Guten tag and hallo! ...Okay that was dumb, saying the same thing twice. But whatever. I guess...I guess I don't know what chapter this is at the moment but I'll figure it out. So, sigh...what have you been up to readers? Mwahahaha, school has started and the usual fences that kept us in in middle school are GONE! Gone I tell you, gone!

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Chapter Three

"Kurama!"

Nissi jumps onto her boyfriend's bed, oblivious to the fact that it is 3 o'clock in the morning. Kurama's hair is tousled and covers his face, making him look cute and innocent. Nissi gives a "KYA!" of happiness and hugs the daylights (or is it nightlights) out of him. His face turns redder than his hair until Nissi lets go to let him breath. He takes in the sweet substance that is his life force. She grins sheepishly at him, "Guess I overdid that, huh?"

"Nissi, it's three in the morning. What are you doing up?"

"I couldn't sleep."

Her face then becomes one of those which has been plagued by bad thoughts for a while. A heavy sigh escapes her lips as she snuggles up to Kurama, rubbing her forehead against his chest. He raises her head to look at her and finds that her eyes are heavy with depression. And he loses all wantings except for one want: to make her happy no matter what. And he knows just the thing to help, too. He gently shoves her off of him and pads over to his closet.

"You seem like the person to enjoy embarrasing photos."

Smiling, Nissi is clambers onto Kurama's lap as he presses the photo album into her eager hands. It is so thick and full that some of the pages are beginning to fall out and Nissi has evidence that more than one roll of tape has been used on one page just to keep it in place. She flips page by page by page. There are photos of each and every mission the team had gone on, along with some of the rare vacations they took on Koenma's permission. And then there were these very odd photos of assorted demons that all had a date next to their pictures. Kurama then tells her that those are the pictures of the enemies they had faced, and the dates were there death dates. Nissi pales.

She flips past the pages with Hiei and Kurama in passionate positions, prefering to not know about that part of their past. And even as a bonus, there are pictures of Yusuke's, Kuwabara's, and Kurama's childhood. Christmases, birthdays, and other random days. Sad to say but there are no pictures of Hiei as a child. Except one. Nissi stares at the picture with growing interest. It is a simple photo with fading color. It is of Hiei, Kurama, and some annonomyous childhood friend. He is wearing--much to Nissi's surprise--a yellow bib with a pretty red flower on it holding a lolipop with a swirly pattern on it with the happiest expression on his cute, chibi face. He almost looks like Christmas came early.

Nissi's heart melts as she stares at the picture. Who knew that Hiei could, even for one moment, look this cute and innocent. And in the middle of her moment of admiration, an idea sparks. It sparks in her eyes and travels down to her mouth which curves up in a sly grin. She turns to Kurama with innocent, spark free eyes. He glances at the "smile" on her face and smiles himself. He has succeeded in cheering her up.

"Kurama, may I have this picture? You look really cute in it!"

"Um...sure, only if you promise not to ruin it."

"Oh, I won't."

She bids Kurama goodnight again, telling him that she will have no trouble sleeping after this. And as Kurama lulls himself back into his peaceful dreamworld he, nor anyone else in the house, hears the steady clicking of a machine down in the living room, nor the tiniest evil cackle that echoes through the mansion walls. Someone is scheming.

oOo

It is morning and Hiei is up early, just arriving home from morning training. He couldn't wake Olivia from her deep slumber so had decided to give her the morning off and train by himself. It is nice to train by yourself once in a while anyways. As he gulps down a glass of milk and places his cup in the sink full of luke-warm water, he hears the footsteps of one of the onnas coming: it is Nissi. She stares deep into his ruby red eyes for a long, long while until he becomes a bit nervous.

"The last time you stared at me like this, onna, it was not good."

"Oh, it's good."

"Hn. I bet it's not."

Laughing quietly, Nissi dangles in front of his face the picture. She only flashes it for a millisecond or so but Hiei's sharp eyes catch it instantly. He gives a gasp of surprise and turns pale. Hiei jumps at her, katana in hand. She pulls the picture out of his reach, making small 'tut, tut' noises at his impatience. Then she musses his hair before continuing on, happiness oozing from every word that slips out of her mouth.

"Nuh-uh, I've got copies. And unless you want these plastered all over the mansion walls--and maybe the cieling too--you'll do every little thing I say."

Hiei fumes, fire raging in his eyes. "Give them to me, onna. I'm not going to be your slave!"

"Would you rather lose your dignity over a few simple chores that will eventually be forgotten by everyone or be called "bib boy" for the rest of your life?"

For a moment all Hiei can do is breathe deeply as if to ensure that he will live past the next two minutes. Then, all he can do is hang his head in shame and defeat. His voice is barely audible as he mumbles "I'll do it" under his breath. Nissi praises him, telling him what a good and understanding boy he is. She pats his head and with each pat his frown goes deeper than it was the pat before, much like what happened in the first book when the Destinies had complete control over him as the result of their first truth or dare.

