Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or anything in it. The only thing I own here is the Dragon Realm and EVERYTHING in it. Well, except for the black dragon and Hiei right now.
SIDE NOTE: Hi ppls!! I'm baaaa- aaack! watches readers run away in terrorTeehee! heart Sorry, I'm being a little preppy today... I hate it when I have moods like that... anyhow, thank you all for reviewing time and time again, even if I take so long to update. I also thank you all for being so patient with me. Aw, hell, am I going in to one of my first chapter babblements? Damn... it's not the first chapter anymore!! sigh Well, read on.
He had spent about two weeks here now. Even in that short amount of time, he'd grown accustomed to the kitten- onna's habits, and he tried to go along with them. After all, he had no idea how long he'd be there, so he thought he might as well get along with her. He didn't like arguments, as much as he started them. And it wasn't long before he noticed little things about her that were odd...
First of all, she hardly ever slept. If she ever slept at all, it was in the daytime. At night he could hear her roaming about the house for long hours, sometimes going out. And she thought he needed sleep?
Secondly, every time she bled, the wound would disappear without a trace of it ever being there. Once he even saw her licking the blood from her wound. Well, actually, it wouldn't have been so odd if it was just licking the blood away. This girl actually seemed to be eating it.
Oh, joy. She was doing it again. "Are you going to wrap that up?"
She stopped licking the wound. A sigh. She turned around. "No. It's fine. See?" She held up her arm. No wound. Not a trace that one had ever been there. "You worry too much."
"Are you implying something, onna?"
Hebidoshi shook her head teasingly. "Now you're getting thoughts. My, my, my, what will I do with you?" Hiei scowled but did not answer. Hebidoshi smiled. "Well, c'mon, mister destruction. I wanna take you for a ride!"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. Then he said the word that he thought only existed in Kuwabara's vocabulary. "Huh?"
"Don't stand there like a moron!" Hebidoshi hit him upside the head. "Now I bought you that dragon, and he was damn expensive, so I expect you to ride him. Duh!"
Hiei blinked. "Oh." Another blink. "Why didn't you say that before?"
"You're acting like a dope," Hebidoshi grabbed his wrist and proceeded to pull him out the door. "Glenora, remember today is Thursday, so—"
"Yes, dear, I remember. The guest bedrooms need to be cleaned out."
"And don't forget the—"
"The medicine cabinets? Restocked them this morning."
She shook her head, cat ears wiggling. "Yeesh, you're one step ahead of me all the time, Glenora." She gave Hiei's arm a good yank. "Later!"
Hiei held a set of reins in his hands, looking totally clueless. "How do you ride a dragon?"
"Uuuuuhhhh... you sit on it, and... they fly around... and, yeah," Hebidoshi shrugged. "I dunno. I've never ridden anything else. What do you want me to say?"
"Just give me a riding lesson."
Hebidoshi eyed Hiei's gigantic black monster with a 'no way' look. "No way in all Hells will I ever sit on that thing. He'd buck me off and then tear me to shreds!"
Hiei rolled his eyes. "No he won't."
"Like you should be talking!" scoffed Hebidoshi. "You tamed him for crying out loud!"
"Look, trust me, he won't hurt you," Hiei yanked on the dragon's reins and the creature bent down at Hiei's feet. Hebidoshi rolled her eyes.
"Show- off." She hoisted herself up onto the dragon anyway. Hiei kept a firm grip on his reins, so the creature didn't move. "Okay. First thing's first. You ever ridden a horse?"
"No."
"Whoo; that's helpful. Anyway, first step is holding the reins the right way."
"There's a right and wrong way to hold the reins?"
"Of course." The kitten girl said this as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Anyway, you have to hold the reins like this. Watch closely." She then took the reins and looped them over both her thumbs and both her pinkies, while the rest of her fingers held the reins. "This is the best way to have a good grip on the reins. Got that?" Hiei nodded. "Good. Next step. Makin' 'em go."
"Don't you kick them in the side or something?"
"Well, that's where riding dragons does not resemble riding horses," she explained. "The reins is pretty much all that's the same. To make a dragon go is sort of like making an elephant go."
She HAD to be kidding. "An elephant," Hiei said flatly.
