I know, you hate it when I jump around. But really, NOTHING HAPPENS between times. Pyro is so boring sometimes. I could fuss up here and say all she did was train, but I'll let her do it.
OH! up for voting! Hiei and Pyro will eventually do more than just sleep when they share a bed. Do you want a full lemon, or just a citrusy hint? I'm making this up to you. {which means ya hafta review to cast your vote!}
The next time sparring Hiei came up, it was almost six months later. The months in between were a blur of sparring, sleeping, and taking my place in chore rotation. It was something of a joke though, since we never sparred for the hell of it. We wagered chores.
Yusuke had gone off to sulk after losing and gaining latrine duty for the week. Kurama, Touya and I were waiting for another demon to show up. While we waited, we discussed my training.
"Hiei only got me once yesterday." I said. I was proud of myself.
"I had him distracted. He only tried twice." Touya replied.
Damn, there went that happy moment. I glared at the ice master.
"But that's still better than last week." Kurama pointed out.
I could have hugged the fox for that, but Hiei decided to jump down from the tree he'd been hiding in.
He stopped in the middle of the clearing and took off his cloak. "Come on, onna. Show me what you learned."
I cocked my head and gave him a look. I was well aware of the shock on the two demons standing near me, but ignored them. "You know exactly what I've learned, Hiei."
He crooked a finger, indicating I should join him in the center of the clearing. "Spar me before I change my mind, onna." he growled at me.
I growled right back and moved to stand in front of him. "Name the stakes, we don't fight for nothing around here."
"If I win, you have to let me read your mind whenever for a month." Hiei smirked at me.
"If I win, you have to take me out on a real date." I gave him my own evil smirk.
"First to three falls wins. And it has to be a full fall, not just a hit." He started to circle to my right.
"Three falls is good. Touya can keep count." I moved to keep Hiei in my direct line of sight. The man was like a leprechaun, take your eyes off him and he vanishes.
Hiei rushed me. I grabbed his arm as I dodged and threw him. He landed hard with a small "oomph."
"One for the human." Touya called.
"Don't hold so much back, you can do better!" Kurama called.
"I wasn't holding THAT much back." Hiei grumbled.
"I was talking to the little thistle." Kurama laughed.
It made Hiei mad, and he charged again. He threw punches at me and tried to stay inside my guard, so I couldn't kick him. I managed to knock him back far enough for a well-placed kick to his middle and got my second fall.
"You, sir, are not even trying." I glared at the dark demon picking himself up off the ground.
He threw a punch at my head. "I am trying... not to hurt you."
I threw a punch at him. "Oh come on, I'm not stupid, and I'm not just any little ningen chan..." I blocked another face shot and knife handed his bicep. "I'm the baddest bitch in the valley!*"
I aimed a kick at his head. And wound up on my back.
"Does that make you feel better, onna?" he stood over me.
I kicked out at him with both feet as I flipped myself upright.
"Three. Hiei, you actually have to date the girl." Touya laughed.
I smiled and held out my hand to Hiei. "You let me win."
"Do you even know what a date is, Hiei?" Kurama teased.
Hiei grabbed my hand and hauled himself upright. "I know what a date is, fox. At least I'm going on one."
"OOO burn!" I laughed. "I'm surprised I got you with that last move. That was just to show you I paid attention to all your yelling."
"Honestly, I'm surprised you even tried it. You never try an attack from the ground." Hiei told me, his pride washing over me like sunshine in spring.
I grinned. "You keep telling me I should never give up just because I'm on the ground."
"That was tournament worthy. Your fighting has dramatically improved this month." Kurama ruffled my hair. It was his thing, and I tolerated it because I feared Yoko a little.
"I wasn't that amazing." I blushed and ducked out of his reach.
Touya grabbed my arms to keep me from backing into him any more. "I think next time I'll have to use one of my powers to win."
"That would be cheating, I don't have any ice attacks yet, T." I laughed. "And for your information, boys, Hiei went easy on me." I started off toward the temple, since the sun was starting to set.
Hiei caught up to me within two steps and stayed beside me. "Not all that much."
"Hiei, its bad form to lie to the girl you're dating." Kurama's voice held a hint of laughter.
Hiei walked backwards a few steps to glare at the fox. "How would you know? You spend most of your time hiding from the women who would have you."
I peeked over my shoulder to see Kurama's eyes get wide and his mouth open and close a few times. I decided that Hiei looked too smug for his own good right then. The guy was awesome, and took my protection super seriously, but he really had to learn to bite his tongue again. I mean, snarky was one thing, that comment to Kurama was just a low blow.
"Oh, he can't hide from me, foxy, I know he held way back." I winked over my shoulder at the still seething fox. "I think Hiei actually WANTED to lose."
