Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! No cards and no presents, happy birthday to me! Eheheheh...I'm losing my mind here. Oh well--I'll type these chapters and have Inu-chan post them for me once every day. Yay me! Able to push forward despite evil parents. You know what sucks? My brother is a whole half-head taller than me! Nooo!

Disclaimer: It's my birthday and I demand that Yu Yu Hakusho be transported over to me for a whole 24 hours/looks around/ No? Darn...

Chapter Thirteen

In the Middle of the Night...

"Elephants on parade..."

Slowly and swiftly Olivia clambers out of her bed, one arm held at her side, and opens her window. The night breeze ruffles the black curtains before Olivia pushes them aside to climb out of the window. The ground below is not seeable at Olivia's current height but as she scurrys across the thin path towards the drainpipe outside of Kurama's room she can make out certain things. She reaches it quickly, clasping both hands around it and slides silently and stealthily down it, hitting the dewy grass before too long.

"Hephalumps and woozles..."

Now, one thing you must realize is that Olivia sleepwalks. And sometimes she goes so far as to sleepwalk outside. Like tonight. Yes the poor girl is deep in sleep, not knowing what she is doing or where she is going. And she most likely won't remember when she wakes up either. Which would have been the case if she hadn't just avoided that large stick that was protruding from the ground. So because of that one thing Olivia continues walking forward, heading off towards God knows where singing songs from Dumbo and Winnie the Pooh. /twitch/

And thus the night passes...

Ohyaogozaimasu!

"Wake up everyone!"

Vanessa prods everyone awake with her titanium bat--which she loves--moving from room to room until she reaches that of Olivia's.

"Olivia! Wake up! It's your...birthday..."

She trails off as she scrutinizes the room and finds that Olivia is nowhere to be found and the only indication of her leaving the room is the open window on the far end. Faintly her mind recalls a past time when Olivia told them about a sleepwalking accident, and goes berserk. She clutches her long hair in frustration, cursing whatever force in life is making their day so difficult this early in the morning. First she runs into Hiei's room, reprodding him awake.

"Hiei it's terrible!"

"Onna," he growls, rubbing his eyes free of sleep. "It is too early for this."

"Olivia is missing, Hiei!"

That wakes him up. Growling he sprints off to Olivia's room while Vanessa moves to wake everyone up again. But she stops right outside of Malia's door. No need to worry the entire mansion. She is sure that Hiei and herself can take care of it. (a/n: I have done this before. Woke up outside pulling up grass. )

"Onna, what do you know about Olivia's sleeping habits?"

"She sleepwalks," Vanessa does not fail to see the twitch in Hiei's eye, "and one time she woke up pulling up grass outside."

"Damn!"

Vanessa knows that, with Olivia, she could be in many different places thanks to her sleep walking. They aren't really sure where to look but they don't want to miss anywhere just in case she could be in that certain spot. And while it would have been much more of an adventure to go searching individually or in groups, our heroes and heroines don't really have time for that. So they cheat.

Vanessa morphs swiftly and silently into a bloodhound, sniffing out the ground for any trace of Olivia's scent.

"I found one! It's really faint though..."

"Follow it, onna!"

Vanessa takes off in a spring with Hiei right behind her. The trail leads her through several places she'd rather not have been, and causes her mind to what Olivia must have been thinking when she went through this.

:Olivia's thoughts as she went through a small pit of garden snakes that someone (a/n: coughHieicough) had placed there before: Mm...Ramen.:

Vanessa picks up her pace as the scent becomes stronger. And stronger. And--oh, wait--then it fades away. Hiei curses silently under his breath as Vanessa morphs back into her human form, one hand rubbing the back of her head in silent apology. Hiei glares at her.

"I'm sorry. It just faded away."

"Well get it back!"

"Be quiet, midget man!"

Now back in the mansion it is time for the others to wake up and wish Olivia happy birthday. And Nissi is first. And--being Nissi--she is going to wake everyone else up and then get Olivia up to begin the days activity. As she walks down the halls, she can't help but notice that Vanessa's door has been thrown wide open, as is Hiei's. And when she enters Olivia's room after becoming suspicous all she sees is that same open window.

"Uh-oh..."

"They're missing! They're missing! They're missing!" Nissi runs through the halls waving her arms in an exaggerated manner. "Everyone wake up! We have a challenge before us!"

"Wha?"

"Olivia and Hiei and Vanessa are missing."

Nissi gives a smile and a laugh as she stands clasping her hands behind her back and rocking on her heels, waiting for the others to respond. It takes a moment for them to understand but when they do they quickly shrug on their coats and run out of the door.

Olivia is finally found by Vanessa and Hiei. Remembering that a sleepwalker should be handled very delicately and not trusting Hiei with the fate of his own girlfriend, Vanessa walks slowly up to the motionless Olivia...

...and puts a hand on her shoulder.

SHING! Both Vanessa's and Hiei's eyes widen as Olivia spins around and places a pointy knife at Vanessa's neck. Her eyes are glossy and unfocused, but are slowly becoming clearer. Surprised, Vanessa tries to talk her way out of this one, using a soft voice and gentle words. And it almost works until Hiei has to open his mouth and comment on what a terrible situation she was in and how he hoped Olivia didn't really stick her because he wasn't going to save her.

"Hiei you baka!" Vanessa hisses as Olivia's hand resumes its earlier position near her neck. "Olivia I'm really sorry but..."

She cannot even hear her own titanium claws extending and placing themselves into Olivia's stomach. At the contact, Olivia snaps out of it, her eyes widening at the blood that is fastly falling from her stomach. She turns her eyes on Hiei who is watching the scenario with an amused expression on his face before turning back to Vanessa with tears in her eyes.

