It was 5 minutes later until Serenity came back.
She grinned. "I couldn't find a wooden thing, but I got extra pillows."
"Hn. Whatever baka onna."
Serenity laughed, and told Hiei to move. He obeyed, and she put the pillow behind him.
"Lay down."
He frowned. How dare this onna order me around like that. He obeyed her anyway, and laid down. She stuffed the 2 extra pillows in the middle.
"There! You see...a division line between your space and mine." She smiled. "Great!"
She tucked Hiei in, and bent down to kiss him lightly, but thought better of it. I better not unless I want my head chopped off. Hiei saw her bent slightly forward, and his heart hammered. Is she really...? But Serenity mentally slapped herself, and straightened.
She smiled sadly. "Goodnight."
Hiei frowned. She didn't. Why is my baka heart beating so fast? Baka ningen emotions. Baka onna.
Serenity frowned, also. Why didn't I just kiss him? He looked innocent enough...but I guess I was right not to unless I wanted my head to be chopped off. She heard Hiei sigh, and stir lightly. Besides, love is in fairy tales...not in real life. Get with the program, Serenity.
Hiei's heart sunk. He had read her mind.
Diguri's Castle
"OK, we need the demon in order to move along."
The servant nodded, and he summoned the same demon that was fighting Hiei before. The demon was quietly waiting outside the door, waiting for his master to get him.
Diguri was standing in front of a bubbling cauldron dumping mysterious ingredients into it.
"OK...newt's eye..."
"Check, sir."
"Tail of frog?"
"Yes, sir."
"Tooth of a komodo?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Now...for next ingredient...heart of ash?"
The servant nodded, and walked over to the frozen figure. It was Asher. His face was eternally stricken, and his mouth open. His fierce green eyes were staring, horrified at nothing, and his body was tense and erect. The servant took his knife, and carved out a hole where his heart would have been. Blood spilled out, and burned the ground, leaving red stains on the nicely polished wooden floor.
The servant frowned. "Darn. I just cleaned it, too."
"Just shut up, and hurry up. We don't have all day. We need his heart for tonight's full moon."
The servant frowned, and cut the arteries that were connected to the beating heart. The red thing fell to the floor, still beating, then it abruptly stopped. The still figure of Asher crumbled into dust, and blew away once Diguri summoned the wind.
Diguri smiled. "Good...carefully place the heart in the cauldron. We wouldn't want the contents spilling all over the floor do we?"
The servant laughed uneasily. No, we don't. He carefully placed the heart inside the cauldron and his fingers nearly touched the contents.
"NOW!" Diguri screamed.
The demon (who was next to the servant) grabbed him, and dumped him into the pot. The servant screamed with agonizing pain as the acids slowly ate him. The screaming stopped, and Diguri smiled.
"Blood, bone, and life of a faithful servant. Check."
The demon laughed. "Haha...A gift for the darkness."
"Soon the concoction shall be complete, and the Great Oki will live once again!"
They laughed as the contents sizzled, and bubbled.
With the Reikai Tantei
Yusuke laughed as he was taping them with his video camcorder. Hahaha!! Hiei will kill me if he ever finds out. Ahahah!!
The pillows that were once separating Serenity and Hiei were thrown about on the floor, and the blankets were kicked off. Hiei was hugging Serenity, and she was hugging him back like a teddy bear. Yusuke was laughing hysterically, and then abruptly stopped once he saw Serenity, and Hiei let go of each other and turn the other way. Oh crap. I think they are waking up...but let's see what happens next. Hahahah!! Hiei stirred and saw Yusuke taping him and Serenity sleeping next to him.
Gah. What happened to the pillows between us?! Yusuke froze as Hiei looked down at the floor, and then glared at him. The detective is up to something.
"Hiei!! Uh...Good morning!" Yusuke grinned.
Yusuke tried to hide the camcorder, but it was too late. Hiei had already seen it.
"What are you up to, detective?"
Yusuke laughed uneasily. "Ehehehe...ehh...nothing."
"Give me the damn thing right now detective or I'll slit your throat!"
Yusuke laughed. "You have to catch me first!!"