I heard Hiei's growl and began to run.
I ran until I hit the brick wall that is Yusuke Urameshi. He caught me. "Whoa there witchy! What lit a fire under your ass?"
"Fire is very appropriate..." I panted. I had run flat out for at least a mile and a half.
Suddenly Yusuke went from calm to bristling in anger. "What did the little shit do?"
"Oh, I beat his ass. Then he started sniping Kurama for teasing him, and went too far, so I sniped Hiei. He growled, and I ran." I laughed.
Yusuke fell on his ass. "You beat Hiei?"
I hauled the zombie to his feet. "Yeah, I did. First to three falls. He coulda had me if we went to four. I just got a lucky shot."
Hiei and the others showed up then. Genkai appeared out of nowhere and bashed Hiei to the ground.
He sat up, rubbing the back of his head. "Did you miss Yusuke, old woman?"
"No, dimwit. You let her win." The old lady was back to sipping tea on the porch like nothing had happened.
"I did not." Hiei growled.
"How many times did you put her on the ground?" she asked, glaring at him.
Everyone in the courtyard fell completely silent.
Hiei bowed his head. "Once," he mumbled.
Yusuke fell down laughing.
"And what were the stakes? Don't think I don't know how Yusuke and Kuwabara keep getting all the crap work around here." Genkai continued.
I crossed my arms and leaned against one of the roof supports on the porch. It was getting interesting to watch the exchange, the emotions coming off Hiei were like that of a scolded child. He kind of looked like one too.
"She won a date. I would have won access to her mind for a month." Hiei mumbled.
Genkai bopped him down once again. "Next time play for stakes you actually want to win!"
I walked over and hauled the fire demon to his feet. "Or at the very least fake it better."
Yusuke slapped Hiei's back. "Do you even know what a date is, dragon?"
"Yes, detective," Hiei growled, "I know what a date is." He turned to me. "Why are you still standing here? Go get ready."
I squeaked. "Tonight!"
Hiei made a shooing motion at me. "We're going to a concert."
"Cool!" I raced off to get ready.
Botan tapped on my door about ten minutes later. She wanted to help me with my clothes. But, I was already dressed, and in the process on lining my eyes when she showed up. Purple corset with black lace accents, black skinny jeans that just hit the top of my hips, black biker-style boots, and I topped it off with playing card style eyeliner- the top and bottom of opposite eyes were black, and the alternate top and bottom lids were purple.
"Oh poo, I wanted to help." Botan pouted slightly when she got a look at me.
"You still can. My laces came undone in transit, and I just can't for the life of me tie them off right." I made a motion at my back.
She all but raced over. "To be honest, I thought I'd come in here to find you dressed in tights and tunic like usual, or jeans and a tee, like you do when we have a girls' day."
I pulled on a black three-quarter sleeve shrug jacket that showed off my middle, yet hid the cleavage somewhat. "Classy, not trashy." I told the cheery grim reaper.
"Bingo." She smiled and winked at me. "The eyeliner brings it all together."
"You think? I don't do the girly thing that often, and not at all since I met the guys. D'you think Hiei will like it?"
"He'd be a fool not to."
I walked into the common room. Hiei was still missing, so I figured he was still dusting off.
Touya looked up, then nudged Kurama under the chess table with his toe. Touya whistled, which got the attentions of Kuwabara and Yusuke.
"Damn, witchy, you clean up nice!" Yusuke grinned.
"Very nice. The shrug makes the outfit classy." Kurama said.
"Do a spin, so we can see the whole outfit." Touya suggested, making a twirling motion with his finger.
I did a slow spin.
"The shrimp better realize how lucky he is." Kuwabara muttered.
"I think I disappointed Botan." I giggled.
Someone tapped my shoulder from behind. "Excuse me miss, I'm supposed to be taking this girl out tonight, but I can't find the little tomboy anywhere."
I spun and my jaw dropped. Hiei was in black jeans, a tight fitting black tee and a black sport coat. His white bandana was firmly tied over his third eye. "Holy Hades..." I breathed.
He looked me up and down. "You look, good."
"You too." I shook my head a little to get over the shock.
Kurama produced a camera and had us pose. "I need a picture, because we will likely never see you two so dressed up again."
*i don't know which movie or book I stole this from. The full line is, 'yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, cause I'm the baddest motherf^^cker in the valley'
next time: the date...ish. Its the last chapter before the lemon, so let me know. DarkRoseDragon, White Rose Fox and howling wolf mika, your votes have all been duly noted. If there are no nay sayers, then the lemon will happen in two chapters.
And PLEASE read my notes! I let y'all know important things in there, like how the characters are gonna be somewhat OOC (especially hiei) so you don't need to tell me about their OOCness. Thank you.