Yay, we're finally at the part that's gunna be hilarious, woot woot! It gets a little sappy at times, but they're relatively short.:D Oh, and the word Yoko uses at the end that doesn't make sense is slippers XD I'm not good at describing dance moves

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Farewell Butterfli

By Ryoken

Yukina and Kurama stayed up half the night, tending to the reopened wounds VT got for going with them into the city, then spent the rest of that morning healing the other wounds VT had. By that afternoon, the two were a bit exhausted, but at least VT was able to move about on her own.

Mizu woke up the next morning with a slight headache, not being used to consuming alcohol, despite it being so little. Feeling a bit embarassed about her escapade into the city, she decidedly stayed in her room until Botan came knocking on her door. She seemed in higher spirits than yesterday.

"Hello, Mizu. How are you feeling today?" She asked, sitting across from her.

"Better with the addition of a slight headache. What's up?"

"Koenma's decided what exactly to do with you two," she smiled.

"Why do I feel like I'm not going to be too thrilled about this?" She said, squeezing her eyes shut tight.

"You're going home."

Mizu opened an eye wide. "Beg pardon?"

"You. Are. Going. Home!!" She laughed.

Mizu was speechless. She wasn't sure if she should be happy to be going home or frustrated with the further confusion that was being fed into her head.

"Don't worry, Yusuke and the others will be sent back with you. Koenma thought the only place that would be safe for you would be in your own world. There's plenty of things that could go wrong if you stayed here, and that's the last thing we want, right?!" She said cheerily.

"Even though if we stayed here, we'd have twice as many people protecting us?" She said, confused.

"Are you kidding me? Those demons aren't exactly known for their good decision-making skills," she said.

'Is that right,' Mizu thought fiendishly as a plan formulated in her mind. She excused herself as getting something to eat, to which Botan pointed her in the right direction as she went off to tell VT her news. Though Mizu went there first to see who was there, she inevitably wandered off to different parts of the temple in search of a certain red-headed wind master.

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"A party?! That's a great idea, Jin!" Yusuke exclaimed.

"Sounds like fun," Kurama chimed in, looking up from reading his novel.

"Aye, we-ow!" as Mizu discreetly elbowed him "- I, thought it'd be a good idea, a sort of send-off party, I says," Jin said, a goofy grin on his face.

"I couldn't agree more! When?" Yusuke asked.

"Tonight when the sun's gone down!" Jin said. "Mizu and I'll be back here with the goods before ya know it!" With a sudden grab of her wrist and a yelp, the two were gone from the room before anyone could protest. "Oh! One last thing!" Jin said, popping his head back in. "Don't be lettin' ol' Genkai know; I'm for thinkin she'd not be happy about it an' all! Bye!"

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"So, might'n a bloke ask why I'm takin' all the credit for this scheme of yours?" Jin asked.

"To be honest, I didn't think anyone would want to if they knew it was all my idea. Craziness and all, you know," she answered, dismissing it with a wave of her hand. "Now how can we…" Mizu snapped her fingers as a bright idea came to her. "Chuu'll know how to take care of our dilemma!"

"Er, what dilemma?"

"The alcohol dilemma, what else?" She answered as she started in the direction of where the booze-brawling fighter might be.

"Oh…Hey, wait a minute, lass, you can't be old enough fer that!" He objected.

She stopped and looked at him. "Since when did you sign onto the moral police squad?"

Jin clicked his tongue. "I'm fer thinking Genkai won't like this one bit."

"Genkai isn't going to be informed…unless of course you're going to play the part of goody-two shoes and tell on me like a five-year-old school boy," she teased.

"Goody-two shoes?! I'll be havin' ya know that mischief is me middle name!"

"Glad to hear it!" She said, draping her arm around him in a buddy-like fashion. "Now let's go find Chuu, shall we?"

