Hey, everyone! This is Shi! Well, I've been busy the last couple of weekends, so it took me longer to get this chapter out... Gomen! Anyways, here's chapter 6! Please review!

The Slyest Thieves
:Chapter 6:
:Recovering the Stolen Amulets:
by
Kyla

The booming voices of Takara, Mizuki, and Aki shook the whole temple as they continued to scream and yell at the guys. Poor Sesshoumaru, with his inate hyper-good dog hearing, was forced to slap his hands on his pointed ears, as if to block out Aki's screaming and cursing, but it wasn't helping any...

And Poor Kurama was having to deal with a snarling and snapping Takara, in her fox form, nipping harshly at Kurama's legs and ankles. "Ow! Takara! It wasn't what you think! Ouch, it was—OW! Stop that!" Kurama bellowed, and his human form melted into the form of the infamous Youko. He snarled, baring his sharp canines at her, and the two were locked in a stalemate glaring contest.

Meanwhile, Mizuki sat with her arms crossed over her chest, her head turned away from Hiei, who stood in front of her, and she ignored him as he ranted at her for yelling at him. "You're the one that was making so much noise in the bathroom! I thought you were being attacked by a demon or something," Hiei growled. "Are you listening to me!"

"Hm? Oh, I'm sorry, were you saying something?" Mizuki asked absently, still not facing Hiei, her eyes resting shut rebelliously. Hiei growled again and told her to get up so they could go back to their room. "Why? I've already told you that I won't sleep with you, no matter your fantasies," the wolf answered, inwardly smirking. She loved making people mad.

"Rrhhnn... That's NOT what I meant, and you know it," Hiei stated angrily, fists clenched real tight as he tried to refrain from strangling his trainee's neck. "Fine, let's go outside to do some training. And don't even think about running off; you can't escape me," Hiei told her, being just as stubborn as her.

"Nah," Mizuki yawned, "I don't feel like training today... I'm kind of tired still," she mumbled, entirely faking the whole thing about being tired, just to make Hiei even more angry. Hiei took a deep breath to calm himself and was about to retort when someone else's loud voice, louder than even Aki's screaming, cut through the room.

"Enough! All of you, back to your rooms and no more yelling, please!" Genkai shouted over the ruckus. She was sorry for ever asking if anyone had anything they had to get off their chest. Apparently, the three thieves wouldn't mind yelling out what they're feeling.

"Yes, Grandma," Mizuki, Aki, and the now human-form Takara said obediently and stood to their feet, walking to the door. Hiei and Kurama, now in his regular redheaded form, blinked owlishly, and Yusuke's brow raised in amusement. Sesshoumaru sat up, nimbly wiping his thumb across his lip, which was bleeding from where he had bit his lip to keep from calling out in the pain that still remained in his ears from Aki's vicious screaming.

"Well? You boys coming? Or are you going to stand there all day and let us escape? We have no qualms about letting you stay there while we get away," Mizuki stated as she and her two companions stopped at the doorway, Takara holding the door open. The three glared at the boys, and Kurama, Hiei, and Sesshoumaru reluctantly walked towards the door, too.

Each girl walked obediently down the hall and entered into each respective girl's room, the guys following along behind in confusion. When Hiei stomped into the room he asked, "Why do you listen to that old hag? And not us?" He was angry, very angry... still.

Mizuki shrugged and answered, "She's a very strong human who seems immune to humanity's crimes against the earth; she deserves our respect. She helps to protect this world, too, you know."

"What do you think we do?" Hiei snapped, speaking of himself, Sesshoumaru, Kurama, and Yusuke. They did save the world a lot, too, so shouldn't those girls be listening to them, too?

"You and the other two are male. Males can hardly ever be trusted, especially when most are power hungry and easily corrupt my wealth or anything of the like," Mizuki said plainly, sitting down calmly on the bed and staring at the opposite wall.

Hiei's eyebrow twitched. "What?" he inqured furiously yet quietly. Mizuki repeated what she had just said. "Why am I stuck with the wolf! Kurama, trade you the wolf for the fox!" he hollered down the hall after opening the door and poking his head out into the hallway. There was no reply, so Hiei sighed and drew his head back into the room, again shutting the door. After a short silence, something hit Hiei(not literally), and he demanded, "Give me those amulets you stole."

"Hmph," Mizuki grunted and crossed her arms rebelliously over her chest, "I don't know what you're talking about." Just because she was being forced to to be his trainee didn't mean she had to enjoy it or even be nice.

Hiei growled and lunged at her. She shrieked and fell onto the bed on her back with Hiei on top of her. "Don't play dumb with me," he threatened, fangs bared and his faces inches from hers. His hand started to wander down to the pouch on her thigh that had the amulets still tucked snugly safe.

"Who says I'm playing," Mizuki growled, her ears laid back in anger. He's invading my personal space... again! What's with this guy! she fumed, her dark blue eyes hardening to a glare. She felt his hand going down to take the amulets out, and she was seriously getting ticked. "You know your in my persoanl space again," she stated in a deadly quiet and furious tone.

