'Hmph, she's late,' thought Hiei. It was 12:01, and he was really bored. Just then, he felt a very cool breeze fly by his face, his hair blowing along with it. Just then, a kunai went into his arm, and pierced through his skin. Hiei tried to yelp in pain, but then Phire caught him by the throat as he jumped, choked him, and then threw him into the air, directly vertical, and then took her sword out.
'Firaga assault!' she yelled, her sword emitting waves of horrendous fire going through Hiei. It would seem as though Phire was stupid, but that was the smartest move to make.
'Why a fire attack? Did she forget that I'm a fire demon?' Hiei thought to himself, taking the hit. It didn't affect him, until he started coughing out blood. It seemed as though the fire attack had an extra effect with it.
'Reisui nitoro no bakuha!' Cold water nitro blast Phire yelled, right in front of him in less than half of a blink of the eye. Water gushed from her sword and hit Hiei badly, pushing him towards a tree. As he hit it, he somehow got it crushed and a domino affect with trees occurred, Hiei flying badly through the mist of the air. After a while, he finally hit a mountain, but because of the velocity he was traveling at, he went through the mountain, and kept going. Phire flew quicker and was behind him, and caught him, sword at his throat.
'Nande…' What the… Hiei tried to say, but Phire held her grip on him tighter.
'Give up, yet?' she asked, the sword slightly piercing through the flesh of his neck. He gritted his teeth and thought back to the training, when he almost died.
'I-iie,' N-no he tried to say, struggling to get out of her grip. She just looked at him, and then threw him into the mountain, but at a higher elevation, ran quickly to him, and spoke.
'So be it,' were the last words Hiei heard before falling into a serious "coma" of ice and water temporarily. He woke up later, and fought her again.
Kurama woke up around 2 in the morning. He couldn't sleep; something felt wrong. As he got up, he looked around and noticed that Hiei and Phire were missing.
'Oh no, this isn't good,' Kurama thought to himself. As he went outside, he saw a very huge blast of two types of fire; one was deep red, while the other looked bloodier and more vicious.
'They are fighting! Oh crap!' Kurama thought, running as quick as possible to Gondolo Hill. When he reached, he was panting and gasped at the sight of Hiei, nearly tortured to death, but he breathed very slightly, and at Phire, bloody red eyes, just attacking as though she were training him.
'Give up yet, Hiei?' she asked, her sword going through his throat. He lightly grabbed her wrist, and tried to flip her at a 180, but he couldn't move her wrist whatsoever.
'I s-said'- Kurama screaming at Phire interrupted Hiei.
'Stop, Phire!' Kurama screamed, his vine around her neck, ready to emit poison. She glared at him from a slight glance, but still looked at Hiei.
'Kuso,' she thought to herself, as she removed the sword. Kurama tried to drag her over to him, but she burned the vine quickly and went over to him without reluctance. Hiei tried to get up, and did after a while.
'Phire, why are you trying to kill him?' Kurama asked, looking at her eye to eye. She looked right back at him and did answer.
'He asked for a fight, so I fought,' she explained. 'Right, Hiei?' she asked Hiei, looking at him. As he walked over, he nodded and then almost fell, but Phire caught him.
'He asked for a fight from you!' Kurama gasped, surprised. Was she really that strong? Did Hiei want her to be a rival?
'WHAT'S GOING ON!' Timber yelled as she ran over to them. She was apparently stalking Kurama to see where he was going, and knew that Hiei would probably be found. Phire gave Hiei to Timber, and she took him viciously from her.
'PHIRE, I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS! WHY DID YOU TRY TO KILL HIM!' She yelled at the top of her lungs, causing Yusuke and the others to reach. Phire just looked at her.
'He asked for it,' she said as she decided to leave. 'Besides, I warned him, and he wanted to fight; ask him when he's awake,' she added in. Kurama tried to go after her, but Phire telepathically told him that she wanted to be alone. Kurama understood and then told everybody that it was time for all to return home. Timber had put down Hiei for a moment, and when she went to pick him up again, he was gone!
'Oh no! Hiei is gone!' Timber screeched. Everybody gasped, and only Kurama knew where he could have possibly gone, and that was with Phire, of course.
As Phire ran to one of her secret bases, Hiei woke up, slightly.
'Did you escape them?' he asked in a whisper. She understood what he meant and shook her head.
'Suuichi knows that I took you,' Phire told him. He muttered 'kuso' under his breath, but then Phire added in something. 'He just doesn't know that I'm going to train you and heal you.'
'You still want to train me?' he asked, confused. She stopped as they reached, and set him down. She lied on the ground, looking at the beautifully dark hoshizora starry sky, and Hiei joined her by lying next to her.
'Do you not want power?' she asked. He gasped.
'Well, there is a tournament coming up,' Hiei started, but then Phire put a finger to his lips.
'Kurama, come out, leave, or I'll kill you,' Phire growled, a kunai hitting him right in the shoulder. He came out with his rose whip.
'Kuso, how did you know?' he asked, one eye closed due to the pain in his shoulder. Hiei quickly got up, and a shot of pain went up his arm. Phire laid him down slowly.
'Hiei, don't get up that fast, you'll hurt yourself,' Phire told him. She then went towards Kurama and grabbed him by the throat.
'Phire, why are you?'- Hiei started asking, but then stopped as a shurikan went right past his ear. He stood 'frozen' in time and space.
'Suuichi, what do you want? We'll be fine,' Phire told Kurama as she let go of him. He coughed out blood, and she held her sword to his throat.
'I was wondering what you were going to do,' Suuichi answered, getting up. He hugged her.
'Phire, I was worried about you and what you were going to do with Hiei, that was all,' he told her, hugging her tighter. She laid her head slightly against his chest and sighed.
'Just leave; we'll be fine,' she told him. He pecked her on the cheek and then left. Hiei merely breathed, and that was all that could be heard in that area; why, it was dead quiet.
