Chapter 2: Soutan beginning of a dispute

'Yo guys!' Hiei yelled to Yusuke and Kuwabara. The two looked over to Hiei, and they yelled back.

'Yo Hiei! Hurry up! We're going to get pizza!' Yusuke yelled.

'And I'll be taking care of kittens later!' Kuwabara yelled. Hiei sweat dropped, but then saw Botan, Shizuru and Keiko coming.

'Oh look, it's the midget and Timber; hey guys!' Botan joked. Hiei twitched, but Timber held him back, literally.

'Wait for me! I'm the one paying for us all!' Kurama screamed as he was arriving. As everybody greeted each other, Hiei thought to himself, and looked to the bright sun; it was around 1 p.m., anyways.

'It doesn't seem as bright as it usually is,' Hiei thought to himself. Kurama heard him, and answered.

'What do you mean? It is really bright today and extremely humid due to the relative humidity unless you didn't notice, Hiei,' Kurama told him. Hiei glared at him, and Kurama left him alone.

'Come on, let's go!' Yusuke exclaimed.

As they all were going, Hiei felt a weird type of pressure in his heart, and held on to it until he heard his name within the whispers of the wind, because then, it became better.

'Hiei, what happened? Are you having a heat stroke or something?' Timber asked, holding on to him. He shook his head.

'Just my imagination acting up,' he told her with a smile to ensure that she wouldn't be bothered by it. She was really concerned, but smiled back and ran up ahead as she ate half of a candy bar.

'Maybe now I can leave; something is wrong, but I can't say what,' Hiei thought to himself, as he walked slower. No one seemed to notice, but when he turned around, Kurama yelled.

'Hiei where are you going? To the bathroom?' he yelled. Hiei twitched, but then said that he did have to go.

'But you went before,' Timber told him, 'I was there.' Everyone twitched.

'We didn't need to know that,' they all said. She giggled, and by then Hiei was gone.

'Hiei's been acting strange ever since we all blanked out,' Kurama said as they ate pizza, 'is it just me, or has nobody noticed?' Timber sighed and decided to speak out; she couldn't hold it in any longer.

'Every morning, around 4 a.m. or so, he keeps mentioning Phire's name and how she shouldn't leave or something; I'm really worried, and he did tell me that it wasn't that he loved her or anything, which he DOESN'T, but wait; he DIDN'T explain anything!' Timber explained, and then actually got serious. Everyone wondered what she was talking about as they had nearly forgotten about Phire.

'Oh yea, her; what ever happened to that flirt?' Kurama asked, wondering what seriously happened. Timber didn't even know, unfortunately, so she couldn't say anything.

'I am guessing that she died; maybe that's why Hiei keeps saying her name,' Timber said.

'But for 10 years is a bit too long; were they that close?' Keiko asked, confused. Just then, Yukina came, worried about Hiei, and wondered if the group would know about his whereabouts.

'Um, have any of you seen Hiei, or his girlfriend?' Yukina asked. Timber raised her hand, as she was getting hyper off of pizza; how, who knows…

'Well, Hiei just sort of… ran off,' Kurama said, sighing. Yukina looked at Kurama, then to the others, and noticed Timber going off into a trance of hyperness.

'Are you… okay?' Yukina asked Timber, confused.

'I am! I am!' Timber told Yukina. 'I'm married to him, actually, but… that's not the topic, is it?' Yukina widened her eyes.

'Wait a minute… I thought Hiei married that other girl… what was her name, Mizu, or no… wrong element… um… Kaze… no… Phire! There we go! I saw them hugging for a long time, so I thought they were married or had affairs or something, and… why are you all staring at me like that? Why are you all about to tie me to a chair and make me tell you that they kissed for about 30 minutes? Why are you all gasping and Timber, why are you crying and saying that you should have left Hiei when Phire came? And why won't I breathe?' Yukina said and asked all of that in one huge-ass breath.