"Is this one of those moments that I find hilarious and you…not so much?" Raven was gleaming, a smile plastered on her face. Hiei continued to glare at the loudspeaker, as if he could dissolve it with his eyes.

"hn. Now it's all on those idiots' shoulders." He went somber, he grew cold, and he was contemplating something deep and daunting. Raven's smile faded as she was reminded of the grim situation at hand. She walked over to Hiei placing her hand on his shoulder massaging his tensed muscle.

"You've got absolutely no trust in your teammates?" Raven chuckled.

"I trust no one. I don't trust the oaf as far as I can throw him. Maybe-"

"I Think you could throw him pretty far if yo-"Her voice was muffled by Hiei's lips. The kiss wasn't passionate it seemed sad, like a goodbye kiss, his hand combed through her hair then traced her face. Raven hugged Hiei close as they kissed when it broke she didn't look at him not knowing what kind of look would be in his eyes. "What the hell's wrong with you idiot?" She smiled. "Don't tell me you're getting sentimental" She finally turned to see him, he look angry and confused. Raven knew Hiei was in deep thought so she was trying to lighten the mood just a little. Hiei paused his shy and sad moment and a scowl reappeared in its proper place across his face.

"Don't be stupid fool-"

"You're back" Raven laughed catching Hiei in a sloppy hug.

"Would you get off me you lunatic! You're acting like that simple minded human girl. I've had enough emotions for one day" his arms crossed. "For one year" He corrected.

"Fair enough" Raven rolled her eyes. "Staring at that loudspeaker isn't going to accomplish much" Raven pointed out but her comment had fallen on deaf ears. 'Humph if I wanted to talk to a brick wall I'd talk to Kuwabara' She huffed before letting out a sigh. 'That was mean I take it back but still-'"Now go stand out there and look pretty that's your job now" She finally got a small reaction out of Hiei as he sneered in disapproval of the remark. She walked to his side; he looked at her waiting for the next thing she was going to say. She took his hand in hers and their fingers laced. "You gotta trust them." She squeezed his hand. "They trust you." She nudged him with her shoulder then began to tug her towards the door.

"Because when I say I'm going to do something I deliver-"

"And how" Raven laughed she stopped walking when she felt resistance on her arm she turned to see Hiei standing behind her a questioning look on his face. "Um sorry. I've been hanging around with Cheri a lot lately." Raven gave an embarrassed shrug. He continued to stare at her, no longer with puzzlement, he was simply studying her. Then without a word he began to walk again. "Hiei what-"

"You've changed." He stated bluntly not turning to look at her.

"When? How?" She stared at her feet as they walked.

"All this time Raven, you've been changing. You're not the same girl I met in the forest. You're not the girl you were before the tournament." He briefly studied her for a second time, like she was changing before his eyes. 'She even looks different.' He noted to himself.

"I could say the same about you Jaganshi, you've changed" she sighed heavily. "Have…have we changed?" She questioned tentatively, turning to the demon whose hand was still in her loose grasp. He nodded, raven wanted him to say something anything, and he just nodded. Raven bit her lip before speaking. "I can't change back, I'm sure of that Hiei." Her voice was soft and sad.

"no. You can't." He agreed, again there was a stifling silence. "You'll continue to change you'll never be the same annoyance I knew" he felt her hand let go of his. "Hn. Fool so weak and emotional some things never change. Now whose being sentimental?" he sneered before brushing some of her red hair off of her shoulder exposing the mark he had left. "Forget already?" he saw a smile bring life to her face, he couldn't help but give a small smirk.

"cocky bastard. Still love me even though I'm not the same?"

"Hn. I'm stuck with you now so it really doesn't matter" Hiei shrugged walking down the hallway by himself he turned to see her leaned up against a wall, a huge smirk etched across her face. "You're off in the head you know that?" he scoffed.

"You love me. Wacked out brain and all" She laughed.

"If you say so" He gave a small smile. He did love her, more and more as time passed, and one of the things he loved most about her was that she loved him back.

"Don't worry I won't tell anyone, your secret's safe with me. Now go, I'm confident you'll get out of this tournament alive" She grinned warmly.

"That makes one of us" Hiei sneered in return.

