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Chapter 10: How to deal with arrogant assholes

Like he was asked, Kurama took his party of people to Genkai's to check up on things. Sade and her company went to find a meal for Lauren before she bugged out or collapsed, though having those idiot boys following made it difficult to do anything they needed to.

They ended up going to a few other places first to make it look as if they weren't doing anything 'unusual'.

"Ok… It's almost sundown and we have to get rid of those guys before nightfall, what do we do?" Sade looked to the other girls sitting in the booth with her.

Lauren looked to Ayanna who pounded one fist into her other hand, making a smack sound, showing her point in the conversation. Daine shrugged and looked over at Mavrick, desperately wanting to rip his head off.

Sade glared at her, knowing full well what she was thinking. "Daine, stop it." Daine looked at her slightly confused. "What?" she said rather innocently.

"I said stop," Sade continued to glare, but Daine was unflinching. "What am I doing?" "You're making death warrants on Mavrick, that's what you're doing."

For a second, it all seemed to click in her head, "Ohhhh, so?" Sade fell over, "So STOP IT, you're not going to kill him, I'm not going to let you that is."

"Well why not, he's annoying," Sade tapped her fingernails on the table beside her milkshake, seemingly aggravated. "…and you aren't?" Sade scowled and Daine snorted.

"You'd have to be the most annoying being in the universe, or at least in the world," Daine smirked "…and you aren't?"

 Sade rolled her eyes and looked at Mavrick, "I never said I wasn't… now did I?" Ayanna was the one to roll her eyes this time.

"Two worlds…" Sade peered up at Lauren, "Hmm?" Sade blinked at her in confusion, "There are two worlds. Aren't there?"

Sade had to think on that for a minute, obviously lost. "No, there's three, the Reikai, the Makai, and the Ningenkai," Daine stated. Sade looked even more lost; she hadn't studied on the worlds beyond the one she lived in. Not only that, but she didn't fully understand Japanese all that well.

"Umm, can you repeat that, but in English, or Spanish maybe," Daine sweat dropped. "I don't know Spanish," Sade sighed, "Then say it in English damnit!"

Daine rolled her eyes, "I said… in this order… the spirit world… the demon world and… the human world." Daine explained in a patronizing tone. Sade nodded to each with a glare and one eyebrow raised, "Oh, I see now, sheesh, you didn't have to be so condescending, but how the hell did I not know about these before?"

She crossed her arms and stared intently at her empty milkshake glass. "Yeah, how could you not? I'm from the Makai," The hanyou neko said scornfully. Sade sighed, 'Damn, I can't believe I didn't know that,' she put her hands over her face in embarrassment.

Daine and Lauren scooted closer to Sade and hugged her for comfort. "Hey don't beat yourself up over it," Ayanna said in a somewhat reassuring manner. Lauren sat back and smiled, "Yeah, even if you didn't know about those worlds, or about where Ayanna was from or even OWW!" Lauren squeaked as Ayanna removed her foot from hers.

"What'd I do?!" Lauren rubbed her sore foot with the other one. You're talking, that's what…don't you think she feels bad enough? Ayanna spoke using her telepathy. Lauren blinked, umm, I dunno Ayanna sweat dropped, you have some serious issues Lauren's eyes changed again in a flash of crimson, she wasn't angry, however. She simply smiled and said I know making Ayanna laugh at the day-walking vampiress.

Sade watched her friends stare at each other keenly, but happily as they mentally conversed. She didn't intrude on their conversation, though; having no interest in what they were talking about. However, the flash in Lauren's eyes was not overlooked. Telling Sade, that they still had some time to get to the 'dead'-end streets of downtown before night, but nonetheless, had to hurry in their hunt for blood, or at least Lauren's hunt. They would also need to get rid of those boys before Lauren decided to bug-out and go out on a rampage of killing sprees.

Sade looked over at the boys sitting at the bar end of the diner. She stared at Mavrick for a few minutes; he was leaning against the wall next to the bar, watching the other human boys drink, when he noticed her staring she turned her gaze to Tiger, who raised his drink a little to her, and then looked back to her friends, blushing slightly.

