Hiei's Jaded Dragon: "Here's chapter two, hope you like it. I'll try to update every three to four days if I can but I have about six to seven hours of homework a night, including weekends so it's kinda hard. This chapter introduces Talia whose a bit edgy but sweet nonetheless. She and Hiei are just friends and protect each other at all times but the relationship will deepen."

Hiei: "Why must you put me through hell onna?"

Me: "Because it's fun and because I can."

Hiei: "Curse you evil women."

Me: "I know ain't I great? Well do the disclaimer Hiei and then I'll answer reviews, followed by your torture."

Hiei: "No why would I do that? If I do the disclaimer then you can write this damn thing."

Me: "Fine then don't. I'll just have Kurama do it and now you'll endure more pain! Mahahaha!"

Hiei: ". . . NOOOOOOOOOOO! CURSE YOU ONNA!"

Kurama: "Hiei's jaded dragon owns nothing except the plot and Talia. Don't sue or Youko will come after you."

Me: "Thanks Kurama. Oh and I got nine reviews. I'm so happy!" :)

MirokuHoushi: "Glad you like the funny and yeah you're my first reviewer."

Crimison314: "Happy you like where it's going and FYI, I like making Yukina smarter then they portray her. Oh and you meet Talia! Yeah!"

AnoyomousHieiFan101: "Thanks for reviewing."

Jessica: "I know, poor Hiei's in all this trouble over lying. And Yukina being cunning kicks ass. I'll write more bye !"

I Hate you/ I Love You: "Dumb Hiei, but I really can't picture him telling the truth to Yukina straight forward. Hope you keep reviewing. And you brother sounds as weird as mine is."

Hiei-Daughter: "I will add more so you live."

tory: "I always write funny stuff. It's the only way I can write. I don't eve know how to be serious. Happy you reviewed and my nickname from my little cousin is tory--she can't say Victoria."

Hiei-lonewolf: "Thanks for the compliment."

GoldenKitsuneHime13: "Hiei's going to have a rough time getting out of this one. It will be funny--crazy girl's promise."

Oh and to reviewer#10: "Sorry yours wouldn't show up but I'll put yours in the next chapter."

"Talking"

/Telepathy/

-Thoughts-

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Hiei begins to walk out the door but is stopped by a hand on his shoulder.

"Hiei, why don't we come with you? I don't want to be here when Kuwabara wakes up and starts a stupid fight. Besides, I'd like the meet her now." States Kurama. -I know he's lying and I think he's either going to use his Jagan to control some girl or scare one into helping him deceive everyone. But I know better. Hiei doesn't have a mate. I can't even picture him with a girlfriend or even a friend that happens to be a girl. Better bring my communicator to scan Talia's head to make sure Hiei isn't controlling her. Why can't he just tell the truth? I know Yukina would love to have him as a brother so why not? This is going to be a weird day.- Kurama grabs his communicator and follows Hiei."

"Hn, go away fox. I'm going to pick up my onna by myself. I don't need you to come with me." He replies. -Just great Hiei. Kurama knows you don't have a mate and probably suspects you're going to fake it. Damn, can't he not come so I can persuade Talia into going along with this? I have to make it seem like we're really mates cause if we aren't, that fox will try and get me to tell my sister everything. Without a mate, then I'll have to be with Yukina or I'll hurt her feelings. But with a mate I can casually slide out of this mess without telling the truth and without becoming my sister's mate. Let's pray this works Hiei cause if it doesn't I'm screwed.- He starts to walk outside but is stopped by Yusuke.

"Hold it there Hiei. I have to see you and this so-called mate of yours. I don't believe for one second that some chick likes you like that. I bet you're going to get some girl to pretend so I want to be there to see everything blow up in your face." Says the detective with a smile. -This is going to be hilarious.-

Hiei: "F I N E." Replies Hiei through gritted teeth. -Damn they're going to ruin everything.-

So the three begin to walk to Talia's house, lead by Hiei. He figures he can run fast enough to lose them, but that wouldn't buy him enough time. Besides it would look suspicious so they'd know he was lying. So they walked for 15 minutes at a moderate pace until they reached an apartment. Hiei walked in, went to room 602, and pulled a key out of his cloak. He turned the knob and the three walked inside. The apartment was littered with beautiful glass sculptures and pictures galore. There was one side of the wall covered with photos and they seem to be all of Hiei and some girl. There was some that appeared to be the girl's family and friends but most were of her and Hiei. The room smelled of sweet lavender incense and made you feel at home.

"Whoa Hiei if you had a pad like this why stay at Genkai's? This place rocks. It even has a big TV. A little on the girly side but it's nice." Says Yusuke.

"Indeed. Talia must be a good decorator. Everything matches perfectly. But where is she?" Says Kurama chidingly. -Just as I thought, there is no Talia.-

Hiei picks up a letter off the table, reads it, and then hands it to Kurama saying "She's at work."

Kurama opens it and reads it aloud to Yusuke and himself. It says:

Hey to whomever reads this. I'm at work right now and

won't be back till 5. If you do stop by, please make

yourself at home. But don't and I REPEAT DON"T Go

snooping in my closet trying to see what I got you. That

means you Hiei. And don't eat all the ice-cream again and

leave a mess. See you later.