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And so the day went on, everyone letting everyone else know, save for Genkai, who most certainly would not approve the use of her temple as a staging area for a raucous party. Fortunately for them, there was a relatively unused room at the edges of the temple where it could be hosted. Soon enough, all invited were gathered and the only ones who didn't show up were the other girls and Koenma, who was of course busy.

As the group sat on couches that were moved temporarily from Genkai's living room, as well as the floor, Chuu came in with a face that said he was already quite wasted.

"Well, at least he didn't drink it all," Mizu remarked, as she looked on from the doorway. She was wearing a dirty-pink colored sweater with a stretched out collar over her favorite blue spaghetti strap shirt to ward off the chilly night air. After getting Chuu to set the booze on a fold out table, Mizu examined the bottles of hard liquor he'd gotten. "Uh, Jin?" She said a little nervously. "Is this stuff from demon world??"

"I'd be imaginin' so. Stuff from around here doesn't seem to affect the bloke much, he says. This stuff has a real kick to it," he said, a grin and a chuckle plastered to his face.

"Ha ha," Mizu laughed weakly. 'Oh man, this is gunna be one hell of a party,' she thought.

Jin rummaged through the bag Chuu had brought and produced five shot glasses. "At least he remembered these! What'dya say, Mizu, a toast to the brilliant lass who came up with this bright idea?" He said, already pouring alcohol from a dark red glass bottle.

"Oh I don't know, Jin, this early on?" Mizu said, hesitant about pouring this foreign red liquid down her throat.

"Never too early, I say!" He said, handing her the shot glass and taking up his.

"Oh well," she mumbled. She tossed back her head as she drank, to minimize actually tasting the vile substance. Though they were her best efforts, the bad taste still managed to singe her tongue. "Oh man, that stuff was vile! Do I even wanna know what it was?"

"I'd be doubting it," he replied. A concerned grin came over him. "You may be wantin' to sit down after that, you're sure'n to be spinnin' goin 'whee' you will, not wantin ya to crash into something on yer first go 'round!"

"Okaaay…" Mizu said, not really feeling any effects of the drink. That is, until she sat down on the floor. The room started to spin and she began getting dizzy. Then the room suddenly stopped spinning, but she began leaning over, her balance trying to catch up with her vision.

"You up for a game of 'Truth or Dare: Spin the Bottle,' Mizu?" VT asked, that 'I have evil plans in the works' grin on her face. She nodded a little too enthusiastically as Jin tossed a beer to everyone, save VT, who passed, and Rinku, who was too young. "Kay! Rules are: no doing the same dare twice, and no matter what you choose, you gotta do it, or you'll have to do something worse!" She announced. She spun it, and it slowed to a stop on Kuwabara. "Choose thy dooooom!!" She said, pointing at him.

"Hehe, that's easy, dare!" He said confidently.

VT laughed manically. "Your dare is to sing the whole 'I feel pretty' song!"

"The wha…?"

"Mizu-?"

"Already on it," she said, grabbing her laptop from a bag she'd brought to the room with her and dragging Kuwabara from his seat, all the while swaying as she brought him outside.

A moment later, a yell of "No way, I ain't singin' that!" and a few smacks came from outside. A grumbling Kuwabara and a still slightly swaying Mizu came in soon after. As Mizu sat down, Kuwabara stood in front of everyone and cleared his throat a few times.

"I feel pretty! Oh so prettyyy!! I feel pretty and witty and gaaaaaaaaay!! And I pity! Any girl who isn't me today," he started. And so it went on through the whole song until the entire gang was laughing. Even Hiei, who had kept to the shadows outside, was laughing a light-hearted chuckle.

"Alright alright, that's enough already!" He screeched. It still took a few minutes for everyone to calm down. A sappy smile on his face, Kuwabara started the next spin. It landed on Suzuka.

"Truth," he said. "The last thing I want is a dare from you."

"Fine! How many women have you actually dated?"

"Uh, well let's see…" He said thoughtfully.

"From what I hear, none," Shishi remarked as he disinterestedly downed a shot.

"For your information, I've dated, uh," he looked at his fingers a minute, thinking. "At least four!"

