To AnonymousHieiFan101: Your fanfic is interesting too (though I only read half a page since I was in a hurry, I'll finish it later n.n).

NOTE: By the way, I made a lil website where you can view a pic of the characters I made up at: (has Kurumi on Page 1)


Chapter 3: Along Came Nature

[Hiei]

"I'm baaaaaack!" Kurumi skipped out of the forest. She saw Hiei in the water with his sword full of fish (like a fish-kabob). He looked up from the water. A small pile of fish was already on land near the burned out fire pit. He walked out of the water and stabbed his sword next to the pile.

"This better last us a couple days." he stared down at the fish, away from Kurumi.

He looked up and felt something heavy push him down to the ground. Kurumi gave him a tackle-hug.

"Yay! Fishies!" she cheered.

"Get off me!!" Hiei yelled. She rolled off and sat up.

"What the hell was that for??" he scowled.

"Geez, I was just trying to be nice and thank you. Lighten up a lil." she grinned. Hiei realized no matter what he did, she'd never get upset or pissed off. She was always smiling. How weird...

[Kurama and Kuwabara]

"Kurama, did you just kick me?" asked Kuwabara.

"No, why?"

"Yes you did, I felt it."

The two slowly looked down into the water. Nothing.

"Maybe you're imagining things." Kurama chuckled.

"I dunno. I swear I felt something kick me..." Kuwabara sighed.

[Yuusuke]

Yuusuke walked out of the small forest, carrying a handful of red berries he had found growing on bushes. They were pretty good, and a little addicting, but he wasn't sure if they were poison or not. He'll find out later.

"Well, this seems to be the only food around besides the coconuts." he ate another one and looked up at the coconuts.

After he finished the berries, he ran over to the coconut tree and began to climb it. He had quite a hard time at first, but got used to it a little after. When he reached the coconuts, the tree bent over a bit and a coconut fell. He knocked the other two off and slid off the tree.

"Hmm..." he thought for a moment how to open them. "Ah! My spirit gun!"

He took aim and shot one of them, but it just exploded into tiny bits.

"Oops..." he scratched the back of his head. "...maybe a rock..."

He looked around for a rock. He grabbed a coconut and ran to a random rock. It wasn't very big, but it was one of the only rocks around. He began bashing the coconut on the rock.

[Hiei]

The two ate a few fish raw, it wasn't bad except for the bones. Kurumi always ate raw fish but Hiei was a little hesitant. As Kurumi finished her last fish for lunch, she sat back and sighed.

"Hey," she looked at Hiei who was already done, he had only ate two fish. "You never told me your name."

Hiei was about to turn away with a "hn", but remembered she had told him her name. He mumbled something Kurumi couldn't hear.

"What?"

"Hiei." he spoke louder.

"Oh, what a cute name!" she chuckled.

"Hn."

She giggled. Her teasing annoyed Hiei.

"Well, we better go find some shelter. There's a hurricane coming."

"And how would you know?" he smirked.

"I dunno. I can sense danger before it happens I guess." she answered.

Hiei doubted it, but remembered that she had said the ship was going to hit some rocks, and she was right. He figured this was part of her demon powers.

"Did you find anywhere in the forest?" he asked. She nodded.

"Yup! I found a small cave, but it's really small. And the wind wont even get into it since it's going north."

She smiled. Hiei turned away from it.

"When is it coming?" he asked.

"Soon, maybe an hour or so. See." she pointed to dark clouds that seemed to be coming. "It's best if we head over there now with food since it'll be all night."

Hiei stood up.

"Let's go."

[Kurama]

"Okay, Kurama, you have to stop kicking me, please." said Kuwabara.

"I told you, I never kicked you once." Kurama became slightly annoyed.

"Well I'm being serious Kurama, there's something down there."

"Are you sure you arn't on drugs?..." Kurama asked suspiciously.

"No!! I said I'm being serious!!" Kuwabara yelled.

Something suddenly splashed behind them. They both turned around, startled from the sound, but saw nothing but ripples in the water from whatever jumped.

"See!! I told you something was down there!!" Kuwabara pointed.

"It didn't sound like it was large, so I think it's harmless." said Kurama.

"I hope so, I really don't want to be fish food..."

The two continued to drift along where the ocean wished to take them.

[Yuusuke]

Yuusuke managed to crack open the coconut. He didn't like coconuts much, but it was one of the only foods around. After eating one, it was becoming chilly and rain started to fall.

"Damnit, I better find shelter or I'm going to end up suffering from hypothermia." Yuusuke mumbled as he grabbed the third coconut and ran into the forest. He remembered seeing a huge tree with a small burrow under the roots and decided to head for it. On the way, he thought of a way to keep his chest warm since he only wore swim shorts.

