Hey everyone! It's me again. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. They mean a lot. Here's the second chapter of Gemstones. I'll leave ya'll to enjoy it. Bye!

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As Kurama was watching Rose manipulate the gemstones, Hiei was looking for the old hag that was the priestess of the temple. He found her in the herb garden that was behind the temple near the infirmary.

"What can I help you with, my child," the priestess asked of Hiei without looking up from her weeding.

"I have questions that need answering," Hiei said blandly.

"I will do my best to answer them then," the old woman said, stiffly rising from her kneeling position.

"The girl, Rose, how long has she been here."

"Just about a month. She was supposed to leave earlier this week but the escort Mukuro sent attacked her while she was on her walk," the priestess answered as she sat down on a nearby bench.

"What does she do on these walks?"

"I do not know. She doesn't tell me."

"You know about her attack."

"Yes. She came back from her walk with many wounds. I made her tell me while I tended to them."

"How many wounds did she have?"

"Quite a number of them, actually. None of them were life threatening but they all bled quite freely. She didn't seem all that bothered by it though."

"Do you know what happened to her attackers?"
"I assume she killed them. I don't know for sure."

"What is she like?"
"She's a very quiet girl as far as I can tell. I don't know her all that well. We don't have a lot in common."

"Hn."

'DragonFire, why don't you and the priestess come on in? Our meal is just about ready,' Hiei heard in his mind.

'As you wish, Fox.' "That's all I wanted to know. It's time for our meal. Let's go," Hiei said shortly.

"Ah. Thank you, my child," the priestess said as she rose from the bench, her knees creaking, and heading down the path towards the temple's kitchen.

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After the evening meal was finished and cleaned away, Rose showed Hiei and Kurama where they were going to be staying the night.

"At what time are we leaving tomorrow," Rose asked as she opened the door to their room.

"An hour after dawn," Hiei said after putting his pack down by the door, causing Kurama to look at him sharply.

"Then I will bid you good night," Rose said before leaving the room, "My room is a few doors down if you need anything."

"Good night, Rose," Kurama said to her retreating form.

'An hour after dawn, Dragon? Are you in such a hurry to get home,' Kurama thought to his mate as he got ready for sleep.

'I am afraid of what Yusuke has taught our children this time,' Hiei sent back as he, too, got ready for bed.

'But that means we won't have any fun tonight,' the kitsune thought with a whine.

'I never said that, Fox,' Hiei thought, as he moved near Kurama.

'But that doesn't give us much time to do anything if we want to be rested in the morning,' Kurama said as he looked down at Hiei.

'So we won't be able to have more than one round tonight, Fox. We'll make up for it later,' Hiei said before pulling Kurama down to kiss him fiercely and pushing him down to the futon.

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"I hope that you rested well, Rose," Kurama said as soon as the three of them entered the courtyard with their packs.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure that I got more sleep than the two of you," Rose said with a mischievous look in her eye.

"We weren't that loud," Kurama said trying to contain a blush as he heard Hiei laughing at him in his mind.

"Oh, you weren't really. If you were, I'm pretty sure the priestess would have given you a lecture on how you should behave in a temple," Rose said, her lips twitching as they tried to contain a grin at Kurama's nervousness.

"Then how did you…," Kurama said while shooting a glare at both Hiei and Rose.

"I didn't. I've heard of how insatiable youko's are. So I kind of assumed that you did," she said losing control of hiding her grin and began to laugh at Kurama's blush.

"You are in so much trouble right now, Rose," Kurama said calmly before running after her as she tried to escape him.

Hiei watched calmly with a small smile on his face from his position in the trees as Rose continued to dodge Kurama's attempts of tackling her as they started their trek to Mukuro's palace.

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There's the second chapter. More of a filler than anything else, I suppose. Again, please review whether it is to tell me what I need to do to make it better or just to tell me what you liked. Until next time!