. When it had died down, serenity and shippo where flying way up in the air. Hiei never saw serenity flying on her leaf before, he was a bit shocked, but smiled for half a second, then went back inside the house.

Serenity flew her leaf up higher and higher. "You just keep going higher" said shippo. Serenity kept flying. "your getting really good at your flying.....yep, your just going to keep going higher and higher and higher.....Serenity, how high do you plan to go ?" asked shippo. "Don't worry, this is as high as I'll go" said serenity and she took the map out of her pocket and looked at it. "Don't look now, but that's a plane flying below us" said shippo nervously. Serenity looked at the map, then in a certain direction. "Ah, theres the cape" said serenity. "Here we go !!!" shouted serenity. "Wha ?" asked shippo. "WHEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!" shouted serenity made the leaf freefall lower to the ground, but stopped and flew straight ahead. "how ya' doing after that drop ?" asked serenity. Shippo gulped back from throwing up. "Fine..." said shippo sickly.

Serenity flew over to a house and saw that it had a blue roof. "There it is, the blue roof" said serenity. Serenity landed a few feet away from the house and walked over to the front door. "Kurama lives here ?" asked shippo. "Yeah, pretty nice house he's got" said serenity as she knocked on the door. The door was opened by a person with long red hair, green eyes, and wore white fancy-like robes. "Hi there, may I help you ?" asked the person. "Yes, I was asked to deliver this to you" said serenity as she handed the box Hiei gave her to the person. "Ah, this is from Hiei. You must be Serenity." said the person. "How'd you know ?....ohhhh, your Kurama !" said serenity. "You look nicer than I expected" said Kurama. Serenity giggled and blushed.

"Would you like to come in ?" asked Kurama. Serenity was gone in the flash. "Huh ? Where'd she go ?" asked Kurama. "Shes already in the house" said shippo. Kurama looked around. "Who said that ?" asked Kurama. "Im right here !" shouted shippo. Kurama still didn't see him. "Down here, look down !!" yelled shippo. Kurama looked down and saw the young kitsune. "Oh, im sorry about that" said Kurama. Shippo jumped onto Kurama's shoulder. "You smell like a kitsune, too. Yet you look like a human" said shippo. "That's quite a nose you have" said Kurama. Serenity looked around Kurama's home a bit. It looked to be like a mansion, a very nice looking one at that. "You must be tired from your trip here, care to sit down ? I was about to make some tea" said Kurama. "No tea thanks, I never liked it that much" said serenity.

"So, you're on your own already ?" asked Kurama. "Yes, I left earlier than usual" said serenity. "Hiei has told me about you" said Kurama. "He has ?! What'd he say ?" asked serenity. "He said you're fairly nice, although you tried to hit him with your guitar this morning" said Kurama. Serenity nearly choked on a piece of bread she was eating when she heard Kurama say that. "You ok ?" asked Kurama. "Fine, im fine" said serenity. "The rain starting up again" said shippo as he looked out the window. "Oh no !! How will I get back ?!" shouted serenity. "You may stay here till the rain stops" said Kurama. "Oh thanks, thanks a lot" said serenity with a smile.

To be continued...