"I'll be waiting Hiei" She stated as she watched Hiei go off in the direction of his teammates. Raven walked contently over to her eat in the stands. She knew at that point without a doubt Hiei loved her, it was a truly wonderful feeling. Had they not been in such a dismal situation she would've shown him her appreciation but there was no time for playing around.

"I'm glad to see you're feeling better Raven" Yukina grinned sweetly.

"Hmm? Oh yeah I'm fine" Raven smiled back a genuine smile.

"I told you everything would work out" Shizuru stated flatly. "Though you could at least pretend you're interested in the matches. I mean your friends are fighting for their lives here. This isn't exactly a place for smiles" she scoffed pushing her hair behind her ears.

Hands in his pockets watching Kuwabara hesitantly step in the ring Hiei scowled at cowardice man. If he was going to walk into his nearly assured death the least he could do was walk with dignity. When he could no longer stand to look at the disgrace of a human he looked over at the stands. There sat his sister as bubbly and cheerful as ever, when he moved his gaze to Raven he saw a discouraged look on her face. 'Have I hurt her yet again? Damnit' His scowl deepened, his hands clenched into fists. 'I can't say…I can't do anything right with her' he saw a small smile appear as Raven talked with shizuru. His head hurt, he just couldn't understand her, he loved her but the girl had so many feelings most of which he couldn't comprehend. 'Maybe I should ask Kurama how to do this. How to understand her, how not to hurt her' He looked over at the fox, he knew the more human friendly demon was far more experienced with emotions, with people. 'No I don't ask for help. I'll make this work on my own. I'll get it right eventually' finally his eyes returned to the fight though his mind was still on Raven. 'Will she stick around long enough for me to get it right' He decided after that he would stop thinking. He worked better on impulse; he would deal with those problems when they came to him.

Raven's smile slipped off her face at Shizuru's words. Did she think that Raven didn't care about her companions? "Shizuru I-"

"It was a joke, relax. You wouldn't be here if you didn't care. Now sit down shut up and watch the fights." That's just what Raven did but as the fight went on she thought of something she smiled and turned to Cheri.

'Hey Cheri. Do you think Jin's still here?" Both their eyes were still watching the brutal assault of Kuwabara.

"Maybe I guess. Why? Looking for a second date?" Cheri gave a sly grin.

"No, well I need to ask him something, I need to ask for a favor" Raven bit her lip as Kuwabara's match ended in a tie; he was lying lifeless on the ground.

"Is he…Is he dead?" Yukina questioned in a sob.

"No it takes a lot more to kill by thick headed brother" Shizuru tried to hide how glad she was about that fact; she was comforted by the fact that she could still feel his spirit energy. They all let out sighs of relief.

"So" Cheri was now slightly interested. "What kind of favor?" Cheri's mind was always In the gutter and this time was no different.

"Huh oh never mind" Raven shrugged.

Good triumphed over evil. Team Urameshi beat team toguro Yuske had avenged Genkai's death. It was over, it was finally over. "He's here. Lucky me" Raven nearly jumped out of her seat as she saw the wind demon from across the arena.

"Whose hear?" Conner asked from his seat.

"Jin?" Cheri guessed.

"I gotta go." Raven looked around for Eli to inform him as well but he was nowhere to be found. "Tell Eli I'll see him at home. And give the guys a congratulatory hug for me ok?" Raven was sprinting from their area over in the direction of the ninja. "Don't molest anyone Cheri!"

"Wait you're going home? Now? Wait like twenty minutes and the boat will take us back" Connor looked at his friend dumbfounded. The girls were too busy cheering for the team to hear the conversation.

"I made a promise to someone. I don't break promises if I can so I gotta go' She was now shouting as she grew farther and farther away from the group.

"Who the hell did you promise what?" Cheri scowled wishing Eli would come and help her pull Raven back.

"I'll explain it all later gotta go." Raven finally reached Jin and discussed with him the favor he needed. The group could do nothing but watch as the two demons left the arena.

"God damnit that girl is going to be the death of us all" Cheri rested her head on Conner's shoulder.