"Huh, for a minute there I thought Shishi'd be right," Rinku commented quietly.

Silently reminding himself to give Rinku a beating later, Suzuka spun the bottle. This time it landed on Chuu.

"I DARE ALL OF YOUS TO A DRINKING CONTEST!!!!" He said drunkenly.

"I don't think any of us would win," Suzuka said, getting ready to spin the bottle again. It landed on Shishi just as he was getting comfortable on the borrowed sofa.

He sat thoughtfully for a minute, then shrugged. "Dare."

"You are to sit in the lap of one of these nice young ladies in imp form for two rounds," Suzuka said, pausing to let the demon smile fiendishly for a moment. "While that person annoyingly treats you like a puppy."

"A puppy?" He said, raising an eyebrow.

"And I think VT would do the job nicely, wouldn't you agree?" He asked in her direction. She nodded eagerly. A grumbling and disgruntled imp floated cautiously to VT, who proceeded to pluck him out of the air, glomp him, and call him Squishie. "Not exactly what I had in mind, but that works. Don't get up, Shishi, I'll spin for you," he grinned. Shishi merely glared at him as VT began pinching his cheek.

The bottle was spun and landed on Kurama. The surprised redhead sat in silence debating what to do when the gang started up a "Dare" chant.

He sighed. "Alright, dare."

"Bad idea, Kurama." The imp grinned. "I dare you to a drinking contest with…Touya!"

Kurama groaned as Touya smiled.

"Not exactly the rematch you were expecting, is it??" Touya said as the two went over the table and started the match, everyone gathering around to watch.

As VT stood in the back, the swordsman imp placed on top of her beanie, a small pain near her wrist started up. Carefully looking down so as not to draw Shishi's attention, she rolled up her left sleeve and saw a small strange black mark in the shape of an inkblot had formed on her arm. She slowly pulled the sleeve back down and continued to watch the duel, in which Kurama seemed to be holding his own marginally better than Touya. As the small pinching sensation intensified, a voice, small, but powerful, told her to be calm and relax her muscles as much as possible. As soon as she did so, the pain diminished, but she felt somewhat tired.

After thinking over what could have caused the mark, coming up with nothing, and Kurama coming out victorious once Touya couldn't hold down his eighth shot in a row, the group sat down once more.

Yusuke spun the bottle for Kurama, and it landed on Jin.

"Dare!! And ya better give me something fun, Urameshi!" Indicating that Kurama was too intoxicated to think of something.

"Fun, huh? Okay…" Yusuke thought. A bright idea popped into his head. "I dare you to get Hiei to join in on the game and if you do, you give a kiss to a girl of my choosing."

"Are you kidding me? If it's not fightin', the short one's not fer any type a' fun," Jin complained.

Yusuke grinned, a plan on his face. He walked to the door and leaned on frame. In a louder than necessary voice, he said "oh well, I guess I'll just have to dare you to kiss Yuk-OW!" but before he could finish the sentence, Hiei discreetly stomped on Yusuke's toes. Hiei looked quickly around inside, but didn't see a trace of Yukina. He turned to Yusuke and growled at him menacingly.

Jin, unsure of what was going on, simply asked "How's about a round of Truth or Dare" to which Hiei hn'd and sat down on the floor, arms crossed defiantly. A limping, but grinning Yusuke also sat back down as he announced the "lucky girl."

"I pick…VT!" Yusuke said surprisingly.

"Me again? But I already got picked for the imp-man," she said, pointing at Shishi who was still perched on her head.

"You heard the man!" Jin said, extending an arm. She took it to help herself up when Jin unexpectedly dipped her into one arm and kissed her, to which there were fox whistles and boo's to "get a room". But to Jin's surprise, VT placed a hand at the back of his head, putting him a bit on the defensive as she kissed back a bit forcefully. When he pulled away, VT was licking her upper lip and she had an odd glint in her eye. A bit taken aback at this, he placed her upright and flushed red.

