Shi: Heya, all! What's up? Well, I finally got that chapter for the story done, Aki! (Aki: Bout time!) I know! I'm sorry... now I'm doing chapter 15! -everyone cheers- Okay... what's up with no one reviewing! We're working hard on this story here ya know!(Kit: Oh no.. now you guys've done it... she's ranting...) As far as I know, we only have 4 reviews... FOUR REVIEWS! Come ON, people!(Aki: Ugh... When she wants to rant, it gets dangerous... Kat: Yeah, you guys had better review before she gets REALLY ticked..) I! AM NOT! TICKED! I am merely wondering why no one is reviewing... I think our story is actually very good... -sniffles- (Aki: -growls- Shi and her mood swings..) -takes a deep breath- I'm okay... Now, how about chapter 15! (Kit: Wow... she went from mad to sad to happy all in about a minute or two... .) Here we go!

"Hm...? Wha?" Kurama asked groggily as he lifted his head up and looked around. He had been awoken by Takara's scream, of course since he was so close. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates when he realized what was going on.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU-YOU-YOU PERVERT!" Takara screamed and kicked her legs around, seeing as her hands were handcuffed to the headboard of the bed. She glared at Kurama as he hurried off the bed, apologizing profusely. "Apology NOT accepted!" Takara growled, her cheeks red from anger, and her eyes started to melt into a crimson red of fury. Fire began to wrap around her fists as she thrashed around to get uncuffed.

"Now, now, Takara," Kurama said nervously and held his hands up in front of him, waving them back and forth, "no need to be upset... It was a mere accident," he insisted with a sweatdrop rolling down his head.

"BULL CRAP! COME HERE AND LET ME STRANGLE YOU!" Takara shouted, face turning purple from yelling and her eyes darkening in their reddish color. She fought more feircely against her restraints, but she couldn't seem to break free, which was a good thing for Kurama...

The loud yell not only awoke Kurama, but also both Hiei and Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru had bolted to a sitting position, propping his upper body up with one hand to look around for any sign of danger. Only seeing a yelling Takara and an anxious Kurama, he sighed and absently rubbed his ear with his free right hand. His eardrums were pounding from the loud, yelling voice of the hanyou. Then, Aki sat up next to him in the bed. She had to move around some to lean on the bed's headboard comfortably, since her hands were still cuffed.

"It's another hour until our dawn wake up call," Aki grumbled and glared slightly at her hanyou sister. "I wish she could've waited another little while," she added softly in a growl. She was ticked that Takara's scream had made Sesshoumaru move from his place... She hated to admit it, but she had been pretty comfortable.

Sesshoumaru realized how he had been laying since he noted he was in the same bed as Aki. He glanced at her out of the corner of his narrowed eyes. Why isn't she yelling at me like that half breed is yelling at Kurama? He asked himself mentally.

"Because I'm tired," Aki snapped, glaring at the dog demon beside her to signify if he didn't get out of her personal space soon, she WAS going to start yelling and trying to hurt him. "Yes, I just read your mind," she added his mind's question. He glared at her but got up out of bed to go get changed out of his pj's that consisted of boxers and sleep pants, no shirt whatsoever, so his chest was bare. Aki mentally smacked and scorned herself, No... Bad Aki! Get those thoughts out of your head!

Meanwhile, when Hiei awoke, he let out an audible growl and muttered, "Mine," again absently and tightened his grip on Mizuki.

Mizuki smirked and pretended to not want to wake up either. She pretended she was dreaming and wrapped her arms around his shoulders mumbling something about cuddly, shrimpy teddy bears.

Hiei really didn't want to wake up. He felt really comfortable with the wolf in his arms. Wait... he was cuddling... Mizuki... his trainee... And his head... was laying on her collar bone... He cursed, his crimson eyes widening as he realized what was going on. He drew away fastly and sat on the edge of the bed. He hid his face, which held a small amount of red on the cheeks.

Mizuki faked a yawn and sat up, stretching as best as she could, what with the handcuffs and all limiting her movement somewhat. "There goes Takara again," she yawned a faux yawn. "I wish she could've held that yell in a little while longer... I'm allergic to waking up before the sun," she uttered, and as if on cue, she sneezed once, twice, three times.