"Too bad for you," Hiei remarked and was pulling the amulets out of the pouch just as the door slide open. Hiei, nor the wolf, were expecting it, either.

"Uh... am I interuptting something?" Yusuke asked, slightly pink in the face. He stood there in the doorway, staring blankly at the scene of Hiei laying on top of Mizuki. He didn't see Hiei removing the amulets and was really surprised when the three stolen amulets were tossed to him, Hiei sitting up on the bed with that glare still in place on his face.

"There. Take those back to Spirit World," Hiei said monotonously. Yusuke turned to leave the room, a blush still lightly dusting her cheeks, when another voice stopped him.

"Hey! Give those back!" Mizuki shouted and sat up scowling heatedly at the detective in the doorway. Yusuke stopped and turned back around, staring at Mizuki with an eyebrow raised skeptically.

"And I should listen to you because?" Yusuke snickered and waved the amulets in front of him tauntingly.

"You shouldn't," Hiei snapped, "Now take those back to Reikai already," he ordered in a louder tone of voice, getting angry.

Yusuke laughed, still swinging the amulets side to side until Mizuki got fed up. "Fine, but if you guys are going to take them, make sure they aren't stolen by some evil demon that will use them on humanity because if that happens, I'm coming after each and every one of your hides!" she snarled, making Yusuke gulp and nod, and he started to leave, flinching and blushing more when he hear Mizuki grumble, "Pervert..." She had read his mind right when he had walked in, and she knew what he'd been thinking.

As Yusuke walked out the door and out of sight, Takara sent Mizuki a telepathic message, Hey, do me a favor, Mizuki... Me and Kurama are fixing to run by your room, can you throw something at the annoying fox for me? the hanyou asked. Apparently, Kurama had been annoying her, so she was making another attempt to escape.

Mizuki smirked and answered, Sure. Hiei was now sitting on the windowsill, silently fuming and scowling out the window, so he didn't see when Mizuki slipped off one of her shoes. And right then, there was a sound of socked feet plopping onto the floor, as if someone was running. Then there were two pairs of feet running over the floor, and Kurama's voice floated down the hallway, "Wait! Oh, not again!"

Just as Takara ran by the door, she smirked at Mizuki as a sign to fire, and with a wink, she was out of sight again. Not even two seconds later though, Kurama ran by, and Mizuki quickly pitched her shoe at him, hitting him square on his right cheek, since hers and Hiei's room was on the left side of the hall from the kitchen. He yelped and fell sidelong into the wall, and grunting, slipped down hard to the ground. "Itai..." He groaned and sat up rubbing his cheek.

Mizuki burst out laughing, causing Hiei to turn his head to the sound, and the fire demon saw first, Mizuki laughing on the bed, then Kurama sprawled over the hallway floor with a shoe imprint on his cheek and Mizuki's shoe laying beside him. Hiei groaned and put his head in his hands, already exhausted from having to deal with his trainee. They weren't even training yet, and he was already getting tired... What do these girls eat to give them so much energy?

"We have more energy because we've trained diligently for about 100 years now. We know how much energy we can use, and only use a little at a time unless it's necessary to do so otherwise," the wolf stated, answering Hiei's question that she had heard him think.

"Arg, will you QUIT reading my mind! What I'm thinking about is none of your business!" Hiei shouted, fists clenched tightly again, an anime vein pulsing angrily on his forehead.

"Hey! Did you just cuss me out?" Mizuki growled, ears laying flat against her head. She had entered his thoughts again and heard him cussing her, and she was ticked. She hated it when people did that.

"Get out of my head!" Hiei snarled, feeling his self control slip away, little by little, as the wolf kept on angering him. "Yes, are you happy? YES, I cussed you out," Hiei spat, scowling.

Mizuki's eyes flashed angrily, and she transformed to her wolf form, with long white teeth, bared threateningly, and the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end. She growled and lunged at him, roughly knocking him over onto his back, with her body pinning him down. The low, rumbling growl continued, and Hiei returned the glare he was receiving.

Hn, not good to anger her... She's stronger than I thought, Hiei pondered momentarily before Mizuki's voice enered his head as well. She wasn't happy at all... Darn right you don't want to make me angry, she retorted mentally. "Gr, stop. Reading. My. Thoughts!" Hiei yelled and kicked Mizuki off him and sent her flying straight into the wall behind them. With a small yelp, Mizuki's head hit the wall hard, and she fell unconsious, reverting back to her human-looking form before she hit the ground. "Hn," Hiei scowled standing up and left her there on the floor, then he closed the door and sat down on the windowsill, fuming silently to himself.

Shi: How was it? I wasn't as inspired when typing this chapter... -frowns- Sorry if it isn't very good. Next chapter is... Aki's?
Aki: Yepp, lol.
Kit: Then it's my turn again! Yay!
Shi: Well, that's all for now... please review, kay?
Aki, Shi, Kit: Bye!