Shi: I'm so excited! -hops up and down-
Aki: Why?
Kit: Her birthday is 5 days away! Lol.
Aki: Ooh.. I see.. cool! Have you finished her fic from you, Kat?
Kit: -sighs- Alas, no, but I'm working on it!
Shi: I am in such a good mood! XD Amanda took off work to come spend the night that night! That makes me feel special, lol.
Aki: Well, glad you're all excited, but... start the chapter already!
Shi: Eep!
Kit: -laughs-
Shi: Okay, here we go! The next chapter of The Slyest Thieves!
The Slyest Thieves
Chapter Thirty-Three
by
Shi
"You should be resting, onna," Hiei stated irritably as Mizuki chatted away with Takara on the phone.
The wolf let out an annoyed sigh. "Kay, well, anyways, better letcha go. Hiei's getting onto me for not resting... Talk to ya later!" she said into the mouth piece of the phone. Takara said something on the other line, and Mizuki replied, "Amele!" The wolf then hung up the phone.
"What's 'amele' mean?" Hiei inquired as Mizuki laid back down on the futon while he stood at the door.
"It means 'love you'," Mizuki explained, and a small yawn slipped out of her mouth.
At that statement, Hiei quirked a brow and shut the door behind him as he entered further into the room to lean agaisnt the wall close to Mizuki.
"Sisterly love," Mizuki clarified and sent a scowl at Hiei, who shrugged and turned his gaze away without another word. The wolf rolled her eyes and snuggled under the covers. "G'night," she called to Hiei.
"Night," Hiei muttered in reply.
About midnight, Hiei sensed demons approaching his tree house. There had been a lot of demons come through the area, trying to get at him and Mizuki while they were resting. Even when Mizuki had been ill for the last couple nights, he would have to go out and keep them from making it to the tree house. He had been surprised a couple of times, and, as an end result, he had ended up with one stab wound in his abdomen and many bruises and deep gashes.
Mizuki sat up with a yawn and slowly climbed out of bed.
"About time you woke up, Wolf," Hiei commented dryly from the doorway.
"Oh, shut up," the girl snarled, standing groggily to her feet with bedhead. She pushed past Hiei and grabbed a change of clothes. "I'm going to go get cleaned up. Don't even think of interrupting me," she added dangerously.
As she left the tree house for a nearby spring, Hiei sighed, "She always wakes up in a foul mood... Stupid wolf..."
"I heard that!" Mizuki yelled from the ground with a glare on her face, and she saw Hiei flinch through the small window he stood beside.
"Just go get cleaned up," Hiei hollered back, "we start training when you get back!"
Mizuki rolled her eyes. "Joy," she mumbled sarcastically and headed straight for the large stream Hiei had told her about. Quickly stripping her clothes off, she dived into the fairly cool water. Her clothes sat on the shore while she bathed, and when she was done, she climbed out and dried off with a towel she had grabbed before she left then got dressed and headed back to the tree house. "Okay, Shrimp, I'm ready for training; let's go!" she called into the house.
"Then come on," Hiei growled from the ground, "You've wasted enough time."
Mizuki blinked. She hadn't even seen or sensed Hiei standing at the base of the tree as she climbed up to the door. Then, her anger started building. "Excuse me, I wasted time?" she snapped irked.
"Yes, YOU did," Hiei replied coolly and stalked off into the forest as a disgruntled Mizuki hopped down gracefully to the ground and followed behind.
"Well, what first, Shrimp-sensei?" Mizuki asked as they walked deeper into the forest.
Hiei's left eyebrow twitched slightly, but he replied in a forced calm tone, "First, we work on your pathetic endurance..." At the questioning look on the wolf's face, he added, "We're doing 50 laps around this pond." As he spoke, they rounded a bend in the small path. They were suddenly in front of a huge lake that was maybe 3 miles wide and looked deeper than about 20 feet.
Mizuki's eyes widened. "This," she motioned to the lake, "is what you call a... pond?" she asked shocked. She could swim, but not for long periods of time and especially if the water's so deep that she can't touch the bottom with her feet and still have her head about the water.
Hiei nodded and made his way over to the water's edge, where he stripped down to his boxers. "Hurry up, Wolf," he threw over his shoulder.
"If I had known we were swimming laps, I wouldn't have bothered to put on a new pair of clothes," Mizuki growled and sulked over to the lake, where she glowered at the fire demon beside her.
"Here, go change into this then," Hiei mumbled and tossed a one-piece swimsuit at her. She caught it and blinked a couple of times in confusion. "Hurry up, onna," he snapped and turned away from her so she could change.
Mizuki slowly began to undress as she eyed Hiei cautiously. "You'd better not peek," she warned dangerously, "better not even use your Jagan either..."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever... Hurry," he rolled his eyes then shut them for good measure, "All my eyes are shut; now change."
