Hiei and Amira woke up early the next morning, ready to find the cave.

"I hope you have some idea of where it is." She said to him as he reached for his kantata.

"None." He replied without looking at her.

"We could be out there for days!" she said with her hands on her hips.

"Not my problem." Hiei said uncaringly as he walked outside of his room.

"It is your problem because I have to tag along with you and I can make this little search journey of our not fun for you." She said as a threat. Hiei growled. He knew she would have no problem annoying the heck out of him. She did it anyway.

"Don't forget we made a bet and you lost." Hiei reminded her, waving the scrap of paper the bet was on in her face. "So you still have to do every little thing I say."

Amira made a grab for the paper but he moved it out of reach. Hiei smirked. "See you at the front gate." He replied as he walked off. Amira seethed with annoyance. That little pest was going to lord that over her for as long as she lived. She would be glad when the week was over and the bet was done. It has only been two days and he was getting way to cocky about it. She tossed her head as he golden tail lashed back and forth and walked to the front gate.

Hiei walked to Yoko's room, hoping that he wasn't going to interupt on his making out with Satira. He knocked and waited as he heard Yoko making his way to the door. Yoko opened it, stepped outside and closed the door behind him. Hiei raised an eyebrow.

"She's sleeping." Yoko answered in explanation.

"Have her up all night?" Hiei accused.

"Aren't you supposed to be gone by now!" Yoko snapped.

"I just came by to tell you that we were leaving." He replied calmly. "I don't know for sure how long it will take us to find that cave, but once we do we will come straight back."

Yoko nodded in affirmation. "And if you can, try to find out what the Raiders know. Amira is part wolf; she can talk to the wolves around that area. They might have over heard something."

Hiei nodded. "It shouldn't take us too long, the Raider territory isn't too big and we have a general idea of where it is."

"Come back as soon as you find out anything." Yoko instructed. "And try to keep from ripping each others head off."

"I'm not making any promises." Hiei replied as he walked to the front gate. He saw Amira with her arms crossed, tapping her foot impatiently.

"About time you got here." She said as he came into view.

"I was getting last minute instructions." He replied.

"And…" she prompted, waiting to hear what they were.

"He told me to kill you off when you weren't looking." He said casually. Amira narrowed her eyes.
"Cute." She replied sarcastically. Hiei gave her a smirk in return as he turned his back to her.

"Let's go." He said. "And…try to keep up." He added.

Amira stood next to him. "We'll see who gets left behind." She challenged as they both took off. Hiei jumped from tree to tree, like a black blur as Amira raced along under him. They were both evenly matched and both were holding back.

"What's the matter Hiei?" she yelled up to him as she drew slightly ahead. "Feeling a little slow?" Hiei sped up at her remark.

"Just making sure you didn't get lost." He replied as he jumped down from the tree and ran next to her.

She tossed him a smile. "Didn't know you cared." She said to him.

"I don't." Hiei said. "I just want this to be over and I don't want to have to spend time searching for you when you're crying that your lost."

Amira bared her teeth. "I do not cry!" she shouted. Hiei hned as they continued the rest of their journey in silence.