"Oh thank God I don't have to endure this anymore!" Shishi said, turning back into his more modest self and grabbing the nearest bottle to take a long swig out of. Touya, still looking a bit pale, came back inside and plopped himself into his seat. At the same time, Mizu, her ears burning red, but hidden by her hair, got up and started pouring herself another shot.

"Jin, spin it already!" Yusuke grinned.

"Alright, take it easy!" He said, flicking his wrist to summon a breeze strong enough to spin the bottle. He then decided he needed a shot himself.

"Hey, it landed on me; I choose dare!" Yusuke said, perhaps a little too enthusiastically.

"Hmm, what do you think, Mizu?" He asked, the normal grin returning to his face.

Mizu downed her shot and thought a moment. "Have him swap clothes with someone in front of everyone. Did he bring anything stronger?" She asked, picking up another bottle.

"Great idea! Yusuke, I dare you to exchange clothes with Kuwabara!" He turned back to Mizu, a little concerned. "You sure you want to be drinkin' that?"

"Is it stronger?" She asked again in an innocent tone, already pouring it.

"Er, well yeah-"and she downed it before he could say anything more. Then he grinned. "You're a real crazy one, Mizu, just like Yusuke!"

"Gee, thanks," she mumbled as he downed his own shot and took his seat again. As she poured another one and watched the two unceremoniously exchange clothes, she saw, though it may not have clicked in her brain, some of Kurama's hairs turn silver, slowly, but surely. He hadn't said anything since he had accepted his dare, and now he was looking perturbed for some reason. She took her shot, and went to take her seat on the floor.

Finally dressed in Kuwabara's clothes, Yusuke sat back down and spun the bottle. It landed on Mizu.

"Truth or dare, Mizu?" Yusuke asked, trying to get Mizu to focus her attention as her eyes wandered around the room.

"Huh? Oh, ummmm, dare," she said.

Yusuke grinned. "I dare you to dance to a song."

" 'Kay," she said, pulling up the laptop again. She looked for a good song and found it: I Don't Feel Like Dancing by Scissor Sisters. At first she started stepping from side to side, but once the words kicked in, she really got into it. She even lipsynched with the chorus as she swirled around and did a little "soft shoe" of her own.

After they stopped laughing and applauding a little, Mizu spun the bottle. It landed on VT.

"Dare," VT said bravely, for who knew what suggestion a drunken Mizu would give.

After several minutes of giggle fits, "okay"s, and "um"s, Mizu finally got to her dare.

"Okay, you...are gunna like...so totally owe me...okay," she whispered to her, then announced as she pointed to the now-turned Yoko Kurama. "I dare you to sit in Yoko's lap for the next three rounds!" Then she started giggling her head off again.

Trying hard to keep a straight face, VT stood up and started sauntering to where the fox demon was sitting when she slowed down a bit as she noticed a very evil glint in his eye. She thought at first that it might not be the greatest dare after all, but her second thoughts were tossed out the window when the drunken Yoko grabbed her wrist and forced her to sit down.

As she started to spin the bottle, she felt a few tugs on her hair as Yoko started making little braids. It landed on Rinku.

"Finally! Dare me already!" He said.

"I dare you to..." she looked at Mizu and grinned. "Give Mizu your hat!!"

"That's it?? What kind of dare is that?" He said, tossing her the hat. She squealed and pulled it over her eyes.

"I'm not done yet!! Mizu, go have fun." Mizu grinned so much she thought she'd burst as she dragged Rinku outside, taking her bag with her.

Hiei sighed. It was time to make himself scarce. As the others were paying attention to the yells Rinku was giving off, he silently left, thankful that he hadn't been chosen to play this stupid game.

Five minutes later, Mizu pushed Rinku back into the room, wearing his hat and looking quite pleased with herself. Rinku's left eye was completely blacked out with a sharpie marker, his nose was just colored red with a red marker, there was a yellow arrow going through the star tatoos on his face, and a big blue heart was drawn on his left cheek.

