Hiei looked around... it was nice. And no one was watching. So what was holding him back from being childish and foolish with Kageri before they would have to part and he would never see her again? Dignity, pride, and honor. Still... just this once for her? No one would know..... but him. It would ruin his reputation! Who cares about reputation? If anyone said anything he would kill them. But could he actually succumb to such idiotic urges, for something so irrational?
Hiei could have sword he saw a devil and angel on his shoulder arguing about like in those stupid cartoons the dope (Kuwabacoughkacough) watched from Animerica or whatever. He eyed the vixen suspiciously ans asked, "What are you planning?" She smiled and ran on ahead. She looked back at him as she began to follow in a relaxed walk.
Soon they came to a lake and stopped. Hiei watched Kageri with a suspicious quirk to his brow. "Do you know how to swim?" she asked, staring at the water. 'Swim?' he repeated. Being a fire demon he hated ater but it didn't harm him unless a demon was putting spirit energy behind it. Obviously this was plain lake water.
He wasn't sure what she meant by swim but if she was trying to ask could he hold his own in the water he could. "I won't drown." She smiled and walked to the edge of the water. They both knew that a demon had once been there, however it seemed some kind of priest or priestess, maybe even a monk, had purified the water. It was clean and crisp, exactly how Kageri liked it.
"Close your eyes." Kageri ordered. "Why?" he asked defiantly. "Because I said so. I have to do something that you can't see." she said. She waited until he turned around. But whatever she was doing he wouldn't be surprised. What was it that he couldn't see? Smirking, he opened his Jagan eye.... and for the first time in his life he watched a woman undress. Immediantly he shut his eyes and his face flushed complete red. Stupid him! He should have kept his eyes shut like he was told.
He heard a splash and her OK signal. He turned around as she surfaced. Locks of dark crimson were plastered to her face. "What are you waiting for?" she asked. Did she really expect him to get in the water? With his clothes on? Or was he supposed to.... He gulped. Take them off?
"Go ahead, I won't look." Kageri called to him and put her back to him. No way in hell. She has got to be crazy!! She turned back around. "What's wrong? Didn't you say you could swim?" Was she nieve or something? "I'm not taking my clothes off."
Hiei gulped as Kageri swam to shore. "Why not? You can't swim with your clothes on." He sighed in somewhat relief for she wasn't completely nude. She walked over to him and put her hand son her hips. "Come on, Hiei, I wanna swim." she pouted. Hiei new his face was stained scarlet. "Then go ahead." he said harsher than he meant. "But Hiei... I wanna swim with you." His eyes widened and his blush grew.
Stunned by her words, Kageri saw the perfect opportunity to take advantage of Hiei. She grabbed his shirt, slipped it over his head, and ran. "K... KAGERIIII!!!!" She was making a mad dash towards the water. Hiei was hot on her trail and didn't notice that she dropped his shirt as he tackled her into the water. When they surfaced kageri was laughing. Hiei glared at her. "Kageriiiii," he growled. She smiled and pounced on him. She rubbed her cheek up against his. "See? I got you in the water." She said and laughed. He sighed. "Why are you so childish?" he asked her. She giggled more. "Because it's fun."
She dived underwater. 'Fun....' he thought. Such an odd woman she was enjoying her time with him. And since he was already wet he might as well enjoy himself too. "Aah!!" Kageri came up behind Hiei and pounced him. He ducked underwater. They had swimming races, splash wars, and just plain fun swimming. But Kageri could see that Hiei wouldn't do anything on his own, so she had to nudge him into having fun. But she didn't mind.
Hiei surfaced gasping for breath. Kageri would be up any second now. They tried to swim to the bottom of the lake. Hiei looked around noticing how dark it was. Once Kageri was up they would go home.
Kageri came up and grabbed onto Hiei. "How far did you go?" he asked. Her labored breathing showed that she had gone far. She held up a soukaimono. A blue pearl created from a serpant's eye, very rare. "All the way?!" Amazing... No wonder she was exhausted. This lake, which was called Yuri Mizu, was over 150 feet deep. Dragons used to inhabit this area but they all died out and only serpants remained. Hiei held Kageri up while she caught her breath. "We... need to go back. It's dark." He told her. She nodded. They swam to shore. Once they hit land they walked out together, dripping on each other and on the ground. Kageri let Hiei go. He began to put his shirt on.
"Hey, don't put your shirt on yet, goof. You have to dry out." She laughed and wrung out her hair. More water dripped onto her bare feet. "That was fun." Hiei nodded.
Kageri sat next to Hiei. "It's been a lot of fun. I thank you for that." She smiled. He blinked and studied her. "Why are you talking like that? It's not like I'm leaving you forever." he told her. "You have to go back to Ningenkai... go back to my brother and your friends." That was true... and sadly he couldn't take her. But "I will come back." He assured her. Kageri smiled and scooted closer to him. Her arms snaked around him. "I would like that."
Hiei blushed and nodded. "So, now what are you planning, vixen?" he asked, trying to get his leave off her mind. "Well I suppose we can go back and think about that." he nodded.