"Vanessa what are you doing! How could you?"

"What, me? You were the one about to stick me with the knife!"

"...Knife? What are you talking abou--Why is there a knife in my hand!" Olivia wails, catching sight of it.

"...Nevermind. Look, just get Meagan to heal you when we go back. Hiei," Vanessa snaps her fingers.

"Come on onna..." Hiei lifts the still bleeding--and thoroughly confused--Olivia onto his back and shoots off for the mansion.

On the way there the three spot the others in a frantic search for...something. Vanessa and Hiei exchange knowing glances while Olivia just becomes more confused. Vanessa whistles for them and as the others see them they race over, practically keeling over at the sight of blood. Olivia rushes to Meagan, clutching her stomach and fighting back the tears. While Meagan heals her, Vanessa gives the condensed version of what happened. Then they go inside.

The cake sits wonderfully placed in the center of the table, iced in perfection. Needless to say the Destinies had no part in the making of Olivia's birthday cake. Kurama had barred the door and created the masterpiece with just a bit of relunctant help from Hiei. But when he got to lick the batter spoon, he had instantly brightened up. Because what kind of person (or demon) that likes sweet snow doesn't like to like up the remaining batter for a cake?

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Olivia--happy birthday to you!"

"Blow out the window!" (a/n: wtf? I meant to say candles.)

"Did you make a wish?" Touya smiles.

"Yup!"

"Now for your present."

Hiei shoves a box into her hands and mumbles that it is from all of them. Olivia becomes very expectant when she sees the air holes punched messily in the side of the box. A loud growl comes from the box and large claws rip its prison to shreds. Olivia gasps and covers her eyes with her hands, half expecting the claws to turn on her next.

"Onna..." Hiei's voice is soft. "You can open your eyes."

Olivia cautiously opens them, feeling somethng wet touch her cheeck. Something furry squiggles in Hiei's arms and as Olivia pulls back she sees just exactly what it is.

"A puppy!" she squeals. "Aww, thank you guys!"

"You have to name him," Jin says as Olivia takes the puppy. "First thing you call him sticks, so be careful."

"He's a Makai dog, so he'll protect you forever," Kuwabara points out.

"Will he kill people?" Malia inquires.

"If he has to."

O.0 "Aw this one won't hurt anybody," Olivia coos, petting him. "Come! Yusuke, you play with him while we think of a name!"

SO Olivia hands over her puppy to Yusuke (a/n: Oh by the way he's like a german sheppard. Best dogs in the world!) promising a world of hurt if one hair is out of place on his furry head, and goes upstairs. On the way up she profusely thanks her friends.

"It was Hiei's idea," they inform her. "Who knew he had a soft spot for puppies?"

"I DONT!" Was the loud reply from downstairs.

"Hmm...yo know, we should name him 'Sit' just for fun."

"No we'd kill Hiei."

"Yeah, you're right."

The Destinies contemplate all the good names for a dog, taking care to make sure it's not too...fluffy. He is, after all, a Makai dog. Finally to Nissi it comes. She tells her friends who are equally pleased with the result of her thinking (a/n: Me again. Her way of thinking this up was to walk in furious circles around me and the others. No joke.) They rush down to pry him away from Yusuke.

"You're name," the Destinies declare, "is Dawe."

"Nice," Kurama comments as he hands round the cake.

"He won't listen to me!" Yusuke proclaims in frustration, accompanied by a nodding Kuwabara. "We can't make him do anything!"

"Really?" Malia says. "Sit."

And at the exact same time in which Hiei goes slamming into the ground, Dawe plops himself down. The Destinies apologize to Hiei in between their praises to their new puppy. Dawe barks happily at them, rolling around at their feet as they eat their cake.

"Mm..."

"When your birthday rolls around, we'll make you cake, Kura-chan!"

Kura-chan? Hiei thinks to Kurama.

I am going to assume theyare drunk off the dog.

Hn. Whatever.

It really was a wonderful idea. Not only does Olivia love it, Dawe will keep them safe when we are in Makai for missions

Yes, the break is about to end and missions will start to pile up.

If it will keep these baka onnas preoccupied, keep them coming.

"I HEARD THAT!" Olivia and Malia exclaim, pointing accusing fingers at Hiei.

"Well it's true..." Hiei drawls.

"Sit!" Crash!

"Onnas!"

Later

The television screen glows, images flashing across it. Extreme blood and gore as Prince Paris of Troy gets his knee sliced open. Shiver, shiver. Hiei trembles at the sight of freshly spilled blood, causing Dawe to shift in his lap. Funny thing, Dawe hasn't left Hiei's side since earlier in the afternoon. Everyone has drifted off to sleep save Hiei and the puppy. But...it is their tenth movie.

The Destinies demanded to watch all of their favorite Miyazaki films: Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Castle In The Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cats Return, and My Neighbor Totoro. And after nine movies in which the girls all screamed at the sight of the soot balls, the boys were in need of some serious blood. So that is what they all demanded, save for Kurama who wanted romance. Thus, Troy.

Sighing Hiei turns off the television and resumes his spot on the floor after moving Dawe next to Vanessa. Dawe moves right back to him. After repeating this process several times Hiei give it up and lets the dog stay next to him. He closes his eyes and the darkness of the night consumes him.

Hah! I finished it, finally! Now I shall post it and the last chapter and be DONE WITH THIS STORY! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ... Sorry. It's just I always get all pyscho upon the end of a story. I already have story four typed out, I'm just making revisions and making it longer. GO ME! Wheee! Thanks for reading, review please! Props shall go at the end of the story.