Mavrick looked in her direction slightly confused at her look, but smirked to himself in masculine pride at her faint blush. Tiger noticed this and began to wonder about them. And what about Hiei, Mavrick could have sworn Sade was infatuated with him. He would soon confront this and see how close they were.

Ranjitzu sat next to Daine, he didn't talk much so he sat quietly, glancing at Daine every so often. Sade had known he had a crush on her, but the fact that Daine was too dense to notice and he was too shy to admit it, kinda left them both at a loss. Sade would have to find a way to get them both to notice each other, not only would it make some things a little easier, it would save Kurama a life time of back problems and visits to the chiropractor. Sade looked at Ranjitzu, still staring at Daine, and smirked, 'hmm…I'll take care of them later, but first… we get rid of them…' Sade thought, turning her gaze, once again, to Tiger and his friends, scowling deeply.

Finally, they had left the diner, leading on to their final destination. Tiger seemed to be thinking (gasp he thinks?), as if there was something bothering him, till he stopped short in front of Mavrick, having been walking ahead of most of them. "So um…Mavrick…how do you know Sade?" Tiger asked the dark-skinned, silver haired, boy over his shoulder.

Mavrick blinked at him for a second and grinned, "I'm an old friend, I've known her since we were smaller, you could say we've grown rather…close" Mavrick put his arm around her waist and pulled her to him. Sade sweat dropped but went along with it silently; she rapped her arm around him as well to see how far he was going to take it.

Mavrick slid his hand down her back and right before it hit her butt, Sade whirled around and rapped her arms around his neck, smiling brightly at him, "Hmmm, is that a fact?" if you try anything, I will personally hurt you she kissed his nose and pulled away, still smiling. He smirked and nodded, "I'll say it is," you can't hurt me, besides, you know you love me… Sade couldn't help but laugh at that, what proof did he have that she loved him, though the thought all together was funny, he wasn't completely wrong. She continued to laugh at his mental statement.

Mavrick gave her a confused look, in fact, everyone turned to look at her. Sade flushed from embarrassment and clamped her hands over her mouth, though the sound of giggles could still be heard. She hadn't realized she had laughed aloud.

Tiger's friends had been uneasy the whole time, mostly from Lauren's inability to make sense, and Daine's giddy facade, but also from the fact that they had been walking till nightfall and were trailing through some very bad neighborhoods. Shortly after night had come, Lauren began her hunt for something to quench her thirst.

They stopped, suddenly, at an old abandon building, that stood at the base of the hill-like-street; Lauren narrowed her eyes at the old residence. "This area feels funny…" Mavrick walked up beside her and carefully searched the perimeter, "Strange, but…I don't feel anything" he said looking back at Sade. "Well Lauren, what is it, can you tell what's weird about it?"  "It gives me chills," Lauren rubbed her arms.

 "Ummm, did it ever occur to you, that you're cold maybe because, YOU'RE DEAD?!?! YOU HAVE NO TEMPERATURE…!!" Daine yelled, forgetting about the human boys who were standing right behind her. "Makes me want to put myself out of my misery," Lauren giggled.

Sade slapped her palm to her forehead and sighed, "I'll put you outta ya misery for you if you don't stop it. Now can you or can you NOT tell us what's up with this place?" Tiger chuckled at her frustration and Sade glared at him, turning to face the pompous bastard.

This made him laugh harder, "What? What's so funny?" she tapped her foot; Tiger quieted his laughter and walked up to her, pushing Mavrick out of the way. "This is all one big prank, ain't it? You and your friends are just trying to mess with our heads, you little vixen, I knew you wanted me," he pulled Sade close to him, "Shows how much you know, what prank… why are you touching me? I asked you not to, now, I'm telling you not to."

Sade pushed away from him, but he kept his grip around her waist. Sade was getting aggravated; she didn't like being held like that in the least. Mavrick knew it all too well, but still joked around by doing it, only escaping her punishment a small number of times.

Mavrick would have intervened once pushed away and seeing that over zealous, asshole put his hands on her, but after all, he knew that she could handle him and he could guess what she was probably going to do to him, having received the same retribution a few times himself.

