Disclaimer: See Chapter Two.

Author's Note: I want to remind the readers that there are some homosexual references (to put it mildly) in this story. If this bothers you, read something about fluffy gay ponies.

Chapter Three

We Won!

WITH SARA AND HIEI

There was a squeal of tires and a flash of black light. Sara's car went flying into the guardrail. She screamed and both of them transported to Faythe's house.

"Why didn't we do this in the first place?" Sara asked Hiei, who shrugged.

Kurama was at the door, but didn't go inside. "It's locked," he explained.

Sara flipped her hair off of her shoulders. "Stand back," she said dramatically. She picked the lock with a bobby pin and the door sprung open. "Voila!" she cried triumphantly. "Casa Cook!"

"What?"

Sara shrugged. "I heard Faythe say it once." They all went into the house.

"Okay. What should we do first?"

Sara smiled. "Let's go walking!"

"We just broke into her house and now you want to go walking?"

Sara nodded. "Screwing with Faythe's mind is fun!"

Hiei snorted. "What mind?"

"That's not very nice," Sara said.

"What's not very nice?" Faythe asked, waddling around the corner of the building.

"My comment that you have no mind," Hiei replied.

"Whose what comment?" Aragorn asked as he got out of the car.

"Never mind, sweetie."

"Okay."

While this was going on, Kurama had turned on the radio. The DJ was talking about winning a trip to Europe. Sara smiled and looked at Kurama. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

AIRPORT

"I can't believe we won!" Faythe was very excited. She looked at Sara. "Aren't you excited, Sara?"

"Hn."

Kurama looked at Faythe. "Are you sure they'll let you fly?"

"I don't see why not," she replied. She stared off into space…and saw Jake and Legolas kissing in a shadowy section of the waiting area. She pointed to them and babbled excitedly. "Oh my God! It's Jake! And Legolas! It's Jake and Legolas together!"

Aragorn twitched a little. "Together…how?"

She shrugged and replied, "They're making out."

Sara looked up from the book she was reading. "Are you sure?"

"Yup!"

Hiei came over. "Now what's the matter?"

"Nothing. Never mind."

A voice came over the PA system. "Now boarding flight 313 to Europe at gate 4-A."

Kurama stood up and stretched. "That's us."

They grabbed their carry-ons and went over to the boarding attendant. Apparently, this was Jake and Legolas' flight, too, because they stopped kissing and grabbed their carry-ons.

The ticket taker grabbed their tickets and handed them their stubs. "Enjoy your flight," she said cheerfully. Everyone smiled (at least, half-heartedly) and boarded.

"I have these boarding tunnel thingies," Faythe whispered to Sara. "They're scary."

Sara snorted and replied. "Don't follow the light, Faythe."

"I'm being serious!" Sara sighed and shook her head as she took her seat. Faythe sat down next to her.

"Hey…"

Faythe looked at Sara. "What?"

"Nothing." Sara put her headphones on and leaned against the window.

Kurama sat down next to Faythe. "Where are Hiei and Aragorn?"

Faythe waved her hand dismissively. "Behind us."

As if on cue, Aragorn stuck his head between the seats. "Why do you get to sit next to them?"

Kurama flashed him a smile. "Because I'm special."

Aragorn sighed and sank down in his seat gloomily.

Hiei looked at him. "What's the matter? You're not usually so…moody."

"No, I'm always moody. I'm just depressed right now."

"Uh-huh. Any particular reason?"

He sighed and slumped even farther. "I miss Faythe."

"She's right in front of you! Don't tell me she's made you soft!"

"She has. I don't know how. I'm a sap now." He sighed again. "She's pregnant and I'm the one with the mood swings."

"No, she has them, too," Hiei replied. He chuckled softly, and then cleared his throat. "Do you have names ready?"

"We're going to name a girl Liela. For a boy, we were going to name him Vincent, after you." At Hiei's weird look he explained, "It was her idea." He sighed once again. "It looks like we're using both names now."

"You don't want to name him Vincent."

"Why not?"

"You just don't."

Aragorn sighed again and Sara spun around.

"You do that again and I'll rip your throat out." She turned back around. No one spoke. They were all staring at Sara.

"How does she do that?" Aragorn asked. Hiei and Kurama exchanged knowing glances. Faythe smiled at Aragorn.

Aragorn became perplexed at the smiles. "What? Did I say something funny?"

Faythe laughed and ruffled his hair. "No, we just love your innocence."

He caught her hand and kissed it. "I'm innocent? What have you done to make me the innocent one?" He grinned at Faythe. "Are you hiding something from me?"

She smiled coyly and winked. "Don't you ever doubt it."

Sara gagged. "Enough love fest! The in-flight movie's coming on!"

Aragorn brightened. "Really? What is it?"

She grinned. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

Hiei and Kurama groaned. "We've seen that movie way too many times."

