The Kitsune Sisters Yin and Yang and their brother Yung

Ixi: Hiya (Elbows Hiei)

Hiei: Hn, baka onna

Ixi: Oh Ai!

Hiei (looks around nervously) Fine Hi, happy?

Ixi: Yep

Hiei: Hn

Lark: (sigh)

Elmer: Yep

Ixi: Hey Kira! Get your lovesick puppy to do disclaimers!

Kira: (glare) Kurama-chan, please make her shut up and do the disclaimers

Kurama: Okay, Ixi owns nothing but her characters, Mika is Pikabloo12's and Skye is Black Pawn's

Ixi: Thank you, you may resume

Chapter 7 24, The Longest Number

"I have an idea!" Ixi announced. "What?" Yusuke questioned. "When 24 hours are up, we could go clubbing, I heard they just opened a new club in downtown." "Youkai club?" Mika asked as she dragged Skye over to where everyone had taken a seat. Ixi shook her head. "Nope, nigen, but they're just as bad, if not worse than youkai clubs." Mika looked skeptical but she was too busy cuddling Skye. "Mika, get a room." Ixi said as she dragged Hiei over to the couch and took a seat. Hiei rolled his eyes and dragged his heels the entire time Ixi was dragging him. "So what do we do until then?" Keiko asked as she looked up from a twitching Yusuke. (She has a monster right hook and Yusuke was being an idiot, as usual) "Something inside please." Kuwabara put in as he glared at Jynx, who simply smiled and stuck out her tongue. Kurama groaned as he moved in the wrong way and Kira involuntarily glanced at him worriedly. "Just like a boy." She muttered up her breath as she grabbed Kurama by his shoulder and then pushed him to the stairs. "You're going back to bed to rest up." Kira scolded as she pushed him up the flights of stairs. "Yes ma'am." Kurama said timidly as he allowed himself to be pushed up the stairs.

Hiei watched Kira and Kurama go up the stairs before returning to his thoughts, which unfortunately were interrupted by Ixi. She was poking his shoulder and staring at him. "What?" He snapped while glaring at Ixi. Ixi jumped back surprised. "Never mind then if you're going to be like that." Ixi muttered back to him. Hiei rolled his eyes to show he couldn't care less and Ixi stuck out her tongue. Then Ixi's ears pricked up. A beautiful howl sent an electric surge thought the air and made the ones in the room's heart skip a beat. "What was that?" Yusuke asked. Ixi's wildly looked around and caught a glimpse of Inyurro streaking towards the door. "Yep, thought so." She muttered as she got up to follow Inyurro. "Kira we gots royalty here!" Ixi yelled up to her sister and footsteps rapidly came down the stairs. "Royalty?" Hiei, Yusuke, Botan and Yukina all asked as they followed the three kitsune siblings outside.

Once everyone but Kuwabara was outside they new something was up. A swirl of cherry blossom petals were twisting around each person, making them rise a few inches from the ground before setting them gently back to earth. Each gaze soon found its way to the cause of the commotion. A beautiful maiden dressed in a white handkerchief top, long, silvery, fluttery skirt and simple white sandals. Her knee long silver-blue hair blew wildly in the wind she must have created and her silver blue eyes soaked up everything around her and sparkled it back. Ixi pulled her hand from Hiei and bowed. "Konichiwa Celeste-dono, whatever brings you here?" Hiei gawked at Ixi's manners and Ixi's force made him bow. Taking cue, everyone else bowed politely, well other than Mika and Skye. "Hey Celeste- san." Mika said while waving bye. The shimmering maiden waved goodbye with a smile.

Ixi stood up from the bow and smiled. "Remember Mika-san, 24 hours!" Mika showed she understood with a wave of her hand and her and Skye vanished into the distance. "So?" Ixi questioned again as she playfully dragged Celeste towards the house. "You are WAY too busy for social calls girl." Celeste smiled and jogged to keep up with Ixi. "For once I do have time." Ixi gave Celeste a skeptical look but smiled. Led by Ixi and Celeste everyone who went outside was soon back into the living room.

Kuwabara's face turned beet red when Celeste walked through the door and he attempted to hide under a nearby blanket. Celeste giggled and took a seat next to Hiei, who was unsuccessfully trying to not look at her. "Okay Celeste, fess up, how do you have time for a social visit." Celeste smiled at Kira's question. "I've been getting much help from Hirosuke-kun, and I decided to test whether or not I could take a break and leave him in charge." "Our Dad is working for you?" Kira and Inyurro exclaimed, but Ixi glanced down to the floor. Hiei glanced over at Ixi, but she avoided his questioning gaze. "I'll be right back." Ixi muttered as she got up and left in the direction of her room. Not wanting to be dragged the entire way Hiei sped up to walk next to her. Everyone gazed as the two left but decided not to say anything. "Ixi . . ." Kira whispered once her sister's shadow was gone. "I shouldn't have brought that up should I?" Celeste said. Kira faked a smile. "No, its okay Celeste-dono she'll be fine . . ." I hope . . .