Mavrick grinned and stood to them, Sade sighed in relief at Mavrick, finally coming to help. "Now don't you two look cute? I wish I had a video camera to tape this. Sade, if only you could see your face right now," he chuckled, Sade gaped at him dumbly, her mouth hanging open in disbelief.He just laughed loader at her expression, in actuality, Mavrick just wanted to see Sade take her anger out on Tiger, all he had to do was string her on a bit.

Sade glared at him, the wind seemed to pick up around them slightly and Sade's glare became more intense. "Ummm, Tiger, I suggest letting her go now…," Daine pointed out with a bored appearance. Tiger looked at her side ways. "What are you talking about, who the hell do you think you are?" he was either getting nervous around Sade's friends, or he was just being a stubborn dumbass.

"Uhhh, yea, I agree with Daine, you should really let her go Tiger," Ayanna said walking up to them slowly. "Daine? What the hell kind of name is that? You people are a bunch of freaks," can I take stubborn dumbass for two-hundred, we have a winner. Sade took a few really deep breaths and turned in Tiger's arms to look him eye to eye with a fake smile. "I'm not going to warn you again, now I'm going to ask one more time before I get rough, CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME GO?" she said the question between clenched teeth, trying to keep the smile up, and her frustration and anger down.

"I like you where you are, I think I'll keep you this way" he talked smooth and he acted cool, but Sade could see right through him, both literally and figuratively. "Alright then" she slyly glided her hand over his chest and down is stomach, her eyes never leaving his while she smiled in a seductive way. He gulped and maintained his outer composure while inside he was curiously and eagerly waiting to find where her hand was wandering.

Sade slid her hand down to his pants and over what she had felt was his groin, she looked down at her hand then back up at him, this time she wasn't seductive nor was she smiling, she was grinning, a grin of the evil sort, which looked more like a snarl, "I tried to be nice the first time, then the second, and even a third, and since you didn't do as I asked, I'm going to be a real bitch about it…" Sade grabbed his member through his pants and squeezed considerably.

Tiger's eyes went wide and he screamed louder than he ever had in his life. Sade's body was tightly hugged to his, so he couldn't see her hand phased through his slacks. Sade squeezed tighter; bring him to his knees and making her have to kneel as well. "NOW, I'm going to TRY, AGAIN…" with every such word she emphasized her meaning by tightening her hold on him ever so slightly, bringing him to the point of tears.

"…please LET me GO" she said, continuing her constriction of his manhood. He gasped for air and screamed in pain, and being that there was no one on the street that night, there was no one around to hear him. He complied with her demand and released her, she, however, did not do him the same favor. She loosened her hold and stood, pulling him with her so that he would have to stand also.

He leaned on her for support; he could barely hold his own as a result of the pain she had caused him. She patted and rubbed his back comfortingly, "See what happens when you act like an idiota (fool, idiot)? Now look me in the eye and tell me that you'll never touch me again unless told to, got it?" Tiger leaned back a bit to look into her face, he was shaking, Sade was pissed, this side of her was something to recon with, especially when she was as mad as she was, unfortunately for her, she had a soft spot for the weak, and his reaction to her punishment was making her feel guilty.

He nodded with a growl and a groan of pain, and Sade sighed before releasing him completely. He gripped himself and fell back to the cement. His friends were too shocked to do anything before, but they were jolted out of their momentary shock when he fell again. They ran to his aid and glared at Sade, who simply looked down upon them sadly, "Let's go, we only have a few hours till sunrise," She said simply before treading forward to the old buildings.

Sade walked past the group of boys, smirking down at them then turning her attention back to her original objective. Tiger growled and fisted his hand till his knuckles turned white; he was disgusted with his weakness towards the situation. The pain was still there, but he sucked it up and jumped up. Walking up behind her, Tiger brought his fist back, ready to bring it down across her head.

 Sade had sensed his approach and waited for him to do something, then dodged his swing, turning around quickly, kneeing him, hard, in the groin before punching to his gut then an uppercut to his jaw. Sade sighed and breathed, somewhat relieved that she had restrained herself from killing him, though finally being able to kick his ass made her feel a whole lot better.

