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A crash and a very loud and angry yell reached Hiei's ears the minute he entered the palace. He winced as a man in armor flew backwards into the wall next to his head. Cautiously he stepped into the next room, where he knew someone was having a bad day.

"That is the FIFTH SOLDIER who turned out to be a SUITOR!" a certain cat-eared queen was shouting. "If you're a suitor, please leave now, BECAUSE I HAVE REAL SOLDIERS TO RECRUIT!" About twenty more of the recruits ran out of the room. Hiei entered and chuckled.

"Bad day, love?"

Hebidoshi turned her forced grin on Hiei. "Lucky thing you come at a time like this. I just might make you do something so I can get a break." Hiei raised an eyebrow and casually sauntered over to the vampiress.

"What exactly did you have in mind?" he asked.

"Oh, I thought maybe you could run the recruits through a few rounds while I thought of a few different battle strategies," Hebidoshi said sweetly. "If you don't mind, that is."

"Actually, I had something to tell you," the fire demon began. The cat-girl looked at him knowingly. Hiei stared skeptically back. "What?"

"This isn't going to be like the last time, is it?" the queen inquired. "Where you came in and started to tell me something, and then popped out of nowhere with, 'never mind, it can wait,' and then started making out with me?"

Hiei cringed. "Must everyone bring that up?"

"Apparently so." Hebidoshi smirked. "Look, why don't you tell me what it is, and then I would just love it if you would run the recruits through some training."

"But why do I have to do it?" Hiei whined, now obviously forgetting all his pride and everything else that he had to say.

"Don't go off on that now! We'll talk about it after you tell me what you needed to tell me."

"Oh, come on, Hebi-chan, you're always asking me to do stuff; like with the suitors—"

"Uh, actually, you just went to go take care of the suitors; I did not tell you to do anything."

"Well…but…you were gonna ask!"

The cat-girl scoffed and sighed. "Oh for goodness' sake, do you always have to be right about everything?" Hiei would not back down.

"It's because I always am right! You know I am!"

Hebidoshi rolled her eyes. "Oh sure, just like you were last week when you told me 'never MIND, it can WAIT!'"

The soldiers, who had been watching this argument back and forth now were growing tired of it and decided to break it up. So one soldier cleared his throat. The couple looked over at the recruits sheepishly and turned red.

"Um…I'll just…uh, run the soldiers through some training…and you…yeah," Hiei muttered and started to move away, still bright red. Hebidoshi nodded in agreement, hands folded in her sleeves.

"Uh, yes, you do that; I'll go draw out some…strategies…" She headed away as well. The two separated.

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"Excellent work, recruits. Return same time tomorrow, and you will receive more training. Dismissed." Hiei watched as the soldiers left. He had an uneasy feeling in his stomach about his and Hebidoshi's argument not long ago.

'I'm always right', what kind of fool's line is that? Hiei berated himself. She knows what she's doing, and she never tells me to do anything much. Besides, I don't mind doing things for her, so why did I complain? With a sigh, the fire demon reentered the castle, venturing into Hebidoshi's chambers as though knowingly entering a lion's den. He saw her sitting there, crumpling up a piece of parchment in frustration, surrounded by a pile of them. He grew a little guiltier as he saw her rub her temples in exhaustion. She had a lot to deal with as queen, so was it that much to ask for Hiei to do things for her now and then?

Hebidoshi finally sighed and put down her next piece of parchment. "Hiei, are you going to stand there all night, or are you going to come in?"

Hiei blushed and stepped in. "Hebidoshi, I—"

The cat girl abandoned her parchment and went to Hiei. "Don't feel bad about our argument. I'm already over it."

"That's because I was wrong," Hiei grumbled. Hebidoshi giggled.

"I know." Silence held between them. The young queen sighed and draped her arms around Hiei's neck and leaned on him, her tail twitching and curling delightedly. "Let's not turn this into a soap opera, okay? Just get over it."

"But I'm not—"

"Used to being wrong? Used to being in a relationship? Both?" Hebidoshi guessed. Hiei held her at arms length and blinked confusedly at her.

"Since when did you become a mind reader?"

Hebidoshi smiled. "Hiei, it's okay. I know you didn't mean anything you said, and I love you. You love me. Don't worry about the argument, okay? It's a normal part of being in a relationship."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. And guess what?" Hebidoshi leaned back into Hiei again. "Getting over it and being able to forgive each other is all part of it, too. So…" She looked back at him. "What did you need to tell me?"

Hiei smiled and cupped her chin in his hand. "Never mind. It can wait."

And just to be a horrible person, I will give you no make-out scene there. I don't feel it really needs one, actually…um…well, that's the end of the chapter. Plz review!