Chapter 9: At Night in the Spirit World

An hour had passed by slowly for those on the roof. Sakura and Kura were laying on top of a blanket that Kura had retrieved from her room. Hiei and Jin were sitting beside of them: Jin beside of Sakura and Hiei beside of Kura.

"WOW! A shooting star!" Sakura said, just after she was a sparkling star shoot across the sky.

Kura giggled. "That's only the second one I've ever seen in my life!" She confessed.

"Woah! Really? I've seen tons!" Sakura smiled, continuing to gaze at the dark sky.

Hiei had finally began staring at the enormous blanket of darkness above them.

Kura's green eyes wandered up at him as she lay there. "Hiei?" She began in a small voice. "What are you thinking about?"

He wasn't sure of how to answer her at first; then the words flowed from his mouth. "The first time I ever saw a shooting star.."

"Ooh. When was that Hiei?" Sakura asked.

Jin looked at him as well, with a questionable look on his face.

"When I was younger... I think-" He began. "-I think it was when I met this one girl..."

"Ooh! Who was it?" Sakura asked. She was very interested.

"That's the first time I'd ever seen a shooting star.- When I met this guy I mean..." Kura added, returning her eyes to the stars above.

"Tell me! Who was it!" Sakura said, really wanting to know who they were talking about.

"Sakura.. you're so dumb sometimes..." Jin told her.

"Wha-? -- Oh! Hehe.. never mind!" She smiled cutely.

Kura giggled at her friend. "So... what to talk about now?"

No one said anything.

"So... what are you guys doing tomorrow?" Sakura asked, after moments of silence.

"Nothing at all." Jin answered.

"Hn." Was Hiei's only answer.

"Is that all you say Hiei?" Sakura sat up and asked.

Hiei just sort of glared at her.

"Please you two! Don't fight!" Kura pleaded. "You two fight more than Kurama and I do and you guys aren't even related!"

"Sorry." Sakura smiled.

"no.. I'm sorry. I guess you guys always arguing just drives me nuts. Heh. I can imagine how you guys feel when ever Hiei and I fight..." Kura giggled.

"We're very entertained whenever you guys fight." Jin commented.

Sakura nodded in agreement.

"That's great. You think of us as a free show." Hiei pointed out.

"That's not what they said, Hiei." Kura pointed out back to him.

"Hn." Ended the "fight".

A few moments of silence went by and then someone had the audacity to start another one.

"What do you think we'll all be doing in... 6 or 7 years?" Kura asked everyone.

"I dunno!" Sakura said, blondly. "Maybe Jin and I will be married!"

Jin grinned.

Hiei didn't have much to say about that topic either. He just continued to stare up at the stars.

"Hiei?" Kura looked to him. "What do you think?"

"I don't have any clue.." He said.

"IDEA!" Sakura randomly "shouted".

"WHAT?" The other three aparitions asked in turn.

"Let's all go to the Spirit World!"

Kura jumped up. "Okay! Sounds like a good idea!"

"Why?" Hiei was the only one to oppose it.

Kura sighed heavily. "UGH!- Just come on!" She walked over to him and grabbed his hand in her own. "Let's go!" She said to the others.

They all left the rooftop for the Spirit World.

Arriving in the almost blank and quiet Spirit World, Sakura couldn't contain herself. "WOOOHOOO! THE WHOLE SPIRIT WORLD PRACTICALLY TO OURSELVES!"

"Oy! Sakura! Calm down!" Jin tried to stop her from being her normal self, but that was a total waste of energy for him.

"Yeah Sakura! You might actually wake someone, or something, up!" Kura reminded her.

"So? Koenma deserves to be waken up in the middle of the night!" She smirked.

"How about we not..." Hiei siad, grimly.

Sakura eyed him. "You take all the fun out of everything, Hiei-kins!"

Anger struck Hiei. "Don't call me that." He told her through his teeth.

"Wa-uh-oh!" Sakura hid behind Kura.

"Hey! NO! WE'RE NOT PLAYING 'HIDE BEHIND KURA FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY' TODAY!" Kura tried to jump away from Sakura.

"Don't let him hurt me!" Sakura squeaked.

"Sakura! I said---" Kura began, but a stirke of lightening interrupted her. "EEEK!" She squeaked.

"AAAH!" Sakura squeaked once again.

Jin began laughing at the two girls.

Hiei held in laughs at the two. He shook his head.

"Hey! It's not funny!" Kura said.

"Yeah! She's right!" Sakura backed her friend up as she put her hands on her hips.

Another strike of lightening. Kura clinged to Hiei's arm. "Can we leave now?" She asked in a small voice. Thunder. She now held onto his waist.

"Why?" He asked, almost laughing but continued to smile slightly instead.

"She's afraid of Thunder and lightening Hiei! Duh!" Sakura told him.

"What?" Hiei asked. "You're kidding me."

"No! I'm- I'm not!" Kura said, then continuing. "I'm seriously not kidding Hiei! I hate thunder AND lightening!"

"Yet, you're not afraid of huge, monsterous demons who could at you in one bite?"

"N-no! I'm definitely not afraid of that!" Kura told him.

Hiei sighed. "Come on, let's head to Koenma's..." He told them.

Jin held in laughs. Sakura hit him on the upper arm. "You're so disrespectful!"

"Well? What do you want me to do about it? It's funny, yet sad, that she's afraid of something such as thunder and lightening, but not demons..." JIn told her.

Sakura sighed. "woof..."

(((OC- Yes yes yes, i know. I took the idea of someone being afraid of Thunder and Lightening from FFX! lol... ))))