Angelfeet: WOW! The ice cream match is so intense! Hiei's flames of what seems to be of… FRUSTRATION!... is melting most of his own sweet snow!
Hiei: (Gulps down another spoonful of sweet snow.) Damn this woman! (Gulps)
(Juri is shoveling ice cream down her throat, looks at Hiei, and smiles)
Hiei: (Gulps) SHE'S MOCKING ME! (Gulps)
Angelfeet: well folks, these two competitors have already gone though more then half of the ice cream and are still going! I wonder who will win!
Juri: (Glulps) AF, what is it that we get when one of us will win? (Gulps)
(both contestants stop eating and look at AF expectantly)
(AF has a giant anime sweat drop on her head.)
AF: well, the both of you will get your own membership at LA Fitness!
(both contestants get very angry)
AF: well who could blame me? Look at all the sweet snow you're eating!
(both drop their spoons and charge after AF, who tries to out run them, but since they're demons, their metabolism burned off all the ice cream before they got fat.)
AF: hey how was I supposed to know that you guys could burn fat that fast!
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The fighters stared intently into the others eyes, waiting for someone to make the first move. Juri's pupils were stretched like a cat's as she stared into her opponent's unflinching eyes. He isn't intimidated. That's not a first. 'Why? Should I be intimidated in the first place by a second class demon?' Her nose wrinkled at his intrusion with her thoughts. "Stop reading my mind!"
"Fine. It wouldn't be that much fun if I didn't give you a chance to plan your loss." Hiei's voice didn't sound arrogant or cocky. He had many battles before her, where he learned that it didn't matter how a fighter was like on the outside, but how they fought was all that mattered. He hadn't seen her fight, so he remained cautious.
"Since you won't start," Juri said as she cracked her knuckles (think of how Inuyasha does it), "I will!" She lunged at him with rapid speed and tried to land a blow on him, but Hiei was too fast for her. He appeared behind her, sword ready, and went for the kill. His sword went through her back, but no blood spewed from it. Instead, the body faded out. "An… after-image."
He looked over his shoulder to see Juri standing a few feet away with her arms crossed, just exactly how he does at times. "I thought you of all people would have noticed," she said with a bored voice. She lunged at him again, but her claws glowed an eerie red. "SOUL SHREDDER!" she cried as her claws swung at Hiei. He jumped out of the way in time to see the trees stripped of their bark. "I don't like being called a second class demon by anybody!"
Hiei stood before her with a satisfied look on his face. "What are you so happy about?" Juri demanded. Suddenly her clothes shredded and blood began to soak blood through. She staggered a few steps before falling on the grass as the pain began to finally rush throughout her body; Juri suppressed a scream of anguish and frustration. "Ouch, these are some serious paper cuts…" she said through clenched teeth. This guy was better then she thought, but this wouldn't stop the fight. She rose to face him once again, with a different tactic on her mind.
Her clawed fingers glowed an eerie red once more as she lifted them to the sky. Then, seemed to have torn the sky above her apart, she jumped into the new tear and disappeared. "Hn… your tricks won't help you again, onna." Hiei readied his sword as he looked around him. Nothing. He looked above to the tree tops and then to the abandoned playground. Still nothing. He closed his eyes and listened for any sounds. His Jagan Eye, still covered under his white headband, searched for her spirit energy, but found nothing as well. Stupid Onna! Where are you? Then another tear was heard… right above him!
Hiei quickly looked up to see Juri slash for his face! He bent backward, but her attack landed on his chest. His shirt was also shredded, and four deep gashes was on his very close to his heart. "Don't mess with the best!" Juri exclaimed when she jumped out of her portal and landed in front of her opponent. She scratched at him furiously with her claws glowing brighter with each blow that landed. Hiei managed to defend himself with his sword and tried to slice Juri's hands off, but she had ducked at the wrong time and had her hair chopped instead.
Juri flipped and was able to kick his chin upward. When she landed, her shaking hand reached for her hair. "You… are SOOO…." She raised her claws in the air once more and prepared for her ultimate move, but suddenly her vision went blurry. "Ugh… how dare…" She felt herself falling toward the ground and waited for the impact, but it never came. She barely made out Hiei's face looking back at hers as her vision faded to black.
Juri woke up to see that she was in her room and it was dark outside. She tried to get up, but noticed that she was bandaged up and wearing one of her oversized sleeping shirts and short boy boxers. "Huh? How'd I…." she looked around her room until her eyes fell on a pile of her shredded uniform. Her memory began to recall the fight and Hiei catching her. Her brain began to process the information. "If my clothes are there, and I'm bandaged head to toe here, that means…. AAAAHHH!" Hurried footsteps flew to her door, which flung open to reveal the blue haired grim reaper with a worried expression on her face. "Juri! Is everything all right?" She was too stunned to respond. Mixed feelings of happiness and confusion swelled up in her mind. Boton's face changed from worry to relief when she saw that her friend was alright. "Don't scare me like that! I got so worried when I heard that you and Hiei were fighting!"
She went to Juri's side and sat down next to her with one of her cheery smiles on her face. "Since you're a demon, I thought that your wounds would heal faster," Boton said as she rewrapped an undone band aid. "Yeah, but when I'm in a good mood, I will. My pride's hurt. I lost to that…that…ARGGH!" Juri put her head between her legs as she thought of Hiei catching her, as if it was adding insult to injury.
