StR: So many people threatened me for a date. So here it is.

Rose are red
Violets are blue
I've got a crush
but its not on you

Chapter 17: The date

Rei stared at the piece of paper that Friday afternoon at school. Kurama, Rei, Rin, and Hisa, a girl form Rei's homeroom, were eating their lunch by the fountain.

"What's wrong Rei?" Hisa asked quietly. Rei looked up.

"Nothing," she said. She folded up the paper and put it in her case. Then her attention was turned to the bushes that weren't to far away from them. She sighed and went behind the bushes.

"OW! Hey!" came two voices from behind the bushes. Rei came out dragging two boys by the ears. They were two of the boys from the meeting. They were the one with the scar and the one with the bandana over his head.

"Didn't I tell not to come here at the meeting?" growled Rei.

"You said not to attack we were simply observing," corrected the one with the scar.

"Kotetsudo you want to observe my fist in your face."

"No," said Kotetsu. The other boy chuckled.

"What about you Izumo?"

"No ma'am."

"We'll just go now," said Kotetsu.

"Yeah see you tomorrow, Rei!" said Izumo. The two boys slowly backed up.

"Wait!" said Rei. The boys instantly tensed up. She took an envelope out of her pack and gave it to Kotetsu. "Give this to Kyo and tell him to give it to Jackal." The boys nodded.

"Hey Rei?"

"Yeah?" A flash of light blinded Rei for a second. Izumo was holding a camera.

"We got Rei in a skirt! We got Rei in a skirt! Now we got dirt!" sang Kotetsu and Izumo as they high-fived each other. They looked back at Rei when she made a low growl. "Sorry we got to run!" They dashed off leaving a trail of dust behind them.

"Who were they?" asked Rin.

"Idiots," sighed Rei.

Rei hung her head low as her and Kurama walk to the pizza parlor after school. "Rei, are you okay?" Kurama asked. Rei looked up.

"Um…yeah. Just trying to figure something out."

"You want to talk about it?" Rei handed him the paper she was looking at during lunch. It read:

Parent teacher conferences

1st years: Monday

2nd years: Tuesday

3rd years: Wednesday

3:00pm-6:00pm

NOT OPTIONAL!

"Parent teacher conferences. Are you're parents to busy to come?" asked Kurama. Rei looked back down at the ground.

"I guess you can say that," she said sadly. "They're-" Rei was interrupted by Rin screaming their name. Rin came charging into them.

"I am so glad I caught up with you! Here!" She handed them four movie tickets.

"Why is there two tickets for one movie and two tickets for another movie?" asked Rei.

"My parents are divorced and they both decided they wanted to take me to a movie on the same day but they compromised and we're going to dinner."

"So you gave them to us," said Kurama.

"Yup! Bye!" she yelled running off just as quick as she came.

"I think you and Botan should go to one," suggested Rei.

"And I think you and Hiei should go to the other," said Kurama.

"What makes you think he likes me?"

"He's kissed you."

"Gasp. He told you!"

"No."

"Then how-"

"I was coming out of my room when he kissed you under the mistletoe."

"Spy! So you only know about the first time." Rei quickly slapped her mouth.

"There was a second time?"

"Um yes…you're losing you're touch as a best friend. If he wants to go out so bad with me then he can ask me."

"He's not a mind reader-well okay he is but that doesn't mean he knows that you have tickets to a movie and-"

"That's where you come in," Rei said trotting off.

"So Rei you're going to fight in that Rebe something or another exams tomorrow, right?" asked Yusuke taking a big bite of his pizza.

"The Reberuappu Exams? Yeah, why?" asked Rei.

"Can we come? We've never really seen you fight."

"Yeah sure." Yusuke was about to chomp down another pizza when Keiko pulled him away from the table.

"Ow, ow, ow! What are you doing?" he yelled.

"You should be in detention! Kuwabara stayed after like he was suppose to why can't you!"

"But-"

"No buts! You're going straight to detention!"

"Man!" Kurama and Rei sweat dropped at the scene.

"Baka," said Hiei. Rei screamed and jumped into Kurama's lap.

