"Let's go back to Tokyo," Hiei sighed after a good night's sleep. Well, at least I know I got sleep. I think Hiei spent most of the night worrying. He was getting so good at that.

"Why?" I didn't think he'd want to go back. Or that he'd want me to go back.

"Well, I think we've done all we can here. And since Otome now knows about you, I don't think it's a good idea to stick around."

"If it helps any, we're not exactly close to Kyoto at all." I said innocently.

"Don't be a smartass."

"I learned it from you."

Hiei scoffed, and instead left the room to check out. Since I didn't want to take the time or the energy to walk/run all the way back, I picked up the phone to order train tickets.

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Hiei was on edge constantly as he sat across from me on the train trip back home. I tried to make small talk, but he would only give me 'hn' or 'humph' as replies. I gave up after a while, and I found that he still 'hmphed' even when I wasn't talking to him. I rolled my eyes, and instead watched the scenery outside the window fly by. My heart jumped in excitement when I thought that in just a few short hours, I could see Kurama again…Sure, it had only been about a week since I had seen him, but it felt like eternity.

I was jolted out of my thoughts by a horrible screeching. I tried to see if there was something wrong out the window, while Hiei stood and unsheathed his sword. Before I could figure out what was going on, the train snapped to a halt, and Hiei was thrown backwards into his seat. I was flung into him, landing in his lap. I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. I was pretty sure my massive stomach had knocked the breath out of him. The train settled, and now people were screaming. Hiei pushed me away from him to see if I was alright.

My shoulder was bleeding heavily. And it had every right to, considering Hiei's sword had pierced it clean through. I gasped.

Hiei ruthlessly yanked the sword out of my shoulder, then tore a section of his cloak off and gave it to me to try and stop the bleeding. I pressed it against the wound, while he stood up and cautiously walked to the compartment door.

He pulled it open, and peeked out. I looked out over his shoulder.

People were curiously filing in the halls, asking each other if they knew what was going on. They decided on a mechanical failure, but something didn't feel right. I began to wish that I hadn't left my laptop in Tokyo.

"Hey!" I heard a man's voice cry down to the left. I glanced over, in time to see him fall against the door to a compartment. More people were shoved out of the way, getting closer to us. I only had time to see a handsome, muscular man holding a massive club before Hiei pushed me into the compartment. The man attacked Hiei with the club, and Hiei barely had enough strength to parry. Which was saying something, because Hiei was insanely strong.

Think, think, think…I chastised myself. I don't think Hiei was going to be able to handle this very well. Against this monster, Hiei's only redeeming trait was his speed, and his attacker was moving just as relentlessly fast.

The humans on the train were screaming, running for the exits. If the people were out of the way, I could think of one thing Hiei could do…But this giant wasn't about to give Hiei any time to do it.

"A distraction!" I cried triumphantly. Hiei and the other didn't even glance my way. I reached up to the metal racks above the seat, and yanked a metal rod off. I twirled it in one hand, and peeked out into the hall to find an opportunity.

There. The attacker's club smashed into Hiei's chest, and he jumped back to minimize the damage. But he was still thrown a good distance away. I leapt out, and lunged at the giant of a man. I managed to tackle him to the ground, only because his surprise made him drop his guard. I pushed the metal rod savagely against his throat, even though it was nowhere near enough to do him in. I think he was still too utterly shocked by my sudden attack to retaliate yet.

"Hiei!" I screamed over my shoulder, "dragon!"

Hiei was just barely getting to his feet, and I could see by his expression that he understood. The demon's sense returned, and I was thrown off of him. I landed roughly in the center of the hallway. Behind me, I could feel Hiei's aura growing in intense power. I threw myself to the ground, and heard a horrible shriek as Hiei's Dragon flew at the demon. I covered my head, and felt a massive gust of wind and heat. I didn't dare look up until I felt Hiei lightly touch my shoulder.

The whole train had been pretty much destroyed, thanks to the Dragon. Black fire was sizzling out everywhere. Hiei took my hand and pulled me to my feet. We both stared at the mass destruction for a minute.

Hiei began to pull me away, towards the side of the train that was still relatively in one piece.

"Guess this means we're walking."

Goodness, I love Hiei. It's terribly hard to do a love story with him, or else it would have been him Aya fell in love with in the first story, blah, blah, blah...

Anyways, I digress. Hope you enjoyed it! And all that jazz...