Strange Love

(I know, you must hate Kuwa-chan, but then why are you reading this?! If you are reading this just to flame me for liking the idiot, don't. Get something else to fill up the time in your life.)

Gun slid into the hot water and sucked in the steam through her nose.

"Mmmmmm, nice." She murmured. A shoji type wall separated the two springs, and she blushed at thinking a half naked Kuwabara was on the other side. Well, if he had on his boxers like she was wearing her underwear.

She slid down until only her nose and eyes were above the water. She grabbed the soap and started washing before finding she couldn't wash properly with her ice blue bra and undies on. So she merely discarded them on the rocky sides of the springs. As she finished washing her hair with the herbs and lavender scents she lay back in the water.

"Ahhhhhh, perfect temperature. I officially love Genkai." She sighed contentedly.

A knock sounded on the wall.

"Are you okay?" Kuwabara asked softly. Gun nodded, then giggled softly when she remembered he couldn't see her.

"I'm fine, Kazuma." She replied.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Good. Less sore than before. I think I'm setting up a tent and living in here." He chuckled in reply. Gun had a giggle fit.

"Mister Merman." She giggled. She could tell Kuwabara was blushing on the other side of the wall. Suddenly a towel clad Botan and Kayko walked in.

"Hey there, Gun-chan." Kayko said happily and the two girls sat in the water.

"Talk to you later, Kazuma." Gun said to the wall.

"Okay." He replied and the girls gave Gun a sly look.

"Bath house affairs? Oh! Juicy!" Botan said and swam over to the blushing punk.

"No no no no no! It's not like that!" she denied. Kayko giggled.

"C'mon, Gun-chan, we all know you're in lo-" Gun lunged and clamped a hand over her mouth.

"SHHHH!!! The walls have ears!" she cried. Botan started laughing.

"No they don't!" she replied teasingly.

"They might as well! I know for a fact Yusuke is in there! He'll spill!" Gun said hopelessly.

"Yusuke already knows." Botan informed. Gun screamed,

"WHAT!?!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE 'ALREADY KNOWS'!?!?!" Botan and Kayko sweat dropped and backed off at her rage. Unfortunately, while the two had their towels on Gun didn't, and she had stood up when she got mad. Unfortunately because the two backed into the wall and knocked the rice paper down easily. The two boys pushed the soaked wall off of them easily since it was so light and Kuwabara quickly blushed and averted his eyes.

Both boys were standing up, but both were wearing their boxers so no real harm done. Yusuke grinned wickedly and picked up Gun's discarded bra.

"Only a size B32 huh? You look a bit bigger than that." He said evilly. Gun looked confused, then looked down at herself in the waist deep water (I'll give her SOME dignity left) and quickly sunk down into the water, arms over her chest.

"Give me that!!" Botan screamed and grabbed the bra, throwing it to Kayko who ran over to Gun with her underwear.

"It's okay, just dunk and dress." She said comfortingly. Gun quickly did so and when she resurfaced she got teary eyed.

"I, I, I,......" she stuttered. She saw Kuwabara averting his eyes and felt a little better.

"I need to go!" She cried and ran out the door, forgetting her towel. Kayko and Botan glared at the confused, and now guilty feeling Yusuke.

"What did I do?" he asked. The girls stormed out after Gun, leaving Kuwabara to scold the crap outta Yusuke.

"YOU IDOT!! WOMEN ARE VERY SENSITIVE!!" he yelled. Yusuke sighed and slumped his shoulders.

"I know, but I didn't think she'd be THAT sensitive. I didn't want to hurt her....." he replied. Kuwabara glared at him and smacked him no the back of the head before walking out. Yusuke was left in the empty bath house, sad and guilty. He finally walked out and gathered the left towels.

'I can't believe he did that!' Gun thought while sobbing and stumbling through the forest. She suddenly ran into what felt like a wall. She looked up and there stood an annoyed Hiei.

Gun sniffled.

"Who are you?" she asked. Hiei raised a brow.

"None of your concern, Ningen." He said coldly. Botan and Kayko ran into them and Botan cried out in happiness, holding the wet girl.

"Don't run off like that, Gun! You could've been attacked!" she said. Gun sniffled.

"I'm sorry. I just....." tears poured down her cheeks once more.

"I had wished only my husband would see me so, revealed!" she sobbed. Hiei quirked his brow once more.

"What happened?" he asked. She looked a bit like Yukina....with her hair....but the eyes were blue and her name was Gun. Kayko glared at him.

"It's none of YOUR business!" she snarled.

"Stop being bitter, Kayko. Hiei, Yusuke shamed Gun by messing with her bra and seeing her naked." Botan answered.

"So what's the big deal?" Hiei asked. He'd never been modest.

"Girls aren't very open about their bodies and she only wanted to be seen as such by her husband. And even then Yusuke stole her bra and commented on her 'size'." Botan grumpily explained. Hiei then noticed Gun's apparel.

"Oh. Well, ummm, where is the tentei?" he asked awkwardly.

"Probably still being killed by Kazuma in the bath house at Genkai's." Gun muffled, but giggle/sobbed.

"OH GOD KAZUMA SAW ME NAKED!" She grieved and sobbed harder.

"I wouldn't want to be seen naked by him either." Hiei muttered and took off, leaving the girls to comfort Gun and coax her back to the dojo.

"C'mon Gun-chan, let's get you some more clothes." Botan soothed softly. Gun sniffled and nodded. Kayko and Botan covered her and the three scantily clad women walked back to the dojo. Kuwabara met them at the door with a blindfold on and held out the top of his school uniform on.

"Cover Gun with it. She's smaller than me so it should go to her knees." He said. They draped it over the girl and as she passed she kissed Kuwabara on the cheek.

"Thanks, Kazu-chan." She whispered and walked to her room. A wisp of lavender floated under his nose. A slight red covered his cheeks as he took off the blind fold. He was glad to save some of her dignity though.

Gun sat on her futon and sighed. She was dressed in a blue pj tank top and purple pj pants with Kuwabara's blue shirt on over it. It smelled like him- like pine and a bit of sweat. She loved his scent. A knock came on her door. Strange since it was past midnight.

"Who is it?" she asked softly.

"It's the big jerk come to apologize." Came Yusuke's reply.

"Yusuke, you do know how much you embarrassed me don't you?" she asked.

"I know. I'm so sorry. I even came here on my own. I see you as a little sister, but I acted terribly today." He said. Gun bit her lip, clutching Kuwabara's shirt over her chest.

"Okay, you can come in." she said. Yusuke opened the shoji and walked in, in his green boxers and t shirt.

"I'm really sorry." He repeated, looking her in the eyes. Gun smiled.

"I forgive you. Maybe I over acted a bit though...." She trailed off.

"NO! No, you acted like any girl would. I acted childish and irresponsibly." Yusuke said. Gun hugged him.

"Friends?" she asked.

Yusuke shook his head.

"Family." He replied and hugged her back.

"Welcome to my life, little sis." He chuckled. Gun giggled and Yusuke noticed Kuwabara's shirt.

"Soooo, does he return your feelings?" he asked slyly.

"No, he's just really chivalrous." She sighed dreamily.

"So I heard Hiei and you talked?" she raised a brow at the blushing Yusuke.

"Well, we merely talked and trained a little." He explained. The two giggled and chuckled and talked all night, sharing stories of fights and promises to train with each other the next day.