What I Learned At Genkai's Temple

Tag-Alongs: Part 3

Note: Kohari did not shut down her account. Obviously. Thanks to everyone for their support. You have no idea how important it was.

Note Two: Sorry for the long wait...hopefully the chapter's good enough, if not long enough, to make up for it.

So it was worked out that Yusuke would leave to pick up Keiko and meet the others at the theatre. Kurama would drive Kit, Hiei, and Daphne. If all went well, they would arrive before the show started at 7:00.

Kurama decided to dress nicely for the occasion, sporting a magenta button-up shirt (letting the top three buttons remain undone) tucked into a pair of khaki pants.In addition, he also managed to convince a certain apparition to dress like a human. Of course, being Hiei, he chose to wear dark blue jeans and a black tee-shirt. Together, they waited at the bottom of one of the many staircases for the girls.

Kit was the first to emerge from behind the corner at the top of the steps. Wearing blue jeans and a baby white tee with gold jewelry, she defined the phrase "Elegance in Simplicity." (For futher information on Kit's look, refer toTag-Alongs: Part Two).Following behind her was Daphne, who, with Kit's help, had decided on a black halter top with sparkly silver trim in combination with a sexy dark blue denim mini skirt. Adorning her feet were black strappy sandals. To further enhance her outfit, she wore matching silver chandelier earrings and bangles, as well as her Christmas present from Hiei (minus the rose- reminded him of Round Two; story coming soon to "Who Said Life Was Simple"). And she couldn't forget her signature dragon pendant.

Had they had less pride, two pairs of jaws at the bottom of the stairs would have dropped and fallen to the floor. However, Kurama and Hiei maintained composure, staring in astonishment instead, trying to hide the fact that their eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets. They couldn't dwell too long on the girls' looks, however, Daphne, coming down the last few steps, tripped in her sandals. Hiei, with his lightning-fast reflexes, disappeared and reappeared at the foot of the stairs, having caught the girl before she could fall to the floor.

She thanked him, rebalancing herself. He didn't reply. She then noticed that they were mismatched. "You know, looking at all of us, you would think that I was Kurama's date and Kit was Hiei's. I mean, look. Kurama and I went all out, and you two went casual." They all looked at one another.

"Wanna switch up?" Kit suggested, too enthusiastically. Catching a glare from Daphne, she added, with a straight face, "I was just kidding, Daph. He's all yours. We settled that a long time ago."

Hiei pointed his finger at Kit warningly. "Don't make the mistake of assuming I'm anyone's property - ."

"Not tonight, Hiei," Kurama interrupted, stepping between them (This is the part where Kit resisted sticking out her tongue at Hiei.). "Are we all ready to go?"

"Gotta grab my purse," Daphne and Kit said in unison and disappeared.

"Amazing, isn't it, Hiei?" Kurama inquired during their absence, smirking. Seeing his friend's puzzled expression, he explained, "For two girls who started out mortal enemies, they've become rather close."

"Hn."

The girls returned and they walked through the forest to the car. Kit, wanting to talk to Daphne without having to turn around as she would have to in the front seat, took the back seat with Daphne. Hiei sat in the front.

Daphne and Kit engaged in "girly" chit-chat while Kurama drove. Hiei would occasionally turn around and curse at them for mentioning funny pranks involving him, whenever the conversation turned to that. Even Kurama couldn't hold back a smile in this case.

They all met at the theatre, as planned, and got their seats. (Tickets: Yusuke paid for his and Keiko's, Kurama for his and Kit's, and Daphne paid for hers and Hiei's...after all, he had kinda been dragged there. Sort of.)

They decided on the back row. The seating went as follows: Hiei, Daphne, Keiko, Yusuke, Kurama, Kit.

"Feel free to grab my hand if you get scared Keiko," Yusuke offered slyly when the movie started. She smacked him just before the lights fully dimmed. Daphne, Kit, and even Kurama,tried not to laugh, but a few snorts could be heard.Hiei wasn't very amused, but then, he hardly ever is. "Shut up, guys," Yusuke commanded.

"Perhaps, Detective, you should learn to watch what you say to women, especially if the output can be interpreted as a perverted statement," Hiei advised.

"Perhaps you should learn to be quiet," Yusuke retorted.

"How about all of you be quiet?" asked a particularly insolent little boy in the row in front of them.

"How about you turn around and watch the movie, you little snot-nosed (word in Makai that nobody but Kurama could really translate, and he wasn't about to tell them what it was) before you lose your tongue?" Hiei snapped.

In reply, the kid stuck his tongue out at him and went back to watching the movie. Daphne grabbed Hiei as he tried to stand and carry out his threat to cut out the boy's tongue, whispering, "Just ignore him."

"Perhaps, Hiei, you should learn some manners," Yusuke taunted, keeping his voice low.

