Chapter 6

A/N: Yay! Another chapter! Surprising isn't it? O.o

I apologize for the long wait, but...I have been too busy with other things. Other strange and important things...not that this isn't important! Because it is...sigh...nevermind.

After that day Keiko began to think that maybe it wasn't meant to be. Every time she tried to get close to him or to tell him her feelings, something or someone would ruin it!

She sighed as she gathered the brush in her hand.

She looked into the mirror and began brushing her hair.

"And just when I thought things were getting...at least a little better..." She spoke.

A knock could be heard at the door drawing her away from her task. "Come in!" She called quickly finishing with her hair.

Botan peeked into her room and smiled.

"Keiko? Yesterday when you came back from your 'mission', you ran straight to your room. You didn't even inform us on how things went."

Keiko stared at her friend and forced a smile. "Nothing really happened." She whispered as Botan gasped.

"But Keiko! You seemed so determined!" The grim reaper shouted.

"I was!" Keiko stated. She then turned away from her friend and placed her face into her small hands.

"But then when I was about to spill, Yusuke interrupted..." She muttered.

Her bubbly friend shook her head and scoffed.

"That is so typical of that boy."

Keiko laughed.

"Botan? You ever think that this is just a silly little crush? I mean, it seems one-sided to me..." She whispered looking at her friends pink eyes.

Botan shook her head and grasped Keiko's hands tightly.

"Do not give up! We shall succeed in this task! We shall conquer all!" Botan cheered.

Keiko couldn't help but frown at her friends enthusiasm. She was happy that Botan was ready to help, but she couldn't go through another one of her crazy ideas.

"Um...Botan. As much as I like your help..." She began loosening her hands from her grip. "I really don't think that..."

"Keiko not to worry! I shall not come up with any other crazy good for nothing ideas! This time we shall allow you to do what you want!"

I stared at her stupidly. 'Alone...oh no.' Keiko thought closing her eyes tightly. 'Who am I kidding? Without their crazy plans or schemes I'm nothing. I'm lost!'

"Keiko dear? Is something the matter?" She asked the young teen. Keiko looked up at her and nodded.

"Actually Botan there is. I really don't think, that..."

"I knew it. Can't do anything without your friends can you?" Botan smirked flicking Keiko's nose.

"Well guess what? You're on your own this time. It's about time you matured." She continued, getting up. She closed her eyes and placed her arms behind her head all the while turning away from Keiko.

Keiko stood there with her mouth wide open.

"But..."

Botan opened one eye and slightly turned to stare at her cooky friend. "Come on Keiko. He's just a boy..." She whispered walking out.

Keiko just watched her friend leave, her voice still echoing in her head.

"Come on Keiko. He's just a boy..."

"Yeah. A boy who can kill just about anyone he wants...a boy who is demon...a boy that really has no business in my heart but is there anyway." She sighed looking down at the soft white carpet.

"Dammit..." She whispered kicking a pillow that had fallen off the bed. "Why do I have to like the dangerous ones...?

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The team had begun preparing for their next fight.

"So Hiei what was the deal yesterday?" Yusuke asked as he was putting his shirt on. Hiei only looked away and gave him a 'hn'.

"Don't give me that crap!" The spirit detective shouted his anger rising.

"I have no clue what you are talking about." Hiei informed tightening the bandages on his arm.

"You know damn well! You threw a freaking sandwich to my face! And I know that Keiko was lying."

Hiei smirked and turned to look at the boy. "Has the ningen girl ever lied to you?" He stated.

Yusuke placed a hand on his chin thinking about the question.

"I can't recall." He said turning to the short demon only to figure out that he was gone.

"Stupid..." Yusuke spat running over to Kuwabara.

"Hey idiot! You ready for the match!"

Kuwabara turned to his friend and scowled. "Shut up Urameshi! And of course I'm ready, when was I never?"

Yusuke began naming a few times only to receive a glare from the orange haired teen. "Don't make me pound you!" He threatened.

"Oh shut up and save it for your fight!" Yusuke laughed slapping his back.

"Would you two please stop fooling around. We have a match to begin." Kurama inquired meeting up with the two.

"Yeah we know! We're going!" Yusuke dully stated walking out of the room and towards the arena. Kurama sighed at the two as they made there way.

"Sad to know they're our teammates isn't it?" A voice stated.

Kurama turned to the fire demon that now stood next to him.

"They are good fighters. You should have more faith in them." The fox stated as they began to follow the other two.

"I wouldn't have faith in those two if they were the last idiots on earth." Hiei sneered.

Kurama chuckled at his friend's comment.

"Hiei you should learn to befriend the two. They really are helpful."

"I doubt that. They are only humans..."

Kurama looked down at his friend and smirked.

"Well the woman that you want to befriend is also human. And might I add, she has faith for everyone...maybe even you."