Sara shrugged. "I don't pick the movie. There's nothing I can do about it." She went back to looking out the window and began to sing in Japanese.

Kurama perked up. "I know that song!"

"You should. You're singing it."

Deep down, Aragorn was still bothered about Sara. "Wait…is there something about Sara I don't know?" In response, Sara's eyes flashed purple. Aragorn's eyes widened. "Did anyone else see that?"

Faythe sipped the soda a stewardess had given her. "See what?"

"Her eyes flashed purple!"

Sara raised an eyebrow. "Yeah? And?"

"She's not human!"

Sara rolled her eyes. "Is this new to you?"

"Yeah! Why did not you tell me?"

Sara shrugged. "I didn't feel like it."

Aragorn didn't hear a response. He shrank back down into his seat. "You still should have told me."

Sara looked at Aragorn, then at Faythe. "Are you sure you're not pregnant?"

"I'm a guy!"

"Is that supposed to mean something to me?"

Faythe rolled her eyes. "I'll tell him, Sara. I should have told him before, but I never got around to it." She turned around (with difficulty) to look at Aragorn. "Okay, sweetie, here's the deal. Sara is a fox demon. Actually, she's a rare fox demon."

"I'm the only one of my kind!" Sara exclaimed proudly.

"Yes. She's the only one of her kind," Faythe repeated to Aragorn.

"So…that's a good thing?"

Hiei picked up on the explanation. "It's both a blessing and a curse," he said. "On one hand…she's unique and has unique abilities. On the other hand…there are not-so-nice people who think she's unique, too."

"Has she always been like this?" Aragorn asked. He was a little confused in all these revelations.

"No…at one time, she was human," Kurama replied. "It was actually a plant that made her a demon."

"A plant? How?"

"Ha ha…that's a funny story," Sara said, almost nervously. "I'll let Kurama explain."

Kurama stared at her, horrified. "Why do I have to explain?"

"It was your plant."

"Sara, it wasn't my plant."

"Just tell the story!"

Kurama sighed and turned to Aragorn. "Alright. We went on a mission to catch a demon that broke the law. Sara was the first one to spot him and followed him through some bushes. We went after her, but the demon was holding her in front of some sort of flower. Purple smoke was pouring out of it. From what I understand, she breathed in that smoke." He stopped to breathe and Hiei took over.

"There was a flash of black light. Then, the flower disappeared. And there Sara was, with fox ears and a tail. That's about it."

Everyone turned to Sara, who shrugged. "More or less."

Aragorn slumped in his seat. "Wow."

"And here we are today!" Sara cried out.

"But…why did the plant do that?"

Hiei's turn to sigh. "You ask a lot of questions, don't you?"

Faythe ruffled his hair again. "He has an insatiable appetite to know."

"Noted," Hiei said. He turned to Aragorn. "The plant takes away the demon inside the demon. It takes everything that makes you what you are (as far as demonic qualities go) and rips them away from you. In other words, it makes you human."

Aragorn's eyes lit up. "And because Sara was human…"

"Because Sara was human, she became a demon. Understand?"

"Yeah. But wh-"

"Flight 313, now arriving in London. Flight 313 is now arriving. Within the next five minutes, we will be landing. Please place trays in an upright and locked position and fasten your seatbelts!"

They unboarded with their luggage. At the baggage counter, they bumped into Legolas and Jake again.

"Oh my God! What are you guys doing here?" Jake exclaimed.

Faythe answered for the group. "We won a trip to Europe! What are you guys doing here?"

Legolas replied, "We're…uh…on a vacation."

Aragorn looked at Legolas with his reassuring/creepy look. "Legolas, you don't have to hide from us. We know."

Jake still kept up the charade. "What are you talking about?"

Legolas laid a hand on his shoulder. "Stop. They need to know. They're our friends, Jake. And besides, they've already figured us out."

Faythe chimed in. "Actually we-"

Sara kicked her. "We just could tell. You guys are too cute together for us not to become suspicious!"

Jake blushed and mumbled something incoherent.

"I'm sorry. What was that, Jake?" Kurama asked politely.

He muttered louder but no more coherent.

"One more time, please? I still didn't catch that."

Jake cleared his throat and announced loudly, "We're getting married!"

Faythe exclaimed, "Yay! We are, too!"

Aragorn blinked. "When?"

Legolas shrugged. "Sometime during the trip."

"No, no, I meant, 'when are Faythe and I getting married?' Not 'when are you and Jake getting married?'"

"Oh."

"In that case…I don't know." Faythe thought for a moment. "When do you want to get married, honey?"

Aragorn shrugged. "Maybe in France?"

"Okay! We can have a double wedding!" Faythe exclaimed. She grabbed for her luggage, but Sara and Kurama had already grabbed all of it.

Sara's face was nearly covered by the five bags she was carrying in front of her. "Come on, let's get this show on the road! I want to see Buckingham Palace!" And she ran out to the rental agency to get a car.