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And now on with the story...

Chapter X

As soon as they got to the end-of-school-start-of-summer dance they saw Yukina waiting for them patiently by the front doors. And as to be suspected, Kuwabara made a bee line for her.

"Hey baby! I thought you wouldn't be able to make it!" he said. Yukina smiled at him.

"Oh. I didn't think I'd be able to either, but I found a way." By now, everybody else had come over and said their mutual hi's, hey's or hn's to her.

"Wow, you look great!" Aya complimented.

"Thanks." Yukina had on a beautifully simple, white dress. Kuwabara was basically drooling over her which made Hiei simmer with held back, white rage. Yumi could clearly read his thoughts –they were all negative and about ways he would kill Kuwabara. Everybody who knew that Yukina was his sister could clearly notice the tension and anger he was emitting. For this reason Yuske walked over to Yumi.

"Hey, Yumi." he whispered. Yumi looked up at him. He took her arm and walked her over to a corner where Kurama joined them.

"What do you guys want?" she whispered as she looked over her shoulder. Hiei was still smoldering as Kuwabara put his arm around Yukina.

Kurama shrugged. "It's quite simple," he said.

"We want you to distract Hiei." Yuske stated as he glanced over his shoulder. Shouldn't be too hard considering recent events Yumi thought to herself with a smileas she remembered what happened before she left. Yumi glanced at Yuske who kept on looking over his shoulder to make sure Hiei wasn't listening. She smirked to herself; he was clearly nervous.

She sighed and shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I have no choice, but don't you think you guys should tell Kuwabara that she's his sister?" She stopped for a minute to ponder how that conversation would end.Yumitook a moment toimagine the look on his face. "Never mind," she laughed. "Besides, whoever tells him would probably end up dead in a ditch somewhere."

Yuske sighed in relief then smiled. "Thanks Yumi. I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of Kuwabara doing something stupid and Hiei killing him for it."

Kurama nodded, "Agreed."

With that said, they each walked back over to their friends who were waiting at the entrance. Aya immediately interrogated Kurama.

"What was that all about?" she asked. Kurama smiled mysteriously and looked down at her.

"I'll explain everything later."

Aya did nothing to hide the disappointment that played across her face. They walked in following Yuske, Keiko, Kuwabara, Yukina, and Botan. Yumi grabbed Hiei's arm more or less pulling him into the dance.

"Don't worry," she insisted. "She'll be fine." Hiei grunted as he allowed himself to be pulled into the gymnasium.

Inside, the gym was lit by flashing lights of every color: pink, purple, red, orange, etc, etc. Yumi was blinded by the sudden change, but not as much as Hiei who had probably never even been around this many people, Yumi assumed. Glancing over at Aya Yumi noticed her face light up. She didn't even catch herself smiling until Hiei nudged her in the ribs cocking his eyebrow.

"Why are you so excited? I thought you hated to wear dresses," he said.

"I do hate to, but..."

"But what?"

"Like Aya said, it's been a long time since we've danced," she smiled, a broader smile this time, as she started to move her hips in rhythm with the music.

"Oh no, I do not dance. Never have and never will." he said backing away. She grabbed his arm and pulled him onto the dance floor following Aya who had dragged Kurama out as well. This was something the two had planned a long time before actually coming...

Aya had started to move her body like her sister, letting the music move her. She looked to her right to notice Yumi coming up beside her starting to dance too. That's when they started to dance together, drawing the attention of Hiei, Kurama, and many other boys who started to watch. Their movements seemed to come from the music itself entrancing anyone who watched. It was almost exotic, animal like, yet simple and then again some thought it was practiced or they were professional. A circle started to form around the four, but they didn't seem to notice; Aya, Yumi, and Kurama were caught up in the music and Hiei was simply trying to get out of it somehow.

Hiei was blushing terribly since Yumi was practically forcing him to dance clearly against his will. Every time he tried to 'slip' out of the circle she'd pull him back in, laughing and threatening that she'd never kiss him again. He didn't think it was that funny. In fact everything about this 'dance' was stupid to him...but then again it was a little fun though he'd never admit it. Yumi and Aya, even Kurama when he thought about it, were good dancers--they were the ones that made him look good. The only thing he was doing was improvising on how Kurama was moving and then mimicking him...and people wouldn't quit watching. Even though he was getting the hang of it and everything, it was still utterly humilating.

Little did Hiei know that he was actually quite good at dancing...

Kurama, unlike Hiei, was enjoying himself. He knew how to dance since he had been to many others before. Besides, he had Aya with him and she danced wonderfully, almost like an angel in his eyes.

After what seemed to be an eternity to some (ahem, Hiei, ahem), the song was over ending their dance. They looked around themselves to find and hear applauding. Aya and Kurama bowed and dragged Yumi down with them who, in turn, dragged Hiei into it as well. They smiled as their keen ears heard boys and girls alike wonder about the three mysterious strangers –everyone else knew Kurama.

Yumi smiled as she heard a girlfriend chide her boyfriend for staring, but quit when she heard some girls admiring Hiei. She knew he looked good, but…let's just say no one should try to put any moves on him.

When the crowd cleared they all sought out a table to sit at. They decided to sit at the table beside Yuske, Keiko, Yukina, and Kuwabara's –Hiei evidently wanted to keep at least one sharp eye on the ningen.