Mizuki sighed and changed into the bathing suit. "Okay, I'm ready. Let's get this over with," she uttered moodily.
Hiei scowled at her then dived into the water, soon followed by Mizuki. "Remember, 50 laps," Hiei reminded her as he tread water for a moment then started to swim clockwise.
"Okay, okay," Mizuki grumbled and began her laps, being sure to conserve as much Energy as she could.
By the time she had finished her 26th lap, Hiei was done and took to sitting on a tree branch to make sure his trainee finished all her laps. On her 42nd lap, she began grumbling about being tired and feeling most of her Energy gone. "Stupid shrimp," she muttered and sped up her pace in anger. "There," she panted slightly, "done." She climbed out of the lake and collapsed to the ground to sunbathe a little and catch her breath some.
"I didn't say you could rest," Hiei said as he came to a stop beside her on the shore.
"Oh well," Mizuki replied in a monotone, I-really-don't-care-what-you-say-I-can-or-can't-do kind of voice.
"Not 'oh well'," Hiei scowled and grabbed the wolf's upper arm, yanking her up to her feet.
"Ow!" she yelped and sent a scalding glare at Hiei, who rolled his eyes and began to pull Mizuki along behind him. They made their way through the forest as Mizuki's complaints and whines carried behind them.
"Now, we're running around this forest 25 times," Hiei stated and released the wolf once they arrived at the edge of the forest.
Mizuki's jaw dropped open. "Are you serious! Man, I'm tired! At least let me rest to regain some of my Energy," she whined with a pout spreading over her face.
"No. Start running," Hiei replied and took off running.
With a quiet growl, she grudgingly began her laps. Hiei finished quickly and impatiently waited for his trainee to finish, and after about an hour or so, she finally was done. She came to a panting halt under the tree Hiei was in and glared up at him.
"We'll eat lunch then spar," Hiei told the wolf and hopped down from the tree, heading for the tree house.
Mizuki sighed, "At least I can rest some..." As soon as they got back to the tree house, Mizuki slumped down at the table and ran a hand through her hair. "You're too serious all the time," she stated boredly all of a sudden, hating the silence that filled the room. Before Genkai's temple had burned down, there was always at least some noise of conversation, but here with Hiei, alone, it was way too quiet...
"Hn," was all Hiei bothered to reply.
"No, I'm serious! You need to learn to lighten up and have some fun! Instead of always training... We have to practically drag you to town when me and the others go," Mizuki said and stood. She walked over to where Hiei was making some lunch and tapped him on the shoulder. "Sit, I'll make lunch."
Hiei gave her a curious glare but moved to let her take over cooking. "Why the offer?" he asked after a short silence as he stood and watched her.
Mizuki shrugged, "You're injured. I'm not stupid. You've been fighting at night. Keeping demons from your training grounds or something?" she smirked at him.
"Or something," Hiei answered after an akward moment of silence, but when the wolf asked what he meant, he hn'ed and walked off to sit at the table.
"Here," Mizuki sat a plate of food in front of Hiei then sat down with a plate of her own. "After lunch, I'm going to change your bandages," she added sternly, daring Hiei to try and get out of it.
"Gr... stupid, telepathic wolf... Needs to learn her own business," he uttered to himself, though Mizuki heard it too.
"Well, hey, you're my sensei! I have to do what I can for you," Mizuki shrugged and began to eat.
"Want to do something for me? Try shutting up," Hiei scowled and fell silent, eating his lunch slowly and sending glares at the wolf beside him the whole time.
When they had finished their lunch, Hiei had tried to escape before Mizuki even tried to check his wounds, but she grabbed him by the ear and pulled him into the bedroom, digging out a first aid kit from the small dresser that was in the room.
"Itai," Hiei muttered softly then snapped at the wolf, "You DO know you're yanking my EAR off, ne?"
"I know, but if I let go, you'd just try to run," she grinned at him and set the first aid kit on the floor, opening it swiftly with one hand.
"Just let go... I won't run, I'd rather stay and have you change my bandages than you ripping my ear off," he stated dryly and sat down.
Mizuki rolled her eyes and released her sensei's ear. When he didn't make a move to run, she smiled and patted him on the head saying, "Good boy!"
A growl worked its way out of Hiei's throat as he snarled, "I am not a dog, onna. Do not treat me as such."
"Ooh, I'm SO scared," Mizuki responded sarcastically and pulled out various things from the small white box. "Now, take off your shirt," she demanded.
"W-what!" Hiei yelped, his face turning a slight rosy colour.
Mizuki whacked him upside the head and growled, "Pervert, nothing bad. I just got to change your bandages!"
"Oh," Hiei uttered and banished his blush away. He pulled his shirt off and tossed it to the side to reveal bruised and cut skin.