Hiei's eyes widened at the red head's words, but they were quickly replaced with a glare.

"Shut up..."

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"I can't see!" Keiko shouted covering her eyes as Shizuru cheered for her brother.

"He can do this! Come on bro!"

Keiko sighed after hearing the announcer shout the victor. "Kuwabara is the winner!"

She smiled and cheered with the other girls around her.

"That was splendid. Another win! Now all we need is one more win, right?" Yukina asked looking at Botan.

"Bingo! Yusuke beat the first one, and Kuwabara the second!" She sang pointing a finger up into the sky.

"But who's going to fight next?" Keiko asked leaning over the railing to get a better view.

" Lean anymore further and you shall fall..."

Keiko blinked at the voice and stood straight up.

"What did you say?" She asked looking at the girls. Shizuru looked at her strangely and stated that no one had talked.

Keiko then looked down and saw Hiei who was staring directly at her. Her face flushed and she quickly seated herself.

"Uh? Keiko you okay?" Shizuru asked looking down at her. She only nodded frantically as the announcer shouted out the next fighter.

"Looks like Hiei's up next." Yukina informed looking at Keiko.

"I guess that match is their's already. Seems that the guy Hiei's fighting is a chump." Shizuru smirked lighting a cigarette.

"Can you not smoke here?" Botan stated annoyed.

"Your not my mother..."

The blue haired girl only growled and yanked the cigarette away.

"Hey! Why you little!"

"Stop it you two!" Keiko scolded pointing down at the arena. "The fight is about to began" She finished.

"Oh of course. You can't miss your prince charming's battle..." The tall girl stated taking a seat while snatching back her cigarette.

"Fine take it...I'll just sit on this side." Botan pouted taking the seat to the right of Keiko.

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The battle had been going on for half an hour already and for some reason Hiei couldn't defeat this demon. He seemed weak, but that was only based on his outer appearance.

"Surprised?" His opponent asked charging towards him with his sword out.

Hiei quickly dodged the strike and landed nimbly on his feet.

"Not at all. I'm just observing your movements." Hiei stated calmly rushing towards the demon. He quickly unsheathed his katana. (A/N: Is that right?)

With one quick move Hiei slashed his enemy in the stomach, quietly awaiting for his painful scream but when one never came he glanced back at his opponent.

There he stood with not a scratch on him.

"I may not be as strong or and fast as you are. But with the little power I contain I am able to defeat even high class demons like you." He explained.

Hiei didn't understand what had happened. He began to run towards the weakling but stopped when he felt a sharp pain. He gazed down at his stomach and watched how blood soaked through his shirt.

"So that's your game? Isn't very noble of you..." Hiei hissed.

"Who needs nobility. I am only here to win and watching you die will be entertaining."

'How dare he talk down to me!' Hiei thought charging towards him again and slashing his leg.

Hiei again winced as pain erupted from his right leg. He looked over it and grumbled.

"This really isn't very fair." He stated glaring at the demon before him.

"Who ever said that this was fair. Now are you going to attack me again, you fool..."

' I get it. He put a spell on me so that whenever I inflict pain on him it ends up on me.' Hiei thought standing there with his katana to his side.

"Well?"

"Hiei?" A voice called. Hiei stared at the fox who had called his name from the corner of his eye.

"He put a spell on you. It..."

"I know that!" He shouted glaring at the fox.

' How stupid does he think I am. Now how am I going to win this...I guess the only way to defeat him now is to knock him out of the ring...'

"Are you going to keep standing there?" The demon spoke knocking Hiei from his thoughts.

Hiei smirked and charged towards the demon punching him square in the face.

"You're only hurting yourself..."

"I can take the pain..." Hiei whispered still jabbing him with his fists. All he had to do was lure him to the edge of the ring.

The demon smirked at his attempt and pulled out a dagger from his cloak stabbing Hiei in the chest.

"Not a wise move Hiei, standing so close to me..."

Hiei gasped kneeling to the ground.

"Dammit..." He cursed looking up at the demon. 'How the hell am I going to defeat him if I can't lay my hands on him?' He thought.

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"Hey that's not fair!" Botan shouted pointing down at the demon and glaring at him menacingly.

Keiko agreed.

"That really is low. The only choice Hiei has is to push him out of the ring. But he can't do that if one of his leg's injured, including his stomach." Shizuru observed.

"OH! If only we could help!" Yukina muttered placing her hands over her eyes.

"You know we can't. Man if only Yusuke or the others can distract the idiot, at least for a few minutes. I think that would give Hiei enough time to smack him out of the ring." Shizuru informed, wondering why the team hadn't thought of that.

Botan nodded and glanced at Keiko.

"Keiko! You'll fall!" She shouted.

Keiko winced at Botan's scream and only ignored it. She had heard Shizuru's idea and decided to take it upon herself to help. 'A distraction is all he needs...' She thought climbing on the rail and standing. She held her arms up trying to balance.