But Yusuke regretted what he just said. Oh crap. Wrong thing to say to Hiei. Yusuke ran out of the room, and ran down to the kitchen with the fire youkai close at his heels.
"Get back here, detective!"
Yusuke laughed, and hid behind Yukina, and stood on a stool.
"C'MON!! REACH FOR IT!!!"
With Serenity
Serenity finally woke up, and looked around. Gah. What a mess. I guess I better clean it up. She looked at her cold hands. Serenity cocked her head. Hey, what's this? It was a green dot in the middle of her palm, and it was glowing...beating. Her heart hammered. I guess it's nothing. She cleaned up the room, brushed her teeth, combed her hair, got dressed, and went to the kitchen.
She turned left, and turned right, but it never seemed right to her. Oh darn. I'm lost. sigh I better go back to my room. But then she heard noises.
"C'MON HIEI! REACH FOR IT!!! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!"
"YOU BAKA!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!"
Serenity laughed, and followed where the noises were coming from. She finally reached the room and saw Hiei jumping for a camcorder.
Yusuke was grinning and laughing. "C'MON...I KNOW YOU CAN..." Then he noticed Serenity was in the room. "HEY LOOK, HIEI!!! YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS HERE!!!"
Serenity was confused. "Huh?"
Hiei blushed. "She's not my girlfriend, baka!" He jumped. "Now, give me the baka camcorder!!!"
Serenity looked at Yusuke. "Camcorder?"
Yusuke laughed uneasily. "Uh...yeah. You wanna see what's taped?"
Serenity looked at Hiei. He was glaring at her. She sweatdropped.
"Eh...I don't want to know."
Yusuke grinned, and put his arm around Serenity. Hiei growled, and Yusuke laughed.
"C'mon...I know you want to see it."
Serenity lifted his arm off of her. "Umm...no. Besides, I have to go with Genkai to go training."
He frowned. "Aww, c'mon. It's only like 2 minutes."
Genkai marched in. "SERENITY!! IT'S TIME FOR YOUR TRAINING!!"
She winced. "Umm...ok." She looked at Yusuke, and smirked. "See?"
Yusuke sweatdropped. "You're going to leave me here alone with Hiei?! NOOO!!"
"No. He is coming with us," Genkai said as Kurama entered the room. "KURAMA! You are coming also."
He frowned. "Yes, Genkai."
Yusuke sighed with relief as Hiei, Serenity, and Genkai walked out the door. Hiei frowned. At least he didn't show her the tape...or anyone. That would have been embarrassing. Serenity looked at Hiei was deep in thought. I wonder what he's thinking about. But before Serenity could decide what he was up to, Genkai's voice shouted.
"Serenity. I want you to sit on the grass, under the trees." She pointed to the piece of green grass. "Hiei, Kurama, Botan informed me that Koenma would like to see the both of you."
He 'hned' and went away. Kurama sighed. What now?
Serenity and Genkai sat down. "OK, let's start. Relax your mind, and think of nothing."
Serenity nodded. Damn! This is hard, my mind is filled with things.
"Make your head as clear as crystal."
What the heck?!
"Clear your mind!!"
Serenity grumbled, and cleared it. All she could see in her mind was pure whiteness.
"OK, now hold out your hand, and focus your mind on it. Imagine the shape of a baseball. Just for starters."
With Hiei
He grumbled. What does he want? I have better things to do. Hiei went through the glass doors, and entered the bright light. Koenma was there behind the desk, waiting for him.
"About time, Hiei."
"Hn. What do you want?"
Koenma frowned. "I want you, and Kurama..." Kurama entered the room. "You and Kurama are going to be protectors of the Chosen.
"Whose the Chosen?" inquired Kurama.
Koenma sighed. "Serenity."
Hiei glared at Koenma as he explained. "I'm not really sure why Diguri called her the Chosen, but the thing that is extremely important right now is Diguri. He is still alive, and is creating a potion that will awaken Serenity's power quicker than normal."
Kurama cocked his head. "But why? I don't think they would want a powerful hanyou on our side."
"That...I'm not really sure about."
"Hn."
Koenma gestured toward the portal. "I think you should start going."