"Well, yeah, haven't you ever ridden an elephant?" Hiei shook his head. Hebidoshi sighed. "Well, neither have I, but I at least no how to make 'em go. You kick an elephant behind the ears. Kinda the same with dragons, except their ears are all the up on those long necks of theirs. Come a little closer." Hiei leaned in closer as Hebidoshi pointed to a flat of skin behind the dragon's wing. "See that? It's called a wing gland. All dragons have them, even if they don't have wings. It's their most sensitive spot... well, aside from something all males share, but that's not the point. The point is, you give just a little kick to make 'em get up and go. Follow me?"
"I suppose so. Anything else I need to know?"
"Yes. Always hold on tight, never touch their wings no matter what, and if they start going nuts, pull back the reins REALLY hard. They need a lot more force than horses."
Hiei rolled his eyes for about the third time that day. "Obviously. I think I know what I'm doing, so let's just ride."
"Alright. You saddle up, and I'll get Dremia. Then I'll show you a track," she started to leave, but then stopped and thrust her index finger in Hiei's face. "If I catch you going without me..." She stopped and grabbed his sword. "I'll just take this with me. Don't go anywhere or its new name is molten steel." She left. Hiei pouted.
Damn... how did she get to know me that fast?
"Here's the track," Hebidoshi said this as she hoisted herself onto her dragon's saddle. They were set at a circular track that went around four miles long. "Ready to fly?"
Hiei smirked. "Hn. I was born ready, onna."
"Oh, really?" the cat- girl turned a smirk in Hiei's direction. Hiei saw a familiar mischievous glint in her eyes. "Is that a challenge?"
"What do you think?"
"How 'bout a race, hmm? First one around the track three times wins!"
"You're on!"
"Okay!" Both faced front. "On the count of three. One..."
"Two..."
"THREE!"
Well, what a start. Kokuryu took off like a bullet in an instant, Dremia trailing close behind. Hiei held onto the reins for dear life, squeezing the sides of the dragon tightly with his knees so he wouldn't fall off. Hebidoshi sped past him on Dremia, looking all- too- professional sitting on that dragon.
'Time to get the hang of this, Hiei,' Hiei leaned forward, relaxing his grip on the dragon's sides. He gave Kokuryu another good kick and held on as the dragon went faster. He was neck- and- neck with Dremia as both dragons passed their first lap.
"Hey, Hiei!" Hiei glanced over as Hebidoshi called to him. "Let's make this a little more interesting, shall we?" There was that glint in her eyes again.
"What do you suggest?"
"Switch lanes! Now!" Hiei hesitated. Hebidoshi pulled the reins to the left, veering her dragon to the next lane.
K'so! She never told me how to turn! Hiei panicked for a minute as Dremia came towards him. Then he finally settled on kicking his dragon again, causing him to move out of Dremia's way. When he was far enough ahead he struggled to make Kokuryu turn. "Aw, Hell! Just turn for crying out loud! Turn! Turn, dammit!" The dragon looked up at him with a bored expression. It was as if he was saying: "And you're the guy I'm taking orders from?" He moved to the next lane.
Hiei was on his third lap. Hebidoshi was just completing her second. Hiei was now mentally cursing her for not telling him how to turn. When she caught up to him, he glared at her. She just laughed.
"Bye!" And with an extra burst of speed, she'd crossed the last lap. She'd won.
"Baka onna. You never told me how to turn," Hiei was still ticked. They were heading back from the ranch. Hiei was angry. Hebidoshi was trying to make him NOT angry.
"I'm sorry, okay?" she said, tugging on his sleeve. "C'mon, look at me! I swear I forgot all about telling you how to turn!"
"Bet you remembered right before you decided to switch lanes. You cheated. That's dishonest and cheeky."
"I swear I didn't! I'm not lying! I feel really bad!"
"Hn, you should. For being such an idiot at least."
Hebidoshi stopped walking and folded her arms across her chest. "Oh, I see what it is. You're not mad because I didn't tell you how to turn." She grinned. "You're mad because you got beat by a girl! Two girls, in fact! You're embarrassed!"
Hiei's face turned bright red, indicating that this was true. Of course, he was not going to admit it. "I'm not embarrassed, onna. Stop saying such things."
"Awww, you're blushing! You're blushing!" She grabbed his arm, squealing like an excited school- girl just to make him mad.
