BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty

Written on April 16th, 2005

Chapter Twenty Nine: Discussions

Rei just sighed and shook her head. She then got off his back and stood up properly. "Yeah, yeah, Fox Boy. There's nothing wrong with demons, considering I'm half demon, but I like the way I am and it's going to stay that way. Well, I'm going to go back to the temple since me and Kari have to say there for a while. See you around, Kurama."

Kurama watched Rei walk away and disappear into the surrounding forest heading towards Genkai's temple before sighing and standing up. He was still a little flustered considering he just had Rei on his back with her arms wrapped around him and her head rested upon his own but it didn't help to know that the two of them had been talking about certain things. The red head dusted himself off getting the dirt off his pants. He then looked around him then looked up at the sky with a sigh. "Come on out, Hiei. I know that you're there."

"Fox, what do you think you are doing?" Hiei asked as he walked out of the shadows to appear in front of Kurama. Kurama just raised an eyebrow and looked over at the fire apparition questioningly. "I don't know what you are talking about, Hiei. I'm just going to head back to the temple."

"Hn, you know that I'm not talking about that so stop fooling around. Why do you continue? It's not going to turn out how you want it." Hiei told him in the cold voice he could muster. Kurama sighed knowing what he was talking about. He had known the whole time but he had to make sure just to be safe. You could never tell with Hiei. Kurama ran a hand through his hair with another sigh. "Hiei, I can not change the past but I will promise you that I won't let the same events repeat themselves."

"Just stay out of it." Hiei sneered at him then proceeded to walk right away. Kurama shook his head then followed the fire apparition's example and headed back towards the temple. As he got closer to the temple, he began to hear voices. There were three voices, all of them he could recognize but only one interested him.

"Hey, Rei, why did it take you so long to get here. Hiei had told us when you regain consciousness but you didn't get here until later. What's up with that?" Kurama heard Toga asked as he got closer. The fox didn't want to be seen so he just ducked into the shadows and listened to the rest of the conversation. It was Toga, Rei, and Yusuke. He saw Yusuke nudge Rei as she took a bite of chocolate. "Were you and Kurama doing something?"

Rei's face became instantly red as she almost choked on the candy she was eating. When she recovered, she punched Yusuke in the arm, glaring at him though her face was still red. "Yusuke, you pervert. You need to get those perverted thoughts out of your head! You damn well that Kurama and I didn't do anything like that!"

"Yeah, but you can't say that Kurama didn't want to do something after all you were in his house, unconscious may I add. Then the two of you disappear into the forest and you come back happy." Yusuke said with a huge perverted smile on his face. This just gain him another punch in the arm, only this one was harder which made him rub his arm and glare at the kitsune hanyou. Rei just scoffed and looked away. "You're such a pervert, Yusuke. I don't see what Kari sees in you."

"Wait, Kari likes me?" Yusuke asked once he processed what Rei had just said. Rei stood there for a moment blinking and staring at him before she slapped her hand against her forehead then she laughed nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck. "Oops. Wasn't supposed to say that."

"You're in for it now, Rei, once she finds out." Toga teased the female kitsune hanyou with a huge smile on his face. Rei sweatdropped thinking of what her twin sister was going to do to her once she found out that she had just told Yusuke that she wasn't exactly suppose to tell to him. After all the secret was about him. Rei groaned and glared at Toga who was now snickering. "Shut up, Toga."

"WAIT! KARI LIKES ME?" Yusuke asked louder trying to get Rei's and Toga's attention. The both of them turned and looked at him before quickly looking around them. When they saw that no one else had joined their little group they sighed. Toga and REi turned and glared at him. "Yusuke, you idiot, shut up! Are you trying to get us killed!"

Yusuke opened his mouth to say something in reply to this but soon fell quiet as Rei quickly covered his mouth with her hand. Toga looked at her questioning and she gave him a look of her own. "Kari's coming back soon and I don't want to get caught. You never know when she'll just pop her head in to say hello."

"Right." Toga said with a nod then began to look around as if waiting for Kari to appear. Rei let go of Yusuke and glared at him. "If you say one word about you knowing, I will not hesistate to kill you or to torture you slowly."

:Man, Rei, you're starting to sound like Hiei. That's exactly the same thing he had said." Yusuke told her as he placed his hands in his pockets. Rei just scoffed then looked over at Yusuke with a raised eyebrow. "What did you mean by that Do you know a secret that we all don't know? OH! Tell me! I wanna know!"

"Nope, not going to tell you." Yusuke said as he walked into the temple. Rei quickly followed him trying to get him to tell her Hiei's secret. Toga watched them go then turned towards the area in which Kurama was hiding in. "Rei may no tbe used to being a hanyou but I am. I know you're there."

"Yes, but why did you wait to say something about my pressense here?" Kurama asked as he came out of his hiding spot. Toga smirked and ran a hand through his hair. "Did you really want Rei to be aware of your pressense when she was fighting with Yusuke? She does have a violent manner after all."

Kurama nodded his head in agreement knowing that you did have a violent manner even though he had barely met you over a week ago. After all, you did have a bat collection apparently. Kurama opened his mouth to speak his response when he was caught off by an outburst inside the temple. "KARI! WHAT THE HELL! WHERE IS MY STUFF!"

"Oops."

:-The Next Day-:-

"Toga, give that back to me!" Kari screamed at the reincarnated bat demon. The ookami hanyou was chasing him around the temple trying to get her breakfast which was a bowl of ramen. The others, which included Rei, Yukina, and Hiei, sat in the kitchen eating their own breakfast. Rei was chatting away with Yukina while Hiei spaced out while eating his breakfast in silence. Genkai walked into the room followed by Toga and Kari who looked like they had just been scolded by their mother with Kari sneaking bites of ramen when she thought no one was looking.

"Where are the other dimwits?" Genkai asked as she sat down at the table and served herself some breakfast. Kari and Toga sat down at the table as well and continued to eat the breakfast that they had started before Kari started chasing Toga. Yukina and Rei stopped their conversation and the ice apparition smiled at Genkai. "Good morning, Genkai-sama. Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama should be coming soon."

"Good. I don't think I want these two in my temple for that much longer." Genkai said as she looked over at Kari and Toga. When she looked away, the both of them stuck out their tongues but quickly brought them back into their mouths when she looked back at them. Rei laughed at them and quickly went back to her conversation with Yukina when they both glared at her.

After their breakfast, they all went in different directions. Genkai went outside to go meditate. Yukina stayed in the kitchen to clean up the mess and start on lunch already. The others went to the steps of the temple to wait for the other three to show up to go to school. After waiting for about fifteen minutes, the three boys showed up and they all headed off to another day at high school. Kari looked over at Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama. "So, what took you guys so long this morning?"

"Let's see you walk up those stairs dragging Kuwabara behind you and not be later than usual." Yusuke said with a scoff. Kari and Rei had to hold back their laughter as Kuwabara tried to start another fight with Yusuke. The image of Yusuke dragging Kuwabara all the way up those stairs with Kuwabara's head hitting each step ran through the twin's minds, making them want to laugh. They soon couldn't handle it anymore and they burst out laughing along with Toga when they told him why they were laughing. Yusuke and Kuwabara were too busy throwing insults at each to notice while Hiei was too busy being his sulky self to. Kurama walked up to the laughing three with a questioning look on his face.

"What's so funny, if I may so ask?" Kurama asked them. Rei and Kari exchanged looks and then Rei smiled at the red head. "Nothing!"

End of Chapter Twenty Nine

HieiKitty: WOot WoOt! That was a good chapter if I do say so myself. :nods:

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