"Don't stress about it. Hiei said that you'll have a rematch since you lost too much blood." Juri continued to sulk with her head between her legs. "But the battle was so short, too! How could I have lost that much blood?" Boton just shrugged her shoulders. Then, a group of footprints and voices were heard outside the door.
"What do you mean she wanted to fight!"
"A real man wouldn't fight a girl!"
"You should have just let it go, Hiei."
"Hn.."
"Don't you 'Hn' at me, you shrimp!"
"Why shouldn't I, you buffoon?"
"Hey guys break it up! You'll make Yukina spill the tea!"
"Shh! You boys are so loud, you might have woken up the girl"
The door opened to reveal Yuske, Keiko, Hiei, a boy that Juri recognized as Kuwabara from school, a long haired red head who also had green eyes like herself, and a light green haired girl with turquoise eyes that looked like the ice maidens in Makai.
"Juri, I'd like you to meet a few more people. When they heard that you were hurt, they wanted to come and help you get better and apologize for Hiei's behalf."
Then Yuske opened his big mouth. "And we also heard that Hiei almost lost to a girl!" He and Kuwabara began laughing so hard that they were close to hitting the floor, if it wasn't for their hands supporting them on their legs. But this didn't stop Hiei from kicking both of them on their backsides, causing them to fall flat on their faces.
Hiei muttered a curse under his breath at them and then looked at the bandaged Juri who was being introduced to Kurama and Yukina. He looked from the blood stained bandages to her green eyes. They had dulled from their shining and happy to a dark and disappointing look. Although she tried hard not to show it to the others, he saw that her pride was bruised. Human emotions are of no use for a demon. "Hiei, stop staring and apologize!" Everyone was looking at him, including Juri, whose facial expression changed back to normal. "Hn." Hiei turned at left with his arms crossed as always.
"That's his way of saying 'I'm sorry, but I'm too good to admit it.'" said the one named Kurama. He was very nice and sincere to Juri, but that's his nature. Well, at least this guy is nice to me. And he's pretty good looking, too. Maybe when I get better I could ask if we could go to the school's upcoming festival. 'Don't you even think it, onna!'
Juri was wondering when Hiei would respond. 'What I do is none of your buisiness! And why are you calling me onna? I have a name.'
Juri felt angry vibes when Hiei's thoughts returned. 'I call you onna because I want to. I don't care for your name. And the Fox is not going with some girl to a dumb human festival.'
Juri looked up to Kurama and put an innocent face. "Hey Kurama, how'd you like to come to our school's festival next week? My wounds would have healed by then. Yukina, you have to come, too! It would give me a better chance to get to know you better.
"Thank you for the offer, Juri. I'll be going with Kazuma since he offered to be my escort earlier today." Kuwabara just looked goofier then normal when he smiled and blushed at Yukina.
"And Yuske promised he would go with me, without any running off!" Keiko said as she pulled on his ear. "Ouch! Why do yout always make me go to this kind of stuff?" Juri just laughed and looked at Boton with pleading eyes. "I'll try to get off work and meet you there, I promise," Boton said with wink.
Kurama looked at Juri and gave her a warm smile, which would normally make all the girls in their self made Shuichi Fan Clubs melt. "Well, since Boton might show up later and Hiei, being Hiei, would rather to be by himself, I'd be happy to escort you." Then the door suddenly opened with Hiei, with his arms crossed and a icy glare. "What are you saying about me, Fox?"
His glare didn't effect Kurama as he answered, "I meant nothing by it. I'm just saying that you wouldn't want to go to this festival. But in case you change your mind, you can meet with Boton and-" Hiei growl cut off his sentence. "I will not go with the ferry girl. I will go when I feel like going."
Yuske just put his hands on his head. "Suit yourself, but if you go by your self, you'd have to pay. Couples go in free." This made Juri blush and look at Kurama who didn't notice the last thing mentioned. Hiei's glare was on Juri when she blushed and then turned back to Yuske. "I don't need to pay. I can find my own way in."
Kuwabara pointed at Hiei's clothes while he said, "You don't dress like a normal person! You'd stick out like a sore thumb!" Hiei did his signature 'Hn.' "I can supply myself with a weak human attire, such as your self, instead of my better taste in my outer appearance.' Kuwabara got very irritated after a few seconds of trying to comprehend what was just said. "Why you little shrimp! I'll-" But Hiei continued, "But like I said, I will not go with the ferry girl."
Juri looked at Boton letting out a sigh of relief, but then went glum. "Oh, I don't have any money! How would I be able to get in by myself?" Keiko quickly said, "Don't worry! We could all pitch in. It's only…" She thought back to the price of one ticket and remembered that she wouldn't be allowed any free food or rides like the rest of them, and those cost money. "Uh, anyone have any better ideas?"
Everyone was in deep thought except Hiei, because he didn't really care, and Kuwabara because…well because he was Kuwabara! "Wait!" said Yukina, "I have an idea. Why not Kurama go with Boton instead and Juri can go in with Hiei? That way everyone can go in for free!"
Aww… Juri thought with her best fake concern, I won't walk in with Kurama? 'Did I spoil your plans, onna?' Juri pretended to pierce daggars at Hiei with her eyes. He just rolled his eyes and walked out again. I had a whole day planned for us and everyone, but now it will get even more interesting. Juri thought after she made sure that Hiei had broken their connection.
I hope that you all enjoyed this chappie! Review review! Oh and I apologize if ppl get confused with the dialogue always being so close together. I put them in more paragraphs for those who get confused! Thanks for the heads up!