Hey, it worked. "Shut up, I'm not blushing!" Hiei yanked his arm away, turning even redder.
Uh- oh.
She had that glint in her eyes again. That devilish glint that said she was going to make the situation a little more tense...
"I'm sorry, Hiei. I'll be nice." She smiled. There was a different look in her eyes, now. "Let's kiss and make up, okay?"
"What the Hell are you implying?"
The mischievous glint again. Hiei didn't have the chance to react before her lips were against his own. Hiei stumbled back, seriously shocked. He felt a sharp pain in his lip; and as Hebidoshi drew back, he saw his own blood trickling down her lip. She licked it away, shaking her head.
"Hiei, hiei, hiei," she sighed. "Always getting thoughts. What am I ever going to do with you?" She smiled again, grabbing Hiei's wrist. "C'mon, let's get back. It's getting dark out."
Did she... kiss me? Hiei couldn't get it out of his mind all night. He sat at the windowsill, stroking the hardened cut on his lower lip. And why the Hell did she bite me? I don't understand this stupid onna... She was puzzling... but what was even more puzzling was the kiss. He had no idea how to feel about it. He'd thought over many different emotions in his head. Flattered? No, that was such a... feminine emotion. Surprised? Not quite. She'd had that strange glint in her eyes that usually meant something drastic. Upset? Not really...
...pleased?
Not possible. That's ridiculous. Why would I pleased about somebody cutting my lip open? Hiei sighed. Why in all the Hells did you give me that damn book, Genkai?! Damn you to Hell old woman!!
Genkai sneezed.
"Oh, are you getting a cold, Genkai?" asked Yukina.
"No. That was more intuitive."
"Intuitive?"
"Yes," Genkai smirked. "I suspect a certain someone is cursing me with all of his energy."
SIDE NOTE: Well, how'd you like? I got a kiss in there!! Wheeeee!!!! I'm so happy!!! Y'know, when I got to the part with the changing lanes stuff, I realized I'd never told Hiei how to steer!! I was about to go back and fix it, but then I thought... 'Nah, I'll let Hiei suffer!' I'm so evil!! Well, anywho, next chapter I'll be goin' back to everybody else outside the Dragon Realm. Please review!!
SIDE NOTE: Hi ppls!! I'm baaaa- aaack! watches readers run away in terrorTeehee! heart Sorry, I'm being a little preppy today... I hate it when I have moods like that... anyhow, thank you all for reviewing time and time again, even if I take so long to update. I also thank you all for being so patient with me. Aw, hell, am I going in to one of my first chapter babblements? Damn... it's not the first chapter anymore!! sigh Well, read on.
He had spent about two weeks here now. Even in that short amount of time, he'd grown accustomed to the kitten- onna's habits, and he tried to go along with them. After all, he had no idea how long he'd be there, so he thought he might as well get along with her. He didn't like arguments, as much as he started them. And it wasn't long before he noticed little things about her that were odd...
First of all, she hardly ever slept. If she ever slept at all, it was in the daytime. At night he could hear her roaming about the house for long hours, sometimes going out. And she thought he needed sleep?
Secondly, every time she bled, the wound would disappear without a trace of it ever being there. Once he even saw her licking the blood from her wound. Well, actually, it wouldn't have been so odd if it was just licking the blood away. This girl actually seemed to be eating it.
Oh, joy. She was doing it again. "Are you going to wrap that up?"
She stopped licking the wound. A sigh. She turned around. "No. It's fine. See?" She held up her arm. No wound. Not a trace that one had ever been there. "You worry too much."
"Are you implying something, onna?"
Hebidoshi shook her head teasingly. "Now you're getting thoughts. My, my, my, what will I do with you?" Hiei scowled but did not answer. Hebidoshi smiled. "Well, c'mon, mister destruction. I wanna take you for a ride!"
Hiei raised an eyebrow. Then he said the word that he thought only existed in Kuwabara's vocabulary. "Huh?"
"Don't stand there like a moron!" Hebidoshi hit him upside the head. "Now I bought you that dragon, and he was damn expensive, so I expect you to ride him. Duh!"
Hiei blinked. "Oh." Another blink. "Why didn't you say that before?"
