"Speaking"

Thoughts

Mental Communication

Dream

Yusuke's fight with Jin was going well despite their group's many handicaps at this point.

That boy sure is determined. Rei thought as Jin finally went down for the count and stayed that way leaving a crater in the stands.

Rei couldn't focus anymore after that.

Hiei was finally made his move.

"Would you two care to get this over with now or wait until later." Kurama asked.

The fox had followed Hiei after their team's victory knowing that the little fire demon would try to avoid his questioning under the guise of going to do some more training in the forest.

"Just get on with it fox." Hiei snapped not even in the mood to just threaten him and move on. Rei you might as well go ahead and change forms.He instructed through their link.

Kurama waited until she had changed into her more human looking form before beginning his interrogation.

"First I want to know exactly when and how this came about." Kurama started.

Rei told the story from her point of view first then allowed Hiei to pick up from where they met, and finish it off.

"So as of this moment what is your relationship?" Kurama asked wanting to know the answer to this question more than anything in the world at that moment.

"She is my companion or partner, she has her free will." Hiei told him.

"Completely different from her reason for existing." Kurama pointed out, "but admirable none-the-less."

"Is that all you wish to know?" Rie asked. He was a fox so she was aware that he had plenty more questions, but Kurama was the patient type so he would probably try and figure it out on his own, or ask his questions at a later time. But she also knew that he wasn't satisfied by the answer that Hiei had given about the current status of their relationship.

"Might I borrow your healing abilities again?" Kurama asked.

Rei and Hiei both nodded each happy that he didn't get too into the questioning at that time.

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Rei had managed to heal some of Kurama's wounds for the worst ones she'd just eased the pain and helped speed up the healing process some. She was more than a bit tired from all the energy she had been using lately to heal the team, and had ended up falling into a deep sleep the moment she and Hiei entered their room.

Kurama made a good point...what exactly is my relationship with Rei? Hiei asked himself as he showered.

I see her as a companion as I said before, but a part of me doesn't seem satisfied to just leave things at that."

These emotions bothered Hiei greatly, he knew that one of them was lust plain and simple, but the other one...this second emotion was a mystery.

He felt this unknown feeling whenever he was near her. When she smiled, when she was scared, whenever she showed how much she cared for him or managed to some how break down another one of his carefully constructed walls.

We greatly resemble the detective and his mortal woman. He thought.

Hiei's eyes widened and he froze. The annoying women were constantly calling it 'love'

Am I in love with Rei?

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Rei was blissfully dreaming completely unaware of Hiei panicking over his sudden epiphany.

They were back at their apartment just the two of them having decided to stay in for the day, neither of them liked getting wet and it was currently storming hard outside.

Rei had ended up taking a little cat nap on Hiei's bed while she'd been watching him meditate. She'd been out cold for a little over thirty minutes when he decided to stop pretending he was working on his mental training and opened one eye to peek at her.

with the tournament over his team having claimed victory as well as getting a good bit of time off to recuperate, the fire demon finally had the time and opportunity to make a move and finally do what he'd been wanting to do for quite some time.

Slowly but quickly he noiselessly made his way over to his sleeping companion, and hopefully soon to be his mate. His hands reaching for the ridiculously short skirt he'd bought for her.

Hiei finished his shower, and shook off his thoughts of his relationship with Rei. He'd decided that what happened between them would happen and they would just have to go with it for now. Now he was more in favor of crawling into bed next to her to sleep and prepare for his next fight. He was so anxious to get back into the ring again that he was sure that the waiting would grow to the point that his own flames would shoot forth consuming his soul and kill him.

He smirked as Rei unknowingly shifted towards his warmth and purred when he embraced her. The longer he spent with her Hiei had to start to admit that he enjoyed this, a happy Rei seemed to bring about a happy Hiei.

And a genuinely happy Hiei was very rare.

Rei only dropped her guard in slumber, when she was knocked unconscious, or when Hiei was near by to watch over her. So she remained blissfully unaware of Hiei reaching under her skirt and slowly sliding her flimsy blue lace panties down her legs, allowing his unnaturally long fingers to trail over her smooth skin as he did so.

"So beautiful..." He whispered crimson eyes admiring her pink folds.

Soon she would be wet for him.

