Repreview: Okay . . . Kitty, Hiei, Kurama, and the freak Gouki are headed to Spirit World. Gouki seems to have a few tricks up his sleeve. What tragedy will this lead to? Read on to find out!!

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" Hey Hiei, are you sure this is the way to Spirit World?" Kitty asked trying to keep up with the swift pace of the fire apparition.


" Yes . . . This is the back way into Spirit World." Hiei said, " We couldn't just go through the front gate announcing that we're there to steal King Yema's sacred items."


"Oh . . . ok . . . just wondering . . . " Kitty trailed off as she fell behind Hiei beside Kurama.


About an hour later they arrived at the same warehouse that Hiei had held Kitty prisoner.

Kitty hesitated to go in but Gouki pushed her in and shut the door behind them. It was dark in the room until Hiei lifted up a trapdoor in the floor. There was a strange blue light coming from the hole. Hiei looked up at them and said, " Ok . . . this is the way into Spirit World . . . or at least the part of Spirit World we want to get to. We'll jump one at a time. Kurama will go first, then Gouki, then Kitty. I will go last so I can make sure that everyone gets through safely."


Everyone just nodded their heads. Kurama looked into the hole, held his breath, and jumped in. Gouki waited about 15 seconds then just jumped in. Kitty waited about 10 seconds and turned to Hiei and said " Hiei are you sure that this is safe?"


" Yes Kitty. I'm sure. I use this passageway all the time." Hiei said. " Besides I wouldn't put you in a situation that you could get hurt in."


" Okay . . . I guess . . . yea . . . I believe you . . . here goes!" Kitty gulped, held her breath, then jumped into the sparkling blue light.


"My turn . . . " Hiei said as he got ready to jump. He looked around, then jumped.


The passage was riddled with twists and turns as Hiei slide down. He thought that he could hear the others talking at the end of the passage. It sounded like Kitty was really worried that he might not make it, and Kurama was reassuring her. Hiei smiled and shook his head. He landed on his feet at the end of the passage where the others were waiting.


*We now head to where Alaira is (wherever that may be)*


" Hmm . . . seems that they got through ok. It's a good thing that I followed them. They need somebody here to watch out for . . . whatever this sparkling door thing is." Alaira said to herself as she sat down on a wooden crate to wait for the others to come back.


* We leave her to go back to Spirit World where the others are*


" Ok . . . now that we're all here what does we do?" Kitty said.



" You don't know much does your pussycat?" Gouki said laughing, " You've got the looks, but your brains wouldn't fit in an eggcup."


Kitty glared at Gouki and said underneath her breath, " You bastard. I'm smarter than you, you faggot."


" Kitty, that wasn't nice." Kurama said. He turned to Gouki and said, " Okay . . . listen here whatever you are . . . don't talk to my sister like that, she hasn't done anything to you."


Hiei was just watching Kitty and Gouki bicker. Kitty was about to attack Gouki when Hiei intervenes. Kitty stopped short of her attack and stepped down. She gave Gouki an evil look and turned to Hiei. He started giving out directions. " Ok . . . Kurama the Forlorn Hope is located at the end of this hallway. There will be two ogres standing guard. They aren't much up on fighting so just destroy them. Gouki, the Orb of Baast is located there too. Kitty, you'll help me get the Shadow Sword. It has a lot more dangers surrounding it than either of the other items. Will you help?"


" Yea . . . where do we go?" Kitty asked.


" We go down the opposite passage to the left of this one. There are a couple of traps to keep people away, but I've found ways to get around them. I needed someone of ice power to get through them though." Hiei explained.


" All right, now when do we meet back?" Kitty asked again.


" Umm . . . I'd have to say if we can't get the items in less than 45 minutes we suck on fighting very badly. Meet back here in 46 minutes." Hiei said again.


"Ok." Kurama said thoughtfully.


" I understand." Gouki said.


" Let's go." Hiei said as he ran off, Kitty following. Gouki and Kurama just looked at each other and took off in the other direction.


Kurama and Gouki reached the two green ogre guards a little way down the hallway. " We should try to sneak past them to see if they notice we'll destroy them when we come back." Kurama whispered to Gouki.


" Right." Gouki said back in the same low whisper.


They both kind of melted into the shadows and walked right past the sleeping guards.

Kurama used his Rose Whip to break the lock on the huge vault door. The lock broke right off under the sharpness of the Rose Whip's thorns. " Almost too easy." Kurama said to himself.



*We now head to where Kitty and Hiei are*


" Hiei are you sure this is the right way? I mean we haven't ran into anything yet." Kitty said at a whisper in case someone was nearby.


" I'm sure. The first trap should be just around this corner. Kitty can you harness your ice demon power in human form?" Hiei said.


" You know I don't know. I'll try if you want." Kitty said stopping.


" Yes . . . I wouldn't like to go into this blind." Hiei said solemnly.


"Ok . . . here goes." Kitty said as she tried to shoot an ice blast out of her palm, it didn't work. " I'm probably just a bit rusty since I haven't had reason to use the Ice Blast in a while. I'll try it in my demon form."


Kitty's power started rising. Her body was beginning to be covered in tannish-gold fur. Her ears traveled up the side of her head and grew pointy with black tips. Her eyes became a bright green. Her tail grew a bit longer than usual and grew a black tip. Her demon form was complete in a few seconds. " Ok . . . now let me try this . . . " Kitty said.


She tried firing another Ice Blast and this time a huge amount of ice came out of her hand and froze the wall beside them. "Well . . . umm . . . I guess it works now." Kitty said returning to her human form, " now let me try it in human form."


She tried again and even in human form a huge amount of ice came blasting out of her hand and froze the other wall. " Yep . . . it works . . . just needed a bit of exercise." Kitty said laughing.


Hiei just looked at her surprised. He had never seen an ice demon use an Ice Blast before. "It's beautiful." he thought to himself. " Just as beautiful as the person who created it."


" Hiei are you ok? Should we go or not?" Kitty asked.


" Umm . . . yea sorry . . . Kitty have you ever been kissed?" Hiei asked totally out of the blue.


Kitty was taken back but she answered, " Umm . . . no why?"


" Nothing." Hiei said stepping closer to Kitty.


" Uh huh . . . what are you trying to pull Hiei?" Kitty said also taking a step toward Hiei.


" Wouldn't you like to know . . . " Hiei said grinning. They were standing face to face. Except Hiei's face was a little bit taller than Kitty.


They took one look at each other and then they kissed. Kitty's arms were around Hiei's neck and Hiei's arms were around Kitty's waist. They just stood in the middle of the deserted hallway and kissed, oblivious to everything around them.


TO BE CONTINUED

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Preview: I guess today's chapter answered my question on whether Hiei and Kitty are in love. But what about Alaira and Kurama? Will sparks fly between them? This is turning out to be a dumb love story. Will Gouki do something to disrupt the magical bond between Kitty and Hiei? Or will Gouki be the one to pay? To find out read the next episode of:


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