"You're acting like a dope," Hebidoshi grabbed his wrist and proceeded to pull him out the door. "Glenora, remember today is Thursday, so—"
"Yes, dear, I remember. The guest bedrooms need to be cleaned out."
"And don't forget the—"
"The medicine cabinets? Restocked them this morning."
She shook her head, cat ears wiggling. "Yeesh, you're one step ahead of me all the time, Glenora." She gave Hiei's arm a good yank. "Later!"
Hiei held a set of reins in his hands, looking totally clueless. "How do you ride a dragon?"
"Uuuuuhhhh... you sit on it, and... they fly around... and, yeah," Hebidoshi shrugged. "I dunno. I've never ridden anything else. What do you want me to say?"
"Just give me a riding lesson."
Hebidoshi eyed Hiei's gigantic black monster with a 'no way' look. "No way in all Hells will I ever sit on that thing. He'd buck me off and then tear me to shreds!"
Hiei rolled his eyes. "No he won't."
"Like you should be talking!" scoffed Hebidoshi. "You tamed him for crying out loud!"
"Look, trust me, he won't hurt you," Hiei yanked on the dragon's reins and the creature bent down at Hiei's feet. Hebidoshi rolled her eyes.
"Show- off." She hoisted herself up onto the dragon anyway. Hiei kept a firm grip on his reins, so the creature didn't move. "Okay. First thing's first. You ever ridden a horse?"
"No."
"Whoo; that's helpful. Anyway, first step is holding the reins the right way."
"There's a right and wrong way to hold the reins?"
"Of course." The kitten girl said this as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Anyway, you have to hold the reins like this. Watch closely." She then took the reins and looped them over both her thumbs and both her pinkies, while the rest of her fingers held the reins. "This is the best way to have a good grip on the reins. Got that?" Hiei nodded. "Good. Next step. Makin' 'em go."
"Don't you kick them in the side or something?"
"Well, that's where riding dragons does not resemble riding horses," she explained. "The reins is pretty much all that's the same. To make a dragon go is sort of like making an elephant go."
She HAD to be kidding. "An elephant," Hiei said flatly.
"Well, yeah, haven't you ever ridden an elephant?" Hiei shook his head. Hebidoshi sighed. "Well, neither have I, but I at least no how to make 'em go. You kick an elephant behind the ears. Kinda the same with dragons, except their ears are all the up on those long necks of theirs. Come a little closer." Hiei leaned in closer as Hebidoshi pointed to a flat of skin behind the dragon's wing. "See that? It's called a wing gland. All dragons have them, even if they don't have wings. It's their most sensitive spot... well, aside from something all males share, but that's not the point. The point is, you give just a little kick to make 'em get up and go. Follow me?"
"I suppose so. Anything else I need to know?"
"Yes. Always hold on tight, never touch their wings no matter what, and if they start going nuts, pull back the reins REALLY hard. They need a lot more force than horses."
Hiei rolled his eyes for about the third time that day. "Obviously. I think I know what I'm doing, so let's just ride."
"Alright. You saddle up, and I'll get Dremia. Then I'll show you a track," she started to leave, but then stopped and thrust her index finger in Hiei's face. "If I catch you going without me..." She stopped and grabbed his sword. "I'll just take this with me. Don't go anywhere or its new name is molten steel." She left. Hiei pouted.
Damn... how did she get to know me that fast?
"Here's the track," Hebidoshi said this as she hoisted herself onto her dragon's saddle. They were set at a circular track that went around four miles long. "Ready to fly?"
Hiei smirked. "Hn. I was born ready, onna."
"Oh, really?" the cat- girl turned a smirk in Hiei's direction. Hiei saw a familiar mischievous glint in her eyes. "Is that a challenge?"
"What do you think?"
"How 'bout a race, hmm? First one around the track three times wins!"
"You're on!"
"Okay!" Both faced front. "On the count of three. One..."
"Two..."
"THREE!"
Well, what a start. Kokuryu took off like a bullet in an instant, Dremia trailing close behind. Hiei held onto the reins for dear life, squeezing the sides of the dragon tightly with his knees so he wouldn't fall off. Hebidoshi sped past him on Dremia, looking all- too- professional sitting on that dragon.
'Time to get the hang of this, Hiei,' Hiei leaned forward, relaxing his grip on the dragon's sides. He gave Kokuryu another good kick and held on as the dragon went faster. He was neck- and- neck with Dremia as both dragons passed their first lap.