"Don't pop up out of nowhere like that!" she screamed. Hiei narrowed his eyes at Kurama.

'What are you doing?' Hiei asked telepathically.

'Stealing your girlfriend,' Kurama answered back.

'She's not my girlfriend!'

'Uh huh, keep thinking that.' Hiei glared at Kurama who was smirking. Rei looked back and forth between the two.

"Umm right…I'm going home," she said. Rei got up for Kurama's lap and walked out the door.

"So Hiei…"

"What fox?"

"I have two tickets to a movie you should go ask Rei out." Hiei sighed.

"Not this again. I do not like her!"

"Oh and you just kissed her twice for the heck of it, right?"

"How?"

"Saw one, Rei told me the other by accident."

"Give me the tickets. I'll ask Rei if you ask Botan."

"Why Botan?"

"I know you like her."

"And how did you require this information?"

"I have my ways." Hiei's jagan eye glowed underneath his bandana. Kurama frowned.

"Fine, okay deal." Kurama took out the tickets and Hiei snatched them out of his hands. Right after Hiei left Botan came in.

"Where is everyone?" she asked.

"Yusuke and Kuwabara have detention and Hiei, well he had to go accomplish something."

"Oh."

"So are you off to night?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well I have an extra ticket to a movie…Want to go?" Kurama asked blushing a little. Botan squealed.

"I would love to! I'm going to go get ready!" she squealed running out the door.

"I'll pick you up at seven!" he called out to her. 'I can't believe I did that.'

'You're slowly turning more and more like me every day. I'm so proud of you!' said Youko in his mind.

'You get in bed with every woman you see. I don't think I'll become like you.'

'One of these days you will come over to my side. It's a hell of a lot more fun then the side you're on now.'

'Doubt it.' Kurama ended his conversation and left to get ready for his date.

"REI!" yelled Botan as she entered the mansion. Rei came rushing down stairs.

"What? What? Is there a demon?" she said fast.

"No. Guess what?"

"Koenma and King Enma are dead and they left me as the new ruler of Spirit World!"

"No even better!"

"What could be better then me ruling the world?"

"Everything. We'd all be dead if you ruled the world."

"Yeah you're right. So what's so great that you almost gave me a heart attack?"

"Kurama asked me out!" Botan and Rei grabbed each other's shoulders and started hopping around in circles giggling.

"Guess what?" giggled Rei.

"What?"

"Hiei asked me out!" Botan instantly stopped hopping.

"What?" she asked in disbelieve.

"Hiei asked me out…at least I think he did. He had a very strange way of doing it."

Flashback:

Rei was walking out of her room when she past Hiei who was walking down the hall. When she past him Hiei stuck his hand out and pushed back on Rei's head making her follow him.

"You need to get ready," he said pushing Rei into her room.

"For what?" she yelled.

"The movie I'm taking you to tonight. It starts at 7:00." Rei narrowed her eyes.

"How do you know I want to go?"

"Because."

"Because?"

"Because I know." He headed across the hall to his room.

"So is this like a date?" Hiei didn't answer. He simply looked back and headed into his room.

End

"That defiantly sounds like something Hiei would say," said Botan. "So what are you going to wear?"

"I don't know! I've never been on a date!" panicked Rei.

"Whoa girl. Don't worry I'll help you."

"This is all you have?" asked Botan looking in Rei's closet. There were about five t-shirts, two jeans, kakis, and a Chinese style dress. She had a pair of sandals and the sneakers she had on.

"Um yeah," said Rei, "I never really had that much money."

"Well…come with me!" Botan pulled Rei out of her room and down to Keiko and Yukina's room when they come over. She began to pull different outfits while Rei just stood out to the side. "Here put these on!" She pushed Rei into the bathroom. When she came back out Botan covered her mouth with her hands. Rei was wearing a white skirt that stopped just below her knees and a blue blouse that brought out her eyes. "You're so cute!" She squealed. "Now if only we can take off that purple headband." Botan reached for Rei.

"Don't. Touch. The headband," growled Rei. "I'll get a white one."

"Okay!"

