Chapter 11: Watching

The whole group accompanied Hiei in taking Rai to their hotel rooms. Hiei was, obviously, very annoyed by this action. On the way, they met up with someone they didn't think they'd ever personally meet.

A tall, blonde haired man stood in the hallway. His eyes were closed and he wore light blue clothing, a button up shirt and loose pants.

"Who are you?" Yusuke asked belligerently.

"My name is Yukaru. Whether you believe it or not, I was the cause of the lightning before the fights started. I left the stadium after Rai won so it'd be easier to congratulate her, but it seems that her sleepy nature got the better of her." He laughed. He opened his eyes and they were blue. They were like Rai's only a deeper blue.

"How do we know that you're Yukaru?" Yasu asked. Rai wasn't currently awake, so she wasn't able to verify this.

"I could tell you every ticklish spot on her. I can also make her say my name in her sleep." He said with a smile.

"I bet Hiei here would love to know that." Yusuke snickered. Hiei glared at him. If Rai wasn't in his arms right now, Yusuke would be dead.

The one that called himself Yukaru walked up to Hiei and knelt down to Rai's level. He stuck his finger out and poked Rai in some spot Hiei didn't quite catch.

"Un," She wiggled away from the offending finger, "Yukaru." She muttered this sleepily. Yukaru chuckled.

"It works every time." Yukaru began to examine Hiei. After a minute he stepped back. "I approve. Congratulations." He said, cryptically. He turned and walked off. Everyone stared after him.

"Rai has some interesting brothers. Do you have any clue what he was talking about Hiei?" Kurama asked.

"Hn." Hiei didn't answer his question. He had a clue, but he wasn't going to tell any of the others about it. He had a suspicious feeling that Yukaru wasn't congratulating Rai just now. "We'd better get Rai bandaged up." He said, changing the subject.

"She did get hit by Jun's sword." Yasu agreed. "I would suggest putting her in my room. You boys get too noisy for her to rest properly."

"No, we don't." Kuwabara said offended.

"I rest my case." She said shrugging as she opened the door. Hiei set her down on a bed. Suddenly he was pushed out of the room by Yasu.

"What are you doing?" He asked angrily.

"Boyfriend or not, Rai is a girl and she's been hit in places that shouldn't be seen by men. Out!" Yasu slammed the door. Hiei stood there for a second. He was surprised when Yasu opened the door again. "I'll tell you when I'm done. But for now, leave." She closed the door again.

Hiei went to the boys' room muttering. He walked past everyone, went to the window and stared out.

"Rai's a really good fighter. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of those lightning attacks." Kuwabara commented on her display.

"Yasu did say before that she'd rather be with Rai, than against her." Kurama agreed. He looked over to Hiei. The usually stolid fire demon was obviously worried. He was genuinely worried about the girl that slept in the next room. "What do you think, Hiei?" He asked him.

"She has some skill." He said, still not looking from the window. Why'd that girl have to be so reckless? She could have gotten herself killed a number of times today. Then she had to scare him when she fell asleep. That girl had a strange habit of falling asleep at the strangest times. There was a countless amount of times when she'd be wide awake one moment and then fast asleep in the next moment.

What everyone was talking about at the moment, he didn't care. Suddenly a hand waved in his face.

"Hello? Earth to Hiei? Are you there?" Yusuke's voice broke through, much to Hiei's annoyance.

"Get your hand out of my face before I cut it off." He threatened menacingly.

"There he is." Yusuke said as he snapped his hand back when he saw Hiei's katana. "Just to let you know, Yasu came in a minute ago telling us that she's finished bandaging Rai." Hiei was gone before Yusuke had a chance to blink.

Yasu looked up as she heard the door open. She saw Hiei start walking over to Rai.

"You could knock once in a while, Hiei. It wouldn't hurt." She snapped at him.

"Hn. How is she?" He ignored what she had said. He didn't feel like arguing with her. After all, he just wanted to see Rai.

"She's sleeping. She slept all the way through me bandaging her. But that's a relief because she'd always fidget when she was awake. Very annoying." She stood up. "Now that you're here, I'll just go." She walked out the door, leaving Hiei alone with Rai.

He sat down next to her bed and looked at her. The blankets had been brought up all the way to her shoulders. Her bloody clothes had been placed on the nightstand, next to the bed. She was sleeping very peacefully. He brushed a strand of hair out of her face. His hand lingered on her face.