But there was one more surprise to come from Break Neck Island. After Sakyo asked Koenma to take his life, the evil billionaire unveiled his final evil plan, to destroy the entire stadium with everyone still inside. There was no time for celebrating everyone had to evacuate. After saving Yukina from a falling wall and Keiko from a state of shock the group assembled outside the arena. "There you are moron" Cheri yelled at the lanky boy staring stupidly up at the crumbling building his cigarette disincarnating between his fingers.

"H...hey what's up with the…that" He stumbled out the words as walls reduced to rubble.

"A crazy homicidal billionaire was what happened" Cheri huffed. "Now where were YOU when I needed you? Thanks to you Raven's who knows where the hell she is, not to mention"

"She must've gotten out of the building right?" Yukina questioned nervously.

"Raven would be much too fast to get caught within the explosion" Kurama noted. 'Damnit if I could only sense the fool's energy I'd know where she was, if she was safe.' Hiei's eyes scanned the landscape looking for any sign of her.

"She was gone even before the place was blown to bits" Cheri was angry her face red with frustration she was popping her bubble gum incessantly.

"Calm down what are you talking about?' Eli put his hands on her shoulders trying to get info out of her.

"Raven went home, right after the winners were declared" Cheri tapped her foot impatiently she wanted to get home too. 'After all this. Now she decides to go home? I wanted her to go home so she'd be safe and now that the island finally is she sprints home?' Hiei's head continued to pound he wanted to be holding her hand again kissing her hard again he wanted her near. Eli turned to Hiei.

"What now? What the fuck did you do to her now?" He snapped.

"Raven was the only thing keeping me from slicing you on the spot none of you should push your luck" Hiei snapped right back.

"Eli back off or else-"Cheri started but was cut off.

"No I'm sick of you pushing me around, my friends and especially Raven just because you're a bastard doesn't mean you get to treat us like shit and-"Eli started a huge rant. Though outside Hiei was clutching the hilt of his sword inside he was taking in those words. 'How do I treat her? I've treated her the same as I always have, I've never been 'nice' to her but I love her and she loves me. She might not like me as a person but she loves me' His head swirled with contradiction.

"This time I'm pretty sure it's not his fault I mean I don't know" Cheri shook her head. It brought a small bit of relief to Hiei to know that Raven wasn't only confusing to him.

"What happened? She seemed normal enough when I was there"

"She went home… with Jin" Cheri sighed.

"What?" Hiei's red eyes burned with anger, hurt and jealousy.

"She said she needed to ask Jin a favor and...and…Connor was there you tell them" Cheri frowned she was done talking.

"Well she said she had a promise to keep and she wanted us to tell Eli she'd see us at home and she told Cheri to um-"

"Oh yeah" She went around and hugged each team member. "She told me to give you guy hugs" her calm smile returned to her face.

"Did she tell you to grope our butts?"Kuwabara looked at his bum then back at the smirking Cheri.

"Umm oh right she said no molesting… oh well" Cheri shrugged.

"So… since we're all accounted for lets he home shall we!" Botan exclaimed.

"Sounds good" Yuske grinned as they headed to the boat. Hiei remained silent as they left shore and the entire ride back on the nearly empty vessel. He stared out at the waves. 'Was I not enough? What did she promise that jack in the box? What does he have that I don't? is it all because of how I treat her? That he calls her pretty and I don't? it's doesn't need to be said. I can try to be civil… nice is out of the question…could I be nice? If I'm nice then she's not in love with me she's in love with a lie. It doesn't matter as long as I have her. I have to have her.' he had no need to talk he was too busy with self reflection.

"Finally home sweet home" Kuwabara yelled. the group ran off the boat back into their city Hiei trailed behind the group.

"This one's Raven's fault I'll give you that" Eli grumbled as team Urameshi disbanded. Eli Cheri and Connor started off in the direction of their house.

"Do I …" Hiei began a question but shrugged it off and filtered away, he would get to Raven before they did, he needed to find out if Jin was still in the picture, if he had to slice him out of it. Standing on her front door his eyes grew wide as he looked up at Raven's window.

A/N I know this chapter might seem cheesy and confusing but I like it. So next chapter will most likely be the last chapter for hiei and Raven and there most likely won't be another sequel because I don't know where I'd go from here. So I guess im getting ready to say goodbye tears up. Comments/ suggestions for the last chapter?