Back in the human world our favorite kitsune was having outfit problems of his own…

"Mother I really don't think this is necessary," he said sweat dropping as his mother ran around his room picking out different outfits for him to wear on his date.

"But it's your first date Shuichi. You need to look nice. How's this?" asked Mrs. Minamino holding up a black tux.

"I'm only going to the movies!"

"You're right, it's too much. How about-"

"Mother I appreciate the help but I can do it myself."

Mrs. Minamino sighed and patted her son on the cheek. "I know. You're just growing up so fast. Okay I'll leave you alone." She took you last look at her son. "You're growing up to be such a handsome young man, like you're father." Kurama sighed once the door closed.

"Please tell me you weren't there the whole time," Kurama said.

"Okay I wont tell you," said Hiei sitting on Kurama's bed.

"I knew I shouldn't of left the window open. So I'm going to assume you asked Rei out because I already asked Botan."

"I don't go back on my deals, fox."

"Good. So what are you wearing?" Hiei blinked.

"This," he simply said looking at his usual black attire. Kurama sighed.

"No you're not. Do you think Rei's going to wear the same thing she usually wears?"

"Yes."

"You're wrong. Botan would never let her do it."

"Fine Mr. Mama's boy, what should I wear then?" Kurama smiled evilly.

"I've know just the thing." Hiei's eye twitched. He had a bad feeling about this.

"GO AWAY!" yelled Rei pushing Botan away form her.

"Just a little blush!" Botan said.

"NO! No makeup! I agreed to wear the skirt can't that be enough?"

"Please?"

"No!"

"Rei lets go!" yelled Hiei from down stairs.

"Saved by the Hiei!" yelled Rei running down the stairs. She slipped and fell on the last step when she saw Hiei. He was wearing a black muscle skintight shirt with black jeans, chains hanging out of his side pockets. Through the shirt, Rei found her eyes glued to his abdomen where his six-pack showed.

"What are you doing?" Hiei instantly demanded, following her gaze. Embarrassed, Rei hurriedly changed the subject.

"Uh…what movie are we seeing?" Kai nonchalantly invites himself in to make fun of the 'happy couple'.

"So…when's your wedding Rei?" This comment was immediately followed by Rei's shoe smashing into his face and a fireball (courtesy of Hiei) being thrown at his butt. "OW! What the hell was that for?" Rei jumped up soon after tearing up a little.

"Ow! I forgot we were connected! That hurt!" whined Rei. "Thanks a lot Hiei!"

"Hn. Let's just go."

While on their way to the theater, Hiei slams on the brakes, nearly throwing Rei out the windshield.

"I'm the crazy driver Hiei! What was that for?" yelled Rei.

"Try looking at the road instead of me for once!" Hiei spat.

"I wasn't looking at you, I was looking at…a cow?" Rei starts to shake Hiei. "Hey…hey, there's a cow!"

"WHY DO YOU THINK I HIT THE BRAKES?"

"Touchy…c'mon, we're gonna be late! Just run over it!"

"Are you insane! I'm not gonna run into it!"

"First of all, yes, I am insane. Secondly…are you a cow lover?" Hiei just stares at her as if she were psycho…okay, so she is, but anyway…

"Koenma said that if we damage the car, then we have to pay for it. And I refuse to work amongst humans to pay off my debt!"

"But…I'm human…you don't like me?" Rei begins to tear up.

"Wait…don't cry…" He sighs. "Fine…I'll run over the cow."

"Really? Aww…you don't have to…"

"Alright, then we're going home." Rei narrows her eyes and slams her foot on the accelerator, which just happens to be where Hiei's foot is. They then pass right through the cow, which apparently was a ghost.

"Ghost cow? Cool!" A few moments later…"GHOST! Go, Hiei, GO!"

"We are going, onna. You're on my foot." A few moments later…"Get off my foot!"

"Uh, Hiei? You, uh…just passed the movie theater…"

'If only I had my sword…' Hiei thought. 'Damn fox.'

"This way please," said the usherette, "and don't forget you're 3-D glasses."

"What? I never agreed to…" Hiei began.

"C'mon Hiei! Let's go!" Rei didn't give Hiei a chance to finish as she grabbed him by the arm and sat in the very middle row, right next to a trashcan.

