Kyla: Well, hello folks! What's up? Oh, guess what? I finally found my written version of this story! I think my mom tried to hide it from me... lol
Hiei: I was hoping you wouldn't post another chapter...
Kura: Now now, Hiei, be nice.
Kyla: Yeah, Hiei. Be nice. You don't want me to go ninjutsu on your hind end, do ya?
Hiei and Kura: O.o
Kura: Beg pardon?
Hiei: Are you threatening me, Onna? -glares-
Kyla: Mebe... .
Kura: Uhm... in-interesting...
Kyla: I got to go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last night! Hooray! It ruled! But... (in my opinion) they butchered the book... They changed everything around! Made me kinda mad, but it was still a good movie and had way cool special effects!
Hiei: You're crazy...
Kyla: I know! But it's fun to be crazy!
Kura: Want me to the disclaimer now?
Kyla: -nods- Yes, please.
Kura: Okay.
Hiei: WAIT! You didn't even ask me!
Kyla: -groans- Not again.. Someone, just shoot me please... .'
Kura: Kyla doesn't own anything, she's sitting here listening to anime music and wishing she could own an anime of her very own...
Kyla: Thanks, Kura! Enjoy Chapter uh.. Which chapter are we on again?.. Oh! Chapter 9! Hooray! I'm sooo happy! Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

A New Dimension, A New Adventure
:Chapter Nine:
Sketches
by
Kyla

:-Dani's POV-:

Well, Amanda and Hiei were officially a couple, and I lost the bet, so now I'm Hiei's slave for the next week... Joy... Anyways, the day after Hiei and Amanda started going out, Amanda came home with us after school. She and Hiei sat in the living room watching a movie, and Yusuke and Kuwabara were trying to spy on the couple from the next room; Kurama was outside gardening, too. Me? I was sitting in my room finishing up some homework--what else is new.. stupid homework-- but I didn't get to sit in the quiet long...

"Dani! Bring us some sweet snow!" Hiei shouted from the couch. I sighed and hoisted myself off the bed, heading towards the kitchen where I dipped out two bowls of ice cream. I then stalked into the living room and handed one bowl to each person: Amanda and Hiei. Amanda thanked me, but Hiei didn't say anything... He didn't even show any signs that he saw me! The nerve! I swear one of these days... Gah! I sighed and returned to my room(well technically my parents' room, but they weren't there so it was my room for now) where I sunk back down onto the bed and called Kiten.

"Yes?" Kiten asked, astroprojecting herself out of my body. I jumped out of surprise, and a giggle escaped my lips. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that..." I muttered grinning. She returned my smile, but it dropped rather quickly as a serious look overcame her face. "So, what's wrong? Is there something you need to talk about?" she inquired, ears twitching from various other sounds she could pick up with her demonic senses.

"Nothing's wrong... What makes you think I need to talk about something? Can't I just call you to chat about nothing in particular?" I began to jabber, trying to avoid the subject I didn't want to discuss.

She rolled her eyes. "Dani, girl, I share your body. I see, hear, and even feel everything you feel, okay?" she scolded lightly. My smile faded, and I hugged my knees to my chest. "I-It hurts.. loving him and him being someone else's boyfriend..." I muttered, staring blankly at the sheets. Kiten didn't have to ask who I meant; she knew I was talking about Hiei. She wrapped a comforting arm around my shoulders, which shook fro the few sobs that escaped my mouth.
I quickly snatched up the TV remote and turned the television on so no one walking by my room would hear anything. "Sh, I know it hurts... It'll be alright though. It'll all work out for the best," Kiten said in a soothing tone while tears slid down my cheels, leaving little trails along my face. Then, Kurama knocked on the door and said it was time for supper, so I collected myself, and Kiten returned to.. wherever she stays when I'm not talking to her. Amanda was making me so jealous... It was awful. I wanted so badly to do something.. smack Amanda? No. Smack Hiei? Now, there's an option.. No. Or I could just go to my room and cry a little before bed. Nah, I'm too tired from my long week, so after dinner, I got ready for bed and instantly went to sleep...

