Karma Chapter 3

After dinner Yukina went to Botan's room to celebrate with the rest of the girls who would not be staying at the temple, and afterwards she rushed to her room. She danced around her room happily as she thought of the small progress she had made with Hiei. He had complimented her, and even caught when she was about to fall. She remembered the way his warm touch had felt on her arm. Yukina felt lighter than air. The feeling made her feel like she was in a dream. After she was done prancing around her room in an excited manner (which was quite a feat considering she was still wearing Shizuru's high heeled boots) she changed into her pajamas and went to Botan's room to hang out with the rest of the girls.

The next morning Yukina was awakened by the golden rays of the sun. She stretched lazily and then got up. She rummaged through her closet, trying to pick out an outfit that was similar to the one Keiko, Shizuru, and Botan had picked out for her. After a few minutes of searching without success, she gave up and pulled out her green kimono. After her shower Yukina dried her hair and opened up the make up case the girls had used last night. She blinked in confusion at the colorful palette in front of her. She couldn't tell the difference between eye shadow, blush, and lipstick. They had never had need for these things in the ice world, seeing as though there were no men around to impress. She threw the make up case aside and reflected on what she had discussed with the girls last night.

Flashback

Shizuru, Botan, Keiko, and Yukina were all gathered together in Botan's room. The five of them were piled onto Botan's extremely small bed, a feat not uncommon for most teenage girls. Botan had brought one of her favorite movies over, and it had elements for getting guys that Yukina was supposed to study. A girl with wavy red hair and a pink tank top appeared on the screen. She turned around in her desk to look at a fairly unattractive jock boy who was supposed to be the lead male role. "Hey, I'm having a party this Saturday. Wanna come?" She asked.

"Who's all invited?" The jock boy said, flashing a gorgeous smile at her which was his only good attribute.

"Just a few cool people, and you better be one of them beotch."

Botan paused the movie and Shizuru stood up.

"Okay kid, this is an example of our next step to getting the guy. After you've shown him how attractive you are and sparked some interest, you have to be mean. This will make him hate you, but want you at the same time because you now pose more of a challenge," Shizuru said.

"But, I don't want him to HATE me. I just want him to pay more attention," Yukina protested.

"Oh don't worry, he won't REALLY hate you. It will just confuse him, and then he'll continue going after you because confusing things intrigue boys. The little hamster on a wheel in their brain can't handle the amount of running to generate enough brain power for the boy to figure us out. So the hamster explodes, because it's a well known fact that if you run too much you'll explode, and the boy becomes a brainless zombie who will bend to your every whim. Pretty cool, huh?" Botan explained in her usual cheery voice.

"I guess so..." Yukina trailed off still sounding unsure, "Well, how do I act mean? I'm not exactly a mean person by nature."

"Just do little things like punch him in the arm, make him do things for you that you could have just as easily done for yourself, call him names like in the movie, nothing too mean," Keiko suggested.

"Alright," Yukina said with a tiny bit more confidence in her voice.

End Flashback

Yukina walked out of her room and began the descendent down the unnecessarily long staircase. She took a deep breath as she reached the bottom step, hoping that Hiei would be awake and she would get to spend some time alone with him. When she studied the kitchen, she saw that her wish had come true. Hiei was sitting alone at the table wolfing down some pancakes that Botan had made before she left for work. Yukina grabbed a plate out of the cupboard and sat down next to him. He stared at her for a moment as she buttered her pancakes.

"Hello Yukina," It was slightly out of character for him to ever greet anyone first, but the author decided not to care.

"Oh! He made the first move! Okay, what do I do now? Should I say 'hi' back? Yeah, that sounds good. Wait, I have to be mean like the girls taught me!" Yukina thought quickly.

"...Bad morning, Hiei," Yukina said trying to sound rude.

Hiei frowned at her and said nothing. Yukina reached for the syrup bottle but it was too far away. She decided to ask Hiei for it, but then she remembered that she had to be mean. She didn't think there was a mean way to ask for syrup.

"Umm, Hey Hiei, may I please have the syrup, if it isn't too much trouble for you to pass it to me...beotch," Yukina said timidly as she searched Hiei's expression for signs that her techniques were working.