"Hiei. Hmm." She muttered in her sleep. Hiei nearly blushed at the thought of her dreaming of him. But all of that changed in the next moment.

She grabbed his hand and rolled on her side, away from him. As a result, Hiei was dragged across the bed. His arm bent in an awkward position. She wrapped both arms around his one and snuggled up to his hand as if it was a teddy bear. His position was rather uncomfortable. He was currently on his side, facing her back, while his arm was being snuggled by the sleeping girl. He tried to extract his arm from her, but it didn't work. This would be very embarrassing if someone was to walk in just now.

During this event, food had been brought into the boys' room.

"I'll go ask Hiei if he would like some food." Kurama said as he stood up and left the room. He opened the door and walked in. "Hiei, there's some food if you'd like some." He said, careful not to wake Rai.

"I can't." Was the reply.

Kurama's eyes widen when he saw the predicament the boy was in. Hiei was next to Rai, on the bed, currently glaring at him.

"You could have waited until she was awake." Kurama said, trying not to laugh.

"This isn't funny." He said, still glaring at him.

"I'll just tell everyone that you're preoccupied at the moment." Kurama said, leaving Hiei to his problem.

"Get back here!" Hiei shouted to no one. Kurama already left. "Curse that fox." He muttered to himself. Now, all he could do was wait until she woke up, or perhaps Yasu came in and separated them.

It was a couple of hours before anything happened, so Hiei had two hours to think of very villainous ways to kill anyone who walked through that door.

"Ah, so that's what Kurama meant when he said you couldn't come to eat. I thought he might've meant that you didn't want to." Yasu said as she watched Hiei try to struggle free. "That's not going to help. When that girl grabs something in her sleep, she doesn't let go. You're just going to have to wait until she wakes up." She chuckled.

Hiei gave her a glare and turned away. He didn't like being seen like this. He heard movement on the other bed.

"Hope she doesn't cut off the circulation in your arm before she wakes up." And with that she turned off the light. Hiei mentally cursed.

Rai opened her eyes to a dark room. The sun was filtering through the curtains. She sat up. She felt an arm fall down to her waist. She looked down to see who the owner of the hand was. She jumped in alarm when she saw Hiei sleeping next to her. She accidentally pushed him off the bed.

"Ouch! What was that for?" He shouted at her.

"You were sleeping with me in my bed!" She shouted, her face was red.

"I was just sitting here, yesterday evening, and you grabbed my hand and dragged me onto the bed. It wasn't by choice! You wouldn't let go of me!" He shouted back. They turned their heads when they heard a yawn.

"Could you argue a little louder? I could almost sleep. What's the problem?" Yasu said, rubbing the sleepiness out of her eyes.

"Hiei was in my bed!"

"Of course he was. You grabbed him in your sleep. You should be thankful Yusuke or Kuwabara didn't walk in. I imagine they would have had a ball." She said, yawning at separate intervals. "By the way, while we were heading up after the match, we met your brother, Yukaru."

"Oh, what did he say?"

"Well, since we weren't sure whether to believe him or not, we asked him to prove it. He tickled you in a certain spot. You said his name in your sleep. Then he was looking at Hiei. He said something about approving something and congratulations. Then he left." Yasu told her.

"He said he approved of something?"

"Yes. He didn't say what he approved of though. Are all the older brothers cryptic or something?" Yasu asked.

"That's just like Yukaru. He hasn't changed a bit." Rai groaned.

"Would you mind sharing, or is it something I'd be better off not knowing?"

"You'd probably be better off knowing."

"Whatever, but we should probably get changed and watch the matches today so we can see who are next opponents are." Yasu said, getting out of bed and walking to her things.

"So that means Hiei's out." But when Rai looked up, he was gone. "Joy." She muttered.

"Hey! That's my line."

Elf: Hehehe. I love the part when Rai grabs Hiei in her sleep. It's so funny! Yusuke would've definitely had a ball. Hehe. Yasu isn't much of a morning person. (huggles sketchbook)

Kuronue: (sweatdrop) She has a lot of fun with that sketchbook.

Elf: Hey! I love my sketchbook! I make pretty pictures of hot guys in it! But I still have a lot more to go before I can hope of completing everyone on my list.

Kuronue: (more sweatdrops) Okay...

Elf: (glomps Kuronue) You're so awesome, Batman!

Kuronue: Ack! Thanks. I think.