"Bless you," Aki and Takara—who seemed to have stopped yelling long enough to speak to Mizuki—said at the same time. Mizuki thanked them, and Takara and Aki nodded, while the hanyou began her ranting and yelling again.

"Nice pj's, Mr. Shrimpy," Aki called from the bed as the short demon stood and began to head to the bathroom to change after Sesshoumaru walked out of the bathroom. Hiei's face reddened ever so slightly, but he managed to make the blush go away.

"These were the only ones Kurama could find to fit me," Hiei snapped at the dog demoness. He glared at the sniggering girl.

"Aw, so Kuwama has to go buy your cwothes for you?" she cooed with a smirk. Hiei was wearing pj's with little airplanes and helicopters on the light blue fabric, and his pajama bottoms had footies hooked to the legs.

Mizuki couldn't help but laugh, both at Aki's comment and at how cute Hiei looked. She faintly wondered how he would look if he smiled, and I mean really smiled. Arg... NO! Do NOT think that! Once me, Aki, and Takara win this tournament, and we get our freedom, we're leaving and forgetting about them! I can't fall in love! She scowled at the sheets of her bed.

Aki had heard the wolf's thoughts and looked at her with a raised brow as Hiei waltzed into the bathroom to change. You like Mr. Shrimpy? No offense, Mizuki, but you can do better, she stated blandly in her friend's head.

Mizuki sighed and smiled at the dog, I know. Don't worry, though, I'm not falling in love, she told her friend, and she added to herself, cutting off the link with her sister, at least I hope I'm not...

"MR. FOXY! GET THESE HANDCUFFS OFF OF ME! I HAVE TO GO CHANGE!" Takara exclaimed when Aki was unchained and allowed to change, as was Mizuki. Kurama winced and walked over, just out of reach of the hanyou's flailing feet. He already had a bruise on his chin from where he was not fast enough to dodge one of her feet.

"Not until you calm down," Kurama said cooly and calmly, trying desperately to keep a straight face. She had been flailing around now for almost 30 minutes now, and everyone was dressed except Takara.

The phone rang, and the yoko went to answer it since Hiei had disappeared somewhere, Sesshoumaru had perched himself on the end of Aki's bed, Aki and Mizuki were on Mizuki's bed sniggering about the scene, and Takara yelled out, "I AM CAPTIAN OF TEAM OF AKIA! I HAVE TO GO TO AN EARLY MEETING THIS MORNING! NOW, UNCUFF ME, FOX-BAKA!"

Kurama hung the phone up and said, "It was our dawn wake-up call," Kurama explained, and sure enough, just outside, they could see the sun rising out the window, the sea shimmering in the light of morning.

Mizuki grinned and snuck over to Takara to pick the locks on her handcuffs, and with a small click, the handcuffs fell away. "FOX-BAKA!" Takara shouted and shot forward, lunging at Kurama, who turned a surprised look to her and made a small "eep!' noise and bolted out of the hotel door and shut it before Takara got to the door. She beat on it and yelled since she couldn't get it open, and she just eventually let it go when she realized she was going to be late if she didn't hurry. She rushed into the bathroom and shut the door, locking all the locks she could, she even made the doorknob so hot that if anyone touched it, they'd get third degree burns. She also covered the cracks of the door with ice.

"Wow, she's really ticked," Aki murmured, and Mizuki nodded. "Okay, Kurama-baka! It's safe to come back in!" the dog demoness called over to the door that was pushed open a little bit, and Kurama poked his head in, nervously shifting his gaze around the room. He sighed and came into the room, only to collapse on the middle, empty bed.

"Hey, Mr. Fluffy, go get us breakfast, okay?" Aki asked Sesshoumaru, who glared at her and grunted a no. She growled and stood up to run over to her own bed and grab her pillow. She chucked it, aiming at Sesshoumaru, but her aim was kind of bad for so early in the morning, and it ended up hitting Mizuki full on in the face.

"Ah!" Mizuki let out a surprised cry and fell onto the bed, laying on her back. "Aki," she growled and picked up her pillow, along with Aki's, "you do know that this... means war, don't you?" she smirked.

