Shi: Well, I'm glad I finally was able to write something without getting too much writer's block!
Aki: Beware of her chapter...
Shi: -rolls eyes- If you guys wanted me to change the scene, I could have...
Aki: No it's fine... I like it, but then again, I've rubbed off on you too much... XD
Kit: Yes, you have...
Aki: Ah well, I can't wait! My turn next! I got a great idea for it!"
Shi: What is it?
Aki: You'll just have to wait and see... XP
Kat: -sighs-
Shi: -sighs- Anyways, onto the chapter!

The Slyest Thieves
Chapter 39
by
Shi

Well, while everyone else was doing their own thing, Mizuki and Hiei were still training in the gym. "Come on, Wolf. Can't you give me a decent workout?" Hiei scowled and towered over Mizuki, who lay on the floor breathing heavier than usual.

Irritated, the wolf demon glowered up at the fire demon and hoisted herself to her feet again. "I thought I told Aki to tell you to go easy on me..." she grumbled then sighed, "Ah well..." She made to punch Hiei, but he merely side-stepped and tripped her, causing her to fall to the floor... again. She let out a small growl as she sat up. "I hate hand-to-hand..."

"You're pathetic," Hiei stated bored and started to walk off.

Mizuki's eyes flashed to a glare as she rushed forward and tried to kick the fire demon while he wasn't paying attention, but he merely stretched an arm around and grabbed hold of her foot. "What!" she yelped and tried to pull away, but Hiei's grip was too strong on her foot, so she was basically hopping on one foot in a weird kind of dance. "Hey! Let me go!" the wolf howled angrily at the demon, who acted as if he hadn't heard her. "Hey! I'm talking to you!"

"Hn," Hiei said and pushed Mizuki's foot he held, causing the wolf to fall back onto her back with a grunt. "Just give up, and let's go," he told the girl on the floor.

"No!" Mizuki exclaimed and jumped back to her feet, a scowl planted securely on her face. "Come on, I can do this!"

Hiei let out an irritated sigh and stopped in his tracks, his back still facing towards her as she began to charge him.

In the blink of an eye, both were on the floor, but it wasn't Mizuki atop Hiei, it was the other way around. Hiei had manuevered at the last second and grabbed Mizuki's arm she was using to punch, whirling her around and under him, so now he was perched on top of Mizuki, straddling her waist. One of his hands sat on the ground beside them that held his upper half up off the wolf while his other hand restricted both of Mizuki's above her head.

Mizuki opened her eyes after a few seconds and took in their predicament, then her face burned crimson. "Get off me! NOW!" she shouted up at the fire demon, cheeks flaming angrily in embarrasment.

Hiei smirked, leaning down a little, his face getting closer and closer to the wolf's. "What's the matter? Not comfortable?" he sneered quietly.

"J-just get off!" Mizuki demanded, her order falling upon deaf ears at the time, seeing as Hiei wasn't doing anything Mizuki asked. "Come on!" she screamed and wiggled around some, trying to get away, but when Hiei let out a small moan, she stopped dead, her face burning even more. "HIEI!" she yelled, getting more and more embarrassed the longer this lasted.

Hiei seemed to realize what was going on, and a small blush swept onto his cheeks, but he soon banished it away and scowled down at the wolf. "Let's go back to Kurama's now--," he began to say, but was cut off by a woman who walked into the gym room they were in. The human woman took one look at Hiei and Mizuki and blushed a deep shade of red, and she left the room apologizing profusely, and the duo heard the woman running down the hall.

"Okay, let's leave now. I'm tired of being here," Hiei said and pushed himself up to his feet, then held a hand down to help Mizuki up, but she hmph'ed and stood up without taking his hand for help. With that, she stomped out of the room, not even looking back to Hiei, who sighed in aggrivation and followed after the annoyed wolf.

As they walked down the street, Hiei had an inner battle raging. He could either ignore Mizuki and go on acting like normal, or.. he could apologize... He bit back another sigh as a thought ran through his head, Women are so hard to deal with... In resolve, he caught up to the wolf and began walking beside her. "Wolf," he began, but Mizuki showed no outward sign that she had heard him. "Hey, onna," he tried again but got no reply whatsoever. He let out a small growl and stated, "I'm sorry."

Mizuki came to an abrupt halt, right in the middle of the street, and her jaw dropped open as she gaped at Hiei's back as he kept walking, coming to a stop when he realized the wolf had stopped a few feet back. The fire demon looked back at his trainee, one eyebrow quirked curiously. "What?" he asked irritably after they stared at each other a few seconds, people giving them strange looks and walking around them.

"Yo-you apologized," Mizuki gasped and pointed at the fire demon, who scowled as if telling her to forget he had apologized.

"So?" Hiei snapped, turning halfway around to glare at the gaping wolf.

"So," Mizuki said with a quick scowl flashing over her face, "that MUST mean something's wrong! What is it? Are you ill? Did you bump your head on something? What's wrong? What happened?" She asked question after question as she rushed over to him and put the back of her hand on one of his cheeks in order to check for a fever. "You're hot!" she exclaimed, earning them more wierd looks from passers-by, and Hiei gave her an odd look at the statement, and Mizuki blushed, thinking it over, "I mean that it feels like you have a fever!"

"I am part fire demon, remember?" Hiei muttered loud enough so only Mizuki could hear him, and her face flushed a deeper shade as she had forgotten that part.

"Oh.. yeah," Mizuki laughed nervously and moved her hand away, "my bad..." After an akward silence, she coughed and said, "How about we... go?"