--- A Few Days Later... ---

Guess what..? Hiei's taking Amanda camping! I was soooo mad when I heard about that, but.. I kept to myself. Well.. to myself and Kiten anyway... The two were going to camp in the nearby woods, so Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and I bid them good night until the next day. "Bye. Hope you two have fun," I said in a feigned joyous tone.

"Yeah, you two have fun," Yusuke sneered, turning my innocent statement into something completely perverted! Amanda's face flushed to a crimson to match Kurama's hair. I slapped my forehead and muttered, "Pervert," before I bonked him on the back of the head. "Ow! Hey, what was that for!" Yusuke yelled, glaring at me. I rolled my eyes and said, "You were being perverted..." I shrugged and ran a hand through my hair. Yusuke growled and tried to punch me, and he thought he'd be able to since I had my eyes shut lazily, but at the last moment, I stepped to the side, and Yusuke hit Kuwabara full on in the face,

"Urameshi!" Kuwabara shouted as he sat up on the ground holding his nose. Yusuke tried to blame it on me, but Kuwabara--being the honorable, chivalry kind of guy-- didn't buy it, even if it was the truth. "Shut it, Urameshi! You're not even supposed to hit a lady! It's not nice! Besides, you were being a pervert!" That's when the carrottop punched his friend in the face, and... the two broke into another fight... Geesh.

Kurama was completely ignoring the two fighting teens and said, "We'll see you tomorrow. Have a good time." The redhead gave the two a smile, but only Amanda returned the gesture. Hiei just inclined his head a little to show that he had heard the yoko. "OW! Bye!" Kuwabara and Yusuke hollered from their place on the floor where they were wrestling, trying to strangle the other. Well, that's friendship for ya, ne?

After they left I withdrew to my room where I chatted with Kiten for a while. "So, how do you open a portal to another dimension?" I asked curiously. I wanted to learn more about Kiten's powers and find out how to send the guys home. She stared up at the ceiling thoughtfully and tapped her chin ponderingly. "Well, before we can even create a portal, our soul's have to fall into sync. Until then, none of my powers will work..." she replied finally.

"Oh.. How long until our soul's fall into sync?" I inquired, sketching Kiten as she sat on the opposite side of my bed. I would look up occasionally to see that I was putting in all the right shapes and shades.

"Hm... I dunno for sure, but.. I'd say.. two or three days at most?" she guessed after a momen's thought. I nodded to show I understood, a smile on my face. "I wanna see your picture! Can I!" she whined pathetically.

"If you don't stop moving, I'll never finish! You can see it in just a couple minutes... Hold on," I laughed at the pout that spread its way over her face. Her ears kind of drooped in disappointment, and she flicked her tail around aggrivatedly. "The guys'll be glad to hear they'll be going home soon," I grinned absently, carefully runninf my pencil over the paper. "But.. what about you?" Kiten asked worriedly.

I frowned, "What about me?" I asked quizically, my brow furrowed in thought for some answer. "Well.. how're you gonna feel when they go back?" she murmured uncertainly. A sigh slipped out my mouth... I hadn't wanted to dwell too much on that... Now, I didn't have a choice. I looked up from my drawing and gazed at the ceiling. "I-I'll miss them, but.. it's for the best... They have friends and family there... It's where they belong," I attempted to shrug it all off, but deep down, I felt a small pang. I had gotten to know the Yu Yu guys, and I didn't want to say good bye... I finished my sketch up as quickly as I could while Kiten reluctantly agreed with me then I sighed, "There.. done." She clapped and asked, "So, I can see it now?" she whined, bouncing up and down slightly on the bed. I rolled my eyes and answered, "Yeah, here." I grinned as I tossed the scetchbook to her. She caught it and flipped to the bookmarked page.

"Cool!" she exclaimed and hugged the portrait of herself. In the scetch, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, and a smile was brightening her whole face up, one ear swiveled in the opposite direction, and her tail poking out from behind her to the left some. "Wow," she breathed again, "this is really good, Dani! Hey, what other pictures do you have in here?" she asked and suddenly started flipping through the pages.