"Thank god…I held back" Sade said smiling. Tiger's friends sweat dropped, "That was holding back?" one said, running to his side, once again. "Yea, you knocked him clear out, you really are some kind of freak," another said, joining the first on the ground, next to Tiger. Sade was tired, still frustrated, and over heated; she gave them a wolfish smirk, which soon became an evil grin.

"Name calling isn't nice y'know…" Lauren chuckled, hidden in shadow. "Yea, just because your arrogant friend got fucked up, there's no need for that…" Ayanna's voice also drifted from the shadows.

Sade chuckled "Ahhh yes, and that's also where you'd be wrong… you see…I'm perfectly normal, but my friends here…"

Sade put her arms out to her sides, her hands palm up, then seeming to appear out of nowhere, Daine, Lauren, and Mavrick walked up behind her, Ayanna was leaning on the wall of a building next to Sade.

"….aren't"

Lauren grinned like a jack-o-lantern, showing all her beautifully pointed teeth and her rather large fangs. Daine simply shrugged her shoulders slightly and six large angel wings sprouted from her shoulder blades.

Mavrick snapped his fingers, lighting his finger like a match, and then letting the small flame consume his hands, he then placed his hand on the tree he was leaning on, causing it to explode on contact.

Sade gave him a sideways glance, the look in her eyes saying something like 'show off' or 'way over done.' Mavrick chuckled and shrugged, it didn't bother him, he thought, 'hey, if you're going to show something great, present it with a flare,' which made Sade roll her eyes.

 "See, I'm the normal one…" Sade smiled.

 "Hey, you're not normal…you lie," Lauren hissed and then giggled, "Hn… fine I'm not normal, but then again…do I care?" Sade lifted her right arm to her waist and put her hand out, once again, palm up. A small whirling, jade/black dragon uncurled from her arm and slide down her sleeve, coiling in her hand.

It didn't look like much; however, it seemed more like a small green serpent made of fire. Nevertheless, the boys were frightened; they picked up Tiger and slowly backed away from the group of 'freaks'. "You boys should get as far away from us as possible, before you get hurt and we get angry…"

At the mention of anger the emerald creature within her hand sprang up and grew about ten times bigger, giving the boys further persuasion to start running for their very lives, though at this point, not much urging was needed.

The boys fled from the scene as fast as they could run with Tiger in tow, "And if you tell anyone about us, you will be, without any hesitation, severely hurt!!!" Sade hollered at the top of her lungs, to make the point clear, in which it was.

Sade sighed and called the dragon back, inspecting it curiously. Though it was no more than a beast of fire and energy, it seemed to look and feel more like a part of her. It seemed so much more than it was, yet to be certain, she'd have to ask the one she stole it from, or borrowed, more or less. Mavrick Still had his hands engulfed in flames, still wanting to show off but pretty sure the demo had already ended.

Sade had been focusing on what they would have to do that night, trying to keep her mind off of other things. Daine still seemed rather bored; she was getting ready to take down Mavrick for some sort of entertainment. Mavrick could tell she didn't like him, but he couldn't care less. "Come on, lets go, I'm getting hungry," Lauren tapped Sade on the shoulder. She nodded and they proceeded to the abandoned buildings.

Kurama forced the shrine door open, the noticeable damage being only the second thing on his mind. The first thing was to find everyone and make sure they were ok, which of course they weren't. He found Genkai and Ramura in the far room at the end of the hall.

Yukina helped Kuwabara to a seat and sat next to him. Kurama listened to Genkai as she explained what happened. The shocking idea of Sade's friends being beaten then captured, tugged at his mind for a minute then reality sank in, he had to find a way to tell Sade before anything else happened that night.

note

Bowing several times in apology I'm soooo sorry, I was so hung up on this chapter, I made all you beautiful reviewers wait, I'm such an idiot…. I promise, cross my heart and hope my computer crashes, that I will have the next chapter much sooner, because if I shorten them a bit, I believe I can get them up faster so… wish me luck!!

Oh and please please please please please… R&R thanx  ;;