Hiei blinked at her in confusion for a few moments before handing her the large bottle of syrup. Yukina took it without saying thank you as she normally would. Hiei studied her for a moment, wondering what was bothering his sister. He thought about looking into her mind with his Jagan eye, but he quickly cleared that thought out of his head. Normally he wouldn't hesitate to see what was in someone's mind should he ever be curious enough to do so, but Yukina was different. It was a complete violation of her privacy to do that. Just then Yukina spilled some syrup on her kimono.

"Hiei, you better get me a napkin!" Yukina said sweetly, completely ignoring the fact that she had a napkin right next to her.

"Hn," Hiei responded as he got up to fetch a napkin for her from the large package in the middle of the table. At that exact moment Kuwabara came walking down the stairs. He spotted Yukina with a syrup spot on her kimono and Hiei reaching for a napkin. His pastry shaped hair predicted what was going to happen, so he rushed into the kitchen and yelled, "Stop!"

Hiei stopped reaching for a napkin in mid grab and Yukina turned to him, her eyes wide. She saw the panic etched across his hair and frowned. He was totally about to ruin her secret super special awesome plan to make Hiei love her. The koorime twins stared at Kuwabara for a few more moments, waiting for him to do something.

"Stop," he repeated again. "Hammer time!" He then started to do the bump.

Hiei and Yukina groaned. Didn't Kuwabara understand? Random obscure MC Hammer references are not funny, unless they are made by Family Guy.

"No, seriously guys! This is fun, you should try it! It would distract Hiei while I save Yukina from the sudden dangers of a syrup spot!" Kuwabara insisted as he grabbed the napkin that was laying right next to Yukina's hand and he wiped the syrup spot clean, because that totally works and everything.

"Thank you, Kazuma," Yukina said gratefully, trying to mask the annoyance in her voice. Hiei frowned at the site of Kuwabara and his orange carrot top touching Yukina and drooling over her.

"Oaf, why are you not at school?" Hiei questioned angrily. It was bad enough to have Kuwabara in the house on weekends, but on a school day when he had a perfectly good excuse to be gone was down right unacceptable.

Kuwabara wiped the drool from his hair before responding, "School? It's a Saturday,"

"No, it's not. It's Monday," Yukina stated.

"Nuh-uh! See? It goes Sunday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Saturday, Saturday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and then it repeats! I know my days of the week because I watched Barney as a kid!" Kuwabara stated proudly as he used his fingers to count all seven days of the week.

"You listed Saturday twice," Hiei pointed out.

"Yeah! It's just so awesome it comes twice a week!" Kuwabara said, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Michael Davis.

Yukina sighed and showed him the large calendar that was hanging on the wall, proof that it was Monday. Kuwabara gasped in shock and then quickly ran out the door. Hiei and Yukina sat in an awkward silence as they ate the remainder of their breakfasts. When Hiei finished he stood up to wash his plate and then do whatever it is that he does when he's not appearing in the upcoming scene in fanfiction. Yukina watched with horror as he pushed in his chair. "Oh no! I can't let him get away! I've made so little progress. What should I do?" Yukina thought desperately. She blurted out the first thing that came to her mind.

"Hey, I'm having a party next weekend and I'm inviting a few cool people, and you better be one of them, beotch!" Yukina sat frozen in shock as what she had just said registered in her brain. She couldn't believe what she had done. She had been trying to think of a way to make him stay that would also follow the guidelines that the girls had given her, and the first thing that came to mind was a clip from the movie they had watched last night.

"A party? What for?" Hiei asked, his eyes narrowed. While Yukina didn't mind people, it was highly unlike her to even go to a party, much less hold one.

"Uh...to celebrate how we've been living in the temple peacefully and successfully since Genkai's death!"

"We've only been living in the temple for two days."

"Yeah well, they say the first two days are the hardest and we have survived!"

"Whatever," Hiei stated coldly as he walked out of the kitchen. Yukina let her head fall down onto the table and she began criticizing herself. Not only had she come across as strange and rude, but she had to host a party now so that he would come.

"At least I'll get to spend some time with him." Yukina thought as she got up to clear her plate.

Author's Note: Thank you all so much for your reviews! I'd especially like to thank browneyes21 for her persistence in motivating my lazy ass to update. I'd also like to apologize for the long wait in between updates. I'll try to work on that., although school keeps me pretty busy. I'll try to update sometime before my summer vacation, which begins June 6th. If I don't then you can expect an update sometime close after the aforementioned date. Thanks again!