BACK WHEN WE FIRST MET written by HieiKitty

Written on July 16th, 2005

Chapter Thirty-Three: Stairs and Interrogation

It was now after school, and the Spirit Detectives were walking to Genkai's temple. Yusuke looked like he had just been in a battle for he had bandages all over though he hurt only in one mail plain; between his legs. Kari had been able to kick him a good few times before Toga and Kuwabara were able to successfully drag her away from him. Kari, Toga, and Rei walked in the front of the group while the twins chatted happily with Toga throwing in his own comments once in a while. Meanwhile, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama walked behind them. Kuwabara was laughing at Yusuke while he threatened him. Kurama was keeping to himself as he thought about things.

"Hey, where's Shorty?" Kuwabara asked out of the blue. Kari scoffed as did Yusuke and Rei. "Who cares where he is? He's the one who just left school and didn't even come back. OH! I can't wait to see how much trouble he gets in with Koenma when he finds out that he wasn't watching Rei like he's supposed to."

"Hey, I don't need a babysitter, you know!" Rei told her with a glare. Kari just smirked and patted her on the back. "Hey, if I have to have Toga follow me around all the time as my babysitter, you have to have one too. Plus, I think you don't mind being babysitted by Hiei, do you?"

"Kari, shut up!" Rei yelled at her furiously. Kari stuck out her tongue then proceeded to run for her life and Rei ran after her swinging her bag as if it was a baseball bat. Toga sighed and shook his head then went after the two to make sure that they didn't get into any trouble. Yusuke and Kuwabara took this time to question Kurama. "So, Kurama, what's going on between you and Rei? Why are you two avoiding each other?"

"Straight to the point as always, Yusuke. There's nothing going on between us if you want to know the truth. I think Rei may be avoiding me for she told me something very private and she's probably afraid she'll expose another one of her secrets." Kurama explained almost monotonous. Kuwabara scoffed and made a face. "At least, you actually gave us a reason. Rei just said that she wasn't avoiding you though you might be avoiding her. Then she told us that she was fine and was feeling better than she had earlier."

"Hey, what's this secret that Rei told you? Does she like you or something?" Yusuke asked with a sly smile as he nudged Kurama in the side. Kurama wanted to glare at Yusuke but he restrained himself and just shook his head. "Far from that, Yusuke. I don't think Rei would like me to tell you what it is anyways."

"You're no fun, Kurama." Yusuke said with a pout. The three soon arrived at Genkai's temple and began to make their way up the stairs. A black blur ran past them and they now knew where Hiei was. They quicken their pace when they heard a scream from the top of the stairs. Yusuke stopped for a second and used his hand to shade out the sun as he look to the top of the stairs. "What the?"

"DAMN YOU, HIEI!" A black lump was falling down the stairs towards them. Kurama and Kuwabara had stopped too and the three of them watched as the lump came closer and closer. Finally, they were able to make out what was falling towards them. Yusuke's eyes widen and he quickly turned to run down the stairs but he wasn't quick enough. Kari's body came falling down the stairs and hit Yusuke. He began to fall down the stairs along with Kari who both were cursing loudly. Yusuke was lucky though because he hadn't got to even halfway up the stairs so he didn't end up falling as much as Kari. Toga came running down the stairs soon followed by Kurama and Kuwabara to see if the two were okay. Miraculously, Kari was the only one with any real injuries while Yusuke was just knocked out.

"How the heck did Kari end up falling down the stairs?" Kuwabara asked as helped Kari on to Toga's back. Kari muttered under her breath but that's all she did. It seemed like she didn't want to answer his question though it was about her. Toga sighed and shook his head. "Well, that's the interesting part. We had just made it to the top of the stairs when Hiei suddenly appeared. He wanted to talk to Rei but Kari wouldn't leave him alone so he did the thing to get her out of his way. He pushed her down the stairs just as Genkai had done."

"That damned fire apparition. Just because I wouldn't leave the two of them alone, he had to go and push me down the stairs. It's bad enough that I have already done it before!" Kari said as she shook her fist towards the top of the stairs. Kurama and Kuwabara supported Yusuke between them and the five of them made their way back up the stairs to Genkai's temple. Kari was still muttering about Hiei. "I mean, come on! What's so important that he needed to talk to Rei alone and right away? Do you think it could have been about this morning? You know him the best, Kurama, what do you think?"

"Perhaps, Hiei wanted to apologize but we're all sure that, that's probably not it. There's also the probability that Koenma sent him with a message to give to Rei and just Rei." Kurama told them. He had to keep himself from lashing out on them. They didn't know what Rei had told him and he was definitely not going to tell them. Just the mention of Hiei was getting him upset and now Hiei was alone with Rei. Thinking this, Kurama picked up his speed which made Kuwabara struggle to keep up. Toga gave the red head a look. "Hey, Kurama, slow down. We're in no rush. Yusuke's just unconscious and Kari's just has some scrapes."