Love,

Talia

"I don't have a mate now do I Kurama. I suppose "Love Talia" is a way friends greet on another then, Hn?" replies Hiei sarcastically. -I am so lucky that Talia always signs letters with "Love Talia." We are just friends that note made it look like she really cares for me.-

"Uh well . . . I thought you were lying but if Talia really exists then why don't we go to her job. Her mate should know where she works." -That note sounded like it came from a close friend or a girlfriend. And Hiei defiantly didn't write it. It was too neat to be Hiei's handwriting. And there were all those pictures of him and that girl. It defiantly shows a relationship of some kind. I've been focusing to detect any signs of telepathy coming from Hiei but there are none. So he can't be communicating with this girl to have her help with this charade. Can he really have a mate . . . no he can't, its Hiei I'm talking about. He has a heart of stone and ice. There's no way he has a mate . . .right?- Thinks Kurama.

"Hn, we'll go. I know where she works." Answers Hiei.

So they leave and begin to walk. Kurama, in an attempt to find out more info to make Hiei look stupid, asks him a bunch of questions about Talia. He is going to check over the replies with Talia and if they don't fit then he'll know she's just a friend at best. He asks him everything about her, from what her favorite color is to her most embarrassment moment. But Hiei starts to get ticked off by this.

"Fox why don't you SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR 2 SECONDS!!!" Screams Hiei. -Can't he shut up? I'm getting a headache. I hope somehow, someway Talia makes it look like we're lovers. This is chaos. Pure utter chaos.- "Hn we're here."

They have stopped in front of a large arcade. At this Yusuke's eyes light up.

"She works at an arcade?" Says Kurama -I thought Hiei would pick a girl smart enough to get a decent job at least but an arcade?-

"Not just an arcade, The Arcade. This place is the best. They have every game every made and best of all, they also serve food in case you get the munchies. If you want to stop for a second and go piss or get food, you can put a red sticker that a worker gives you on your game, pause it, and when you come back no one will have touched it and you can continue." Says Yusuke (This is my dream for the perfect arcade. I'm a video-game addict.)

"Hn, let's go in split up and find her." Says Hiei

"But how we can we find her if we don't know what she looks like?" Asks Yusuke

"Idiot. She wears a damn name tag. How hard could it be to find her in the ridiculous outfit she wears?" Says Hiei slightly annoyed.

"What's ridiculous about her outfit?" Questions Kurama.

"If she's an employee, then she wears a tight white skirt and a low-cut shirt that shows her bellybutton. The outfit will make you drool" Answers Yusuke.

So they go in and start looking for this girl. Yusuke sees a girl bending down. He can't resist the temptation, so he slaps her ass hard. Unfortunately Hiei was right in front of her and she was none other than Talia. She jumped forward and would have fell down if Hiei hadn't caught her.

"Aaaaah! That hurt you pervert! Hiei what are you doing here? And could you please beat up the guy in green who hit me?" Responds a shaken Talia.

"I won't hit him because I work with him, but I will tell his girlfriend Keiko what he did. She'll knock the crap outta him for me." Says Hiei.

"Hiei don't. She'll kill me. Pleeeeese?" -Note to self, be careful about slapping asses when Hiei is around. Don't need him snitching to Keiko.-

"Haha. I don't know who you are but I'm glad you're going to feel pain for what you did." Replies a short girl with long orange hair, red eyes, and a grin (A.K.A. for all us morons out there-Talia).

"So Hiei where have you been? You disappeared for like a week and didn't even send me a Tele-email (my word for telepathic messages.). I was bored and I missed having you around. When are you going to quit working for Koenma?" -Why is he here and who are these people. He seems a bit edgy. I should probably take him to the staff room and talk to him alone.-

(Ok right now they are just friends but they know each other very well and can sometimes predict how the other is feeling.)

"Hn I came to see you that's all." Says Hiei

"Why don't I get you and your friends some drinks? You look a little flustered at the moment." Says Talia with concern.

Hiei puts her down gently and they all get acquainted with one another. She then walks the bar and gets four sodas. But while being there, someone else wants to order something. Amazingly she calculates the man's total in her head in like a minute and gives him exact change just as fast. This makes Kurama wonder why a smart girl is working as a waitress in an arcade. Talia leads them to a table, they sit down, and begin to talk and relax."

"So Talia, why is someone of your intellect working at a place like this?" asks Kurama

"Well I used to work at this office in Tokyo but the hours were long so I had no time for my friends and Hiei. Plus my boss liked to hit on me and for his safety I left. I didn't want Hiei to find out and beat him up. After that, this was the only decent place that would hire a 16-year-old girl still in school." replies Talia. (They're just friends but true friends are very protective of one another. That's why he'd beat up her boss if he knew he hit on her.)

-Thank god Talia. It sounds like we're mates and you don't even know what's going on. I could kiss you . . . wait what if I have to?! Oh god I never thought of that! I'm in such deep shit.- Thinks Hiei.

"Um, Hiei could you come help me do something and then maybe I can ask my boss to leave a little early and we can do stuff." Says Talia

"Sure." replies Hiei. -This is perfect. Now I can tell her what's going on without the guys being there and maybe I can keep pretending this whole mate deal.

So they head to the staff room alone, leaving Kurama and Yusuke to think.

"So what did you think? I would've typed more but I've got two tests tomorrow and a paper due so I gotta get some sleep. Bye and please review."