"Aww, that's it?" VT whined.

"He wouldn't stop moving around," she said, shrugging innocently.

"Can I have my hat back now?" Rinku grumbled. In response, Mizu took on a thinking pose, then abruptly took the hat and shoved it as far over Rinku's head as she could. Then took her seat.

Rinku pulled the hat off his head and put it where it belonged before growling at Mizu. He begrudingly sat down and spun the bottle. It landed on Mizu, and Rinku's mood soon lightened.

"Hmm..." she thought aloud. "Truthses."

"I heard rumors about some dream that freaked you out," he started.

"Where did you hear that?" She said, trying to sound serious.

"Let's just say a little birdie told me," he said slyly, knowing full well he had listened in on one of Botan's conversations with Koenma. "So spill the beans!!"

"Hmm…" said, grabbing her bag again. This time she pulled out a notebook and a pen. 'I know he's still listening,' she thought. She started writing it down, some parts fuzzier than others, and completely leaving out the music that was playing. When she finished, she closed the book and handed it to him. He opened it and started reading it to himself.

While everyone was staring at Rinku intently, Yoko stopped his braiding at an odd sight; VT wasn't wearing her translator. Now while this didn't fully click in his mind, he did know that she had the prettiest hair…and decided to give her a big squeeze. Only he may have squeezed a bit too hard, seeing as she started gasping for air. He released her a little and as he was starting to feel sleepy, rested his head on her back. Soon enough, he was blissfully asleep, and every once in a while, his left ear would twitch.

Mizu's not the only one who's had too much to drink, VT thought as Yoko's limp arms sagged down a little uncomfortably and she quickly moved his hand onto her knees.

Then he started quietly talking in sleep. "Will you…bare my children…?"

Whoa boy, I hope they pass that notebook around faster, she thought. She suddenly grimaced a little as the pain in her arm came back, this time stronger.

The book finally got to her and she started reading. It was hard to concentrate with the pain in her arm, but she got through it. When she finished, she looked over the edge of the notebook at Mizu. She was staring solemnly at the floor and making little circles in the carpet with her finger, but looked up at VT when she felt VT's eyes upon her. VT knew more of what Mizu was feeling now. She knew why she couldn't tell Hiei about it. She gave her a little nod in understanding, and Mizu gave her a slight smile in return.

When the notebook finally got back around to Mizu, she immediately tore out the page with the writing out and tore it to shreds.

"If any of you repeat what you read to anyone, I'll start kicking asses," she said with a loud "hic" as she stuffed them into her pocket for further destruction later.

"I don't see what the big is fuss about, it was just a dream, right?" Rinku said. In response, Ayeri jumped off of his spot on Mizu's neck, ran up to Rinku, bristled and a foul odor weaved its way into Rinku's clothes. "AWW THAT'S SICK!!!!" He said, pinching his nose and going outside, the ferret running after him. That was enough to lighten everyone's mood.

"Well since you're both well enough to be drinking, I guess that means you'll be up early in the morning to go home," said a voice came from outside the door. It was Genkai.

There were many groans from the peanut gallery.

"What time do you want us up at?" VT asked.

She gave a smirk. "Fast learner." VT beamed. "Be ready at 6:30. If you're not up, I'm sending Botan in to wake you up," she said with finality, putting to rest any arguments the group may have had. "I also expect my furniture to be returned exactly where they were taken from," and with that, she left.

"Guess we should get some sleep then," Yusuke said. Despite the fun they were having, all agreed.

"Could I get a little help here?" VT said, trying to get up from the hold the kitsune had resumed on her waist.

While Mizu and Yusuke helped pry Yoko's grip off, Suzuka and Jin started removing the furniture. VT then decided to take it upon herself to try and lug Yoko back to his room.

"Are you sure you can handle carrying him all that way?" Yusuke asked.

"Unrgh, yosh!!" She affirmed. The other two then turned their attention to the also-asleep Chuu.

