Me: hello everybody...ano...what was I going to say?

Astro: how should I know? But did you see Inuyasha the other night?

Me: Yeah but I liked the Yu Yu Hakusho episode better. Hiei looked weird in some parts.

Astro: did not

Me: so did... can you do the disclaimer?

Astro: I don't know...

Me: Please [on floor begging]

Astro: why don't you do it your self?

Me: Good idea. God, I am thick. I own nothing...

If Things Were Real
Chapter 7- The Kiss... and More

I was still shocked that I had even tried to sing. I really don't like my voice. But as I said I hate to turn down a dare. "But it wasn't a dare" 'Ms. Practical sensible' said in my head "it was a suggestion. But who cares what's done is done. I grinned. I slowly walked off stage to see Keiko waiting.

"You were great!" she yelled over the music. I saw Yuske standing not to far away waiting for her.

"Go have fun." I said "I'm going to get a drink" I turned and walked back inside once there I realized I wasn't thirsty. I sighed and leaned against a near by wall. I came here to get him out of my head and yet he's the only thing I could think about. I need to do something to get him out of my head. When I was singing he was all I could think about. Maybe some dancing would get the chibi baka out of my head. Someone was reading my thoughts because when I opened my eyes I saw a guy right next to my.

"I herd you sing" he said in English with a thick accent. "You are very good"

"Thanks" I replied. Ok this guy was cute.

"Would you like to dance?" He asked signing to the dance floor.

"Sure" I said starting to follow him "What's your name?"

"Hiroshi" he said "and yours?"

"Jessi" we walked out on to the floor as a new song came on. It was "Yeah" by Usher. But like most music in Japan it was in Japanese. We both started dancing. I saw no sign of Keiko or Yuske. I still got that odd feeling that someone was watching... Again I ignored it. I saw more people flood on to the floor. Even though I was out side it was getting hot. Soon enough the song changed to "My Band" my D12. I soon found my self getting over heated. Hiroshi noticed.

"You want to get some air?" he asked. I nodded. We made our way over to the front of the club. I saw Keiko on the way. Not even bothering to yell I signed to the door. She seemed to understand because she nodded when she saw me. I soon found my self on the side walk out side the club.

"Damn" I said "I was hot in there" I sat down next to Hiroshi who had just taken a seat on the curb.

"You're not from here. Are you?" he asked.

"Nope"

"The states right?"

"Yup"

"You don't say much"

"I know. I'm usually quiet. It's just what I'm used to"

"I see" this guy was really nice and I have only known him for about fifteen minutes. "Don't" 'Miss Practical sensible said "You like Hiei. Remember?". 'Say's who?' I fought back. "You do. It's all in your head. And in case you forgot I live in your head." 'Screw you'. "Don't say I didn't warn you..." but at that point I stopped listening to Miss Practical sensible. Right now I was only paying notice to Hiroshi. We stood up at the same time. I saw Keiko leisurely walk out of the club and toward us. It was then Hiroshi did a little much unforeseen. He grabbed my hand and held it.

Then (again) it got cold but only for me. In a split second it was all clear. I knew who was watching me. Why Miss Practical sensible in my head was trying to warn me. And why I pushed Hiroshi to the ground after we got up. God I love my visions. I pushed Hiroshi to the ground so he wouldn't get his head cut off.

After I pushed him I heard Keiko yell, Hiroshi curse and a pair of feet landing front of us. I stood up: quickly remembering my training. I was about to attack but when I looked up I saw (obviously) who my attacker was. He was in a fighting position, sword drawn. I quickly lowered my hands.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I yelled. Hiroshi still on the ground. Keiko looked shocked, and I couldn't blame her. I looked my attacker straight in the eye. "What are you doing here?" I asked trying to get my anger out of my system. My attacker didn't drop his position and he didn't answer. "Keiko, get Hiroshi inside and do not tell Yuske." I said harshly. She nodded and did as I told her. Once my and the attacker were alone he finally put his sword away.

"You have got some nerve" I started "you think you can just come in here and kill any one close to me?" ok that was a load of bull. Like I said earlier I hardly knew Hiroshi. I looked up at him. He said nothing. I found my self getting lost in his eyes. His red eyes. "I take it my little out burst a few hours ago has something to do with why you're here." Wait if that's true then that means he either likes me or hates me. Oh, god what have I gotten my self into? He closed his eyes and looked away.

"Fine" I said "be that way. But if you don't mind I would like to back in and have fun. It's better than trying to get through to you" I started walking toward him. I intended to walk right passed him and go inside, but when in walked passed him, he grabbed my arm.

"Yes?" I asked turning to him again.

"You're not going in there" He said.

"Since when do you rule my life Hiei?" I asked harshly pulling my arm away from his hand.

"Did you mean what you said earlier?" he asked quietly.

"Every word" I replied. Damn this is the kind of thing you read in romance novels. Creepy. "You know what? Just leave me alone. I'm going back to the house. Don't follow me." I said. Ignoring the fact that the house was a few miles away I started walking.

