Akemi and Ashley looked at each other

Akemi and Ashley looked at each other. They weren't sure what was going on. Dean and Sam got tense once Akemi mentioned the way that her mother and sister had died. Ashley took a step over to the beds and sat down, she made sure not to take her eyes off of Sam and Dean.

"A lot? What do you mean by that?" Ashley asked. She was curious but then again she was always curious. But her curiosity was one of her best qualities.

Sam let out a sigh as he took a seat at a table near the window. He looked up at Dean who had taken a few steps toward Sam before turning around looking at Ashley then at Akemi. He was thinking about how to tell the both of them on how his own mom died.

"The way that your sister and mom died," Dean started

"What about it?" Akemi asked

"Well that's how our, uh, died and that's how Sam's girlfriend died also."

Akemi and Ashley looked at Sam and Dean stunned. Akemi thought that it just happened to her and Ashley but the fact that it happened to someone else was a shock. The fact that someone else went through the same thing as they did was a big thing. Akemi was hoping that they didn't kill the red eyed demon before they could get to it. But what they didn't know was that it was a yellow eyed demon that killed Sam and Dean's mother

"Well, Ashley, looks like we're not alone in fire department." Akemi said.

"Wait. This has happened to you too Ashley?" Sam asked.

"No, I think Akemi was just saying that because it's happened to you guys too." Ashley said standing up.

Sam gave Ashley an uneasy look. But he didn't feel like pressing the issue right there and then. So Sam did what he did best. Changed the subject.

"So, what do you think about these Sirens'. You have any leads?"

Akemi let out a long sigh. "Well, um, we figured that they are striking in and around this area here. But for the life of us we can't figure out why just here. I mean this area does have a lot of jerks. In fact one is standing in this room right now."

Akemi gave a have smirk to Dean as he glared over at her. She hadn't known Dean for that long but she knew how to push his buttons just right. It wasn't hard to figure it out for any women. 'He has the most amazing blue eyes.' Akemi thought to herself. It was the fact that she was thinking that made her frown.

"Funny. Very funny. Are you one of the Sirens'? Have you been scorned lately but some dudes? If not then it's not my fault that you have permanent PMS."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. What is the big head of yours blocking out your hearing?"

"You know what? I can see why no girl wastes her time with you. You're just a big assh-

Sam jumped up, covering Akemi's mouth before she continued with what she was saying. He knew his brother. No matter if it was a guy or girl. If they were a hunter and they insulted him he would take them out. He's always been like that especially really hard headed.Dean took his job very seriously at times but yet he took after his dad when it came to insults. Sam learned from the time that he's spent with his brother that even though he was related to him, that even Dean had his moments for going to far especially when he went way too far. Sam took his hand away from Akemi's mouth.

"So, Akemi. Beautiful. Where is it from?" Sam asked

"What?" Both Dean and Akemi asked. Akemi hadn't even looked at Sam. She was just glaring at Dean and he was just glaring back at Akemi. Neither of them was willing to break eye contact. That was another quality that both Dean and Akemi possessed, stubbornness. Ashley knew when to not intervene when Akemi was involved unfortunately for Sam he didn't know this.

"Your name. What's the origin?"

"Japanese."

Sam just looked at Ashley who was shaking her head at him and waving for him to move. She wasn't going to waste her time on explaining everything to him there and then.He just backed away allowing Dean and Akemi to duke it out. He sat down next to Ashley both of them watching Dean and Akemi intensely. Sam leaned over to Ashley and whispered to her.

"So who do you think is going to win?"

"Akemi, definetly. Who do you think is going to win?" Ashley whispered back.

"Dean. Wait, why do you think Akemi is going to win?"

"Because I know Akemi."

"Yeah and I know Dean."

"Yeah, whatever. She'll win. She always does."

They decided to stop whispering to each other and turned their attention back to Dean and Akemi. They hadn't changed in the ten seconds that Ashley and Sam were whispering to each other. Akemi just changed her stance from her arms at her side to her arms being crossed. And Dean had his hands in his pockets and now they were out and his hands were clenched in fists. His hands were getting red from the tightness of his clenched hands. Sweat was stewing on his forehead as he glared into Akemi's eyes. Akemi's eyes looked back into Dean's, not noticing the sweat on his forehead or his fists.

"What's wrong pretty boy? Afraid to mess up that perfect hair of yours? Come on. Give me your best shot."

"I would but I don't hit girls."

"Aw. Me neither."

Akemi made a quick and swift motion and before anyone knew it Dean took a step backwards holding his jaw. Akemi had thrown a right hook into Dean's jaw. That's what she was good at, her swift movements, movements that she was taught by her brother who was in the intelligence in the army. Sam and Ashley both had the look of surprise on their faces, Sam was more shocked than Ashley was. Ashley had seen Akemi throw a fast right hook but never that fast before. But Sam was shocked that Dean didn't see that coming he usually does.

"Oops. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you miss." Akemi smirked at Dean as he regained his balance and rubbing his jaw.

"Cute, real cute." Dean moved just as quick as Akemi did and she had to catch herself on the chair behind her to make sure that she didn't fall. "Oh I am so sorry. Did I accidentally punch you?"

"All right pretty boy. Let's dance."

"We're already doing the tango, baby."

Ashley leaned over to Sam. "Uh-oh. That's not good."

Sam looked at Ashley. "What? What's not good."

Ashley looks at Sam. "The last guy that called Akemi 'baby' he spent 5 months in the ICU."

Sam looked back at Dean. "Oh. That's nice." Sam got up and walked over to Dean and was standing in front of Akemi.

"Sam. Move! I don't want to hit you." Akemi said.