Begging for him to send her tumbling over the edge and into a pleasure filled oblivion.

She would be aching for him.

She would need him inside of her.

Hiei felt his pants grow tighter at the thought; he was rubbing her watching as her clit swelled and her lower lips moistened.

"I'm going to taste you Rei." He chuckled, "I wonder do you taste as sweet as you smell?"

Hiei moved until he was face to face with her weeping core, and without hesitation he trailed his tongue along her slit roughly but slowly going from the bottom to the top.

"No, you're even sweeter than you smell." He grinned before enthusiastically returning to his feast.

Hiei's eyes snapped open when the distinct scent of arousal filled the room. He didn't even need to think about it, it was clear that Rei was having a very interesting dream. And from the smell of things and the sound of the soft moans coming from her plump little pink lips she was having a very good one; he couldn't help but wonder who her dream lover was since they seemed to be incredibly skilled.

It wouldn't hurt anything for me to just take a peek. He thought justifying to himself why he was currently opening their link.

His feasting had awakened his delicious and willing female, and that had only served to make things more interesting .

Rei had been shocked to awaken from her nap and find Hiei servicing her with a sinfully skilled tongue. But she'd been wanting this for a long time...

wanting him...

"Hiei...please, I-I want to feel you." She gasped grabbing him by the shoulders and pulling him over her.

Hiei just smirked, their eyes locking as he claimed her lips with his own allowing her to taste herself and his passion.

S-she's dreaming of me! He thought completely at a loss.

Rei wanted him, so she was at least feeling a good portion of all the things he was feeling for her.

But what do I do about right now? He wondered. Do I help her out so that I can get some sleep? Or do I hold back and use my frustrations as a battle advantage tomorrow?

"Hiei..."

Rei's breathless whisper had made the choice for him.

The next portion of the tournament was moved to a new stadium that closely resembled a dragon's lair in an RPG, or a PG13 version of the gates of hell.

They were going to fight a group of demons that called themselves Team Uraotogi, but in Rei's opinion they were all just a group of fame hungry upstarts; but something about them just wasn't sitting right with her.

Yusuke and the masked fighter had yet to return from wherever it was that they had disappeared to the previous afternoon, leaving the team fighting three to five the other team having the numbers advantage. Rei was so lost in thought that she hadn't realized that there was a conversation going on until Hiei spoke, his voice always managing to claim her attention weather he was speaking to her or not.

"It doesn't matter lets just see who lives." Hiei said in smug response to juri's inquiry as to how the two teams will fight.

The big guy rudely smacking on pink bubble gum chuckled, "You're a hasty one aren't cha boy?" He spoke in a tone that kind of came off as condescending, "I take it you'll be fighting first?"

Rei's eye twitched in annoyance as he not only taunted her master, but he blew a bubble that popped all over his mouth and returned the gum to his mouth.

So rude! She silently scolded him. But she soon forgot him when Hiei's next words sent a shiver of pleasure though her body.

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After last night Hiei really needed to work off all of the extra tension, and what better way to do that then by beating other demons to death? He was now more anxious than he had been previous to getting into bed the night before, so now he had extra stress to work off. Not that he minded all that much since he got to kill something.

"That's right I am." Hiei replied, his face clearly showing agitation and his excitement in a dark way that promised pain for anyone that stood before him. "First. Last. And only."

Hiei clenched and unclenched his bandaged right hand into a fist, black and blue sparks of energy clearly visible around the appendage.

The demon blew another bubble opting to remain silent instead of continue his somewhat subtle taunting.

"I've been under too much stress lately, killing you all should be a good remedy." Hiei added.

Shishi disrupted some of the tension with an obviously fake and completely smug chuckle. "We're all anxious to fight." The blue haired began while reaching into his robe and pulling out a pair of dice; "why don't we let an outside party decide the pairings?"

Shishi went on to explain the rules to his fighting system. Hiei agreed as long as he could fight in place of anyone not present on their team.

The fight began.

"Fate makes her choice." Shishi said tossing the dice as though he was making some sort of grand gesture.

Makintaro vs Hiei.

AN: As promised Kitty Treat is one of this weeks random story updates, keep on the look out for the other two stories. I know I left you hanging in there, the rest of the fight and what happened between Rei and Hiei the night before in the next chapter.

R&R please!