"SCRAPES! I'LL SHOW YOU SCRAPES!"

"Hey, Yukina." Rei said happily as she entered the temple's kitchen with Hiei right behind her. Yukina smiled at Rei and Hiei as she turned her attention from the water she was boiling to them. "School must be over, right? That's good. Where are the others?"

"I think Toga, Kurama, and Kuwabara went to help Yusuke and Kari up the stairs. You see, Kari had a little accident and fell down the stairs taking Yusuke with her." Rei explained to the ice apparition with a nervous laugh. Yukina gasped and quickly exited the temple to go help them. Rei sighed and set her bag down on the table as she sat down herself. "She worries about everyone too much. What are we going to do when she leaves the temple?"

"What do you mean, Onna?" Hiei asked her, not too kindly. Rei blinked a few times then remembered that Hiei was there. She sighed and shrugged. "Well, she's a girl, right? All girls find a boy once in their lifetime and I doubt that when Yukina does find that guy that she's going to stay here when they're married or whatever you demons do. I'm definitely not going to stay at this temple or with my sister forever."

"Hn." Was Hiei's simple response. Rei rolled her eyes at it and stood up again. She walked over to the refrigerator and got out some ice cream from the freezer. She then separated some into two bowls and handed one of the bowls to Hiei while taking one for her. Eating the ice cream, she sat back down at the table. "So, Hiei, what did you want to talk about? It must be important since you did push my sister down the stairs and all."

"Hn, why'd you do it?" Hiei asked her before filling his mouth with another spoonful of ice cream. Rei swallowed the ice cream in her own mouth before giving the fire apparition a questioningly look. "Why did I do what exactly?"

"Why are you acting like Kurama's woman when you obviously don't have the proper feeling to be his actual woman?" Hiei asked; this time his question was clear. Rei almost choke on her ice cream when she heard this question but she quickly recovered. "Well, I'm doing Kurama a favor if you could say that though I didn't even know I would be doing this at the beginning. Kurama kind of just sprung it on me. Anyways, why does it matter to you? You don't care about stupid human stuff like that."

"Why'd you kiss him?" Hiei almost sneered. This time, Rei really did choke on her ice cream. She pounded lightly on her chest with her fist until she was coughing and breathing again. A bowl was set down on the table and her attention turned immediately went back on Hiei, who she saw was now standing right beside her. He grabbed a hold of her shoulders and made her turned her chair so that her whole body was facing him. "Stupid, Onna."

Before Rei could even open her mouth to respond, Hiei's own mouth crashed down on it. Her eyes widen as one of his hands moved from her shoulder to the back of her head. That hand then proceeded into pushing her head against his own, making the kiss even more forceful. Finally, Rei relaxed and began to kiss him back. It seemed that Hiei had waited for the reaction because as soon as Rei began to kiss back, Hiei opened his mouth and lick her lips, tasting the ice cream that had once been there. Hiei smirked into the kiss when he felt Rei's mouth open slightly.

Hiei took this chance as quickly as it came. His tongue swept into her mouth, not bothering to mess with her own tongue. His prodded all the crevices inside her mouth, exploring it and memorizing it. Finally, he began to prod Rei's tongue with his own. But before any tongue battle could go on, Hiei quickly removed his tongue from her mouth. He almost chuckle when he heard Rei make a noise that sound like a growl. His kissed her lips again before moving down to Rei's neck. Rei instinctively move her head to the side giving him more access to her neck as her hands found their way to his hair.

While her fingers combed through Hiei's hair, the fire apparition was now kissing and nipping at her neck. Rei's eyes were closed in pleasure and she was barely aware of the fact that his hand had disappeared from her head. Now that hand was resting on her thigh while the other continued to remain on her shoulder. Rei's eyes suddenly shot open and Hiei froze when they heard giggling coming from the doorway. Hiei quickly stood up straightly and turned to see that Botan was standing there, giggling to herself. Rei continued to sit there, her face flushed and unable to say anything.

"I see you two are busy. I'll come back." Botan said in between giggles. But before she could leave, Hiei had unsheathed his katana and had pinned her against the door frame with the katana against her neck. He glared at her and she immediately stopped giggling. "You will not tell anyone what you say here today or else I will not hesitate to kill you. I don't care what Koenma has said, I will kill you if you utter a word about this."

Botan let out a squeak and slightly nodded her head. Hiei gave her one last glare before disappearing completely. Botan regain her composure before looking over at Rei who was still blushing but was now looking at Botan with an eyebrow raised. The Grim Reaper just smiled at her with a cat-like grin. "Enjoy yourself, Rei?"

End of Chapter Thirty-Three

Youko: Wow, Hiei got himself some action in this chapter! ...Damned fire apparition.

HieiKitty: You're just jealous, Youko. Anyways, I think this might be one of the fastest times I have updated in a while. I am so proud of myself!

Youko: I bet you are. -.-

Kuronue: Please review!