Sam looked over at her and gave her a weak smile he didn't want to be hit by her either. "Hold on. Let me just talk to my brother quickly." Akemi rolled her eyes at Sam as he pushed Dean over towards the bathroom and checked to make sure that they were out of ear range from Akemi and Ashley before he started to talk.

"Sammie what are you doing? Can't you see that I'm busy."

"Yeah well if you decide to fight Akemi right now you won't be able to move."

"What are you talking about?"

"Ashley just told me that the last guy that called her baby spent 5 months in the ICU. Now I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to spend 5 months in the ICU."

Dean looked over at Akemi with a little bit of fear in his eyes then back at Sam. "I could've taken her you know."

Sam just patted his brother on the shoulder. "I know. I know. Let's go apologize."

Dean just pouted at Sam. "I don't wanna."

"Dean."

"Argh. Fine, fine."

Dean took his time walking back towards Akemi he didn't want to apologize for what he had said and done. He was walking slow, looking down at the ground, and pouting as he was talking under his breath. Sam put his hands on Dean's shoulders to have him stop so that he didn't walk into Akemi. He knew that apologizing was not Dean's forte but if they were going to work together on the Sirens' case they had to get along.

Sam cleared his throat "Dean has something that he would like to say. Dean."

Dean looked at Sam then at Akemi and muttered an 'I'm sorry' under his breath not making any eye contact with Akemi.

"Dean!"

Dean sighed and looked at Akemi. "I'm sorry."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever."

"Dude, how can I apologize to her if she doesn't apologize back."

"Dean be the mature one. Now you two hug and make up. If we're going to work on this case together we have to get along."

"Wait. I have to hug him? Can't we just shake on it?"

Dean nodded his head in agreement and then looked at Sam and saw the glare that he was giving him and Dean changed his nodding to a shaking. Dean looked Akemi in the eye and saw that she was staring at him already with her eyebrows furrowed. He smiled and held out his arms to Akemi. Akemi gave him a funny look as she looked at his open arms. She was being cautious and hesitant and Dean noticed it.

"Come on. A hug is not going to hurt either one of us."

"Fine, let's get this over with."

They each took a step towards each other cautiously. Dean wrapped his arms around Akemi's shoulders as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Dean held her tight and close as he breathed in the smell of Akemi's shampoo. 'She uses Pantene ProV. Wow she smells amazing. She smells like vanilla.' Dean thought to himself as he smiled. Akemi took a deep breath in as well and smiled to herself as well as she drunk in his cologne. 'Wow, he smells great. Is that axe he's wearing? Whatever it is he smells great.' Akemi thought to herself. Neither of them had noticed that they were smiling and that Sam and Ashley had noticed. They gave each other a weird look. They weren't sure if they should be frightened or worried for their safety. Sam thought that it was time to break up the hug as he cleared his throat loud enough that made Ashley give him a funny look.

"Dean?"

Dean and Akemi didn't budge and their smiles didn't fade. Sam tried again.

"Dean! Hey!" at Sam's yell, Dean looked over at him still smiling. Sam put his hand up at them doing an up and down motion he wasn't sure if Dean was aware of how long they had been hugging. Dean looked down at Akemi in his arms and saw that she too was smiling. He smiled to himself, she looked so peaceful in his arms and that made him feel nice. But his smile quickly faded and cleared his throat, and returned to his old self.

"Akemi? Um could you let go of me now?"

Akemi quickly opened her eyes and her smile faded. She couldn't believe that she lost herself in his arms but she couldn't help it. She felt safe in his arms and peaceful as well and she hasn't felt like that in such a long time, not since her mom died but what she felt in Dean's arms was so much more. She pushed Dean away quickly, clearing her throat, fixing her jacket and not making any eye contact with him. She didn't want to see the look that he had in his eyes, with her luck he was probably giving her an evil look. She took a few steps away from him as she put some curls behind her ears.

"God, Dean. It was a hug not a full on holding fest. What's wrong with you?"

Dean looked at her, his eyes had widened at her comment. He couldn't believe that she had just said that. He looked her up and down, looking at her face, seeing how her eyes were avoiding his. Her body posture was uneasy and uncomfortable as she shifted her weight from side to side.

"Yeah, it was all me. You were holding on to me. I let go way before you did."

Akemi shot him a look. She couldn't believe that he had said that. Yes, it was the truth but couldn't he have left it at what she said. She knew that men were macho but she didn't know that they were as dumb as she believed. She just brushed it off though. They had just gotten into an argument and she didn't want to get into another one.

"You're right. I did hold on longer mainly because I was thinking about something."

Dean was shocked he never thought that she would actually admit that she did hold on longer. He wasn't sure if this was a trick or not but he was cautious with what he said next. He looked at Sam who just shrugged at him he didn't know what to do as well. Ashley just shook her head at the three of them as she turned on the television to the news. But what was being reported is what caught her attention as well as everyone else.

"And in other news, another boat was found on the shores today crashed into the rocks. The two men on board did not survive the crash but it was the accident that killed them according to the coroner report. Apparently the two men suffered from erupted blood vessels in the brain that caused them to bleed to death internally. We'll keep you updated with more information as it becomes available to us."

The room was silent with disbelief and shock. They all just stared at the television, ruptured blood vessels in the brain was a sign of Sirens. Ashley turned it off and looked at Akemi who had grabbed onto Dean's hand during the announcement and was holding it tightly. Dean had actually tightened his hand around hers as he listened to the TV. Sam didn't know what to say or do after hearing that.

"What now?" Ashley asked looking at Dean, "Dean?"

Dean turned his attention to Ashley giving her a blank look. He wasn't sure what to say or do all he could do was look at her then at Sam and then at Akemi. She looked up at him then down at their hands in the announcement she had grabbed his hand. Dean looked down then back at Akemi he didn't even bother removing his hand or anything he looked over at Ashley and sighed.

"We get to work. We kill these sons of bitches."