Chapter 2
1 Week Later-
"Oh, come on, Hiei. Just this one time! It'll only take up an hour or two of your life," Yusuke Uremeshi pleaded. "We really want you to come. It just isn't the same without you."
"Yeah, I don't know how we survive without your sarcastic remarks," Kazuma Kuwabara said dryly. "Come on, Uremeshi, we don't need him."
"Guys," said the one who called himself Kurama, "I don't really think that he likes going out to eat the kind of food we enjoy."
"Besides," said Kuwabara, "it'll look like a double date. Let's just leave him here."
"Now, now, we're not in any hurry. So, Hiei, would you like to join us or not? It's fine either way," said Kurama.
Hiei, who had been silent the whole time, just glared at them. "What makes you think I'd want to go this time?" He slowly got up from the couch. "I'll be downstairs when you come back. Don't bother to tell me when you do," he said as he descended down the flight of stairs.
"Well, you can't say we didn't try," Yusuke said as they headed toward the door.
"Why do you always insist he come? He'd just sit there and sulk, anyways," said Kuwabara.
"I just don't feel comfortable leaving him alone all the time," said Yusuke, receiving a look from Kuwabara. "I mean, I know he can fend for himself and all, but, you know..."
"I agree with Yusuke," said an interupting Kurama as he shut the door. "Hiei needs to get out more. I too worry about him."
"Yeah. I wonder what he does while we're gone. I mean come on, he couldn't be training that whole time. He probably has a girlfriend. Or maybe he's sick and is too stuck up to tell us. Or maybe he's smoking something. Or-"
"Shut up, Kuwabara. Let's just forget about it. When we get back on our missions, he'll get back into swing and be his old self again," said Yusuke.
"Let's hope you're right," Kurama said. Kuwabara nodded his head as he got into the car.
"We are so going to be late. Let's go pick up the girls," said Yusuke as he shut his car door.
"Hey, think you'll win a kiss tonight?" said Kuwabara.
"What about you, Kuwabara? That Botan's a cutie, huh," said Kurama winking at Kuwabara as the car drove out of the driveway.
All the while, a pair of caramel-colored eyes watched from the bushes.