"Remind why I have to sit next to the trashcan?" Hiei impatiently asked.

"Because I'm a lady and the lady get to sit wherever she wants."

"You're a lady…?" Hiei mumbled. Rei pressed her gun against Hiei's temple.

"Say that again…I dare you" Rei growled.

"Hey look, the movie's starting." Hiei stated. Rei instantly reverted back to her happy-go-lucky mood.

"Yay!"

An hour into the movie, Rei screams because of the 3-D chainsaw massacre guy and dives for Hiei. Hiei, being asleep, did not know that she was diving for him, so he was pushed into the trashcan. Hiei slowly gets out of the trashcan with a popcorn bucket stuck on top of his hair. Rei says sarcastically, "Were you scared too? You know even you're too big to hide in a popcorn bucket."

Hiei growls and takes off the bucket. "This movie is dumb. We're leaving."

"Aww…do we have to? It was just getting good. Look! That guy just got his head chopped off!"

"It's all blurry though! You can't tell what's going on!" growled Hiei. Rei shoved the 3-D glasses onto Hiei's face.

"You have to wear these you idiot."

"HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW? I HATE THESE HUMAN STUFF!"

"Hiei this is a movie theater you have to be quite."

"Don't-" before he could say anything more Rei shoved a handful of popcorn in his mouth.

Fortunately the two were able to get though the rest of the movie without any problems. They meant up with Kurama and Botan at the lobby.

"So how was the date?" asked Botan.

"I thought it was fun," said Rei.

"The movie was stupid though," said Hiei.

"You mean you actually watch the movie?" asked Botan. The two demons looked at her funny.

"Yeah, what did you do?" asked Rei. Kurama and Botan turned a very deep scarlet.

"Nothing!" they both stuttered.

"Lets go home," sighed Hiei.

"So soon."

"What else is there to do?" Hiei turned and started walking towards the car.

"Well I was thinking we could all go out to get ice cream..." trailed Rei. Hiei disappeared from sight and reappeared next to Rei.

"Lets go!" yelled Hiei grabbing Rei's hand and pulling her to the car.

"See you there!" Rei yelled back. Kurama and Botan sweat dropped and laughed.

"Shall we?" asked Kurama holding out his arm.

"We shall," said Botan looping her arm with his.

"Hiei really had a popcorn bucket on his head!" laughed Botan.

"Yup!" Hiei groaned with his head on the table. Kurama chuckled at his embarrassed demon friend.

"Fox," he growled.

"Yes bucket head?"

"Don't call me that!"

"Okay bucket head."

"FOX!"

"Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm surprised. Usually you would of left by now."

"I can't."

"Why not?" asked Botan.

"Because I have his keys," said Rei.

"You can run home Hiei," said Kurama.

"No I can't."

"If he ran then I would have to take the car…" started Rei.

"And I don't trust her with it," finished Hiei.

"Aw, you two are finishing each other sentences. That's so cute."

"Shut up!" they both yelled.

After the ice cream everyone went home…well Botan had to go to work and Kurama, being the gentleman he is, took her there. Hiei and Rei were the only ones that went home right way.

"Thanks Hiei! I had a wonderful time!" said Rei walking to her room with Hiei. It was late around 11:30ish and Rei was going to bed.

"Hn." Rei pulled Hiei into a soft kiss. Rei ended and went into her room. Hiei stood there in shock even if he didn't let it show.

"I can't believe you did that," said Kyoto appearing next to Rei on the bed. Rei jumped five feet in the air.

"You were spying!"

"Of course."

"ERR!"

"You better get some sleep. The exams are tomorrow."

"I hate you."

"Thanks."

"Hm, I think one of us should go pay Rei a little visit tomorrow at her exams," said the mystery guy from before.

"Allow me my lord," you couldn't tell who said it because the room was covered in shadows.

"Very well Jiyuu."

StR: THERE! There's your date! Don't hurt me! I'm leaving now. Review please! Lets get 50!

Y: Greedy aren't you.

StR: Fine…10.

Y: Better…I guess.

StR: BYE!