"And..." Nissi pulls out a sheet of paper from her pocket and hands it to him. "These are what I need you to do today."

Hiei pulls a face.

"Oh don't worry, Hiei! It's nothing big. I just need you to empty ice, make kool-aid, and keep my room clean. If I find one speck of anything on my floor, these babies get posted."

Hiei brushes past Nissi and goes to his room, proceeding to shred and slice all of his pillows to bits. Feathers fly all over the room. And as Hiei puts his face down into his bed and screams, Olivia and Kurama walk in looking concerned. Kurama takes one look at his poor friend and tells Olivia to comfort him for a moment. Then he steps outside the door, closes it shut, and leans against the wall. Inside, Olivia kneels next to her distraught fire demon.

"Hiei, what's wrong?"

Her only response is Hiei's arms being flailed wildly about in the air, his voice muffled by the bedsheets. Whatever it is, Olivia thinks as she massages his shoulders, it must be really bad. Hiei says nothing, happy that his girlfriend is slowly massaging all the tension out of his shoulders; it helps him to think. And he really does need to think out of a way out of this one. Olivia also says nothing as she finishes up her massage, kisses Hiei softly on the lips, and exits. She motions for Kurama to enter and talk to Hiei. And while he does so, Olivia goes and talks to Nissi.

"Nissi, did you do something?"

"Huh?"

"Hiei is...distraught. And I want to know if you did something."

"Hiei's distraught? About what?" Nissi sits up suddenly, knocking over her bowl of cereal. "Can I see him?"

"No. Kurama's talking to him. I guess it's just some personal problem. Well, thanks anyways, Nis."

"No problem."

Olivia walks away, convinced that Nissi is not the source of the problem. Nissi laughs maniacally behind her hands, surprised at how good a job he did at hiding her true intentions. She pulls from her pocket one of the copies of the photos and stares at it lovingly. It really is a wonderful picture, but Nissi can understand why it could damage Hiei's wonderful reputation of being a semi cold-hearted demon. Even though he hates to admit it, his heart is slowly warming up to concepts such as love, friendships, and endless pranks.

Meanwhile, back in Hiei's room...

"And if you need to tell me anything you know I'm there to listen."

Kurama strokes Hiei's cheek gently before getting up and exiting. The stroking of the cheek was not only a gesture of affection, but a test to see how numb Hiei really is at the moment. And as he did not respond in any way, Kurama knows that whatever is going on is probably the work of a genius. After seeking out his girlfriend, being reassured that she is not behind any of the mischeif, and concluding that it is probably a personal problem, Kurama goes to take a bath. Soon after the bath water begins to run, the vaccuum is heard going.

Meagan and Malia awake, leaving Vanessa as the only person in deep slumber. They enter the room that is currently being vaccuumed, which happens to be Nissi's. They gasp in surprise as they find Hiei on his hands and knees vaccuuming Nissi's already clean floor. It looks as if it is his second or third time running the vaccuum through it. He glares at them and warns them not to enter with their dirty feet; they stay right outside.

"Um...Hiei?"

"GO AWAY!"

Shrieking the two scramble to safety, making many funny noises along the way. They run headfirst into Olivia, who topples over and bangs her head into the wall. As she shouts in pain, Meagan and Malia run off as to not get in trouble.

"Who hit me?"

Olivia gets up and chases the two into Vanessa's room, where they take refuge under her bed. Vanessa awakes with a start, screaming her head off for the other Destinies to get "OUT OF MY ROOM!" Now with another threat added to their current ones Malia, Meagan, and Olivia run quickly out of Vanessa's room. Vanessa shouts at Olivia, Malia, and Meagan for waking her up; Olivia yells at Meagan and Malia for hurting her head; Meagan yells at Malia for whacking into Olivia; and Malia yells just for the sake of yelling. Nissi listens to them from her room, blasting her music so that she doesn't have to truly understand. Hiei has finished with her room, and is now working on her other chores.

Yusuke comes up to him as he is staring dumbly at the kool-aid packet instructions. "Uh...isn't making kool-aid Nissi's job?"

"Y-yes."

Yusuke is surprised to hear how high Hiei's voice is. "Um, then why are you making it?"

"C-can't I be nice once in a while?" Hiei demands, shaking the packet at him.

Yusuke forces back a laugh, "Yes. Rip that open, pour it in, take the biggest measuring cup and add one of those full of sugar, then stir."

"Thank you," Hiei murmurs to Yusuke's retreating back.

"Your welcome."

"HIEI!"

Olivia runs behind him and ducks down. Then Hiei watches, amazed, as Malia and Meagan run screaming down the halls followed closely by an also screaming Vanessa still dressed in pajamas. He hears Nissi's cackling laughter over the screaming and instantly begins to stir the kool-aid up. Olivia gets up and watches him closely, taking the spoon away from him after a moment.