My face paled, and I stammered, "No! Don't look at those!" I yelped and tried to grab the book back from her, but she stood up on the bed and held the book above her head and flipped through the pages. She smirked down at my crimson face and rolled her eyes. "Figures you'd have pictures of him in here... That's what most of these are, as a matter of fact. Oh, here's another Hiei sketch, and another.. and another.. another. Geesh, Dani, you have too much time on your hands if you can sit and stare at him long enough to draw all these... There's a Kurama one.. uh, a picture of you and Kurama you drew--that looks cute!-- and uh... oh, here's one of Yusuke, and there's a Kuwabara one! There's a group drawing!"

I was about ready to die, right then and there... My face was so red, I'm surprised I hadn't exploded from embarassment yet... At least she wasn't doing this in front of the others... What next picture she looked at and commented on, I really felt my face heat up even more! "Aw! Lookie here! A picture you sketched of.." she paused and sunk down onto the bed, "of.. you and Hiei..." Her ears fell a little, but she quickly shook her head and wordlessly handed me the book back.

"Yeah... I drew that one.. uh, last.. last night..." I muttered and hugged the book to my chest, averting my gaze to the floor. "It's really good," Kiten commented fastly, a grin pulling at her lips. I chuckled and nodded my head in agreement, loosening my hold on the book.

"What's this I'm hearing about drawing and sketches?" Kurama asked, appearing seemingly out of nowhere. I yelped and fell onto my back on the floor, but my book had flown up from when I started falling and I had accidently thrown it up. Kurama caught it while I sat up rubbing my head and muttering incoherently. Kiten giggled and helped me up, offering a hand down to me, which I gratefully took and sat back down on the bed to glare at the redhead. He began flipping through my sketchbook.. MY sketchbook! Without my permission! Gr... "Hm, these are really good," he said impressed, then he smirked at me and added, "I think you have enough pictures of Hiei to last you awhile." My face burned red.. again! I hate blushing! I wish it would die!

"Oh, shut up..." I grumbled and snatched the book from his grasp. "What're you doing anyway? You usually knock before you come in here," I said and leaned over the edge of the bed to slide my book under the bed, where I always kept it.

"I just want to know what's wrong? You've been more distant the past few days," he said, emerald eyes boring into my very heart. I didn't have to look at him to know he was starting at me so intently waiting on an answer. I just kept my mouth shut and didn't say a word. Ignoring him was rude and mean.. I know, but.. I didn't want to tell him... He sighed and retreated from the room with his parting words, "I will find out what's up."

((...To Be Continued...))

Kyla: So, how was it everyone? I'm stopping it there until I can have more time to come up with more. I have to get ready to go spend the night at a friend's house!
Kura: At least you got the next chapter out for reviewers.
Hiei: Hn. -is pouting from when Kyla didn't ask him to do the disclaimer-
Kyla: Oh no! Reviewers! I've GOT to do that... I'll do that right now real quick!

kidishcaresh: I'm sorry it took so long to update! I'm glad you like my story and my character Dani! Thanks for the review!
4-is-lovely: ;p Glad ya think it's awesome. Again, sorry about my habit of taking forever to update, rofl.
jaganashigirl101: Thanks!
Raining Thunder: I tried to make Kiten original, rofl. I'm sooo happy it worked, rofl.
pinkwitch1: heh, I understand what you mean, lol. preps annoy me a lot...especially at my school though.. gr... that's why I had to put a prep or two in my story. .

Hiei: -scoffs- You almost forgot reviewers.. again. I think you reveiwers should stop sending her reviewers. Maybe she'll drop this story.
Kyla: How mean! Why are you always so mean to me!
Hiei: Cause you're a baka onna.
Kura: Calm down.. both of you. No need for an arguement at the end of the chapter.
Kyla: -sighs- Kura's right... Truce? -holds out hand to Hiei-
Hiei: Hn. -takes hand in his and shakes it- Fine. Truce... until next chapter. -smirks-
Kyla: -groans-
Kura and Kyla: Sayonara, minna-san!
Hiei: Hn.