Once Ixi was in her room she quietly shut the door. "Why do you act like you don't belong in that family?" Hiei asked, but Ixi ignored him and went over to her dresser. "Why?" Hiei asked again. "Samayio (shut up), you're being a pest." Ixi hissed as she yanked his arm as she went over to her closet. "And you're one to talk?" Hiei snapped back. Ixi glared at him, her eyes turning an icy blue. Hiei glared back at her with his crimson eyes, and you could literally see the sparks fly. Ixi slammed the door to the closet in Hiei's face as she went in, but he caught it in time so he didn't get hurt. Pulling him the entire way Ixi dragged Hiei deep into the closet, which, as they went deeper, looked less and less like a closet. Hiei found himself surrounded by almost every weapon in existence, all sharp and combat ready. Daggers, ornate and plain, seasoned and brand new swords, katanas, scythes, concealed weapons, sais, grappling hooks, two sakabatos (reversed blade swords), and various other weapons, some enchanted items and potions. "Nice." Hiei whispered as he gazed around the room trying to identify each weapon. On the middle of one of the shelves was a large diamond like object that was sparkling like fire. "What's that?" Hiei asked while watching Ixi carefully take it down. "None of your business." Ixi half snapped as she walked towards the exit.

Ixi made her way back down the stairs to the room and walked over towards Celeste. "Here, this is what I was telling you of earlier. Check out what it does, how it does it, and why." Ixi put the stone in Celeste's hands and turned to walk back out of the room. Celeste turned the stone over a couple of times in her hands while watching Ixi leave the room. As Ixi and Hiei went up the stairs Kurama was making his way down. "Kira's gunna yell at you Kurama." Ixi muttered as she jumped the last two steps. "Oh yeah, why?" Kurama asked as he stopped on the way down. "Because, we have a goddess here and you're all beat-up and bloody." "Celeste is a goddess?" Hiei asked while being dragged up the stairs. "Heavenly entities and what goes on in the skies are her job." Hiei gave Ixi a shocked look and tripped over the last step.

Ixi sighed and helped him up. "You know, you never answered my question." Hiei smirked as Ixi frowned. "I, as partial owner of this house, reserve the right to ignore any and all questions I feel unfit to be answered at the point and time in question." Hiei was still smirking despite Ixi's response. "Oh, enlighten me to what you find so humorous." Ixi said through a hiss. "You." Hiei replied simply. Ixi stepped back in surprise. "E-excuse me?" She stuttered as she tried to pull away in vain. "You, you're so . . . different. You're like no one I've ever met Ixi. You're a happy, annoying and hyper ball of energy one minute and the next you're snapping and making threats to the closest enemy. You're not what I first thought you were, that's for sure." Ixi blushed a deep pink as she tried to back away again. "I-wha?-how-dare . . ." Ixi tried to come back from that, but found nothing to say. Hiei smirked and watched Ixi try and come back. "You're crazy." Ixi muttered and Hie smirked more. "So why do you act like you don't belong?" Ixi glared at Hiei's persistence. "Because I don't." She hissed as she pulled her way to her room.

"What do you mean, 'you don't'?" Hiei asked as he followed her. "Drop it Hiei." Ixi muttered as she went to her bed and lay down on it. Hiei took a seat on the edge so his arm wasn't pulled from its socket and watched Ixi forcibly close her eyes to make it look as though she were asleep. "Are you sure you're a fox? You act more like a mule." Hiei whispered into her ear to tick her off. "Hiei, those ropes can't burn, but I assure you, your skin can, fire youkai or not." "I'm shaking over here." Ixi suppressed the urge to kill him right there with her bare hands by plotting out all the ways she could get at him when everybody went to the club together.

Down on the First Floor

"Kurama you're suppose to be upstairs resting!" Kira cried as Kurama strolled through the doorway. "I'm fine, you worry way too much Kira." Kurama said. Kira gave him a disbelieving glare, but scooted over so he had a place to sit. "You're injured?" Celeste asked as she worriedly glanced over to the redhead. "I'm fine, it's nothing." Kurama said, not really wanting a fuss made over him. "Yeah you only got clawed on the side by a demi-cerberus." Kira muttered as she stared over at Celeste. "A demi- cerberus?" Celeste asked. "Not that fool Hato?" She continued and Kira nodded. "Baka mutt if you ask me." Kira mumbled as she glared at Kurama. "Will you stop glaring at me, it's not my fault that I never told you. Do you know how hard I've been looking for you Kira?" Kurama said in his own defense. "Uh-huh, sure." Kira muttered as she turned back to Celeste. "So what do you know about this Hato person Celeste?" Inyurro asked with little hearts in his eyes. (Total crush on Celeste -- hopeless) "Hato was the lord of several of the northern mountains and their wolf tribes. I was told he had a crush on you Kira, and when he heard about you and Yoko he became enraged and all that. He sent one of his several clans to attack you that night . . ." Celeste trailed off not wanting to bring it up again. "So it was him that did it." Kira hissed. "Sadly yes." Everybody jumped at the sound of shouting coming from the upstairs. "What are they up to now?" Yusuke muttered as everyone made his or her way to the stairs.

Ixi: Phew, all done! I hate doing in-between chappies, I run out of ideas -- but anyway, in the next chappie I'm going to have these ppl go to a club and if anyone has a song that would likely be heard in a club and they want some of the lyrics in the chappie, leave the song name and artist in a review and I'll see what I can do. Somebody do review responses.

Lark: Okay review responses below ppl.

To Phoenix-of-Fire: Yeah, I kinda forgot to warn the ppl I would bash Kuwabara in this fic (looks innocent), but I'm glad you like my story.

To Inuyasha's-Sweetheart: You are NOT calmed down, but anyway I keep tellin ya I love cliffies its fun to do to ppl. You also should know the spell doesn't last forever so . . .

FYI: I'm gunna be gone again, expect this the entire summer