Chapter 2: Hiei needs to control his emotions, part I

'What the… who is that cute demon girl?' Hiei asked himself as he saw Kurama with a pretty girl. He sensed a very strong aura from her, and when he tried to get a measurement, he couldn't find one, as her power was way off the charts.

'Hey Hiei! Kurama! Yusuke! Kuwabara! Keiko! Botan! Timber! Guess what?' Kurama screamed to them. Hiei was staring into Phire's fiery red eyes, and she stared back at Hiei's red eyes. They both started glaring at each other, and then everybody else just stared at them.

'Kurama, what is it? Hiei, what are you staring at?' Yusuke asked, coming out of the auditorium. He saw Phire and then his mouth was wide open.

'DAMN!' Yusuke screamed, drooling, his mouth wide open. Keiko came outside and saw Yusuke staring at Phire, and then she slapped him.

'YUSUKE! WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?' Keiko started screaming. Kuwabara came out after a while and saw Phire, and started drooling as well. Botan came out and then slapped him.

'Huh? What? I didn't do it!' Kuwabara complained, rubbing the cheek that had a red hand mark on it. After a while, Phire blinked and then saw Timber, her old friend.

'Timber!' Phire screamed in her emotionless voice. Timber turned around and saw Phire, smiling with a big grin.

'Phire! It's you! It's been so long!' Timber exclaimed, hugging Phire. Phire didn't do anything but stood still.

'Yes Timber, it has been a while,' Phire said. After Timber let go, she ran up to Hiei and hugged him.

'Well Phire'- Timber was about to say, when Phire interrupted her.

'So, he is yours, I am assuming?' Phire asked, raising an eyebrow. Hiei widened his eyes a little.

'Hmph, she is sharper than I thought and smarter, too,' Hiei told himself.

'Hiei, you just realized that?' Phire asked, looking at Hiei. Hiei gasped.

'So you have telepathy as well?' Hiei asked, raising an eyebrow at her. She then turned her attention to Timber.

'So Timber, I hear from Kurama that there is a dance?' Phire asked, going towards Kurama. Kurama smiled and hugged her. Everybody looked a bit shocked.

'So Kurama, I assume Phire is your date for the dance?' Hiei asked. Kurama nodded happily and Phire just stood there, bored to death. Timber then grabbed Phire and dragged her into the auditorium.

'Hey Phire, I've got to talk to you privately,' Timber said, still dragging Phire. Everyone else started talking and Kurama explained how he had gotten Phire to go to the dance with him.

'So Phire,' Timber said, both of them sitting down on chairs. The auditorium was filled with pretty colors. Phire twitched when she saw the color pink.

'Yes Timber?' Phire asked, waiting for her to continue.

'Are you seriously going to the dance with Kurama?' Timber asked Phire, looking right at her. Phire shrugged.

'Well, I was bored, and he mentioned your name, so I decided to go with him,' Phire explained.

'Oh, well, that explains it,' Timber said, nodding her head, still having a big grin on her face. Phire was emotionless as ever, with a neutral face covering hers. At that time, Hiei and Kurama were talking together about Timber and Phire.

'So Kurama, what school did you search in to find Phire?' Hiei asked, leaning against the wall of Sarasaki High. He really couldn't think of any high school that would accept a demon like Phire. She was too… "Warrior like" was what Hiei thought.

'Well Hiei, I didn't exactly go to any schools to find her,' Kurama answered, leaning against a tree, which was facing Hiei, 20 feet- 25 feet away. Hiei raised both of his eyebrows but was not surprised to hear such an expected answer. He figured she didn't go to any school, yet her clothes threw him off. They were modern, and the weapons made it harder to decipher her origins.

'I figured as much, but where did you find her, in a forest?' Hiei teased, smirking a bit. Kurama rolled his eyes.

'Hiei, give me a break. I didn't find her in a forest either,' Kurama told Hiei, serious now. Hiei thought that maybe- just maybe- that she was stranded in a forest and couldn't find her parents and was raised by… either lions or cheetahs or some type of beast like that.

'Well then, what the heck is her story?' Hiei started whining a little, much more curious now. He stood up straight and walked over to Kurama and looked at him eye to eye.

'Honestly Hiei, I barely have a clue,' Kurama said, not sounding funny one bit. Hiei raised an eyebrow in wonderment.

'Oh really? You never asked her? You should ask her, Kurama, she could be an evil demon from the underworld, you know,' Hiei "lectured" Kurama.

While that conversation had occurred, Yusuke and the other humans had gone inside of the auditorium for decorations while Phire and Timber both left separate ways; Timber to the cafeteria and Phire was on the roof, spying on Kurama and Hiei. When she heard Hiei calling her "evil", she had growled and then pounced on him, immediately taking her katana out before Hiei did and put it at his throat.

