It was a warm day. I was walking next to my life partner, Naoko Youko. Her jade green hair shone in the sun. I smiled. She looked at me with her beautiful cinnamon brown eyes and smiled back. Remember those good things I was talking about? She's the best one.

"Nice out today, isn't it?" she asked and smiled.

I smiled. "Yeah."

"You seem awfully happy. What's up?"

"Nothing."

"Okay. …You're sure?"

"Yeah, I'm just happy being with you." It was the complete truth. I was no longer alone. It had taken a while but I could show Naoko my emotions. We were almost never apart. She blushed and laughed softly. "You're so cute when you're blushing." I know what some of you baka ningens are thinking. That's not like him. He'd never say that stuff. Face it ningens. I said it.

Naoko blushed harder. "Thanks."

I held back the urge to roll my eyes and scowl. "Whatever. I told you, you don't have to thank me," I said.

Naoko smiled again. "I feel like I should Hiei-sama," she replied using that honorific on the end. Not once has she ever said my name without it.

"Well, you don't," I replied.

She was still smiling but looked thoughtful.

"What's on your mind?" I asked.

"I was just remembering when I used to be ultra-ultra respectful towards you," she replied.

Surely enough I remembered. "I remember," I said with a smirk.

She smirked back.

"And you were remembering that… why?" I asked.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Not sure, really."

"Okay, Is that all?"

"I guess so, yeah," she replied.

"You 'guess so'? Alright," I said with a shrug. Naoko stared off into the distance. I felt curiosity biting at me. "What's going through that head of yours, my little fox?" I asked using the name I always called her by.

She smiled again. "It's nothing. As usual."

"Okay," I replied. She remained silent. "Do you want to see what the others were up to?" I asked trying to break the silence.

"Okay," she agreed.

"First one there wins." We both smirked. I teleported first but immediately I knew… something was wrong as my whole world went black…

According to Naoko when I didn't appear there in the next two seconds she started to get worried. I'll tell you what she told me…

"Hiei-sama?" Naoko called. When I still didn't appear she started to get worried.

Yukina walked over then. "Naoko-chan? Hi! What's wrong?"

"Hi… Have you seen Hiei-sama anywhere?" Naoko asked.

"No, I haven't. Is he missing?"

"We were racing each other... He teleported and I followed him, and...Here I am. So where on earth is he?" Naoko asked worried.

"So, Hiei-kun is missing?"

"Apparently..."

"Don't worry we'll help you find him."

Naoko remained silent and looked worried.

"Come on. Let's go get the others."

"...Okay..." Naoko said and they both walked off towards Genkai's temple.

"Guys? Kazuma-kun? Keiko-chan?" Kuwabara blinked.

"What's wrong?" Keiko asked.

"Hiei-kun's gone missing," Yukina said.

"Huh? Are you sure?" Keiko asked.

Naoko spoke with angry sarcasm. "Well, if I'm here and he's not, then yes, that's a safe assumption."

"Naoko-chan… Please calm down. We'll find him," Yukina said.

"Yeah, I'm sure he's around here somewhere," The detective, Yusuke Urameshi said.

"Yeah," Kuwabara agreed.

"Okay, let's go!" Yukina said. And off they were. Looking for me, who wasn't anywhere on that planet.