"Oh boy, this may take a while," Mizuki sighed and set to work. When she had to clean out the wounds, Hiei about ripped her hands off because he didn't like the sting of the healing ointment, but she managed to make it through it all, and finally, his torso was bandaged. "No other injuries.. right?" she asked to be sure, her eyes narrowed dangerously, silently warning Hiei not to lie.
"No," Hiei said in answer, and Mizuki even skimmed through his mind. He was telling the truth, so she nodded and began to put away the medical kit. Hiei pushed himself to his feet then said, "Time to spar."
Mizuki gave him a skeptical look. "You sure? You look pretty injured to me..."
"I'm still strong enough to beat you," he said in retaliation.
Anger sparked through Mizuki. "Oh yeah? You know, you seem pretty tired... Why don't you get some sleep?" she asked sweetly and stood up.
"No, let's spar. I'm your sensei; you have to listen to me and do as I say," Hiei said stubbornly.
"Excuse me, but I don't 'have to' do anything anyone says," Mizuki growled out, the hairs on the back of her neck bristling.
The two got into a glaring contest, but Hiei managed to win in the end. They agreed to one spar, then they took the rest of the afternoon to rest and just talk about whatever came to mind, staying up late into the night just chatting away. It was the most Mizuki had heard Hiei say in one day since she met him. Mizuki went to bed exhausted that night, and then the next morning, she was woken up at dawn.
Hey, Mizuki, Aki sent the wolf a telepathic message, you awake yet?
Mizuki groaned audibly and pulled the covers over her head. Yeah, I am now..! she growled at the dog demoness.
Sorry, jeez, you don't have to be so snappy, Aki grumbled mentally and pouted.
Mizuki let out a huge sigh and sat up yawning. I'm sorry, Aki... but you know how I am when I first wake up... she apologized.
Yeah, I know, but this is important! Aki exclaimed. It was as close to panicky as Mizuki had ever heard Aki get.
Okay, I'm listening, the wolf replied and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Another yawn erupted from her, waking Hiei up. He looked at her questioningly, and she mouthed, "Talking to Aki." He nodded and got up to make breakfast.
Leezza told Takara about the new mission, Aki began, but Mizuki cut her off and told the dog demoness that she had known that. I wasn't finished! Aki growled.
Okay, sorry... Please continue, Mizuki responded quietly.
Thanks, now, where was I?... Oh yes! Well, anyways, Leezza told Takara about our new mission, but... she sent Takara out on another mission! Aki exclaimed.
By herself? Mizuki asked worriedly.
Yepp...
But she's never been on a solo mission before, Mizuki muttered in an anxious tone. Do you know what the mission is?
Yeah, I'm coming back to the present to follow her and make sure nothing happens to her.Takara told me shewouldn't leave until tomorrow though.. Which is good, cause I got to give Sesshy his birthday present,Aki sniggered/
Heh, well, tell Mr. Fluffy I said Happy Birthday, and meet meatGrandma's temple grounds tomorrow... I'm going with you tofollowTakara, kay?Mizuki asked already starting to plan what she would do.
Sure thing... See ya then! Aki said hurriedly and cut the link off.
Just as Hiei walked in to tell Mizuki breakfast was ready, she ran out of the room. "Hiei, tomorrow I gotta go back to Ningenkai and meet Aki," she stated.
"Why?" Hiei asked suspiciously.
"None of your business, really," she replied and sat down to eat breakfast. "Come on; don't we have training to do? What're you standing around for!" she snapped.
Hiei blinked a couple times in confusion but sighed and placed himself at the table to eat breakfast. As they were close to finished, Hiei uttered, "You three have a mission, ne?"
"What?" Mizuki choked on some of her food and gave an uneasy laugh. "No.. not at all..."
"Hn," Hiei mumbled and stood, finished eating. As he walked by the wolf, he leaned over to whisper in her ear, "You're an aweful lier..." Then, he stalked off while Mizuki glared daggers at his back. "Hurry up, time for training," Hiei added before leaving.
With a sigh, Mizuki stood up and followed Hiei out of the tree house to train...
Shi: Wow... six whole pages... I think it ended up being longer than usual...
Aki: Seems like it... You've obviously been spending too much time talking to Kit...
Kit: Yay! It's long! Hooray! Hey, what's THAT supposed to mean, Aki?
Kit and Aki: -gets into a glaring contest-
Shi: -sweatdrops- Chill, you two! I gotta go... hope everyone liked the chapter! Also, PLEASE review.
Kit: Yesh, please do! Also... We do not, in any way, shape, form, or fashion, own Yu Yu Hakusho...
Shi: -sniffles-
Aki: Or Sesshoumaru... Which really stinks. I WANT MY SESSHY!
Shi: Uh, he's not yours...
Kit: Right...
Aki: I can still dream, can't I! -acts overly dramatic-
Shi and Kit: -rolls eyes- Bye everyone!
Aki: Don't ignore me! HEY!
-static takes over and the trio is gone-