"Hey, Hiei!" Hiei glanced over as Hebidoshi called to him. "Let's make this a little more interesting, shall we?" There was that glint in her eyes again.
"What do you suggest?"
"Switch lanes! Now!" Hiei hesitated. Hebidoshi pulled the reins to the left, veering her dragon to the next lane.
K'so! She never told me how to turn! Hiei panicked for a minute as Dremia came towards him. Then he finally settled on kicking his dragon again, causing him to move out of Dremia's way. When he was far enough ahead he struggled to make Kokuryu turn. "Aw, Hell! Just turn for crying out loud! Turn! Turn, dammit!" The dragon looked up at him with a bored expression. It was as if he was saying: "And you're the guy I'm taking orders from?" He moved to the next lane.
Hiei was on his third lap. Hebidoshi was just completing her second. Hiei was now mentally cursing her for not telling him how to turn. When she caught up to him, he glared at her. She just laughed.
"Bye!" And with an extra burst of speed, she'd crossed the last lap. She'd won.
"Baka onna. You never told me how to turn," Hiei was still ticked. They were heading back from the ranch. Hiei was angry. Hebidoshi was trying to make him NOT angry.
"I'm sorry, okay?" she said, tugging on his sleeve. "C'mon, look at me! I swear I forgot all about telling you how to turn!"
"Bet you remembered right before you decided to switch lanes. You cheated. That's dishonest and cheeky."
"I swear I didn't! I'm not lying! I feel really bad!"
"Hn, you should. For being such an idiot at least."
Hebidoshi stopped walking and folded her arms across her chest. "Oh, I see what it is. You're not mad because I didn't tell you how to turn." She grinned. "You're mad because you got beat by a girl! Two girls, in fact! You're embarrassed!"
Hiei's face turned bright red, indicating that this was true. Of course, he was not going to admit it. "I'm not embarrassed, onna. Stop saying such things."
"Awww, you're blushing! You're blushing!" She grabbed his arm, squealing like an excited school- girl just to make him mad.
Hey, it worked. "Shut up, I'm not blushing!" Hiei yanked his arm away, turning even redder.
Uh- oh.
She had that glint in her eyes again. That devilish glint that said she was going to make the situation a little more tense...
"I'm sorry, Hiei. I'll be nice." She smiled. There was a different look in her eyes, now. "Let's kiss and make up, okay?"
"What the Hell are you implying?"
The mischievous glint again. Hiei didn't have the chance to react before her lips were against his own. Hiei stumbled back, seriously shocked. He felt a sharp pain in his lip; and as Hebidoshi drew back, he saw his own blood trickling down her lip. She licked it away, shaking her head.
"Hiei, hiei, hiei," she sighed. "Always getting thoughts. What am I ever going to do with you?" She smiled again, grabbing Hiei's wrist. "C'mon, let's get back. It's getting dark out."
Did she... kiss me? Hiei couldn't get it out of his mind all night. He sat at the windowsill, stroking the hardened cut on his lower lip. And why the Hell did she bite me? I don't understand this stupid onna... She was puzzling... but what was even more puzzling was the kiss. He had no idea how to feel about it. He'd thought over many different emotions in his head. Flattered? No, that was such a... feminine emotion. Surprised? Not quite. She'd had that strange glint in her eyes that usually meant something drastic. Upset? Not really...
...pleased?
Not possible. That's ridiculous. Why would I pleased about somebody cutting my lip open? Hiei sighed. Why in all the Hells did you give me that damn book, Genkai?! Damn you to Hell old woman!!
Genkai sneezed.
"Oh, are you getting a cold, Genkai?" asked Yukina.
"No. That was more intuitive."
"Intuitive?"
"Yes," Genkai smirked. "I suspect a certain someone is cursing me with all of his energy."
SIDE NOTE: Well, how'd you like? I got a kiss in there!! Wheeeee!!!! I'm so happy!!! Y'know, when I got to the part with the changing lanes stuff, I realized I'd never told Hiei how to steer!! I was about to go back and fix it, but then I thought... 'Nah, I'll let Hiei suffer!' I'm so evil!! Well, anywho, next chapter I'll be goin' back to everybody else outside the Dragon Realm. Please review!!