Hey, hey, hey!

Me again. It's the weekend, and I'm going to get a jump start on as many of my new fics (listed on profile) as I can. Let me know in your reviews (if you're also KH/FF fans) which you want done first. Also, it's not posted, but I'll be doing another Wolf's Rain story

Also, this is where the story (or maybe I'll make it the next chappie) starts to get interesting

Oh, and remember, the car pulls up facing the gas station facing the right of this page. so Nami and Hige are sitting together on the left side (closest to you) when the get back to the car. They switch sides at the gated community and the driver's side is the left (it's switched, remember?). Just wanted to make that clear.

Love you all so much!

Momo

P.S: It has something to do with the hot spring OO

P.P.S: I was going to make this chappie from Nami's POV, but I realized that the next chappie had to be and that this one really had to be from Hige's. Sorry 'bout that U

.:Chapter 7:.

The initial buzz from the Cosmo had worn off. They had been driving in the car for an hour, and Hige was starting to get a little woozy. And he had to go to the bathroom.

"Hey, Tsume, can we hit a gas station? I gotta pee..." he shouted up to the silver-haired chauffer.

"Be a little more blunt next time, will ya?" Tsume murmured, exiting the highway and rolling into the gas station.

Rolling his eyes, Hige got out of the car and slammed the door, causing a formerly-sleeping Toboe (who had fallen asleep in Kiba's lap) to wail out, "WAAAAAH! STOP BANGING THINGS AROUND, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" before almost instantly falling back asleep.

Tsume, Kiba, and Nami leaned over and looked at him, eyebrows arched, while Hige pause, but then continued towards the bathrooms, in more of a hurry now.

Shit, man, I'm gonna-

But his thoughts were cut off as the smell of the bathroom did him in; causing him to heave up everything that he'd eaten that night (which was a lot) into the toilet.

He hardly had time to take in a raspy breath before he had to bend over again. His stomach empties about three more times (he was mostly just dry-heaving or spitting up a little alcohol), when he heard a soft knock on the door.

Wiping his mouth with a paper towel, Hige opened the door to a worried looking girl.

Nami, what are you doing here...

Hige subconsciously blushed out of embarrassment while Nami asked, "Are you okay? Here, let me help you..."

"No, s'okay. I'm done." he muttered, turning to wash his hands. His head spun, and he almost passed out had it not been for Nami's arm steadying him.

He washed his hands and headed back to the convertible with her. She had opened the car door and had scooted back over to her side when the same whirling feeling returned and he fell forward into the car.

"Hige!" Nami shouted, catching him and pulling him the rest of the way into the car.

"I'm...okay..." he mumbled, rubbing his head.

"No, you're not," she said, holding him back against her chest when he tried to get up.

Tsume reached behind him and closed the car door. Shortly afterward, they were zooming down the highway.

Nami had turned sideways and was letting Hige rest up against her. The sweet scent of sweet pea flowers mingled with some other very familiar smell filled his head. He was so tired, he couldn't even open his eyes anymore, or talk for that matter. Instead he just lay there, letting Nami think he was asleep, feeling relaxed by her touch as she ran a finger or two subconsciously down his cheek, or when she would smooth out his hair and tighten her arm around his chest. At one point, he almost fell asleep, but was immediately brought back to reality as he heard Nami gasp and felt her look at him.

Damn...I forgot; If I get too relaxed, like with Shesan, I'll transform back into a wolf...

Opening his eyes, he gazed into Nami's astonished ones and innocently asked, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing, I just thought that...that...I felt...fur...Ha, ha, the alcohol must be getting to me..." she responded, laughing at herself as if she had been stupid to think it.

He reached up and toughed his hand to her cheek. She cupped it in her palm and smiled warmly.

There it is. That melting, tingling feeling. Huh? What's with the butterflies in my stomach...? Oh shit-!

Hige sat up, nearly jumped to the far side of the car, and dry heaved (mainly because there was nothing left in his stomach) a few timed over the edge of the convertible.

"If you mess up my car, you're paying for the cleaning services," Tsume said absent mindedly from the driver's seat.

Hige nodded, sitting back and drinking some water Nami had given him. He was about to ask Tsume when they would be at the gated community when he heard yelping in the distance. Fearfully, he glanced over at Nami, thinking that she had heard it too, but relaxed when he realized they were still too far away for her to hear.

But wait...how are we going to prevent her from seeing all this? We can't just blindfold her and expect her to sit there as we fight off security guards and invite two strangers into our car...

As if psychic, Kiba tapped Hige's foot and motioned for him to come over. Leaning forward, he heard Kiba whisper, "You need to do something about Nami."

"Why me?!" he whispered back defensively, but his face paled as he realized what Kiba was talking about.

"Oh on, man. There is no way I'm going to use that," he said, shaking his head.

Kiba pulled him close, "Oh. Yes. You. Are."

Hige pulled away and growled at Kiba as the white wolf mouthed 'now' and tuned back around.

Hige went back next to Nami, wondering how he was going to hit the instant pressure point in her neck (to knock her out temporarily) without her noticing he was up to something. The pressure point was dangerous, too. More than five millimeters off or push too hard and the person would be dead. He was trying to think for a plan when another wolf yelp disrupted his thoughts. But Nami heard it this time.

Jumping up, she crossed over him to the spot behind Kiba and said, "Did you hear that? It sounded like a dog being beaten..."

How the hell did she...?

But Hige saw Kiba motioning to Nami and he realized that this would me the perfect, of not only. moment to take the shot. Walking on his knees to Nami, he slipped his arm around her waist.

"Hige? What the hell are you do...ing..." her voice faded away as Hige hit the pressure point perfectly and caught Nami as she fell back onto him. Turning around (he didn't go to the other side because he'd have to look at Kiba) he slipped of his plaid shirt as he leaned back against the car door and pulled Nami close.

God, I hate doing this. She'll stay asleep for 3 hours. Exactly. And when she wakes up, I'll have to make up some excuse...stupid Kiba. He doesn't even bother to help either...

Tsume's car was wide enough for him to lay down flat, so he did, resting his head on a pillow he found earlier. He pulled Nami close and noticed she was shivering. Grabbing his shirt he'd taken off earlier, he draped it over her. Her breath rhythmically blowing in his chest and the rocking of the car made his head spin again.

Hige felt the car slowing down and Kiba whispered in his ear, "We'll take care of them. You keep and eye on Nami."

Not even bothering to hear Hige's response, Kiba headed off towards the gates of the community. Transforming into wolves, Kiba and Tsume slipped through the bars and had silenced the yelling and whimpering in a few moments. Listening to Toboe and Nami breath softly made his eyelids slowly droop. The last thing he remembered was the car jostling slightly as four wolves returned, two of them smelling like blood. The twins positioned themselves behind and above him and Nami; sitting in the back of the car and facing forward with their feet resting over Nami and Hige's legs. Normally, Hige would have protested, but he was so exhausted, that sleep soon claimed him (as well as Kiba) for the rest of the ride.

.:End Chapter 7:.