Yumi rolled her eyes. "Hiei!" she yelled in his ear over the booming of the music. He turned around abruptly, glaring at Yumi. She returned his glare with one of her own. "Read my lips. She will be fine! You don't have to protect her from Kuwabara," she pointed out. She nodded towards Kuwabara; he was trying, yet failing miserably, to form anything that resembled speech. "See? He can't even talk to her and I seriously doubt that he'll kill her."

Hiei's glare softened a little knowing deep down that it would be okay, but he hated the idea of THAT particular ningen going out with his sister. "Sorry," he sighed. Yumi smirked at him.

"Wow. You actually are becoming somewhat nice" she snickered. His glare returned briefly then disappeared as quickly as it came. A slow song had come on. Kurama and Hiei exchanged glances as Kurama stood up and held out his hand to Aya. They had obviously planned this like she and her sister had before.

"May I have this dance?" he asked with a playful, yet serious smirk playing on his lips. She smiled too as she stood up and gently took his hand. He led her onto the dance floor disappearing into the sea of couples dancing. Yumi could see Yuske take Keiko out and dance with her. Much to her surprise, he was an actual gentleman with her –a dramatic change considering he was trying to look up her dress earlier.

"Do you want to dance?" Hiei asked quietly. Again Yumi was surprised as she noticed that he wasn't blushing for once. She smiled as she took his outstretched palm and was led to the dance floor.

Aya was clearly happy and loving every moment of the slow dance. She had her head on Kurama's shoulder as he held her close against his chest. She also couldn't help hearing and feeling all the cold stares she got from girls that went to his school; she found it utterly amusing.

She was also touched when she saw her sister and Hiei dancing together not far from where she and Kurama were. She smiled to herself when she noticed the two completely caught up in one another, oblivious of the outside world. Hiei wasn't even worrying about Yukina, not that he needed to. Aya noticed Yukina laughing as Kuwabara tried desperately to dance. He was trying to count the steps and instead only managed to step on her feet.

She continued to survey the crowd; she was looking for Botan. Nobody knew where she had gone, though it was probable that she found someone and was off with him.

That was when –much to her horror –she thought she noticed Adrian outside through the open doors of the gym. She looked away once then looked back again only to find him gone. I must be losing it she thought to herself as she shrugged off the lingering cold chill she had received. Kurama evidently felt her shiver as he looked down at her with worried eyes.

"Is everything all right?" he whispered. She looked up at him and nodded her head.

"Yeah just...oh, nothing, don't worry about it!" she reassured him as she snuggled up to her Kitsune. Kurama smiled as he, once again, pulled her close to him. What he didn't see was Aya's face. Her face always betrayed her –you could read her emotions like a book – but her voice she could control. Hint as to why she snuggled close to him. Well, that's not the only reason...

When all the slow songs finished playing, they each went back to their tables with the exception of Yuske, Keiko, Kuwabara, and Yukina. Kuwabara wanted to show off Yukina to some of his buddies and Keiko took Yuske to meet some of her friends.Before she left, Keiko made the comment that she was going to at least try to show some people that he wasn't the thug that they all thought he was.

Hiei tried to follow Kuwabara, but Yumi grabbed his arm and led him outside to go for a walk. Yumi thought some air would do him well –that and to get him away from being the over-protective brother he is. Hiei had already tried to make Kuwabara spill his drink on himself using telepathy. Besides, Yumi saw some girls in there checking Hiei out once again. She knew he wasn't going to do anything with them, but still. Couldn't they see that he was hers? If she didn't get some fresh air and get away from those stupid ningens then she might end up hurting one of them. They walked to the park which was only across the street.

Inside the gym at the dance, Aya was dancing with Kurama when she thought she noticed Adrian again. This time she thought she saw him sitting outside on the bench crying. She stopped dancing and told Kurama she was going to the bathroom and would be back in a minute. She headed towards the bathroom for good measure, but then slipped past the door in a flash. Ha! And Yuske said that I would be slow in heels! She laughed to herself. She quickly became serious again when she spotted him standing up from the bench and walking towards the park. Ignoring all common sense, she hastily followed.

"Adrian! Is that you?" she asked as she ran to his side. He jumped and quickly turned around startling Aya.

"Aya?" he gasped.

"Adrian! Is it really you?" she said, just above a whisper. He nodded his head as he took her hands in his. She flinched and jerked away in panic. His face was grief-stricken.

"No, no, no, no!" he shrieked. "I'm not going to hurt you! In fact...I never wanted to harm you in any way" he said taking her hands again. "It was all Jase...but don't worry. I killed that bastard; he's gone now." With that he kissed her hand tenderly.

She searched his face for any signs of lying, but found none. He felt real, looked real, smelt real, he must be real she assured herself. She gazed into his eyes again; she saw what she thought was sorrow, pain, and loneliness –among other things.

"Walk with me?" he asked. She nodded, lost in his eyes unbeknownst. "Great! Come with me to the forest," he said as he mumbled a spell and they disappeared; a pop sounded filling in the lost air space.

A few blocks away Jase emerged from the shadows and smiled, a sinisterly evil smile, as he muttered the same spell.

I know. This one was short, but today I'm feeling generous. I will give you two chapters! That's right two! I couldn't help myself, I just love you guys sooo much. Ok then, as soon as you read it, review it!