[Hiei]

The wind was beginning to become stronger and stronger as time passed and the rain was falling hard. The two had made it to the cave just before it started raining. It was small like Kurumi had said, but it was deep.

The two sat silently away from eachother. Hiei sat on one side with his sword in his arms (like sitting with his elbows resting on his knees and the sword is leaning on an arm) and eyes closed. Kurumi sat in the other corner with a blanket around her and stared at Hiei, slightly concerned that he was getting cold.

Moments later, Hiei felt something light around his shoulders. He opened his eyes to see Kurumi huddled next to him closely under the blanket.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm cold, and you looked like you were too." she replied, cuddling closer to his warm body.

"I don't get cold, I'm a fire demon."

"Well you felt cold when I found you washed up on shore." she said quietly. "That's why there was a fire and I was under the blanket trying to warm you up..."

"I don't get cold, so go back over there." he turned away, looking slightly pissed.

She grabbed a handful of his shirt.

"But you're warm... can I please stay here?" she asked while looking up at him. He stared back down at the depressed face he saw in her. This was the first time he saw her look sad. It scared him, he didn't know why.

"Hn." he looked away. She hugged his muscular arm and rested her head on his shoulder.

[Kurama and Kuwabara]

"Kurama, do you think a shark might attack us?" Kuwabara asked.

"I don't know. I heard sharks don't attack humans, but I'm not sure." he replied.

"I hope it's not a shark that's kicking me." he grinned.

Suddenly Kuwabara was pulled down under water.

"KUWABARA!!" Kurama watched in horror as Kuwabara disappeared. He looked around him, but he saw nothing but ocean water.

"Kuwabara!!!!" he yelled again, panicking slightly. He turned dead pale as he saw a cloud of blood rising from under water...

[Yuusuke]

Yuusuke was huddled under the tree. It was really tight, and he could hardly move. He turned his back to the opening since sand, rocks, and twigs kept hitting his face. It pissed him off quite a bit...

"Damnit," he mumbled. "Why did it have to be that ship that sunk? Why did I have to end up stranded here on a stupid little island??...fuck!"

A rock hit his spine. He gritted his teeth.

"I wonder where and how the others are..." he sighed. He knew they were alive, no shipwreck could kill any of them. He knew that for sure. He thought for a while about where they might be and what they're doing.

[Hiei]

Kurumi reached up to play with her bell that was stitched onto her shirt. Nothing. It was gone.

"No!! My bell!!" she cried and sharply stood up, but ended up hitting her head on the cave ceiling. Hiei smirked in slight humor. Kurumi giggled and blushed as she rubbed her head.

"I have to go find my bell, it probably fell off on the way here..." she said while crawling to the entrance of the cave.

"Wait," Hiei stopped her. "It's too dangerous... err..."

Why the hell was he even caring? He shouldn't care a bit about that little annoying cat demon...

"I have to find it, I got it from my grandma before she passed away." she smiled, a positive smile that told him she was going to find it no matter what and she'll come back soon. Hiei nodded and sat back down.

Kurumi exited the cave.

"Wait," Hiei called to her from the cave after she exited and handed her the brown blanket. "It should keep you away from the wind..."

She tilted her head. This was probably the first time he was being nice to her, she thought the day would never come. She crouched down and hugged him quickly before wrapping the blanket around her and heading off.

Hiei quickly sat down back in the cave and curled up into a ball. He thought a bit. Why was he concerned about that stupid cat anyways? The hug was warm and realized he might have actually... liked it. No, what the hell was he thinking. He didn't like it, it was disgusting... no, that's not true at all. Deep inside, he liked it, he didn't know why. He was becoming a little confused. Why was he concerned about just this cat? He felt different about her, but didn't understand what it was.

About 30 minutes later, he was becoming worried. It only took them about 5 minutes to get to the cave from the beach. He was sure she was checking the path they took. Now he was becoming confused on why he was worried about her. He shouldn't care at all... but still. Where was she?

End of Chapter Three.


NOTE: Aha, this chapter took a bit. I was a bit busy. Since I'm returning to school on Tuesday, and I only get 5 hours at home (each chapter takes about 8 hours or so), this fanfic will be going a bit slow. And I might not be home for the weekend... but I might be able to bring my laptop with me to type, I hope. During school, hopefully I'll be able to write down ideas during class (if the stupid new teachers let me draw and write . I hate new teachers cuz they don't know me and piss me off when they tell me to put away my drawing when I can draw and listen at the same time . Grr!!). Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter. It kinda got Hiei and Kurumi in the spotlight... I tried not to but yeah...