Aki grinned and shouted, "Bring it on, Wolf!" She hopped up on her bed and bounced up and down, the mattress creaking slightly, but she paid it no mind. She laughed when a pillow missed her and landed harmlessly beside her, but the next pillow smacked into her face, and her laughter disappeared. Her fangs flashed in a grin, and she picked up the pillows. Mizuki and Aki were having the most fun with the pillow fight, and Aki winked and made a shushing gesture to Mizuki, who silently giggled as Aki snuck over and yelled, "MR. FLUFFY!" she boomed and flung her pillow at him and hit him on the back of the head.

The white-haired demon glared at her and tore the pillow from their grasps then shredded each. Feathers blanketed the floor, and Mizuki muttered, "Aw... You're no fun..." Aki just glared at Sesshoumaru, just as Takara came out humming, fully dressed. She glared at Kurama who just walked back in with breakfast for everyone, and he winced slightly at her glare. She still held a grudge against him; he couldn't seem to do anything right...

Takara hmphed and left the room without eating anything, heading down to the meeting for captians. Everyone decided to meet up outside the hotel afterwards, so... After the meeting, everyone was outside the hotel, Kurama, Hiei, Sesshoumaru, and Genkai waiting for Yusuke and Mizuki, Aki, Touya, and Jin waiting on Takara, who glared at Kurama as she saw the group come into view. Kurama sighed and shook his head.

"Hey, look! It's Team Ryuu," Aki said and waved the group over. Sniper, Rinku, Shorin, Chu, and Itsuki came to a stop by the large group and said hi. Chu was drunk, as usual, and he and Yusuke were grinning, talking about how they needed to plan a rematch.

"How are all of your injuries?" Sniper asked everyone conversationally. He noted the glare that Mizuki was giving Shorin, and he raised a confused brow.

"We're battle-ready, if that's what you're wanting to know," Takara smiled. She and Aki both knew why Mizuki was being so hostile to Shorin, but they decided to just keep their mouths shut and see how it all played out.

"Any scars?" Shorin asked with a smirk, and unnoticed by anyone, Hiei's fists clenched, and he glared at Shorin, but he kept himself calm, not appearing to act unusal in any way.

"Mm, nope," Aki answered shrugging. Everyone noticed that Shorin was smirking at the scowling Mizuki. For a moment there was silence. "We're pretty much scar free," Aki added boredly and stretched her arms up above her head.

"Perhaps physically you have no scars, but... what of maybe mental or emotional scars?" Shorin sneered, his eyes never leaving Mizuki's as the wolf continued to glare at him with fierce eyes.

Kurama decided he'd be the one to speak up. He looked at Mizuki and asked, "Uh, Mizuki? Is something wrong? You seem to be glaring at Shorin..."

"You mean the bastard that stole my first kiss?" Mizuki snarled, fangs flashing dangerously. Everyone gaped at her except for Shorin, who merely grinned wider.

"A little touchy today, are we?" Shorin asked innocently, a glint in his eyes. Aki and Takara were surprised, they'd never heard Mizuki talk like that.

"You're darn right I'm touchy!" Mizuki growled and lunged at Shorin, who merely grabbed her shoulders to stop her attack. She wiggled and tried to escape but it wasn't working. Shorin smirked then planted his lips on hers like he had the day before in their match. Everyone's eyes widened.

"He's gonna regret that," Aki murmured and shook her head with a sigh. Takara nodded in agreement. Everyone else was still just standing there watching, and Mizuki was getting even angrier.

The wolf wiggled and tried to get loose, but she still couldn't, so she growled into the kiss and... kicked her leg up in between his legs. He immediately gasped and backed away with tears in his eyes. "Itai!" he yelped and hopped off.

Takara and Aki burst out laughing. "Serves you right, you perverted bastard!" Mizuki hollered after him as he vanished into the hotel. "Hmph," she grunted and wiped her mouth with a disgusted look on her face, "yuck... Well, what are we doing standing around here? Don't we need to be getting to a match or something?" she asked irritably.

So, everyone headed toward the ring, Hiei silently seething behind the others. He was within sight of them, but he didn't feel like being with the group. He glared at the ground and followed everyone as they entered the arena.

Shi:Well, how was it? I was in a pretty foul mood after having a bad day when I came up with this chapter, so...
Aki: Did you use the word bastard?

Shi: Yeah... So?

Kit: Mm... nothing! Who's turn is it next?

Aki: Mine.

Shi: Please review everyone!