"Hn," Hiei nodded, and the two headed off again. There was a small silence, then Hiei spoke, "I'm sorry.. for what happened in.. the gym..."

"Oh, so that's what that whole apology thing was about," Mizuki murmured under her breath. "It's fine," she said and waved it off, "let's just forget about it and go back to Kurama's."

But how can I forget about my feelings for you? Hiei asked himself mentally as he reluctantly nodded and fell silent.

Mizuki's heart skipped a beat when she heard her sensei's thoughts but remained quiet as they came upon Kurama's house. She'd wait until they were somewhere more private to talk about something like that...

When they walked in, Mizuki checked on her egg real quick while Hiei sauntered off to the kitchen for some ice cream, and as Mizuki headed for the kitchen to tell Hiei she was going to go get a quick shower, she heard soft voices from the living room. When she peeked into the room, she smiled when she spotted Aki and Sesshoumaru cuddled up together on the sofa watching TV and chatting quietly. "I know you're there, Mizuki," Aki suddenly growled, "go make out with Hiei or something and leave us alone."

"Eep!" the wolf squeaked in a quiet voice and quickly shut the door, hurrying down the hall. Giggling, she slowed down to a walk and happened to glance out a window that led to the backyard. "Aw," she cooed when she saw Takara wrapped in Kurama's arms on the hammock, both of them fast asleep. With a dreamy sigh, she continued on her way. "Hey, Hiei, I'm going to go take a shower and head to bed," she said after poking her head into the kitchen.

Hiei stayed silent and nodded to the wolf, still eating on his ice cream.

Mizuki left for the upstairs bathroom, after grabbing a change of clothes from her duffel bag, and took a quick, warm shower. When she got out, she dressed and wrapped her wet hair up in a towel for it to dry. After putting some lotion on her face, she went in search of Hiei, only to find him sitting at the kitchen table, his ice cream bowl sitting in front of him with half-melted ice cream in it. He seemed to be thinking about something, his brows furrowed slightly.

Biting her lip, Mizuki took a deep breath and walked silently over to the fire demon. Lightly, she coiled her arms around his shoulders and set her chin atop his head, his spiky hair tickling her face slightly. "Something you want to talk about?" she murmured in a soft tone.

Hiei tensed when he felt arms wrapping around him, and his breath caught in his throat when the wolf's scent delighted his nose. "No," he replied with a small shake of his head, and Mizuki sighed, starting to move away, until she heard the next thing out of Hiei's mouth as he stood up and turned around to face her, "something I want to do..." With that, he leaned forward and laid a kiss on her lips while her eyes grew wide.

"Wow," Mizuki muttered when Hiei pulled away and scowled at the floor off to the side, "that was just... wow..." she rambled, a smile and a blush sweeping over her face.

"Hn," Hiei turned away from her, his eyes shadowed, "if you didn't like it, just say so."

Mizuki grinned and swung her arms around him, "But I loved it!" She giggled and kissed his blushing cheek while he looked at her like she was crazy. "What?" she scowled at him.

"Hn," Hiei smirked, "nothing." Then he turned in her arms and wrapped his arms securely around her waist. He pecked her on the forehead and hugged her tightly to him, burying his head into the crook in her neck and placing small, butterfly kisses up and down the wolf's neck, causing her to shiver in pleasure as she hugged her arms around his neck. "Like that?" he sneered.

"Love it," she groaned when she felt Hiei start to massage her lower back with his hands some.

With a smirk, Hiei moved back up to her face, coming to her lips again for a more passionate kiss as he pressed her as close as he could to him, slowly slipping his tongue into her mouth to deepen the kiss.

"Glad you took my advice," Aki cackled from the doorway, Sesshoumaru's arm wrapped around her waist possessively, and caused the wolf and her trainer to pull away from each other's mouths with their faces flushing crimson.

"Okay, Aki, enough, go have a wild night with your fluffy man," Mizuki retaliated, a triumphant grin spreading over her lips as the two dog demons blushed scarlet and glared daggers at the wolf, who shrugged and said, "come on, Hiei... I'm kind of tired..." A yawn resolved it as she tried to stifle it with a hand, but it didn't help.

Aki and Sesshoumaru scowled at Mizuki one final time then went on their way, Aki telepathically promising Mizuki that she'd get her back later, but Mizuki gave a wide grin and told her "sister" that the dog demon was starting to rub off on the wolf. Then, Hiei and Mizuki made their way to the spare room, where the Robbed Trio had their beds set up. The two cuddled together into Mizuki's futon and fell soundly asleep while Aki and Sesshoumaru were making their way to the kitchen for a midnight snack.

Kurama came into the spare room a few minutes later, a slumbering Takara held bridal style in his arms, and smiled at Hiei and Mizuki then settled Takara into her own bed while he laid down beside her futon and gently threw an arm across her waist, quickly falling asleep as well.

Shi: YAY! Finished!
Aki: FINALLY! It's KILLING me! ((dies)) SEE!
Kit: Calm down...
Shi: Yeah, chill! Jeez, it hasn't even been that long of a wait this time! -rolls eyes-
Aki: -glares-
Kit: Anyway, we no own Yu Yu Hakusho...
Shi: Or Sesshoumaru.
Aki: But I thought--!
Shi and Kit: NO!
Kit: You do NOT own Sesshy... no matter how much you WANT to.
Aki: Da--.. -gets warning looks from Kit and Shi- ... rn..? Yeah! Darn! Gr...
Shi: Anyways, till next time!