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Walking clears my head. At least that's what I told Keiko when she got home. I talked to her about everything. She seemed like the only one I could trust right now. When I say everything I mean everything. The cave, Yukina's attack, how I feel about Hiei... Well, you get the picture. Plus I got her to swear not to tell anyone about Hiei. I don't know why I'm so ticked at him. He did nothing wrong. It's me and my stupid hormones. Damn you stupid body.

Once Keiko left my alone I started to think. 'Do I really like him? Of course I do, but that's not the question. The question is, do I love him? No I can't I have only known him for two weeks, tops. And I have really only talked to him a few times. How can I love him? Wait; did I say 'how can'? But that means that I do love him'. Needless to say I had a lot on my mind, and a lot of people noticed. Keiko can only cover for me for so long.

"You have to talk to him" she kept saying, but I kept finding a reason not to. In all honesty I never thought I was going to see him again, and I told her this. "Don't tell me about that. You seem to forget that at one moment I thought I would never see Yuske again" Stupid Keiko, with her stupid logic. But she was right no matter how much I denied it I wanted to see him. No, I needed to see him. So I did.

"Uh, Hiei? You in here?" I yelled as I entered his cave. My stomach was is knots. I was surprised I could still talk. I was nervous. But you probably knew that. I walked in deeper, until I saw the glow of a fire. When I got to that fire no one was there.

"DAMN!" I yelled in frustration kicking the near by wall. I sat down next to the fire. I gazed into it, thinking about the nights earlier. I was with another guy when he attacked. Was he jealous? Okay this is weird. I'm the type of girl that no one likes. I looked deep into the fire I saw something. A rock, but not a regular rock. It was a deep blood red.

"God, I'm crazy" I muttered. I reached into the fire. Instead of getting burned, like I thought I would have, I felt a cooling sensation. At first I was confused but then I remembered that technically I'm ½ fire demon. I grabbed the stone and pulled it out. I looked at it carefully. As it cooled off it turned into a blue color, and took a different shape. A very familiar different shape.

"Oh god" I mumbled. "His tear gem. But why was it in the fire? Why would he?" I closed my hand around the gem, and closed my eyes. At that point, it felt like a warm blanket had been put over me. The chilly cave now seemed warm. Holding the gem I didn't feel nervous anymore. Even when I opened my eyes to see Hiei right in front of me.

"Here" I said holding out the gem. "It's yours"

"Keep it" he muttered. 'Okay who are you and where is Hiei' I thought.

"I can't"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't deserve it, and I thought it was from your mother"

"It was"

"Then why are you giving it to me?" I asked stubbornly.

"You pulled it out of the fire" He said. "Only one person could have done that. You. If you were to put it back in the fire would never go out until the gem was removed. Only you and I can remove it"

"How do you know some one else can't?"

"Because of what my mother told me so long ago"

"And that is?"

"The only people who can touch the gem are me, Yukina and the one I'm supposed to be with" Okay that sounded so wrong coming form him. "At first I didn't think it could be you because Jana could never touch it."

"What does Jana have to do with any thing?"

"I was with her"

"Oh, then why did you kill her?"

"Because I found out who killed my mother"

"That has to do with her because..."

"Jana killed my mother" Oh.

"Did you mate with her?" I asked, surprised at my self that I was even asking that question.

"No" Whew. Well if I'm being straight forward better keep going.

"Did you love her?" okay that was a little extreme even for me, but he didn't look offended by the question.

"I thought I did" Now this was getting awkward. I was feeling nervous again. I finally looked up to his face. He was looking at me.

"This isn't like you" I said "It's not like you to open up to people" okay, guilty I was trying to avoid the apparent situation. He didn't answer me. Well, if there's no use in avoiding might as well come forward. "I presume the other night you came to talk to me. You know how I feel. I know you know how I feel. So... what do you think?" Oh Kami why am I such a spaz? I could tell he was having a hard time answering. Can you blame him? "Look, Hiei, it doesn't matter. I'll just leave" as I turned to leave I heard him speak up.

"Don't" the strange thing is, is that it wasn't a demand it was a request. Again I turned to him. "I...um..." now he was the one nervous. Why does this have to be so hard? I sighed realizing what I was about to do. I walked over to him. I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. When I pulled away he looked stunned.

"There is no one but me around Hiei. Do you love me or not?" Normally, that is a question I wouldn't even think about asking, but I needed to know. He didn't answer. Instead he pulled me in and kissed me. I didn't resist, I went with it. I was in heaven. When we finally pulled away it was me who looked shocked.

"I do" he said. Wow, sounded like a wedding. I felt tears coming to my eyes. "And I want to make you mine forever" I was taken aback but went with him. The last thing I remember is him coming closing in again, him biting my left shoulder, hard, and passing out. When I awoke he said four words to me. "You are now mine". I looked at my shoulder there were teeth marks.

"Are we-?" I started.

" Yes, we're mated" my eyes widened. I was only sixteen and I'm mated. Oh, god what have I gotten my self into?

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Hiei lovers please don't hate me. Hope you enjoyed.

M-Chan16