"What do we do about him?" Yusuke asked.

"I ain't carryin him!!" Mizu argued.

Rinku came back then, his hat gone. "Just leave him, he'll be fine."

Yusuke nodded and turned to Mizu. "You should get some sleep, we'll take care of this," he said, referring to the mess. She nodded and headed out.

As Mizu drunkenly made her way her to room, she felt prying eyes were watching her, but she didn't care. It may not have been Hiei she told, but just writing it down and having them all read about it was enough to make her stomach do somersaults. She opened the sliding door to her room and closed it behind her. She didn't turn on any lights; she just sat down on the futon in the middle of the floor and waited.

As expected, a few minutes later the door slid open again and Hiei's silhouette appeared in the doorway. He stepped inside only to see Mizu sitting cross-legged, waiting for him.

"You should make this easy on yourself," he said, realizing that his plan to steal the pieces in her sleep wasn't going to work. Not now.

She stood up, if not wobbly, and took the pieces out of her pocket.

"Hiei…please don't do this."

"Why not?" He smiled ironically. "They all know but me."

"That's because I…I-" she stammered, trying to find the right words.

"Because it involves me? All the more reason I need to know."

"No…it's because I'm afraid…"she sank to the floor, trying to stop the tears she knew were coming.

Hiei sighed silently to himself, tried hard not to roll his eyes and got to one knee in front of her. "It's a dream. Nothing real about it to be afraid of."

"No, you don't understand," she said. "I'm afraid of what you'll think of me when you know."

What I think of her? I don't even really know myself, he thought as he looked at Mizu, who was staring at the floor.

"Hey," he said after a while, putting a finger under her chin to make her look at him. "Let me worry about that, got it?" She squeezed her eyes shut and nodded. "Give me the paper," he said, holding out his hand.

"No." Hiei was about to sigh again when "I'll show you."

He sat down and searched her face. Her will seemed unwavering.

"Are you sure?" She nodded. "Close your eyes and try to relax. Think about the dream, and everything that happened." He waited a second, then quickly placed a finger to her forehead and caught her shoulders as she fell instantly asleep. He then laid her back on the bed.

He started to turn to leave when he saw the pieces of paper in her half-open hand. He picked them up and looked at them a moment before summoning a small flame and turning them to ash.

"Get some sleep, Mizu. You're going to need it."

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"Here we are," VT said. It took her some time to drag Yoko's body to his room, but at least it hadn't been too far of a trip. Seeing as her hands were full, she practically had to kick the sliding door open. VT peered into the dark room until her eyes got accustomed to the light, readjusted Yoko's weight on her back, and entered.

Kurama's guest room in Genkai's temple was impeccable, as expected. Upon seeing the bookcase stuffed full of books, VT almost lost her grip so strong was her urge to see what he had. But she kept focus on putting the fox to bed; she'd raid his collection afterwards.

An unexpected jolt shot through her knee, the same as the pain that had gone through her arm, and she tumbled to the floor, the sleeping kitsune landing on top of her.

"Ow…" VT said as she tried to move her arms to push herself up, but found herself pinned under Yoko's weight. Crap!!!! Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!!! She thought, flailing. To make matters worse, Yoko decided to wrap his arms around her like a pillow and nuzzle her back.

"Fuzzy persslip," he said, sleep talking.

"Well, shit. I don't think even I can wiggle out of this one," VT sighed, resigned to her fate of a bad night's sleep.

Eyeing the bookcase that might keep her mind occupied, she looked around for something nearby to use as a tool for bringing the books closer, but seeing as this was Kurama's room, there wasn't anything on the floor to use. She sighed. This was going to be a long night.

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Please review, even if you've already done it. Tell me if I suck, for all I care, just review!!! AYERI WILL NIBBLE YOU TO DEATH BECAUSE YOU ARE MAKING HIM SAD!!!!!!

Also, this chapter is all in good fun, I don't mean to scare anyone away with hints of god-awful future romance.