"Hey butt brain!" She shouted at the top of her lungs getting the attention of everyone around them.

"What is she doing!" Shizuru stated holding on to her friend's legs so she wouldn't fall.

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Hiei stared at the girl who was standing on the rail shakily, as her friend held her steady.

'What the hell is she doing?'

"Hey butt brain!"

Hiei placed his head down at her insult and turned to his opponent who looked up at the girl and glared.

"You talking to me girly?" He shouted back, walking away from Hiei and towards the edge of the arena towards Keiko.

"Yeah you toad! What the hell are you doing? You damn cheat! I bet I could've kicked your butt a long time ago if it wasn't for that cheesy spell of yours! Your nothing but a low life, an ugly low life at that!" Keiko shrieked getting gasps from the crowd.

"Come say that to my face!" He shouted back.

'Just as I thought. He's nothing but talk...just call him a name and he's in your face.' Keiko thought smirking.

"Oh come on! Why would I waste my time walking all the way down there to see your face! Your and idiot ya know that!" She shouted as he stepped closer.

"What's going on? It seems that Azu has focused on the strange girl in the stands! Is this smart?" The announcer shouted as the crowd started cheering and booing at the same time.

Hiei looked up at the girl again and looked at Botan who was pointing at Azu.

He smirked, finally realizing what they were up to.

Azu snapped out of his thoughts after hearing the announcer's voice. "Wait...what the...!"

Hiei had quickly charged towards him and pushed him roughly out of the ring. Which wasn't that hard since he was already standing at the edge.

"Not too smart are you?" Hiei smirked as he watched Azu mumble about his own stupidity.

" RING OUT! Winner, Hiei!" The announcer shouted as Hiei limped out of the ring.

"It seems that Team Urameshi has won this match!" She announced. Boo's could be heard from the crowd mainly directed towards the brunette who was still balancing for her life.

"Wow Keiko! And I thought Botan was an idiot." Shizuru sighed glaring at the demons.

"Hey! I resent that!" Botan shouted. "You're the idiot!"

Shizuru glared at Botan.

"You wanna start something?" She asked letting go of Keiko.

"AHHH!"

"Keiko!" Yukina called grasping the girl's legs.

"Oh shit!" Shizuru gasped as she saw Keiko dangling from over two stories. "I am so sorry!"

"Just get me up!" Keiko cried tears brimming her eyes.

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Hiei looked back up at the girls while Kurama was tending to his wounds. He wouldn't take his eyes off Keiko until she was safely off that rail.

"AHHH!"

"Keiko!"

Hiei quickly tensed after seeing the girl fall but relaxed after he saw Yukina grab her legs. Within a few more seconds she was safely on the ground.

"Brave girl isn't she?" Kurama asked.

Hiei only shrugged.

"You owe her a thank you. You know if it wasn't for her you probably wouldn't have won that match."

"I could've easily taken that idiot..." He muttered looking away.

"Your probably right, but you would've been a little more mangled if it wasn't for her."

"What she did was idiotic."

Kurama stared at his friend and sighed after seeing his hard glare.

"She's fine, just a little shaken up. I doubt she ever stood up to a demon before or stand on a rail that was over two stories high. And not to mention that she angered many other demons." Kurama chuckled.

"Hn..."

"What the hell is her problem!" Yusuke shouted running past Hiei and Kurama and up towards the girl.

Hiei looked at the boy as he finally reached Keiko after a few minutes.

"Keiko what was that? You could've gotten yourself killed!" He shouted grabbing her shoulders. She turned her head to the side and looked down at Hiei.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you!"

Keiko quickly looked at him and pushed him away gently.

"I just thought that I should help. I'm sorry, I just wanted to help..." She muttered looking down.

"Just don't do that again..." Yusuke whispered hugging her tightly.

Keiko frowned. A month ago she would've been in heaven just being in Yusuke's arms. But now...but now she didn't feel that spark. Someone else had stolen her heart.

She managed to turn her head back down to the fire demon who stood staring at her. She stared into his eyes and they seemed sad...hurt...for some reason.

'His wounds must be getting to him...' She thought, pulling away from Yusuke.

"Yusuke don't worry about me. You should worry about Hiei, and the others...make sure their okay." She spoke.

"You care too much for others..." He laughed running off.

She smiled at him and leaned against the railing staring at Hiei's back.

"That was all for you Hiei..." She whispered. The cold air blew gently towards her causing her to hug her small frame.

"Thank you..."

She froze at the voice and saw two red eyes staring back at her.

A/N: How was that? Wasn't that good was it? Well I'll try to get the other chapter up and ready but that really depends on the reviews I receive. But then again I might just put it on to finish the darn thing. Well either way I shall continue it and sooner than ever! Review! And thanks a bunch for reading!