"Um, Hiei?"

"Hn?"

"You're doing Nissi's chores. Why are you being so nice to her?"

"Because..." Hiei takes back the spoon and continues stirring.

"Because why?"

"I can."

Olivia ducks back down as the three come running through again, still screaming. Hiei sighs. It's going to be a long, long, long day.

Later That Night

Nissi turns over under her covers, reflecting upon the glorious day that has just recently come to pass. All in one day she had Hiei vaccuum the house six times, remake twelve things of kool-aid, empty the ice too many times to count, comb and play with her hair, walk three imaginary white cats, put Kurama's hair into a french braid style, rearrange her room and then vaccuum it again. Then she made him do menial tasks that had absolutely nothing to do with anything, but she thought it would be nice to push his buttons.

She glances at her clock quickly. Midnight. The moon is full, shining in her window. She closes her eyes and relaxes for a moment. And when she reopens them, she is at swordpoint. There, tall and terrible, stands Hiei with his sword out and only one millimeter away from Nissi's neck. His red eyes shine with an undying fire and he is breathing very hard. Almost beginning to hypervenilate.

"Give. Me. The. Pictures."

"Okay! I'll give them to you!" Nissi pulls back from the sword. "Just don't kill me!"

She tosses a file at his feet, containing more than 1000 photos. He shreds them instantly, scattering the papers all over Nissi's room. "And I'm not cleaning those up!" he hisses, stomping out and going back to his room. Nissi whimpers a while before she senses Hiei's evil aura going slowly, slowly down. He's asleep. And that's when her whimpers turn into giggles as she pulls from under her pillow one more picture. She strokes its glossy cover gently.

"I've got work to do," she whispers.

Ohyao gozaimasu! (Good Morning)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"...Huh?"

Olivia awakes happily from a very bad dream that has been plaguing her mind for the past night. Her stomach growls loudly so she slips out of bed and patters into the hallway, instantly noticing some sort of new decoration technique. Pictures are taped all over the walls and cieling and even the floor. And as Olivia takes a closer look at these pictures, a soft "awww" escapes her lips, only to be completely drowned out by Nissi screaming bloody murder.

She flattens herself against the wall as Nissi runs through, only to be followed by Hiei. She hooks her arm around his, dragging him down and giving Nissi a greater chance for escape. He picks himself and Olivia off of the floor, glaring daggers at her. She only giggles and holds a picture up to his face. It is suddenly shredded and is floating down to the ground in millions of tiny pieces. Olivia stares in awe.

"Mou...Hiei!"

"Shred them," he tells her. "Shred them ALL."

"Oh, Hiei, you're so overdramatic."

"Onna!"

"You shouldn't be so embarassed," Olivia scolds as she slips a picture in her back pocket. "Just let them have their fun. I take it this was Nissi's idea?"

Hiei hangs his head, honestly hurt and ashamed that he let himself be manipulated. Olivia pats him on the back and pushes him into his room. "Don't worry. It'll pass."

"BIB BOY!" Vanessa calls from the other room.

Hiei buries his head in his hands. Olivia's only reply is a sigh of sympathy before she goes off into the living room to scold Vanessa. She finds her collecting as many of the pictures that she can see. Kuwabara cannot stop laughing and is currently rolling around on the floor, crushing and ripping some of the pictures. Good. You keep doing that, Olivia smirks.

"Hey Vanessa can I have all the pictures when you're done collecting them?"

"Why?" Vanessa clutches the pictures close.

"I'm going to decorate a few walls with them."

o.0 "Sure! I'll get them all."

Five minutes later a fire is going in Olivia's room, and all of the papers besides one are burning slowly. Vanessa moans in agony as she realizes she was tricked. She hits Olivia on the head several times before going off to pick on Kuwabara and Yusuke instead. Yusuke, sensing danger, grabs Meagan and drags her to his room to talk. She was trying to piece a picture back together, failing miserably. The pieces are too small. Slowly the whole crowd disperses, and Hiei pulls Olivia into a back-breaking hug, whispering unlimited thanks into her ear. Finally she manages to pull away and search for Nissi. In her back pocket one of the two pictures left crinkles. She slows her pace.

"Nissi."

"AH!"

Nissi tries hard to stuff her picture under her pillow without Olivia noticing but fails. Olivia shakes her head, pulling out her own picture. "I take it you have the original. You promise not to blackmail him with it anymore?"

"Yup. Fun's over now," Nissi grins.

"Good. I've got one too, just in case you lose yours."

"Oh, I won't. But it's nice to know you won't lose yours either."

The two grin at each other before slipping the pictures out of harms way and going off to start their day.


Ah, that was fun to write. Even though it's in the wrong file at the moment. I don't have a name for the fourth story at the moment. Of course by the time you guys read this I will, so forget this little note. So anyways...9th grade is hard. T.T Kyu...The updates, like I said, might be slower. I hope not but if the homework piles up. Grr...