"Perhaps both of you should learn some manners and keep quiet so the rest of us could enjoy the film?" Kurama suggested. That shut them up.

Throughout the movie, Hiei allowed Daphne to hold his hand. Although she didn't react very much to the movie, unlike the others in the theatre, her grip tightened every now and again at some scary parts. Keiko grasped Yusuke's hand for the majority of the film; Yusuke's grin would have broken world records had anyone bothered to look (and was able to see really well).

The movie finally reached its climax and every girl in the theatre screamed in terror. Kit among them, she was so frightened, she actually grabbed Kurama's arm in fear. He had no problem with this, but his eyes instinctively turned to her. Seeing him looking at her, Kit released him immediately and blushed, looking away to hide her embarassment. He did the same.

At the end of the movie, they split up and met up again at Wendy's. LeavingYusuke and Kurama to order for them (Hiei wasn't about to place an order for Daph), the girls sat together at a four-seater table and began talking about the movie excitedly, while Hiei found another one nearby. There wasn't enough room for the boys when they arrived, nor could they get a word in if they tried (they actually realized this), so they just dropped off the girls' food and took a seat with Hiei, enjoying hearing the girls so happy.

The ride home was rather quiet. Yusuke had to take Keiko home, of course, and Kurama drove the rest of them home. Kit sat in the front seat this time, while Hiei and Daphne took the back. It didn't take long for the girls to nod off.

Kurama couldn't resist glancing at his little Kit every time he could spare his eyes a few seconds from the road. She was always adorable, but to see her sleeping was like looking at an angel. It took all he had to keep from brushing her hair from in front of her face- both hands must remain on the wheel at all times.

Daphne's head had fallen onto Hiei's shoulder, but he hadn't bothered to shove her off. Maybe, just this once, he would allow it. To move would mean to break that moment - a moment he wanted to freeze in time forever.

The girls awoke just as the pulled up to the temple. They would move the cars later (if they were still there; hello, destructive demons in the forest). Daphne and Hiei headed on in, closing the door behind them,while the other two took their sweet time getting to the steps.

"I really had fun tonight," Kit confessed. "Thanks, Kurama."

"No. Thank you." Kit closed her eyes gently as he drew closer. Just before their lips could get acquainted with one another, however, they heard a male voice break in.

"Get a room, you two," Yusuke told them. (Kurama had taken the long way home.)

They smiled, as though they had a secret to keep (perhaps they did). Kurama bid her good night as she went inside with a returning "'Night." The silver fox turned to Yusuke, who continued to stare at him. "What?"

"Nothing," Yusuke lied as he climbed the steps. The two went inside. Daphne and Hiei were nowhere to be seen, but they suspected the two had already gone to their rooms.

"Have a good time?" Kai asked as Kit entered their shared room and began removing her accessories.

"Yeah, actually. You?" Kai was silent. "Ohmigod. He didn't beat you this time did he?"

"Yeah, he won," Kai informed her. "Imagine that. That's a once in a millineum kinda thing right there." Kit had time to smile with held-back laughter before the punk of the group finally inquired.

"So...what kinda hell did you and Daph give 'em?"

Kit's grin disappeared. "We didn't really do anything. I didn't think about it - ...Where is Daphne?"

At Hiei's door, the two were saying "Good night." There was no one around to see, so Daphne hugged Hiei and kissed him on the cheek,and surprisingly enough he hugged her back. "Thanks for coming tonight Hiei, even if Kurama had to convince you to do so. I had fun," she said softly as she smiled up at him.

Hiei answered her with his typical "hn".

Daphne sighed at his normal response. "Well I had better get back to my room, I'm pretty sure Kit and Kai are waiting for me or wondering why it's taking me so long, so good night Hiei," and she turned around to head back to her rooms.

Hiei grabbed her arm and swung her around to face him. "Hiei, what in the world are you doing?" was the question that immediately came from her lips.

Hiei just smirked slightly before pulling her in closer for a kiss. They kissed for a few minutes until it was absolutely necessary for Daphne to catch her breath. Hiei smirked again at her reaction to his sudden kiss. "Good night Daphne," he said right before he disappeared into his room.

"Damn, that was a awesome way to say good night," she murmured, smiling. Thinking it was over, she began to walk away. She didn't get far. An arm appeared from behind Hiei's door, grabbed her arm and pulled her into the room.

"Well,I ain't waitin' up for her," Kai concluded. resting her head back on her pillow.

"Me, either," Kit agreed. "She's a big girl. She can take care of herself."

Note: Did anyone notice the mistake made in the last chapter? We decided not to change anything in Part Two so you could try to figure it out. Also, there's a coordination error between Parts Two and Three. Let's see how many of you can catch both oopsies.