'What the- Phire! Get off! I didn't do anything!' Hiei growled, but then stopped as he gazed into her deep, now bloody red eyes, but in his heart, he had somewhat desired that type of feeling; however, he felt trepidation overpowering him at the moment, and didn't like it. Just like Hiei, Phire had also stared, but felt absolutely nothing; of course, her "vortex of darkness" blocks out all feelings, or as it seems.

'Your supposition of me is wrong. I am far from evil. I don't even come close,' Phire telepathically told Hiei. Hiei wasn't surprised, but struggled to get out of her grip; her other claw held his collar tightly.

'Wait, I didn't mean that you were'- Hiei tried to explain to Phire telepathically that it was just a mistake and that he thinks that for every demon regardless of dark or light, but Phire just tightened her grip and then pulled him towards her, katana touching the back of his neck this time.

'Then what the heck did you mean?' she growled, really angry. Hiei had grown a few tomatoes on his face, and tried to back away, as he was only 3 inches away from her. She then released him after around 10 seconds.

'I see…' she told him telepathically after reading his mind. She put her sword away and then started leaving. Kurama followed her.

'Wait!' Hiei growled. Phire kept going until she sensed Hiei running towards her. She stopped and then grabbed his katana, causing blood to pour from her hands, and then threw him, along with the katana, into a hill 3 miles away. Kurama was astonished.

'Phire! Why did you do that?' Kurama asked, getting his rose whip out. Phire glared at Kurama, and he put his rose whip away immediately. She then put her sword away, and walked towards the high school.

'I did it because he was going to attack me,' Phire answered after a while. It was quiet for the most part. Kurama was and was not surprised at her action; her strength, as he had sensed, was immense, but why she actually did it was a mystery. They both went inside and negotiated with the hyper Yusuke and others. Hiei, on the other hand, was moaning in pain when he had hit the hill within a few seconds.

'Ugh,' he moaned, falling down the hill, back still against the hill. 'I could have dodged that, but why didn't I?' Hiei asked himself. He then, after landing on ground, started making his way back to the auditorium. Timber had found him lying on the ground, which was halfway to the school, bleeding profusely.

'Hiei!' She screamed, running towards him. He had fainted and his katana was right next to him in his hand. 'Hiei! What happened?' Timber asked, kneeling down next to him, lifting him into her arms. He looked at her, eyes less red, and didn't say anything for a while.

'Your… friend… is… too… powerful,' Hiei said, in intervals of 20 seconds. Timber got angry and then carried to the school.

'I'm going to teach Phire a lesson!' Timber yelled, really angry. Phire sensed that conversation, but didn't take her sword out. After a few minutes, the two were still not back yet, and Yusuke and Kuwabara were in different classrooms doing work that Keiko and Botan forced them to do. Phire yawned after a while. Kurama noticed and went towards her.

'Phire, you okay?' Kurama asked, looking at her. Phire walked towards him, and then her head hit his chest, her arms were around his neck, and she fell asleep almost immediately. Kurama blushed a little, but then held her in his arms and smiled. After a while, Timber and Hiei were back in the auditorium, and Timber put Hiei down and went towards Kurama and Phire, red in the face, angry.

'PHIRE! WAKE UP, YOU LITTLE IDIOT!' Timber yelled, Kurama stopping Timber with one hand.

'Shut up, baka! She's sleeping!' Kurama growled in a low tone. He then turned his back to Timber and lifted Phire bridal style. 'She's tired, let her sleep.'

'I AM NOT GOING TO LET HER GET AWAY WITH BEATING UP MY HIEI!' Timber yelled and got out a rainbow colored katana. Before she was about to slash Phire, Hiei had wakened up.

'Stop, Timber,' Hiei said, struggling to get up. Timber stopped, sword right above Phire's neck, and then Kurama had gotten out his rose whip and slashed Timber with it, causing her to fall down. Hiei was finally up and then took his katana out.

'Hiei, why did you want me to stop?' Timber asked, moaning in pain from Kurama's attack.

'Because I want to fight Phire,' Hiei said, his katana in an offensive position. Phire woke up and then Kurama let her down, her sword out as well.

'Hiei, you are not in a good position to fight me,' Phire said, glaring into Hiei's fiery red eyes. Her eyes turned bloody red and he stared right into her eyes back.

'Well when I get healed, I'm fighting you, one-on-one, Phire,' Hiei said in a low-toned growl. She nodded.

'I guess I shall acquiesce to that, then,' Phire said, putting her sword away. 'After the dance, we will fight on top of Mt. Alneria,' Phire added, grabbing Kurama's hand and leading him outside.

'That will comply, then,' Hiei said, taking Timber's hand and leaving. After a few hours, the dance was finally going to start! Hiei was thinking to himself until the dance.

'Hm, she seems to be… powerful, but I think she's a bit cute,' Hiei told himself. 'Gr! I shouldn't be saying this! I like Timber, but I seem to feel weird every time she is around, that hot cheetah demon…'

Preview line for the next chapter:

'Hiei, why did you say that about me? You could have gotten killed if she had found out, you know.'